Franceball

"Stop with the fucking american/parisian propaganda on France pls"

- Franceball

"“Je voudrais voir un peu Louis XIV face à un "assuré social"... Il verrait si l'Etat c'est lui !”"

- Louis-Ferdinand Céline,French Novelist,essayist and doctor

"Sachez que vous n'aurez rien si n'êtes pas plus cultivé que les autres"

- Charlemagne

""J'aimerais mieux scier du bois que de régner à la façon du roi d'Angleterre.""

- Charles X King of France

"Vive Le Roy !"

- Franceball  is a bauguette countryball located in Europe and has a long history over in France. Franceball is the outcome of Franciaball built-in  Gaulball on th​​​e ruins of  SPQRball (last survivor of this event) and thus, the matrix of post-Roman Occident. Franceball can also into winner of FIFA World Cup 2018 as they did in 1998!

Franceball shares its borders with Belgiumball,  Luxembourgball and  Netherlandsball on the north,  Germanyball to the northeast,  Switzerlandball and  Italyball to the East, and  Spainball to the south, as well as the "vassal" tiny countryballs,  Monacoball and  Andorraball. The sea clay of Franceball is occupied by the Manche (or "English Channel" Englandball likes to say) on the northwest with UKball, the bay of Gascony / Biscay to the west, and the Mediterranean sea with  Italyball to the southeast. The French clay divides into 13 mainland regions, plus five overseas regions, and the capital Parisball.

Franceball is a member of the G7 as a member of the G20 (or the Group of Twenty), a group formed by the countryballs that have the 19 largest economies plus her son the EUball. Franceball is also a permanent member of the UNball Security Council.

Franceball's national day is on the 14th of July (Bastille Day). However, its birthday is on 25th December, the day of the baptism of King Clovis the 1st and the symbolic alliance between Frankish and Gaulish powers. Franceball's astrological sign is Capricorn. As of 2020, it has a population of 66.09 million inhabitants.

Personality
Franceball still has a half-friendly rivalry against the UKball, who treacherously "stole its America" as they say, and who sucks at cooking. Franceball also retained some of their imperial possessions, such as French Guianaball,  Réunionball or  French Polynesiaball, children who have many good things to cook and who constitutes a gigantic maritime space to swim and to cruise warships. Franceball conquered a very large part of the planet but is told not to be good at fighting by USAball, because of their fear in WW2 despite the final butt-kicking of  Germany. But usually, Franceball tags along with USAball with Middle-Eastern conflicts (Even told so,  Franceball military-talking the most powerful European ball, and has a lot of military pride,  Napoleonic and  Crusader dreams). He often likes to reference the best parts of his history, and he's very prideful. Franceball is also very beautiful, and as a result it attracts a lot of international tourists every year. Franceball is also arabaphobic, so this is why many Arabballs hate him.

Ancient History (200BC-1200AD)
Franceball (otherwise known as Franciaball in their teenage years) is the biological child of  Gaulball, and also the sibling of  UKball by adoption. Franceball's father (by adoption ), SPQRball, was a harsh trainer but otherwise a loving father who taught Franceball nice pools, Christianity, and the art of Imperialism. When SPQRball died (killed by  Germaniaball), however, they were left as orphans, and the once-siblings became rivals who always tried to up each other in the game of World Domination, to be the one and the only successor of  SPQRball, aka the Imperium. The siblings have always fought each other ever since and became a great kingdom in Gaulball and Germanaball. In this game, and with the kebab expansion of the 600's, Franciaball became the only survivor of the post  SPQRball first-generation balls after having sequestered  Burgundyball. Taking their clay from the north side, Franceball fixed their capital in Parisball, even if  Lyonball was the one of  Gaulball and strongest at this time.

After Franceball defeated the kebab barbarians on their clay in 732, they won ever more prestige and became a powerful centralized state in Europe, recycling the western Roman Empire with Charlemagne (damned by Byzantineball). But just released from the kebab attacks, Franceball was harassed by Nordicball and offered him a place in Franceball's clay to calm him, creating  Normandyball who should protect  Parisball from the seaside.

While Englandball established relative control over their rainy clay, Franceball expanded their empire into  Germania, Italy, Spain, and  Burgundyball, diffusing Catholicism, Latin language and their cooking and architecture over there, but Franceball's clay was divided into three parts in 843. This event built a kind of other Franceball, in the east in Germaniaball, a clone in other words, who kept the empire title and begun  HREball.

In 1066, Franceball’s step-brother Normandyball conquered  Englandball's clay, resulting in Franceball's political and cultural domination of  Englandball's clay for some centuries. This is why all smart and sophisticated words come from Franceball’s cool language.

In the 1090s some french balls ( Toulouseball Flandersball,  Normandyball and many else) started the first crusade up, claiming  Jerusalemcube and took it in 1098 after building a new countryball in the Levant,  Kingdom of Jerusalemball. For the next centuries, Franceball has been the primordial European arbitrator of the political events of Mediterranea and Orient, being sometimes in open war with Byzantineball,  Turkeyball, and  Egyptball.

France Médiévale (1200-1610)
A long period of self-fulfillment continued in this context. Franceball developed new architecture as the "French art" (alias Gothic), new recipes, Franceball's language, their courteous feeling and a new concept of chivalry that are so fashion. Franceball's aristocracy infiltrated many thrones in Europe as Navarreball,  Englandball,  Byzantineball,  Savoyball,  Kingdom of Sicilyball,  Kingdom of Naplesball or  Hungaryball. Attracted by wine, sciences, and sun, Englandball harassed her since the XIth century. After having a first time completely rid themself of their painfull presence, Franceball began a great modernization work at home. Jealous as ever, Englandball,  HREball, and  Flandersball decided to bash Franceball into an imposing coalition. So in 1214 HREball and  Flandersball attacked Franceball to the head while  Englandball attacked simultaneously in the back (like he usually does). Franceball counter-attacked and severely kicked them all at the battles of Castillon and Bouvines, strengthening their main position in the Occident.

Later, the Hundred Years' War was a series of conflicts waged from 1337 to 1453 pitting Englandball, against Franceball for control of clay and finishing by the definitive expulsion of  Englandball of their ground. Here is a full list of English-French rivalry. With tactics of entrenchment and archery which put an end to the chivalrous methods of Franceball, Englandball defeated Franceball at Crecy in 1346, and Poitiers in 1356, taking enormous part of Franceball's land which was reconquered and conquered again during decades. To make matters worse for Franceball, a civil war begun between the feudal guilds of Burgundyball and  Orleansball (who successively allied themselves to Englandball) and, like a detail, the Black Death destroyed most of Franceball's resources in the 1340s and 1350s. However, Franceball had the pleasure of watching it spread to Englandball and also watching his civil war, known as the Wars of the Roses. In 1415, after a particularly humiliating defeat by their brother at Agincourt ("Azincourt" for civilized people), after which almost half their clay was occupied by him, Franceball secretly vowed to get their act together again. In 1429, Franceball did just that, kicking his arse at Orleans and retaking Paris to Burgundyball. But in 1431, with Burgundyball's help, Englandball captured and burned Franceball's secret to power.

