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| Anthem: Heil dir im Siegerkranz ("Hail to Thee in the Victor's Crown") |
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| Capital | Berlin | |||||
| Largest | Frankfurt | |||||
| Official languages | German | |||||
| Religion | Christianity | |||||
| Demonym | German | |||||
| Government | Federal parliamentary constitutional monarchy | |||||
| - | Empress | Maria I | ||||
| - | Chancellor | Olaf Scholz | ||||
| Legislature | Reichstag |
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| Formation | ||||||
| - | Unification | 18 January 1871 | ||||
| - | Berlin Conference | 15 November 1884 | ||||
| - | Current constitution | 19 June 1919 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | 2020 estimate | 86,019,300 | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $5.20 Trillion | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | estimate | |||||
| - | Total | $4.55 Trillion | ||||
| Gini | Low |
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| HDI | ▲ 0.947 Very High |
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| Currency | German mark (ℳ) (DEM) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| - | Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | ||||
| Drives on the | Right | |||||
| Internet TLD | .de | |||||
| Calling code | +49 | |||||
Germany (German: Deutschland), officially the German Empire (German: Deutsches Reich), is a sovereign nation located in Central Europe. It borders the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France to the west; Switzerland, Italy, Bulgaria and Czechoslovakia to the south; Poland and Lithuania to the east; and Denmark to the north.
After the Great War, Germany was converted from a semi-constitutional to a full constitutional monarchy, with Wilhelm II maintaining his position as monarch.