About Germany

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Germany (/ˈɜrməni/; German: Deutschland [ˈdɔʏtʃlant]), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, About this sound listen ),[d][6] is a federal parliamentary republic in westerncentral Europe. It includes 16 constituent states and covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) with a largely temperate seasonal climate. Its capitaland largest city is Berlin. With 81 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state in the European Union. After the United States, it is the second most popular migration destination in the world.[7]

Various Germanic tribes have occupied northern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before 100 CE. During theMigration Period the Germanic tribes expanded southward. Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire.[8]During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of theProtestant Reformation.

The rise of Pan-Germanism inside the German Confederation resulted in theunification of most of the German states in 1871 into the Prussian-dominatedGerman Empire. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919, the Empire was replaced by the parliamentary Weimar Republic. The establishment ofNazi Germany in 1933 led to World War II and the Holocaust. After 1945, Germany evolved into two states, East Germany and West Germany. In 1990, the country was reunified.[9]

In the 21st century, Germany is a great power and has the world’s fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, as well as the fifth-largest by PPP. As a global leader in several industrial and technological sectors, it is both the world’s third-largest exporter and importer of goods. It is a developed country with a very high standard of living, and it maintains a comprehensive social security, a universal health caresystem and diverse environmental protection laws.

Germany was a founding member of the European Communities in 1957, which became the European Union in 1993. It is part of the Schengen Area, and became a co-founder of the Eurozone in 1999. Germany is a member of the United Nations, NATO, the G8, the G20, and the OECD. Known for its rich culturalhistory, Germany has been continuously the home of influential artists,philosophers, musicians, entrepreneurs, scientists and inventors.

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