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By Brianna Grigsby
German
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Germany’s capitol is Berlin.
Population is 82.8million (2010)
Government type:FEDERAL REPUBLIC
The central government is restricted in which the states, colonies, or provinces retain a degree of self-government; ultimate sovereign power rests with the voters who chose their governmental representatives.
Angela Merkel Horst Koehler
PRESIDENTCHANCELLOR
ELECTION PROCESSThe Basic Law guarantees the right to vote by secret ballot in direct and free elections to every German citizen eighteen years of age or older. To be eligible to vote, an individual must have resided in a constituency district for at least three months prior to an elections held every four years. The chancellor serves four year terms, and the president serves five year terms.
Germany is a SocialMarket Economy
This means that the state guarantees the free play of entrepreneurial forces, while at the same time endeavoring to maintain the social balance.
2 MAJOR INDUSTRIES:•Machinery manufacturing•Electronics industry
2 MAJOR EXPORTED RESOURCES:
Protestant and RomanCatholic are the
predominant religions
LIFE EXPECTANCY•MEN – 76•WOMEN – 82
LITERACY RATE•MEN – 99%•WOMEN – 99%
•Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association
•Freedom of Speech and Press
2 CITIZENS’ RIGHTS
CITIZEN’S DUTIES
•PAY TAXES•SERVE IN
WAR •OBEY LAWS
http://www.wikipedia.com/http://www.state.gov/p/eur/ci/gm/http://www.countryreports.org/http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/http://www.jihsin.com/news/hot_new/http://germanculture.com.ua/
GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTGDP (2008 nom.): $3.673 trillion.
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