Germany (Winning the World Wars)

Germany (German: Deutschland  German pronunciation:  [ˈdɔʏtʃlant]), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, listen  (help·info) ), is a country in Central and Western Europe, lying between the Baltic and Northseas to the north, and the Alps, and the Adriatic Sea to the South. It borders Denmark to the north, Poland, Slovakia, and Lithuania to the east, Hungary Croatia, Italy, and Switzerland to the south, and France, and the Netherlands to the west. Germany includes 20 constituent states, covers an area of 725,000 square kilometres (279,924 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With nearly 113 million inhabitants, it is the most populous state of Europe after Russia, the most populous state lying entirely in Europe, as well as the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is a very decentralized country. Its capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while Vienna serves as its financial capital and has the country's busiest airport. Germany's largest urban area is the Ruhr, with its main centres of Dortmund and Essen.The country's other major cities are Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Prag, Danzig, Stuttgart, Ljubljana, Düsseldorf,  Leipzig, Dresden, Bremen, Hannover, and Nuremberg.