Category:Germany

Officially the Federal Republic of Germany (de: Bundesrepublik Deutschland), but commonly known simply as Germany (de: Deutschland), it is major country in central , and identified by its country code . Germany is geographically (and also politically) sub-divided into sixteen (16) federal states, known in German as Land when describing a single state, and Länder for plural usage. Its country code top-level domain identifier (for internet use) is . A federal parliamentary republic, Germany is situated within continental Europe; having northern maritime borders with the Baltic Sea and North Sea, and land borders with Denmark to its north, Poland and the Czech Republic to its east, Austria and Switzerland to its south, and France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands to its west. The capital city (and also largest city by population) is Berlin (previously an enclave within the former or German Democratic Republic), with the city of Frankfurt being the financial centre of Germany. Its currency is the (€), replacing its former  (DM).

Regarding international relations, the Federal Republic of Germany was a founding member of the (EEC) since March 1957 (as ), and a founding member of its successor, the politico and economic  (EU) in November 1993. It is a full member state of the  (UN) since September 1973 (as West Germany), a subsequent member of the European governmental and legal alliance the (CoE) (from July 1950 as West Germany, and from 1990 for the former East Germany following reunification), a member of the  (ICC) since December 1998, members of the inter-governmental Group of Seven  and Group of Twenty  political forum. It is a member of the (EEA) since May 1992, and a founding member (as West Germany) of the  (OECD) signed in December 1960. It is also a founder member state of the (WTO) from January 1995. Germany is a member of the (NATO) military alliance (from May 1955 as West Germany, from 1990 following full reunification), one of the founder members of the  (OSCE) since June 1973 (as West Germany), a member of the  (ICPO, or Interpol) since June 1956 (as West Germany), and one of the founding members of the  (ESA) since July 1977 (as West Germany).


 * ''External links
 * Federal Government of Germany — official website
 * Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany – 23 May 1949, last amended on 28 June 2022 — Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin
 * — at the English Wikipedia
 * — at the English Wikipedia