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Today, there are 195 countries in the world, but none of them are as unique as (or even similar to) France. It holds claims to some of the richest traditions and cultural heritages that have ever existed. But, these facts are not even the most impressive thing about this country: its language is way more awe-inspiring. French is the only language that is spoken on every single continent, and it has the capability to bring different countries and the world together.

The French Republic is a sovereign state comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories. As a member of G7 France ranked as the world’s seventh largest economy. It also has the mixed economy which combines private enterprise and government intervention. France’s economics are unstable, but it is still very competitive in the world. The reason why its economics is denounced is because its high unemployment rate and its extremely unstable CPI.

First off when the Prussians and Russians tried to invade France, the French held their ground and beat them in war that took many resources but they succeeded (Document B). When the French won the war and took over the Netherlands, they got more followers and took even more land because as a rule more followers meant that they could march into countries because they were a very large nation. When the French executed the government leaders on a guillotine this made them stronger as a nation too (Document F). As a rule when they executed the leaders they inserted fear into everyone and fear is a powerful tool that got people not to betray or turn against them. Lastly when the French finally killed their radical leader Robespierre they became stronger (Document C). When they killed him they finally became independent and stronger because Robespierre didn’t kill everyone anymore and more people ot to follow ideals of freedom without Robespierre telling them what to

The people of France take pride in their selves. Although they seem like very modest people in France it is normal to have affairs while being married. They celebrate eleven official holidays. The French celebrate the traditional Christian holidays as well such as Easter and Christmas and normal ones like Fourth of July, Good Friday, Easter Monday, and Labor Day. On July fourteen they celebrate Bastille Day, which is the day that the Bastille fortress was stormed in and it started the French revolution. Another few that are not common here is victory in Europe day, Ascension Day, Whit Monday, Assumption day and , All Saints day and Armistice day, and last but not least St. Stephens Day. Although there are many great things about France there is one thing that’s not so positive about France is that it is well known for a lot of human trafficking. Although many laws have been passed to lower the rates of this awful problem and also to protect and keep the woman safe it is still very common. A little more information about their culture is that due to the fact that there country is a six sided shape they often use the word hexagon to describe their nation due to the similarity. France is a beautiful country filled lots of history. These are the five themes of geography for

France, however, is still refractory in the field as they find themselves increasingly surrounded by border countries.

Historically, France has had a much harder and rockier road to established democracy than America. France’s government has been through many phases characterized as the Five Republics. The constitution of the Fifth Republic (which is in place today) was drawn up several weeks after Gen. Charles de Gaulle was invested as the last prime minister of the Fourth Republic. The new constitution, which was adopted by an 80 percent vote in a popular referendum held in September 1958, was tailor made for de Gaulle. It contained much of what the past four republics had such as both a president and prime minister, as well as a bicameral legislature in the form of the National Assembly and the Senate(4). It is important to note here that France has both a president and a prime minister thus making the Head of Government and Chief of Staff two separate roles, respectively. This is what makes France a semi-presidential system

When you think about France, what do you usually envision? Do you think of the center of fashion and design, the rolling vineyards of Bordeaux, or maybe the smooth language of love? Better yet do you think about a government formed with the Constitution that was in many ways is a framework for that of the United States of America, or a formidable military and an affluent economy. You would be correct if you had said any of the above. However, did you know that 1940’s France was a powder keg teetering on the verge of chaos in a tumultuous world: led by a vastly weakened military, a marionette government, and a virtually nonexistent economy?

Louis XIV 's France was an absolute monarchy, meaning the king had the power, control, finances and the nation in his hands more then ever before. In the 17th century, France was the strongest and wealthiest nation in Europe, and the head of the state, the king, was the most influential person of the time. In the ideas of the scientific revolution and the soon-coming changes of the enlightenment the country was developing. For a few decades France was not involved in any major wars or battles and the peace helped the population grow fast.

In the 1700’s, France was easily the richest country in Europe next to Great Britain. Its great and powerful navy and an army of hundreds of thousands of men also made it a formidable state.

The French did pretty good in World War One. They didn’t trust the Germans to start with, so that gave them reasons to join the war. They started with around 40 million people as a country and a little over a million for an army. The French made it through the World War One with some casualties, but they did last through the whole war. They really didn’t want to have another war on their home land after seeing the destruction of Europe as a

France wasn’t the only one that was receiving support from a foreign power. In fact, Lawrence argues that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was just as successful. They were also able to receive

The long list of nations that regarded France as a threat included England, Spain, and the Holy Roman Empire. In the 1680’s, they formed an alliance with several smaller countries and formed “The Grand Alliance.” Then due to a large threat to France, the war was declared, it lasted from 1688 to 1697. France had a large quantity of its territory intact. But the nation was in horrible condition and its resources were incredibly depleted from fighting a war against seemingly everyone else in Europe. If this wasn’t bad enough for public opinion of King Louis XIV, he was the catalyst of yet another war from 1701-1714. This war was even more disastrous, and people started to revolt. But even then, no one could doubt the almost unstoppable military Louis had built from the ground up. France’s military had been struggling and was in shambles. Due to the work of King Louis XIV and his war minister, Marquis de Louvois, they reorganized the army and improved the qualification and rewards for joining. All the sudden the Army was an actual career path that could support an entire family. Soldiers were supplied with uniforms and wages that couldn’t be turned down. Of course, this meant that taxpayer money was drastically increased. Their military was prospering more than ever . In Moctezuma’s 17 years as the

France, a country that prides themselves on the success of their army fails to do so in one of the most important wars in recent history. This paper will discuss the issue in World War Two, of why France fell so quickly to the German Nation. When France declared war on Germany on September 2, 1939, and the Armistice was signed for Frances defeat on June 22, 1940. How could a nation so powerful fall so quickly? Was there one major factor that caused the failure, or was there multiple factors? This paper will go into many of the factors of the French defeat in the Second World War.

There french have been in 13 major wars they have won 3 lost 10 and tied 5. The most memorable being the Vietnam war where the french were defeated. the war all

     France, which is the largest nation in Western Europe, is a presidential republic. France is a very important nation in Europe and it continues to be involved in contemporary policy issues. Helping the world as one of the great trading nations, France is a very important trading partner with the United States. Not only is France important to the United States, they are also important to countries all over the world. Their abundance of both mineral and agricultural resources make them a very important supplier of products all over the world. I chose to report on France because it is an interesting county and I wanted to learn more about it.