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The French Third Republic

Population Statistics
Population (1925 est.): 44,113,500
Official Language: French
Dominant Religious Group: Roman Catholic

Political Organization
Official Title: The Republic of France; The French Third Republic
Conventional: France
Political System: Unitary Parliamentary Republic in Metropolitan France and Overseas Départments, an Imperialist System in those Overseas Territories not organized into Départments
Capital: Paris
Constitution: The constitution of the French Third Republic, February 24 and 25, and July 16, 1875
Legislature: The French Parliament, consisting of two-chambers, the Assemblée Nationale, and the Sénat.
National Motto: Liberté, égalité, fraternité (Liberty, equality, fraternity)

Head of State (as of September 23, 1920): President Aristide Briand (Socialist Republican)
Head of Government (as of February, 1924): Prime Minister Léon Blum (SFIO)

Blum’s Ministry (Since 1924)
President of the Council (Prime Minister) and Minister of National Economy: Léon Blum (SFIO)
Vice President of the Council: Albert Sarraut (Radical)
Minister of National Defense and War: Georges Clemenceau (Radical)
Minister of Foreign Affairs: André Tardieu (Radical)
Minister of the Interior: Alphonse Gasnier-Duparc (Radical)
Minister of Finance: Vincent Auriol (SFIO)
Minister of Labor: Jean-baptiste Lebas (SFIO)
Minister of Justice: Georges Leredu (Republican Socialist)
Minister of Marine: Georges Mandel (Radical)
Minister of Air: Pierre Cot (SFIO)
Minister of National Education and Fine Arts: Anatole de Monzie (Republican Socialist)
Minister of Pensions, Grants, and Allowances: André Maginot (Radical)
Minister of Agriculture: Henri Queuille (Radical)
Minister of Overseas France: Maurice Viollette (Radical)
Minister of Public Works, Welfare, and Social Security Provisions: Albert Bedouce (SFIO)
Minister of Public Health: Henri Saddler (SFIO)
Minister of Posts, Power-lines, Telegraphs, and Telephones: Édouard Herriot (Radical)
Minister of Commerce: Paul Painlevé (Republican Socialist)

Significant Mainstream Political Parties:
Cartels des Gauches (The Leftwing Coalition)
Parti Républicain, Radical et Radical-Socialiste (Radical-Socialist Party)
Parti Républicain Socialiste (Socialist Republican Party)
Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière (Party of the Workers' Movement, the French section of the Second International, abbreviated as SFIO)

Coalition de le Droit (The Coalition of the Right)
Alliance républicaine démocratique (Democratic Republican Alliance)
Devant Libéral Nationale (National Liberal Front)
Fédération Républicaine (Republican Federation)

Ultra-Right Organizations:
Action Française (Action France)
Croix-de-Feu (Cross of Fire)

French Diplomatic Relations (Major Countries):
Europe
The United Kingdom–Cordial but Complicated
The Kingdom of Belgium-Cordial
The Kingdom of the Netherlands-Neutral
The Greater German Empire-Wary and Distrustful
The Empire of Russia-Closely Allied
The Kingdom of Italy-Allied
The Kingdom of Spain-Allied but Irritated
The Kingdom of Rumania-Unofficially Allied
The Kingdom of Hungary-Unknown
The Kingdom of Bulgaria-Wary
The Kingdom of Albania-Wary
The Kingdom of Macedonia-Neutral
The Kingdom of Montenegro-Unimportant
The Republic of Turkey-Neutral
The Kingdom of Greece-Disliked but Neutral

The Americas
The United States of America-Cordial
The Republic of Argentina-Cordial
The Republic of Brazil-Cordial
The Republic of Chile-Cordial
The rest of South America-Neutral

Africa
Liberia-Neutral

Asia
The Empire of China-Allied
The Republic of China-Disgusted and Distrustful
The Republic of Hainan-Allied
The Kingdom of Siam-Wary
The Empire of Vietnam-Unknown
The Chinese Communists-Wary
The Empire of Japan-Wary and Distrustful

Significant Treaties and International Organizations:
The Grand Entente, the Treaty of Arlington, the Washington Naval Treaty, and the Alliance of Seville

Old French Threads:
http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11699761#post11699761

http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=11632399#post11632399

French Economy 1925 (work in progress)

