Napoleon's Code Civile - The Code of Civil Rights

Napoleon promises to make Paris the greatest city on earth. He undertakes a massive rebuilding programme. There will be a complete restructuring of the French state, with power becoming highly centralised. The code civile has been the basis for French and much of European law ever since. Donor Cornwall is not grinding people into the dust but trying to find a system that actually works.

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