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I think there are some border shifts that happened after WWI that I'd consider more along the lines of the biggest mistake in the universe, but the melange of Belgium and the Netherlands is pretty egregious.

Belgium and The Netherlands were not one country since 1579 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_of_Arras) except for the period between 1815 and 1830.

"Belgium" was occupied since 1579 (till 1815 or 1830 for a then small elite minority), the "Netherlands" fought another 80 years to liberate themselves. " " Because Spanish (Habsburg) territory at that time, known as the lowlands.

Belgium, man!

http://hitchhikers.wikia.com/wiki/Belgium