Austria

Austria, officially Republic of Austria, is a country in central Europe. Vienna is its capital city. Its Surface area is 83,859 sq km. Euro is its currency. Its official language is German. There are nine federated states in the country.

It is a country of every variety of surface and scenery. The country is inhabited by peoples of different races and nationalities, speaking different languages, as many as 20.

The country was dominated by the Habsburg family from the early Middle Ages. It became the centre of a massive central European empire that lasted until 1918. It was composed of 50 different states, 5 of them kingdoms. In 1938, it was incorporated within the Nazi Reich. It was occupied by the Allies in the World War II. It regained its sovereignty in 1955. Austria entered into the European Union after approval in the referendum of 1994.