Metropolitan France:
Type: Free Market
Production: 168 (28 production centers National Effort: Paris 4, Lille 4, Marseilles 4, Nantes 4, Brest 2, Bordeaux 2, Montpelier 2, Lyon 3, Vichy 1, Saint-Étienne 1)
Commerce: 8.6 (80 shipping units, 2 ocean liners, 1 Zeppelin unit reduced by 50% because of depression)
Resources: 0
Other: 3 (from Hainan, reduced by 50% owing to inflation)
Food Production: 55 (need 40, 1.5 points from surplus, 50% less because of depression)
Tourism: .5 points (Marseilles, reduced by 50% owing to depression)
Corruption/Waste: 2% (3.614)
Budget lost due to worldwide depression: 25%, 44.492 points
Annual Growth: 1% (0.443 centers + 0.003 centers = .446 production centers)
Income: 133.476


Overseas France:
Type: Market
Production: 40 points (10 production centers: Algiers 4 normal spending, Bingerville 1 normal spending, Dakar 1 normal spending, Amman 1 normal spending, Casablanca 1 normal spending, Damascus 1 normal spending, Tunis 1 normal spending)
Commerce: n/a
Resources: 5.5 due to inflation (French West Africa 2, Madagascar 1, French India 1, Algeria 2, Morocco 1, Middle East 4)
Food Production: 26.4 (French India 3, Algeria 11 , Morocco 5 Middle East 7.4)
Tourism: .5 owing to depression (Jerusalem)
Corruption/Waste: 4% (1.84)
Budget lost due to worldwide depression: 25%, 11.05
Annual Growth:
Algeria: 2% (normal spending, .2306 centers + 0.064 =0.295)
Income: 33.18

Total 1925 Income: 166.7

Constant Costs: 111.1*
Military Maintenance: 73.9 points
Armée de Terre-47 (2 Reserve Cavalry Corps disbanded)
Armée d’Afrique-8 (4 Cavalry Corps disbanded)
Colonial Army-3.6
Armée du Levant-1
Légion Étrangère-.55
Aeronautique Militaire-3
Marine Nationale-10.75
Naval Yards-3 (Brest, Toulon, St Nazaire)
Naval Bases-2 (Cherbourg, Dakar)
Air depot-2 (Paris, Lyon)
Intelligence Agency-5
Metropolitan Social Services (Level IV)-16 points (Metropolitan France)
Overseas Social Services (Level III)-3.9 points (Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Greater Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, French Colonial Communities)
Overseas Social Services (Level II)-5.3 points (West Africa, Hainan)
Overseas Social Services (Level I)-1 (Guyana, Madagascar, French India)

Points Available for 1925: 55.6
8 Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps-30.2 points
Naval Base in Oran-3 (6/6)
10 Shipping Units (Public Works/Subsidies)-10 points
Combined arms warfare-5 points (5/)
Rural Electrication (Public Works)-4.4 points (year 1 of )
1 armored brigade-2.5 points
Aid to the Empire of China-.5 of a point

Surplus: 0 points
Deficit: n/a

French Military, ca. 1925

Armée de Terre (conscript force)
Regulars:
1 Motorized HQ with Ammo Stockpile
10 Motorized Infantry Corps
4 Siege Artillery Brigades
2 Artillery Divisions
2 Marine Brigades
2 Cavalry Divisions (in Syria and Greater Palestine acting as garrisons)
1 Assault Engineer Brigade
1 Armored Brigade
Reserves:
1 Motorized HQ
22 Infantry Corps
2 Artillery Divisions
4 Mountain Divisions

Maintenance: 47 (paid for from the Budget of Metropolitan France)

Aeronautique Militaire (conscript)
4 Light Bomber Units
2 Fighter Units

Maintenance: 3 (paid for from the Budget of Metropolitan France)

Armée d’Afrique (volunteer force; Algerian, Moroccan, Tunisian, and West African soldiers)
Regulars:
1 HQ (Algerian)
3 Motorized Infantry Corps (Algerian)
1 Infantry Corp (North African, stationed in Senegal)
Reserves:
3 Infantry Corps (2 Algerian, 1 Moroccan)

Maintenance: 8 (paid for from the Budgets of Overseas France)

Armée du Levant (volunteer force, Christian and Jewish soldiers w/French officers)
Regulars:
1 Motorized Infantry Division (Haifa-Jewish)
1 Motorized Infantry Division (Beirut-Christian)

Maintenance: 1 (paid for from Greater Palestine’s Budget)

Armée coloniale (volunteer force, recruited throughout the French Empire)

French Middle East:
3 French Police Divisions (1 in Amman, 1 in Damascus, and 1 in Jerusalem)
2 French Garrison Units (1 in Jerusalem and 1 in Damascus)

French West Africa:
2 Garrison Unit
1 Coast Defense Fortress (Dakar)
1 Fortress (Dakar)
1 Light Infantry Division

