Germany or other known as Deutschland consists of 16 states and the capital Berlin is also the largest state. Germany covers a total area of around 357 000 square kilometres. Germany has a population of 82 million people, the most populous member in the European Union.
Germany is located in central Europe. Its land borders include the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, and France in the west, Switzerland and Austria in the South, and Poland and the Czech Republic in the east. In the north, Germany is bordered by both the North Sea and Baltic Sea, as well as by a very small portion of Denmark.
