France as of 1974
In 1971, French President Jean-Baptiste Tremblay signed an agreement with the Chancellor of the German Empire Reinhold Kiermaier, in which France would join Russia, the Netherlands, and Arabia with Germany into a Greater German Empire. Tremblay, a noted pro-German political figure in France, elected in 1969, was chosen by the French people to bring about peace with Germany and a possible end to the riots breaking out across the country.
After the formal accords of union with Germany were signed, a massive riot broke out in Paris near the Elysee Palace by a radical nationalist group calling themselves the 'Sons of Fanchon," named after the radical Marshal of France in the early parts of the 20th century, noted as the instigator of the Hundred Days War with the United States of Mexico. His nationalism continued to be popular among radical sectors of the French population, and had exploded in popularity after the occupation of the country by Germany after the Global War.
Riots in Paris after the new unification, calling itself the 'Greater German Empire' with Kiermaier as its first chancellor, killed ten in the initial rising. Shortly thereafter, a large mob of people, led by an insurgent nationalist by the name of Stephane Pascal stormed the French parliament building and held several legislators, many of them pro-German, hostage. Pascal said in a speech to his faithful, rapidly picked up by the French vitavision channels, that he would not release the hostages until 'this bastard union be destroyed, and the rape of our homeland be ended by the German military and government!"
The German military's forces stationed in Paris, led by General Vester Kreuse, the commander of all German military forces in France, dispatched a large armored force, including warmobiles and terramobiles, to the Parliament building to stop him. To aid him came the forces of the Parisian deployment of the French Self-Defense Force (FSDF) under General Christian Deniau with a similar force composition. Rioters loyal to Pascal threw improvised explosive devices, made out of vulcazine in a glass bottle with a flaming rag from the opening, dubbed 'Bruning's Chardonnay' during the Global War, at the coming forces, destroying both terramobiles and warmobiles, destructions of the latter causing the deaths of the troops inside, usually numbering approximately ten to twenty.
Eventually, a commando raid by the German forces succeeded in rescuing the captured legislators and killed many insurgents, including Pascal. The mob was eventually dispersed and many were arrested and put on trial in the coming months. President Tremblay decried the Sons of Fanchon and said that 'such haughty, arrogant nationalism has no place in our new state of brotherhood with Germany and the other countries of the new confederation."
Otherwise, the accession of France to the Greater German Empire was met with mostly apathy. One French citizen in Lyon, interviewed by a CNA news network, said that "I suppose that it can be troubling that we're joining with the Germans on an international scale, but we still have our internal autonomy. I don't see how it'll change much for us average people."
It did change, however, and it appeared to change for the better. Many trade restrictions were relaxed between France and the rest of the world, as French international trade would now be considered part of German international trade. Immigration between members of the Greater German Empire were liberalized, as was internal trade between member states.
However, what was immediately controversial was the German plan, in accordance with the French armed forces, to establish a German naval base in the northern French city of Calais. In 1973, the naval base, started the previous year, was completed, and German Admiral Arthur Tifft arrived to take command. British ambassador to the Greater German Empire Palmer Varnham denounced such an establishment of the naval base as 'an apparent act of hostility,' and was followed by similar statements from Prime Minister Gordon Perrow. However, neither Tifft, Tremblay, or Kiermaier refused to relent.
In 1971, French President Jean-Baptiste Tremblay signed an agreement with the Chancellor of the German Empire Reinhold Kiermaier, in which France would join Russia, the Netherlands, and Arabia with Germany into a Greater German Empire. Tremblay, a noted pro-German political figure in France, elected in 1969, was chosen by the French people to bring about peace with Germany and a possible end to the riots breaking out across the country.
After the formal accords of union with Germany were signed, a massive riot broke out in Paris near the Elysee Palace by a radical nationalist group calling themselves the 'Sons of Fanchon," named after the radical Marshal of France in the early parts of the 20th century, noted as the instigator of the Hundred Days War with the United States of Mexico. His nationalism continued to be popular among radical sectors of the French population, and had exploded in popularity after the occupation of the country by Germany after the Global War.
Riots in Paris after the new unification, calling itself the 'Greater German Empire' with Kiermaier as its first chancellor, killed ten in the initial rising. Shortly thereafter, a large mob of people, led by an insurgent nationalist by the name of Stephane Pascal stormed the French parliament building and held several legislators, many of them pro-German, hostage. Pascal said in a speech to his faithful, rapidly picked up by the French vitavision channels, that he would not release the hostages until 'this bastard union be destroyed, and the rape of our homeland be ended by the German military and government!"
The German military's forces stationed in Paris, led by General Vester Kreuse, the commander of all German military forces in France, dispatched a large armored force, including warmobiles and terramobiles, to the Parliament building to stop him. To aid him came the forces of the Parisian deployment of the French Self-Defense Force (FSDF) under General Christian Deniau with a similar force composition. Rioters loyal to Pascal threw improvised explosive devices, made out of vulcazine in a glass bottle with a flaming rag from the opening, dubbed 'Bruning's Chardonnay' during the Global War, at the coming forces, destroying both terramobiles and warmobiles, destructions of the latter causing the deaths of the troops inside, usually numbering approximately ten to twenty.
Eventually, a commando raid by the German forces succeeded in rescuing the captured legislators and killed many insurgents, including Pascal. The mob was eventually dispersed and many were arrested and put on trial in the coming months. President Tremblay decried the Sons of Fanchon and said that 'such haughty, arrogant nationalism has no place in our new state of brotherhood with Germany and the other countries of the new confederation."
Otherwise, the accession of France to the Greater German Empire was met with mostly apathy. One French citizen in Lyon, interviewed by a CNA news network, said that "I suppose that it can be troubling that we're joining with the Germans on an international scale, but we still have our internal autonomy. I don't see how it'll change much for us average people."
It did change, however, and it appeared to change for the better. Many trade restrictions were relaxed between France and the rest of the world, as French international trade would now be considered part of German international trade. Immigration between members of the Greater German Empire were liberalized, as was internal trade between member states.
However, what was immediately controversial was the German plan, in accordance with the French armed forces, to establish a German naval base in the northern French city of Calais. In 1973, the naval base, started the previous year, was completed, and German Admiral Arthur Tifft arrived to take command. British ambassador to the Greater German Empire Palmer Varnham denounced such an establishment of the naval base as 'an apparent act of hostility,' and was followed by similar statements from Prime Minister Gordon Perrow. However, neither Tifft, Tremblay, or Kiermaier refused to relent.