Kingdom of France

The Kingdom of France, more commonly referred to as just 'France', is a constitutional monarchy in the WITFW universe. It was originally formed in the 900s as an absolute monarchy led by the Bourbon dynasty. The monarchy has faced many challenges to its reign over the kingdom's history, especially starting in the late 1780s and early 1790s.
==History==
===West Francia===
In the later stages of the Carloginian Empire, Emperor Charlemagne had three sons. His empire had begun to divide as his three sons couldn't agree on who was the rightful heir, and the Vikings had begun to cause trouble. Charlemagne came up with a comrpomise, and his empire was to be divided in three after his death. In 843, the split was made official by the Treaty of Verdun with Charles the Bald becoming king of West Francia, which would later become the Kingdom of France. Viking invasions would however continue. Charles the Bald was later crowned King of Lotharginia, integrating the territory into West Francia. A Viking raid would later hit Paris, with West Francia ending up having to give them land in what became the Duchy of Normandy.
===High Middle Ages===
In 987, West Francia was reorganized into the Kingdom of France due to the accession of Hugh Carpet, Duke of France and Count of Paris. This established the Capetian Dynasty as the ruling house of France. It offshoots would later evolve into the modern House of Bourbon which rules to this day in both France and Spain. France would continue to expand and grow into more territory as the House of Capetian/Bourbon inherited and married into more lands. In 1066, Duke William of Normandy invaded and conquered England, making himself King William I of England. This caused a "minor" dispute over who was and wasn't the rightful King of France and King of England as William was subject to French rule within Normandy but not in England. In 1152, the Duchy of Normandy and County of Anjou were inherited by Henry II, who married Eleanor of Aquitaine, a French noble who ruled much of southwest France (Aquitaine). After Eleanor attempted to overthrow him, Henry had her imprisoned and make the Duchy of Brittany a French vassal. This made Henry II the de facto ruler of France as he had more authority than Philip II, the actual king. The dispute of the French-English throne came to the front of politics soon, and Philip II defeated Henry II.
===Hundred Years' War===
The French-English throne dispute really came to ahead in 1328, when Charles IV of France died without a male heir. French law at the time said a women could not atain the throne, so the crown passed to Philip IV, another member of the royal family. In southern France, a dispute with England over Gascony led to the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453). In April, 1337, Philip IV was invited to meet an English delegation, but he refused, which was seen as an insult by the English. On the 30th of April, Philip called the French military to arms. After nearly a century of warfare and the outbreak of the Black Death along with several revolts, France won. The victory was bloody with possibly hundreds of thousands, maybe even millions, dying on both sides. French Nationalism grew in France after the war.
===Renaissance===
Mostly coming in from the Italian Peninsula, the Renaissance brought many reformist ideas to France. A fiscal system was introduced, and many new structures were made. Major breakthroughs were made in literature and art. The middle ages began to come to an end. Classicalism also grew in France. The government also dealth with several judicial and ecclesiastical issues. For nearly 60 years, the French also engaged with the Austrians in the Italian Peninsula for domination, with France primarily coming out on top. France also fought a 'war of religion', with Roman Catholicism becoming the dominant religion in France.
===Early Modern===
In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovers the Americas. Suddenly, the Spanish, French, English, Dutch, Swedes, and others all race for colonies. Outside of America, the French establish port colonies in India and Madagascar. In America, the French establish the city of Quebec, founding New France and Acadia. The French colonies in America expanded along the Great Lakes and Mississippi River, with French Louisiana being founded in association with New France. The French would also establish ports in the West Indies and Levant.
In the neighboring Holy Roman Empire, the Thirty Years' War would begin. The French would fight alongside Sweden and the Ducth against Austria and Spain. After 30 years of conflict, the Peace of Westphalia is signed with the meaning of a 'border' being clearly defined. But, the Franco-Spanish war later happened anyways with the Spanish eventually losing and the French seizing Roussillon.
