Input (grade 13): Its official name was Deutsches Reich (sometimes translated as German Empire, but Reich can also mean realm or federal level of government), however, and it was usually known in English simply as Germany. Following World War I, the republic emerged from the German Revolution in November 1918.
Output (grade 11): After the German Empire was defeated in World War I, Germany became a republic, but it was still called "Deutsches Reich" (German Empire).