France

France ([fræns] (help · info) or / frɑns /, French spelling: [fʁɑs]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, French spelling: [ʁepyblik fʁɑsɛz]), is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in Western Europe and also has many islands and overseas territories located in other continents. Metropolitan France extends from the Mediterranean to the English Channel and North Sea, and from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean. French people often refer to Metropolitan France as "L'Hexagone" ( "Hexagon") because of geometric shapes territory. France is a republic union of semi-presidential republic. The main ideology contained in the Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen.

France is bordered by Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra, and Spain. Because it has overseas departments, France also shares land borders with Brazil and Suriname (bordering French Guiana), and the Netherlands Antilles (bordered by Saint-Martin). France is also linked to the United Kingdom by the Channel Tunnel, which was under the English Channel.

France has become one of the greatest power the world since the mid-17th century. In the 18th century and the 19th, France built one of the largest colonial empire at the time, stretches along the West Africa and Southeast Asia, political and cultural influence area. France is a developed country, with the sixth largest economy (nominal GDP) or eighth (PPP) in the world. State is the most visited in the world, receiving 82 million foreign tourists annually (including business travelers, but which excludes people staying less than 24 hours in France). France is one of the founding countries of the European Union, and has an area greatest of all members. France is also a founding of the United Nations, and members of the Francophonie, the G8, NATO, and the Latin Union. It is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations; also a big nuclear power with 360 active warheads and 59 nuclear power plants.

Contribute a better translation