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Official language | German |
Capital | Vienna |
Emperor in 1919 | Karl I (1916-1965) |
Prime Minister in 1919 | General Conrad von Hötzendorff (1919-1929) |
Establishment | 1867 |
Currency | Austrian Kroner |
The weak, struggling empire before the 1914 war was resurrected by its victory alongside Germany in the war. The Austro-Hungarian government, like Germany's, is led by a military general of the 1914 war, who gained great popular support in his country, General Conrad von Hötzendorff. Austria-Hungary maintains a close alliance with the German Empire and Italy. It is a member of the European Alliance.