Germany has a population of over 82 million people and its capital and largest city is Berlin. The official language is German. The country uses the euro as currency and has a mix of Protestant, Catholic, and Muslim religions. Germany has over 300 airports and over 600,000 kilometers of roads, including over 12,000 kilometers of expressways. It also has an extensive rail system, including high-speed InterCityExpress trains.

1. Germany By: HyunJin Cho (Jin)

2. Capital – Berlin Language – German Population - 82,329,758 (July 2009 est.) Currency - euro (EUR) Religions - Protestant 34%, Roman Catholic 34%, Muslim 3.7%, and others 28.3% Country Information

3. Global Location - Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark Land area - 348,672 sq km Total area - 357,022 sq km Climate - temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm mountain wind

4. Transportation Communication Government Services Infrastructure

5. Airports: total: 331 Roadways: Total: 644,480 km (includes 12,400 km of expressways) no speed limits on the majority of routes. Railways: total: 41,896 km High-speed trains - InterCityExpress(ICE) (The train maximum speed varies between 160 km/h and 300 km/h) Waterways: 7,467 km Transportation

6. Telephones - main lines in use: 53.75 million (2007) Telephones - mobile cellular: 97.151 million (2007) Radio broadcast stations: AM 51, FM 787, shortwave 4 (1998) Television broadcast stations: 373 (plus 8,042 repeaters) (1995) Internet hosts: 22.606 million (2008) Internet users: 42.5 million (2007) Communication

7. Government type: federal republic President: Horst Köhler Administrative divisions: 16 states Legal system: civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction Government Services

8. Imports: $1.232 trillion (2008 est.) Oils, agricultural products, electronic machines, clothes, etc. Exports: $1.498 trillion (2008 est.) Machinery, cars, electronic machines, steels, chemical industries, etc. Imports and Exports

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