Germany is a Federal State convenient in Central Europe which is formed from 16 German countries. Federal capital is Berlin.
The Federal Republic of Germany is an establishment member of the European Union and with over 82 million inhabitants their government richest in population, farther among other things member of the United Nations, the OECD, the NATO, the OSZE and the group of Eight (G8).
Germany is with a gross domestic product of approximately 2.2 trillions a Euro (state: in 2004) the third-biggest national economics and industrial nation of the world.
Birth rate of Germany is one lowest world-wide.
On the 30th November, 2005 82.459.178 inhabitants on the surface lived in the Federal Republic of Germany from 357.050 square kilometers.
The country belongs with it to the closest settled surface governments of the world.
The big regions are from north after south North German lowlands, Mittelgebirgszone and foothills of the Alps with the Alps.
Germany has altogether nine neighbour states: Denmark, Poland(Poles), Czechia, Austria, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Also Germany offers extensive legal claims to social security to his inhabitants comparatively.
For employee a compulsory membership exists in the social security which exists of five so-called pillars: health insurance, accident insurance, pension scheme, unemployment insurance and nursing care insurance.
This social basic fuse is financed fundamentally by contributions of the insured persons, however, the deficits is balanced by tax money.
The German health service belongs to the very developed ones of the world what appears in the internationally very low rate of the child mortality, the high average life expectancy as well as the high percentage of successful operations.
Germany is relatively lacking in raw materials, his economy is concentrated predominantly upon industry and service.
The majority of the German citizens belongs to a Christian denomination, the freedom of worship is guaranteed as a fundamental right.
In Germany the legal equalization of the genders is realized largely.
Germany belongs entirely to the temperate climate zone of Central Europe in the area of the west wind zone and is in the crossing area between the maritime climate in Western Europe and the continental climate in Eastern Europe.
Among other things the climate in Germany is affected by the Gulf Stream which forms the climatological values of the wide position unusually mildly.
Sport has a high social importance.
In 2006 approximately 27 million Germans were organized in 89.000 sports clubs. Germany is third in the eternal medal mirror of the Olympic games.
The favorite sport in Germany is a football. With the motor sport the public interest is directed particularly on the formula 1 and the saloon cars where German drivers achieved in each case top consequence,
particularly meanwhile not more active Michael Schumacher who is the most successful driver of the formula 1 of all times with seven world champion's titles.
