<Tr> <Th> ISO 3166 code </Th> <Td> DE </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Internet TLD </Th> <Td>. de and . eu </Td> </Tr> <P> Germany (German: Deutschland (ˈdɔʏtʃlant)), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland, listen (help info)), is a sovereign state in central - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states, covers an area of 357,386 square kilometres (137,988 sq mi), and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With nearly 83 million inhabitants, Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union . Germany's capital and largest metropolis is Berlin, while its largest conurbation is the Ruhr, with its main centres of Dortmund and Essen . The country's other major cities are Hamburg, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, Leipzig, Bremen, Dresden, Hannover, and Nuremberg . </P> <P> Various Germanic tribes have inhabited the northern parts of modern Germany since classical antiquity . A region named Germania was documented before 100 AD . During the Migration Period, the Germanic tribes expanded southward . Beginning in the 10th century, German territories formed a central part of the Holy Roman Empire . During the 16th century, northern German regions became the centre of the Protestant Reformation . After the collapse of the Holy Roman Empire, the German Confederation was formed in 1815 . The German revolutions of 1848--49 resulted in the Frankfurt Parliament establishing major democratic rights . </P>

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