"Maman, can you tell me the story of the end of our Grand Nation?" "Bien sûr mon petit Nicolas! So here goes:

"ʆ It started with a KS ʆ"

"Maman!"

"OK. When RH was still a small company they needed money, like all small companies do who want to grow. So the bank didn't help, nor did the rest of the family, as they already had helped. So they looked for some other fools... and they started a crowd founding. With lots of promises and not really much else to show they snatched up quite some money. When the investors wanted to know how they proceeded they kept them at bay by promising them an update. And it worked.

Then the revenue office got notice of that and thought that they might get a part of the earnings and wrote them a letter and wanted to get more information to concretize their receivables. Information?! RH were already well versed to keep such silly requests at bay and answered them in their usual arrogant tone and promised to keep them updated. Little did those fools know that they would never get one...

A week later the revenue office tried again and got another promise, this time of an update with info. Another week later the revenue office dared to ask for it, as they didn't get any. They were informed that RH had grander things in preparation for them and they should stop acting like kids.

It happened that Le Président, cette..." "Oui, maman, je sais. L' Hollandaise." " He was visiting Montpellier and when asking why the revenue entrances where so low was informed that they had problems. Just as an example they showed him the communication with RH. He sensed that he needed to meet them.

When he met RH in their office he immediately recognized his own kind. They were natural born arrogant half-wits! "The force is strong with you! You will come with me to the captial where I teach you more!"

Thus RH came to be part of the cabinet. They learned fast, within days they knew everything! And after a week, when the Président had his first foreign trip, RH send him an update! Oh what a joy! I guess that only his ex-wife was as happy as I was!" "Well Maman, you and dad!"

" That very evening they spoke in front of the Assemblée Nationale! They proclaimed the new credo of their government: L'arrogance c'est mois! Their first acts were that updates are only allowed to be executed by the French government, all software companies worldwide rejoiced! And that IQ tests were of no need as AQ tests became mandatory for anyone who wanted to work for the government, gastronomy, or in the tourism industry." "Maman, but AQ tests didn't change anything"

"I know, but now it's a law. They even promised an update of our republic, La République Français 6.0!

As they governed by updates no one did anything as everyone was waiting for an update about what to do. Thus the nation was near bankrupt, as nobody paid the taxes, since nobody asked for them to be paid!

In an unknown act of aggression they declared war on Germany, by threatening them with an update! Chancellor Merkel immediately ordered her troops to be readied. France would fall within a week! She was shocked when her advisors informed her that the stock market had crumbled under the looming update and Germany was losing billions by the minute! Bankruptcy or losing a war. Being German she choose to surrender! Her words still ring in my ears: Verlieren ja, bankrott niemals!

At the evening of victory RH spoke again to the Assemblée Nationale. That evening he even brought Descartes thoughts to our present day: Je update, ergo sum! I update, therefore I am!

Then the end started...

When they returned that night they must have been rather tired and hungry. You know they had not eaten nor slept since that KS. While being huddled around the pc thinking about the pose of the Secretary of Defense Jovovich for the new propaganda posters they suddenly heard "you got mail".

A solitary investor from Down Under asked for information. You see the avatar was so cute...and in a rare moment of indulgence Mireille replied with an update!" "Oh no....Mais Maman, that's forbidden!" "That's the reason why they made that law.

She even replied kindly, excused herself for the delay and even showed some pictures of finished miniatures and renders of things to come. Oh hadn't she! The update was immediately known in the whole community and also to the rest of the world!

Chancellor Merkel promptly rallied the troops and attacked. At the end of the day France didn't exist any more and was under the governance of the EC. Our troops were still waiting in their barracks for the update to really invade Germany and disarm them, thus no one was harmed. Germany was asked to govern France as they had had some experience, they declined: We do not want to have tze same problems again! TZose arrogantz are your problems now! All declined but the Netherlands, they had only one precondition." "I know Maman, but I still think the Brie tastes better" "Eat your Gauda Nicolas and listen.

Vichy denied the Government of the Free French Republic the access. They didn't want them for a second time, as tourism had finally well recovered. Thus they went to Montpellier, where they reside now.

Let's change to something more interesting. What would you like to be when you grow up?" "Président!" "Ah, come il papá! One day I will sing you a song about him."

"But tell me Maman, what happened to Mireille?"
"The moment she replied everyone understood what would happen. The people would look upon it as a weakness, you know she even replied in a kind way after all and gave vital information away. No one would ever again fear their updates. They had lost most of the power they had. She was exiled. When she saw Benoit for the last time, she asked him when they would meet again. He said he would send her an update..." "Oh!" "Yes mon Chouchou, exiled forever."