Which of these 2 countries would be the worst to live in?

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Romania or Belgium?

Judging by stuff like politics and overal friendliness of local civilians?

I'm going to guess Romania and please don't ask me why. It's just a wild guess. When I think of Romania I think of people who are treated badly in orphanages and mental institutions.

Probably Romania. I know a lot of Romanians who have immigrated here due to lack of opportunity there. It also is somewhat embroiled in the Transnistria Republic secession dispute with Moldova, Russia & the Ukraine

Im going with Romania, even though Belgium have some strange politics, and had more than a year without goverment, it is still far better goverent and has far less problems than Romania. Brussel the capital of Belgium is also the where the european headquarters are established, which is for me atleast a pretty sure sign that wont be bad living there.
Also been there a few times and people generally seem friendly

So you would probably be worse of in Romania than Belgium.

Romania. When I spent a year in Germany, there were a lot of Romanian inmigrants, looking for better conditions as they always do. I understand many people have a problem with the high taxation in Belgium, but I wouldn't.

Romania got cheap internets. That's a plus.

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My ex-wife's niece did her semester abroad in Belgium, and is now engaged to a Belgian. So they must have something going for them.

That it happened so quickly shocked me (this is a kid who never rushed into anything), that both my ex's sister and brother in law have approved after meeting the guy shocks me even more. About the only restriction they put on her is that she has to come back to the US for her senior year of college. Which she's agreed to do, albeit reluctantly.

Would the same thing have been more or less likely to have happened if she'd spent a semester in Romania? I'm guessing not, but perhaps the stereotype of Balkan males as, well, kinda nasty, comes from a few Serbs and Croats I've met. Oddly, the lone Slovenian male I've come across was nothing like them, but somehow Slovenia doesn't strike me as being in the Balkans, even though I guess it technically may be.

Romania. Belgium has great beer, which is a definite plus. Considering the number of Romanians landing on these shores looking for a better life it doesn't strike me as somewhere to choose to move to.

Belgium and this is because I know a little about this country and do know not too much about Romania.

I side with Romania too. Belgium has a higher standard of living and more evolved (or less unevolved) democracy.

Anyone over here that visited both countries?

I used to work with a lady that was born in Romania but she lived in Germany all her life she married a German man I remember no one else could understand her but I could and she said to me "You understand me' We were good friends after that.

I've been to Belgium and the standard of living there will be higher than Romania,especially compared to rural parts of the latter,
although I dare say its capital Bucharest is much like any other international city and will have reasonable standards.Although
Belgium has had problems with disagreements between its French and Dutch-speaking factions,in general things will run smoothly and having
the European Parliament makes Brussels one of the world's most important cities.As for friendliness,I'm inclined to think people are basically friendly wherever you go,regardless of how much money they have. Romania has never been caught up in recent wars like its Slav neighbour Serbia,in fact its more of a Latin country (hence the Roman- part of its name).

I have only visited Belgium but I know people who live in Romania.

I think Romania would be the worse country. There's loads of racism and antisemitism, everything is based on "connections" (knowing the right people, bribing corrupt officials), it is not meritocratic or open or in anyway transparent.

Belgium has its problems (Flanders versus Wallonie etc but it is a much safer, transparent and "Western" country. People are friendly and welcoming, by and large.