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FRANCE

Capital : Paris

Language : French (and some Breton, Basque)

Major Religion : Christianity

Population : 58,607,000

Currency : Franc

GNP : 1,533,619 million

Selected Crops : Sugar beets, pulses

Selected Industrial Products : Pig-iron, sulfuric acid, potash fertilizers

Contribution to Jeff's Literary Career :
"The Bone-Carver's Tale", forthcoming from Faeries magazine

Fun Fact :
- What the heck are "pulses"? (see "Crops" above)
- The French taste for Jerry Lewis is nicely counterbalanced by the national love of Philip K. Dick, but this is ruined by the French obsession with bouillabaisse, the most disgusting soup known to humankind

[Note: All country-specific information derives from The Europa World Year Book, 1999, Volumes I and II, 40th edition, from Europa Publications.]