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___MASK94___ , officially the Republic of ___MASK94___ , is a country in Central Europe , situated between the Baltic Sea in the north and two mountain ranges ( the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains ) in the south . Bordered by Germany to the west ; the ___MASK72___ and Slovakia to the south ; Ukraine and Belarus to the east ; and the Baltic Sea , ___MASK61___ Oblast ( a Russian exclave ) and ___MASK49___ to the north . The total area of ___MASK94___ is , making it the 69th largest country in the world and the 9th largest in Europe . With a population of over 38 . 5 million people , ___MASK94___ is the 34th most populous country in the world , the 8th most populous country in Europe and the sixth most populous member of the European Union . ___MASK94___ is a unitary state divided into 16 administrative subdivisions , and its capital and largest city is Warsaw . Other metropolises include Kraków , Wrocaw , Pozna , Gdask and Szczecin . ___MASK93___ , officially the Federal Republic of ___MASK93___ , is a federal parliamentary republic in ___MASK44___ - western Europe . It includes 16 constituent states , covers an area of , and has a largely temperate seasonal climate . With about 82 million inhabitants , ___MASK93___ is the most populous member state of the European Union . After the United States , it is the second most popular immigration destination in the world . ___MASK93___ ' s capital and largest metropolis is ___MASK13___ . Other major cities include ___MASK97___ , Munich , ___MASK3___ , Frankfurt , Stuttgart and Düsseldorf . ___MASK79___ is the largest city in the federal state of Saxony , Germany . With a population of 570 , 087 inhabitants ( 1 , 001 , 220 residents in the larger urban zone ) it is Germany ' s tenth most populous city . ___MASK79___ is located about southwest of Berlin at the confluence of the White Elster , Pleisse and Parthe rivers at the southern end of the North German Plain . ___MASK13___ is the capital and the largest city of Germany as well as one of its constituent 16 states . With a population of approximately 3 . 5 million people , ___MASK13___ is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union . Located in northeastern Germany on the banks of rivers Spree and Havel , it is the centre of the ___MASK13___ - Brandenburg Metropolitan Region , which has about 6 million residents from more than 180 nations . Due to its location in the European Plain , ___MASK13___ is influenced by a temperate seasonal climate . Around one - third of the city ' s area is composed of forests , parks , gardens , rivers and lakes . ___MASK71___ ( also in British English ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Bavaria , on the banks of River Isar north of the Bavarian Alps . ___MASK71___ is the third largest city in ___MASK93___ , after ___MASK13___ and ___MASK97___ , and the 12th biggest city of the European Union , with a population of above 1 . 5 million . The ___MASK71___ Metropolitan Region is home to 5 . 8 million people . ___MASK3___ is the largest city in the German federal State of North Rhine - Westphalia and the fourth - largest city in Germany ( after Berlin , Hamburg , and Munich ). It is located within the Rhine - Ruhr metropolitan region , one of the major European metropolitan regions and the largest in Germany , with more than ten million inhabitants . Bavaria is a federal state of ___MASK93___ . Located in the German southeast with an area of 70 , 548 square kilometres ( 27 , 200 sq mi ), Bavaria is the largest German state . Its territory comprises roughly a fifth of the total land area of ___MASK93___ , and , with 12 . 9 million inhabitants , it is ___MASK93___ ' s second most populous state . Munich , Bavaria ' s capital and largest city , is the third largest city in ___MASK93___ . ___MASK30___ is the capital city and after Leipzig the second - largest city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany . It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe , near the border with the Czech Republic . Ústí nad Labem Region or Ústecký Region , also Region Aussig ( after the German name of the capital ), is an administrative unit of the ___MASK72___ , located in the north - western part of its historical land of Bohemia and the whole country . It is named after its capital Ústí nad Labem . It covers the majority of the former North Bohemia province and is part of the broader area of North Bohemia . The European Union ( EU ) is a political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in ___MASK67___ . It has an area of , and an estimated population of over 510 million . The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states . EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people , goods , services , and capital within the internal market , enact legislation in justice and home affairs , and maintain common policies on trade , agriculture , fisheries , and regional development . Within the Schengen Area , passport controls have been abolished . A monetary union was established in 1999 and came into full force in 2002 , and is composed of 19 EU member states which use the euro currency . The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked federal state of ___MASK93___ , bordering the federal states of Brandenburg , Saxony Anhalt , Thuringia , and Bavaria , as well as the countries of ___MASK94___ ( Lower Silesian and Lubusz Voivodeships ) and the ___MASK72___ ( Karlovy Vary , Liberec and Ústí nad Labem Regions ). Its capital is ___MASK30___ , and its largest city is Leipzig . The euro ( sign : €; code : EUR ) is the official currency of the eurozone , which consists of 19 of the member states of the European Union : ___MASK32___ , Belgium , Cyprus , Estonia , Finland , France , Germany , Greece , Ireland , Italy , Latvia , ___MASK49___ , Luxembourg , Malta , the Netherlands , Portugal , Slovakia , Slovenia , and Spain . The currency is also officially used by the institutions of the European Union and four other European countries , as well as unilaterally by two others , and is consequently used daily by some 337 million Europeans . Outside of Europe , a number of overseas territories of EU members also use the euro as their currency . ___MASK70___ am Main is a ___MASK69___ and the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth - largest city in ___MASK93___ , with a 2015 population of 731 , 095 within its administrative boundaries , and 2 . 