| State of France Etat de France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Anthem "La France de demain" The France of tomorrow (1932-1996) "La Marseillaise" (1996-1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 The State of France in 1965
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 Territories and colonies of the French Republic at the end of 1965
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| Capital | Paris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Largest city | Paris | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Religion | de facto (No religion) de jure Roman Catholicism Calvinism Lutheranism Judaism | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Government | Unitary one-party fascist state under a totalitarian dictatorship (1931-1970) Unitary one-party fascist state (1970-1994) Unitary one-party totalitarian state (1994-1998) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dirigeant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1931-1970 | François de La Rocque | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1970-1979 | Jacques Doriot | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1979-1985 | Victor Barthélemy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1985-1989 | J.L Tixier-Vignancour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1989-1994 | Pierre Sidos | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1994-1998 | Jean-Marie Le Pen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prime minister | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1931-1955 (first) | Maurice Pujo | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1998-1998 (last) | François Brigneau | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Historical era | Interwar • Second World War • First Cold War | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1931 Coup | 5 December 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1932 legislative election | 1-8 May 1932 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Start of the Second World War | 1 August 1938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | End of the Second World War | 4 October 1944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Creation of the Strasbourg Pact | 11 September 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Death of François de La Rocque | 29 January 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | Establishment of the Fourth French Republic | 21 May 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1965 | 11,903,726 km² (4,596,054 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Population | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1938 est. | 110,900,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1963 est. | 225,000,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| - | 1994 est. | 101,800,000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Currency | French franc CFA franc CFP franc French Indochinese piastre | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The State of France (French: Etat de France) was the fascist government of France from 5 December 1931 to 21 May 1998, governed by six Dirigeants. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk (Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over 22,402,200 square kilometres (8,649,500 sq mi) and spanning eleven time zones.
Despite political dysfunction, the Fourth Republic saw an era of great economic growth in France and the rebuilding of the nation's social institutions and industry after World War II, with assistance from the United States through the Marshall Plan. It also saw the beginning of the rapprochement with France's longtime enemy Germany, which led to Franco-German co-operation and eventually to the European Union.
The new constitution made some attempts to strengthen the executive branch of government to prevent the unstable situation before the war, but instability remained and the Fourth Republic saw frequent changes of government – there were 21 administrations in its 12-year history. Moreover, the government proved unable to make effective decisions regarding decolonization of the numerous remaining French colonies. After a series of crises culminating in the Algerian crisis of 1958, the Fourth Republic collapsed. Wartime leader Charles de Gaulle returned from retirement to preside over a transitional administration empowered to design a new French constitution. The Fourth Republic was dissolved on 5 October 1958 following a public referendum which established the current Fifth Republic with a strengthened presidency.
Establishment[]
World War Two[]
First Cold War[]
François Era[]
Death of François, and start of democratization, and decolonization[]
Collapse[]
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