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Brief History. The region of today's Germany was occupied since c. 500 B.C. by Germanic tribes, the region became part of the Frankish empire by the sixth century A.D. Germany became a confederation after 1815 and then an empire centered around Prussia. Following its defeat in World War I, it was reorganized as the Weimar Republic, which collapsed when Adolf Hitler rose to power and formed the Third Reich. Germany's defeat in 1945 at the end of World War II resulted in its division into four occupation zones, each controlled by an Allied power. Out of the U.S., French, and British zones West Germany was established in 1949, while the Soviet zone became East Germany. The two Germanies were reunified in 1990 after the fall of the East German Communist government.

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Country Information

Local name: Deutschland

Capital: Berlin

Population: 82,422,299

Government: federal republic

Currency: euro (EUR)

Land size: 357,021 sq km

Topography: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south

Typical foods: sauerkraut, currywurst, döner kebab

Major exports: machinery, vehicles, chemicals, metals and manufactures, foodstuffs, textiles

Information on the People

Official language: German

Other languages spoken:

Religions: Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%

Literacy rate: 99%

Male/Female Ratio: 0.96 male(s) to every 1 female

Life expectancy: 78.8 years

Ethnic groups: German 91.5%, Turkish 2.4%, other 6.1% (made up largely of Greek, Italian, Polish, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish)

Internet users: 48,722,055

Famous people: Ludwig van Beethoven, Albert Einstein

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