German Empire:
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Government:
Federal parliamentary semi-constitutional monarchy
Capital: Berlin
Emperor:
• 1871–1888
Kaiser Wilhelm I
• 1888
Kaiser Friedrich III
• 1888–1918
Kaiser Wilhelm II
• 1918–19##
Kaiser Wilhelm III
Chancellor
• 1871–1890
Otto von Bismarck
• 1890–1894
Leo von Caprivi
• 1894–1900
C. zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst
• 1900–1909
Bernhard von Bülow
• 1909–1917
T. von Bethmann Hollweg
• 1917
Georg Michaelis
• 1917–1918
Georg von Hertling
• 1918
Max von Baden
• 1919–1925
Friedrich Ebert
• 1925–1933
Paul von Hindenburg
Legislature: Bicameral
• Upper house
Bundesrat
• Lower house
Reichstag
Historical era
New Imperialism • Pre-World War I
• Unification
18 January 1871
• Constitution
16 April 1871
• Berlin Conference
15 November 1884
Area
• Total
1,750,000 km2 (680,000 sq mi)
1910
540,857.54 km2 (208,826.26 sq mi)
Population
• Estimate 70,000,000
• 1871 41,058,792
• 1900 56,367,178
• 1910 64,925,993
Currency:
Until 1873:
Vereinsthaler, South German gulden, Bremen thaler, Hamburg mark, French franc
German gold mark
(1873–1914)
German Papiermark
(1914–1918)
Military strength:
Motto
Gott mit uns
Founded
16 April 1871
Service branches
Heer (army)
Luftstreitkräfte (air force)
Abteilung III b (counterintelligence)
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Blood and Iron
FanfictionWhat if the Mighty German Empire appeared during the time of Roman Empire before their collapse on the West side of the Roman Empire and the Byzantine Empire on the east side (modern day Turkey)
