History UsefulNotes / TheBerlinRepublic

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* ''Series/{{Derrick}}'' from 1990 onwards

Under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the "Two-Plus-Four Agreement"), which came into force on 15 March 1991 Germany gained full sovereignty and [[UsefulNotes/SovietUnion the Soviets]] (soon thereafter most of it became UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}) left. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates Americans]] and [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom British]] stayed (due to the UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}) (and the French are now stationed in Germany as well but as friends, not occupiers). The Oder-Neisse border with UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} became finalised in a separate treaty, the old UsefulNotes/EastGermany became a zone free of nuclear weapons or foreign bases and Germany renounced any claim to areas east of Oder-Neisse that had been part of Germany before 1945.

In 2005, an early election resulted in a Grand Coalition, led by Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor (and first one from former UsefulNotes/EastGermany). In September 2009, the late economic unpleasantness led to Merkel's Christian Democrats and their pro-business Free Democratic (read: vaguely right-libertarian) allies winning a majority coalition together, ending the grand coalition. In 2012, the ceremonial [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfGermany President]] Christian Wulff resigned amidst a corruption scandal; he was replaced by Joachim Gauck, a pastor from Rostock and former head of the bureau for investigating the Stasi's crimes, meaning that Ossis held the two highest offices of state for the first time since unification.

There was some opposition to the idea, based on the ultimately unfounded belief that Germany would again try to dominate Europe militarily. It just teamed up with old enemy UsefulNotes/{{France}} and did it via UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion.

Under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the "Two-Plus-Four Agreement"), which came into force on 15 March 1991 Germany gained full sovereignty and [[UsefulNotes/SovietUnion the Soviets]] (soon thereafter most of it became UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}) left. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates Americans]] and [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom British]] stayed (due to the UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}). The Oder-Neisse border with UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} became finalised in a separate treaty, the old UsefulNotes/EastGermany became a zone free of nuclear weapons or foreign bases and Germany renounced any claim to areas east of Oder-Neisse that had been part of Germany before 1945.

On 3 October 1990, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} two Germanies reunified]]. (They'd considered 9 November, it being the date of the Berlin Wall crumbling in 1989, also the date of the proclamation of the first German republic in 1918, but decided that firstly they didn't want another birthday for the GDR and secondly there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht another 9 November]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch and another one]].) Actually, UsefulNotes/EastGermany joined UsefulNotes/WestGermany in a manner that left many feeling it was an annexation. The enlarged state kept the constitutional structure of TheBonnRepublic.

Under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the "Two-Plus-Four Agreement"), which came into force on 15 March 1991 Germany gained full sovereignty and [[UsefulNotes/SovietUnion the Soviets]] (soon thereafter most of it became UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}) left. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates Americans]] and [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom British]] stayed (due to the UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}). The Oder-Neisse border with UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} became finalised in a separate treaty, the old EastGermany became a zone free of nuclear weapons or foreign bases and Germany renounced any claim to areas east of Oder-Neisse that had been part of Germany before 1945.

The new Germany now had to deal with the legacy of a part of it having been CommieLand for 40 years. EastGermany had a massive pollution problem, the whole issue of Stasi informers (a lot of them, verging on a very unfunny FlockOfWolves) and a whole bunch of police officers who needed retraining -- or sacking. The ex-"Vopos" still face social stigma.

In 2005, an early election resulted in a Grand Coalition, led by Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor (and first one from former EastGermany). In September 2009, the late economic unpleasantness led to Merkel's Christian Democrats and their pro-business Free Democratic (read: vaguely right-libertarian) allies winning a majority coalition together, ending the grand coalition. In 2012, the ceremonial [[UsefulNotes/ThePresidentsOfGermany President]] Christian Wulff resigned amidst a corruption scandal; he was replaced by Joachim Gauck, a pastor from Rostock and former head of the bureau for investigating the Stasi's crimes, meaning that Ossis held the two highest offices of state for the first time since unification.

Under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the "Two-Plus-Four Agreement"), which came into force on 15 March 1991 Germany gained full sovereignty and [[UsefulNotes/SovietUnion the Soviets]] (soon thereafter most of it became UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}) left. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates Americans]] and [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom British]] stayed (because UsefulNotes/{{NATO}}). The Oder-Neisse border with UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} became finalised in a separate treaty, the old EastGermany became a zone free of nuclear weapons or foreign bases and Germany renounced any claim to areas east of Oder-Neisse that had been part of Germany before 1945.

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Germany has the problem of ''die Mauer im Kopf'', "the wall in people's heads" -- people still thinking in terms of two Germanies. There are divisions between Ossis and Wessis, East and West Germans respectively. However this phenomenon is almost non-existent with young Germans who grew up after reunification (although obviously they can't avoid the economic issues, it's not more fundamental than the difference between young Americans from the East Coast and young Americans from the Rust Belt).

* ''Series/AlarmFurCobra11''

* {{Blassreiter}} is about a German police force fighting techno demons.[[/index]]

Under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the "Two-Plus-Four Agreement"), which came into force on 15 March 1991 Germany gained full sovereignty and [[UsefulNotes/SovietUnion the Soviets]] (soon thereafter most of it became UsefulNotes/{{Russia}}) left. The [[UsefulNotes/UnitedStates Americans]] and [[UsefulNotes/UnitedKingdom British]] stayed. The Oder-Neisse border with UsefulNotes/{{Poland}} became finalised in a separate treaty, the old EastGermany became a zone free of nuclear weapons or foreign bases and Germany renounced any claim to areas east of Oder-Neisse that had been part of Germany before 1945.

