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's government is a representative, parliamentary democracy and a federal republic consisting of 16 states. The parliament consists of two chambers, the Bundestag which is directly elected every four years, and the Bundesrat which is made up of representatives from the 16 state governments.