French State (In Frederick's Fields)

The French State (French: l'État Français) was a state that existed as the official government of France between the  in 1896 after the Dreyfus Scandal and the end of the  in 1920. The French state was officially a restoration of the Napoleonic Empire, but in reality it was ruled with full control by, a military official, for most of its timespan; there was no invitation for Prince Imperial Napóleon to take the throne, and while this was described as a temporary measure while order was established, no real attempts to restore the French Empire occurred until after Boulanger's death.