Madagascar:
1 Garrison Unit

French India:
1 Garrison Unit

Maintenance: 3.6 (paid for from the Budgets of Overseas France)

Légion Étrangére (volunteer, limited to 4 brigades)
1 Light Infantry Brigade (Algiers)
1 Light Infantry Brigade (Oran)
1 Light Infantry Brigade (Beirut)
1 Marine Brigade (Sidi-Bel-Abbès)

Maintenance: .55 (Paid for from the Budgets of Overseas France)

Marine Nationale (conscript force)
Tech Level 5
10x Battleships (SDNs): Justice, Democratie, Libertie, Charlemagne, Le Redoutable, Téméraire, L’Terrible, Triomphant, Delcassé, Charles d'Estaing
4x Fleet Carrier: Fraternitie, Tavernier, President, Congress
10x Light Cruiser: Vindicatif, Vengeance, Audacieux, Intrépide, Alger, Irréductible, Jeane d’Arc, Reims, Pondicherry, Calais
5x Heavy Cruiser: Republique, La Marseillaise, Charles Martel, Cardinal Richelieu, Constantine
5x Tech DD1 flotilla
1x MTB flotilla (PT boats)
2x Transport Groups

Maintenance: 11.85 (paid for from the Budget of Metropolitan France)

Naval Yards, Bases, and Major Ports
Naval Yards-3 (Brest, Toulon, St Nazaire)
Naval Bases-3 (Cherbourg, Dakar, Oran)
Other major ports: Marseilles, Bordeaux, Algiers (French Algeria)

Total Maintenance:

Total Frontline Strength of French and colonial armies:
Total Reserve Strength of French and colonial armies:
Total Naval Manpower:

N.B.
As Algeria is considered a department of France, the Metropolitan Army can be stationed there during peacetime. However, as the Armée d’Afrique is made of both peid-noirs from Algeria and "mercenary" North African units, it cannot be stationed in Metropolitan France except during wartime.

France Outre-mer 1925

Algeria [Overseas Départments of Algiers, Constantine, Oran]
Population: 6,000,000 (2 million French/European, 4 million North African)
Tech Level: 4.5
Production: 16 (4 production centers at Algiers)
Resources: 2
Food Production: 11

French Morocco [Protectorate, includes majority of French Sahara]
Population: 3,500,000
Tech Level: 4
Production: 4 (1 Production Center at Casablanca)
Resources: 1
Food Production: 5

French West Africa [Colony]
Population: 11,807,000 [1912 est.]
Tech Level: 3 coastal, 2 interior (4 in Senegal and Ivory Coast)
Production: 8 (2 production centers, 1 at Dakar, 1 at Bingerville)
Resources: 2 (+3 to Ivory Coast b/c increased demand for cocoa)
Food Production: insignificant

Madagascar [Co-Dominium with Italy]
Population: 3,000,000
Tech Level: 2
Production: 0
Resources: 1
Food Production:

French India [Colony]
Population: 3,000,000
Tech Level: 2
Production: 0
Resources: 1
Food Production: 3

Guyane Française [Colony]
Population: 29,100 [1905 census]
Tech Level: 2
Production: 0
Resources: 0
Food Production: insignificant

Rio de Oro [Protectorate]
Population: insignificant
Tech Level: 3
Production: 0
Resources: 0
Food Production: insignificant

Tunisia [Protectorate]
Population: 2,000,000
Tech Level: 4
Production: 4 (1 production center at Tunis)
Resources: 0
Food Production: insignificant

Greater Palestine [Protectorate; includes rl Israel and Jordan]
Population: 1,513,324 (302,924 European Jews, 5,000 other Jews, 50,000 Christian Arabs, 100,000 Druze, 400 French settlers, remainder Muslim Arabs with small scattering of Christians in Jerusalem)
Tech Level: 4
Production: 4 (1 production center at Amman)
Resources: 0
Food Production: 3

The International City of Jerusalem [An International City Policed, Administered, and Protected by France]
Population: Part of Greater Palestine’s Total
Tech Level: 4 (same as Greater Palestine)
Production: 0
Resources: 0
Food Production: insignificant (part of Greater Palestine’s total)

Lebanon [Overseas Départments of Beyrouth and Mount Lebanon]
Population: 250,000 (90% Christian, 10% Muslim, Druze, Jewish, other)
Tech Level: 4 (interconnected with Syria and Greater Palestine)
Production: 0
Resources: 1
Food Production: .4

Syria [Protectorate]
Population: 2,000,000
Tech Level: 4
Production: 4 (1 Production Center at Damascus)
Resources: 3
Food Production: 4

