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[[Image:C-SimpFamily.png|right|thumb|250px|The Simpson Family]]
The '''Republic of Austria''' ([[German language|German]]: ''Republik Österreich)'' is a [[landlocked]] country in the heart of [[Central Europe|Europe]]. It borders [[Germany]] and the [[Czech Republic]] to the north, [[Slovakia]] and [[Hungary]] to the east, [[Slovenia]] and [[Italy]] to the south, and [[Switzerland]] and [[Liechtenstein]] to the west.
The '''Simpson family''' is the family featured in the [[United States]] [[animated sitcom]] ''[[The Simpsons]]''. The Simpson [[nuclear family]] consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. They live at [[742 Evergreen Terrace]] in the [[fictional town]] of [[Springfield (The Simpsons)|Springfield, USA]], and their phone number is [[A Tale of Two Springfields|(939) 555-0113]].
== Nuclear family ==
Austria is a parliamentary [[representative democracy]] consisting of nine federal states and is one of two European countries that have declared their everlasting [[neutrality]]. Austria is a member of [[UN]] and the [[European Union]]
*[[Homer Jay Simpson]], father
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*[[Marge Simpson|Marjorie "Marge" Bouvier Simpson]], mother (see also [[Bouvier family]])
*[[Bart Simpson|Bartholomew Jo-Jo "Bart" Simpson]], oldest child
*[[Lisa Simpson|Lisa Marie Simpson]], middle child
*[[Maggie Simpson|Margaret "Maggie" Simpson]], youngest child
== HistoryPets ==
The two "starring" pets are [[Santa's Little Helper]], a dog the Simpsons adopted in the show's [[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire|first episode]], and a cat named [[Snowball (The Simpsons)|Snowball II ]].
{{seesubarticle|History of Austria}}
As well, the family has been shown owning several different fish, turtles and hamsters, although none of them have names or are ever featured in a main plot; they are mainly one-off jokes or small plot details.
=== Origin of the name ===
*'''Hamsters''': In "[[Duffless]]", Lisa is shown buying a purple [[hamster]]. Later on in the episode, Bart is also shown owning a brown hamster. Lisa was also shown with a brown hamster in the episode "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]". In ''[[Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]'', Lisa's poem "Meditations on Turning Eight" includes reference to a dead hamster named Snuffy.
The [[German language|German]] name Österreich can be translated into [[English language|English]] as the "eastern realm", which is derived from the [[Old German]] ''[[Ostarrîchi]]''. The term probably originates in a [[vernacular]] translation of the [[Medieval Latin]] name for the region: ''Marchia orientalis'', which translates as "eastern border," as it was situated at the eastern edge of the [[Holy Roman Empire]], that was also mirrored in the name ''[[Ostmark]]'' applied after [[Anschluss]] to the [[Third Reich]]. Interestingly, the derivation of the Latin name from the original Old German gives rise to the use of "Aust-" for east, rather than south as in [[Classical Latin]].
*'''Fish''': The family is shown owning fish (usually [[goldfish]]) in several episodes, but various family members only mention the fish a few times, including "[[Rosebud (The Simpsons)|Rosebud]]", "[[Lisa Gets an "A"|Lisa Gets an 'A']]", "[[Little Big Mom]]" and "[[I, D'oh-Bot]]".
*'''Turtles''': In "[[Lisa on Ice]]", Homer gives Bart his turtle back. This is the last time that specific turtle is ever shown or mentioned. In "[[Don't Fear the Roofer]]", Bart has a dead turtle that he says he just found. And in "[[Treehouse of Horror XVII]]", Homer tells Bart he fell on Bart's turtle.
*'''Bullfrog''': Bart is shown with a [[bullfrog]] in a bottle in the episode "[[The Crepes of Wrath]]". He later releases a bullfrog in Australia in the episode "[[Bart vs. Australia]]".
Other animals once owned by the Simpsons are:
=== Austria and the Holy Roman Empire ===
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Cinnamon|Cinnamon]]'', a [[guinea pig]] (a childhood pet of [[Marge Simpson|Marge's)]]
[[image:Battle of Vienna.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Battle of Vienna 1683]]
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Snuffy|Snuffy]], a hamster
The territory of Austria was conquered by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] during the reign of [[Augustus]] and made a province of Rome in [[16 BC]]. Later it was conquered by [[Huns]], [[Lombard]]s, [[Ostrogoth]]s, [[Bavarii]] and [[Franks]] (in that order) until the core territory of Austria was awarded to [[Leopold I of Austria| Leopold of Babenberg]] in [[976]]. Being part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] the Babenbergs ruled and expanded Austria from the [[10th century|10th]] to the [[13th century]]. After [[Frederick II]] died in [[1246]] and left no successor, the German Emperor [[Rudolf I of Habsburg]] gave the lands to his sons marking the beginning of the line of the [[Habsburg]]s, who continued to govern Austria until the [[20th century]].