The Ancien Régime later occurs in France. This aristocratic period would end with Louis XIV "The Sun King". Louis XIV would spend much of his reign reforming the country, expanding France's borders, and making alliances. In November, 1700, the Spanish king Charles II died without an heir, ending the Habsburg lineage of France. Louis XIV would use this to put a Bourbon on the Spanish throne, making Spain their ally. Nobody liked this, so the War of the Spanish Succession occured. The French would later win this conflict.
The War of the Austrian Succession would later occur, with the French and Prussians fighting the Austrians and British. The French would win this war, but gave their captured lands back to Austria. Prussia would seize Silesia from the war.
===Seven Years' War===
Main article: Seven Years' War (WITFW)
In 1756, British general George Washington would ambush a French base in North America, killing a diplomat and several French soldiers. The French would use this as leverage to declare war on Britain, which had united by England and Scotland in 1707.
====North America====
In North America, the French made stagering progress. French forces quickly pushed through modern day Maine and seized most of Vermont. Boston was put under siege, and surrended in 1758. New York City was captured by French forces in 1759. Down south, the French and Spanish lost several battles in Florida and the British captured New Orleans. A combined French and Spanish force later defeated the British at the Second Battle of New Orleans and began driving the British out of Florida. In Georgia, the Battle of Savanah ended in a French victory but the Battle of Augusta was a defeat. The French navy managed to raid Richmond, but was destroyed off the shore of North Carolina by the Royal Navy. In Maryland, 4,000 British soldiers were defeated by 1,000 French soldiers. The French also seized Harpers' Ferry from Virginia. The Thirteen Colonies all formaly surrendered in 1761, but pro-British militias and the Iroquois continued to fight the French armies. Most notably, George Washington continued to fight the French in Virginia and actually liberated Richmond before being forced to surrender in 1763 with the rest of Britain.
====Europe====
In Europe, the French were quite slow to make gains. French-allied Austria managed to capture Silesia from the Prussians, and Russia captured East Prussia (Königsberg/Kaliningrad). In the northwestern Holy Roman Empire, British-controlled Hanover was seized by French forces. French-allied Spain managed to capture Gibraltar and began to push into Portugal. The Swedish navy began to raid the Scottish coast, before being defeated by the Royal Navy. Despite naval setbacks in America, the French navy is rebuilt and 100,000 French forces landed in Kent on the British coast. The British surrendered the following week in 1763. After Russian and Austrian forces began the Siege of Berlin, Prussia surrendered. Portugal surrendered to Spain the following day. Austrian forces soon captured Brunswick and Hessen. With no allies left, Prince George III of Hanover officially surrendered, ending the Seven Years' War.
====Treaty of Hamburg====
On May 5, 1763, the Treaty of Hamburg was finalized. The treaty did the following changes:
*France
**Annexed all of Britain's colonies in North America
**Annexed Hanover
*Austria
**Annexed Silesia
*Russia
**Annexed East Prussia
*Spain
**Annexed Gibraltar
**Annexed Minorca
**Annexed Brazil
*Britain
**Granted Scotland and Ireland independence
**Was renamed to England-Wales
**Dissolved the East India Company
*Prussia
**Was limited to an army of 10,000 men
*Other minor border changes in other regions
===American Revolution===
Main article: American Revolution (WITFW)
In the aftermath of the Seven Years' War, the French were left with all the British stuff in North America. Most of the areas in the former Thirteen Colonies were mainly British settlers or pro-British tribes (such as the Iroquois). The French government was also broke after the war, so they decided to tax the colonies. This angered the British settlers who were also angry that France had taken their land. Armed resistance groups such as the Sons of Liberty (led by Paul Revere) and the League of Brittania (led by George Washington) began to pop up. Throughout the 1760s and early 1770s, the French continued to tax the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, the French sent forces to arrest leaders of the Sons of Liberty in Concord. The French were intercepted at Lexington, where Paul Revere and other 'Patriots' fought the French. The French one the Battle of Lexington, continueing to Concord. The Battle of Concord was a defeat and the French fell back to Boston, where the Americans besieged them. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold and the Green Mountain Boys seized Fort Ticonderoga from the French. In 1776, Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, declaring the United States of America an independent country, cutting all ties to the French crown and dissolving the Thirteen Colonies. After a few years of war and a defeat at Saratoga, the English declared war on France. Scotland and Spain came to the aid of France. The English, who still had the Royal Navy, were quick to sweep Scotland and begin raids on the French coast. American revolutionary John Paul Jones managed to sail from North America to France and then captured several French ships, bringing them to the Netherlands (who later joined the war on the American side). In 1783, following a devasting defeat at Yorktown, surrendered to the Anglo-American Alliances. The French were devastated in the aftermath, Scotland was annexed by England, Spain lost Gibraltar (again), and the French lost a lot of their colonial lands east of the Mississippi River.
