Germanic Empire

The Germanic Empire, or Germania (/dʒɚˈmeɪniə/ , ger-MAIN-ia), officially the Empire of the Germanic Nations, is an empire in northern, central, and western Europe, and encompasses Greenland in North America, containing the former nations of Germany, Czechia, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, England, Iceland, and the Netherlands. With an area of 3.71 million km² including Greenland and 1.55 million km² without, the Germanic Empire is the largest country in Europe and 7th largest in the world. 
The capital of the Germanic Empire is Copenhagen, at the geographic and cultural centre of the Empire, in southern Scandinavia. The Empire was first established in 1912, under Frederick VIII of Denmark, in response to the geopolitical tensions in Europe, uniting the kingdoms of the Scandinavian countries again after their unions had been split in the 19th century, and Norway and Sweden had dissolved their final union only seven years earlier in 1905. England later became a part of the Empire in 1945, as did Germany after its reunification in 1990. 
== Etymology ==
'Germania', or 'Germanic' literally translates to 'of the Germani', or 'land of the Germani', referencing the Germanic peoples who inhabited Magna Germania during Antiquity and the early Middle Ages, a region which is within the borders of the modern-day Germanic Empire. 
==History ==
=== Origins ===
The origin of union of the Germanic countries can be traced to the establishment of the Kalmar Union in 1397, which was a union of the kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the aristocracy of Scandinavian wishing to oppose the Hanseatic League. The union was founded by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, who married King Haakon VI of Norway and briefly of Sweden. 
The Kalmar Union ultimately failed, because of a constant struggle between the nobility of Denmark and Sweden who had differing views of unification than the monarch of the union, leading to its inevitable dissolution in 1523. Despite its failure, many monarchs saw the potential of the union for centuries, and even one in which all great states settled by the Germanic tribes were united. WIP 
== Geography ==
Situated across Northern, Central and Western Europe, the Germanic Empire lies east of Poland and Slovakia and north-east of the Baltic Sea. The Empire encompasses the North Sea from all directions, and control major oil fields in the sea. It is bordered by the Alps to the south. 
With a European area of 1.55 million km², it is the largest country in Europe and the 7th largest in the world. The highest point of elevation in the Germanic Empire is Gunnbjørn Fjeld in Greenland, at 3,694 m (12,119 ft). The highest point in the European Germanic Empire is Zugspitze in Germany, with an elevation of 2,962 m (9,718 ft). 
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