France (Countryhumans)

[Appearance]:

Regardless of gender, France is often seen wearing cliché French clothes such as a striped jersey, red scarf, and beret. (A beret is the [usually black] floppy hat, with a little puff on the top) But you'll never see a French person wearing these three things at the same time. Also, the beret that most French people wear is not the one you usually see on France, but instead a slightly different one, the Basque beret. France is the strongest of the SPQR countries, they are short-legged and their height is the same as that of Spain. They can also be seen wearing a black coat with a matching wide-brimmed hat. Their issues were also represented with a military suit of commanders of the First French Empire. As their female version, they can also be seen dressed in more feminine attire, usually a black dress and a paracel. Their body can be all white, but also sometimes the left arm can be blue and the right one red; due to the flags stripes.

[Personality]:

France is often shown as a very sensible and romantic person. They're also pretty rebellious because of the protest march as one of the "gilet jaune" the French Revolution and May 68. They are tired that everyone associates them with the white flag because of World War II while they won many other battles. This cliché is not very old, it dates back to when they refused to support the United States in the Iraq war, which annoyed the United States and they began making fun of France for surrendering during World War II; they even changed the name of French fries to freedom fries (even if French fries aren't from France, but from Belgium). They are often sad but hide it and are rarely satisfied with what they got. They are often seen complaining, but it's because of their strong desire to have equality everywhere due to wanting to better themselves because of the guilt of past experiences (the French revolution), but they are also very proud of themselves. France often takes a break to go on strike when something displeases them, but since many things annoy France, things don't really move for them. They are pretty proud of their knowledge and are always ready to talk about their culture. Some are saying they are egocentric, while France says "It's not our fault if we have such a beautiful land, culture, and cuisine." Because of this, France can be seen as condescending to others, looking down on them as if they are lower than themselves. They can also be portrayed as having a grumpy nature. France is attached to their "Sécurité Sociale" (social security) (most of the medical bills are paid by it), free public schools and five weeks of paid leave, but at the same time, it costs a lot of money (that's why the public debts reach 100% of the GDP).

[Likes]:

Cooking (especially baguettes, cheese and wine) Art Football Roses Cigarettes Singing Frogs and snails (for eating, of course!) Gaelic Rooster (an unofficial national symbol of the nation) Shopping Fashion Having a stable government Secularism

[Dislikes]:

When someone makes a joke about surrending Price of essence Communism The word play "quoicoubeh" Country/people making fun of their culture

[Flag meaning]:

The blue and the red are the colors of Paris, the white the color of nobility. They surround the white to show the power of the people on the aristocratic. This flag was adopted in 1794 and inspired by the three colored cockades. It is called "Le Drapeau Tricolore", literally translated as "The three-colored flag".

[Origin of languages]:

French is a Roman language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. When Gaul was conquered by the Romans in the 2nd and 1st centuries BC, the Gaulish language (which was a Celtic language) came under attack-hence the true meaning of a Romance language as "to speak in Roman fashion".

[Other Symbols]:

La Marseillaise (the national anthem) The Gallic Rooster The motto Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood

[Etymology]:

France comes from the Latin "Francia", which means "land of the Franks".

[History]:

Gaul Celtic Gaul Roman Gaul Draft:Kingdom of France First Republic 1792-1794 First French Empire July Monarchy Second Republic 1848-1852 Second French Empire Third Republic The Third Republic started after the defeat of the French army under Napoleon III which was beaten by Prussia the 2 September 1870 in the battle of Sedan. Under the Third Republic was implemented the obligatory, free and secular school until 12 years old (mostly to teach the love of motherland and the desire of revenge on Prussia). It re-establish the Masculin universal suffrage who existed already in the Second Republic but disappeared under the Dreyfus affair In 1894 the captain Dreyfus is accused of selling military information to the German Empire, but they were innocent, the fact is that we accuse them because they were a Jew and there was huge antisemitism maintain since centuries. Dreyfus was downgraded and imprisoned, and the debate between the ones who were supporting the innocence of the man, names the "Dreyfusard", and the ones who were accusing him, named the "Anti-Dreyfusard", divided the whole country. The true traitor was founded, it was the major Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy, and judged in 1897 but the army didn't want to lose face so the real culprit was declared innocent. In 1998 the author Emile Zola wrote an open letter published in the journal "L'Aurore" named "J'accuse...!" which rekindled the discussion. Dreyfus finally received the presidential pardon and was reintegrated in the army as a major in 1906. This event which marked the Third Republic resulted in the law of secularism which separates the Church from the state and the freedom of religion.