===British and French Revolutions===
Main article: British Revolution and Spillover
After the American Revolution, both France and the recently reformed British State were very poor and in debt. In 1789, the British people, mainly abolitionists and republicans, revolted. King George III was stripped of most of his power and the Kingdom of Britain was established as a constitutional monarchy was established. The revolutionary ideals soon spread to France, and the 1791 constitution was established. The French monarchy retained power, but the Estates General was given more power as a parliament. The British Revolution soon escalated in 1792 when King George III was executed for treason as he tried to flee to French Hanover. The First British Republic was established after this. This led to the War of the First Coalition, where France fought alongside Spain, Austria, the Netherlands, Naples, Portugal, and Sardinia. The British intially lost a series of naval battles, but turned the tide as the defeated the French on the Norman coast and pushed to Paris. Afterwards, the First Coalition surrendered and Britain annexed Brittany from France. The War of the Second Coalition happens in 1798 as France attempts to retake Brittany. The British, under General William Taul, defeated the French in Brittany and, once again, the British reached the gates of Paris. The British also attempted to seize Algeria from the Ottoman Empire but failed as William Taul was defeated at the Battle of Tunis. William Taul was called back to the French front and the British captured Paris, forcing the Second Coalition to surrender. This time the British annexed Normandy as well as retaining Brittany. William Taul staged a coup against the First British Republic and established the First Brittanian Empire with himself as emperor. This led to the Williamic Wars.
===Williamic Wars===
Main articles: Williamic Wars, First French Empire (WITFW)
After Willian became Emperor of Brittania, the great powers of Europe came back together for the War of the Third Coalition in 1803. The War of the Third Coalition turned out to be William Taul at his finest, with him capturing Paris in just a few months. The French surrendered, and radical French revolutionary and genius commander Napoleon Bonarparte is put on the throne by the British, making the First French Empire a British client state. The British and French quickly swarmed through the Holy Roman Empire, forcing Francis II (Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and Austrian Empire) to surrender and dissolve the Holy Roman Empire in 1806. Russia later sued for peace and the Swedish government collapsed in a coup. Bavaria, who had sided with the British was given some Austrian territory and France annexed land up to the Rhine. The British also retook Hanover. The Third Coalition would officially disband on July 18, 1806. A few months later, the European monarchies came back together a few months later and started the War of the Fourth Coalition. The Fourth Coalition lasted all of ten months before Napoleon and William reached Berlin and the coalition disbanded. France and Britain later invaded their Spanish ally and established the House of Bonaparte as the ruling family there, causing Portugese-backed rebel groups to take arms and begin the Peninsular War. In 1809, the War of the Fifth Coalition broke out with British royalists revolting and the Williamic-Napoleonic domination of Europe being put to question. Despite this, William Taul won the war in sixth months. In 1812, the British and French attempted to invade Russia, but this went horribly. In 1813, Russia, Prussia, British and French royalists, several smaller German states, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, the Spanish guerrilla groups, and Sweden organized the Sixth Coalition. The French and British got blasted out of Germany, causing Austria and Bavaria to join the coalition. Napoleon Bonaparte (along with the Bonapartist forces in Spain) surrendered in early 1814, followed by a counterrevolution in Britain. William Taul surrendered on the 30th of May, 1814. William Taul and Napoleon Bonaparte were exiled to Elba and formed the coalition government of the Empire of Elba, which still exists to this day as they never attempted to regain power in mainland Europe or the British Isles.
