What is Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?
{{Infobox German state |Name = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |state_coa = Coat of arms of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (great).svg |image_photo = Schwerin Castle Aerial View.jpg |image_caption = [[Schwerin Palace]], seat of the [[Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|Landtag]], is one of more than 2000 [[List of castles and palaces in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern|palaces and castles in the state]]. |map = Deutschland Lage von Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.svg |flag = Flag of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.svg |capital = Schwerin |area = 23179 |area_source = |key = 13 <!-- Federal Statistics Office's GENESIS databank Land code for MV; see https://www-genesis.destatis.de/genesis/online;jsessionid=8AAB7FB9B211CE6FA60F2DB35FB0E1CA.tomcat_GO_1_1?operation=previous&levelindex=3&levelid=1472745361359&step=3 --> |population = 1599100 |pop_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.statistik-portal.de/Statistik-Portal/de_zs01_mv.asp |title=State population |language=German |work=Portal of the Federal Statistics Office Germany |accessdate=2007-04-25 |archive-date=2007-05-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070513192134/http://www.statistik-portal.de/Statistik-Portal/de_zs01_mv.asp |url-status=dead }}</ref> |pop_date = 2014 |GDP = 40 / $45 |GDP_year = 2015 |GDP_ref = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/documents/2995521/6839731/1-21052015-AP-EN.pdf/c3f5f43b-397c-40fd-a0a4-7e68e3bea8cd |title=Regional GDP per capita in the EU28 in 2013 |accessdate=2015-09-10}}</ref> |GDP_per_capita = 25,000 / $28,000 |GDP_per_capita_year = 2015 |PPP_per_capita = |PPP_per_capita_year = |GDP_percent = |Website = [http://www.mecklenburg-vorpommern.eu/ Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.eu] |governing_body = [[Landtag of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]] |leader_title = |leader = Manuela Schwesig |leader_party = SPD |ruling_party1 = SPD |ruling_party2 = Left |votes = 3 |Kfz = formerly: MP<small> (1945–1947)</small>, SM<small> (1948–1953)</small><ref>With the abolition of states in East Germany in 1952 vehicle registration followed the new Bezirk subdivisions. Since 1991