"France, is a deliberate, forced creation of Louis XIII and Napolean" I disagree. On political, administrative, cultural and on many other levels, all that ter

"France, is a deliberate, forced creation of Louis XIII and Napolean" I disagree. On political, administrative, cultural and on many other levels, all that territory had pretty much a monolithic evolution. Starting from the first bits of recorded history, the territory of modern France was mostly inhabited by Gallic tribes, which shared a common language and common customs. Then Caesar came and conquered all the territory of modern France, i.e. it shifted as a whole from the rule of free Gauls to that of Rome. OK, maybe Attila with his Huns might have attacked only parts of modern France in his struggle with Roman Empire, but he didn't left behind a lasting state to cause divergent evolution for different parts of territory/population. Then Franks came and occupied, again, all of that territory, and from then on Kingdom of France followed and lasted, except for relatively short periods, as a coherent political entity that evolved over time into modern France. France happened (and I strongly believe that it would have lasted even) without figures like Louis XIII or Napoleon. Now compare this historical evolution of France with what China has.