To be fair, Germany has an advanced economy and very good specialists. They are leaders in engineering, especially lithium ion batteries, they strongly resist offshoring, and they are leaders in biotech and pharmaceuticals. Their academic-to-industry pipeline is one of the best in Europe and they innovate well because of it. There is less stagnation like in France or the UK and, unlike those countries, there is not as heavy of a class system.
Germany's problem is they won't forgive themselves for WWII and move on with their lives. It is institutionalized that Nazism could happen again - which is realistic. How many retards have you (the person reading this right now) had to deal with who insist that he or she is magically invulnerable to going along with atrocities because they're so moral and educated and arrogant? However, this stops Germans from putting their foot down when people take advantage of their kindness.
That's my hay penny thought, anyway.