Paris was one of many wakeup calls the world would receive. They hid bombs throughout most of Old Paris and detonated them as the Tour de France rode through. That was in 2036 and resulted in a complete collapse of the French government. The Islamic State in France thought they had won, but the man history remembers as Emperor Napoleon the Eighth espoused other ideas. He promised a France for the French and led his people to war. He proved very effective.