Germany

Germany is a country in the East side of Europe and a member of the European Union. It has access to the North Sea and is surrounded by the Netherlands,  Belgium,  France,  Switzerland,  Denmark,  Poland,  Luxembourg, the  Czech Republic and  Austria.

Germany is a popular Countryhumans character.

Appearance
He's usually depicted as wearing professional clothes like a white shirt with a red tie, black straight pants, and glasses. He's also represented with a military suit of commanders of Prussia.

Personality
He's seen as a workaholic and it's hard to make him laugh. He hates to break the law and fight people. He's not always boring because he loves to party. He has heavy mood swings from sad to happy because he has bipolar disorder. He is in general very calm (when he is not partying).

He's really into fighting climate change, he wants to protect the planet with the power of the bikes and recycling. He also started to close his nuclear power station (but still buying electricity to his neighbors).

Interests

 * He loves work but he also loves drinking beer, eats sausages (he has several sorts of differents sausages) and pretzels in general.
 * He also loves ice hockey, football, basketball, and handball. He is really proud of his zeppelins.

Flag meaning
The colors of the flag of Germany somewhat resemble the colors used in the Roman Empire, which were just black and gold. Germans associate the colors of the modern flag with freedom and unity since they were adopted by the first attempt in the united German republic. In the Weimar Republic, following the First World War, the colors black, red, and gold represented the colors of the centrist, republican and democratic political parties. which had formed a coalition to avoid ascension to power by war-mongering or pacifist extremists.

Others symbols
He chooses for the animal to represent him the Black Eagle (that you can also see on the coat of arms).

His motto is Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit 4 (Unity and justice and freedom).

His anthem is "Das Deutschlandlied", talking about the proudness of the country and the importance of unity, justice, and freedom (just like the motto).

Nicknames
People like to call him "Germoney" because he is very productive, and so make a lot of money. Also because he wants the country who has a debt to pay him quickly.

Etymology
The English word Germany derives from the Latin Germania, which came into use after Julius Caesar adopted it for the peoples east of the Rhine. The German term Deutschland, originally diutisciu land ("the German lands") is derived from Deutsch (compare Dutch), descended from Old High German diutisc "popular" (i.e. belonging to the diot or diota "people"), originally used to distinguish the language of the common people from Latin and its Romance descendants. This, in turn, descends from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz "popular" (see also the Latinised form Theodiscus), derived from *þeudō, descended from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂- "people", from which the word Teutons also originates.

Organizations and Affiliations

 * Council of Europe
 * European Union
 * European Space Agency
 * G4 (Germany, Brazil, India, and Japan)
 * Group of Seven
 * International Monetary Fund
 * North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
 * Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
 * Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
 * United Nations - In general, Germany is a big contributor to commit to the United Nations' goals.
 * World Bank Group
 * World Trade Organization

History
Germany started as a group of tribes in a place called Germania. This name was given to the area by the Roman Empire.

These tribes developed and became principalities in the Holy Roman Empire and they struggled to all cooperate for a long time until 1871 when they all finally came together to create the German Empire. That lasted for a bit and became a goo- sized colonial power until 1914 when World War One broke out and the Empire then sided with the Central Powers. It was here where they lost and Germany broke in pieces once again, both economically and politically. Soon came Nazi Germany and he had secret evil ambitions. After some peace but not much economic prosper during that time, he developed evil plans and invaded Poland (and Czechoslovakia just before), which started World War 2 in 1939. Just one wasn't enough, and Nazi Germany wanted to take over the world, get rid of both communism and capitalism, kill his enemies in the process, and replace it with fascism.

Nazi Germany had a great start but ultimately forgot he was facing the British Air Force, French Resistance, and a lot of double agents (that originally worked for Nazi Germany but many got caught and turned against Nazi Germany instead). His enemies cracked the German Enigma code, then he had to deal with another war on the African Front and a strong Russian winter, and he was soon was overwhelmed by the Allies in 1945.

After this Germany became the child of a divorced couple; being the USA and the USSR. Germany was split and became East and West Germany.

They both wanted to reunite, but USSR wouldn't let them live a happy life as one capitalist country.

It was this way for a while before USSR along with several others finally allowed everyone to be free and Germany re-unified in 1990. So far Germany hasn't had any big problems except for recently Article 13 (and he can no longer make his German memes).

