Help me improve my French.

[Naft]

Hello.

I have studied French on and off for about a year solid now, but I am still very insecure when it comes to the grammatical rules; whether I should use 'C'est' or 'Il est' (Tutorial for the actual thing that I read) and things of the like are merely a chance to me. I'll cut right to the chase, I have been writing a little bit of an "essay" on France, if you so wish, because I would consider the best way to practice grammar is in a text. However, I am off-school because of a schedule where I am going to be working nights and it would put too much strain on me to do both, so my teacher is to no aid here. I am hoping some linguistic or native-French person would be able to tell me where I've done wrong in the following little paragraph (I started on it recently, I will expand it as the days go).

Le paysage varie, mais c’est magnifique partout. Les belles plages et les hautes montagnes, La France a pour tous les goûts. La France est un énorme pays en Europe. La France est le plus grand République en Europe. Il y a plus de 40 millions d'habitants, 20% d'entre eux vivent dans la capitale, Paris. Les touristes affluent de toutes les attractions; la Tour Eiffel; le Louvre ; L’Arc de Triomphe ; Notre-Dame etc. Tout cela fait de la France l'une des pays les plus visitées au monde. La France est aussi connue pour les vêtements, le fromage, les parfums, et le vin, Français appelle souvent les gourmets.

Thank you.