Talk:Crisis and Genesis: Awaking Fascism (Map Game)/@comment-26031225-20170430195646

French State
 * Backstory: In 2017, Marine Le Pen won an upset victory against centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron, the result was a major shock for France and the EU, as most polls had predicted that Macron would beat Le Pen with a comfortable margin. Allegations of the election being hacked by Russia began to surface, but they did not manage to prove anything, Macron so humillated that he decided to 'exile' himself to Germany. In the following months, tensions increased all over the country as opposition against Le Pen started to grow, leading to several riots, arrests and even more terrorist attacks. Nevertheless, the Front National still managed to secure an slim majority in the Congress even though most big parties had united against the FN. Le Pen soon began to push her nationalist agenda without much trouble, immigration was finally banned and a referendum to leave the EU was scheduled to happen on January 2018. However, tensions reached a critical point 3 days before the referendum, when an armed movement to overthrow Le Pen was formed, the 'revolution' - as the rebels called it, was spearheaded by Communist leader and former presidential candidate Jean-Luc Melenchon. The rebels took control of parts of Britanny, southern France, and even a few districts of Paris. Meanwhile, French Guyana declared independence as they saw the civil war as an opportunity to do it, due to the central government focusing on the rebels in Metropolitan France. In the end, Le Pen's government managed to crush the rebellion after 3 months of internal strife, although Melenchon and other rebel leaders managed to escape to the newly created nation of Cayenne/New Guiana (France was forced to give them independence under heavy international pressure). The EU referendum (which was suspended because of the civil war) was held on November 2018, resulting in a victory for 'Leave', getting around 54% of the votes, Frexit negotiations started inmediately and France would completely leave the union by January 2021. At the same time, Le Pen, who had managed to get most of the country to rally behind her because of the civil war and the multiple terrorists attacks, began to push a series of reforms to increase her power, some of them including things like reducing the Congress' power and increasing the number of terms that a president can run for. Eventually, after years of radicalization and slow transition to fascism, France became a one-party state, with the National Front being the sole legal party, Islam is almost extinct as mosques were closed down and inmigrants were either deported or they left the country themselves, the military has been greatly expanded  and oppositors are persecuted, the French-speaking regions of Belgium were also annexed after the country gave in to cultural tensions between the Dutch and the French. Now, Marine Le Pen (who is now 72) has abdicated in favor of her niece, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, after having ruled the country for nearly 23 years.
 * Government: The country is a one-party state lead by a president elected every 6 years, incumbents are allowed to run for re-election as many times they want, this has lead to the West perceiving France as a dictatorship, which it pretty much is in practice. The new president, Marion Maréchal-Le Pen, is not very different from her predecessor, since she also advocates for nationalist and other right-wing values, however, unlike Marine, who preferred an isolationist policy, she wants to increase France's presence in international affairs, adding imperialistic elements to the regime. She also plans to fund the military even further and increase the numbers of the armed forces.
 * Laws: The following is a list of the most relevant laws that were passed under Marine Le Pen's government and some more recent ones;
 * Gun Ownership: Passed in 2017. French citizens are allowed to carry and own guns for self-defence, along with this law, restrictions to acquire were also toned down, except for muslims, which were practically banned from owning any firearms. This was done as a preventive measure against terrorist attacks, since people would be able to defend themselves against a shooter during a terrorist attack. However, nowadays there is a debate on gun control, since terrorist attacks no longer occur and therefore gun ownership is not longer seen as necessary.
 * Immigration: Passed in 2017. All kind of immigration - legal and illegal is banned, except for very specific cases where the person wishing immigrate must meet certain requirements that show that he is 'good for France', among those requirements is not being muslim. Because of this, only around 4,000 people have been able to immigrate since the law was passed.
 * Drug Usage: Passed in 2019. Drugs are legal for medical research purposes but illegal for recreative usage, although it is decriminalized and most efforts are conducted against drug dealers rather than the addicts - who are put in rehabilitation instead of being thrown in jail.
 * Islam: Passed in 2022. Islam can only be practiced in private, meaning that public displays such as wearing burkas is banned. Mosques were also closed down and turned into regular Christian churchs, and at the same time, muslims were encouraged to convert so they could get the same rights.
 * Freedom of Speech: Passed in 2023. Public displays of support for "toxic ideologies" such as communism, "SJWism" and Islamism is prohibited. Ironically enough, national socialism and fascism were not included in the list of "toxic ideologies".
 * Military: Passed in 2024. Under this law the military was given more power and increased funding, they were now able to openly supress protests that went against the regime's interests. Their salaries were also increased and the image of the military was highlighted in propaganda.
 * Political Parties: Passed in 2029. All political parties except for the Front National were disbanded as they were corrupt and divided the French citizens. Under this reform, France became a one-party state and elections turned into a mere formality since there was only one candidate in the ballot (although primary elections still exist to select FN's candidates).
 * Freedom of Speech 2: Passed in 2032. People can no longer criticize or insult the regime. At the first offence, the offender receives a warning and a really expensive fine. However, if the individual does it again, they are declared "enemies of the Motherland" and inmediately inprisoned, with punishments that can go up to a life-long sentence, or, depending of the offence, death.
 * Rewriting of History: Passed in 2035. History books and other historical documents and references were changed to not refer Philippe Pétain (the leader of Vichy France) as a traitor but rather glorify his image as someone who tried to resist during the Nazi occupation. Nazi Germany's image is also significally improved since the FN considers that the Holocaust was exaggerated.
 * Conscription: Passed in 2040 (this turn). All males must perform at least 2 years of military service when they reach the age of 18 (excludinh those with disabilities). This is done so the French people are prepared in case of an invasion.
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 * Operation Mélenchon: Marion Le Pen decides to end a decades-long conflict with what once was French Guiana by declaring war on the young nation, she uses the reclamation of French lands and the fact that New Guiana/Cayenne has provided assylum to criminals from the civil war, including Mélenchon (the rebellion's leader) himself as casus belli. Before the invasion, a series of tactical strikes perfomed by drones were made to crumble Cayenne's military capacities, dozens of military bases, research facilities and production centers were destroyed. On the next day, a total of 155,000 troops (human and robot) landed in different points of the country, sweeping much of its territory in the following weeks. By November, the last resistance forces were defeated and French flags were placed on Cayenne. The country was then annexed as an overseas territory, like New Caledonia, Réunion and such.
 * Operation Pepe: France starts funding fascist parties all over the world in order to "awaken" its full force. Germany, England and Spain are some of the countries where they are being supported the most. This means that, if fascism rises in those countries, chances are that one of the first things they'll do is to ally France.
 * Economy: The French economy is one of the strongest in the world and it is quite stable so not much changes. However, a system similar to that of Egypt is implemented so unemployed people are automatically granted a job in a government industry in order to reduce the unemployment rate and increase productivity.
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