Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- In the European Union (EU), three of 27 member States are federations - Germany, Belgium and Austria.

Germany has been a study on federation since at least 1949.

So, if you think that Germany is a union of partners of what was West Germany and what was East Germany, then you are not entirely correct.

West Germany was Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), a democratic, capitalist nation aligned with the West since 1949.

East Germany was the German Democratic Republic (GDR), a socialist dictatorship aligned with the Soviet Union during the Cold War (1945 - 1991). The peaceful revolution in 1989 played a key role in bringing down the GDR and enabling west and east Germany to reunify.

Since the reunification vide t...