Every nation focuses on improving its position in international politics and is not respectful of other nations. This means that most states are able to exploit less developed countries for their own benefit. A prominent example of this is the colonial taxation that France imposes on 14 African countries, such as Haiti and Togo, which continue to pay colonial taxes for their independence. This is forced to occur in 14 African countries as far away as France. Countries like Haiti and Togo continue to pay colonial taxes for their independence. In 1957, François Mitterrand prophesied: “Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century.” This was confirmed in 2008, when French President Jacques Chirac declared: “without Africa, France would slip to the rank of third world power”. This may be shocking to some and almost impossible to believe, but the facts are that French taxation brings in around $500 billion from Africa every year (bridge magazine). This means that these developing countries are injecting 85% of their foreign reserves into the French central bank, leaving the citizens of these states in poverty. To pay colonial taxation, these countries