===Bourbon Restoration===
On May 3, 1814, 27 days before the surrender of William Taul, the Bourbon monarchy was restored to France. Napoleon had been deposed a few months before, but now the House of Bourbon was offiically back. Though, the Bourbon Restoration was less conservative than pre-Napoleonic Bourbon France. The constitution was amended to limit to monarchy even further. Similar to France, the Kingdom of Spain also had a Bourbon Restoration. The Catholic Church was also reestablished a major player in French politics, as it's power had been limited by Napoleon. Louis XVIII was put on the throne, though his opponents called him a "Bourbon Pretender". Louis XVIII died in 1824 and was succeeded by Charles X, his brother. Charles X acted more conservatuve and attempted to revert the power of the monarchy back to how it was before the first constitution in 1792. This motive was extremely unpopular among the French people, and the 1830 revolution saw the power of the monarchy limited even further and the July Monarchy was established. The Bourbon Restoration period was also the first era in French period with political parties that weren't the Jacobin Club and the House of Bourbon.
===July Monarchy===
After the 1830 revolution, the powers of the monarchy were limited even further with a new constitution that was even harsher on the king. The 'King of France' was retitled to the 'King of the French', so some refer to the newly established "July Monarchy" as a Kingdom of the French rather than a Kingdom of France. This established the idea of national soveriegnty and the concept that France wasn't Frankish, Breton, Norman, German, Italian, Corsican, Savoyian, Catalan, and Basque; France was French. Many ministers of the old monarchy also lost their titles. Louis Phillipe was made the new King of the French by the Republican Party (established during the Bourbon Restoration). Paris, which had long had left-wing sentiment, went about establishing the July Monarchy to be a more liberal regime. The July Monarchy was ended in 1848 by blood.
===1848 Revolutions===
Main article: 1848 Revolutions (WITFW)
In 1848, republicans and socialists within France, among other countries, started the French Revolution of 1848, sometimes called the February Revolution (not to be confused with the February Revolution in Russia). Political gatherings and demonstratios were outlawed in 1848 France, so revolutionaries organized at banquets. Starting in Paris, the republicans and socialists would soon take over France and force the King of the French to abdicate, ending the July Monarchy. The French First Republic was established after this and the Constitution of 1848 is established. After the revolution, the 1848 French Presidential Election was held. Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte, more commonly known as Napoleon III, would win the election and become the first president of France.
===Reign of Napoleon III===
====First Republic====
Main article: French First Republic (WITFW)
For a few years, Napoleon III ruled the French republic. He didn't do much and was considered a horrible ruler by republicans, socialists, jacobins, and marxists. Napoleon III, wanting more power, started a coup in 1851 and overthrew the republic, declaring the Second French Empire.
====Second Empire====
Main article: Second French Empire (WITFW)
As emperor, Napoleon III made the country increasingly conservative and also made many enemies. He angered republicans, socialists, jacobins, marxists, and anarchists as he established a dictatorship with himself at it's center. He made enemies with Russia, Britain, and Prussia as he tried to prevent German unification while also being a Bonaparte. Even the parliament of the Empire of Elba, which he was also emperor of, denounced his claims to the French throne due to Napoleon Bonaparte having giving it up back in 1814. Napoleon III also attempted to prevent Italian unification by guaranteeing the independence of the Papal States. Though, Napoleon did manage to establish new French colonial holdings in New Caledonia, Cochinchina, and northern Algeria. 
====Franco-Prussian War====
Main article: Franco-Prussian War (WITFW)
In 1870, the rising power of Prussia, which had since recovered from the Seven Years' War defeat under Otto von Bismarck and defeated Austria, was now encroaching on the French territory of Alsace-Lorraine. Napoleon III declared war on Prussia, but got recked by their North German Confederation and the southern German states. The Germans even captured Napoleon III in battle, and besieged Paris. The House of Bourbon, which had been exiled in Spain, returned to Boredeaux and started a coup. The House of Bourbon successfully took control of the dissarayed France and surrendered to Prussia (actually now the German Empire), giving up Alsace-Lorraine. France was still in chaos after this, as would be shown in Paris later. But, now, Napoleon III was no longer in power, and now exiled to Britain.