3 million in its urban area . The city is at the centre of the larger ___MASK70___ Rhine - Main Metropolitan Region , which has a population of 5 . 8 million and is ___MASK93___ ' s second - largest metropolitan region after Rhine - Ruhr . Since the enlargement of the European Union in 2013 , the geographic centre of the EU is about to the east of ___MASK70___ ' s CBD , the Bankenviertel . ___MASK70___ is culturally and ethnically diverse , with around half of the population , and a majority of ___MASK90___ people , having a migration background . A quarter of the population are foreign nationals , including many expatriates . ___MASK45___ ( Low Franconian , Ripuarian : " Düsseldörp " ) is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine - Westphalia and the seventh most populous city in Germany . ___MASK45___ is an international business and financial centre , renowned for its fashion and trade fairs . The city is headquarters to one Fortune Global 500 and two DAX companies . Messe ___MASK45___ organises nearly one fifth of premier trade shows . The ___MASK72___ , also known by the short name Czechia , is a nation state in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west , ___MASK32___ to the south , Slovakia to the east and Poland to the northeast . The ___MASK72___ covers an area of with mostly temperate continental climate and oceanic climate . It is a unitary parliamentary republic , has 10 . 5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague , with over 1 . 2 million residents . The ___MASK72___ includes the historical territories of Bohemia , Moravia , and Czech Silesia . Lubusz Voivodeship , or Lubuskie Province ( in Polish , " województwo lubuskie " ), is a voivodeship ( province ) in western ___MASK94___ . FutureSAX is the inner Saxony business plan competition of the Free State of Saxony in ___MASK93___ that has an objective of lending support to start - up businesses and growing enterprises . Brandenburg ( Lower Sorbian : " Bramborska ") is one of the sixteen federated states of ___MASK93___ . It lies in the northeast of the country covering an area of 29 , 478 square kilometers and has 2 . 48 million inhabitants . The capital and largest city is ___MASK20___ . Brandenburg surrounds but does not include the national capital and city - state Berlin forming a metropolitan area . ___MASK97___ ( local pronunciation ; Low German / Low Saxon : " Hamborg " ), officially " Freie und Hansestadt ___MASK97___ " ( Free and Hanseatic City of ___MASK97___ ), is the second largest city in Germany and the eighth largest city in the European Union . It is the second smallest German state by area . Its population is over 1 . 7 million people , and the wider ___MASK97___ Metropolitan Region covers more than 5 . 1 million inhabitants . The city is situated on the river Elbe . ___MASK67___ is a continent that comprises the westernmost part of Eurasia . ___MASK67___ is bordered by the Arctic Ocean to the north , the Atlantic Ocean to the west , and the Mediterranean Sea to the south . To the east and southeast , ___MASK67___ is generally considered as separated from ___MASK82___ by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains , the Ural River , the Caspian and Black Seas , and the waterways of the Turkish Straits . Yet the non - oceanic borders of ___MASK67___  a concept dating back to classical antiquity  are arbitrary . The primarily physiographic term " continent " as applied to ___MASK67___ also incorporates cultural and political elements whose discontinuities are not always reflected by the continent ' s current overland boundaries . The Free State of Thuringia is a federal state in ___MASK44___ Germany . It has an area of and 2 . 29 million inhabitants , making it the sixth smallest by area and the fifth smallest by population of Germany ' s sixteen states . Most of Thuringia is within the watershed of the Saale , a left tributary of the Elbe . The capital is . ___MASK28___ ( Swabian : " Schduagert "), often nicknamed the "" Schwabenmetropole "" in reference to its location in the center of Swabia and the local dialect spoken by some natives , is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden - Württemberg . It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley locally known as the " Stuttgarter Kessel " an hour from the Swabian Jura and the Black Forest . ___MASK28___ ' s name comes from the Old High German word "" Stuogarten "," or " stud farm "  a reference to the city ' s founding in 950 AD as a stud farm . ___MASK28___  s urban area has a population of 623 , 738 , and a further making it the sixth largest city in Germany , 2 . 7 million people live in the city  s administrative region , and another 5 . 3 million people in its metropolitan area , making it the fourth largest metropolitan area in Germany .