[History 1.1]:

First World War There was tension in Europe, every country knew the war was not that far to happens. Then 28 June, in 1914, the murder of the Austro-Hungarian heir Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo by a Serbian student cause the war: the Empire of Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. The Shifting of alliances engages many countries in the war, on France's side (at the beginning): United Kingdom, Serbia, Russia, on France's enemy side: German Empire, Austria-Hungary, Italy, and the Ottoman Empire. Germany arrived in France by passing through Belgium but get stopped during the battle of the Marne in September 1914, after that Belgium declared war on Germany. Trench warfare started in 1915, the same year Italy change to join France and its allies. During February 1916 Germany starts a massive offensive at Verdun which cost a lot to French and British on the front. To try to relieve Verdun the Triple Entente start the 1rst July starts the "Bataille de la Somme" which is deadlier than Verdun (700 000 deaths on both sides) without any side being able to win territory. Verdun will be a victory for the Triple Entente while the other won't have a winner. In 1917, Russia left the war because of the communist revolution. Lenin got the power and removed the country from the war with the Treaty of Brest Litovsk. The same year, the United States joined France and United Kingdom side, under the excuse that Germans asking a submarine full of citizens, while the real reason was France and United Kingdom owed a lot of money to the USA and so the country was afraid of never seeing its money again if they lose.

[History 1.2]:

The Interwar Period France was part of the Allied Forces that occupied the Rhineland following the Armstice. During this time, they showed support during the Greater Poland Uprising and the Polish-Soviet war as well as fighting with Spain during the Rif War. From 1925 up until his death in 1932, Aristide Briand, serving as Prime Minister directed improvement of foreign relations, managing to form friendly relations with Weimar Germany and forging the basis of peace within the League of Nations. In the 1920s, France developed an elaborate form of border defence known as the Maginot Line, designed to be able to fight off any German attack. Military alliances were formed with weaker powers in 1920-21, called the Little Entente. The Great Depression affected France a little later than other countries, hitting around 1931. Even then the impact was smaller than other countries, with the unemployment rate falling under 5%. The fall in production was at most below 20%, meaning there was no banking crisis. In contrast to the small economic upheaval, the political upheaval was massive. Socialist Leon Brum, head of the Popular Front, became Prime Minister in 1936, being the first Jew as well as the first Socialist to lead France. The Popular Front passed many labour reforms, such as increasing wage, cutting working hours to 40 with overtime being illegal, and many other lesser benefits such as mandatory two-week paid vacations. However, inflation cancelled out the gains in wage rates, meaning unemployment did not fall, and economic recovery was very slow. Overall, the Popular Front failed in terms of economics, foreign policies, and long-term stability. The government joined the United Kingdom in establishing an arms embargo during the Spanish Civil War.

[History 1.3]:

Blum did not support the Spanish Republicans during this time, in fear of the war spreading into his country. Appeasement of Third Reich, in cooperation with the UK was the policy after 1936, as France still wanted to maintain peace even after Hitler's demands. Prime Minister Édouard Daladier refused to go to war without British support. France and UK warned Third Reich that if they invade Poland, they would enter the war. Third Reich ignored the warning and stepped into Poland on the first of September of the year 1939. The Allies decided first to drill the frontier but then decided to stay behind the Maginot Line, because of the fear of a war like WW1, counting on Belgium to resist. They waited for 8 months, from September 1939 to May 1940, it's the "phony war". But with the USSR giving supplies to Third Reich, the Allies blocks became inefficient and Third Reich passed by Belgium and then arrived in the North of France. Allies were cornered at Dunkerque and many soldiers were saved by the operation dynamo. France was defeated in five weeks, it was a debacle. France changed its government (Paul Reynaud was replaced by the Marshall Petain) and signed the Armistice. Being no longer in the fight with the Allies. Provisional Government of the French Republic After the liberation, the country is at the edge of a civil war. During this period French try to punish in their own ways, there were around 20,000 women were shaved and humiliated by the peer for having relation with the enemy and around 10,000 people were executed without judgment. To avoid more death the government organized many courts of justice and the "Résistancialisme" saying that only the government and a few French collaborated with Nazis, all the rest of France was part of the Resistance. Every document concerning Vichy was classified defense so no Historian could prove the contrary. (still on work)

[History 1.4]:

Fourth Republic First Indochina War The First Indochina War (also known as the French Indochina War), which lasted from December 19, 1946, to August 1, 1954, was a major conflict in the Asian region known as Indochina, which consisted of modern nations in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, the war was fought by France (the long-time colonial ruler of Indochina), and the Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao Communist rebel forces. The First Indochina War ended with a French defeat after a French army surrendered to the Vietnamese rebels in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in 1954. France began their conquest of Indochina in 1859, and by 1885, they controlled most of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. The Vietnamese resistance to French rule continued and stopped in the decades between the French invasion and the beginning of WWII, in 1940, Japan invaded Indochina and defeated the French, a Vietnamese resistance movement fought the Japanese occupation, and after Japan's defeat in 1945, the Vietnamese resistance was hoping for independence from the returning French. After Japan surrendered in the autumn of 1945, British forces occupied southern Vietnam, while Chinese national forces disarmed the Japanese in northern Vietnam. After the French forces returned to control Indochina, they quickly clashed with the Vietnamese resistance forces, and the conflict grew to include all Indochina French, the war eventually reached its climax in 1954 with the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, in which the communists defeated the Vietnamese army and forced the surrender of nearly 12,000 French soldiers, this defeat led the French to negotiations that resulted in a peace treaty that led to the independence of Cambodia and Laos and the eventual division of Vietnam into two independent states, usually referred to as South Vietnam and North Vietnam.

