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  3. Long-form name: Federal Republic of Germany; abbreviated FRG
  4.  
  5. Type: federal republic
  6.  
  7. Capital: Bonn
  8.  
  9. Administrative divisions: 10 states (lander, singular--land);
  10. Baden-Wurttemberg, Bayern, Bremen, Hamburg, Hessen, Niedersachsen,
  11. Nordrhein-Westfalen, Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Schleswig-Holstein
  12.  
  13. Constitution: 23 May 1949, provisional constitution known as Basic Law
  14.  
  15. Legal system: civil law system with indigenous concepts; judicial
  16. review of legislative acts in the Federal Constitutional Court;
  17. has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
  18.  
  19. National holiday: NA
  20.  
  21. Executive branch: president, chancellor, Cabinet
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