Estimated Total Population of France Outre-mer: 32,791,600
Total Production of France Outre-mer: 10 Production Centers
Total Resources of France Outre-mer: 11
Total Food Production of France Outre-mer: 26.4

French History, 1920-1924, to be added

French Economic Stats, 1920-1924

French Economy 1920

Metropolitan France:
Production: 96 (24 production centers normal spending: Paris 4, Lille 4, Marseilles 4, Nantes 2, Brest 2, Montpelier 2, Lyon 2, Vichy 1, Saint-Étienne 1)
Commerce: 15.3 (69 shipping units, 2 ocean liners, 1 Zeppelin unit)
Resources: 0
Other: 6 (from Hainan), 6 (reparations from Siam), 4 points from Russia
Food Production: 55 (need 40, 3 points from surplus)
Tourism: 1 points (Marseilles)
Annual Growth: 2% (1.3575 production centers + .5935 centers = 1.951 centers)
Income: 131.3

Overseas France:
Production: 10 (3 production centers in Algiers, cut spending; 1 in Dakar, normal spending)
Commerce: n/a
Resources: 16 (French West Africa 3, Madagascar 1, French India 1, Algeria 3, Morocco 2, Middle East 6)
Food Production: 26.4 (French India 3, Algeria 11 , Morocco 5 Middle East 7.4)
Tourism: 1 (Jerusalem)
Annual Growth:
Algeria: 3% (cut spending, .36 production centers + .08 centers = 0.44 centers)
Income: 27

Total 1920 Income: 154.3 points

Constant Costs: 74.425 points
Military Maintenance: 47.425 points
Armée de Terre-28.35
Armée d’Afrique-4.875
Colonial Army-2.1
Armée du Levant-.5
Légion Étrangère-.55
Marine Nationale-7.75
Aeronautique Militaire-2
Naval Yards-3
Naval Bases-2
Intelligence Agency-5
Metropolitan Social Services (Level III)-12 points (Metropolitan France)
Overseas Social Services (Level III)-2 points (Algeria, French Colonial Communities)
Overseas Social Services (Level II)-5.4 points (West Africa, Guyana, Madagascar, India, Syria, Greater Palestine, Lebanon, Hainan)

Points Available for 1920: 79.775
4x SDN-24 points (year 3 of 3)
Fortress at Dakar-1 point (year 3 of 5)
2x SDN-12 points (year 2 of 3)
Upgrade 2 Fortress Infantry Corps to Regulars-2 points
Upgrade Armée d’Afrique Static Infantry Corp to Regular-1 point
Upgrade three Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps and two Armée d’Afrique Infantry Corps to Motorized Infantry Corps (1/2)-5 points
1x Heavy Cruiser (For Imperial Russia to buy)-2 points from Russia (year 2 of 2)
2x Light Cruiser (For Imperial Russia to buy)-2 points from Russia (year 2 of 2)
2 Light bombers-2 points (2/8)
Infrastructure in Tunisia-.5 of a point (year 1/3)
Production Center at Bingerville-24 points
Production Center at Amman-2 points
Shipping Unit-.2 (.2/1)
Entente HQ in Jerusalem-.05

Surplus: +.025
Deficit: n/a


French Economy 1921

Metropolitan France:
Production: 100 (25 production centers normal spending: Paris 4, Lille 4, Marseilles 4, Nantes 2, Brest 2, Montpelier 2, Lyon 3, Vichy 1, Saint-Étienne 1)
Commerce: 15.3 (69 shipping units, 2 ocean liners, 1 Zeppelin unit)
Resources: 0
Other: 6 (from Hainan), 4 (reparations from Siam), 4 points from Russia
Food Production: 55 (need 40, 3 points from surplus)
Tourism: 1 points (Marseilles)
Corruption/Waste: 2% (2.7)
Annual Growth: 2% (1.029 centers + 0.951 centers = 1.98 Production Centers from growth)
Income: 120.2 (10% of budget lost due to labor unrest and inflation, 13.1)

Overseas France:
Production: 14 (5 production centers: Algiers 3 cut spending, Bingerville 1 normal spending, Dakar 1 normal spending)
Commerce: n/a
Resources: 15 (French West Africa 2, Madagascar 1, French India 1, Algeria 3, Morocco 2, Middle East 6)
Food Production: 26.4 (French India 3, Algeria 11 , Morocco 5 Middle East 7.4)
Tourism: 1 (Jerusalem)
Corruption/Waste: 4% (1.2 points)
Annual Growth:
Algeria: 3% (cut spending, 0.174 centers + 0.49 centers = .664)

Income: 25.9 (10% of budget lost due to labor unrest and inflation, 2.9)

