France Containment Zone

== General Information ==
The France Containment Zone is the remnants of France, part of which is "Occupied" by the United Kingdom, while the rest within this area is the France Containment Zone. Hypothetically, it is completely depopulated due to the Rabbid Invasion, however in theory no man dare enter the wretched area where the French may still lie in wait. Prior to this invasion, the nation was known as France, populated by the Apa worshiping French. There is no rulership, however the Rabbids which inhabit it may have pack structures of their own. Prior to its destruction, France primarily had a Monarchy, which once gave way to a twisted form of democracy before Napoleon Boneparte and his defeat.
== Background Information ==
=== Creation of the French ===
While much debated by some scholars, it is widely accepted that the first French people emerged from France shortly before or after the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD. These people were created by Apa, although this is not common knowledge. Emerging from somewhere within the region of France, they fought with the incoming Germanic tribes of the region, eventually largely securing the modern area of France today, give or take. They largely splintered into different factions, and luckily began fighting amongst themselves. In 486, Clovis I united most of Northern and Central france, This first French Kingdom eventually fell to Pepin the short, who became king in 751. 
=== Charlemagne's Conquest ===
His son would be one of the worst and most infamous French kings known only as Charlemagne. His great and terrible conquests spanned from 771, first conquering the rest of France and then setting his sights elsewhere. By his death in 814, he had ravaged much of Europe, conquering and nearly destroying much of Germany, all of the Netherlands, the north of Spain, nearly all of Italy and even as far as reaching the Pawsnians. His son, Louis the Pious, held the empire together, but it split among his 3 children. Charles the Bald ruled much of France, his brother Lothair ruled the central areas of the empire, and Louis "the german" ruled much of modern day Germany. The two brothers destroyed Lothair's kingdom in 843, and soon began to drift apart. Louis "The German" would eventually fall to the Saxons in 919, specifically by Henry the Fowler who founded the Holy Roman Empire in WYSI. 
=== France in the Middle Ages ===
During the Middle Ages, the king of France ruled largely because the Princes below him allowed him to. The kingdom was very fragmented, and although they all swore allegiance to the King, many in practice were independent of his rule. During the 1100s, the most notable of these pseudo-independent kingdoms would emerge known as Burgundy, in modern day Eastern France and Belgium. Duke William the conqueror invaded england in 1066, Essentially making Normandy independent alongside england before he was violently overthrown shortly afterwards. At this point, the English managed to secure Normandy in vengence, driving out the French and upsetting the King of France greatly. Some more lands were taken over the years, leading to the Hundred Years war.
=== Hundred Years War ===
In 1328, the English royal family known as the Plantagenets attempted to take over and possibly destroy France, which initially went well for the invading English. Unfortunately, Apa sent unto the French Joan of Arc, who helped to drive out the English from the realm. Despite heavy fighting (and the several executions of Joan of Arc herself before the English were finally successful in killing her), the french re-secured the lands of France from the English.
=== French Consolidation of Power ===
When Charles the Bold of Burgundy died in 1477, Much of his lands were returned to France, with the others being divided among the Hapsburg dynasty, many of which would drift far away from being French. Other than a few wars in Italy during the 1500's, France largely tried to consolidate the power of the French crown and take the English settlement of Calais. They took the opportunity in the Thirty Years war to fight amongst the German Princes, but the world did not see another destructive event like Charlemange's Conquests for a long time. Some French explorers attempted to create colonies in America, but were soundly defeated by the Native peoples living there (who eventually became the Quebecois). This is also possibly when French people first landed in Springfield.
=== Louis the XIV ===
Louis the XIV, known to the French as "The Sun King" and to everyone else as the "French Terror", reigned from 1643 until 1715. He did not take lands when convenient or when the rest of Europe was preoccupied, instead attacking Spain and seizing much of the southern Netherlands and much of what is now Eastern France. While he was halted from another conquest along the lines of Charlemagne, his Son, Louis the XV, gained even more lands in Eastern France. The Kings' absolute power, meanwhile, was at its peak, seemingly commanding all of France directly until the French Revolution.
=== French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars ===
Little is known about the French Revolution of the 1790s, but what we do know is that the King and his family were executed, and the French attempted to mock an elective assembly similar to that of the United States or England. of course, this was used mainly to order the executions of French citizens and to seemingly threaten the rest of the world. In an attempt to stop these cataclysmic plans, many European powers declared war on France to try and stop them. Unfortunately, the French proved powerful and capable under the young General Napoleon Boneparte. This general eventually became Emperor of France, bringing about a new age of conquest and destruction from 1802 to 1815 not seen since the brutal conquests of Charlemagne. He conquered all of Portugal and Spain, all of Italy, and had pacified most of Germany. His armies reached as far as Moscow in Russia, and it seemed he would bring about the end of the world. Luckily, local kings were able to re-establish their armies and drive back the French menace, helped in part by Russia, England, Austria and Prussia, to drive out Napoleon and push the French back into France. Napoleon was captured and sent to Elba island. Unfortunately, he escaped, becoming Emperor again and trying to do it all again. he was quickly defeated at Waterloo, and seemingly sent to St. Helena off the coast of Africa. However, some say he escaped to London and eloped with Arthur Wellesley, where he remained until his true death in 2018. Nevertheless, the French were satisfied with the knowledge their emperor had died in 1841.
=== After Napoleon ===
The French seemed to continue their monarchy, sometimes bringing back a republic, on and off for the next 200 or so years. In WW1, Queen Elizabeth used the threat of the French to try and retain the land she had conquered in Europe, attacking the French preemptively. This was a mistake, as the British forces were forced back as far as Alsace and Lorraine, where the border stood until the Rabbid Invasion.
=== Rabbid Invasion ===
Sometime in 2007, a meteor struck the Bay of Biscay near France, unleashing the Rabbids. into the world. Possibly sent by Greg, they stormed France and successfully wiped out nearly every trace of the French. Seizing the opportunity afterwards, Queen Elizabeth ordered the United Kingdom military to move into and secure much of France, keeping the Rabbids at bay and confirming the French had been entirely wiped out. The world collectively breathed a sigh of relief as the Plague of the French seemingly vanished from the world. However, in the dark recesses of the world, more French may be lying in wait, such as Edward Regnuard.
== Government ==
The France Containment Zone has no government, and its area and extent is defined by the United Kingdom.
== Economy and Development ==
As Rabbids have not yet been observed to form complex society, we can assume that the France Containment Zone has no economy and thus has no development anymore.
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