Starting Population     250                     % of Worldwide          0.8%                    

                                                Population                                      

Starting Income         4,290                   % of Worldwide          0.7%                    

                                                Income                                          

Starting GDP            40,354                  % of Worldwide GDP      0.7%                    

Starting Surplus        390                     % of Worldwide          1.2%                    

                                                Surplus                                         

1 fief Province: Paris_FP.htm                               Overlord:               de Valois (200)
         

Paris                                                                                           

Kingdom: 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, although 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.