However, Burgundyball abandoned  Englandball when Franceball developed their new fatal weapon: the powdered artillery regiments to solve all their problems. Franceball reclaimed most of their clay by 1453, with the exception of Calais city which was the first "Gibraltarball" of UKball (recovered in 1558), ending the systematic looting of its pretty gardens.

But a kind of cold war begun with Burgundyball. Franceball built a large anti-Burgundyball club with Savoyball,  Switzerlandball,  Lorraineball,  Alsaceball, and  Milanball which isolated  Burgundyball. This proxy war ended in the battle of Nancyball in 1477 and with the disintegration of Burgundian states between Franceball and Habsburg family, preparing tree centuries of intensive wars between Spainball and Franceball for the recovery of this ex "Grand duché d'Occident".

By the 1480s, Franceball moved into the Renaissance of the 1500s as Burgundyball did 30 years before and  Italyball before again. Franceball tried to capture Milanball and  Kingdom of Naplesball where they were claimed by  Aragonball, destroying the Italian clay in a hard conflict with him and, by extension with  Spainball who became rich and strongest after discovering the Americas. Franceball made temporarily her capital to be closer to  Italyball but failed to conquer his clay.

So after having Milanball,  Kingdom of Naplesball,  Kingdom of Sicilyball, some parts of  Burgundyball, 3/4 of  Navarreball's clay, united his kingdoms and was elected as boss of  HREball,  Spainball totally circled Franceball in a giant empire. Franceball tried to find allies in Polandball,  Englandball and  Ottoman Empireball.

Apart from the occasional war with Englandball in 1512 and 1525/6, tensions between the two siblings lowered as they celebrated together at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520. That was the occasion to humiliate culturally and sportively Englandball. In 1555, Franceball reclaimed Calais from him and set about organizing their army and navy for overseas exploration, colonization, and trade. In 1559, however, Franceball ended their alliance with Englandball's brother  Scotlandball, after he became Presbyterian, and kicked Franceball out of Leith, and set about massacring Protestant Huguenots in 1572 when Franceball began to think about a dynasty reversal. Franceball also began reclaiming their frontiers. By 1600, after having fought Spainball a lot, and building some overseas colonies, Franceball was the most influential ball in Europe once again.

Ancien Régime (1610-1789)
In the 1660s, Franceball had become a rich and prosperous nationball, built some colonies in India and in the Americas as  New Franceball (future  Quebecball) and spent all their spare time to bash  Spainball. However, Franceball had been badly traumatized by the Thirty Years War (1618-1648). The resulting Peace of Westphalia in 1648 had seen the European political spectrum shift dramatically, and in 1682, Franceball completed an ambitious project, the Palace of Versailles, which rivaled all other palaces in Europe. Franceball had also made some conquests in the Lorraineball east in the 1670s and 1680s.

Franceball was also involved in European conflicts, such as the Nine Years War, and the War of the Spanish Succession in the 1700s. Franceball had also not forgotten about Englandball's humiliation of themself in the Middle Ages and tried to extract revenge by supporting the Catholic Irelandball in 1691 against  Englandball, albeit half-heartedly. In 1718, Franceball briefly reconciled with their brother, the newly-united UKball to fight  Spainball in the War of the Quadruple Alliance (1718-1720). 1718 was also when they founded New Orleansball in modern-day Louisianaball.

In 1730, Franceball was at a new height, having a string of colonies in the Americas, governed by their son New Franceball, and an alliance with the soon-to-be anschlussed Madrasball. Franceball had adopted children such as San Domingoball (later succeeded by his son Haitiball),  Martiniqueball, and  Guadeloupeball. And yet, Franceball wanted more. In 1745, the War of the Austrian Succession saw Franceball take most of Austrian Netherlandsball's (fossil of  Burgundyball passed from  Spainball to  Austriaball during the Habsbourg area) clay, only to be forced to hand it back in 1748 by the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Franceball's desperate attempts to get revenge on UKball culminated in the  Diplomatic Revolution, and the Seven Years War of 1754-1763, during which Franceball lost India, Americas, and the Caribbean. The humiliating Treaty of Paris in 1763 saw Franceball lose most of their colonial possessions, and New Franceball was held captive by  UKball to be raised with  Thirteen Coloniesball.

In 1776, Thirteen Coloniesball declared independence from his father  UKball, and seeing their chance to get even with their brother, Franceball sent supplies and ammunition to help their nephew. Franceball went personally in 1778 to help him, along with Spainball and the  Dutch Republicball, who hated the  UKball for land loss as well, tripling his forces. Despite UKball's help from  Iroquoisball and  Hesseball, he was unable to prevail the french and rebel forces and was forced to pull out of America in 1781, after the blockage of his fleet by Franceball at the Siege of Yorktown, and another Treaty of Parisball in 1783 forced him to recognize his son as the newly-independent  USAball who just mumbled a "thank you" to them and began to watch Louisianaball with appetite. Helping their nephew, however, had cost Franceball a lot of money, which meant that Franceball was now deeply in debt. Franceball's extravagant lifestyle contributed to Franceball's financial problems, and despite scientific breakthroughs and discoveries in the Enlightenment, new ideals of Liberty and Equality had penetrated their mind, and in 1789, Franceball had a complete personality change. This alarmed Franceball's ally Austriaball, Franceball;'s hated neighbor  UKball and the other European balls who were still conservatively minded.

Révolution and Napoleonic Wars (1789-1815)
In 1792, Franceball declared themself to be a republic and won the Battle of Valmy against Prussia and  Austriaball attempting to seize Franceball's clay. The First Coalition was formed against them by UKball and  Austriaball, and as a result, in 1793,  France set about purging Franceball's memories of the Bourbon past. However, Franceball found themself descending into madness and fear, as the civil war in the Vendee (1793-1796) and the Terror (1793-94) nibbled away at her sanity. By 1794 UKball had invaded Flanders with the help of  Dutch Republicball and  Holy Roman Empireball but was defeated and chased away by Franceball in 1795. But by 1795, Franceball had a new personality, the first European republic ball, and set about taking Franceball's lands back. In 1796-7, Franceball invaded Piedmontball,  Savoyball and the  Papal Statesball's clay, emptying  Vatican Cityball's treasury, and marching into Vienna. The Second Coalition was formed to stop Franceball. In 1793, Franceball's brother UKball blockaded their port at Toulon in 1797 but failed to stop French advancement upon  Maltaball and  Egyptball in 1798. He did, however, succeed in destroying Franceball's ships at the Battle of the Nile while Franceball was distracted by Ottoman Empireball in Syria, so in 1799, Franceball left  Egypt and returned to Europe.

