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Germany
The Federal Republic of Germany (German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland), or Germany (German: Deutschland, abbreviated: BRD) for short, is a country in Central Europe. It covers an area of 357,022 km² and is bordered to the north by the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and Denmark, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. With a population of 80,159,662 (2020), Germany has the largest population of all countries in the European Union. The country's capital and largest city is Berlin.
