Spread the loveGovernments do not spend years planning nationwide crisis simulations for events they consider impossible. France is reportedly organizing a nationwide tabletop exercise in the second half of 2027 to simulate a catastrophic electrical blackout involving the military, multiple ministries, and the operators of the national power grid. According to the reporting, this scenario involves the military, energy operators, ministries, and national resilience planners asking how the French state itself would continue functioning during a prolonged nationwide blackout. Perhaps the most important question is not whether France can survive a blackout simulation. When governments begin preparing for the unimaginable, history suggests the unimaginable has often moved much closer than the public realizes.