France

Stats

Population: 60,656,000

Weather:

Capital: Paris

Capital population:
Paris - 2,144,700

GDP per capita:
$33,015.40 per capita

Borders:
Andorra 56.6 km,
Belgium 620 km,
Germany 451 km,
Italy 488 km,
Luxembourg 73 km,
Monaco 4.4 km,
Spain 623 km,
Switzerland 573 km

Currency: Euro

Languages:
French 100%,
Provincial dialects include Provencal, Breton, Alsatian, Corsican, Catalan, Basque, Flemish.

People:
Celtic and Latin with Teutonic,
Slavic,
North African,
Indochinese,
Basque

HDI (Human Development Index) rating: France = 16

(The HDI scale is used by the United Nations Development Programme to measure the average developments in a specific country based on three central tenets of human development.  There are: life expectancy at birth which can determine a long and healthy life; the average adult literacy rate (this amounts to a two-thirds ratio) combined with the enrolment of individuals in primary, secondary and higher education (this is a one-third weight); and the final aspect is the standard of living which is determined by the GDP (gross domestic product) of the country per capita at purchasing power parity).