Germany is a federal state in Central Europe. Since 1990, it has consisted of 16 states and is constituted as a free democratic and social constitutional state. The Federal Republic of Germany represents the youngest manifestation of the German nation state. Germany has 83 million inhabitants and, with an average of 232 inhabitants per km², is one of the most densely populated territorial states.

Germany is bordered by nine states and shares the North Sea and the Baltic Sea in the north and the Alps in the south. It lies in the temperate climate zone and has sixteen national parks and over one hundred nature parks. The federal capital as well as the most populous German city is Berlin. Other metropolitan areas with more than one million inhabitants are Hamburg, Munich and Cologne, the largest conurbation is the Ruhr area, Frankfurt am Main is internationally important as a German financial center.

Germany is a founding member of the European Union and its most populous country. With 18 other EU member states it forms a monetary union, the Eurozone. It is a member of the UN, the OECD, the OSCE, NATO, the G7, the G20 and the Council of Europe. The Federal Republic of Germany is considered one of the most politically influential states in Europe and is a sought-after partner country at the global level.

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