• Population: 82,369,552
• Capital: Berlin
• Area: 357,021 sq km
• Currency: euro
• Language: German
• Religion: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, other 28.3%
• National holiday: Unity Day, 3 October (1990)

Germany is located in West Central Europe. The Baltic Sea, North Sea and Denmark surround Germany on the North. It is a federal republic with a parliamentary democracy. Germany has sixteen federal states.

Germany is a member of the European Union (EU). Germany is Europe's second largest populous nation. It is also Europe's largest economy. In 1949, there were two German nations, Federal Republic of Germany and German Democratic Republic. The unification of Germany took place after the Cold War. Germany is a member of the NATO, G8 and the G4 Nations.

The president of the country is the titular head of the country. The German Premier is the Federal Chancellor and also the political leader of the country. Angela Merkel is Germany's first woman chancellor. She was elected in the 2005 elections.

The center of the country has a fertile basin, while the north of the country mainly consists of plains and a shoreline. The south of Germany is a mountainous region. The highest point: Zugspitze 2,963 m.

Germany has given birth to some of the most scientists and theorists on a global level. Scientists like Albert Einstein, Max Plank, Werner Heisenberg.

Football is the most popular sport in Germany. The German Football Association is the largest association of its kind on a global level. Germany has been one of the strongest contenders in the Olympic Games.

Interesting Facts about Germany

• Germany is Europe's largest economy (the fifth biggest in the world) and second most populous nation.
• 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 decline of the USSR and the end of the Cold War allowed for German unification in 1990.
• Germany is among the world's largest and most technologically advanced producers of iron, steel, coal, cement, chemicals, machinery, vehicles, machine tools, electronics, food and beverages; shipbuilding; and textiles.
• Adolf Hitler ruled Germany from 1933 to 1945 and is considered one of the more evil mass murderers in human history.
• Germany is one of the few countries where Holocaust Denial is a crime.