Independence Year : 1955
Population : 82164700
Life Expectancy : 77.4
Capital : 3068
GNP : 2133367.00
GNP Old : 2102826.00
Local Name : Deutschland
Government Form : Federal Republic
Location : Central Europe bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea in north
Terrain : Low plain in the north; high plains, hills, and basins in the center and east; mountainous alpine region in the south.
Climate : Generally moderate continental climate without sustained periods of cold or heat, maritime climate in the North, in the South mountain climate in the Alpine regions
Ethnic Group : Primarily German; Danish minority in the north, Sorbian (Slavic) minority in the east; 7.3 million foreign residents.
Religions : Protestants (27.9 million), Catholics (27.3 million); approximately 3.2 million Muslims
Official Website :
www.bundespraesident.de/
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General Information - Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany is located in the heart of Europe. The nation-state now known as Germany was first unified in 1871 as a modern federal state, the German Empire.
In the first half of the 20th century two devastating World Wars, of which Germany was responsible for, left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers.
With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR).
The democratic FRG embedded itself in key western economic and security organizations, the EC and NATO, while the communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the fall of Communism enabled Germany's unification in 1990.
With the unification of the two German states, the country became Europe's most populous nation and strengthened its role as a key member of the European Union and of the continent's economic, political, and security organizations.
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