Germany

Federal Republic o Germany
Bundesrepublik Deutschland (German)

Banner Coat o airms
Naitional motto: Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit (German: Unity an Juistice an Freedom)
Location o  Germany  (dark green) – on the European continent  (light green & dark grey) – in the European Union  (light green)  —  [Legend]
Offeecial leid	German
Caipital	Berlin
Lairgest ceety	caipital
Govrenment Heid o State - Prime Meenister -	Federal Parliamentary republic Joachim Gauck Angela Merkel
Area	357,021 km2 (137,847 mi)
Population	82,689,000
Foondin	Wilhelm I o Germany, 1871
Siller	Euro (€)
Time zone	CET
Naitional anthem	Third stanza o Das Lied der Deutschen (also called "Deutschland über alles")
Naitional flouer
Patron saunt
Internet TLD	.de
Cawin code	49

Germany (German: Deutschland) is a kintra in Europe. It is bund bi Poland an Czechie tae the east, Austrick an Swisserland tae the sooth, Fraunce, Luxembourg, Belgium, an the Netherlands tae the wast, an Denmark tae the north. 82,689,000 fowk bide in Germany. The caipital ceety o Germany is Berlin. It is a federal democratic republic. Efter Warld War II it wis dividit intae deiffrent pairts controllit bi the UK, USA, Fraunce an the Soviet Union. Efter 1949 the UK, USA an Fraunce haundit owor their pairts tae mak the Federal Republic o Germany, while the Soviets widnae haund oor its pairts an it becam the German Democratic Republic. Forby thon it wis ance an empire (the German Empire wis gotten rid o on 9 November, 1918). For maist o the last thoosan year, Germany wis mony kintras sic as Prussie an Bavarie. Germany gaed intil an Empire in 1871 durrin the Franco-Prussian War. The current Chancelor o Germany is Angela Merkel.

Politics

German Pairlament haes twa chambers:

• Bundestag - Pairlament
• Bundesrat - Chamber o federal kintras

Federal states

Main airticle: States o Germany

Germany haes 16 federal states:

• Baden-Württemberg
• Bavarie
• Berlin
• Brandenburg
• Bremen
• Hamburg
• Hessen
• Lawer Saxony
• Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
• North Rhine-Westphalie
• Rhineland-Palatinate
• Saarland
• Saxony
• Saxony-Anhalt
• Schleswig-Holstein
• Thuringie

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