> doesn't mean it isn't centralized Not really. If you look at successful companies, they are all over the country - though not much yet in the former East Ger

> doesn't mean it isn't centralized Not really. If you look at successful companies, they are all over the country - though not much yet in the former East Germany, for historical reasons. > because german federal government and the state decided to make germany export-oriented manufacturing power Germany has been manufacturing/trade oriented for centuries. The 'federal government' does not decide these things on their own just now. Germany does not work like that - there is no 'federal government' which decides the economic policy in a centralized manner, WITHOUT involvement of the Bundesländer and/or the companies/employees/... > finance oriented and service oriented Germany is also finance and service oriented, just to a slightly different degree and with slightly different domains. Even the manufacturing companies are often extremely service oriented. Selling not just products, but a lot of services around these products. > While in the UK, they decided to become finance oriented and service oriented and shifted their manufacturing overseas. Good luck with that.