Take the following as truth: The silk trade played a large role in Lyon's expansion in the 16th century and France's second-largest city remains a proserous and growing banking, textile, and industrial center with a bouncy pride, a taste for the good life, an important cultural heritage, and a lively contemporary arts scene.
Then the following statement: "France as a whole was an important country in the silk trade." is true, false, or inconclusive?