b. Dissolution of the GDR and its absorption into the FDR was an immediate outcome of Germany's reunification in 1991. With the reunification, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) ceased to exist as a separate country and was absorbed into the Federal Republic of Germany (FDR). This process involved the dismantling of the GDR's institutions and the integration of its territory, economy, and legal system into the unified Germany. The reunification marked the end of the division between East and West Germany and the establishment of a single, unified German state.