User blog comment:Eric The Flamable/Taking France with permission/@comment-3112181-20120531185620

For two reasons. 1) Unless you have the written consent and full permission of Jack and/or Duchess, you can't claim it. I don't know about Duchess, but Jack Bluehawk is not inactive (on the wiki he is, but not in-game). In fact, I talked to him last night in-game and he told me he is going to start back up a French guild. And 2) No offense intended, but I don't think you'd be capable of ruling a nation of such caliber as France. Don't take it personally, dude, but there is A LOT you need to know and a lot to do when it comes to ruling a country. And honestly, you haven't had that much role-play experience other than being Samuel's right-hand man.