 From this, we have at least two consequences. The first one is a strong interest in European reconstruction, a political priority between 1815 and 1820, but not anymore in 1850, after the triumph of nationalism. The second one is the realization that State as a concept is a historical product which did not exist before 1500, and there is no reason to believe that States will exist for ever. Hence his proposal to divide France into nineteen ‘intendances’: the extension of temporal power is not allowed to go beyond territories like Belgium or Corsica.