Germany

摘要

Area: 357,021 sq.km (138,000 sq.m); 33% arable, 17% meadows and pastures, 30% forest and woodland, 20% waste, urban or other. Coastline: 2,389km (1,473m). Maritime claims: Territorial waters 22km (12nm), EEZ 370km (200nm), continental shelf -200m or to depth of exploitation. Population: 81 802 300 (2009 est); annual growth rate -0.053% (2009 est.). The population is 91.5% German, 2.4% Turkish, other 6.1%. Religions: 34% Roman Catholic, 34% Protestant, 3.7% Muslim, 28.3% other. Languages: German. Literacy rate: 99%. Long-form or legal name: Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland). Type of government: Federal Republic. Political subdivisions: 16 states (Länder). Legal system: Civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial review of legislative acts in the Supreme Federal Constitutional Court. Branches of government: Representative President; Executive (Chancellor as head of government); legislative (bicameral parliament); independent judiciary. Suffrage: Universal over age 18.