Jack of Harts

Some religions and governments collapsed when the Peloran made Contact. Others changed and adapted. The French did both. Some government officials pushed for their own private fiefdoms to have sole Contact, while others drafted regulations to outlaw the actions. Others walked a middle path, but the wild conflicting actions of the two extremes paralyzed the government and froze out even the private and public corporate interests. The French economy came to a grinding stop amidst the government corruption.