Nation/The Great French State

The Bonapartist Empire of The Great French State L'empire Bonapartiste du Grand État Français
Motto: "Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité"
Anthem: La Marsellaise
Capital		Paris
Demonym		French
Government		Constitutional Bonapartist Monarchy
-	Emperor	Napoléon IX
-	Prime Minister	Emmanuel Macron
Legislature		Parliament
-	Upper house	Senate
-	Lower house	National Assembly
Establishment
-	Francia unified	486
-	Treaty of Verdun	August 843
-	Republic established	22 September 1792
-	Empire established	18 May 1804
-	Founded the Union of Liberal Nations	1 January 1958
-	Current Constitution	4 October 1958
Population
-	April 2018 estimate	483,648,973 (3rd)
-	Density	11500000/km2 29,784,863.3/sq mi
GDP (PPP)		2016 estimate
-	Total	$2,833 trillion (10th)
-	Per capita	$43,652 (24th)
GDP (nominal)		2016 estimate
-	Total	$2,420 trillion (6th)
-	Per capita	$37,294 (20th)
Gini (2013)		30.1 medium
HDI (2015)		0.897 very high · 21st
Currency		Franc (F)
Time zone		UTC+1
Date format		dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the		right
Calling code		+33
ISO 3166 code		FR
Internet TLD		.fr

The Bonapartist Empire of The Great French State, commonly called the French Empire, France or the Empire is a Constitutional Bonapartist Monarchy in the Union of Liberal Nations. It is bordered to the north by the Dutch Republic, to the east by the Republic of Germany, Switzerland and Italy, to the south by Spain, Sardinia and the Mediterranean Sea, and to the west by the Atlantic Ocean and the United Kingdom. The Great French State covers 2,100,000 km2 (Including Colonies: 11,500,000 km2) and has an estimated population of 129,6 Million people (Including Colonies: 483,6 Million people).

Etymology

Originally applied to the whole Frankish Empire, the name "France" comes from the Latin Francia, or "country of the Franks". Modern France is still named today Francia in Italian and Spanish, Frankreich in German and Frankrijk in Dutch, all of which have the same historical meaning.

History

Bonapartist Empire

The Bonapartist Empire of The Great French State was founded on 18 May 1804, when the first constitution of the Empire was adopted. Napoléon Bonaparte became Napoléon I, the first Emperor of The Great French State. In 1824 Napoléon II thought it was time that France went democratic. He appointed Jean-Baptiste de Villèle as the first Prime Minister of France. The Prime Minister got some power, but Napoléon held his position as the ruler of France.

In 1829 Napoléon II decided to release the Confederation of the Rhine as the Republic of Germany. He named Anton von Schmerling as President of Germany. The Republic of Germany remained a protectorate until 1903. The Republic of Germany was divided into provinces with their own government, but the central government of Germany seated in Frankfurt.

In 1849 Napoléon III started to colonise Africa. He created the African Colonial Occupation Office, and started with colonise Alger (Present day French Algeria) and created a Colonial Empire from Algiers to Kinshasa. After the African Colonial Empire, Napoléon went on to war with the Nguyễn Empire and won, expanding the French Empire.

War against German State

In the 1870s, France felt a economic boom, while Germany felt a political collapse. In 1873 the German State was founded by Otto von Emmich and was based on Monarchy, Nationalism and a Military Dictatorship. Soon the Danubian Federation, France, Prussia, the Russian Empire, Denmark and the United Kingdom declared war on the German State. Following the Fall of Munich in 1874, the German State surrended. All the territory occupied by the German State was returned to the Republic of Germany. Otto von Emmich was imprisoned for 10 years and after his release, he became a General in the German Army.

In 1903 Napoléon V declared the Republic of Germany as an independent nation and gived Germany some extra territories. In 1907 Napoléon V released the Republic of Holland as an independent nation. In 1912, Spain demanded Catalonia, in exchange for 10 million Francs. Napoléon accepted the offer, and Catalonia became once again part of Spain.

World Wars

During World War 1, France stayed neutral, but it was a call to Napoléon to modernize the military. When WW1 ended in 1919, France had the strongest Army in the World, after the UK.