In 1800, France defeated  Austriaball at the Battle of Marengo and defeated  Holy Roman Empireball the following year. The Peace of Amiens in 1802 that came after UKball's temporary defeat offered her a bit of a breather, but Franceball realized they were running low on funds. So in 1803, Franceball sold the Louisiana Territory to USAball for 15,000,000 USD and declared herself an Empire in 1804. (ironic!) Sh. However, their navy was utterly annihilated at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 by UKball and realizing she was better at land warfare, Franceball spent most of USAball's money on their Grand Armée. In 1805 UKball funded a coalition against Franceball in an attempt to remove Bonapartist sentiments from her, in response  France marched onto central Europe where Franceball defeated  Russia and  Austriaball at Austerlitz, resulting in the dissolution of  Holy Roman Empireball. In 1806, Franceball won the twin battles of Iéna and Auerstadt, then Tilsit against Russian Empireball, and also against  Prussiaball, and the Confederation of the Rhine, which gave her domination of Continental Europe. Franceball resurrected Polandball and implemented the Continental System, an attempt to embargo  UKball into submission. Austriaball was defeated again in 1809 at the battle of Wagram, and the Treaty of Schoenbrunn was signed.

In 1808, France began the Peninsular War (1808-1814), against Spainball, who no longer co-operated with her, and took Madrid in 1809, forcing  Portugalball and  Kingdom of the Two Siciliesball into exile. By 1811, Franceball ruled much of Europe, having defeated the Third and Fourth and Fifth Coalitions, with  Austriaball,  UKball and  Prussia subdued. Drunk on success & confidence, Franceball invaded Russia's massive clay via Warsaw. Franceball advanced into Smolensk and Moscow, which Russiaball had destroyed in advance, so Franceball found nothing. Starving and bitterly cold and disappointed, Franceball tried to head home, only to find the road blocked at Maloyaroslavets, forcing her into combat with Russiaball at Borodino in the winter of 1812. Franceball won the battle, but the winter caused her to weaken, and they barely made it back to their clay, with prestige in tatters.

The War of the Sixth Coalition saw Franceball shamed further by the Confederation of the Rhine and  Prussiaball at the Battle of Leipzig in 1813, and her defeat in Spain in 1814. By mid-1814, the armies of the Sixth Coalition were advancing on her clay, and Franceball decided to send their Bonapartist sentiments to Elba. However, they escaped, and by June 1815, it was back on their former clay, with her army back, and she marched on Brussels but was stopped at Les Quatres Bras, where Franceball defeated Prussiaball. However, UKball and  Prussiaball managed to finally defeat her at the Battle of Waterloo, whereupon Franceball was given therapy by the Concert of Europe, and her personality changed back into her old self (mostly). Her Bonapartist sentiments were sent to UKball's son St. Helenaball's clay, and it died in 1821.

Révolutions and Wars (1815-1914)
After 1815, the Concert of Europe was set up to help Europe recover from Franceball's rampage. Franceball became a secondary power to UKball, who dominated the world unquestionably during the Pax Britannica and focused on overseas colonies. Franceball's new continental possessions had been removed from her, and in the 1820s and 1830s, Franceball invaded much of the Algerian coastline, seizing control from the Barbary pirates. In 1830, Franceball had another change of personality, albeit a much smaller one this time, which did not have much effect upon Franceball. In 1832, Franceball had a brief period of fear.

Franceball took advantage of the Industrial Revolution to expand their economy and industry. Franceball had yet another personality change in 1848, along with Austriaball, and  Prussiaball, and declared themself a republic once again. However, in 1852, Franceball became an Empire again. This time, Franceball sought to co-operate with their brother, having matured. They worked together in the Crimean War against Russiaball with  Ottoman Empireball in 1853-56, and again in 1859-60 in  Qing Chinaball's clay in the Second Opium War. During the Second Empire, Franceball adopted Savoieball and Niceball from  Sardiniaball, who later became  Italyball in 1861, after Franceball helped him liberate Italian Stateballs from Austriaball in 1859; and then she experienced a revival in the arts and sciences, with new buildings, such as the Pantheon, the Opera Garnier, and the Napoleon III apartments in the Louvre. Franceball claimed new colonies by adopting New Caledoniaball in 1853, and Cochinchinaball in 1862.

However, France's luck declined from 1863 onwards. Franceball tried to help Austriaball onto  Mexicoball's clay, but  Mexicoball defeated miraculously them both, and they left in frustration. In 1866, Austriaball and  Prussiaball were at war with each other, and  Prussiaball and the North German Confederation tried to gain Franceball's guarantee of neutrality. Franceball was too busy eyeing Luxembourgball's clay to notice, however, and after an unsatisfactory reply was produced to  Prussiaball, he invaded Franceball's clay in 1870, defeating Franceball at Metzball and Sedan, and laying siege to Paris. Franceball was humiliated once more, and sought revenge after Prussia, who became German Empireball, in 1871 (in her own palace of Versailles), and took their  Alsaceball and eastern  Lorraineball clay.

After the defeat of 1870, Franceball descended into madness again, but the Third Republic was declared in 1871 and came to be a long-lasting cure for Franceball's constant fits of madness and personality changes. By 1884, she had recovered enough to participate in the Scramble of Africa, kidnapping and adopting Senegalball,  Gabonball, Upper Voltaball,  Tunisiaball, and Dahomeyball. Franceball gradually became stable again, donating and receiving gifts (the Statue of Liberty to USAball in 1886, and the Eiffel Tower in 1889), and entered the prosperity of the Belle Epoque of the 1890s, with only the Dreyfuss Affair of 1895 to worry them. Franceball invaded Madagascar in 1895 and formed alliances with her brother UKball formally in 1904, and  Russiaball, in 1907, to form the Triple Entente, or the Entente Cordiale, to protect themselves against  German Empireball's growing strength. Franceball longed to recover her children Alsaceball and  Lorraineball, so when war broke out in 1914, Franceball enthusiastically launched Plan 17 and attacked  German Empire's western Rhine border.

Guerres Mondiales (1914-1945)
However, German Empireball had activated his Schlieffen Plan and attacked through  Belgiumball's clay, which slowed him down slightly, giving Franceball valuable time to mobilize her army. Franceball defended Paris at the bloody battle of the Marne, while her brother outflanked German Empireball in the Race to the Sea. In 1915, German Empireball used poison-gas and aerial-bombers at Mons, and beat up Franceball at Neuve-Chapelle but was defeated by Franceball at Verdun in 1916. By 1917, the tide of war was turning, as Franceball and her allies captured all of German Empireball's overseas colonies, and despite  Russian Empireball's personality change, they were supplemented by  USAball's help, who helped defeat  German Empireball at the Meuse-Argonne offensive in spring 1918. Franceball and UKball accepted an armistice, which went into effect on the 11th of November, 1918.

