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The cardinal regions and the farce of the Pays-de-la-Loire
When you look at a modern map of France, you may spot an anomaly in the shape of the regions, and one in particular: the Pays-de-la-Loire, a puppet region created by the French state during the second half of the twentieth century for the sole purpose of weakening Brittany, its neighbouring region with a very strong regional identity.
If France Ruled Scotland: A Lesson from Brittany
What would happen if Scotland were “re-modelled” using the logic of French territorial reforms? Through satire and political analogy, this essay imagines Edinburgh detached from Scotland and absorbed into an artificial new region—revealing, by comparison, the real and ongoing cultural injustice faced by Brittany following France’s regional redrawing.