At present 75% want to run with the RN, another 11% spread amongst other countries involved with the various Coalition's wars against France...who are you all going to fight guys? The 14% of us foolish enough to want to play the French at least wont want for opponents ;)

Mind you the poll didn't include the Dutch, Spanish (oh there will be a huge groundswell of support for them) or the US. It would get a bit boring though just fighting out large frigate battles with the US..come to the dark side and have a real challenge when you eventually play..join the French fleet!

We offer, great food (definitely not spoiled by being in storage too long or damaged by damp because we never go to sea)

You get liberty, equality and fraternity for free!

You get wonderfully built ships (best not to mention the crew quality)

You get wine, not that rum rubbish the RN serve up, no buggery here either, and forget the lash it isn't fitting for "the citizens" of France. Let the English beat their downtrodden subjects.

No hard tack either, only the best croissants baked the same day

If you're really good, avoid the RN, pick off lots of merchantmen you may make Admiral one day even if you start below decks.

You get really cool medals. You wont see a "Legion d'Honneur" in the RN no matter how good you are. You'll be dumped on shore as soon as there's peace with not even a pat on the back

You get to say "merde" and other fancy words without your friends having a clue what you are talking about.

France has the best beaches of any of the protagonists, so while you're not sailing the seas (ie pretty much all the time) you can soak up the sun and improve your tan

Plus you get to visit (well actually you get to stay..something like the Hotel California- "you can check in any time you like but you can never leave" thanks to the RN) lots of beautiful ports in the Med, the costa del sol, the Brittany coast...

Really when you think about it, the Marine nationale offers all the luxury and contentment you could want without the silly nonsense of having to go to sea with all the risks entailed.