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France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe, with overseas regions and territories including French Guiana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the French West Indies, and islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean. The current Fifth Republic, a semi-presidential system, was formed in 1958 by Charles de Gaulle, following the earlier Bourbon Restoration, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic and short-lived Fourth Republic. France is a great power and one of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Start Year
1958 1
This entity is the current French Fifth Republic, founded 1958; the lead's own long list of earlier French states (Kingdom of France, First and Second Empires, five earlier Republics) shows a genuinely multi-era history, but 1958 is the one the lead names as forming the state now current.
Government type (class)
Republic 1
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Status (Extant or Former)
Extant 1
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Source Wikipedia: France
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1. Wikipedia: France
Wikipedia
  • Introduction
    The current Fifth Republic, a semi-presidential system, was formed in 1958 by Charles de Gaulle.
  • France: Status
    France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe, with overseas regions and territories including French Guiana, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, the French West Indies, and islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.
  • Wikipedia lead paragraph, official name/state form (w-bbfill-history3-0927)
  • In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
    France, officially the French Republic, is a country primarily located in Western Europe.
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