As Austriaball,  German Empireball was completely dismembered, and his son,  Weimar Republicball, was forced by Franceball to pay massive reparations of 6.6 billion pounds, and also forced to sign the humiliating Treaty of Versailles in 1919 at the Paris Peace Conference. Alsace-Lorraine clay was returned to Franceball, who received the Levant, Kamerunball, Togolandball, and the Saarland as well, and Weirmar Republicball was forbidden from uniting with  Austriaball or arming the Rhineland, bordering Franceball's clay. When hyperinflation set in in Weimar Republicball's clay in 1923, he tried to postpone payments, only for an enraged Franceball to occupy his Ruhr clay. Franceball left in 1925, after Germanyball signed the Locarno Treaties, and joined the League of Nations, of which they already were a founding member of, in 1926, satisfied that Franceball was now safe. Franceball also signed the Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928 in favor of disarmament, but just as it looked as though the world was headed for peace, it was plunged into the Great Depression by the Wall Street Crash in USAball's stock market in 1929.

Without USAball's loans, Franceball's economies ground to a halt, as  Weimar Republicball became  Nazi Germanyball, intent on avenging  Reichtangle in 1933, and  Italyball became fascist. Not wanting another War, UKball and Franceball used a policy of appeasement in the 1930s, which included giving Nazi Germanyball the Saarland back, allowing him to rearm the  Rhineland, and re-occupy Danzig. After the 1938 Anschluss, and the Czech crand West Germanyball, and they joined  NATO. Franceball became a permanent member of the newly-formed Conseil de Sécurité des Nations Unies (UN security council) and declared the Fourth Republic. She also created and held on to Saar Protectorateball until 1957. Then, after Nazi Germanyball invaded poland, She and  UKball declared war on him. In response, Nazi Germanyball invaded the dutch region of europe, and used his blitzkreig technique for the first time. France looked at her capital, Parisball, with all it's art and literature, and decided to surrender so   Nazi Germanyball wouldn't destroy all of that. And so she was split between  Nazi Germanyball and Kingdom of Italyball,and the rest of his clay was made into a puppet state called Vichy Franceball. After a few years of this containment, France took the from of ​Free Franceball and defeated the axis along with all the other ​allied members, and won WWII.

Modern Franceball
After World War II and the conclusion of her double old vendetta against both destroyed Austriaball and  Prussiaball, Franceball began to flourish again. But the disastrous 1946 war of decolonization in Indochina, where North Vietnamball and  South Vietnamball, as well as  Cambodiaball and  Laosball, gained their independence in the 1954 Geneva Accords following Franceball's Dien Bien Phu defeat left her relatively destitute. Franceball let some of the African colonies, namely French West Africaball and  French Equatorial Africaball go without a fight, by referendum, being not able to offer French citizen equality to all the subjects of the Empire without making of her own European population an ethnic minority. In 1958, they formed the Fifth Republic's system to resolve a major political crisis in the decolonization context but was forced to give up her last major colonial possession, Algeriaball, up in 1962 following the Evian Accords to stop a steril bloody war. By now Franceball had already formed the EECball (later  EUball )'s predecessor entity, the European Coal and Steel Union in 1951, and through the 1956 Treaty of Rome, married  West Germanyball and gave birth to EEC ( EUball) in the Treaty of Utrecht the following year. Franceball put a vet at the entrance of UKball's in  EUball considering he's just a troll (future showed that he was) but he entered in 1973 after President De Gaulle's death. Franceball had a brief madness anti-systemic period in 1968 with a love story with Sovietball and  Chinaball, origin of their current headaches.

Franceball's Gaullist era ended in 1970 but continues to be a massive influence of world politics, and in 1977, let go of Djiboutiball, and in the 1990s was essential in the reorganization of their son EUball. People come from all over once more to visit her clay and once again became a vibrant countryball of culture, arts, and sports. In 1998, her beloved "Bleus" won the World Cup on home clay in the mythic Stadium of Franceball. Franceball also hosts the French Open tennis tournament at Roland-Garros, as well as the Tour de France bicycle race, which has been traveling annually across her clay every July since 1903 (except during the World Wars). It is the highlight of Franceball's summer because it brings millions of cycling fans to her clay from all over the world.

After the kebabs attack against  USAball on September 11, 2001, Franceball tried to mobilize oriental balls against terrorist groups based on their clay and put her veto on the  USAball's project to invade  Iraqball, interpreting it with insight as a desire for oil orgy. As a vendetta, USAball began a moral bashing game against Franceball and a destruction one on  Iraqball's clay.

Franceball was the host of two FIFA World Cups in the past: the first time in 1938, and the second time in 1998.

2015: Year of tragedies and terrorist attacks
2015 was the Year of tragedies and terrorist attacks of Franceball because there are two major terrorist attacks that happened in Parisball. From 7 January 2015 to 9 January 2015, terrorist attacks occurred across the Île-de-France region, particularly in Parisball. Three attackers killed a total of 17 in four shooting attacks, and police then killed the three assailants. The attacks also wounded 22 other people. The fifth shooting attack did not result in any fatalities. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula claimed responsibility and said that the coordinated attacks had been planned for years. On January 7, 2015, two ISISball gunmen shot 12 members of the staff at the headquarters of the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo dead and 12 members wounded. On 8 January another ISISball gunman shot a police officer and was killed. The gunner killed four more victims and took hostages on January 9 at a kosher supermarket near the Porte de Vincennes. Police tracked the assailants to an industrial estate in Dammartin-en-Goële, where ISISball gunners took a hostage. French armed forces and police conducted simultaneous raids in Dammartin and Porte de Vincennes, killing all three ISISball attackers. After 12 January 2015 and for an indefinite period, as part of Operation Sentinelle, nearly 10,500 military personnel were deployed in France to secure 830 sensitive places (school, churches, press organizations, etc ). On November 13, 2015, ISISball attacked  Parisball again. They started suicide bombings outside of the Stade de France first and continued into the streets of the city killing people at several cafes and at the Bataclan concert hall, where people attending a rock concert were also taken hostage. 137 Dead, around 500 were non-fatal injuries. The attack in Parisball on November 13, 2015, was the most devastating terrorist attack in Franceball's history. As an answer, Franceball sent their fighter planes to bomb and precipitate the decline of ISISball on kebabs clay.

2016: Joy and Sadness
The year 2016 was a year of both joy and sadness for Franceball. After 7 years of futility, Franceball finally could into a good result at the Eurovision Song Contest when they went to Swedenball and finished in 6th place in the grand final with the extremely catchy song J'ai cherché, her best result in 14 years. A month later, Franceball proudly hosted the 2016 UEFA Euro Cup soccer tournament. Franceball defeated Germanyball after kicking Icelandball in a funny "festival des buts" and finally lost in extra time to their brother  Portugalball. Still, the tournament was seen as a massive success bringing supporters throughout the metropolitan area.

