Germany - officially the Federal Republic of Germany is situated in the center of Europe and borders on nine countries (Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czech republic, Poland and Denmark. The territory of the country occupies 357 000 meters, the longest extension is from south till north (876km), from west till east is 640 km. The Population of Germany is about 82,5 million people. There are four main areas in German landscape: Northern and Baltic coast, Northern German lowland, Middle German Mountains, Alps foothills with Bavarian Alps the highest hill of Germany is Zugschpitze, its altitude is 2962 meters.

Climate in Germany: It is moderate mild. Germany is situated between areas of mild climate of Atlantic Ocean and continental climate on the east. Big temperature fluctuation is rare. Average temperature in winter varies from +1,5 C in the lowland to – 6 C in mountains. Middle temperatures in July are +18C in the lowlands and +20C in the south valleys. Rains are 50-80mm a month; it is raining in all seasons.

Religion: 29,5 million people are Protestants, 28 million are Catholics, 40 000 are Jews, 1,7 million are Muslims.

Political structure: Germany is a federal parliamentary republic. Federal multi-party system of Parliament type with two Legislative organs: Bundesrat (Lands Representatives are in it) and Bundestag (Parliament). Capital: Berlin. The capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany is a member of the United Nations, NATO, G8 and OECD.

Big cities: Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, Hanover, Frankfurt am Maine, Köln, Stuttgart, Nurnberg, Bremen.

Federal structure of Germany: Germany (Deutschland) is a Federal Republic consisting of sixteen states, known in German as Länder (singular Land). Since Land is the literal German word for "country", the term Bundesländer (federal states; singular Bundesland) is commonly used colloquially, as it is more specific, though technically incorrect within the corpus of German law.

There are 16 lands:

Land	Capital
Baden-Württemberg	Stuttgart
Bavaria	Munich
Berlin	Berlin
Brandenburg	Potsdam
Bremen	Bremen
Hamburg	Hamburg
Hesse	Wiesbaden
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Schwerin
Lower Saxony	Hannover
North Rhine-Westphalia	Düsseldorf
Rhineland-Palatinate	Mainz
Saarland	Saarbrücken
Saxony	Dresden
Saxony-Anhalt	Magdeburg
Schleswig-Holstein	Kiel
Thuringia	Erfurt

Flag	Coat of arms of Germany

Capital	Berlin
Official languages	German
Government	Federal Parliamentary republic
Area	357 022 км²
Population	82,060,000
Currency	Euro (€) (EUR)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Drives on the	right
Internet TLD	.de
Телефонный код	49