FRANCE
France is the largest country in Western Europe by area, bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain, with coastline along the English Channel, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea. It was one of the dominant European powers of the early modern period and built an extensive colonial empire across Africa, Asia, and the Americas, the legacy of which is reflected in the fact that French remains an official language in 29 countries across five continents.
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