On July 14 (Bastille Day), a day that was meant for celebration, tragedy struck when Niceball was run over by a truck. Because of what happened combined with the 2015 attacks at Charlie Hebdo and the Bataclan, Franceball has sworn never to forgive ISISball for what they did. And despite the sadness, Franceball's beloved Tour de France went on, taking time to remember the victims of that horrible attack.

2017-2018: A rollercoaster of good and hard times
On January 29, 2017, Franceball won the world men's handball championship. On that same day in Philippinesball, Franceball won Miss Universe - the only candidate from Europe to advance through the competition. Franceball had waited over 60 years for this moment!

On 20 April, at 9:00 PM, a new attack happened on the Champs-Elysées. Three French National Police officers were shot by one of the gunners who believe in ISISball (Karim Cheurfi) and one of the police officers (Xavier Jugelé) was killed. One female tourist who is from Germanyball is seriously wounded. The gunner was then shot dead by the police. Franceball will still never forgive what ISISball did before the presidential elections. They elected as president the young liberal Emmanuel Macron kebab remover of En Marche! and kick put a temporary end to the conservative also kebab remover Marine Le Pen influence, which created a big social divide in her clay.

Sadly, on June 19, 2017, a closed attack happened on the Champs-Elysées (terrorists attacked the police). Only one death, but that death is the terrorist. But Franceball still worries about the possible attacks happening in the future.

Franceball was delighted to learn on July 31, 2017, that her dear Parisball would be hosting the 2024 Summer Olympics after  Los Angelesball made a deal with the IOC to host 2028 instead - it was made official on September 13, 2017, at the IOC's meetings in Peruball. Franceball can't wait to welcome the world to her clay for that beautiful event for the first time in a century! On October 10, 2017, Franceball qualified for the World Cup in Russiaball. Swedenball beat her in the June qualifiers, but Franceball kept on fighting. Franceball got their revenge for both their brother Italyball and themselves after Swedenball got knocked out of the quarterfinals by  Englandball.

As for herself, Franceball cruised through the group stage at the World Cup. In the round of 16, she sent Argentinaball and Lionel Messi packing, rekt  Uruguayball in the quarterfinals and defeated her son  Belgiumball in the semis. Franceball also celebrated the 105th Tour de France at the same time which started in Pays de la Loireball, Franceball hoped to win the World Cup for the first time since her victory at the Stade de Franceball 20 years ago... and did it against Croatiaball (ZBLAM!)

On November 24, 2018, the "gilet jaune " movement took place in Paris where thousands of people were protesting against the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_R%C3%A9publique_En_Marche! LREM] 's measure in many parts of France (people were angered about the rise of the taxes, the price of petrol that would increase)... Police, Gendarmes, Gilets Jaune, and Rioters were clashing (mostly) in the streets of Paris damages were done this night... (tho the worst case was what happened in Réunion )

2019-2021: Fire, COVID 19 Pandemic, and remove kebab!!!!!!
On April 15, 2019, just before 18:20 CEST, a structure fire broke out beneath the roof of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Parisball. By the time it was extinguished, the building's spire collapsed and most of its roof had been destroyed and its upper walls severely damaged. Extensive damage to the interior was prevented by its stone vaulted ceiling, which largely contained the burning roof as it collapsed. Many works of art and religious relics were moved to safety early in the emergency, but others suffered some smoke damage, and some exterior art was damaged or destroyed. The cathedral's altar, two pipe organs, and its three 13th-century rose windows suffered little to no damage. Three emergency workers were injured. Contamination of the site and the nearby environment resulted.

Since January 24, 2020, Covid 19 virus was confirmed to have reached Franceball, when the first COVID-19 case in both  EUball and Franceball was identified in Bordeauxball. The first five confirmed cases were all individuals who had recently arrived from Chinaball. A Chinese tourist who was admitted to hospital in Parisball on 28 January died on 14 February, making it the first COVID-19 death in France as well as the first COVID-19 death outside Asia. A key event in the spread of the disease across Metropolitan France as well as its overseas territories was the annual assembly of the Christian Open Door Church between 17 and 24 February in Mulhouseball which was attended by about 2,500 people, at least half of whom are believed to have contracted the virus. On 4 May, retroactive testing of samples in one French hospital showed that a patient was probably already infected with the virus on 27 December, almost a month before the first officially confirmed case. Until October 29, 2020 total Covid 19 confirmed cases in Franceball was 1282769 cases

In October 16, 2020, Samuel Paty, a French middle-school teacher, took place on 16 October 2020 in Conflans-Sainte-Honorineball, a suburb of Parisball. Paty was killed and beheaded in an act of Islamist terrorism. The perpetrator, Abdoullakh Abouyedovich Anzorov, an 18-year-old Muslim Russian-born refugee of chechen descent, killed and beheaded Paty with a knife. Anzorov was shot and killed by police minutes later. His motive for the murder was that Paty had, in a class on freedom of expression, shown his students Charlie Hebdo cartoons depicting the Islamic prophet Muhammad, including one cartoon which depicted Muhammad naked. French president Emmanuel Macron said that the incident was "a typical Islamist terrorist attack", and that "our compatriot was killed for teaching children freedom of speech". The murder was one of several attacks in France in recent years, and it created debate in society and politics.

The above did nothing but call for people to boycott Franceball, some calling for map removal, and making Franceball's relationship with the Arab world deteriorate harder, especially with her son Algeriaball.

On November 29, Franceball won the 2020 Junior Eurovision Song Contest hosted by her little friend Polandball. It was just the thing she needed to cheer herself up through such difficult times!

Franceball finished 2nd at Eurovision 2021 in Netherlandsball, only behind her brother  Italyball - her best result in 30 years. She won her group at Euro 2021 a short time later, however she lost in the Round of 16 to Switzerlandball in a penalty shootout.

Flag Colors
The flag colors of Franceball are plain white shown below:

Copains / Amis (Friends)

 * Angolaball - we both hate this DAMM Kebab.
 * Armeniaball - Bon ami, remover of kebab. Encore un douze points, s'il vous plait?
 * Austriaball - Mon frère in law whom I had issues in the past. We're now living in peace and he is cool with moi since I reduced him to almost nothing =)
 * Belgiqueball - Ridicule chien of bastard son! We tell bad jokes about each other.  MY FRIES COME FROM MARSEILLE! FRENCH FRIES BEST FRIES! REMOVE WAFFEL NOW  Mais ze fries come from moi, OK? Also ça fait quoi de perdre à LA DEMI-FINALE ????!
 * Brazilball - Allie in WW1. But stop calling me a surrendering coward!!! But he help for the satellite. Hon hon! Never forget 1998 world cup!
 * Canadaball - Mon son. Je really like him, he is nice and tolerant. Canadaball is la favourite destination for our young students. Mon only problem with him is that he is part British. And as a detail he deported my Acadians, killed my Indian friends and forced l'Amérique to talk in English and eat abominations... beurk! Sometimes we confuse them with the Americans (Anyway those Anglos are all the same énervante thing).
 * Gaulball - Mon tree friend ancestor. I miss him, somehow. He was of stronk!
 * Russiaball - We are now friends. He hosted this 2018 FIFA World Cup which I won. Is a WW1 and WW2 ally. I even liked his father and grandfather. I like your vodka. He likes eating my frog legs. But I'm sorry for 1812 and I don't wanna be communist.
 * Allemagneball - Allemagne! Mon mari, Je suis meilleur que toi au football! Vous avez été relégué! (Medic medic medic! Laughter really is the best medicine! Hon hon hon!)
 * Spainball - Ma sœur. We had a very turbulent relationship in the passé cause of Napoliball and Burgundyball but now we're good (that's nice she keep her capetian Roi)! I buy cheap cigarettes and drugs and vacances in her clay. she's NOT with my husband
 * Italieball - Mon brother. Our capital cities are twinned esclusively with each other. Only burger think there is a rivalry between us. Mais there is no débat: my food is better and Mona Lisa now is à moi. Could you send me the Pope back to Avignonball? ANYWAYS WE ARE IN TROUBLE WITH WUHAN!!! (Ur lambo sucks, VIVE LE BUGATTI!)


