After the reunification of East and West Germany, the successie Presidents and Chancellors of Germany center her plan in unification with Austria and other official German speaking nations of Europe. That resulst in an early Euro currency develovment, and a more German centered European Union. In 2009, "The United Republic of Great Germany" has a gross domestic product greater than that of Japan. It also includes Alsace-Lorraine and parts of Poland, as it did not sign the border agreement between the two nations.