Germany vs. Germania — What's the Difference?

Germany (German: Deutschland, pronounced [ˈdɔʏtʃlant] (listen)), officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second-most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union.

Germania ( jur-MAY-nee-ə, Latin: [ɡɛrˈmaːnia]), also called Magna Germania (English: Great Germania), Germania Libera (English: Free Germania), or Germanic Barbaricum to distinguish it from the Roman province of the same name, was a large historical region in north-central Europe during the Roman era, which was associated by Roman authors with the Germanic peoples. The region stretched roughly from the Middle and Lower Rhine in the west to the Vistula in the east.

A country in central Europe; population 80,700,000 (estimated 2015); official language, German; capital, Berlin.

A republic in central Europe; split into East German and West Germany after World War II and reunited in 1990