!!!Bundesstaat Federal State (Bundesstaat): Austria is a Federal State (in accordance with Article 2 of the Federal Constitutional Law) and is composed of nine Federal Provinces according to the Principle of Federalism . Legislative and executive powers are shared by the Federal Government and the Federal Provinces; judicial powers are reserved to the Federal level. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Bundesstaat|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]