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I always thought that the post-WWII German government is federal because it was designed mainly by the US government, which is federal.
by frank2 6y ago
I always thought that the post-WWII German government is federal because it was designed mainly by the US government, which is federal.
- magicsmoke 6y agoWell, Germany when it first emerged as a nation state as Imperial Germany in 1871 did so as a federal state. Quite different from the UK or France. Even Italy, which emerged as a nation state in 1861, did so as a unitary kingdom. Germany's federal form of government seems to go against the trend in Europe.