Saarland is one of the 16 federal states of Germany. The center is named as Saarbrücken. It has an region of 2570 km² and 1,045,000 residents. The state borders France (département of Moselle, which forms part of the région of Lorraine) to the south and west, Luxembourg to the west and Rheinland-Pfalz to the north and the east. It is named following the Saar River, a tributary of the Moselle River (itself a tributary of the Rhine), which runs throughout the state from the south to the north-west. Significant revenue resources are automobile industry, steel industry, coal mining, ceramic industry and computer science and information systems industry.

Saarland is one of the 16 federal states of Germany. The last 200 years have seen numerous alteration in Saarland. But change has bred adaptability and familiarity, and the region's ties with France and Luxembourg have given it special advantages: long-established cultural and linguistic bridges as well as thriving trade and business relations with its neighbors. Once famous for its vast mining industries, Germany's westernmost state is quickly becoming more associated with the young technology and IT companies- which makes the state's focus on innovation a reality worth bragging about.