Berlin

Berlin was the capital city of Greater European Union state of Germany, a member of United Earth. With a population of 15.5 million people, Berlin was Germany's largest city and is the second most populous city proper and the fifth most populous urban area in the Greater European Union.

Located in northeastern Germany on the River Spree, it is the center of the Berlin-Brandenburg Metropolitan Region, and due to its location in the European Plains, Berlin was influenced by a temperate seasonal climate. Around one third of the city's area is composed of forests, parks, gardens, rivers and lakes.

First documented in the 13th century, Berlin was the capital of the Kingdom of Prussia (1701–1918), the German Empire (1871–1918), the Weimar Republic (1919–1933) and the Third Reich (1933–1945). Berlin in the 1920s was the third largest municipality in the world. After World War II, the city became divided into East Berlin—the capital of East Germany—and West Berlin, a West German exclave surrounded by the Berlin Wall from 1961–1989.

Following German reunification in 1990, the city regained its status as the capital of Germany and became a world city of culture, politics, media, and science. Berlin was caught in the second phase of the Xindi First Strike on Earth following its attack on San Francisco, much of it was leveled and nearly a million residents killed.