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0:00In this 7th episode of French regions
0:01that are complete , we have
0:02Normandy , which is nothing more than a
0:04foreign colony . Oh yes , you heard me
0:05right . Before they served as doormats
0:07for Parisians during summer vacation ,
0:08let’s go back in time . In the 9th
0:10century , the Vikings were hitting
0:11everyone , especially France and
0:12Brittany . The English too , but honestly
0:14they deserved it , so it’s fine .
0:15Beyond the coast , they kept sailing up
0:16rivers to loot , destroy , and terrorize
0:18the population , right ? Basically , they
0:19were committing massacres . For the
0:20Viking fanboys , just know that nobody
0:22likes you . Boats besieged Paris . I
0:24repeat , some boats . We are
0:25right here on the map , just in case .
0:26The King of West Francia , Charles the
0:28Simple , had enough . If you’ll excuse
0:29the expression , he was completely
0:30useless and incapable of controlling
0:32the Northmen's back-and-forth raids .
0:33Seeing that they were no longer
0:34satisfied with just looting , but were
0:36settling on lands in Neustria , he
0:37figured he had nothing to lose and made
0:39a deal with Rollo , a Viking lord who
0:41had personally besieged Paris . Tell me ,
0:42could you handle your piece-of-shit kin
0:43, and in exchange , I give you land in
0:44the north ? Oh , why yes , no problem . In
0:46exchange , I also want your daughter . Oh
0:47, really ? Anyway , that’s all women
0:49were good for back then . Fine , there
0:50you go , are you happy now ? Alright , get
0:52to work . 1,000 years later , Normandy
0:53looks great , and up until 2015 , it
0:54looked like this . Upper and Lower
0:56Normandy . Translation : the rich and
0:58industrial Normans from Rouen and the
0:59poor , farming Normans from Caen . It's
1:01not me saying it , it’s the GDP .