I am a practising Catholic and regularly attend the Church of St Joseph and the Immaculate Conception. I was appointed a Foundation Governor by the Diocese in 2012 and currently also sit on the Finance, Premises & Health & Safety Committee.
Germany was created after the world war 1 when they had to rebuild they named it Germany.
Germany is a federal republic consisting of sixteen federal states (German: Bundesland, or Land). Since today's Germany was formed from an earlier collection of several states, it has a federal constitution, and the constituent states retain a measure of sovereignty.