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Divisions and Government

The German Empire is made up of the following twenty-six states : English Population Square Miles.

Inc. 1880-5 Per Cent.

I. Prussia 2. Bavaria. 3. Saxony 134,467 28,313,833 3.7 29,291 5,416,180 2.4 5,789 3,129,168 6.7 4. Wurtemburg 7,53 1,994,849 1.2 5. Baden. 5,803 1,600,839 1.9 6. Hesse.. 2,965 956,170 2.1 7. Mecklenburg-Schwerin 5,137 575,140 dec. 0.3 8. Saxe-Weimar. 1,387 313,668 1.3 9. Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1,131 98,371 1.9 10. Oldenburg. 2,479 341,250 I.I 11. Brunswick 1,425 372,580 6.4 12. Saxe-Meiningen 13. Saxe-Altenburg. 14. Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. 15. Anhalt 16. Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt. 17. Schwarzburg-Sondershausen. 18. Waldeck.. 19. Reuss (elder line) .... 20. Reuss (younger line). 21. Schaumburg Lippe 953 214,697 3.6 511 161,129 3.8 760 198,717 2.0 906 247,603 6.2 363 83,939 4.4 ....... 333 73,623 3.5 433 56,565 Ο.Ι 122 ... 53,787 5.7 319 112,118 IO.I 131 37,204 5.0 22. Lippe 23. Lubeck 24. Bremen 25. Hamburg 26. Alsace-Lorraine Total German Empire 472 . 123,250 2.9 115 67,658 6.2 99 166,392 6.0 158 518,712 13.3 5,602 1,563,145 dec. 0.2 208,683 46,840,587 3.5

Bavaria, Saxony, and Wurtemberg are governed by kings. Baden, Hesse-Darmstadt, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Saxe-Weimar, and Oldenburg are grand duchies. Brunswick, Saxe-Meiningen, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Saxe-Altenburg and Anhalt are duchies; there are seven minor principalities, one Imperial territory (Alsass- Lothringen), and two free cities-Bremen and Lübeck. The emperor has the power of declaring war and making peace, and concludes all alliances and treaties with foreign powers.