Country : Austria Capital City : Vienna Population : 8 192 880 GPD: $267,600,000,000 (USD) Total area : 83,870 (sq km) 32,382 (sq mi) Currency : euro (EUR)
Flag: Languages : German Croatian Hungarian Slovenian
A mountainous republic in central Europe; under the Habsburgs (1278-1918) Austria maintained control of the Holy Roman Empire and was a leader in European politics until the 19th century; landlocked, borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west.
