As the Allied forces continued to withdraw, public security in France deteriorated sharply. The Paris Revolutionary Government, having only just taken power, clearly lacked governing experience, and the measures it adopted in response were even more laughable.
For example: the Economic Recovery Act, the Employment Act, the Social Relief Act...
These measures appeared quite sound, but in reality they ignored feasibility. Whether restoring the economy, raising employment, or providing social relief, none of it could be done without—money.
France just happened to have no money. The Continental War had not only impoverished the French Government; even the private financial conglomerates had been badly depleted and simply lacked the means to provide funding for the Paris Government.
No money? Then print banknotes. No one knew which genius had come up with that idea. Small-denomination currency such as 1 Franc and 2 Francs had long since faded from history, and ever since the Paris Revolution succeeded, the number of zeroes on the Franc had continued to grow.
In this France where everyone was a billionaire, carrying a sack of money to buy bread was no longer news.
No matter how hard ordinary people worked, they could not keep up with inflation. Just as The Times described it, the Franc gained another zero every month.
The economy had already collapsed, yet the Paris Revolutionary Government continued its endless infighting. President Robert, made the scapegoat, had long since been driven from office by furious French citizens. The man now in power was the seventeenth president of the French Republic—Baptiste.
On average, two governments were replaced every month, a true embodiment of the saying, "The emperor takes turns; next year it will be my family's turn." It could be said that any political faction with even a little clout had produced a president.
Yet the