| Name: | Austria (Republic of Austria) |
| Local name (German): | Österreich (Republik Österreich) |
| Bordering countries: | Italy, Slovenia, Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia, Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 83.9 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 8 188 ths. |
| Capital: | Vienna (Wien) |
| Official language: | German |
| Administrative divisions: | 9 federal states |