- Capital: Berlin
- Time: +1 GMT
- Area: 356,910 sq km
- Population: 82,079,454 (July 1998 estimated)
- Currency: Deutsche Mark
- Form of government: federal republic; bicameral chamber (no official name for the two chambers as a whole) consists of the Federal Assembly or Bundestag (656 seats usually, but 672 for the 1994 term; elected by direct popular vote under a system combining direct and proportional representation; a party must win 5% of the national vote or three direct mandates to gain representation; members serve four-year terms) and the Federal Council or Bundesrat (68 votes; state governments are directly represented by votes; each has 3 to 6 votes depending on population and are required to vote as a block; term is not fixed); President elected by the Federal Convention including members of the Federal Assembly and an equal number of members elected by the Land Parliaments for a five-year term; Chancellor elected by an absolute majority of the Federal Assembly for a four-year term.
- Official languages: German
- Religion: Protestant (38%), Roman Catholic (34%), Muslim (2%), unaffiliated or other (26%)
- National holiday: German Unity Day (Day of Unity), 3 October (1990)
