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Media (265)
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Mortality (2537)
People (304)
Religion (47)
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As Europe's largest economy and second most populous nation, Germany is a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20th century and left the country occupied by the victorious Allied powers of the US, UK, France, and the Soviet Union in 1945. With the advent of the Cold War, two German states were formed in 1949: the western Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) and the eastern German Democratic Republic (GDR). The democratic FRG embedded itself in key Western economic and security organizations, the EC, which became the EU, and NATO, while the Communist GDR was on the front line of the Soviet-led Warsaw Pact. The decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990. Since then, Germany has expended considerable funds to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to Western standards. In January 1999, Germany and 10 other EU countries introduced a common European exchange currency, the euro.

Alternative names:

Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Deutschland, west germany

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Maps of Germany

Spread of German Settlements to the Eastward, 800-1400	Germany at the commencement of the Thirty Years War, 1618	Germany - The Wettin Lands, 1221-1485	[Germany] The Holy Roman Empire under the Hohenstaufen, 1138-1254
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andrew 20th October 2005	How many total acres does the country have
Papa smerf 20th September 2005	I would like to see how much alcohol is sold to underage kids in differnet countries
papa smerf 20th September 2005	The whole german system is built to be anti-american and if Mr. Merkel makes it to be Channecollor this will be contieniud in a more drastic way
Dominik Dürr 5th June 2005	(all numbers of adults) Germany 180.2 cm(male) 169.0 cm(female) Japan 165.6 cm(male) 153.0 cm(female) great Britain 177.0 cm(male) 163.3 cm(female) USA 175.5 cm(male) 162.6 cm(female)
anonymous 14th April 2005	Slavs and Teutons are barbaric human eating people.
Edria Murray Staff Editor 31st March 2005	In response to Paco: There are currently 60,000 Jews in Germany (some estimates state 100,000) including a large group (about 11,000) in Berlin. This amounts to a total of .0073% of the population. The major religious groups in Germany are Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7% and unaffiliated or other 28.3%.
Suchita Vemuri Staff Editor 22nd March 2005	Hi Augustus, the Berlin Wall, separated West Berlin from East Berlin and the rest of East Germany, which was part of the Soviet Bloc. It was constructed in 1961 to restrict access between West Berlin and East Germany.
Augustus Ferlinghetti 21st March 2005	Your back button does not work.
Edria Murray Staff editor 19th March 2005	In response to Jacqueline: Unemployment rates can be found in the Labor category. These can be compared with Social security expenditure in the economy category.
Hugh 18th March 2005	The Berlin Wall protected East Germans against fascists. Now thanks to Ronald Reagan the world is once again a dangerous place. The Soviet Union is no more and the US is the only superpower left.
ryan T. 12th November 2004	i would like some more information concerning Berlin\