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Officially the Federal Republic of Germany  (German:  Bundesrepublik Deutschland) , Germany is a parliamentary democracy with five constitutional bodies, namely: the Bundestag, the Bundesrat, the Federal President, the Federal Government, and the Federal Constitutional Court. Germany is the fifth-largest country in Europe, and covers an area of 357,386 square kilometers. Germany is the most populous member state of the European Union, with a population of 83 million inhabitants. Berlin is Germany's capital and largest metropolis. Germany has a very High Development Index - 0.936. The Euro is the currency used in Germany. German is the official language. Angela Merkel is the German Chancellor. Learn more about Germany or test your knowledge about Germany with these top 20 facts. 1. Holocaust denial constitutes a crime under German law and carries a sentence of up to five years in jail. 2. Germans are generally brutally honest and straightforward - without malicious int

Do you love Poland, Polish culture? Do you know about their complicated hardened Slavic language? Do you love the Poles? Poland forward Robert Lewandowski perhaps? If you know little to nothing about Poland, here's where you'll learn the most extraordinary things about the country. Enjoy the read! 1. Poland has the world's largest castle (by land area) - Malbork Castle - which features among its 16 UNESCO World Heritage Sites. 2.  Mariusz Pudzianowski (a Pole) holds the record  for the most "World's Strongest Man" wins. He won the title in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009. 3. The Polish language is one of the world's most complicated languages. The Polish language is so complicated that even Poles face challenges speaking and writing it with complete accuracy. A word as simple as "Hello" looks so intimidating in Polish:  cześć. 4. Poland boasts 17 Nobel Prize winners, four being Nobel Peace Prize winners. A meeting

Officially the Kingdom of Norway, Norway is a Nordic country found in Northwestern Europe. Norway was originally called 'Nordweg' meaning the 'Northern Way'. As of April 2018, Norway has a population of 5,302,778 people. Norway does not have any official religion. The official languages in Norway are Norwegian and Sami. Kven, Romani and Romanes are Norway's official minority languages. Norway's current king is King Harald V of the Dano-German House of Glucksburg. Erna Stoltenberg became prime minister in 2013 and was reelected in September 2017. The currency used in Norway is the Norwegian krone (NOK). A deep Norwegian proverb says that "a hero is one who knows how to hang on one minute longer." With that heroic spirit, we bring to you an amazing piece about one of the world's most beautiful countries, famous for its spectacular Northern lights, its stunning fjords, its endless array of ski resorts and much more. You can't afford to mi