Flanders is the (political) community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France, and the Netherlands. Over the course of history, the geographical territory that was called “Flanders” has varied.
In contemporary Belgium, Flanders might be understood as the ‘country of the Flemings’. This covers the north of Belgium Flemish Region and includes the Brussels Capital Region, the latter being shared with French speakers.
For the last few decades, with the legal establishment of the Flemish Community, the Flemings have their own political institutions. The parliament and government are the governing institutions of Flanders. There is also a geographical, political and administrative entity called the Flemish Region but it has ceded all its competencies to the Flemish Community. Thus, the institutions of the Community govern both the Community and the Region. The capital city of Flanders is Brussels.