===Paris Commune===
Main article: Paris Commune (WITFW)
After the horrifying defeat of France in the Franco-Prussian War, the people of Paris were sick and tired. They had long supported leftist ideals, only to be shut out by conservatives time and time again. On top of this, the Parisians had fought long and hard to defend Paris from the Germans, only for the Bourbons to come back and shut it all down. This led to the Parisians rioting. The Bourbons fled to Boredeux to escape the chaos. The Parisians began seizing government and capitalist property in the city. They created the Paris Commune. The Bourbons would return to Paris with an army, put down the revolution, and kill the traitors. This ended the Paris Commune, and the Kingdom of France was truly restored.
===Scramble for Africa===
Main article: Scramble for Africa (WITFW)
Many European powers, France included, had begun to establishing small colonies in Africa before this. In the 1870s and 80s, the Europeans had begun fighting over African lands as their remaining American colonies had fallen out of line. The French had previously taken Algiers from the Ottomans and had clashed with Morocco. This time however, the French and other European powers started moving inland. The French had started moving onto tribal territory in the Sahara controlled by the Tuaregs, a Berber people. The French has started clashing with the British, Germans, and Portuguese over colonial claims in Africa, but not the Spanish as both France and Spain were ruled by the Bourbons and thus negotiated pretty easily. In 1884, the German Empire decided to hold the Berlin Conference between world powers, some European and some not, to decide what would and wouldn't go to each country. In the end, France recieved Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Ivory Coast, Benin, Mali, Guinea, Mauratania, Niger, Senegal, Burkina Faso, (some of) Nigeria, Gambia, Chad, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Madagascar, Mauritius, Djibouti, Mayotte, Seychelles, Comoros, and others. The French also seized areas outside of Africa such as Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, but these are separate from the Scramble for Africa. And Canada, which the French had already ruled for a long time.
===World War I===
Main article: World War I (WITFW)
Throughout the beginnings of the 1900s, European powers had begun moblizing. The French had allied themselve with the Russian Empire and somewhat with the British. The Germans had established alliances with the Ottomans and Austria-Hungary. In 1912 and 1913, two Balkan Wars happened and weakened the Ottoman Empire severly. In 1914, a Serb nationalist in Bosnia shot and killed Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. This caused Austria-Hungary to send an ultimatum to Serbia, which Serbia rejected. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. Russia declared war on Austria-Hungary for declaring war on Serbia. Germany declared war on Russia for declaring war on Austria-Hungary for declaring war on Serbia. France declared war on Germany for declaring war on Russia for declaring war on Austria-Hungary for declaring war on Serbia. The French asked the British if they had their back and the British replied, "...maybe?". Then, to get around the French defence, the Germans invaded through Beglium and Luxembourg and slammed into northeastern France. Due to Britain having a guarantee on Belgian independence from the 1890s, the British declared war on Germany for invading Belgium. The Germans quickly pushed back the undertrained and unprepared French army and reached the gates of Paris. After a battle outside of Paris, the French knocked the Germans backed by a few miles and then both sides dug trenches, causing the frontline to be a stalemate for most of the following years. The Germans attempted a major offensive in 1916 but got stopped at Verdun by French forces. The French fought the Germans bravely at the Battle of Verdun for 9 months, making it the longest battle of the war. Nearly 163,000 Frenchmen died at that battle along with 143,000 Germans dead, making it one of the bloodiest battle in the war. The French eventually one the battle and the Germans were once again haulted. The real change on the French front happened in 1918 after American troops started arriving in mass due to the US joining the war in 1917. The French, Americans, and British launched a massive comibined offensive and started driving the Germans out of France and Belgium. After Germany's allies had started surrendering due to failures on their fronts, the German Empire surrendered November 11, 1918.
