France seems engulfed in a great torpor, as the once-superpower stands forever chained to a mountain, with the German Eagle coming to eat its bloated liver every day.While the adoption of the Maréchal Pétain's constitution established the groundwork for a democracy, Pierre Laval's consolidation of the political landscape into the Parti National and subsequent ascent to the Presidency salted the earth in which the seeds of freedom had been sown. The 1950s were a sad decade for France, and, as the new decade slowly sets in, most of France seems to have resigned to a dire fate. Or has it?Slowly, change has been rearing its head. Whether towards reaction, reform, or revolution, more and more of the country's citizens have decided that a better situation is possible, and while political turmoil has increased, so has hope; it is merely blooming for now, of course, but what else is there left? After all...One must imagine Sisyphus happy