France (Washington Shot at Murdering Town!)

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Contents 1 History 1.1 Seven Years War 1.2 French Insurrection 1.3 Netherlands War 1.4 Constitutional Monarchy 2 Politics and Government 2.1 Political Parties 2.1.1 Major Parties 2.1.2 Influential Minor Parties 2.2 Subdivisions

[edit] History

[edit] Seven Years War

See main article: Seven Years War

[edit] French Insurrection

Partly inspired by the (albeit abortive) American Revolution, partly by the bad harvests, French partisans rise up in revolt all over the country. However, they are poorly managed, and the French Royal Army manages to quash the revolt within a matter or weeks.

The leaders were executed in Paris later that year.

[edit] Netherlands War

See main article: Netherlands War

[edit] Constitutional Monarchy

Following the somewhat disasterous French involvement in the Netherlands War, a second, stronger revolt forces the French king, Louis XVI, is forced to agree to a British-style constitutional government. Louis later retires to the Palace of Versailles, hardly ever leaving its grounds.

[edit] Politics and Government

Following the French Insurrection and the Netherlands War, France has been a constitutional monarchy.

[edit] Political Parties

[edit] Major Parties

• Parti Démocratique (Democratic Party) - centre-right
• Parti Monarchiste (Monarchist Party) - right wing
• Parti Rationalisme (Rationalist Party) - centre-left - based on the principles of Social-Rationalism

[edit] Influential Minor Parties

• Parti National Français (French National Party) - far-right
• Union Social et Démocratique (Social and Democratic Union) - centre-left
• Union Verte (Green Union) - Ecotopic centre-left

[edit] Subdivisions

France is divided into 35 provinces:

Province	Capital
Alsace	Strasbourg
Angoumois	Angoulême
Anjou	Angers
Artois	Arras
Aunis	La Rochelle
Auvergne	Clermont-Ferrand
Béarn	Pau
Berry	Bourges
Bourbonnais	Moulins
Burgundy	Dijon
Brittany	Rennes
Champagne	Troyes
Comtat Venaissin	Avignon
Corsica	Ajaccio
Dauphiné	Grenoble
Flanders and Hainaut	Lille
Foix	Foix
Franche-Comté	Besançon
Guyenne and Gascony	Bordeaux
Île-de-France	Paris
Languedoc	Toulouse
Limousin	Limoges
Lorraine	Nancy
Lyonnais	Lyon
Maine	Le Mans
Marche	Guéret
Nivernais	Nevers
Normandy	Rouen
Orléanais	Orléans
Picardy	Amiens
Poitou	Poitiers
Provence	Aix-en-Provence
Roussillon	Perpignan
Saintonge	Saintes
Touraine	Tours

Members of the French Colonial Empire
Nations and Dominions
Algeria | Central African Union | France | Saint-Domingue | West African Federation
Protectorates
Djibouti | Syria | Tunisia
Colonies
French Antarctic Territory | French Guiana | French India | French Polynesia | Guadeloupe | Martinique