 * Marocball - Mon favorite african friend! Great trading partner. He was of French protectorat, but it was a long temps ago! He like ma culture a lot (Baguette stronk!) and je like his! (Couscous is stronk too!)
 * Notre Dame Cathedral (Cri) Pourquoi?!!! LE MALDIFIQUE HAWK MOTH!
 * NepalRawr - Je loves his mountains. One of moi climbers climb Mount Everest! Vive la Népal!
 * EUball - Mon petit son daughter with Germanyball, who je am proud of. Keep on going with ze plan to take over ze world honhonhon im sorry for 2017 NEVER FORGET!!!
 * Quebecball - Mon son with funny accent! Of worriyings a lot about genes Française being suppressed. I am waiting for his indépendance; or the constitution of a great transatlantic confédération of Franceball; or a new & old Franceball alliance; or all he wants... Also  good  funny poutine ! I don't talk about the russian guy . Gib Celine Dion's songs! Can yuo stop being angry all the time? At least je gave Toi Nicolas & Pimprenelle. Plox be good with yuor Frère.
 * Louisianaball - Mon other grandson living with USAball. He has exquisite Mardi Gras celebrations.
 * Philippinesball - Mon Asian friend and adoptive niece. I win! Merci for hostings Miss Universe 2016! It was mon pleasure to celebrate this wonderfulle event! Hollande made a state visit in Philippinesball's clay!
 * Netherlandsball - Ex-mari, much of high all ze time. He go vacation in my clay. Part of Burgundyball, no..? Mon jury gave him 12 at Eurovision 2019, je am happy il finally won after so long!
 * Vietnamball - Although he is commie, he is also mon son. Je like him and calls moi him best friend and mother.
 * USAball - Mon sarcastic and arrogant godson (but I suppose he has his good points), je gave him Louisianaball (he is un cool godson). Il helped moi during WW1 (late but merci) and 2 (late but merci again). I helped him a lot kick ridicule  UKball's cute ass during his indépendence. It was an expensive but funny game. Je also gave him a statue of moi (Statue de la Liberté). But his new président is bizarre. To me the only differences between him and his dad ( UKball, my husband) is that he don't like Football (Soccer), Monarchy and tea... In other things they are the same barbares. But no vendetta, yet, from my side, he just insults me permanently cause of his cultural inferiority complex.(This is scout, Rainbows make me cry!)
 * Monacoball - Mon petit pet. Can into rich.
 * Serbiaball - Of needings more help to remove ze kebabs, also good ally. Very sorry for bombing yuo in 1999, but I had the UN benediction. Also great remover of Austrians and Hungarians in WW1 hon hon!
 * Scotlandball - she deserve to be free.
 * Japanball - Un bon fan de moi. Merci for letting moi inspire ze Pokémon region of Kalos! I like her sumo concept and the makis.
 * Omanball - Gib oil plox!
 * Polandball - Bon 100 Anniversaire Mon Ami. Tu es adorable! Je t'aime tellement! (Also you beat me at Junior Eurovision, but I liked yuor song)
 * Australiaball - Many Franceballs are big fans of zis country! Je of Building Submarines For lui. Mais sometimes we confuse them with the Americans or with Austrians (Anyway those Anglos are all the same stupide thing).
 * New Zealandball - Mon Nephew. Both Love Rugby, and helped moi In WW1 With Australie. Also Je Sorry For Bombing Your Ship In 1985. Never forget 2007 and 2011... Mais sometimes we confuse them with the Americans or Australians (Anyway those Anglos are all the same agaçante things).
 * Qatarball, Saudi Arabiaball - Business partners from le Moyen Orient.
 * Argentinaball - Mon nephew (The son of Espagne) and latin american BFF. Je helped her to customize his cool musique. Yuo remember "Last Tango in Paris"? I BEAT YUO 4-3 !!!! MESSI SUCKS HONHONHONHON !!
 * Chileball - Nephew. Je helped his people to escape in my clay after the coup d'Etat, mais now je think he is... okay. His présidente is of French, Swiss, Greek and Basque ancestry. (Yuor vin sucks!)
 * Iranball - He exports good Oil to moi and he like my Car Brands Peugeot, Citroën et Renault
 * [[File:Colombia-icon.png]] Colombiaball - Great Latino friend he makes great coffee, but MY VINE IA STILL MEJOR
 * Switzerlandball - Nous love your chocolat, Gib more of your best chocolate!
 * Bulgariaball - Merci pour ze 12 points from ze televote in Eurovision 2017, je am happy vous like mon song zis year!
 * Maliball - Favorite African son. I help him removing ze jihadists on his clay.
 * Gabonball - Puppet Adopted son in central Africa who have très bonnes relations with moi!
 * Tunisiaball - Il finally can into democracy, good for him! Very nice clay for vacationings.
 * Indiaball - Macron meet your prime minister! Also good friend. J'aime your food a lot. (Dont Scam moi!) he also hates mon son for stealing his flag.
 * Malaysiaball - I help train of his military in his clay. Loves mon Croissants and his people love visiting Paris. Thanks for not boycotting mon products. Btw can I have Bukit Tinggi? Then I can start my glorious French empire again.
 * [[File:Wallonia-icon.png]] Walloniaball - Mon son he wishes to unite with me. Shhhh don't let idiotic [[File:Belgium-icon.png]] know about this ok?
 * Nigerball - Mon African son who is of very poor. Am sorry for creating your borders... in which I not expect...*Pffft*... To Turn Out Looking Like Fried Chicken Drumstick!!! HONHONHONHONHON!!
 * Iraqball - Je helped him against ISIS. And Macron meet your prime minister! Vous are also a good friend.
 * Chinaball - yuo Loves my food, and i rely on him much.
 * Mauritaniaball - Mon African Kebab son. Uh, ze one with creepy smile that I gave him during my rampage . He loves me even after.
 * Chadball - Another son from Africa. One with bionic eyes I gave him as bye-bye gift and is very Chad-like.
 * Ukraineball - Merci for the douze points at Eurovision 2018! Russie is annoying you, but yuo have mon moral support! et Crimeaball is Yuors but i ze knock yuo down 7-1 honhonhonhon!!!
 * Israelcube - Bravo for winnings Eurovision 2018, yuor song was great! Though not as great as mine!
 * South Koreaball - Elle est la Meilleure Korea. I don't recognize  her evil twin. Also nice K-Pop! Mon also helped her in the Korean War. But should I return her some old books? (Oegyujanggak)
 * Kuwaitball Mon liked how she put my language on her schools.
 * Rats: MON CHEF
 * Croatiaball - . I REKT VOUS IN BOTH 1998 WORLD CUP SEMI FINAL ET ZE WORLD CUP 2018 FINAL! HONHONHON! YOU PLAYED WELL SO YEAH
 * Soviet Unionball - Is of commie, but he likes me cuz I played fair in cold war and trusts me. Also both can into WW2, But i banned Communism because yuo invaded [[File:Poland-icon.png]] Polandball in WW2!.
 * UKball Mon EX-Husband. We were frenemies once, but now we are reconciliate.

