TotryandsolvethatproblemthroughoneofeithertwomeansbymilitarilyconqueringterritorytoexpandthefrontiertomoreeasilydefensibleeasternterrainliketheAlpsortheRhine, orthroughdiplomaticallycontrollingexternalthreatsundertheruleofLouis, the 14th, FrancegraduallyexpandedherterritorytotheAlpsinthesoutheastandpartoftheRhineintheimmediateEastinordertoacquirebettergeographicarmor.
However, theFrenchplaced a bittoomuchfaithintheirgeographicarmorthistimebecausetheyassumedthattheRdnregionwouldbetooroughof a terrainfortheGermanstocrossandsubsequentlyonlyleft a smallforcebehindtodefendit.
WarbetweenFranceandGermanyiscompletelyunthinkableinthemodernworldbecauseofthings I think, EuropeanUnionand a sharedcurrency, allprimeforeignpolicyobjectivesofFrance.
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