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This book consists of articles from Wikia or other free sources online. Pages: 81. Chapters: Race Colonies, Austria, Black Belt Socialist Republic, Bulgaria, Canada, Confederate States, Congaree Socialist Republic, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Florida, Free France, Georgia, Greece, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Lombard, Manchukuo, Rhode Island, Spain, United States of America, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Algeria, Andorra, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Belize, Benin, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, Halless 1, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Korea, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Manchukuo, Mengjiang, Mexico, Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, North Africa, Palestine, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Rabotev 2, Race Colonies on Tosev 3, Republic of the Congo, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, South America, Spain, Spanish Morocco, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Tibet, Tonga, Turkey, Venezuela, Western Sahara, Zambia, Zimbabwe. Excerpt: The Republic of Austria is a German-speaking parliamentary democracy in southeastern Europe. Catholicism is its major religion. Under the rule of the House of Hapsburg, Austria was the nucleus of a substantial land-empire from the fifteenth century through the early 20th century. Using a mixture of marriage, heriditary right, and conquest, Austria absorbed territories, provinces, and whole countries, most notably Hungary. Prussia arose in the eighteenth century to challenge Austria's role as pre-eminient German state. Throughout the 19th century, Austria's influence began to wain, especially as the modern German state emerged, built around Prussia. A critical step in the unification of Germany was Austria's defeat at the hands of Prussia. Concurrently, Austria agreed to a...
