Austria
Austria (officially Republic of Austria) is a country in Central Europe, with its capital at Vienna, and is home to roughly 9.2M people.
Austro-Bavarian German is the official language; the currency in circulation is Euro (€); people from here are called Austrian.
- »Nearly two-thirds of the country is Alpine.
- »Vienna held the title of the world's most liveable city for much of the last decade.
Austria touches eight neighbours: Czechia to the north, Germany to the northwest, Hungary to the east, Italy to the south, Liechtenstein to the west, Slovakia to the east, Slovenia to the south and Switzerland to the west. Directions run from one centre to the other.
Vienna was the seat of the Habsburgs for six centuries. It still owns and runs a vast stock of social housing, which is a large part of why it repeatedly tops liveability rankings.
84,301 km² (32,549 sq mi), 113th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Azerbaijan.
Population 9,177,982, 98th of 198 on file. That averages 109 per km² (282 per sq mi).
One of the oldest national flags in use. Legend traces the red-white-red to Duke Leopold V's tunic after the siege of Acre, soaked in blood except for the band beneath his belt.