Austria

Officially the Republic of Austria.

Climate: continental weather systems predominate; temperatures and rainfall vary with altitude; temperate, cloudy, cold winters with frequent rain in lowlands and snow in mountains; cool summers with occasional showers.

Population: 7,795,786

Languages: Of native-born population, 99 percent German are speaking with small minorities speaking Serbo-Croatian or Slovenian

Capital: Vienna

Constitution: 1920, revised in 1929