Paris
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Paris (also known as the "City of Light") is the capital city of France. It is situated on the Seine River, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region ("Région parisienne").
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[edit] Paris in In High Places
As this Paris had taken centuries to recover from the Great Black Deaths, the City of Light remained a small, dirty, medieval city, the capital of the Kingdom of Versailles. In the twenty-first century, it was ruled by Duke Raoul, a cunning politician who nonetheless remained aware of the fact that he ruled a Christian backwater surrounded by powerful Muslim states.
Crosstime Traffic employed the Klein family as trade merchants in acquiring resources, although they did not escape Raoul's suspicion.
Despite its poverty, Paris was still rich by the standards of Europe--it had cobblestones by 2096, for example.
[edit] Paris in In the Presence of Mine Enemies
Paris was horribly damaged as a consequence of German rule. It was a "monument" to greater days by 2010.
In 2011, in the wake of changes instituted by Führer Heinz Buckliger, Parisians began marching in the street, chanting the old French Republic slogan of "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity".
[edit] Paris in The Man With the Iron Heart
Paris was attacked by German Freedom Front in 1946. The Eiffel Tower was toppled into the Seine River by a truck-bomb.
[edit] Paris in Southern Victory
Paris was destroyed by a German superbomb in 1944, resulting in the death of King Charles XI. Prior to that, it had vied with Richmond as the most heavily-bombed city in the world.
[edit] Paris in Worldwar
Paris had been subdued and occupied by Germany in 1940. While it was subject to attacks by the Race's Conquest Fleet, it escaped relatively unscathed. It remained an important administrative center after the war, when France was under the domination of the Greater German Reich.
Despite its importance, Paris was not attacked during the Race-German War of 1965, and became the capital of the Fourth Republic in 1966, after Germany's defeat.
During the initial invasion, George Bagnall's crew was shot down over Paris. They were able to see first hand the terrible the treatment the city's Jews were receiving at the hands of the Nazis.
