Germany
...July temperatures averaging between 16 and 18 degrees Celsius. At some locations in the south the average is 19.4 degrees Celsius or slightly higher. Annual precipitation varies from 2,000 millimeters a year in the southern mountains to a low of 400 millimeters in the vicinity of Mainz. Germany has vast lowlands that are used for crops and grazing land for cattle. There are not a lot of crops produced in Germany because the growing season is to short. The low mountains are home to some of the largest forests in the world. Wood production is one of Germany’s manufactured goods. They ship tons of paper goods all around the world. Population: Germany’s population is widely dispersed throughout the country. If there is one concentrated area it would be located by the western border near Dussledorf. Germany’s population suffered dramatic losses during World War I and II. Most of the older population is female. After World War II there was a dramatic increase in birth rates spanning a ten-year period before slowly declining and holding fairly constant about 8000 births per year. One problem would be to provide for the increase of people after World War II when they became the elder population. Germany does not have a diverse ethnicity. Germans make up 95.1% of the population. Turkish is the second largest with 2.3%. Italians, Greeks and Poles equal 1.5%. The other 1.1% is made up largely of people fleeing the war from former Yugoslavia. Religion: Germany has two major religions. Protestants make up about 45% of the population. Most of the Protestants reside in the north and east. The Catholic faith makes up 37% of the population. They tend to reside in the south and west. Muslim is about 2% and 16% unaffiliated or other faiths. There have been disagreements throughout the history over religion. Otto Van Bismark led a campaign to try and weaken the Catholic influence. During Hitler’s regime, the Catholic Church regained some of its power. Economics: Germany’s economy has been struggling with the modernization and integration of the eastern German economy, with roughly about 70 billion dollars transferred from west to east. Unemployment is at a record high as international trade has fallen off over the years. The territory sector accounts for 68% of th...