It could have gone worse (Morgenthu plan), it could have gone better (Finland outcome).

Germany was sliced in half for 40 years, lost any independence, and became the main battlefield for a possible nuclear war between the USA and the USSR.

Western Germans might not notice it, but they have lived most of their lives in a precarious golden cage, ready to be burned to the ground. As for the Eastern Germans... well, let's just say they experienced many involuntary births and had very little freedom of movement and speak.