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New Britain (Less Britain)
Brittany flag Brittany coat of arms
Flag Coat of Arms
Brittany map
This is what French call "Britain".
National Hero(es) Asterix and Obelix
Major exports Galettes, fish and wine
Major imports Cheese


Brittany is a small piece of France that is adjacent to Britain, if one ignores the daunting body of water between them. The name, whose literal meaning is "Little Britain," was an ingenious plot of the Sarkozy administration to make people think that Brittany is actually Great Britain. If Brittany's economic statistics were assigned to Great Britain, the national picture would look much rosier. Currently, however, neither Sarkozy nor rosy economic statistics are in the picture.


There are several theories about the purpose of its creation. The most common one amongst the foreigners (everyone who has does not know a word of French and has never visited the country, others are French by definition) is that the region was originally meant to be the film studio for the TV show "Little Britain" which was supposed to mock the British people. But when the government realized that the same show with the same concept and title (a coincidence) was produced in Great Britain, it abandoned this notion. The only evidence supporting the theory is the fact that Brittany is sometimes referred to as "Little Britain". (Another theory known only to the véritables français is discussed below.)



The word "Brittany" comes from the name of one of the British tribes: the Britons, who emigrated to Brittany from Great Britain (for economical reasons). In Breton (the regional language), Brittany is called Breizh. The French often refer to impossible tasks by saying they will "be a Breizh."



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French cuisine is somehow different form the Briton one.

The French decided to make something similar to galettes but, not having much imagination, just decided to make them smaller. They can be now found in all the French shops and they are called "Briton galettes" (pictured).


Amoco Cadiz oil spill

One of the perfect examples of the Breton realist movement. This picture illustrates the most significant event of the Breton history that formed the self-identity of Brittany as a nation.



After that France has always relied on Brittany as on the region which can be confused with Great Britain (in order to attract more tourists and to ruin Britain's reputation): the proof of that is the name of this region in French - Bretagne - compared to how French people call Great Britain (Grande-Bretagne). However, this plan has never worked because Brittany is separated from France's enemy by the sea and so tourists who fly to Britain can in no way land in France (except for an emergency; but in that case they will know they are not where they wanted to be).

After the Mad War, when the French government has found this out, they have organized a union with Brittany. Since that moment it was promoted as a dependent region, but with its own national symbols, language, cheese and culture.

French Emperors thought that after long years of being separate, Brittany would prefer to struggle, so after the 1789 revolution, the region was divided into 5 parts and later into 9, so their alliance would be harder.

From 15th to 19th century, Brittany's economy reached its Golden Age because different industries were well developed. However, during the Renaissance (in Brittany it took place later than in the rest of Europe), they were abandoned as many other medieval activities and prejudices, so Brittany returned to agriculture and fishing. [1]

At that time Brittany was still located on the seaways between Spain, England and the Netherlands but was later moved closer to the French Empire. After different protests, Brittany was abolished until the 20th century. Then Charles de Gaulle decided that Britons were punished enough and resurrected the region. However, this gave birth to different nationalist movements. Sarkozy was about to ban Brittany again but Francois Hollande took his place.

As not many things take place in Brittany, [2] the most imortant events of the 20th century, were the Amoco Codiz and the Erika oil spill. They deeply marked Breton people and became a subject of Breton realist art movement.


Political tendencies

The strongest political parties in Brittany are communist and socialist. But, as Britons never reveal their secrets, since the end of the Second World War have been trying to find out whether Britons have cooperated with Soviet spies or not.

Despite that, Brittany has a very strong Catholic and Conservative influence. [3]

Union Démocratique Bretonne

This UDB was founded in 1964 by fifteen young people (as the majority of terrorist groups) influenced by socialist ideas. Its strict internal discipline does not allow its members to go against the party and so none of the plans of the UDB have been revealed. As not much happens in Brittany, the French authorities have concluded that the Briton terrorists are not very successful.

However, amongst the achievements of the UDB is the fact that the European Union was created, although Britons wanted a Federation, not a Union. Also, the movement supports colonialism even though the colonies of Brittany are not very famous.

Since 1964 the Union Démocratique Bretonne has met three periods of crisis and one of success. Right now it is experiencing growth and so France is becoming more and more afraid of Brittany and is less and less willing to allow its reunification with other regions.


Climate and landscape

Even the eldest people in Brittany do not remember the times when the blue sky could be seen there. The region's climate has had a major influence on people's mood (they are always cheerful) and it has caused a great immigration from Normandy when the Normans found out that Brittany existed. This is the reason of all the conflicts between the two regions.

Much of the interior of the land occupied by the two million, eight hundred fifteen thousand and nine hundred people living in Bretagne is also occupied by a plateau called Argoat. The word 'Argoat' in reality means “country of the woods”. The plateau has a maximum height of roughly 245 meters (800 feet), with two exceptions, being woodland ridges.

Tourist attractions

Brittany menhirs

This is a typical Briton village... Or town.

The most important Briton tourist attractions is, of course, the Mont-Saint-Michel. The only problem is that Normans claim it to be theirs. The most visited town is Nantes, however it is also sometimes considered to be Norman.

Brittany house

One of the best hotels of the region.

Saint-Malo is not a very interesting town but, as nobody wants to dispute Brittany's ownership of that place, the UDB has begun considering it the region's primary attraction.

Tourist agencies say that the tourism in Brittany is very well developed (pictured) mostly because of its industries: agriculture and fishing.


Fishing is very popular in Brittany but Britons have a singular way of fishing. They catch a marine animal but do not kill it. On the contrary, they raise all the fish they catch, feed and keep them all in their pond, expecting that in several years there will be a way to produce energy using fish. Then Brittany will soon be industrialized and will get a lot of budget. The immigrants there will increase and the economy will be a lot better than in the rest of France. Finally, the French government (which will certainly have a lot of problems) will allow Brittany to separate for money.

However, as right now we cannot make energy using fish farms, the economy of Brittany is not progressing very quickly. There is not much immigration to this region right now it those who know about the plans of the Briton government, begin moving to Normandy because it is rather close.

The unemployment in this region is also very small because of the reasons mentioned above. All spare men are used to raise fish. The only problem is activity has right now is that sometimes errors occur and inexperienced people fish out something else except for fish from the water. Then, not to pollute the ocean, this something is named "seafood" and sold to the rest of France


  1. These are now the most practiced activities in the region.
  2. Opposite to Normandy, a region attracting all the conflicts.
  3. Communism exists for a long time and can be considered to be a part of the Conservative ideology.



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