Germany (TNO:ANM)

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German Reich
Deutsches Reich (German)
Capital
and
Berlin
52°31′N 13°23′E
Official languagesGerman
Recognised regional languagesPolish, Czceh
Religion
(2023)
48.6% Catholic
40.7% Protestant
9.2% irreligious
1.5% other
Demonym(s)German
GovernmentUnitary parliamentary republic
• President
Angela Kresner
Jens Spahn
LegislatureReichstag
Area
• Total
815,161 km2 (314,735 sq mi)
Population
• 2024 estimate
Neutral increase 135,735,172
• Density
166.51/km2 (431.3/sq mi)
GDP (nominal)2023 estimate
• Total
Increase $6.749 trillion
• Per capita
$49,721
Gini (2022)Positive decrease 31.7
medium
HDI (2022)Increase 0.921
very high
CurrencyReichsmark (ℛ︁ℳ︁)
Time zoneUTC+1 (MET)
• Summer (DST)
UTC+2 (MEST)
Date formatmm/dd/yyyy
Driving sideright
Calling code+49
ISO 3166 codeDE
Internet TLD.de

Germany, (German: Deutschland) officially the German Reich, (German: Deutsches Reich) is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous country in Europe and the second-largest European country by area. It borders Denmark to the north, Lithuania to the northeast, White Ruthenia, Poland and Ukraine to the east, Slovakia to the southeast, Croatia, Italy and Switzerland to the south, and France and the Netherlands to the west. Germany furthermore borders Ukraine to the north through Gotenland and Norway to the south through Nordstern. The country's capital and largest city, Berlin, is among Europe's largest by population. Its main financial center is Frankfurt, while the country's largest urban area is the Ruhr.

Modern-day Germany has been continuously inhabited by humans since the Lower Paleolithic. Germanic tribes and peoples, who mostly lived in the Nordic region and Northern Germany, migrated south into what the Romans called Germania. After the Fall of the Roman Empire and the rise and fragmentation of the Frankish Empire into Middle and East Francia, the Kingdom of Germany formed the largest and most significant territory of the Holy Roman Empire, which dissolved during the Napoleonic Wars. The German Confederation came to replace the former Holy Roman Empire in 1815.

The 1848 revolutions in Europe saw an early but ultimately unsuccessful attempt at German unification. The North German Confederation, formed as a confederation of German states led by Prussia in the aftermath of the Austro-Prussian War, became the German Empire in 1871. The aftermath of World War I and the German revolution saw the deposition of the monarchy and the formation of a semi-presidential republic. The Nazi party seized power in 1933 with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor. The Nazis led Germany throughout the interwar period, World War II and the Cold War, establishing a totalitarian dictatorship which would be toppled in 1973. Democratic, free and multi-party elections were held for the first time since 1930 in 1976.

Germany is commonly considered either a great power or a emerging superpower. Germany's economy is the largest in Europe and among the largest in the world. It dominates in industrial, scientific and technological sectors and is among the world's largest exporters and importers. The country's healthcare and education system are often ranked as among the best in the world.