States of Austria
... both terms. Federalism and state competences Each Austrian state has an elected legislature, the Landtag ... constitution, among other things, determines how the seats in the state government are assigned to ... the election of a particular candidate. However, Austrian federalism is usually considered largely notional, as ... to be built below the Semmering. Still, Austrian Länder are formally and practically endowed with ... to consider themselves, for instance, Tyrolean first, Austrian second. Geography The nine states of ...
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