Thread:Zillafire101/@comment-25890179-20160411135328/@comment-25309944-20160414162905

If you mean by "Mirus-Milky Way storyline" the events surrounding the Covenant of Mirus, then the French Empire is the human faction most tightly linked to it, and most reviled by a lot of Mirusians.

France isn't exactly as susceptible to insurgency as weaker human states like East Africa (which is threatening to break up into Somalia and Ethiopia), but due to its sheer size and complex interlocking structure, there are still pressure points which are vulnerable to insurgency (or other crises) if the Empire is under strain.

For example, during the ongoing Loron Crisis, France simultaneously has to deal with two colonial crises. In Bunsen, French Cutheran agitators are coming close to starting a sectarian civil war with their secular counterparts due to a bunch of other variable I don't have time to go into here. In Borealis, the French Outer Ottzello Trading Company is taking advantage of the chaotic situation to shrug off more and more of Paris' authority, maneuvering for independence due to its historically contentious relation with Imperial authorities.