Total 1921 Income: 146.1 points

Constant Costs: 76.9
Military Maintenance: 48.5 points
Armée de Terre-28.6
Armée d’Afrique-5
Colonial Army-2.1
Armée du Levant-.5
Légion Étrangère-.55
Aeronautique Militaire-2
Marine Nationale-9.75
Naval Yards-3 (Brest, Toulon, St Nazaire)
Naval Bases-2 (Cherbourg, Dakar)
Intelligence Agency-5
Metropolitan Social Services (Level III)-12 points (Metropolitan France)
Overseas Social Services (Level III)-2 points (Algeria, French Colonial Communities)
Overseas Social Services (Level II)-5.4 points (West Africa, Guyana, Madagascar, India, Syria, Greater Palestine, Lebanon, Hainan)

Points Available for 1921: 69.2
Fortress at Dakar-1 point (year 4 of 5)
2x SDN-12 points (year 3 of 3)
Air Depot at Paris-3 points
6 Shipping Units-6 points*
1 Shipping Unit-.8 (1/1)
Upgrade three Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps and two Armée d’Afrique Infantry Corps to Motorized Infantry Corps (2/2)-5 points
2 Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps-4 points (year 1/3)
1 Armée d’Afrique Regular Infantry Corp (North African)-4 points
2 Light bombers-2 points (4/8)
Infrastructure in Tunisia-.5 of a point (year 2/3)
Infrastructure in Rio de Oro-.1 (year 1/3)
Production Center at Amman-22 points (24/24)
Production Center at Casablanca-8.75 points (8.75/24)
Entente HQ in Jerusalem-.05 (10/25)

Surplus: 0
Deficit: n/a


French Economy 1922

Metropolitan France:
Production: 104 (26 production centers normal spending: Paris 4, Lille 4, Marseilles 4, Nantes 2, Brest 2, Bordeaux 1, Montpelier 2, Lyon 3, Vichy 1, Saint-Étienne 1)
Commerce: 16.4 (76 shipping units, 2 ocean liners, 1 Zeppelin unit)
Resources: 0
Other: 6 (from Hainan)
Food Production: 55 (need 40, 3 points from surplus)
Tourism: 1 points (Marseilles)
Corruption/Waste: 2% (2.608)
Annual Growth: 2% (.73144 centers + 0.98 centers = 1.71144 production centers)*
Income: 108.622 (15% of budget lost due to labor unrest and inflation, 19.17)

Overseas France:
Production: 18 (6 production centers: Algiers 3 cut spending, Bingerville 1 normal spending, Dakar 1 normal spending, Amman 1 normal spending)
Commerce: n/a
Resources: 14 (French West Africa 2, Madagascar 1, French India 1, Algeria 3, Morocco 2, Middle East 5)
Food Production: 26.4 (French India 3, Algeria 11 , Morocco 5 Middle East 7.4)
Tourism: 1 (Jerusalem)
Corruption/Waste: 4% (1.32 points)
Annual Growth:
Algeria: 3% (cut spending, .15 centers + 0.614 centers = 0.764 of a center)

Income: 26.9 (15% of budget lost due to labor unrest, economic problems, and inflation, 4.76)

Total 1922 Income: 135.53

Constant Costs: 81.45
Military Maintenance: 51.25 points
Armée de Terre-29.1
Armée d’Afrique-6.25
Colonial Army-2.1
Armée du Levant-.5
Légion Étrangère-.55
Aeronautique Militaire-2
Marine Nationale-10.75
Naval Yards-3 (Brest, Toulon, St Nazaire)
Naval Bases-2 (Cherbourg, Dakar)
Air depot-1 (Paris)*
Intelligence Agency-5
Metropolitan Social Services (Level III)-12 points (Metropolitan France)
Overseas Social Services (Level III)-2.3 points (Algeria, Greater Palestine, French Colonial Communities)
Overseas Social Services (Level II)-5.4 points (West Africa, Guyana, Madagascar, India, Syria, Lebanon, Hainan)

Points Available for 1922: 54.08*
2 Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps-2 points (year 2/3)
Upgrade Armée de Terre HQ-.25 (.25/4)
2 Light bombers-1 points (5/8)
Infrastructure in Tunisia-.5 of a point (year 3/3)
Infrastructure in Rio de Oro-.1 (year 2/3)
Production Center at Casablanca-15.25 points (24/24)
Production Center at Damascus-24 points
Metropolitan Public Works Programs (Infrastructure in Metropolitan France-Telephone Lines)-8 points (year 1 of 3)
Naval Base at Oran-1 (1/6)
Air Depot at Lyon-.5 (.5/3)
1 Shipping Unit-1 (1/1)
Entente HQ in Jerusalem-.05 (15/25)

