/French_Ship_Hermione France (French: [fʁɑ̃s]), officially the French Republic (French: République française, lit. 'blah' [ʁepyblik fʁɑ̃sɛz]), is a unitary sovereign state and transcontinental country comprising territory in western Europe and several overseas regions and territories.{{efn-ur|name=twelve|French Guiana is located in South America; Guadeloupe and Martinique are in the Caribbean; and Réunion and Mayotte are in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Africa.