France

France ( French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, pronounced [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), is a country in western Europa. It lies east of the bay of Biscay, south of the English sea, north of the Mediterannean and east of the Rhine. It borders the Netherlands and Lidje in the north, Germany in the east, Occitania, Aragon, Leon and Basque Country in the south, Herculane in the south-west and Normandy in the east. It also has a maritime boundary with the United Kingdom in the north.

France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre. Other major urban areas include France.

History
During the Iron Age, what is now France was inhabited by the Gauls, a collection of Celtic tribes. The area was annexed by Rome in 51 BC, developing a distinct Gallo-Roman culture that laid the foundation of the French language. The Germanic Franks arrived in 476 and formed the Kingdom of Francia, which became the heartland of the Carolingian Empire. The Treaty of Verdun of 843 partitioned the empire, with West Francia becoming the Kingdom of France in 987. WIP!