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| Name: | Germany (Federal Republic of Germany) |
| Local name (German): | Deutschland (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) |
| Bordering countries: | Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, France, Switzerland, Austria, Czechia, Poland |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 357 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 82 398 ths. |
| Capital: | Berlin |
| Official language: | German |
| Administrative divisions: | 16 states |