France

The French Republic or France ({{ll|French}}: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents.{{ref|overseasholdings}}

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Country - Metropolitan territory - Western Europe

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France is a democracy organised as a unitary semi-presidential republic. It is a developed country with the fifth-largest economy in the world in 2004.{{ref|economicrank}} Its main values are expressed in the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

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Democracy - Unitary - Semi-presidential - Republic - Developed country - Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen

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France is one of the founding members of the European Union, and has the largest land area of all members. France is also a founding member of the United Nations. It is one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council wielding veto power, and it is also one of only eight acknowledged nuclear powers.

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European Union - United Nations - United Nations Security Council - Nuclear powers

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