Fifth French Empire

The French Sixth Republic, officially known as the Fifth French Empire or also known as the Second Frankish Empire, is a country located in Western Europe. It is borded by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Neo-Spanish Empire, New Prussia, Greater Bavaria, the Second Roman Empire, and the Second Habsburg Empire. The seventh-largest country in the world before the Second Zulu Empire by size, it is one of the members of the United Nations Security Council. it has a water border with the United Kingdom and the Balearic Republic. It has 27 departments in its European region and has a population of 72 million. It is a continental empire with a reinstated Napoleonic constitution (unspecified), and has a long country name called Second Napoleonic Empire since it has the same name as the constitution. It was founded in February 18, 2026.
The French Sixth Republic was started from a rebellion from many students demanding the end to the Fifth Republic. Emmanuel Macron, the president of France at that time, gave up his position as president and a constitution based on the late Napoleonic constitution was created. From there, the leader was called Napoleon IV. Someone would take his place as another Napoleon. The ideas were put into place in the constitution. it still had its army and its laws from the Fifth Republic were transferred there, but already by now, it was a sixth republic.
This caused the return of the Napoleonic regime for the first time in about 2 centuries. The country entered a renaissance and advanced in the Napoleonic culture. However, it was dependent because it was still fighting World War III along with its allies. Once the war had gone over, it then made good friendship with its neighbors. Eventually, Napoleon IV then died and was replaced by Napoleon V, who ruled from 2038 to 2048, about a decade. The republic helped New Prussia to reunificate the entire Central Europe. They late partitioned Switzerland with the Second Roman Empire. Eventually, France got to get revolutionary ideas from its own after Napoleon V resigned. Napoleon VI became the next ruler in 2048 and lasted until 2057. He helped the Corsican Railway Transit Corporation build a railway to the mainland. The last pre-empire emperor was Napoleon VII and he decided to get land like the other empires would. He would hold the title as emperor and became the first emperor of the Fifth French Empire.
During this time, he built the army to large numbers.
== Appearance ==
The empire sounds like France in total, but it uses its recent colonies from its early kingdom, the first Napoleonic empire, and its African colonies. it also has about a quarter of India and Indochina in total, plus it holds Syria and Madagascar. It has colonies in the Baffin Bay and controls Haiti.
== History ==
=== Sixth Republic (2026-2069) ===
==== Revolution (2026) ====
==== Rise to Fame (2026-2034) ====
==== No Wars, World Peace (2034-2040) ====
==== The Napoleons (2040-2069) ====
=== Transition from a Republic to an Empire ===
==== Conversion of Napoleon VII into Catholicism - 20 Years' War ====
In February 1, 2069, Napoleon VII ordered an invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. However, since their main army can't traverse through mountains and were too weak, Spain managed to beat them to bits. Only France got away with strip of coast in the Mediterranean, Murcia and some parts of Spanish land. It attempted an invasion of the Balearic Republic but the country was smart enough to produce sea mines. France did greater effort by grabbing Sardinia and a quarter of Benelux. It tried invading Greater Bavaria with the help of New Prussia and the Consulate of Brandenburg, but it failed as well. However, after seeing what the Second British Empire had done, it became irritated. The Second British Empire managed to have every African coast, Madagascar, India, Burma, New Zealand, Canada, and Australia. The sun did never set. Napoleon VII was irritated at seeing this since the country used to be mocked an idiot. He declared war on the Second British Empire, causing scare in the GB. The war sparked fears of a return of a new Frankish Empire by GB or a reprise of the Hundred Years' War.
Napoleon VII was not ready to extend his navy yet. He believed in atheism, believing that God doesn't exist. He was forgetful, so he decided to be a Catholic. He was baptized in Valentines Day 2069 in the Notre-Dame de Paris, converting him to Christian faith. Upon the conversion, he did a very long speech so France would know how to believe in someone yet. He then made speeches so he would take chances to the crowd. They were recorded live in the internet. Meanwhile, the war was going strong between France and GB. The war lasted from 2069 until 2089, and it was called the 20 Years' War. Many people didn't believe Napoleon VII's declaration of war and thought he was a dick, but the French Armed Forces were serious. He then decided to make laws so they would admire him. However, his laws were unruly. He decided in order to gain the people's trust, he had to defeat Great Britain first, which was an enemy of France for about 1000 years.
France called up the United States, New Prussia, the Consulate of Brandenburg and the Kingdom of Mecklenburg to help in the war. Not only that happened, but the Second Habsburg Empire and the Second Russian Empire hired to join GB's side, which meant that France's cover was blown. A remake of the Napoleonic Wars was about to begin once again. Napoleon VII didn't care about the consequences, but he knew France was now a great empire, so he changed the name from the French Sixth Republic into the Fifth French Empire. The Napoleon constitution was updated again and new laws were made, bringing access about culture in the Napoleonic days. This was the start of a transition from a republic of poverty into an empire of richness.
The 20 Years' War came down as deadliest than the Second Russian Civil War. Not everyone decided to join France's coalition. In October 2069, Napoleon VII declared an invasion of the northern Rhine, which succeeded, but was bogged down attacking Western Germany and managed to gain some land. Spain also joined, so Napoleon VII then restarted the operation in the Iberian Peninsula. It managed to get a lot of acres, but when it was almost to the point of defeating Spain and Portugal, the Second British Empire jumped in and beaten the soldiers there, preventing from executing the invasion. France was driven back to the land again, but it managed to destroy a base in Gibraltar.
But they weren't lucky yet. France then sent 200 ships across the Indian to plan an invasion to rift the British Raj. It then sent ships in Angola, Mozambique and Cameroon to attack British forces. It then attacked Western Africa and defeated the Songhli Empire, which gained a lot of land. It then turned its eyes of England, but it was bogged down as well, and Napoleon VII abdicated and went into exile in Vichy, where he would live for the rest of his life. The war continued to happen throughout the World War IV era by the emperors Napoleon VIII, Napoleon IX, and Napoleon X.
About 13 months before World War IV, Napoleon VIII was crowned and baptized in Notre-Dame like its predecessor did before. He elected Napoleon IX as the navy vice president. He had to stop the war since they had to fight terrorism together since World War IV was ongoing.