On 3 October 1990, the [[UsefulNotes/{{Germany}} two Germanies reunified]]. (They'd considered 9 November, it being the date of the Berlin Wall crumbling in 1989, also the date of the proclamation of the first German republic in 1918, but decided that firstly they didn't want another birthday for the GDR and secondly there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht another 9 November]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch and another one]].) Actually, UsefulNotes/EastGermany joined UsefulNotes/WestGermany in a manner that left many feeling it was an annexation. The [[strike:new]] enlarged state kept the constitutional structure of TheBonnRepublic.

Under the Treaty on the Final Settlement with Respect to Germany (or the "Two-Plus-Four Agreement"), which came into force on 15 March 1991 Germany gained full sovereignty and the RedsWithRockets (who soon become RussiansWithRustingRockets) left. The Americans and British stayed. The Oder-Neisse border with Poland became finalised in a separate treaty, the old EastGermany became a zone free of nuclear weapons or foreign bases and Germany renounced any claim to areas east of Oder-Neisse that had been part of Germany before 1945.

There was some opposition to the idea, based on the ultimately unfounded belief that Germany would again try to dominate Europe militarily. It just teamed up with old enemy France and did it via UsefulNotes/TheEuropeanUnion.

On 3 October 1990, the two Germanies reunified. (They'd considered 9 November, it being the date of the Berlin Wall crumbling in 1989, also the date of the proclamation of the first German republic in 1918, but decided that firstly they didn't want another birthday for the GDR and secondly there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht another 9 November]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch and another one]].) Actually, UsefulNotes/EastGermany joined UsefulNotes/WestGermany in a manner that left many feeling it was an annexation. The [[strike:new]] enlarged state kept the constitutional structure of TheBonnRepublic.

In 2005, an early election resulted in a Grand Coalition, led by Angela Merkel, the first female Chancellor (and first one from former EastGermany). In September 2009, the late economic unpleasantness led to Merkel's Christian Democrats and their pro-business Free Democratic (read: vaguely right-libertarian) allies winning a majority coalition together, ending the grand coalition. In 2012, the ceremonial [[ThePresidentsOfGermany President]] Christian Wulff resigned amidst a corruption scandal; he was replaced by Joachim Gauck, a pastor from Rostock and former head of the bureau for investigating the Stasi's crimes, meaning that Ossis held the two highest offices of state for the first time since unification.

* ''VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals: Zero Hour''. The final GLA campaign mission has them attacking the U.S. European Command HQ in Stuttgart and winning. The next campaign, the Chinese one, spends 4 out of its 5 missions counterattacking and driving the GLA out of Germany. [[ShownTheirWork If you plot the progression of the Chinese campaign on a map, you'll see they are steadily pushing the GLA north toward the sea.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/CommandAndConquerGenerals]]: Zero Hour''. The final GLA campaign mission has them attacking the U.S. European Command HQ in Stuttgart and winning. The next campaign, the Chinese one, spends 4 out of its 5 missions counterattacking and driving the GLA out of Germany. [[ShownTheirWork If you plot the progression of the Chinese campaign on a map, you'll see they are steadily pushing the GLA north toward the sea.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/ModernWarfare Modern Warfare 3]]''

* By the same [[/index]][[NaokiUrasawa author]], [[index]]''Manga/{{Pluto}}'' is also partially set in a futuristic Germany, with main character Kommissar Gesicht being a German police officer.

The new Germany now had to deal with the legacy of a part of it having been CommieLand for 40 years. EastGermany had a massive pollution problem, the whole issue of Stasi informers (a lot of them, verging on a very unfunny FlockOfWolves) and a whole bunch of police officers who needed retraining- or sacking. The ex-"Vopos" still face social stigma.

Some rather poorly performed privatisation of state industry didn't help - most of it collapsing almost overnight the same as the rest of Eastern Europe - and the states of the former GDR have high unemployment as a result. Even 20 years later you can see the exact location of the old border when looking at random charts for unemployment, social services, and economic data.

Germany has the problem of ''die Mauer im Kopf'', "the wall in people's heads"- people still thinking in terms of two Germanies. There are divisions between Ossis and Wessis, East and West Germans respectively. However this phenomenon is almost non-existent with young Germans who grew up after reunification (although obviously they can't avoid the economic issues, it's not more fundamental than the difference between young Americans from the East Coast and young Americans from the Rust Belt).

Some rather poorly performed privatisation of state industry didn't help and the states of the former GDR have high unemployment as a result. Even 20 years later you can see the exact location of the old border when looking at random charts for unemployment, social services, and economic data.

On 3 October 1990, the two Germanies reunified. (They'd considered 9 November, it being the date of the Berlin Wall crumbling in 1989, also the date of the proclamation of the first German republic in 1918, but decided that firstly they didn't want another birthday for the GDR and secondly there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht another 9 November]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch and another one]].) Actually, UsefulNotes/EastGermany joined UsefulNotes/WestGermany. The [[strike:new]] enlarged state kept the constitutional structure of TheBonnRepublic.

''Wir sind ein Volk!''[[hottip:*:We are one people!]]

On 3 October 1990, the two Germanies reunified (they'd considered 9 November, it being the date of the Berlin Wall crumbling in 1989, also the date of the proclamation of the first German republic in 1918, but decided that firstly they didn't want another birthday for the GDR and secondly there is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristallnacht another 9 November]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch and another one]]). Actually, EastGermany joined WestGermany. The [[strike:new]] enlarged state kept the constitutional structure of TheBonnRepublic.

There was some opposition to the idea, based on the ultimately unfounded belief that Germany would again try to dominate Europe militarily. It just teamed up with old enemy France and did it via the EuropeanUnion.