Germany

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Germany

• Federal Republic of Germany

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General Information

• Europes largest economy.
• Europes most populous nation.
• Germany is a main player in the European
  economic, Political, and defense organizations.

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• Germany was totally consumed in WWI and WWII.
• In 1949, Germany separated into two states. This
  was a result of the Cold War.
• The East side of Germany was communist, and the
  West side was democratic.

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• The Cold War declined and Germany unified in
  1990.
• Since 1990, Germany expended considerable funds
  to bring Eastern productivity and wages up to
  Western standards.

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• In January of 2002, Germany and 11 other European
  countries switched to a uniform currency known as
  the Euro.

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Location

• Absolute
• 51 North Latitude, 9 East Longitude.
• Relative
• Central Europe. Borders the Baltic Sea and the
  North Sea. Germany is sandwiched in between the
  Netherlands and Poland. South of Denmark.

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Place

• A little smaller than the state of Montana.
• Climate is temperate marine. Cool, cloudy, wet
  winters and summers. Occasional warm winds
  called Foehn Winds.

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• Terrain has lowlands in the Northernmost areas.
  The central region has uplands and the South is
  home to the Bavarian Alps.
• Flooding is their most dangerous natural hazard.
• Germany is geographically located in the Northern
  European Plain and they are along the entrance to
  the Baltic Sea.

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• Nationality is German.
• Berlin is the capital.
• German is the main language spoken.

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Religions
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Human and Environmental Interaction

• Coal burning and industry contribute to air
  pollution.
• Acid Rain is damaging forests.
• Baltic Sea is polluted with Raw Sewage and
  industrial effluents.
• Government is working on a plan to preserve
  wildlife and nature.

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Movement

• Railways
• Highways
• Waterways
• Pipelines for movement of natural gas.
• Ports and Harbors Berlin, Bonn, Brake, Bremen,
  Hamburg, Kiel, Mannheim, Rostock, Stuttgart.

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• Source of precursor chemicals for South American
  cocaine processors.
• Southwest Asian Heroin transshipment point.
• Shipment point for European synthetic drugs.

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Region

• No International disputes.
• Every time throughout recorded history that
  Germany has been united, there has been a war.