The political system of the Federal Republic is not easy to understand. What is the role of the Federal Assembly and the election of the Federal President? How do overhang mandates arise in a federal election? What does an elder president do in the state parliament? What are the responsibilities of the Federal Constitutional Court? What influence do associations or the media have on shaping politics? Not only interested laypeople ask these questions (often before an election), which are answered in this book. Those who take political science or social studies in school, or study political science as a major or minor in their first semesters, need to know, among other things, what tasks the constitutional bodies have. And since Germany is firmly integrated into international relations, the author also addresses European and international influences.