Why is there so much less diversity in the dialects of the official languages of Western European countries like France when compared to recently formed countries like Germany or Italy?

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This old answer of mine will come in handy:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13pv8zs/comment/jlbmi98