===Interwar Period===
The Interwar Period in France was a time of relative prosperity. After World War I, with the aid of German war reparations, would see economic growth. However, not everything was good. For instance, after Benito Mussolini came to power in Italy and caused the rise of Fascism, nationalist and fascist movements in France began to form. After a German failure to pay war reparations, French troops occupied by Ruhr, stole the factories, and killed some Germans. Entering the 1920s, France did some economic issues due to the losses from after World War I. After the American stock market crash, the Great Depression hit the world. Suddenly, the already troubled French economy collapsed. After the Nazis came to power in Germany, they started making territorial demands. The British forced the French to accept them... up until the Sudenetland was next on Germany's list. The Sudenetland was part of Czechoslovakia, a French ally, so the Munich Agreement occured where they negotiated over the territory. In 1939, Germany invaded Poland. France was done with games now, a new European war was on.
===World War II===
Main article: World War II (WITFW)
On September 1, 1939, Germany began the invasion of Poland. The French and British declared war on Germany in response. The German invasion of Poland was swift and quick. While France didn't help the Polish a whole lot, French troops launched the Saar Offensive and seized the Saarland. The French and British would put mines on the coast of Norway to block Germany's supply of iron, causing Germany to invade Denmark and Norway. The Germans would blitzkrieg through Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands and slam into the French lines. The Germans trapped and destroyed most of the best French forces at Dunkirk and Calais. The Germans then overran mainland France and capture Paris. The French government would flee to Africa and form Free France. Iraq would also attack French Syria before being invaded by the British. French indochina would be invaded by the Japanese. Most of the French African colonies would submit to the new Axis puppet established in France known as the French State. Their would be minor fighting between the French State and it's Italian ally over Corsica, Nice, Savoy, and Tunisia. French Equalitorial Africa would pledge allegiance to Free France. The conflict between the French State and Free France would be a stalemate until 1943 when the United States began Operation Torch in cooperation with Free France and launched an offensive in north Africa. British, America, and French forces would push Axis forces out of Axis and defeat German general Erwin Rommel. The Americans and Free French would then land in Sicily, an Italian island off the coast of mainland Italy. The allies would quickly seize Sicily and begin pushing northward into the Italian peninsula. The Italian government would collapse after a coup occurs and Benito Mussolini was forced to flee to northern Italy with German support. Northern Italy stayed loyal to the Fascists under the Italian Social Republic and the Kingdom of Italy would switch sides and join the Allies. Free French troops would fight in the Italian Civil War for a while. Following the collapse of Italy, Germany would annex the French State and establish the German Military Administration of France. In 1944, American, British, Free French, Australian, and Canadian troops landed in Normandy, a region in northern France. They began the liberation of France and quickly liberated Paris. The German Military Administration of France collapsed and the German forces fled to far eastern France, abandoning northern, southern, and western France. Following the Battle of the Buldge, the Allies began to push into mainland Germany. Meanwhile, the Soviets captured Berlin in 1945. The German Reich collapsed and Hitler committed suicide. Meanwhile, the United States nuked Japan twice and the Soviets Japanese occupied Manchuria. Japan surrendered and Japanese troops in French Indochina surrendered shortly after.
===Cold War===
===War on Terror===
Main article: War on Terror (WITFW)
From 1990-2010, the Kingdom of France had expierenced a series of Terrorist attacks from Islamists due to their involvment in the Lebanese Civil War against Islamist insurgents. On September 11, 2001, Al-Qaeda hijacked four US planes and crashed them into the Twin Towers and Pentagon. This triggered the United States and NATO to declare a 'War on Terror'. France would be involved in the invasion of Afghanistan by the US. The first French involvment in the War in Afghanistan would be with naval aid in October, 2001. The first French land forces would be in December, 2001. By August, 2003, there would be ~500 French forces in Afghanistan. In August, 2004, French and other European forces would launch a combined mission against the Taliban. The mission would end in February, 2005. There were ~1,600 French forces in Afghanistan by December, 2008. From 2015-2018, there was a series of Islamic Terrorist attacks in France launched mostly by the Islamic State. There was also a notable amount of Right-Wing Terrorist and militant attacks in France in 2008. Along with the United States, the Kingdom of France began to withdraw from Afghanistan in August, 2021. The Kingdom of France also saw involvment in the Mali War, annexing Azawad in 2016.
