France (Parallel France)

France, officially the French Republic (French: République Française), is a transcontinental country spanning Western Europe and overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea; overseas territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean.

Due to its several coastal territories, France has the largest exclusive economic zone in the world. France borders Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Monaco, Italy, Andorra, and Spain in Europe, as well as the Netherlands, Suriname, and Brazil in the Americas via its overseas territory in French Guiana. Its eight constituent countries and overseas provinces span a combined area of 643,801 km2 (248,573 sq mi) and over 67 million people (as of May 2021). France is a unitary semi-presidential republic with its capital in Paris, the country's largest city and main cultural and commercial centre, located in Francia; other major urban areas include Marseille, Lyon, Toulouse, Lille, Bordeaux, and Nice.

Constituent countries of Metropolitan France

 * Francia (Capital: Paris)
 * Brittany (Capital: Nantes)
 * Normandy (Capital: Rouen)
 * East Frankia (Capital: Strasbourg)
 * Burgundy (Capital: Dijon)
 * Auvergne (Capital: Lyon)
 * Provence (Capital: Marseille)
 * Occitania (Capital: Toulouse)

Overseas regions

 * New Francia (Capital: Fort-de-France)
 * Océanie Française (Capital: Nouméa)
 * Mayotte (Capital: Mamoudzou)
 * Reunion (Capital: Saint-Denis)

TV channels

 * France Télévisions (Owner: Government of France)
 * France 2 (rolling news channel)
 * France 3 (regional channel with similar function to British ITV)
 * France 4 (youth-oriented channel)
 * France 5 (factual programming)
 * France 6 (programming in French minority languages, e.g. Breton, Normand, Occitan)
 * La Première Outre-Mer (overseas provinces only)
 * France Ô (overseas provinces only)
 * TF1 (Owner: Government of France via Groupe TF1)
 * M6 (Owner: Groupe M6)
 * Canal+ (Owner: Vivendi)