328. What kind of federal state is Berlin?

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Explanation

Berlin is one of the 16 constituent states (Länder) of the Federal Republic and, as a city-state, unites Land and municipal levels in a single entity. Its status as a Land was affirmed by the 1990 Unification Treaty, which merged East and West Berlin into the Land of Berlin. Article 22(1) of the Basic Law designates Berlin as the federal capital; as a Land it is bound by Article 28 to a republican, democratic, social, and rule-of-law order and has its own state constitution (1995). The failed 1996 merger referendum with Brandenburg illustrates both the dynamism and constraints of German federalism.