German Empire

Germany, or officially the German Empire (German: Deutsches Kaiserreich) is a country in Central Europe. The Empire is a semi-constitutional monarchy composed of twenty-seven constituent monarchical states, ruled by the Hohenzollern dynasty. Germany is frequently considered the most powerful country in the world, with its influence stretching across much of the globe. The German Empire was proclaimed on January 18, 1871, in the Hall of Mirrors of Palace of Versailles in the aftermath of the 1871 Franco-Prussian War. As the main victor of the Weltkrieg, Germany controls a vast overseas empire with colonial holdings in Africa, Asia, and the Pacific. Germany also leads the Reichspakt and Mitteleuropa, military and economic alliances involving several Eastern, Central, and Northern European nations.

Germany is bordered on the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland, Bohemia, Lithuania, and the United Baltic Duchy, to the south by Hungary, Switzerland, and Italy, and to the west by the Commune of France, Belgium and the Netherlands. Through colonial possessions, Germany also borders Spain, the French Republic, Liberia, Abyssinia, Egypt, the Ottoman Empire, South Africa, Portugal, Siam, the Qing Empire (by way of the League of Eight Provinces and the Shandong Clique), and Australasia.

As of 1938 Germany is at war with the Empire of Japan and the Socialist Republic of Sweden.