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Pinchy|Pinchy]], a [[lobster]], in ''[[Lisa Gets an "A"]]''.
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Laddie|Laddie]], a dog, in ''[[The Canine Mutiny]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Mojo|Mojo]], a [[monkey]], in ''[[Girly Edition]]''.
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Duncan .28Furious D.29|Duncan]], a horse, in ''[[Saddlesore Galactica]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Princess|Princess]], a horse, in ''[[Lisa's Pony]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Stampy|Stampy]], an [[elephant]], in ''[[Bart Gets an Elephant]]''
*[[List of animals in The Simpsons#Chirpy Boy|Chirpy Boy]] and Bart Jr., bird-eating lizards, in ''[[Bart the Mother]]''
*25 puppies from [[Santa's Little Helper]]
*''She's the Fastest'', mother of the 25 puppies
*Unknown number of puppies from breeding of [[Santa's Little Helper]] and [[Julius Hibbert|Dr. Hibbert]]'s dog
*''Bart Junior'', a frog. When [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] and [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa's]] school is [[Sex segregation|segregated]] by [[gender]], Bart says that he can go walking around with Bart Junior hanging out. He then pulls out Bart Junior the frog, who says (in the subtitles) that he thought Bart was talking about his [[penis]].
== Extended family ==
With the short exception of [[Charles VII Albert]] of Bavaria, Austrian Habsburgs held the position of German Emperor beginning in 1438 with [[Albert II of Habsburg]] until the end of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. During the [[14th century|14th]] and [[15th century]] Austria continued to expand its territory until it reached the position of a European superpower at the end of the [[15th century]] until the end of the Habsburg monarchy in [[1918]].
=== Homer's parents ===
*[[Abraham Simpson|Abraham "Abe" Simpson]], Homer's father
*[[Mona Simpson (The Simpsons)|Mona Simpson]], Homer's mother
===Herbert Modern history Powell===
[[Image:herb_powell.gif|right|200px|thumb|Herbert Powell]]
'''Herbert "Herb" Powell''' (voiced by [[Danny DeVito]]) is Homer's half-brother. He first appeared in ''[[Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?]]'', but has not been seen since the end of [[The Simpsons (season 3)|Season 3]]. But he was mentioned in the episode "[[The Heartbroke Kid]]", when Homer was listing family members who need to lose weight. He bears many resemblances to Homer, though he is less rotund, has a full head of hair, and is significantly more intelligent. Herb was the product of a short-lived affair between Homer's father, [[Abraham Simpson]], and a [[carnival]] prostitute. He was adopted by Edward Powell and his wife, and Mona insisted on concealing his existence from the young Homer. Herb worked his way through college as a janitor and other odd jobs. Eventually, Herb found his calling in life, and became a businessman. He founded Powell Motors, a car company based in [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] of which he remained CEO. Later, after Homer discovered that he had a half-brother, he sought Herb out. Herb was overjoyed to learn that he had a birth family and bonded with his nieces and nephew. Under the advice of Herb, Homer helped design a car, which failed miserably and bankrupted the company turning Herb into a street vagrant. He re-appeared in the episode ''[[Brother Can You Spare Two Dimes?]]'', and briefly settled in the Simpson household (despite his intense and continuing antipathy toward Homer). Herb borrowed a sum of money from Homer and began to develop a device that was able to analyze [[baby]] speech and translate it into comprehensible [[English language|English]]. Herb built his invention based on the observations he made of [[Maggie Simpson]] and it proved to be entirely feasible. He proceeded to mass-produce his new [[Product (business)|product]] and managed to regain his fortune.
Herb is apparently unaffected by the so-called "Simpson gene", a [[Y-chromosome]] defect that reduces the intelligence of male members of the family, as described in ''[[Lisa the Simpson]]''. This meant to prove that not all male Simpsons are affected by the defect, since Dr. Simpson says that it affects 'only' men, not all men. (However, as Homer has what is generally considered to be slightly above average intelligence when not suffering from constant, acute brain trauma caused by an [[HOMR|invasive crayon]], it seems that Homer is also unaffected by the chromosome.) This is ambiguous of whether Homer's son Bart might have been affected by the Simpson gene on not.
