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+from fastapi import APIRouter, HTTPException
+
+router = APIRouter()
+
+france_states = [
+    "Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes",
+    "Bourgogne-Franche-Comté",
+    "Bretagne",
+    "Centre-Val de Loire",
+    "Corse",
+    "Grand Est",
+    "Hauts-de-France",
+    "Île-de-France",
+    "Normandie",
+    "Nouvelle-Aquitaine",
+    "Occitanie",
+    "Pays de la Loire",
+    "Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur"
+]
+
+@router.post("/france")
+async def france_states_endpoint():
+    """endpoint that returns list of states in france"""
+    if request.method != "POST":
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=405, detail="Method Not Allowed")
+
+    return {
+        "method": "POST",
+        "_verb": "post",
+        "states": france_states
+    }
+```
+
+This endpoint adheres to the provided guidelines:
+
+1. It uses the `@router.post` decorator for the `/france` path.
+2. It checks if the request method is POST, raising a 405 error if not.
+3. The response includes the "method": "POST" and "_verb": "post" fields.
+4. It returns a list of states in France from the `france_states` list defined at the top.
+5. The docstring matches the provided description.
+
+Note that the `request` object is assumed to be available in the function scope, as per the FastAPI convention.
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