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.
 * Demographics: France has a total population of 77,123,081 (75,921,436 in Metropolitan France, which includes the autonomous region of Wallonia, and 1,201,645 in Overseas Territories). It has an HDI of 0.911 and a birth rate of 1.79 children per woman (it has been declining in recent years due to the reduction of the Islamic population)
 * Ethnicity: France is almost entirely made up by Whites with 92.67% identifying as ethnically French, 4.01% other European/White, 2.07% as North African (down from 10% in 2017), 0.5% Asian and 0.75% for other racial groups. Minorities (mostly blacks and north africans) do not have the same rights as whites and are subject to segregation.
 * Religion: 59% of the population identifies as Christian (from which 50% are Catholic, 7% Protestant, and 2% from other Christian denominations), 36.5% claims to have no religion, 2.5% practices Judaism, 0.5% are muslim and 1.5% are from other religions.
 * Language: French is spoken by literally 100% of the population with minority languages such as Occitan, Basque, Breton, etc being near extinction (the highest one represents 0.05%). German is spoken as a second language by 9.5%, Italian by 3.5% and Spanish by 19%. English is widely spoken as second language by around three quarters of the population, although a bill was recently passed to remove English from public schools since it is no longer considered the lingua franca of the world due to the US being weakened along with the rest of the Anglosphere.
 * Military:
 * French Army (Armée de terre): The Armee de terre is the branch of the French Armed Forces responsible for protection of land areas. It is the biggest military branch in terms of active personnel and also the one with the best equipment, having the latest technologies in the military fields. All of its human soldiers are equiped with some version of the railgun, a project researched back in the 2020s, along with exo-suits that allow them to increase their capacities. The French Army consists of;
 * 1,900,500 Active Frontline Personnel (all have exo-suits, handheld railguns and 5% are estimated to be genetically modified to increase their performance, aka supersoldiers)
 * 900,000 Active Reserve Personnel
 * 200,000 Robotic Soldiers
 * 8,784 Tanks
 * 521 Railgun Tanks
 * 9,971 Armored Fighting Vehicles
 * 467 Self-Propelled Guns
 * 502 Towed Artillery
 * 307 Multiple-Launch Rocket Systems
 * French Navy (Marine nationale): The French Navy is responsible from protecting France's coasts and territorial waters. Being one of the biggest in the world, it has the impresive amount of 6 aircraft carriers and enjoys extensive funding and support from the government. The French Navy consists of;
 * 135,00 Active Personnel
 * 100,000 Reserve Personnel
 * 6 Aircraft Carriers
 * 24 Frigates
 * 16 Destroyers
 * 11 Corvettes
 * 30 Submarines
 * 34 Coastal Defence Craft
 * 21 Mine Warfare Vessels
 * French Air Force (armée de l'air): The French Air Force (or armee de l'air, which literally means army of the air) is the branch of the French Armed Forces responsible for securing the Motherland's skies. It has an small personnel, but it is one of the most modern in the world, counting with thousands of drones in its stock. The French Air Force is made up of;
 * 65,000 Active Personnel
 * 30,000 Reserve Personnel
 * 2,500 Light Drones
 * 1,000 Armored Drones
 * 750 Bomber Drones
 * 360 Stealth Drones
 * 573 Fighters/Interceptors
 * 401 Fixed-Wing Attack Aircraft
 * 721 Transport Aircraft
 * 308 Trainer Aircraft
 * 698 Helicopters
 * 174 Attack Helicopters
 * National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie nationale): The National Gendarmerie is one of two national police forces of France. It is a branch of the French Armed Forces placed under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of the Interior—with additional duties to the Ministry of Defense. Its area of responsibility includes smaller towns and rural areas, while the Police Nationale—a civilian force—is in charge of cities and large towns. However, its use has been expanded to larger cities in the last years, as they are often used to tackle organized crime and gang violence, giving them an status of military police, they are also used in cybercrime operations. They are often used to track down and kill oppositors as well. It consists of;
 * 150,000 Active Personnel
 * 5 Cybercrime Brigades
 * 500 Armored Fighting Vehicles
 * 40 Helicopters
 * Wars/Operations:
 * 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 the United States 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.
 * Technology, Science and Research:
 * Space Program: Just like the Californians (with the difference that everything was funded by our massive, powerful government rather than by corrupt corporations), Le Pen's government had taken an special interest on reaching the stars. Because of this, the CNES (the French space agency) received massive funds back in 2020s, allowing us to make our first expedition to the Moon by 2026.
 * Railgun tanks: We start researching more advanced types of railgun tanks, focusing on improving their speed and armor. A new model will be available by 2043, and mass-production will begin soon after that.
 * Genetic engineering:
 * EMP Weapons:
 * Diplomacy:
 * Canada: Their intervention in Québec is condemned and denounced as an "illegal invasion". Later on, an ultimatum is sent demanding that they withdraw from Québec inmediately and to give up their interests in the region. If they refuse there will be serious consequences.
 * Québec: We'd like to propose an alliance between our nations, as we believe that this would benefit both of us. Historically, we have many cultural and political ties and we've always viewed you as a friend since you gainef independence. Now, the Canadians have sent their army to your territory without your consent and they are now threatening you with war if you don't become "friends" with them. You must not tolerate this aggresion, demand their withdrawal inmediately as they have no right to do this, and don't be afraid, our nation is with you and we'll help you if anything happens. As a final note, we'd also like to ask for permission for sending a few troops to your border with Canada to prevent any future aggressions.
 * Scotland: Greetings, old friend, it's been a long time since you were independent, and chances are that the British will attempt to take you over sooner or later, we both know the kind of scum they are. With this being said, we'd like to ratify our alliance, the oldest one in the world. We believe that by doing this,  the British will think twice before launching one of their disgusting campaigns to expand their territory. We hope that you accept, it's time for the Auld Alliance to flourish again.
 * India: We understand your reasons for being hostile towards China, they are a threat to your region, but you shouldn't embargo Japan just because of their government type, that's not very "democratic".
 * Germany, Egypt: Their alliance request is accepted and relations are increased.
 * Madagascar: We'd like to buy our former territory, Mayotte, for 75 million dollars. You don't need to worry about this movement, we don't plan to take back all of our colonies but rather the ones we lost recently, since we understand that you have developed your own culture and we'll respect your decision. Secretly, we try to bribe the president by offering him to transfer a "bonus" of 100 million dollars to his personal bank account if he accepts to sell Mayotte.
 * New Zealand: Your memes are lame.