When World War 2 started, France tried to stay neutral again, but was invaded by the Prussians, who had annexed the Republic of Germany and were at the doorstep of France. After the surronding of Paris by the Germans, Napoléon VI was with the Government exiled into Marseille. But France conquered the territory back and captured Berlin in 1944. Soon the treatry of Metz followed. Prussia was split up between the French occupied Brandenburg province, British occupied Prussia, and Russian occupied Poland.

Post-World Wars

In the 1950s, France felt another economic boom. The Franc, became after the US Dollar, the most valueable valuta in the world.

Geography

The European part of France is called Metropolitan France and it is located at the Western end of Europe. It is bordered by the North Sea in the north, the English Channel in the northwest, the Atlantic Ocean in the west and the Mediterranean sea in the southeast. It borders the Dutch Republic in the northeast, Republic of Germany, Switzerland and Italy in the east and Spain and Andorra in the south and southwest. The borders in the south and in the east of the country are mountain ranges: the Pyrenees, the Alps and the Jura, the border in the east is from the Rhine river, while the border in the north and the northeast melts in no natural elements. Due to its shape, it is often referred to in French as l'Hexagone ("The Hexagon"). Metropolitan France includes various islands: Corsica and coastal islands. Metropolitan France is situated mostly between latitudes 41° and 51° N, and longitudes 6° W and 10° E, on the western edge of Europe, and thus lies within the northern temperate zone. Its continental part covers about 1000 km from north to south and from east to west.

Demographics

The Great French has only one official Language: French, spoken by 88% of the people, but also has many national Languages: Breton, Basque, Occitan, Picard, Franco-Provençal, Dutch, Catalan, German and Italian, spoken by (in total) 12% of the people. With an estimated total population of 129,6 million in metropolitan France and 483,6 million with the colonies, as of January 2017, France is the most populous country in the European Union.

Most French people are of Celtic (Gauls) origin, with an admixture of Latin (Romans) and Germanic (Franks) groups. Different regions reflect this diverse heritage, with notable Breton elements in western France, Aquitanian in the southwest, Scandinavian in the northwest, Alemannic in the northeast and Ligurian influence in the southeast.

Government

The Government of The Great French State is relative old. But France changed from a Absolute Monarchy to a Constitual Monarchy with a parliament. The Emperor, Napoléon IX, is more a national symbol rather than a leader. The real power is in the hands of the Prime Minister. But the Emperor has a vote to remove a law or change the law (= veto right). There is a Monarchist party in the Parliament, the Maison de Bonaparte (English: House of Bonaparte). This party represents the current Emperor of France, Napoléon IX. If the Bonapartist Party gets a majority in the Senate and the National Assembly, the Emperor will select a Prime Minister. Foreign Relations Enemy's: None

Allies: Union of Liberal Nations, The Great French State, Tinhampton, Spaceania, Free Catalan State, The Republic of Ireland United, Lindesia, all embassy regions and colonies.

Economy

The Great French State has a capitalist system of economy. The nominal GDP is $2,420 trillion. The public sector contributes 49%, the private sector constitues 47% and local government accounts 4%. The unemployment is at 1,98%. The Great French State got rich in the export of wine and cheese, and of lots of tourists.

Culture

France has been a centre of Western cultural development for centuries. Many French artists have been among the most renowned of their time, and France is still recognised in the world for its rich cultural tradition. The successive political regimes have always promoted artistic creation, and the creation of the Ministry of Culture in 1959 helped preserve the cultural heritage of the country and make it available to the public. The Ministry of Culture has been very active since its creation, granting subsidies to artists, promoting French culture in the world, supporting festivals and cultural events, protecting historical monuments. The French government also succeeded in maintaining a cultural exception to defend audiovisual products made in the country.

France receives the highest number of tourists per year, largely thanks to the numerous cultural establishments and historical buildings implanted all over the territory. It counts 1,200 museums welcoming more than 50 million people annually. The most important cultural sites are run by the government, for instance through the public agency Centre des monuments nationaux, which is responsible for approximately 85 national historical monuments.

The 43,180 buildings protected as historical monuments include mainly residences (many castles, or châteaux in French) and religious buildings (cathedrals, basilicas, churches, etc.), but also statutes, memorials and gardens. The UNESCO inscribed 41 sites in France on the World Heritage List.