Climate
Cloudy continental conditions bring cold winters, with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in the mountains. Summers are moderate and occasionally bring showers.
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People and society
Austrian, German, Bosnian and Herzegovinian, Turkish, Serbian, and Romanian people live alongside others. German, Turkish, Serbian, Croatian, Slovene, and Hungarian are spoken, with German official nationwide, Croatian official in Burgenland, Slovene official in southern Carinthia, and Hungarian official in Burgenland.
People identify as Roman Catholic, Muslim, Orthodox, Evangelical Christian, or Jewish, while others have other affiliations or none. People live in urban areas, with denser population in the northern and eastern portions.
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Government
A federal parliamentary republic, Austria uses a civil law system. Its Constitutional Court reviews legislative acts. The constitution was latest adopted 1 October 1920 and reinstated 1 May 1945. National Day commemorates passage of the law on permanent neutrality and falls on 26 October (1955).
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