Germanyball

**Germanyball** (German: Deutschlandball, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃlant]), officially the **Federal Republic of Germanyball**, is a countryball in Central Europeball. It is the second most populous countryball in Europeball after Russiaball, and the most populous member state of the European Unionball. Germanyball is situated between the Baltic and North seas to the north, and the Alps to the south; it covers an area of 357,022 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi), with a population of over 83 million within its 16 constituent states. Germanyball borders Denmarkball to the north, Polandball and the Czech Republicball to the east, Austriaball and Switzerlandball to the south, and Franceball, Luxembourgball, Belgiumball, and the Netherlandsball to the west. The nation's capital and largest city is Berlinball, and its financial centre is Frankfurtball; the largest urban area is the Ruhrball.

Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germanyball since classical antiquity. A region named Germaniaball was documented before AD 100. In the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empireball. During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation. Following the Napoleonic Wars and the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empireball in 1806, the German Confederationball was formed in 1815. In 1871, Germanyball became a nation-state when most of the German states unified into the Prussiaball dominated German Empireball. After World War I and the German Revolution of 1918–1919, the Empireball was replaced by the semi-presidential Weimar Republicball.

The Naziball seizure of power in 1933 led to the establishment of a dictatorship, World War II, and the Holocaust. After the end of World War II in Europeball and a period of Allied occupation, Germanyball was divided into four occupation zones, three of them (French, British and American) forming the Federal Republic of Germanyball, generally known as West Germanyball, and the Soviet sector the German Democratic Republicball, East Germanyball. The Federal Republic of Germanyball was a founding member of the European Economic Community and the European Unionball, while the German Democratic Republicball was a communist Eastern Bloc state and member of the Warsaw Pactball. After the fall of communism, German reunification saw the former East German states join the Federal Republic of Germanyball on 3 October 1990—becoming a federal parliamentary republic.

Germanyball is a great power with a strong economy; it has the largest economy in Europeball, the world's fourth-largest economy by nominal GDP, and the fifth-largest by PPP. As a global leader in several industrial, scientific and technological sectors, it is both the world's third-largest exporter and importer of goods. As a developed countryball, which ranks very high on the Human Development Index, it offers social security and a universal health care system, environmental protections, and a tuition-free university education. Germanyball is a member of the United Nationsball, NATOball, the G7, the G20, and the OECD. It has the third-greatest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.