[History 1.5]:

Algerian War of Independence Note: This may hold controversial if used for their historical relations (Specially European countries towards current Western countries due to former European colonies). This is an optional family part-taken and you do not need to follow this list. Algeria wanted their independence since France was treating the natives as inferiors to the Europeans but France didn't want to let them have their independence because it was mainly a settlement colony and it had a lot of resources to take. In 1945 the riots of Setif for independence were repressed by the French government. On November, 1st 1954, started the Algerian war of independence which was at this moment a part of the colonial Empire, marked by the 30 attacks of the "Red All Saints days". They sent their army to fight Algerian National Liberation Front who's was using guerrilla warfare since the fight was imbalanced. At first, France refused to recognize it as a war because they know what the other countries and especially the UN would think about this colonial war. In 1955 France insured emergency situation in Algeria which gave more right of the police, but the situation got worse in 1957 with the battle of Alger because the soldiers got all the rights to get information by any means (including torture). French forces (which increased to 500,000 troops) managed to regain control but only through brutal measures. The ferocity of the fighting sapped the political will of the French to continue the conflict.

[History 1.6]:

Fifth Republic After the Algerian War of Independence The fifth Republic succeeded in the Fourth Republic on October 4th, 1958. It reinforced the power of the president (this change was encouraged by Charles de Gaulles) and established the direct universal suffrage for the president. The Algerian War was one of the causes since it created a crisis that the Fourth Republic couldn't handle anymore. In 1959 Charles de Gaulle declared that the Algerians had the right to determine their own future, despite terrorist acts by French Algerians opposed to independence and an attempted coup in France by elements of the French army. An agreement was signed in 1962, France lost their colony and Algeria became independent.

[History 1.7]:

Lobster War From 1960, France had lost almost all of its colonies in the Africa and, consequently, lost maritime areas where it explored and dominated fishing. This put the French with stock of lobsters in check. In 1961, some groups of French fishermen who were operating very profitably off the coast of Mauritania decided to extend their search to the other side of the Atlantic Ocean. They settled on a spot off the coast of Brazil at which lobsters are found on submerged ledges at depths of 250–650 feet (76–198 m). However, since local fishermen complained that large boats were coming from France to catch lobster off the state of Pernambuco, Brazilian Admiral Arnoldo Toscano ordered two corvettes to sail to the area of the French fishing boats. Seeing that the fishermen's claim was justifiable, the captain of the Brazilian vessel then demanded for the French boats to recede to deeper water and to leave the continental shelf to smaller Brazilian vessels. The situation became very tense once the French rejected that demand and radioed a message asking for the French government to send a destroyer to accompany the lobster boats, which prompted the Brazilian government to put its many ships on a state of alert. On the same day, the Brazilian navy considered the French approach an act of hostility: “ France's attitude is unacceptable and our government will not back down." At the time, Brazil then gave France 48 hours to withdraw all French boats, but as they refused to leave the area, the Brazilian Navy seized the French ship Cassiopée off the Brazilian coast. Later, both nations were considering whether to go to war over the lobsters.

[History 1.8]:

To resolve this conflict, a diplomatic dispute was opened. Brazil claimed that lobsters were in the country's exclusive economic zone, while France relied on the Geneva Convention, which established guidelines for high-seas fishing, even though none of the two countries had signed such a convention. During the negotiations to establish a form of modus vivendi on the crustacean, France argued that the lobster moved from one side to the other by jumping and, therefore, should be considered a fish and not a resource on the continental shelf. In a cynical manner, the Brazilian representative argued that this was a bad argument because: The Conflict ended with diplomatic talks and the interference of the United States as the UN sought to end the imminent conflict. An agreement was then made between the two countries, allowing the exploitation of lobster by French ships, in limited quantity and time, sharing the profits. Another consequence was the expansion of Brazil's territorial waters, in order to avoid other conflicts of this nature. Finally, the conflict of interests was resolved in the field of diplomacy.

