West Germany (A World Divided)
From Alternative History
| Official language | German |
| Capital | Bonn |
| Head of state | Horst Köhler |
| Head of government | Wolfgang Schaeuble |
| Area | |
| Population | 66,756,324 |
| Independance | 843 via Treaty of Verdun, FRG founded in 1949 |
| Currency | Euro |
The Federal Republic of Germany is the dominating economic power in Europe and the third biggest in the world, after the USA and Japan. Though generally being considered a stable democracy, extremist right-wing parties have seen a massive voters influx in the past elections , with them now making up 27% of the German parliament. This is blamed by many on the unstable situation in Soviet-dominated Eastern Europe and the economic recession the FRG has experienced since 1995. Due to the many representatives by extremist parties, the current government is made up by a big coalition between the Christian Democrats (32%) and the Social Democrats (21%), under the chancellorship of Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU) with Gerhard Schroeder (SPD) as his vice-chancellor and foreign minister.
List of chancellors of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Konrad Adenauer (CDU), 1949-1963
- Ludwig Erhard (CDU),1963-1966
- Kurt Georg Kiesinger (CDU),1966-1969
- Willy Brandt (SPD),1969-1974
- Helmut Schmidt (SPD),1974-1982
- Helmut Kohl (CDU),1982-1990
- Oskar Lafontaine (SPD),1990-1996
- Rudolf Scharping (SPD),1996-1998
- Wolfgang Schaeuble (CDU),1998-
Current makeup of the German Bundestag (2002 election)
- CDU (Christian Democratic Union) 32%
- NAD (National Alliance for Germany) 27%
- SPD (Socialdemocratic Party of Germany) 21%
- DKP (German Communist Party) 13%
- Green Party 7%
