[Jan doesn't really know anything about France in particular, but she has a vague idea that the EU is a haven of knowledge and culture, with free university educations and better healthcare. the fact that some of her coworkers view this with suspicion hasn't quite dispelled the impression. that kind of place surely has huge libraries and schools to look things up in SOMEWHERE.]

they GOTTA its france
and universities!
oh shti we needto find some!

[surely, if those places were just abandoned, they'll still have a lot of valuable knowledge left.]