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[[Image:map_of_france.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Map of France]]
[[Image:map_of_france.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Map of France]]
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|France
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Map of france
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: black; height: 30px; background: white no-repeat scroll top left;"|[[Image:FranceE_3.gif]]
Flag of the French Fifth Republic
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|Capital
|[[Paris]]
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|Government
|Republic
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|Official Language
|[[French]]
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|President
|[[Nicholas Sarkozy]]
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|Prime Minister
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|Area
|260,558 sq. mi.
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|Population (2007 estimate)
|64,102,140
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|GDP (2007 estimate)
|1.871 trillion
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|GDP per capita (2007 estimate)
|$30,100
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'''France''' (Official title: French Republic/République française) is a country in Western [[Europe]].
'''France''' (Official title: French Republic/République française) is a country in Western [[Europe]].
In March 2003, France was one of over a hundred nations that did not participate in the alliance that liberated [[Iraq]], with its aim of removing the [[Baathist]] regime of the dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], though France had committed substantial forces to the First [[Gulf War]]. French forces did, however, participate in the war in Afghanistan, and suffered casualties in the fighting [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/,/]
In March 2003, France was one of over a hundred nations that did not participate in the alliance that liberated [[Iraq]], with its aim of removing the [[Baathist]] regime of the dictator [[Saddam Hussein]], though France had committed substantial forces to the First [[Gulf War]]. French forces did, however, participate in the war in Afghanistan, and suffered casualties in the fighting [http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/oef.casualties/,/]
==Gaul==
==Gaul==
Back during the time of the [[Roman Republic]], France was a territory called Gaul, populated by Celtic tribes. [[Julius Caesar]] conquered Gaul, thanks to the lack of unity among the tribes. Gaul remained an important part of the [[Roman Empire]] for several centuries. Only one chiefdom in North-West France remained completely independent of the Roman occupation and their struggle for independence was immortalised in French legend in the stories of their hero, Astérix. The myths were popularised in the second half of the twentieth century by the series of French comic books<ref>[http://www.asterix.com/]</ref> featuring the hero and his friend, Obélix.
Back during the time of the [[Roman Republic]], France was a territory called Gaul, populated by Celtic tribes. [[Julius Caesar]] conquered Gaul, thanks to the lack of unity among the tribes. Gaul remained an important part of the [[Roman Empire]] for several centuries. Only one chiefdom in North-West France remained completely independent of the Roman occupation and their struggle for independence was immortalised in French legend in the stories of their hero, Astérix. The myths were popularised in the second half of the twentieth century by the series of French comic books<ref>[http://www.asterix.com/]</ref> featuring the hero and his friend, Obélix.