Area: 357 050 km²
Population: 82.5 million (rounded)
Capital city: Berlin
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 3 October
EU-membership: 23 July 1952 (ECSC, founding member)

Head of State: President Horst Köhler
Head of Government: Angela Merkel
Foreign Minister: Frank-Walter Steinmeier
Government: Coalition: Christian Democratic Union/Christian Social Union (CDU/CSU, 226 seats), Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD, 222 seats)
Parliament: Bicameral: German Bundestag (Lower House), 614 members elected for a four-year term; German Bundesrat (Upper House), representation of the 16 federal states

GDP: € 2 247.40 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 27 253 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 0.9% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.bundespraesident.de
Head of Government: http://www.bundeskanzlerin.de
Government: http://www.bundesregierung.de
Parliament: http://www.bundestag.de

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