• Is a federalparliamentary republic in western-central Europe consisting of 16 constituent states, which retain limited sovereignty. Its capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 square kilometres (137,847 sq mi) and has a largely temperate seasonal climate. With 80.6 million inhabitants, it is the most populous member state in the European Union. Germany is a major economic and political power of the European continent and a historic leader in many cultural, theoretical and technical fields. After the United States, Germany is the second most popularmigration destination in the world.[13]

• Various Germanic tribes have occupied what is now northern Germany and southern Scandinavia since classical antiquity. A region named Germania wasdocumented by the Romans before AD 100. During the Migration Period that coincided with the decline of the Roman Empire, the Germanic tribes expanded southward and established kingdoms throughout much of Europe.

• The early history of Monaco is primarily concerned with the protective and strategic value of the Rock of Monaco, the area's chief geological landmark, which served first as a shelter for ancient peoples and later as a fortress. Part of Liguria's history since the fall of theRoman Empire, from the 14th to the early 15th century the area was contested for primarily political reasons. Since that point, excepting a brief period of Frenchoccupation, it has remained steadily under the control of the House of Grimaldi.[2] !!!

German flag