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Republic of Austria
Republik Österreich (German)
Timeline: Victory To The Rising Sun
OTL equivalent: Austria
Flag of Austria Austria Bundesadler
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Austria (VTTRS)
Austria (green)
CapitalVienna
Official languages German
Regional languages Hungarian
Slovene
Croatian
Demonym Austrian
Government Federal parliamentary republic
 -  President Alexander Van der Bellen
 -  Chancellor TBD
Legislature Parliament
 -  Upper house Federal Council
 -  Lower house National Council
Establishment
 -  Name 1 November 996 
 -  Duchy 17 September 1156 
 -  Archduchy 6 January 1453 
 -  Empire 11 August 1804 
 -  Austria-Hungary 30 March 1867 
 -  German-Austria 12 November 1918 
 -  First Republic 10 September 1919 
 -  Federal State 1 May 1934 
Population
 -  April 2022 estimate 9,027,999 
Calling code +43

Austria (German: Österreich), formally the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine provinces, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and province. Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, Czechoslovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of 83,871 km2 (32,383 sq mi) and has a population of 9 million.

Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, Austria established its own empire, which became a great power and the dominant member of the German Confederation. The empire's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 led to the end of the Confederation and paved the way for the establishment of Austria-Hungary a year later.

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