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France is a large Western European nation famed for its rich culture and history. The highest point in Europe, Mt. Blanc, is located in the French Alps. France has a healthy economy with a high standard of living, but the people pay high taxes to support government social programs.

For centuries France owned vast overseas colonies on five continents, but the empire was largely dismantled following World War II. The nation is now a leading member of the European Union.

Though historically a Christian nation, France is now largely unreached. Most of the ethnic French population is only nominally Christian, and many of the millions of immigrants from Eastern Europe and North Africa have never heard the Gospel.