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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Interesting facts :)