France

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gainst nationalist guerrillas in Algeria and other French colonies during the 1950’s brought an end to the Fourth Republic. In 1958, Gaulle returned as president of the Fifth Republic. In 1981, France elected its first Socialist president, Francois Mitterand, who served 2 terms until 1995. France’s current president, elected in 1995, is Jacques Chirac.

People
One of the things that make France so unique is the people that live there. Due to the current concerns with making money and being successful, more people are working in France than ever before. Great emphasis is being put on efficiency. Some say that France has been Americanized. This is because the United States is a world symbol of the technological society and it’s consumer products.

Since the 1940’s, the French population has been growing at a rapid rate. The most recent estimate of France’s population is 58,804,944 people. This averages out to 280 persons per square mile. Out of these 58 million some civilians, 94% of them are natives of France and are...