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.
Germany is a federal republic consisting of 16 states (called BundeslÃ¤nder or shortened to LÃ¤nder in German). Three of the BundeslÃ¤nder are actually city-states: Berlin, Bremen, and Hamburg. The states can be roughly grouped by geography as listed below.