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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Well, to this day the "allemands" keep calling us the kingdom of the Frank. Of course they have rule France from the moment it started to be France until just two centuries ago but since we were the first in our civilisation to get rid of kings and we have still for 150 years without major revolt, I believe that it may be time to update our name. You don't hear us keep calling the German "Prussians" don't you.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're literally calling yourself France too...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, France, short form for République française not Royaume de France.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think OPs point is that this "Frank" guy is still in your country's name.

That's like saying there was a King Godzilla once, you get rid of him, and then call your country "Republic of Godzilla."

I'm not saying you don't have a point. I just understand the parent poster's point too.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The thing is that the Frank did not rule the country while living in isolation. They got married, got kids and today a significate amount of the french population has some Frank blood. If Goodzila had rule a country for more that a thousand years and that the population of the country was mostly its children it wouldn't be much a stretch to call it Godzillaland after it loses its position.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago

Uuuuuh, can I fuck godzilla?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Netherlands getting rid of their kings in 1581; England getting rid of their kings in 1649: ...

Sure both went back under constitutional rather than absolute monarchies later, but so did France, and Netherlands and England have gone 229 and 364 years without major revolt (excluding Ireland, but France couldn't claim 150 if they included Algeria)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I speak about major revolt against the monarchy. And yes, it's my point indeed that most of the other country get a king or some sort of monarch back. If your looking for absence of major revolt in France, we'll be out of the list for every year since 2019...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That's an interesting point. How would you prefer to be called?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Frankland would be fine. No one is denying the place of Frank in the History. But their is no "Reich" anymore.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 months ago

Macronreich?