Germany

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==History==
===Human-Vannai War===
Germany's role as a central point for NATO operations in Europe served it well during the Two-Week War, simultaneously making it a prime target for Vannai Puppets and also one of the best-defended places on the planet. Although the Germans themselves overall had little mettle to provide, the country nonetheless served as a stage to draw together various armies of Europe, as well as 67000 military personnel from the United States that had been stationed on the continent prior to the invasion. After the initial two weeks had passed and the Pilots awakened from their stasis, a number of these freshly-minted warriors would also join the war effort there, eventually becoming the Suit faction Hanse Behörde. This pooling of strengths saw Germany go through the war almost untouched and emerge in a very strong position; while Germany itself committed little of its own population to battle, its extremely robust economy allowed it to recover from what damage was sustained very quickly.
===Intervention War===
Although Europe was more or less secured against extraterrestrial threats by late 2015, France's recovery from the invasion had been hampered by an ongoing political crisis. Hanse Behörde, having already successfully organized an intervention effort in Russia to provide a safe zone for refugees and place of meditation between the conflicting factions there, made plans to do the same for Paris, and as before requested the Germans provide troops for the exclusion zone. General Alexander Van Der Meyde was eager to work with Hanse once again and assembled a military task force to march through the Ardennes in mid-2016. The mission would end in disaster, blowing up into a war between Germany and France following the slaughter of French civilians in the Alsace-Lorainne region. Officially attributed to a riot containment accidentally gone violent, the killings had in fact secretly been conducted by the Germans on the order of Oberst Engelhardt of Panzergrenadierlehrbataillon 92, himself under the instruction of Norman Van Der Meyde, General Van Der Meyde’s brother, who saw a perfect opportunity in the making. 
Although the war ended in victory for the Germans in mid-2017, it was not a celebratory ending. Most of Europe considered it a foul affair, and held Hanse Behörde responsible for appealing to Germany to dirty its hands as Hanse’s muscle. Although Hanse itself played an instrumental role in the war by de-clawing the superior French military forces that had been galvanized by the invading Germans, public opinion held that the entire operation was unnecessary and resultant of Hanse’s need to control and influence European politics. The Intervention War signaled an abrupt change in ACC’s public perception in Europe, with strong supporters of the coalition in the German government removed for their previous confidence in the Pilots.
===Post-War===
With more military attrition incurred from the war against the French than against the Vannai Puppets, Germany emerged from the Human-Vannai War in an extremely strong position, with a powerful and almost completely untouched economy. Britain was an early close ally of Germany and cooperated with maintaining stability throughout Europe, notably with its own military invasion of the Iberian Peninsula on what appeared to be the cusp of Spain and Italy's departure from the EU to form their own power bloc. Although Germany did not participate in this particular intervention, the incident did serve to convince German politicians that a stronger pan-European polity was needed in the wake of the war, and those in the government not under Norman Van Der Meyde's influence invariably came to unknowingly play into his hands regardless.
==Government==
Germany shares the same model of government structure as the other constituents of the European Federation. However, its role as an economic powerhouse sees it retain more say in Federal affairs than its peer Federation nations.
==Policies==
===Military===
The military of Germany was and remains technologically advanced, but historically suffered from little direct financial or public support and a subpar recruitment pool, with Germany's military readiness rather famously being at an all-time low by the time of the invasion in 2014. Even during the war, surprisingly few Germans were willing to take up arms in the name of humanity of their own volition. Many vehicles had not been maintained for war-readiness, training was abysmal and ammunition stores had not been adequately maintained in the decades that had followed the end of the Cold War. With many powerful allies and a strategically advantageous geographic location, Germany had little reason to be concerned with seeing to defense against external threats.
Despite the lack of capability of its own military, Germany maintained premier technological capability in Europe through constant collaborative research and development that would see adoption by militaries across Europe and around the world, with German-designed weapons and technology becoming widespread to the point of occasional ubiquity. The MP5 submachine gun, G36 assault rifle, G3 battle rifle, G28 marksman rifle, Rh-120 tank gun, Eurofigther jet and Leopard 2 tank are all examples of extremely common German designs. This is a trend that has continued even after the Human-Vannai War, with weapons such as the RMG 12.7, AMG 20mm, RG1 seeing use throughout the Federation military.
In addition to most arms and equipment, the European Federation Armed Forces are modelled after the German Bundeswehr. The exception to this is the European Federation Navy, which takes after the British model. German officers are known for being highly proficient and valued within the EFAF, representing a disproportionate percentage of officers commanding at the mixed-national level.
===Economic===
Before and after the war, Germany boasted the largest and strongest economy in Europe. Prior to the creation of Muspelheim, it had the largest manufacturing economy in Europe and was third in agricultural production behind France and Italy, with over 90% of its population's nutritional needs able to be satisfied with its own agriculture. In terms of overall technological innovation and development, Germany was previously only superseded by the United States and Japan. With such a successful and developed industrial economy, the nation has also been particularly energy-hungry and suffered from inadequate domestic energy sources, resulting in a need to buy nuclear energy from France and natural gas from Russia. The loss of both of these resources severely impacted Germany during the war far more than any direct Puppet attack ever did.
===Diplomacy===
As a subject of the European Federation, matters of international policy are handled at the Federal level.
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