This visualization displays the population of Germany’s 16 states as horizontal bars, with the longest bar for North Rhine-Westphalia indicating the most populous state. The chart uses D3 v5, reading population data from a CSV file. The x-axis applies a linear scale with tick formatting via `d3.format`, while the y-axis uses an ordinal band scale (`d3.scaleBand`) to place each state name. Rectangles are rendered in SVG, with axes drawn using `d3.axisLeft` and `d3.axisBottom`.