France (The German Century)

France, officially the French Republic, also known as the French Fifth Republic, is a sovereign state located in Western Europe. The European, or metropolitan, area of France extends from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. It borders Flanders to the North, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland and North Italy to the East, and Spain, Catalonia, Andorra and the Basque to the South.