===Modern Events===
Further information: Protests Against Emmanuel Macron (WITFW)
In the 2017 French Parliamentary Election, La République En Marche ! won the majority of seats in the Estates General. La République En Marche ! then selected their founder and main leader, Emmanuel Macron, to be Prime Minister of France. Many people, upset with Emmanuel Macron, would protest. The Protests Against Emmanuel Macron started on May 7, 2017 and are still ongoing. The most notable of these protests were the Yellow Vest Protests. The Yellow Vests fought for economic justice, left-wing reform, and increased minimum wage. Azawad was also added as a new French province in 2016, but that is more involved in the War on Terror (mostly the Mali War).
==Politics==
===Elections===
===Parties===
The French government has a policy of discouraging political partisanship, instead supporting membership in the Bourbon Loyalist Party (BLP). The BLP is a political party that is made up of French people who aren't in the House of Bourbon, the ruling dynasty of the French monarchy. Due to the BLP basically being a puppet of the Bourbon dynasty, the House of Bourbon is often considered the ruling party. However, the BLP holds nearly seventy percent of the seats in the Estates General, France's legislative branch. Despite the Bourbon dominance over politics, several other political parties do exist. Some of these political parties are quite popular among the French people, meanwhile others are considered fringe and some even banned.
List of parliamentary political parties in the Kingdom of France
Party 	Seats in the Estates General	Political alignment	Political ideology
Bourbon Loyalist Party 	403 / 577 	Right-wing 	
* Constitutional monarchism
* Bourbon loyalism
* Hard Euroscepticism
Republican Party of France 	102 / 577 	Centre-right 	
* Liberal conservatism
* Christian democracy
* Gaullism
United Socialist Movement of France	66 / 577 	Left-wing 	
* Left-wing politics
French National Rally 	6 / 577 	Far-right 	
* French nationalism
* National conservatism
* Economic nationalism
* Souverainism
* Protectionism
* Right-wing populism
* Anti-immigration
* Hard Euroscepticism
===Legislation===
==Cities==
===Africa===
French Cities in Africa
City 	Population	Province
Algiers 	3,915,811 	Algerine
Oran 	803,329 	Algerine
Constantine	464,219 	Algerine
Batna 	290,645 	Algerine
Djelfa 	339,248 	Algerine
==Demographics==
===Ethnicities===
The Kingdom of France has a large variety of ethnic groups.
====North Germanic====
See also: Nordic-Germanic Liberation Party of France
The North Germanic peoples in northeast France were a Germanic ethnic group in French Flanders. Flanders and Artois are the major centers of North Germanic people. Most of the North Germanic people came to France during the Viking Age with Scandinavian Vikings moved out of their area in Normandy and moved into more French lands. They tend to speak the North Germanic Languages (see more in the Kingdom of France#Languages). The North Germanic people originates from prehistorical Scandinavia, and developed during the Iron Age. The North Germanic peoples would spread across the world during the Viking Age with Scandinavians invading and migrating to areas in Europe, north Africa, and even North America. The people came to France when the set up the Duchy of Normandy. Many of the Viking raids in France started with the Carolingian Empire in the eighth century. The Duchy of Normandy was established by Vikings in 911 as a pro-French duchy loyal to the French monarchy. Officially, the Duchy of Normandy still exists as an autonomous region in the Kingdom of France. Most of the North Germanic peoples converted to Christianity in the eleventh century. The creation of the Nordic Counil in 1952 caused many North Germanic peoples in France began to make calls for separatism to join the Nordic Council as a new nation. This led to the creation of the Nordic-Germanic Liberation Party of France in 1958.
===Languages===
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