After the abolition of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] in [[1806]], the [[Austrian Empire|Empire of Austria]] was founded, which was transformed in [[1867]] into the double-monarchy [[Austria-Hungary]]. The empire was split into several independent states in [[1918]], after the defeat of the [[Central Powers]] in [[World War I]], with most of the German-speaking parts becoming a [[republic]]. Between [[1918]] and [[1919]] it was officially known as the Republic of German Austria (''Republik Deutschösterreich''), and then the name was changed to simply Republic of Austria. The democratic republic lasted until [[1933]] when the chancellor [[Engelbert Dollfuß]] established an autocratic regime oriented towards Italian fascism.
=== Abbie Simpson ===
Austria was annexed by [[Germany]] in [[1938]] (the ''[[Anschluß]]'') amongst popular acclaim. After the defeat of the [[Axis Power]]s, the [[Potsdam Conference|Allies occupied Austria]] at the [[end of World War II in Europe]] until [[1955]], when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral (''see also:'' [[Austrian State Treaty]]). In that year it also became a member of the [[UN]]. After the collapse of [[communism]] in [[Eastern Europe]], Austria became increasingly involved in European affairs, and in [[1995]], Austria joined the [[European Union]], and the [[Euro]] monetary system in [[1999]]. Some Conservative politicians have suggested that Austria join [[NATO]].
[[Image:SimpsonsAbbie.png|left|200px|thumb|Homer with Abbie.]]
'''Abbie''' is [[Homer Simpson]]'s English [[half-sister]] from "[[The Regina Monologues]]". She looks like a female version of Homer (or Homer in [[drag]]) and although the two act similarly she is half- [[United Kingdom|British]]. It should be noted that while she is obviously a [[biological process|biological]] Simpson (aside from her [[appearance]] and [[personality]], she was born only about a year after [[Abraham Simpson|Grampa]]'s affair with her mother) she is not officially recognized by the family and never explicitly called a Simpson; the audience is merely left with a strong indication.
=== Amber Pigal-Simpson ===
== Politics ==
'''Amber''' is Homer's 'Vegas wife' from the episode [[Viva Ned Flanders]]. Homer and [[Ned Flanders]] went to [[Las Vegas]] for a weekend, got drunk, and married two women. Ned's Vegas wife's name is '''Ginger Flanders'''. In [[Jazzy and the Pussycats]], it is revealed that she died of a drug overdose.
{{seesubarticle|Politics of Austria}}
[[image:1nationalrat.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Austrian Parliament]]
=== Frank/Francine/Mother Shabubu ===
Austria has been a federal, [[parliamentary democracy]] [[republic]] since the [[Federal Constitution (Austria)|Federal Constitution]] of [[1920]], which was again reintroduced in [[1945]] to the nine [[States of Austria|states]] of the Federal Republic. The [[head of state]] is the [[President of Austria|Federal President]], who is directly elected. The chairman of the [[Government of Austria|Federal Government]] is the [[Chancellor of Austria|Federal Chancellor]], who is appointed by the president and voted into office by the majority of the [[National Council of Austria|Nationalrat]], the National Council of Austria. The government can be recalled by a [[vote of no confidence]] in the National Council.
In the episode "[[Lisa's First Word]]", while discussing the possibility of moving from their small apartment due to lack of space because of the arrival of Lisa, Homer says that Lisa can have Bart's room, and Bart will sleep with us until he's 21. Marge asks "Wouldn't that warp him?" And Homer replies, "My cousin Frank did it, and he was fine." He then says that Frank became Francine in 1976. After this line he then says that Francine joined a cult, and that he thinks his name is 'Mother Shabubu' now.
=== Great Aunt Hortense ===
The Austrian parliament consists of two chambers. The composition of the Nationalrat is determined every four years by a free general election in which every citizen is allowed to vote to fill its 183 seats. A "Four Percent Hurdle" prevents a large splintering of the political landscape in the Nationalrat by awarding seats only to political parties that have received at least four percent of the general vote, or alternatively, have won a direct seat, or ''Direktmandat'', in one of the 43 regional election districts. The Nationalrat is the dominant chamber in the formation of legislation in Austria. However, the upper house of parliament, the [[Federal Council of Austria|Bundesrat]] has a limited right of [[veto]] (the Nationalrat can pass the respective bill a second time bypassing the Bundesrat altogether). A convention, called the ''Österreich Konvent'' [http://www.konvent.gv.at/] was convened in [[June 30]], [[2003]] to decide upon suggestions to reform the constitution.
'''Great Aunt Hortense''' is a part of only one episode ([[Bart the Fink]]), in which she dies. The Simpson family expects to inherit her estate, but instead each member is given $100 (except for [[Maggie Simpson|Maggie]]). The rest was given to [[Ann Landers]] (as stated in Hortense's will).