Neutral (Frenemies)

 * Swedenball - Yuo are of beautiful aryens, and je don't hate toi but HOW DARE YOU REMOVE MON BEAUTIFUL BORK? IF YOU REMOVE IT THEN I WILL MAKE ONE MYSELF! Ikea is good and yuor pastries impress moi.
 * Pakistanball - I buy dates from him and package them to the world. I was also une/un the first non-kebab nations to recognise him. But still, a kebab sanglant. DON'T YOU DELETE Indiaball WHO IS MON BEST ASIAN FRIEND OF MINE!! YOU HEAR ME?! ALSO, STOP SUPPORTING TERROISME!!
 * Basqueball (sometimes)- He est le weird son of Espagne who think he is of related to  6balls because of his weird language. Lots of Basqueballs live in my clay but yuo are of keepings to yuorself so je ne of into hate yuo, but plox don't into ETA on moi.
 * Mexicoball - My nephew. I am pyramidophile too! He of stronk against USAball's new président! BUT 1867 ZE WORST YEAR MON LIFE AND JE WANT TO BE FRIENDS!!
 * Haitiball - Mon Caribbean rebellious son. Well... Do you regret your independence now? One more cataclysm?
 * Thailandball - Many franceballs visits your country! BUT JE NEVER FORGET 1890!!!! HONHONHON!!! I hate more Siam. Don't make me addicted to farang =ATM. 
 * Syriaball - Mon son. I promise je will help him to fight againist ISIS BUT STOP SENDING MIGRANTS PLOX! DON'T YUO SEE WHAT HAPPENED IN PARIS & CALAIS??? MANY MANY MIGRANTS!!!
 * Romaniaball - He is mon eastern frère cadet, he loves moi and I love lui a bit. His capital it's called Little Paris or Eastern Paris. BUT STOP COPYING ME! Still, we both hate gypsies, so Je guess we can be amis.
 * Indonesiaball - He hate me right now because the Samuel Paty's assasination, and he want to boycott mon product. Err.. je mean Vivelaspin.gif VIVE LA SPIN Vivelaspin.gif.
 * Portugalball - sister brother, fan and janitor . I have a big Portugalball community in my clay. NEVER FORGET EURO 2016 FINALE!!! 2016 WORST MATCH OF HISTORY!!!! REMOVE YOU MISERABLE PETIT PAYS!!!! Mais, je liked your 2017 Eurovision song, it was ze very deserved winner. S'il te plait, build me a kitchen wall.
 * CSAball - Je wanted to support him in his War of Northern Aggression, also mon king said "a war without allies would be useless" but unfortunatey Unionball said that if I supported yuo, he would declare war on me, am sorry for not helping yuo!

Bande de cons / Ennemis (Enemies)

 * Turkeyball - For the last time YUO CANNOT INTO EU! AND CONTROL YOUR PRESIDENT PLOX!
 * Cameroonball - Mon fille who hates me! MORE YUO INSULTING MOI, MORE JE WILL CONTROL YOURS ECONOMY!!! ZE WORST COLONY I HAVE!! STOP TALKING ABOUT YOUR FORMER FAZER, GERMANY!!! Pitoyable petite m...
 * Somaliaball - Remove LE PIRATES FROM ZE SEA!! I SUPPORT EVERYONE AGIANST YOU!
 * Englandball - Just E V I L. Le DIABLE! Je will reduce you to the sickly exécrable and primitive half island you've always been. Well, je guess that opportunity is gone. Meh I guess nous are sort of friends, now, amis :/ Basically same relationship as UKball, except nous have more wars. Will help me when needed and vice-versa. Ah oui, je must thank toi for knocking Swedenball out of ze World Cup. honhonhon!
 * Cataloniaball - LA CATALOGNE C'ESTL'ESPAGNE!!! SHUT UP ABOUT L'INDÉPENDANCE AND DEAL WITH IT YUO PETITE MERDE!!! YUO NOT OF PAYS REALMENT!!! I HATE YUO SO MUCH!!! LOL I EVEN TRIED TO | WIPE OUT YUOR CULTURE ET LANGUE!!! 
 * Bolsonaroreich - HOW DARE YOU INSULT MACRON IN FRONT OF YOUR PEOPLE!?!? NOUS ARE TRYING TO HELP YOUR WILDFIRES AND VOUS CALL US A LIAR?! WE DON'T WANT TO MAKE YOU A COLONY! ACCEPT OUR AID AND STOP TRYING TO DETER RELATIONS! OR ELSE.......
 * Venezuelaball - Juan Guaido is the real president!!!
 * Cubaball - REMOVE FIDEL CASTRO FROM THE PREMISES!!!
 * Rohingyaball - Toi hate Israelcube! Both toi and  Myanmarball SONT MAUVAIS!
 * - DRAPEAU STEALER!!!
 * Libyaball - I hate yuo because yuo are friends with my Enemies REMOVE!! ANSCHLUSS!!!

