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The French government owns gouv.fr and all their stuff is a subdomain of it. I still don't understand why the US government doesn't just do the same, register gov.us and leave everyone alone with their .gov
Why is it that the French government cannot register gov.fr? Here is uk: https://www.gov.uk/
Because we're French and our word for government is gouvernement.
They absolutely could register gov.fr, but the french word for government is gouvernement, so they would prefer to use a contraction of that instead
There are laws in France that official offerings from the government, employers, etc. always have to be in French. Additional languages may be offered as secondary choices. It makes only sense to extend that to domains, I guess.