法国

法国

政府类型	HM's Government
执政党	Orléaniste (liberal)
首都	Paris (ID 425)
人口	8.78 million
主体民族	French
被接受民族	French Canadian
识字率	58.3%
国家价值观	Equality
科研学派	Avantgarde Intelligentsia
地位	Great power

A view of France and Iberia in 1836

”Vive la France!”

Although Napoleon's empire is gone, the legacy of the French Revolution continues to influence France and the rest of Europe. Having seen the rise of a republic, an empire, and then a restored traditional monarchy, it begins the game in 1836 as a popular constitutional monarchy under the liberal Orléanists. France nonetheless continues to possess a strong army, navy, and economy, despite the decades of upheaval, allowing it to remain among the top three great powers and giving it the potential to rise to the number one ranking. The looming 联合王国 and the emerging German power of Prussia pose a threat to France's ambitions, however, causing it to shift its designs outside the continent and towards the rich lands of Asia and Africa.

The biggest obstacle to its rise is the country's low birth rate, especially compared to the neighboring German states. Due to the threat of Prussia, France must be prepared to fight a war in defense of Alsace-Lorraine that could either cause or prevent the rise of the German Empire. On its path to regain the powerful position it held under both the Ancien Régime and Napoleon, France will also likely have to deal with revolutionaries, expand its influence by gaining a large overseas colonial empire, and maintain the balance of power in Europe.

Overview

French is the main culture of France and French Canadian is an accepted culture. Its main religion is Catholic, which is also the state religion. In 1836 France has 53.36% farmers, 31.86% labourers and 10.27% artisans. France ruling party is the liberal Orléaniste. France has great industrial potential, that big that with industry points it can easily surpass Britain and become #1.

Unique decisions and events

Decisions

Events

France have a lot of unique positive events. There will especially be a lot of events giving prestige without any effort.

Strategy

France is one of the top three great powers at the beginning of the game. It has a strong army, navy and high literacy. France starts with a colony in Guyana, the coast of Algiers and several smaller African colonies. However, many challenges remain. A low birthrate and even more so to the east, Prussia/NGF/Germany will cause the downfall of France if one does not prepare for these challenges. The single most important war over Alsace Lorraine will either result in the German empire forming or will cripple their ambitions.

Due to France's relatively dominant position on continental Europe and a plethora of colonies around the globe, a French player is presented with various different options to pursue. Here are some of your major options.

Research

A workable literacy rate and a rich country means, that France does not have to limit itself when it comes to research.

In general matching Prussias army technology, getting ready for colonization and getting prestige from culture technologies are the most important aspects.

It is worth noting that two French decisions requires a tech, which can be researched right away. La Légion étrangère requires Army Professionalism and The Lambert Charter requires Ideological Thought. Especially La Légion étrangère is worth prioritizing early, as the 0.01 prestige pr month and the 1% immigrant attraction runs for the rest of game.

Many other French decisions require certain tech later in the game, and most are worth actively pursuing.

Prussia

Prussia is the dominant state fighting for the control of what will become Germany and is ultimately an enemy to France as they will come for Alsace-Lorraine. A good move in the early game is to attempt to weaken the Prussians through an early war to claim their Western Provinces.

To prepare for the war we will want to build forts along Alsace-Lorraine and shift our armies to the French border with Prussia. Begin to justify a war to "Acquire State." Alternatively, a decision to claim "The Left Bank" can provide an "Acquire State" CB for a cost of 4 Infamy. Prussia will be very weak without being Germany and these early conquests could go as far as to prevent a major rival in the East. An early alliance with Denmark or Austria will prove beneficial as it will serve to contain the Prussians and prevent any further expansion. The conquest of Prussia should be quite simple and will allow you to pick up 2 States in Prussia's Western holdings along your border. This will cut a massive part of the Prussian industry down and will prevent the forming of the North German Federation, so long as you hold those states.

With your new holdings in Prussia you have now prevented a formidable foe from rising up and will be able to slowly annex minor German states as the game progresses.

Diplomacy

In regards to diplomacy, the main objective is to counter Prussia. Prussia and minor German states have superior military skills to France. Russia or Austria are therefore natural Great power allies. Alliances with Switzerland, Belgium, or the Italian states are also valuable.

Sphering neighboring countries

Sphering neighboring countries such as Belgium, Switzerland, and Spain will help later on whenever you are in trouble, especially Belgium and Switzerland as they will become very loyal to France after sphering them. Sardinia-Piedmont and Two Sicilies can also be sphered but it is usually lost when Italy forms. Having good relations with Sardinia-Piedmont is probably a good idea because of the decision Cavour's Diplomacy.

Other options

France has many other options to pursue. Examples range from acquiring states from Spain (especially Catalonia is valuable) to establishing a greater presence in the Americas. Other options include Removing the British influence in Belgium, and annexing them or annexing Sardinia from Sardinia-Piedmont and Sicily from Two Sicilies

French Colonial Empire

French Ghana together with Sokoto as well as Dutch, Danish and English Ghana

Historically France played a major role in the European colonization of the world, and it is advisable that the player does so as well. The country has lost some of its holdings during the French Revolution and subsequent conflicts, but regaining a large empire is far from impossible. The colonies will serve the purpose of boosting one's economy and providing more manpower to deal with threats on the continent.

非洲

法国在非洲有少量产业，玩家可以继续参与到瓜分非洲中去。在游戏开始时，玩家可以选择遵循历史路线进攻北非的 Tunis和 Algeria，或者选择瞄准非洲更南边的部分例如 Sokoto或者 Portugal的产业。

The decisions The Lambert Charter和End the Merina Monarchy 可以完全吞并 Madagascar。

美洲

在游戏的开始, 法国在美洲的领地仅限于加勒比海上的一些岛屿、加拿大附近一个单独的岛屿和南美海岸的圭亚那地区。如果玩家想要遵循史实路线，早在1836年就侵略 Haiti（在大革命期间从法国独立）是一个在该地区恢复法国存在感的好选择。 United States of America 倾向于快速扩展它的势力，所以建议尽早进攻海地。