[RBO2]

These area are huge. Switzerland is 41,285 km^2, Belgium is 30,528 km^2, The Netherlands is 41,543 km^2.

[sib]

Try the Los Angeles metro area - 87,490 km^2 (and 18.7m people)...

[frozenport]

Having lived in Chicago, I was genuinely surprised by Belgium's comparably small size.