Location:

Central Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, between the Netherlands and Poland, south of Denmark

Area:

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