Surplus: .51
Deficit: n/a

French Economy 1923

Metropolitan France:
Production: 108 (27 production centers normal spending: Paris 4, Lille 4, Marseilles 4, Lyon 3, Nantes 2, Brest 2, Bordeaux 2, Montpelier 2, Vichy 1, Saint-Étienne 1)
Commerce: 16.6 (77 shipping units, 2 ocean liners, 1 Zeppelin unit)
Resources: 0
Other: 6 (from Hainan)
Food Production: 55 (need 40, 3 points from surplus)
Tourism: 1 points (Marseilles)
Corruption/Waste: 2% (2.692)
Annual Growth: 2% (.86452 centers + .71144 centers = 1.56 production centers)
Income: 112.126 (15% of budget lost due to labor unrest, economic problems, and inflation, )*

Overseas France:
Production: 26 (8 production centers: Algiers 3 cut spending, Bingerville 1 normal spending, Dakar 1 normal spending, Amman 1 normal spending, Casablanca 1 normal spending, Damascus 1 normal spending)
Commerce: n/a
Resources: 12 (French West Africa 2, Madagascar 1, French India 1, Algeria 3, Morocco 1, Middle East 4)
Food Production: 26.4 (French India 3, Algeria 11 , Morocco 5 Middle East 7.4)
Tourism: 1 (Jerusalem)
Corruption/Waste: 4% (1.6)
Annual Growth:
Algeria: 3% (cut spending, 0.15 centers + 0.764 centers = 0.914)

Income: 31.8 (15% of budget lost due to labor unrest, economic problems, and inflation, 5.61)

Total 1923 Income: 143.926

Constant Costs: 79.3*
Military Maintenance: 52.25 points
Armée de Terre-29.1
Armée d’Afrique-6.25
Colonial Army-3.1
Armée du Levant-.5
Légion Étrangère-.55
Aeronautique Militaire-2
Marine Nationale-10.75
Naval Yards-3 (Brest, Toulon, St Nazaire)
Naval Bases-2 (Cherbourg, Dakar)
Air depot-1 (Paris)
Intelligence Agency-5
Metropolitan Social Services (Level III)-12 points (Metropolitan France)
Overseas Social Services (Level III)-3.2 points (Algeria, Morocco, Greater Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, French Colonial Communities)
Overseas Social Services (Level II)-5.6 points (West Africa, Tunisia, Hainan)
Overseas Social Services (Level I)-1 (Guyana, Madagascar, India)

Points Available for 1923: 64.63
2 Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps-8 points
2 Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corps-2 points (year 3/3)
Upgrade two Motorized Infantry Divisions to Motorized Infantry Corps-6 points
Upgrade Armée de Terre HQ-3.75 (4/4)
Infrastructure in Rio de Oro-.1 (year 3/3)
2 Armée coloniale Garrison Units (Jerusalem and Damascus)-4 points
Production Center at Tunis-26.85 (26.85/48)
Metropolitan Public Works Programs (Infrastructure in Metropolitan France-Telephone Lines)-8 points (year 2 of 3)
Air Depot in Lyon-2.5 (3/3)
Naval Base in Oran-1 (2/6)
1 Shipping Unit-.2 (.8/1)
2 Shipping Units-2 points
Entente HQ in Jerusalem-.10 (25/25)

Surplus: 13
Deficit: n/a

French Economy 1924

Metropolitan France:
Type: Market
Production: 72 + 54 (27 production centers normal spending: Paris 4, Lille 4, Marseilles 4, Nantes 3, Brest 2, Bordeaux 2, Montpelier 2, Lyon 3, Vichy 1, Saint-Étienne 1)
Commerce: 17 (79 shipping units, 2 ocean liners, 1 Zeppelin unit)
Resources: 0
Other: 6 (from Hainan)
Food Production: 55 (need 40, 3 points from surplus)
Tourism: 1 points (Marseilles)
Corruption/Waste: 2% (2.7)
Annual Growth: 1% (.4425 + .56 = 1.003)
Income: 127.8 (15% of budget lost due to labor unrest, economic problems, and inflation, 22.5)

Overseas France:
Type: Market
Production: 26 (8 production centers: Algiers 3 cut spending, Bingerville 1 normal spending, Dakar 1 normal spending, Amman 1 normal spending, Casablanca 1 normal spending, Damascus 1 normal spending)
Commerce: n/a
Resources: 12 (French West Africa 2, Madagascar 1, French India 1, Algeria 3, Morocco 1, Middle East 4)
Food Production: 26.4 (French India 3, Algeria 11 , Morocco 5 Middle East 7.4)
Tourism: 1 (Jerusalem)
Corruption/Waste: 4% (1.6)
Annual Growth:
Algeria: 3% (cut spending, 0.15 centers + 0.914 centers = 1.064 centers)

