The France Report
Overview |History | Geography | Economy | People | Current Event
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Overview
    France, one of the most beautiful and modern countries in the world.  But that was not easly won. France has long history of failure and defeat.  But the new "Fifth Republic" seems to work for the French people. This is an extensive search of France that I think you will injoy.
 

History
France suffered extensive losses in its empire, wealth, manpower, and rank as a dominant nation-state.  France today is one of the most modern countries in the world. Since 1958, it has constructed a presidential democracy resistant to the instabilities experienced in earlier parliamentary democracies.Presently, France is at the forefront of European states seeking to exploit the momentum of monetary union to advance the creation of a more unified and capable European defense and security apparatus. In my eye's France is one of the greatest countries in the world[U.S.A. being the best of all].
 
 

Geography

• Capital:  Paris
• Other Cities: Lille, Cherbourg, Dunkerque, Brest, Rouen, Nancy, Nantes, Orléans, Strasbourg, Dijon, Limoges, Lyon, Grenoble, Valence, Bordeaux, Nice, Toulouse, Toulon, Marseille, Perpignan, Corsica
• Landforms: Plains, Hilands, Mountians
• Neighbors: Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switherland, Italy, Spain, Andorra
• Climate: Cool winters and mild summers, but mild winters and hot summers

Economy

• Currency: Franc(FRF), Euro(EUR)
• GDP (per capita): 24,500
• Labor force breakdown: services 71%, industry 25%, agriculture

           4% (1997)
• Inflation rate: 1.7% (2000 est.)
• Major exports: machinery and transportation

             equipment, aircraft, plastics, chemicals,
             pharmaceutical products, iron and
             steel, beverages
• Other industries: machinery, chemicals, automobiles,

          metallurgy, aircraft, electronics; textiles,
          food processing; tourism
• Trading partners: EU 63% (Germany 16%, UK 10%, Spain 9%,

          Italy 9%, Belgium-Luxembourg 8%), US 8%
          (1999)
• Debt external: $106 billion (1998)

People
Population:  59,551,227
Ethnic group:  Celtic and Latin with Teutonic, Slavic, North African, Indochinese, Basque minorities.
Religion:  French 100%, rapidly declining regional dialects and languages (Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish)
Literacy:  age 15 and over can read and write
Current Event

• France has just suffered it's first lost this season to Senegal
• France is in 2nd place
• France's Star Player "Zinedine Zidane" has broken his leg
• I think France is going to stay at 2nd