Complex sentence: Lower Saxony is a German state ("Bundesland ") situated in northwestern Germany and is second in area, with, and fourth in population (8 million) among the sixteen"Länder" of Germany.
Split into simpler sentences: Lower Saxony is a German state ("Bundesland ") situated in northwestern Germany. It is the second largest state by land area, with, and fourth largest in population (7.9 million) among the sixteen"Länder" of Germany.