Income: 31.8 (15% of budget lost due to labor unrest, economic problems, and inflation, 5.61)

Total 1924 Income: 159.6

Constant Costs: 95.2
Military Maintenance: 58.9 points
Armée de Terre-32.25
Armée d’Afrique-7
Colonial Army-3.6
Armée du Levant-.5
Légion Étrangère-.55
Aeronautique Militaire-2
Marine Nationale-10.75
Naval Yards-3 (Brest, Toulon, St Nazaire)
Naval Bases-2 (Cherbourg, Dakar)
Air depot-2 (Paris, Lyon)
Intelligence Agency-5
Metropolitan Social Services (Level IV)-16 points (Metropolitan France)
Overseas Social Services (Level III)-3.2 points (Algeria, Morocco, Greater Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, French Colonial Communities)
Overseas Social Services (Level II)-5.6 points (West Africa, Tunisia, Hainan)
Overseas Social Services (Level I)-1 (Guyana, Madagascar, India)

Points Available for 1924, January-August: 37.9
Upgrade Armée de Terre reserve HQ-4
Production Center at Tunis-21.15 points (48/48)
Naval Base in Oran-1 point (3/6)
2 Light Bombers-3 points (8/8)
1 Shipping Unit-1 point
Metropolitan Public Works Programs (Infrastructure in Metropolitan France-Telephone Lines)-8 points (year 3 of 3)

Points Available for 1924 after a State of National Preparation is declared in September: 30.4
Armée de Terre Motorized Infantry Corp-6 points
2 Artillery Divisions-16 points
1 Ammo Stockpile-6 points
1 Armée de Terre Regular Infantry Corp-1.8 (1.8/4)

Surplus: .2
Deficit: n/a

Spain changes it's diplomatic ambassador to France from a Conservative to a Republican, making sure to watch and hope to repair some of the problems that have arisen due to the exclusion of Spain in the Jerusilum Summit, and the friction it's caused between the two neighbors.

At the beginning of 1925 a debate rages within the Ministry of Defense and War on whether or not to build a defensive line of forts modeled after the German Seigfried and Gothic lines and, by extension, adopt a strategy more orientated towards the defensive.

Marshall Joseph Joffre (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Joseph_Joffre.jpg) (Papa Joffre among the soldiers) and his supporters in the French General Staff all come out strongly against the proposal (ooc: no surprise as prominent "defensive" minded officers" were purged by Joffre in 1911). Joffre himself directly enters into the debate by reading a speech written by General Ferdinand Foch at the Ècole Supérieure de Guerre:

"Defensive battles never bring about the destruction of the enemy force; they never allow one to conquer the ground held by the enemy as you cannot push a staunch adversary back by static defense, Sedan proved as much...therefore they are unable to create victory. No strategy can prevail over that which aims at ensuring tactical results, victory by fighting! War can only be won by taking the fight to the enemy and destroying the enemy."

Joffre reminds those listening that the existence of the demilitarized zone would leave Alsace-Lorraine naked before the enemy, that the Germans in any case can simply circumvent the fortifications by going through Belgium and Luxemburg, and that building fortresses along the Belgium/Luxemburg border would not be far too expensive. He goes on to ridicule the very idea of effective fortifications, pointing to the events of the last war.

"Every fortress attacked during the Great War either fell or was neutralized. Warsaw, Vladivostok, Karrs, and the German defensive line in Alsace-Lorraine, all were obliterated by modern weaponry or simply avoided altogether. Heavy weaponry in the last ten years has only become more powerful, more mobile. You build a fortress, no matter how strong, and the enemy will find a way to defeat it. It is the verdict of history; the Chinese Great Wall, Hadrian's Wall, the Franco-Prussian War, the 1st Russo-Japanese War, the Great War, all prove a simple fact, that fixed fortifications are monuments to the stupidity of mankind!"

The combination of Joffre's popularity and Foch's well crafted arguments convince the French Government. The French Military thus continues to focus its military training and planning on offensive operations.

Critics in the French press point out in rebuttal that a German force a quarter of the size of the combined French/Italian/Spanish Army held off that army for months, inflicted severe casualties, and held long enough for reinforcements to arrive. In addition, the German defenses held the front long enough for the Germans to use economy of force and drive the Allies out of the Balkans, save the Turks and hold off the Russians while at the same time the Germans and their Japanese allies nearly won the war at sea.

