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**Area: 357,021 square kilometers (137,847square miles)** **National Anthem: "Das Lied der Deutschen," third stanza ("Song of //Germany//")** **Capital: Berlin** **under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female ** **15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female ** **65 years and over: 0.72 male(s)/female ** **total population: 0.97 male(s)/female (2010 est.) ** **land: 348,672 sq km ** **water: 8,350 sq km ** [] []
 * Germany, By; Hailey Murphy(:**
 * **Major Government**
 * The main government is the Federal Rublic.**
 * The legal system is the civil right system.**
 * **Major Religions**
 * Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, unaffiliated or other 28.3%**
 * **Languages Spoken**
 * German .**
 * **Current leader or president**
 * The current leader is Bundestag.**
 * They took a four-year term as president.**
 * **Brief history of the country including any important people and major wars**
 * The city of Berlin was razed by the World War 2.**
 * **Currency**
 * The currency is Euro.**
 * **Major cultural traditions and (holidays/foods etc..)**
 * Traditional German desserts include Black Forest Cake -- made with layers of chocolate cake, whipped cream, cherries, and topped with curls of chocolate -- chocolate candy and marzipan (almond paste candies shaped as fruits, animals, etc.). Good-luck symbols such as horseshoes, ladybugs, pigs, four-leaf clovers and chimney sweeps are often stamped on candies.**
 * **Climate**
 * Current Weather ;**
 * temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain (foehn) wind.**
 * Natural Hazards ;**
 * flooding .**
 * **Population**
 * 82,282,988 (July 2010 est.)**
 * The growth rate is -0.061% (2010 est.)**
 * Sex Ratio;**
 * at birth:**
 * 1.055 male(s)/female **
 * **Geography**
 * Location ;Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark.**
 * Area ;** **total: 357,022 sq km **
 * country comparison to the world: [|62] **
 * **Major Resources**
 * Germanys natural resources are iron, potash , lignite (brown coal) , hard coal , and natural gas.**
 * **Major tourist attractions and or historical sights**
 * Germany boasts more than 120 opera houses and 140 professional orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.**
 * **Median Family Income**
 * Under Germany's health care system, workers make mandatory contributions to the health insurance fund up to a certain income level, and then private insurance takes over. About 88 percent of Germans are covered by the national health fund, 9 percent by private health insurance, and 2 percent (police, soldiers, etc.) by free government care. Less than one percent of Germans are uninsured.**
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