Location
Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlandsand Poland, south of Denmark
Federal Republic of GermanyArea: 356,910 sq km
Climate
temperate and marine; cool, cloudy, wet winters and summers; occasional warm, tropical foehn wind; high relative humidity
Terrain: lowlands in north, uplands in center, Bavarian Alps in south
Population: 82,087,361 (July 1999 est.)
Religions
Approximately 34% Protestant, 33% Roman Catholic with Jewish, Muslim and other non-Christian minorities.
Languages: German
Capital: Berlin
