Commune of France
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Commune of France, or officially Union of Communes of France (in French: Union des Communes de France) is a country in Western Europe. It borders to the east Flanders-Wallonia, Germany, Switzerland, Italian Federation and to the south Spain.
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General information
Official name: Union des Communes de France (Union of Communes of France)
Motto: Prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous! (Workers of the world, unite!dx)
Anthem: L'Internationale, by Eugène Pottier
Capital (de facto): Paris
Official language: French
Type of government: Socialist federal republic
Date of proclamation of the Union of Communes: 22 June 1920
Area: Less than 500.000 km²
Population: Around 40 million
Currency: Franc
History
The Third Republic ended in the way it began: defeated by German arms, and facing Communist Revolution at home. In the November of 1919 a revolutionary General Strike was called by the CGT, paralysing the country and causing the downfall of the bourgeois government. ‘The Party of Order’ was not strong enough to put an end to the unrest and in the following months the ‘Establishment’ were forced out of France by a coalition of leftist forces in a brief but brutal civil war. For the past 15 years the self styled ‘Commune of France’ has united behind a common platform of Syndicalist-Socialist consensus, headed by the ruling Comité de Salut Public. However, by 1936 the consensus that was resolved to rebuild the shattered country and defend the fruits of revolution from foreign menace is deemed as outdated by many critics, and there is a growing call for more radical policies. France is increasingly confident in its security and in its mission, but the French revolutionary tradition is varied, and it is unclear precisely which strands shall become dominant in the years to come…
