What would a Germany which was reunified in 1952 look like?

Not to mention Operation Gladio.

If the CIA is so Insane to involve NEUTRAL Germany into Gladio
Hell yes there were insane enough and installed a Gladio unit in neutral Austria
called "Österreichischer Wander-, Sport- und Geselligkeitsverein" eng: 'Austrian Association of Hiking, Sports and sociability'...
 
True, but neither did the post-World War II German government.

A Germany that, again, tried to threaten its weaker neighbours over territory would be acting in clear continuity with the German government that was ended in 1945. It would be difficult for anyone to argue that there were discontinuities.

Also, though, with larger anti-immigrant and nativist sentiment in Germany in this TL, could we see large-scale opposition to mass immigration to Germany? If so, couldn't this eventually result in immigration restrictions in Germany and thus in German economic growth slowing down due to a lack of labor?

Who knows? Certainly this neutralist Germany might be in a better position to attract more of the German diaspora still remaining in the Soviet bloc than West Germany was. Once that diaspora gets sucked up, however, there will be some decisions to make.
 

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Where exactly did East Germany's manpower come from during this time, though? After all, wouldn't East Germany have experienced a severe labor shortage before 1961 due to the large migration from East Germany to West Germany? If so, where exactly did East Germany get the workers to compensate for this emigration in our TL?
It did, part of the reason the Berlin Wall was built. Extra labor came from other Eastern Bloc countries and even Vietnam, as East Germany agreed to train tens of thousands of Vietnamese:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnamese_people_in_Germany#East_Germany
 
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