FILS DE PUTES PIRES ENNEMIS!!! (Worst enemies)

 * Azerbaijanball - YOU ARE ZE WORST KEBAB IN EXISTANCE!!! YOU ARE FAR MORE WORSE THAN THIS ABOMANATION!!! REMOVE "ə" AND THEN GET OUT OF MY COUNTRY!!! YOU DISCRACEFUL KEBAB!!!! HOW DARE YOU TELL ME TO GIVE MARSEILLE TO ARMENIA!!!!
 * Erdoganreich - WHY YOU BLAME MACRON? YOU SAID THAT MACRON NEEDS MENTAL TREATMENT? WHAT'S WRONG TO BE SECULAR? REMOVE ERDOGAN KEBABISM DICTATORSHIP!! REMOVE!!! YOU WANT ME TO GIVE MARSEILLE TO ARMENIA? NOT A CHANCE!!!! But want to try relations again?
 * Dictature Centrafricaine - Vous ne devriez pas exister vous dicateur du mal! VOUS SUPPRIMER !! LA VOITURE NE PEUT PAS DANS L'EMPIR. Ze Ne devrait pas exister.La RCA aurait été un bon pays économiquement bien sans ta salope! (Translate: You should not exist you dicator of evil! REMOVE!! CAR CANNOT INTO EMPIRE. Ze Shouldn't exist CAR would have been a good country economically without your bitch)
 * Algeriaball - TOI!!! TU EST LA RAISON POURQUOI MON IMMENSE EMPIRE À TOMBER!! TOI AVEC TON FLN, TU VAS LE REGRETTER ET TU REDEVIENDRA MA COLONIE!! HONHONHON!! (In English : YOU! YOU ARE THE REASON WHY MY LARGE EMPIRE FELLS! YOU WITH YOUR FLN, YOU WILL PAY AND BECOMES MY COLONIE AGAIN!!)
 * ISISball - What ze?! Yuo... yuo... (*turns into Napoleonic Francetangle*) [[File:France-icon (tangle).png]]  NO TERRORISM
 * Gypsyball - REMOVE GYPSY FROM PREMISES!! I ALMOST REMOVE YOU, IF IT WASANT FOR THAT DEFORMED MAN THAT LIVES ON NOTRE DAME! U SUCH A FUCKING LEJAMILE TO M FUCKING NATION!!
 * Brittanyball - PAS D'INDÉPENDANCE!!! YUO AREN'T A REAL COUNTRY!!! LA BRETAGNE C'EST LA FRANCE!!!
 * Occitaniaball - MERDE!!!! QUI ES-TU?! ARE YUO CRAZY, YUO NE CAN TAKE ALL MON SOUTH CLAY!! STOP MAKING LIES THAT YUO HAVE A LANGUE, C'EST PATOIS!!!! YUO WILL NEVER LEAVE ME CRAZY OLD MAN!!!!! J'ADORE 1881, GOT RID OF YUOR PATOIS AND MADE YOU FRANÇAIS!!!!
 * Nazi Germanyball - Take a Bir Hakeim and Dunkirk in tour face for life!!! 1940 WORST YEAR OF MY LIFE!! NEVER FORGET THE BLOODY HUMILIATION, PARTITION AND-

Metropolitan regionballs
France is divided into 18 administrative regions, including 13 metropolitan regions and 5 overseas regions.

The 13 metropolitan regions (including 12 mainland regions and Corsica) are each further subdivided into 2 to 13 departments, while the overseas regions consist of only one department each and hence are also referred to as "overseas departments". The current legal concept of region was adopted in 1982, and in 2016 what had been 27 regions was reduced to 18.


 * Auvergne-Rhône-Alpesball (which it merger with Auvergneball and  Rhône-Alpesball.)
 * Bourgogne-Franche-Comtéball (which it merger with Burgundyball and  Franche-Comtéball.)
 * Brittanyball
 * Centre-Val de Loireball (which it formerly called Centreball until 2015.)
 * Corsicaball
 * Grand Estball (which it merger with Alsaceball,  Lorraineball, and  Champagne-Ardenneball.)
 * Hauts-de-Franceball (which it merger with Nord-Pas-de-Calaisball and  Picardyball.)
 * Île-de-Franceball
 * Normandyball (which it merger with Upper Normandyball and  Lower Normandyball)
 * Nouvelle-Aquitaineball (which it merger with Aquitaineball,  Limousinball and  Poitou-Charentesball.)
 * Occitanieball (which it merger with Midi-Pyrénéesball and  Languedoc-Roussillonball.)
 * Pays de la Loireball
 * Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azurball

Overseas regionballs

 * French Guianaball
 * French Polynesiaball
 * [[File:Guadeloupe-icon 2.png]][[File:Guadeloupe-icon 3.png]] Guadeloupeball
 * Martiniqueball
 * Mayotteball
 * [[File:Réunion-icon 2.png]][[File:Réunion-icon 3.png]][[File:Réunion-icon 4.png]] Réunionball

Trivia

 * In the middle of the Middle Ages, he faced the Kingdom of Englandball in a conflict known as the Hundred Years War, as the latter wanted to annex him to their dominions. After 116 years of fighting (not a hundred as would be believed by its name) the costly war ended with the English withdrawal from French lands.
 * Since he was defeated by the Nazis in WWII, he has been feeling quite unsure of himself.
 * Two of the most ironic pieces of art of humanity are in the Louvre Museum in Paris (Venus de Milo and the Code of Hammurabi).
 * Despite the fact that he once took almost all of Europe being Napoleonic Franceball, the other countries of Europe forget that and keep calling him a Surrender. Idiots.
 * In French language, the native name of the country (France) is a femenine noun. This explain why Marianne, the national personification of France, is a woman.
 * The French Foreign Legion had its greatest sacrifice at the Battle of Camarón in Mexicoball.
 * Clipperton Islandball (Île de la Passion) is French.
 * Discovered the planetball Neptuneball (Urbain Le Verrier)
 * It is the country with the most Nobel Prize winners for Literature.
 * It owns a Disneyland.
 * In fact some French fairy tales was adapted by Disney to became movies, like Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty and the Beauty and the Beast.
 * From here was the oldest woman in history, Jeanne Louise Calment, who lived 122 years (1875-1997).
 * The expression "Sacre Bleu" is out of use in the country.
 * Its gastronomy is on the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
 * In his Imperialistic period, he was one of UKball's greatest rival due to his military, social and economic might.
 * Le Classique, also known as Derby de France, is how the football matches between the two great teams called Olympique de Marseille and  Paris Saint-Germain are known. It is the greatest of the football derbies in all of France.
 * He was the organizer of the Eurocup 2016, reaching the final and surrendering, as always losing it against Portugalball.
 * They reached 3 World Cup Finals, winning two against Brazilball and  Croatiaball and losing the other against  Italyball.
 * The French Fries was not invented in his clay, but in Belgiumball.
 * He likes to eat snails which he calls escargot eww.
 * His clay is the most visited among all countryballs.
 * It is forbidden to name pigs Napoleon in his clay.
 * He has more Nobel laureates than anyone.
 * He invented the guillotine with which he killed several people from the French Revolution until the 1970s. The last person to be senteced to the guillotine was Hamida Djandoubi in 1977.
 * He stole the croissant from Austriaball and awarded it as his own.
 * He invented champagne and almost all champagne that is produced in the world comes from the Champagne region of him. Coincidence? I do not think so!
 * His hymn is one of the most warlike and beautiful that has ever existed in history.

How to draw
Draw a black circle, then fill the left with blue,

Then fill the right with Red, and leave the middle with white.

Draw the eyes and you're done.

And if you want to, you can add a beret.

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