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| Anthem | "Das Lied Dar Deustchen" | ||||||
| Capital (and largest city) |
Berlin | ||||||
| Other cities | Frankfurt, Cologne, Rome, Berne, Prague, Amsterdam, The Hague, Brussels, Reims, Warsaw, Copenhagen | ||||||
| Language official |
German | ||||||
| others | Italian, Polish, Russian, Danish | ||||||
| Religion main |
Catholic Christianity (59%) | ||||||
| others | Islam(40%), Atheists(1%) | ||||||
| Ethnic Groups main |
German (71%) | ||||||
| others | Italian (14%),Polish (9%),Russian (4%),
Danish (2%) | ||||||
| Demonym | German | ||||||
| Government | Constitutional Monarchy | ||||||
| Legislature | NationalTag | ||||||
| Emperor | Ambros : 2011-till date | ||||||
| Royal house: | Hozenhollem | ||||||
| Area main |
1,859,006 kmsq. km² | ||||||
| water (%) | NA | ||||||
| Population | 245.6 million | ||||||
| GDP Total: |
23.178 trillion GM | ||||||
| per capita | 94372 GM | ||||||
| Established | 10 December 1770 | ||||||
| Currency | German Mark | ||||||
| Time Zone | UTC +01:00 | ||||||
| summer | UTC +02:00 | ||||||
The German Empire (Deutsches Reich) is German nation-state, situated in Central Europe. It was formed as result of unification of German states finalised in 1771. Head of Germany is called Emperor (ger.: Kaiser) and is hereditary. The prime minister is called Chancellor (ger.: Kanzier).
Germany is the greatest power in the world. It has the biggest economy in the world. It army and the navy are the largest too, but after World War II, it has focussed on peaceful development. It is one of the founding members of UN.
Germany rapidly developed after unification. Germany rapidly developed after unification. From predominantly rural nation, it became urban and industrialised rapidly, outperforming all European countries.
In the First World War (1914-1918), it won massively defeating the Allied powers. It annexed the whole Italy & Poland and also parts of Russia. Germany also took all allied held colonies but freed many of them except those which were on strategic location.
The World War II (1939-1945) was also won by the German led alliance of Central Powers. This time Germany took over some parts of France and completely dissolved the British, French & Russian Empires. It also annexed Ireland & Iceland from the British.
In 1941 Emperor William II died and was succeeded by Emperor Frederick III. He and his successors followed a policy of positive relations and trade with other European countries. He attempted a rapprochement with France, to no avail.
History[]
Before unification[]
Germanic tribes inhabited Central Europe and Scandinavia as early as 1000 BCE. Some of them were subjugated by the Roman Empire, but the tide has turned from 260 CE and Germanic people occupied ever larger tracts of land.
Germanic people adopted Christianity as their religion. Largest German nation in Early Middle Ages was Frankish Empire. After its dissolution, its Eastern part became the first German state, Holy Roman Empire. Throughout Middle-Ages, German settlers colonised lands further to the East.
Protestant reformation begun in Germany and was result of publication of Martin Luther's Thesis. This lead to a period of religious wars and large decline of Holy Roman Empire. Holy Roman Empire became increasingly more decentralised and dominated by Austria. In 16th century, however Kingdom of Prussia became prominent.
With the dissolution of Holy Roman Empire in 1600, Prussia became the strongest German nation. It started conquering other German states. After Holy Roman Empire dissolved it was supplanted by German Confederation. As Prussia became more powerful, it gained bigger ambitions to unite the Germans. Austro-Prussian War ended in a massive defeat and forced Austria to give up its German ambitions. Subsequent Franco-German War led to unification of German states against common enemy. German Empire was officially proclaimed on 10 December 1770 and Prussian king Fredrick II The Great was proclaimed the Great German Emperor.
19th & early 20th century[]
In the 19th century German tried to expand it's colonial empire. It successfully did this and conquered eastern parts of India, the whole Myanmar & some parts of Africa by 1822. It also conquered California, its neighbouring states and Alaska from USA. It also helped in the restoration of Mughal Empire in India by supporting the rebels in 1857 against the British. It is an astonishing fact that there was no rebellion against German occupation in any of its colonies.
In 1863, France attacked Germany to acquire the coal mines of Rhineland. France was defeated massively by the
List of all Monarchs[]
King Albert : 1525-1568[]
Kingdom of Brandenburg under King Albert
Albert (born:17 May, 1490; death: 20 March, 1568) was the first king of Brandenburg. He was the son of the Duke of Brandenburg, Frederick I. After the death of his father in 1518, he inherited the Duchy of Brandenburg. In 1525 he declared independence from the Holy Roman Empire. He defeated the Holy Roman Army in the Battle of Berlin (1525).Thus, founding the Kingdom of Brandenburg. Following his example many other Dukes and Counts also declared their independence from The Holy Roman Empire. He didn't followed expansionist policies and tried to consolidate his kingdom and develop it.
King Albert Frederick : 1568-1618[]
Albert Frederick (born:7 May, 1530; death:28 August, 1618) was the son of Albert. He succeeded to the throne after his father's death in 1568. He expanded his domains, fought wars & conquered lands. He conquered Mecklenburg, Anhalt & Sachsen in 1577, 1579 & 1595 respectively. He fought two wars namely Holy Roman-Brandenburg War(1575-1581) & Brandenburg-Bohemian War(1593-1596)
King George William : 1618-1640[]
George William (born:13 November, 1570; death:1 December,1640) was the third son of Albert Frederick. He succeeded as his eldest brother died in Holy Roman-Brandenburg War in 1579 and his second brother became a bishop. He didn't tried to expand his domains but he gained Hamburg by his marriage with Queen Luis Herenette in 1619.