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Germany, Federal Republic.
Major industrialized nation in central Europe, is a federal
union of 16 states. Germany has a long history and rich culture,
but it did not become a unified nation until 1871. Before that
time, Germany had been a confederacy and a federal empire
comprising many separate and quite different principalities.
Germany is the fourth largest country in area in Europe. The
country has a varied terrain that ranges from low-lying coastal
flats along the North and Baltic seas, to a central area of
rolling hills and river valleys, to heavily forested mountains
and snow-covered Alps in the south. Several major rivers and
canals traverse the country and have helped make it a
transportation center. The country has a total of about 85
million people. Germany is overwhelmingly urban, and most people
lead a prosperous, comfortable lifestyle, with adequate leisure
time and comprehensive social welfare benefits. Berlin is again
its capital and largest city. The principal language is German.
Germans have made numerous noteworthy contributions to culture.
Among the many outstanding German authors, artists, architects,
musicians, and philosophers, the composers Johann Sebastian Bach
and Ludwig van Beethoven are probably the best known the world
over. German literary greats include Johann Wolfgang von Goethe,
Friedrich Nietzsche, and Thomas Mann.
