Due to the rise of Nazism and their belief that the Aryan race was the purest and noblest, and due to two world wars, Germany symbolizes arrogance and a regimented way of thinking. As in all cases, this meaning does not hold if you are German. To the German reader this may seem offensive but ask any child in the developed world to tell you one thing they know about Germany and they will invariably bring up World War II.
