France proclaimed itsef a republic; therefore, France changed the nature of the international system, which was composed of monarchy. Mutual common understanding among the states of the international system was distorted because the international system was based on aristocratic traditions and values; and France had no more aristocracy. All the other stated did not recognize France as a republic, and this excludes France from the international system. The international system was affected by the consequences of the French revolution because of the reasons given before.