Activity/functions. FSH regulates the development, growth, pubertal maturation and reproductive processes of the human body. In both males and females, FSH stimulates the maturation of primordial germ cells.
Government. Germany is a parliamentary democracy governed under the constitution of 1949, which became the constitution of a united Germany in 1990. The federal president is the head of state but has little influence on government.
The current German state, called the Federal Republic of Germany, was founded in 1949 in the wake of Germany's defeat in World War II. At first, it consisted only of so-called West Germany, that is the areas that were occupied by British, French, and American forces.