> France is not a particularly large country. I get where you're coming from, but by that metric, there are only two large countries. (USA and China) After the

> France is not a particularly large country. I get where you're coming from, but by that metric, there are only two large countries. (USA and China) After the top two, France is effectively tied for the third-largest economy in the world (with the UK and India) and is >50% of the size of the top non-USA/China economy (Japan).