Talk:Shattered (Map Game)/@comment-27927699-20180312213633

Mélanie Lucroy responds to the statements made by Stepan Taraneko.

We support neither the Russians nor the Ukrainians at this point in time, the will of the people is the cause of this matter. We will not surrender ourselves like we did embarassingly in World War Two again. We are announcing a General Rearmament of our nation to prepare ourselves in case of a war we are forced to pick sides with. As far as France and the French people is concerned, the East is not of our concern as of now. Thank you.

French Foreign Minister in a debate with the German chancellor, in question of the Maginot Line:

This is an action we must take for the defence of the people. The Maginot Line will start as a small line of fortification. When more tension builds up we will increase the Maginot Line. We are hoping that we are both still allies and we do not favor any war between both of our nations. French neutrality can be questioned, but ultimately it is a decision we must take. We might be overreacting, but then again, we must dare it.

French Republic [2033]
 * Backstory: After Marine le Pen got elected, France got nationalized and thought independent by will is a greater option than being led by other superior nations. That tradition has been going on through the newly elected Parti Radical.
 * Summary: In case of a war, we will side with NATO as it is confirmed by the Parliament of France. This might change however.
 * Military:
 * Technology: Project de Bonaparte is responsible for renovated Infantry equipment, vastly renovating the main Infantry and making it look more modern to this time period, and would be a time for new tactics to appear.
 * Project de Bonaparte: We invite the United Kingdom and the United States to this project. Still waiting for response.
 * Conflicts: We are not in any conflicts yet.
 * Preparing for War: The Maginot Line is under way, the Savoyard Line is cancelled and instead we will focus on rebranding our Navy.
 * Science and Technology
 * Space Program
 * General: The CNES, the national Space Program of France is conducting serious space exploration and is trying to land on the moon and prepare the funding for a landing to Mars, which would happen not very soon.
 * Mars:
 * Aries Campagne: The Aries campaign is the main operation for a landing on Mars, it is currently being funded and there is no rocket yet to support this operation.
 * Moon:
 * de Gaulle Campagne: The de Gaulle campaign is responsible for the landing on the Moon, which also will not happen any time soon without proper funding as this is low priority.
 * The LASER Research: This is exclusive to only France, and we are trying to research the new FRCdB-32 (Français Char de Bataille). This will be finished until 2035.
 * Infrastructure:
 * Cities: We are renovating the city of Paris, Marseille, Lyons, Bordeaux, Brest and Strasbourg to make them feel more modern in style and look more Gothic at the same time, which would make our nation feel traditional and encourage some tourism at the same time. This work is not done yet and mostly Paris has been done so far.
 * Agriculture: Yields continue to grow, we are currently encouraging agriculture throughout southern France effectively rising our workforce in that region.
 * Government
 * Border controls: France is not willing to accept refugees of any nationality, and will only accept refuge to its own people. We are dispatching journalist in Ukraine to figure out what is going on there, so that we can know who to really support.
 * Political Parties: The Parti Radical is currently leading our nation, although Front National is barely tipping over the vote.
 * President: Mélanie Lucroy is our president.
 * Diplomacy: As a current member of the European Union, we would support anyone in the Union and expand our influence throught the world, and conduct good diplomatic relations with at least every nation in the world, except a few exceptions.
 * Greece: The Miquelon Agreement; we will send you generous economic support and in return you shall give us military access to your nation. This agreement will be cancelled if you do not respond.
 * NATO: We are going to be staunchly neutral unless upmost neccessary.
 * Brazil: Good thinking, a way out of trouble indeed. We would like you to propose a trading company of our own, by the name of Juste de L'Atlantique. Waiting for response.
 * Turkey: For the actions you have done in Greece for many years now will not be tolerated once more. It is advised to not recall any businessmen as they will go into crisis much quicker. Waiting for response..
 * Ukraine: Do not try and release your own propaganda against us just because we are not supporting no one. As time goes by, we will decide. For now we are neutral by the will of the people.
 * United States: We are currently striving for neutrality, please respect this decision as the people is against war as many Frenchmen would only die for stability in the East, and not gaining anything but that.
 * United Kingdom: It is best not to intervene in this turn of events, just saying. Join our neutrality as well if you so wish.
 * Canada: We increase our relations due to your ruling party and government.
 * Education: Education is still top-notch and in mainland France, at least all of the people are able to read and write by hand. Overall literacy is around 100%, and is it expected that all children at the age of 3 would start going into education.
 * Demographics:
 * Population: The French population has risen throughout the years, with 69,2 million Frenchmen living in France.
 * Religion: The current demographics are 90% Roman Catholic (mostly in mainland), 2% Jewish, 3.6% Sunni and 4.4% unaffiliated.
 * The Catholic Church Communion of France: The Church denounces Islam and condemns people who use it as their religion.
 * Economy: GDP grew from 4.745 trillion to 4.845 trillion.