France

"Bonjour! I'm now in France. It is home to the Eiffel Tower, the baguette, and of course, love. Plus, I knew that France is now in the verge of its surrender soon. And that's what I feared off..."

--Su Ji-Hoon, Invading France

France (French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République Française, pronounced [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a country whose territory consists of metropolitan France in western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories. The 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. The overseas territories include French Guiana in South America and several islands in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans. The country's 18 integral regions (five of which are situated overseas) span a combined area of 643,801 square kilometres (248,573 sq mi) which, as of October 2017, has a population of 67.15 million people. France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial center. Other major urban centres include Marseille, Lyon, Lille, Nice, Toulouse and Bordeaux.