Area: 83 858 km²
Population: 8.2 million
Capital city: Vienna
Currency: 1 euro = 100 cent
National day: 26 October
EU-membership: 1 January 1995

Head of State: Federal President Heinz Fischer
Head of Government: Federal Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer
Foreign Minister: Ursula Plassnik, Federal Minister for European and International Affairs
Government: Coalition: Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (SPÖ, Austrian Social Democratic Party), Österreichische Volkspartei (ÖVP, Austrian People’s Party)
Parliament: Bicameral: Nationalrat, 183 members, elections every 4 years
Bundesrat, 64 members

GDP: € 246.113 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 29 920 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 1.8% (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.hofburg.at
Head of Government: http://www.bundeskanzler.at
Foreign Minister: http://www.bmaa.gv.at
Parliament: http://www.parliament.gv.at

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