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Austria is a federal republic state with a parliamentary democracy, which has 9 independent federal regions. Austria is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The federal legislation is exercised by the national council(Nationalrat) together with he upper House of Parliament(Bundesrat)- the two chambers of parliament. Austria is a member of the European Union the United Nations as well as most UN organizations. Of the approximately 8,8 million inhabitants of Austria, 98% speak German. About 74% of Austrians are Roman Catholic, 5% are Protestant, and the rest belong to other faiths.