The French Empire is widely known as the third hardest formable to make. The reason for this is not that it is extremely hard but rather because of many others trying to get the land you want and how tedious is it to justify war on so many small islands. To create this empire begin by starting your African campiagn begin by justifying on all the countries you need. Then, start your African campaign. This campaign should not be that hard. When you first get into the game create one steel factory and one motor factory for tanks. Begin your invasion of Africa when you have 1k tanks and 100k troops. If a large power is already in Africa then start with whatever territory needed that is weak such as maybe the small islands, madagascar, or vietnam, cambodia, and laos if they are not already taken by China. If all the land you need it taken then switch servers until you find a server where you can actually do your conquest. However. If you are able to fight Africa. Deal with them about 3 at a time and split up your troops and tanks as the home guards of these countries will be quite small and weak. Research wise, use your research points to first max out your research then do tax collection if you are in need of money, tank research if you want to conquer faster and still have money, and airplane gas capabilities to prepare for the future. Once your African campaign has ended. Take Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia as quick as possible using 10 transport planes to move 2k tanks to them as quick as possible before China or Japan takes it. Once you have taken it just start getting all the small islands you need and then you will be done.
