How about France? Having spent a fair amount of time in Mississippi, I would cast France as the southern states – a deep attraction to its rural tradition and a suspicion of New York (ie London). Indeed, if you look back through history, the southern states were very hostile towards the “money power” (think Andrew Jackson) just as the French now dislike Anglo-Saxon capitalism.
Interesting…
While I understand the we in the South are the cultural epicentre of America, I’m not sure France is the cultural epicentre of Europe. Of course the French would disagree…but no one listens to them.
