2. INTRODUCTION
• Germany, officially the Federal Republic of
Germany is a federal parliamentary republic in
western-central Europe consisting of 16 constituent
states, which retain limited sovereignty. Its capital
city and largest city is Berlin.
• Germany covers an area of 357,021 square
kilometres (137,847 sq mi) and has a largely
temperate seasonal climate.
3. • With 80.6 million inhabitants, it is the most populous
member state in the European Union. Germany is a
major economic and political power of the
European continent and a historic leader in many
cultural, theoretical and technical fields. After the
USA, Germany is the second most popular migration
destination in the world
4. • Various Germanic tribes have occupied what is
now northern Germany and southern Scandinavia
since classical antiquity. A region named Germania
was documented by the Romans before AD 100.
During the Migration Period that coincided with the
decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes
expanded southward and established kingdoms
throughout much of Europe.
5. • Germany has the world's fourth-largest economy by
nominal GDP and the fifth-largest by purchasing
power parity. As a global leader in several industrial
and technological sectors, it is both the world's
third-largest exporter and third-largest importer of
goods. It is a developed country with a very high
standard of living, featuring comprehensive social
security that includes the world's oldest universal
health care system