Federal Republic of Germany

Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Flag Coat of arms
Capital and largest city	Berlin
Government	Federal parliamentary bourgeois state
• President	Frank-Walter Steinmeier
• Chancellor	Angela Merkel
History
• Proclamation of the German Empire	18 January 1871
• Proclamation of the Weimar Republic	9 November 1918
• Establishment of Nazi Germany	23 March 1933
• Division of Germany	23 May 1949
• German reunification	3 October 1990
Population
• 2020 estimate	83,190,556

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union.

History

Foundation

During the aftermath of the defeat of Axis forces during the Second World War, Germany was divided into four zones occupied by the Soviet Union, USA, France and Great Britain. As cold war tensions started to erupt during the so-called Berlin "Blockade", territory occupied by the latter three was merged to form the Federal Republic.

Politics

Unlike the later formed DDR, the constitution was passed without ratification of citizens and a thorough denazification policy wasn't implemented.