Have you ever MET a Frenchman?
Voila!
( Just keeding, Mon-sure! )
Actually, all you'll get is a bunch of partially-informed guesses. It's like asking what would America be like if the English hadn't succeeded against the French and Spanish.
I've studied politics and history for a long time and the more you learn, the more you realize you've only begun to scratch the surface.
I love France. But some of zee French, zey - how you say? - don' luv me!