Province: Paris

Owners Title: Comte

% of Worldwide          0.8%                    Starting Population     250                     

Population                                                                                      

% of Worldwide          0.7%                    Starting Income         4,290                   

Income                                                                                          

% of Worldwide GDP      0.7%                    Starting GDP            40,354                  

% of Worldwide          1.2%                    Starting Surplus        390
                     

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Language: F1

Kingdom: France

Industrial Fief

Starting Owner: de Valois (200)

Starting Overlord : de Valois (200)

Regional Location: Northern France

Comments: Paris is the principal city of Europe north of the Alps, and the capital of France. It is at the heart of the county of the same name, sometimes known as the Ile de France.

Originally a Celtic foundation, Lutetia of the Parisi, the town and its region were conquered by Julius Caesar in 52 BC. It flourished as a regional administrative and economic center to the end of the Empire, and was for a time the capital of the Frankish Kingdom. Not until Hugh Capet, the last independent Count of Paris, became King of France in 987, did the city definitively become the capital of France.

There are many notable churches and shrines in Paris. Although under the religious authority of the Archbishop of Sens, the local Bishop has considerable influence. There is a university, founded nearly two centuries ago, which is among the oldest in the world, and the most famous by far.

The city is rich, with banking, clothmaking, armoring, and much else besides, and the countryside is productive as well.