Joffre, Foch, and their supporters in the French press accuse their detractors of not having a clear perspective of the Great War and its aftermath. The French offensive gave the Russians time to stabilize and solidify their lines (in effect saving them from defeat) and later allowed them to pull troops for offensives in the Middle and Far East. Germany clearly expected its line of fortifications to pose a more significant barrier as it had relatively few troops stationed in the West and consequently struggled to plug the hole the Plan 18 battering ram had created. Had the Russian armies been capable of launching a sustained offensive on the Eastern Front Germany’s position would have become quite perilous.

According to Joffre and Foch, the failure in the Balkans was due to a number of factors, among them a shortage of manpower, supply difficulties, incompetence (General Nivelle, justly sacked), and, most damaging, the inability of the Allied armies to properly coordinate (entirely the fault of the quarrelsome and secretive Greeks).

Allied setbacks during the war at sea resulted simply from an inferiority in both the quantity and quality of their warships. The Japanese sending a massive war fleet into the Atlantic was also unforeseen. As of 1925 the Entente no longer suffers from naval inferiority in Europe (be it quantity or quality) and stands prepared to take the necessary actions that would prevent the Japanese from gaining the footholds required to once again sail a fleet into the Atlantic (should they once again attempt to do so).

1925
The guerilla war brings industrial production to a standstill however, forcing the KMT government to go to wartime spending as it borrows huge amounts of money to keep itself going.

Greatly worried by the number of high interest loans being made to the KMT government by French banks, the Ministries of National Economy, Finance, and Commerce announce that the French State will be assuming all existing French loans to KMT China at the start of 1926 and, as of August 1925, are forbidding French banks from making any further loans to KMT China.

Says Minister of Commerce Paul Painlevé to the French press, "We have no confidence in the KMT's long term viability, much less its future ability to repay its debts."

The Russian diplomat to France furiously bursts into Blum's office and demands that the civil servant responsible for the French telegram to Poland be sacked immediately. He then proceeds to ask why the French government thought it could dictate what Russia would do in the event of war and go so far as to threaten neutral nations with the Russian military.

"Russia will not invade a neutral nation! There are rules of war, rules that Russia has always and will continue to follow! You have jepordaized everything that our administration has worked for! Our attempts to have peace and prosperity with out Eastern European neighbors maye derailed beacuse the honorable French government didn't know when to stop making threats. My government expects a formal apology to both my own nation and our Polish neighbors by the end of the week. Good day sir."


A more calmer and refined version of the above statement is released to the press.

The Hungarian Government publicly denounces the French threat of Russian violence, whether or not intended by the Russians, as nothing more than blackmail in attempt to manipulate the Hungarian government into signing a secret treaty that would allow Russian unhindered access through Hungarian soil.

Copies of the telegrams from the French and Russians are distributed to various national and international media agencies including ones in France and Russia.

The French State and Government deny ever sending such telegrams, ordering such telegrams sent, or being aware such telegrams were ever sent in the first place. The Ambassador's to Poland and Hungary are each recalled and subsequently sacked for overzealousness after it is determined they acted without approval. It also firmly denies Poland was ever threatened. However, the French Foreign Ministry issues a statement saying that the Hungarians are exaggerating the telegrams for their own political purposes and distribute milder copies contradicting the Hungarian ones.

Spain decides to talk about the incident with the French in private. The SPanish diplomat shows that Spain believes this is a ploy by the Central powers to destroy the Entente, and that Spain will refuse to believe such tall tales. After all the Austrians did support Japan, a vehemently evil nation of monkeys (1920's veiwpoint of them, not mine.) and they obviously are trying to weaken the Entente's unity.

Spain itself promises to not let this get out of hand in the media.

The Hungarians laughed, an anonymous person in the Hungarian embassy was heard saying "And the telegrams must be true, because no way could the french fake their own telegrams." in French

Meanwhile the Hungarians counters the Spanish point saying "The Warsaw Pact has no reason to unfairly target the French." continueing on to emphasise the neutrality of Hungary and the Pact as a whole, especially since now that Hungary has finally officially ended it's Alliance with Germany

The French Foreign Ministry, along with the entire French Government, is privately furious at Hungarian dishonesty and dishonor. Negotiations with Hungary by Russia and France were conducted with good faith, it being jointly assumed that the negotiations would remain private. Hungary, by this "stunt," has betrayed France and Russia's trust.

"Tell the Regent that France will never trust or confide in his Government again," an incensed deputy Foreign Minister tells the Hungarian Ambassador. "Not after such blatant dishonesty."