Government & administration

Seventeen services, and none can arrest you.

Parliament elects the Chancellor; the President is ceremonial.

Sixteen state parliaments, each with its own school and building law.

No commission: the roll comes from the address register.

It monitors and reports; it takes no complaints.

A federal office decides; refusals go to a court.

The only German election open to non-nationals, and only to EU citizens.

One month, and the letter tells you where to go.

Fourteen state authorities; no federal regulator at all.

An individual complaint anyone can file, free.

An office that reports and cannot sanction.

One office issues both documents.

One clearance; declare cash at ten thousand euros.

The Finanzamt assesses; the BZSt issues your number.

Parliament must approve deployments; no military courts.

Sixteen states with real legislative power.

An office that reports and cannot sanction.

Answering its surveys is a legal obligation.

It writes migration law; the states do the policing.

Three offices, split by where you are standing.

State ministries decide, and answer to no federal one.

Sixteen state forces plus a federal coordinator.

A head of state who represents rather than governs.

Elected by parliament, and sets policy for all ministers.