Short answers, pulled from the story.
Flemish people, also called Flemings, are an ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. They make up approximately 60% of the Belgian population and are one of three main Belgian ethnic groups.
The Flemish Movement grew out of the Belgian Revolution of 1830 and the subsequent repeal of Dutch language laws. After independence, a series of restrictions on the Dutch language were enacted, building on earlier anti-French sentiment expressed by writers like Jan Verlooy in the late 18th century.
The Azores were called the Flemish Islands because around 2,000 Flemings had settled there by 1490. Sea captain Willem van der Haegen brought the original settlers from Flanders, and Flemish customs including windmills, Sao Jorge cheese, and religious festivals shaped the islands' culture.
The first documented use of the Flemish lion appears on the seal of Philip d'Alsace, count of Flanders, from 1162. The current flag, showing a black lion with red claws and tongue on a yellow field, was officially adopted by the Flemish Community in 1991. The older version with an all-black lion is now used mainly by Flemish separatist movements.
King Edward III encouraged skilled Flemish cloth weavers to settle in England to contribute to its thriving cloth and woolen industries. These migrants settled particularly in Lancashire and Yorkshire textile towns including Manchester, Bolton, Blackburn, Halifax, and Wakefield.
Approximately 75% of Flemish people are assumed Roman Catholic by baptism, but fewer than 8% attend Mass regularly. A 2006 survey found that nearly half of Flanders' inhabitants identify as agnostic or atheist, while 55% described themselves as religious.