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Germany, officially known as the Greater German Reich, is a country in Europe. It is the most populous country in Europe, and the 4th most in the world. It also has the 2nd strongest economy in the world. It is capital of the European Union, formerly known as the New Order. It is a union of 27 nations, as of 2010: Germany, Denmark, Poland, Croatia, Slovakia, Serbia, Italy, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg, Spain, Portugal, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Ukraine, Belarus, Norway, Sweden, Finland, United Kingdom, Ireland, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, and India. Its capital city is Germania, formerly known as Berlin. It shares land borders with Poland, Denmark, France, Italy, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Ukraine, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, and Romania.
Greater German Reich Großdeutsches Reich | |
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Motto: "Deutschland uber alles" "Germany above all" | |
Anthem: Horst-Wessel-Lied | |
Capital and largest city | Germania |
Official languages | German |
Recognised regional languages | Polish, Danish, French, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Czech, Slovak |
Demonym(s) | German |
Government | Authoritarian one-party state |
• Chancellor of Germany | Arnold Brandis |
• President of Germany | Heinrich Müller |
Legislature | Reichstag |
Establishment | 9 November 1923 |
9 November 1923 | |
• Enabling Act | 5 January 1924 |
• Nurnberg Laws | 9 December 1928 |
• Declaration of Mobilization | 28 February 1930 |
• Anschluss | 17 March 1931 |
• Start of World War II | 1 September 1939 |
• End of World War II | 22 October 1944 |
• Death of Adolf Hitler | 4 May 1959 |
• Death of Himmler | 18 August 1984 |
Area | |
• Total | 645,977 km2 (249,413 sq mi) |
Population | |
• Q1 2010 estimate | 204,198,948 (4th) |
GDP (PPP) | Q2 2010 estimate |
• Total | $8.744 trillion (2nd) |
• Per capita | $42,820 (4th) |
GDP (nominal) | Q2 2010 estimate |
• Total | $9.016 trillion (2nd) |
• Per capita | $44,143 (5th) |
HDI (2010) | 0.944 very high (1st) |
Currency | Reichsmark (RM) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +88 |
ISO 3166 code | DE |
Internet TLD | .deu |
Website deutschland.deu |
On 9 November 1923, the Beer Hall Putsch, a Nazi coup attempt, was successful, thus marking the start of the German Reich, a political entity ruled by the NSDAP from 1922 to 1942, a totalitarian dictatorship led by Adolf Hitler. On 28 February 1930, Germany began a program of remilitarization, and declared war on Poland on 1 Sep 1939, starting the Second World War, with its formal end on 22 October 1944, with the signing of the Treaty of Novosibirsk, the surrender of the Soviet Union to Germany. The Soviet Union could not have a military for 50 years after the signing of the treaty, and was allowed only to exist behind the Arkhangelsk-Astrakhan line. It also had to pay reparations for 45 years. A cold war started between the United States and Germany, with the Washington Pact and the New Order being the two opposing factions. Hitler died on 4 May 1959, with Heinrich Himmler becoming furher of Germany.
Himmler liberalized the Reich. By 1983, it was still authoritarian, but not to the extent it was before he came to power. He also granted slight autonomy to Ukraine, Belarus, and the Baltics. The latter got full autonomy in 1980, followed by Belarus in 1982. In 1975, there was a failed coup against him, the perpetrators being members of the Communist Party of Germany, by then an underground yet very active internal movement against Nazism in Germany. This was during an economic depression from 1974 - 1976, in which during this time opposition to the government skyrocketed, with leaked plans of a communist revolution in the Reich. There were also uprisings in Reichkommisariat Moscowien, forming the Russian Socialist Provisional Government, joining the USSR in 1981. He allowed limited yet controlled opposition to Nazism, and after an uprising in the General Government, allowed very limited Polish autonomy.
After his death, Arnold Brandis become furher of Germany, but followed in Himmler's footsteps, and liberalized Germany even more. A series of student and worker protests in Germany from 1984 - 1985 turned bloody, culminating into the August 19th Massacre. He give more power to the Reichstag, but the NSDAP still maintained a monopoly on German politics. In 1990, Arnold Brandis became Chancellor of Germany, with Heinrich Muller being appointed as President of Germany. Brandis allowed full autonomy to Poland, and also renamed the New Order to the European Union in 1992. Reichkommisariat Kaukusien was turned into the National Republic of the Caucus in 1995, a mixed German-Russian state in the Caucus. He also let Germany and its allies join the United Nations in 1999. After the widespread adoption of the Internet, the Reichstag voted (801 - 75) to censor parts of the internet in 2010.
Germany is the 2nd largest economy in the world, and the largest in Europe, just falling behind the United States. It is a superpower, and has the highest quality of living in the world.