France

France is a secondary location within The Suffering. The country had about 35% of its population surviving the plague, with 60% dying to the plague and 5% from other incidents. It is believed to be the roughest hit nation in Europe due to its mass # deaths during the beginning.

Apocalypse
France was the first country in Europe to report a case of The Plague in mid April 2021 from East Asian tourists in Marseille. However, 24 hours later, there were cases sprouting from Marseille all the way to Lyon with no clear indication of how. On April 30 2021, France reported up to 200 cases with 3 deaths.

Immediately, cities in Southern France were placed under lockdown after a public scare from a leaked video showed one of the dead moving in their body bag. By early May 2021, the cases appeared to be slowing down (although later scientists claimed people were too embarrassed or scared to speak up about their symptoms), causing the lockdowns to lift.

On May 17 2021, Paris reported their first case - and eventual outbreak - that ultimately killed 5% of the population. A second outbreak was documented a day later that also killed 5% and a third outbreak was documented four days later that eventually killed 70% of the city. Paris survivors nicknamed the outbreaks as the "Plagues of Paris", in tribute to the Plagues of Egypt. Later on, more and more cities reported large outbreaks. Those that survived were forced to hide. Surprisingly, Toulouse was the last city to fully collapse under the virus after much of its population isolated themselves.