Government
Germany, a democratic, federal, parliamentary republic, and also has a constitution emphasizing the protection of individual liberties. The branches of Germany consists of the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The Executive Branch consists of the federal president and the federal cabinet, the president gets a five-year term, and acts in a more ceremonial sense, they are the head of the state. The Chancellor of Germany gets 4 years each term, with them being the head of the government, they are actually elected by the parliament.

France
The Treaty on Franco-German Friendship (known as the Élysée Treaty), signed on 22 January 1963 by German Federal Chancellor Adenauer and France’s General de Gaulle, became a symbolic moment that leads into a great relationship towards France and Germany.

United States of America
After World War ll, Germany was divided into four areas controlled by four nations. Three of the areas merged into West Germany, which the United States started diplomatic relations with. The current state of Germany is a very close ally to the United States in Europe, they are based on trade, friendships with diplomats, and having common institutions, leading them for close ties. As Germany is a core member of G-7, G-20, NATO, and OSCE, they depend on each other for security and prosperity, German and American soldiers in NATO and the UN operations worldwide due in part to the joint training and capacity-building performed at U.S. military installations in Germany. One of their current priorities is keeping peace in the Balkans and Africa in general. When 9/11 came in, Germany became a resourceful ally to combat terrorism around the world.

Geography
Germany is located in Central Europe, between Poland and the Netherlands. Germany is the 2nd largest country by population ( 80M+ people ) and is the 7th largest country by land ( 356,959). In the south and central Germany, there are many forested hills and mountains. In the north, the landscapes have many flatten plains that stretch to the North Sea.

Family

 * Austria – sister/brother
 * European Union – son/daughter
 * France – actual wife (depends on the person)
 * Belgium – son/daughter
 * Netherlands – son/daughter
 * Canada – son-in-law
 * Spain – sister-in-law
 * Switzerland – son/daughter
 * United Kingdom – half-brother/sister

Friends

 * Poland – friend
 * Czech Republic – friend
 * United States – friend
 * Malta – good friend
 * Japan – friend
 * Malaysia – friend
 * Bulgaria – friend

Neutral

 * Belgium
 * Russia
 * Switzerland
 * Greece
 * Turkey

Enemies

 * England
 * Third Reich
 * USSR

Past Versions

 * Carolingian Empire
 * Holy Roman Empire
 * Prussia
 * German Empire
 * Weimar Republic – (enemy)
 * Third Reich  – (enemy)
 * East Germany  – (enemy)

France
In the past, they were enemies for a long time. It got worse when Germany lost to World War 1 with the Treaty of Versailles (imposed by the winners). After World War 2, their relationships seemed to considerably worsen because of the Occupation and the Nazis. After that, they decided to try to get things better and since then it was the start of the Franco-German friendship which evolved into love. In 1958 they got their son the European Union, putting a lot of faith in him, so he could guarantee lasting peace and economic cohesion in Europe.

European Union
His son whom he loves. He's always supporting him while other European members start to doubt him. Personality

Poland
They have had a terrible past because he (along with other countries) shared him during the XIX century and then invaded him again with the USSR during World War 2. Since then, Germany has apologized and they have better relationships.

Russia
The two countries have a very strong economic link (for example, Adidas which is very popular in Russia is a German label) but it doesn't mean they are friends anyway, Russia tends to want to be more independent from Germany's products. Personality

Greece
It's very complicated between these two since Greece has a lot of debt to pay but can't because of his crisis. Germany keeps reclaiming his money, so it's very strained.

Malaysia
Germany helps Malaysia in terms of economy. Germany ais also 2nd largest number of tourists to visit Malaysia.

United States
Germany has been really influenced by the USA when it was divided. Also, a lot of Germans moved to the USA centuries ago. But these days there is tense between the two.

Trivia
''This part is facts of what the Countryhumans fandom thinks. ''
 * He's often depicted holding a beer.
 * Some fans ship Germany either with France, Russia or Poland.
 * Many people draw him in a suit and glasses because he's well known for being a hard worker and smart/serious guy.

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 * Religion: Catholic Church (31.2%), Evangelical Church (30.8%), Evangelical Free Churches (0.9%), Orthodox Christianity (1.3%), Other Christians (2.6%), Atheist/Unaffiliated (27.9%), Judaism (0.1%), Other religions (5.2%)
 * Urbanization: 77%
 * Social Progress Index: 8th in the World
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Trivia

 * As with Russia, German fans despise Third Reich's representation as the father of Germany. Warning that this is a very offensive cliche.