Introductory note on German equivalents and usage -- Sect. 1. Historical chronology -- Sect. 2. Government -- Sect. 3. Germany's foreign policy -- Sect. 4. Germany and the EU -- Sect. 5. Berlin -- Sect. 6. Germany as a federal state -- Sect. 7. The economy -- Sect. 8. Human statistics for East, West and united Germany -- Sect. 9. Social statistics for East, West and united Germany -- Sect. 10. Culture and the media -- Sect. 11. Biographies -- Sect. 12. Glossary -- Sect. 13. Bibliographical essay -- Map 1. Germany: the Lander -- Map 2. Germany within its 1937 boundaries and the territory lost in 1945