France

Faction Overview	Strategic Overview	History

The French have the power of Chivalry.

While the French are not really a rush civ per se given that their units are all given towards having more hitpoints and speed, the economic and technological bonuses at France's fingertips make it more suited to a wait-and-see game. The abilities to build your first wonder and research your first government instantaneously can be used to France's advantage in picking your new strategy as quickly as possible. Faction Type: Catholic National Bonuses: Imperial Ambition : First Wonder is built instantly, provided no other nation is building it too. Carlovingian Renaissance : Start with 1 Science Tech. New Universities spawn Scholars when built. Scara System : Infantry, cavalry and artillery upgrade 25% cheaper. Heirs of Charlemagne : Receive +3 Food, Timber, Metal, and Wealth for every non-Scout Barracks unit while they are not garrisoned. Free Politics upgrades at the Senate.
Unique Units: Scara Cavalry [1] => Frankish knights [2] => Gendarmerie d'Ordonnance [3] Feudal Retinue [1] => Fauchard Infantry [2] Billmen [3] Landsknecht Arquebusiers [3] Pike Levy [3] Coustillier Cavalry [3] NB: France is not able to build Order Knights from the Nobles' Court. Mercenaries: [1] Galloglaich [2] Breton Écorcheur [3] Reisläufer; Genoese Crossbowmen		Upgrades: Centralisation	Wonders: Grand Cathedral Abbey White Tower Aachen Palatinate
Settlements:			Leaders:
Paris Orleans Rheims Tours Greater Quevilly Poitiers Calvados Brest Metz Calais Varennes Evreux Nîmes Brussels Strasbourg	Rocroi Boulogne Vendôme Coutrai Bordeaux Nantes Blois Narbonne Chartres Bourges Soissons Pont-Audemer Toulouse Pont-L'Evêque Senlis	Lisieux Harfleur Honfleur Fresnoy Amiens Cherbourg Castillon Lorient Mont-Saint-Aignan Angouleme St Stephen's of Rouvray Bayonne Moulins Artois Aubusson	Francis Eudes Hugh Charles Louis XII Eleanor of Aquitane Thibault de Blois Robert the Pious Phillipe Auguste Étienne "La Hire" of Vignolles John of Harcourt Anna Vreizh