i really like all things France and want to find a character that personifies France :)
Does a webcomic count as a franchise? https://satwcomic.com/
Polandball would be another web comic like that. Although the characters are just circles with flags in them, so no idea how useful that is.
Pepe Le Pew is the first character that comes to mind for France
Jean Pierre Polnareff for me.
Asterix
and Obelix
Pepe le Pew?
Flight of the conchords is 100% your typical New Zealander
The Kiwi / Aussie rivalry is great, we rip each other to shreds, but will stand up for one another if anyone else tries it.
Hon hon hon
Scandinavia and the World (comic)
It even has two Frances!
Civilization?
It’s only a matter of time before they make “The Polandball Movie”
Maybe I am completely misunderstanding, but wouldn’t Marianne be the main character representing France?
While not about France, the prominent example that comes to mind is Star Wars personifying the United States as the Empire.
I thought it was supposed to portray the Soviet Union as the empire?
Girls und Panzer
Punch-Out! Wii has you fighting caricatures of various nationalities
I mean the Expedition 33 cast is basically French people.