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federal state of Austria

vr.tr.federal-state-of-austria · PHY.PLC

Let an agent explain the federal states of Austria, relay their number, powers, institutions and role from constitutional and statistical sources, note that individual states are instances, and distinguish them from districts and municipalities, German Bundeslander, Swiss cantons and statistical regions.

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Purpose and description

Let an agent explain the federal states of Austria, relay their number, powers, institutions and role from constitutional and statistical sources, note that individual states are instances, and distinguish them from districts and municipalities, German Bundeslander, Swiss cantons and statistical regions.

Any of the nine federated states of Austria, the Bundeslander, which are the first-level administrative divisions of the federal Republic of Austria, including Vienna, which is both a state and a city, Lower and Upper Austria, Styria, Tyrol, Carinthia, Salzburg, Vorarlberg and Burgenland; each has its own constitution, elected legislature or Landtag and government, with powers shared with the federal level, and they also serve as NUTS statistical regions. This entry covers the category, and individual states are instances.

What it is for: First-level federal divisions of Austria.

It can be explain the number and powers; relay institutions; note individual states as instances; distinguish related units.

Distinguishing features

Nine states

Own constitutions and Landtage

Vienna dual status

Federal system

What it looks like

Not a physical object; shown on maps of Austria.

Physical character

number: 9 count

Vienna: both a state and a city note

registry parents: federated state, first-level administrative division note

How it is recognised

Federated state of Austria

Bundesland of Austria

Districts and municipalities are lower tiers; German Bundeslander are in Germany; Swiss cantons are Swiss; NUTS regions are statistical

Related models

is a kind of - in registry terms

federated state

is part of -

Austria

is contrasted with -

states of Germany

is contrasted with -

cantons of Switzerland

In practice

Families and kinds

the nine Bundeslander

Standards and regulation

Austrian Federal Constitution

NUTS statistical classification

ISO 3166-2:AT

Failure modes and hazards

Treating individual states as the category

Confusing Austrian and German Bundeslander

Confusing states and districts

Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Understand What a federal state of Austria is.

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

Definition

Definition.

  1. What is a federal state of Austria, and how does it differ from districts and municipalities, German Bundeslander, Swiss cantons and NUTS regions? definition
  2. Is the question about the category or a specific state? boundary

States

The nine states.

States

States.

  1. What are the nine Austrian Bundeslander, and why is Vienna special? definition
  2. Which entry fits the specific state? action
Structure Structure.

Regulation.

Powers

Powers.

Powers

Powers.

  1. What powers do Austrian states hold under the federal constitution? provenance
  2. Which references are standard? provenance

Institutions

State institutions.

Institutions

Institutions.

  1. How do the Landtag and state government work? provenance
  2. Which sources are cited? provenance
Federalism Federalism.

Regulation.

Federal

Federal system.

Federal

Federal.

  1. How are powers shared between the states and the federal level? provenance
  2. Which entry fits federalism in Austria? action

Vienna

Vienna dual status.

Vienna

Vienna.

  1. Why is Vienna both a state and a city? provenance
  2. Is the information accurate? boundary
Context Statistics.

Regulation.

NUTS

Statistical regions.

NUTS

NUTS.

  1. How do the states serve as NUTS statistical regions? provenance
  2. Which entry fits NUTS? action

Codes

ISO codes.

Codes

Codes.

  1. How are the states coded in ISO 3166-2:AT? provenance
  2. Is the information current? boundary

What the second pass must settle

  • Should individual states be instance entries?
  • How should state constitutions be linked?
  • How should NUTS regions be documented?