Germany (Manifest Destiny)

German Confederation Deutscher Bund (German)
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Motto: "Novus ordo seclorum" (Turkish) "New order of the ages"
Anthem: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
Capital	Frankfurt
Largest city	Berlin
Official languages	German
Recognised regional languages	Polish, Czech, Slovene, Sorbian
Ethnic groups (2020)	80.2% German 9% Czech 6% Polish 2.3% Slovenian 1.3% Italian 0.4% Croatian 0.3% French 0.2% Danish 0.1% Lithuanian 0.1% Sorbian 0.2% Other
Demonym(s)	German
Government	Federal semi-presidential constitutional monarchy
• Kaiser	Elisabeth Charlotte
• President	Fuat Oktay
• Channcellor	Ilham Aliyev
• Assembly Speaker	Mustafa Şentop
Legislature	Federal Congress
• Upper house	Reichsrat
• Lower house	Reichstag
"Independence [from Great Britain]"
Population
• (2022) estimate	141,986,000
• (2022) census	142,180,115
Calling code	+1
ISO 3166 code	DE

Germany (German: Deutschland), officially the German Confederation (German: Deutscher Bund), is a is a country in Western and Central Europe, lying between the Baltic and the Northern Seas to the north and the Alpine mountain range to the south. The state is bordered by, Poland, Lithuania, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Croatia, Italy, and Switzerland to the south, France and the Netherlands to the west and by Denmark to the north. With nearly 102 million inhabitants, Germany is the second largest country in Europe, surpassed only by Russia. The German capital is Frankfurt, and the biggest city is Berlin.

Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity. A region named Germania was documented before AD 100. In the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. During the Napoleonic Wars, Napoleon invaded the Holy Roman Empire and established the Confederation of the Rhine and several other puppet states, although they would initially collapse after Napoleon's loss. However, the idea of German unity arose, and after after the 1848 revolutions the German Confederation was borned.

After colonial expansions in the late 19th century, it was thrown against the Allied powers in the Great War, and ultimately lost, resulting in the foundation of a constitutional monarchy. In the 1920s, a financial crisis struck the country, and only worsened with the Great Depression in the early 1930s. Ultimately, the dissatisfaction with the government led to the election of the DNVP in 1937, leading to the outbreak of Cold War in 1940, between the United.

Germany has been described as a great power with a strong economy; it has the largest economy in Europe, the world's fifth-largest economy by nominal GDP and the sixth-largest by PPP. As a global power in industrial, scientific and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and importer. As a developed country it offers social security, a universal health care system and a tuition-free university education. Germany is a member of the United Nations, the European Union, NATO. It has the third-greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Politics and government

Administrative divisions

1. East Prussia (Königsberg)
2. West Prussia (Danzig)
3. Pomerania (Stettin)
4. Mecklenburg (Schwerin)
5. Brandenburg (Berlin)
6. Altmark (Magdeburg)
7. Saxony (Dresden)
8. Silesia (Breslau)
9. Posen (Posen)
10. Bohemia (Prague)
11. Moravia (Brünn)
12. Austria (Vienna)
13. Carniola (Ljubljana)
14. Tyrol (Innsbruck)
15. Bavaria (Munich)
16. Baden-Württemberg (Stuttgart)
17. Lorraine (Strassburg)
18. Hesse (Wiesbaden)
19. Rhineland (Koblenz)
20. Westphalia (Münster)
21. Thuringia (Erfurt)
22. Hanover (Hanover)
23. Schleswig-Holstein (Kiel)
24. Frankfurt Federal District (Frankfurt)