[Organizations and affiliations]:

European Union NATO United Nations

[Politics]:

Government France is a democratic republic that has the particularity to have some aspect from the parliamentary system and presidential system at the same time. File:Constitution V republique.svg In France, the government system is "bilateral diplomacy" which means that, both parties communicate without coming to a conclusion, A.K.A really just called "French diplomacy".

[Diplomacy]:

Africa Algeria Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Draft:Ivory Coast Congo Republic Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Guinea Ethiopia Gabon Ghana Guinea Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Niger Nigeria Rwanda Senegal Seychelles Somalia Sudan South Africa Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zimbabwe Americas Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Haiti Draft:Honduras Mexico Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Lucia Suriname Trinidad and Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Asia Asia Afghanistan Armenia Azerbaijan Cambodia China Georgia India Indonesia Iran Israel Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Myanmar Pakistan Philippines Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore South Korea Syria Thailand Türkiye Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates Vietnam Europe Albania Andorra Austria Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Germany Greece Vatican City (Holy See) Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kosovo Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom Oceania Australia Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Vanuatu

[Geography]:

France is the third biggest country in Europe, it's the total area is amount 643 801 km² (including overseas territory). This country has been centralized during the XII century so the power is concentrated in the capital, Paris. The country is divided into regions, which are divided into departments. Regions (mainland France only): Hauts-de-France Grand Est Ile-de-France Normandy Brittany Pays de la Loire Centre Val de Loire Bourgogne-Franche-Comté Nouvelle-Aquitaine Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Occitanie Provence-Alpes-Côtes d'Azur Corse

[Overseas Teritorries]:

France is not only composed of the Hexagone, but it also has many overseas regions (which as different degrees of autonomy from France) such as Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Réunion, Mayotte. These are like the other regions but can benefit from special laws. There are also overseas collectivities (they have a semi-autonomous status) such as French Polynesia (it has a great degree of autonomy since it has its own president), Wallis and Futuna, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy and Saint Pierre and Miquelon.

[Family]:

Roman Republic — 4th great grandparent Roman Empire — 3rd great grandparent Benin — Adopted child Burkina Faso — Adopted child Cameroon — Adopted child Central African Republic — Adopted child Chad — Adopted child Comoros — Adopted child Gabon — Adopted child Guinea — Adopted child Haiti — Adopted child Draft:Ivory Coast — Adopted child Lebanon — Adopted child Madagascar — Adopted child Mali — Adopted child Mauritius — Adopted child Mauritania — Adopted child Niger — Adopted child Congo Republic — Adopted child Senegal — Adopted child Seychelles — Adopted child Togo — Adopted child Vanuatu — child Vietnam — Adopted child Western Roman Empire — great great grandparent Byzantine Empire — great great grandpibling San Marino great great grandpibling Kingdom of the Franks — great grandparent Kingdom of the Lombards — great grandpibling Kingdom of Italy (476-498) — great grandpibling Visigothic Kingdom — great grandpibling Kingdom of the West Franks — grandparent Kingdom of Asturias — 1st cousin twice removed Papal States — 1st cousin twice removed Kingdom of France — parent or past self Kingdom of Aragon — sibling Crown of Aragon — nibling Andorra — grandnibling Duchy of Normandy — pibling Kingdom of Sicily — 1st cousin Kingdom of Sardinia — 2nd cousin once removed Kingdom of León — 2nd cousin once removed Kingdom of Italy — 3rd cousin County of Portugal — 3rd cousin Italy — 3rd cousin once removed Vatican City — 3rd cousin once removed Kingdom of Portugal — 3rd cousin once removed Crown of Castile — 3rd cousin once removed Portugal — 3rd cousin twice removed Spanish Empire — 3rd cousin twice removed Spain — 3rd cousin thrice removed Malta — 1st cousin once removed European Union — child Netherlands — nibling Belgium — nibling Luxembourg — nibling Canada - Child

[Family 1.1]:

Tunisia — (Unknown Relationship Morocco — (Unknown Relationship) Syria — stepchild Thailand — stepchild Malaysia — stepchild Laos - Adopted child Argentina — nibling Bolivia — nibling Chile — nibling Colombia — nibling Costa Rica — nibling Cuba — nibling Dominican Republic — nibling Ecuador — nibling El Salvador — nibling Equatorial Guinea — nibling Guatemala — nibling Honduras — nibling Mexico — nibling Nicaragua — nibling Panama — nibling Paraguay — nibling Peru — nibling Philippines — adopted/stepnibling Venezuela — nibling Angola — nibling Brazil — nibling Cape Verde — nibling Sao Tome and Principe — nibling Mozambique — nibling East Timor — nibling Guinea-Bissau — nibling

[Friends]:

Japan United States - "They're very complicated sometimes." Luxembourg — "Close friend of mine" Scotland — "Old friend" United Kingdom Germany China Belgium India Israel - "Together with the USA we supply you with weapons and politically support you in the conflict with Palestine." South Korea Switzerland Normandy