Germany (Das Große Vaterland)

The German Empire is a nation in Central Europe that was established on January 18, 1871 during the War of Nations. The German Empire, more popularly referred to as Germany, is a constitutional monarchy, with head of state, the Emperor, George Friedrich I and head of government, the Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder of the Social Democratic Party. Since the collapse of the People's Republic of China the German Empire is the only world superpower, the other closest superpowers being the United States, Russia, and China. The capital of Germany is Berlin, which is also its largest city, with a metropolitan population of around 5,200,000 people. Berlin is home to the Reichstag building, which houses both houses of the German parliament, the lower house, or Reichstag, and the upper house, or Bundesrat.

The German military is the largest in the world, with the world's largest navy, the Kaiserliche Marine, used to protect German overseas political and economic interests, and world's second largest army, the Deutches Heer, after the United Federation of China. The Luftwaffe, or Air Force, is the world's largest and most advanced air force, and the Imperial German Armed Forces, or the Kaiserliche Streitkräfte is the most powerful military force in the world. It is currently undertaking multiple anti-terrorism missions across the world, mainly in the Middle East and Southeastern Asia.

The Emperor of Germany, currently George Friedrich I, is also the Imperial Protector of the German Federation, as head of the German Federation, an intergovernmential union of the German-speaking states of the world, minus Switzerland and Austria. Most of the countries are former colonies or protectorates of Germany, and must help Germany work towards creating a world "for human rights, democracy, and egalitarianism." The current Crown Prince of Germany is Christian-Sigisumund, the uncle of Emperor Georg Friedrich I, who will hold the position until George Friedrich fathers a dynastic heir. While the Emperor's powers are heavily limited by the German Consitution, among which include being President of the Bundesrat, apointing and dismissing the Chancellor upon recommendation of the Reichstag, and being the commander-in-chief of the Kaiserliche Streitkräfte.

Economy
Germany is one of the most developed nations in the world, with a social market, highly industrialized mixed economy, with a large economic base in manufacturing, industry, service, and argiculture. The German Empire has the fourth highest GDP per capita in the world, behind Qatar, Macau, and Singapore, and the largest GDP in the world, at around €16.76 trillion. The official currency of the German Empire is the euro, which it shares as its currency with the rest of the European Union, minus Great Britain, and Frankfurt, Germany's largest commercial center is the seat of the European Central Bank. The German economy has a 7.8% unemployment rate, and 11% of the population living below the property line.

The German homeland is one of, if not the most, heavily industrialized nations in the world, with major industrial bases in the Rhineland, particularly the Ruhr Valley, and the main economic manufacutring base lays in the Steel Triangle. The Steel Triangle is the major economic base of Germany, which exists in a triangle formed by the cities of Hamburg, Franfurt, and Düsseldorf. Germany has one of the largest steel and coal industries, which is based in the area, and provides it with millions of jobs, creating an extensive industrial base for the German economy. Car manufacturing is also a major industry of Germany, as it has been since the 1920's when German car manufacuring capacity came to the level of the United States in the post-World War I German industrial boom. The German Four are some of the biggest car manufacturers in the world, and are based in the German Empire; they are, in order of size: Volkswagen, Dailmer, BMW, and Porsche.

Production in German is mostly controlled by Mittelstand, which are medium-sized production comapanies across Germany, and have existed in the German Industrial are in the west since the early 20th century. Mittelstand produce technoligically advanced, moderately-priced products, which have become the basis of the German economy since the start of the 20th century, and currently employ about 70% of the country's workforce. While coal ans steel production has gradually decreased in the east, production in these industries has seen a rapid increase since the end of World War II. Since the integration of the German economy into the Common European Economic Area in the 1990's, the Rhineland has rapidly developed into a massive industrial base for all of Europe, and has prospered heavily from the new markets in Western, Southern, and Eastern Europe.

The German agricultural base exists mostly in the south of the country and in its center, but the majority of German agriculture comes from Austria-Hungary. While Austria-Hungary has also witnessed a recent uptern in indutrialization, they still have a wide-scale agriculture base in many rural parts of the country.

Despite the late 2000's recession hitting Europe, the efforts of the German Empire and the Fifth French Republic have kept the euro alive and on the rise. Further integration has taken place to save the euro, and several bills and resolutions of the European Parliament has given Germany numerous benefits, mainly to its industrial areas. Germany has kept a relatively low unemployment rate, and the inflation of euro peaked in October 2011, now beginning to wind down and sees the European Union become a major economic power as of recent. The efforts of Social Democatic Chancellor Gerhard Schröder have recovered the economy from the recession, and now Germany is seeing an increasingly powerful economy.