Frequently the issue is the width of the door jamb. Modern homes -- by which I mean those build from the late 1960s to the present -- tend to have door jambs with fairly common exterior widths. They'll usually be 4 9/16 inches or 6 9/16 inches.
Germany did not just get a new government. The Allies made sure that Germany got a different kind of government. Before1914, the government of Germany was almost a military autocracy; after 1919, it was a parliamentary democracy.
Confidence votes 63.1K. German System of Government Germany is federal republic and a democracy. At the national levels it has two chambers. The lower chamber - which is the more important for many purposes - is elected partly on a 'first past the post system' and partly by proportional respresentation. It's generally considered a very fair electoral system.