French (Civ2)

The French civilization is a default civilization in Civilization II.

Color

The French are a blue civilization. A game including the French will not have the Germans or Vikings.

Leaders

Main article: Leaders (Civ2)

The default male leader of the French is Louis XIV (1638–1715), Bourbon king of France from his infancy until his seventies. During his reign, he curtailed lingering aristocratic and Protestant power in France. He placed his grandson Philip on the Spanish throne, but at the cost of some colonies and Philip's ability to inherit France as well.

The default female leader is Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431), a French peasant girl who—inspired by religious visions—is usually credited with having saved France from English and Burgundian domination during the Hundred Years' War.

French leaders use the default titles except under fundamentalism and democracy. A French high priest or priestess, like a German or Spanish one, is called an "archbishop". A French president is called a "premier".

City list

Main article: City (Civ2)

The default French list includes towns in France, Monaco, Luxembourg, Belgium, and French-speaking Switzerland and Canada.

1. Paris (default capital)
2. Orleans
3. Lyons
4. Rheims
5. Tours
6. Marseilles
7. Chartres
8. Avignon
9. Besancon
10. Rouen
11. Grenoble
12. Dijon
13. Amiens
14. Cherbourg
15. Poitiers
16. Toulouse
17. Bayonne
18. Strasbourg
19. Brest
20. Bordeaux
21. Lille
22. Calais
23. Caen
24. Rennes
25. Le Mans
26. St. Nazaire
27. La Rochelle
28. Montpellier
29. Nice
30. Cannes
31. Toulon
32. Vichy
33. St. Etienne
34. Limoges
35. Chambery
36. Nancy
37. Troyes
38. Versailles
39. Belfort
40. Quebec
41. Montreal
42. Monaco
43. Geneva
44. Luxembourg
45. Brussels
46. Antwerp
47. Dunkirk
48. Le Havre
49. Valance
50. Lausanne
51. Perpignan
52. Beauvais

When this list is completed, the game continues with the names in the extra cities list. When that list is completed, the game cycles back to the top of this list with "Paris" again.

Paris, Orleans, and Lyons (i.e. Lyon) are the same as Lutetia, Aurelianorum (i.e. Aurelianum), and Lugdunum on the Roman list. Monaco is the same as Monoecus on the Carthaginian list.

Scenarios

Main article: Scenario (Civ2)

In the Rome scenario, Marseille is the Independent Greek city Massalia. La Tene in Switzerland is the Celtic capital and usually colonizes central and western France.

In the World War II scenario, the French are a purple civilization (Indians) representing Marshal Pétain and Vichy France. Parts of the French Empire are controlled by the Allies under Churchill.

Civilizations in Civilization II [edit]
White	Celts Romans Russians
Green	Babylonians Japanese Zulu
Blue	French Germans Vikings
Yellow	Aztecs Egyptians Spanish
Cyan	Americans Chinese Persians
Orange	Carthaginians English Greeks
Purple	Indians Mongols Sioux
Red	Barbarians
Unused	Arabs Incas
Related pages	Leaders (Civ2)