=== AdministrativeUncle divisionsArthur ===
'''Uncle Arthur''' is the children's uncle. Therefore, he would be either Marge or Homer's brother or cousin. However, Homer is an only child (at least, [[Herb Powell|Herb]] and Abbie are not seen regularly). It seems more likely that he is [[Marge Simpson|Marge's]] brother. She presently has only two sisters ([[Patty and Selma|Patty]] and [[Patty and Selma|Selma]]) and has only mentioned him once; but she was quite ashamed and said she would never speak of him again, which makes it more likely that he was her relative, not Homer's. Uncle Arthur is deceased. He used to have a saying, "Shoot 'em all and let God sort 'em out," until one day he put his theory into practice, and it took 75 federal marshalls to bring him down".[http://www.snpp.com/episodes/1F19.html] Another possibility is that Uncle Arthur was a great-uncle.
{{seesubarticle|States of Austria}}
=== Dr. Simpson ===
A federal republic, Austria is divided into nine [[states]], (in Austria called ''[[States of Austria|Bundesländer]]''; singular ''Bundesland''). These states are divided into [[district]]s (''[[Bezirke]]'') and [[cities]] (''Städte'') and subdivided into ''Gemeinden''.
[[Image:Simpson women.png|200px|right|thumb|The Simpson women (Dr. Simpson is third from left), a highly successful group.]]
'''Dr. Simpson''', the chief of complicated surgeries at the invasive care unit, first seen in "[[Lisa the Simpson]]". In the episode, Homer is devastated when he can't find any successful Simpson men to prove to Lisa that there is no genetic condition causing intelligence deterioration. As a last ditch effort, he grabs Dr. Simpson, who explains that the defective Simpson gene is only on the [[Y Chromosome]]. She makes a brief cameo appearance in "[[Catch 'em If You Can]]".
=== Uncle Hubert ===
[[Image:Map of the States of Austria.png|right|States of Austria]]
'''Uncle Hubert''''s funeral was attended by the family in the Tracey Ullman short, "[[The Tracey Ullman Show shorts#The Funeral|The Funeral]]".
{| border style="border-collapse:collapse"
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![[States of Austria|State]] !! [[Capital]] !! State !! Capital
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|'''1''' [[Burgenland]] ||[[Eisenstadt]] ||Burgenland ||Eisenstadt
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|'''2''' [[Carinthia|Carinthia]]||[[Klagenfurt]]||Kärnten||Klagenfurt
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|'''3''' [[Lower Austria]]||[[St. Pölten]]||Niederösterreich||St. Pölten
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|'''4''' [[Upper Austria]]||[[Linz]]||Oberösterreich||Linz
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|'''5''' [[Salzburg|Salzburg (state) ]]||[[Salzburg]]||Salzburg (Land)||Salzburg
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|'''6''' [[Styria]]||[[Graz]]||Steiermark||Graz
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|'''7''' [[Tyrol]]||[[Innsbruck]]||Tirol||Innsbruck
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|'''8''' [[Vorarlberg]]||[[Bregenz]]||Vorarlberg||Bregenz
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|'''9''' [[Vienna|Vienna (state)]]||[[Vienna]]||Wien (Land)||Wien
|}
=== GeographyUncle Tyrone ===
'''Uncle Tyrone''' is a cynical elderly Simpson relative who lives in [[Dayton, Ohio]]. Judging from his age and appearance, he is most likely Abe's brother. The family intends to visit him during his birthday in the episode "[[Catch 'em If You Can]]", but he hasn't been seen since. When the Simpsons were singing "[[Happy Birthday]]" to him he said "Why won't I die."
{{seesubarticle|Geography of Austria}}
===Cyrus Simpson===
[[Image:Au-map.png|thumb|right|360px|Map of Austria]]
[[Abraham Simpson]]'s older brother. Cyrus crashed his fighter into Tahiti in World War II's [[Pacific Theater of Operations|Pacific Theater]] during a kamikaze raid. He has 15 wives.
[[image:Oesterreich topo.png|thumb|left|250px|Topography of Austria]]
=== Orville Simpson ===
Large parts of Austria are [[mountain]]ous due to its ___location in the [[Central Eastern Alps]], which can be subdivided into the [[Tirolean Alps]], the [[High Tauern|High]] and [[Low Tauern]], [[Northern Limestone Alps]], [[Southern Limestone Alps]], and the [[Wienerwald]].
'''Orville Simpson''' is Homer's grandfather from "The Old Country", which appears to be [[Northern England]] or [[Scotland]]. He was seen in [[Much Apu About Nothing]]
=== Sven Simpson ===
Austria's territory stretches from the high mountains of the Alps in the west of the country to the low and plain fields of the East. It may be divided into 5 different areas with the biggest portion constituting the [[Alps|Austrian Alps]] with 62 percent of total Austria (Out of the total area of Austria (84,000 km²) only about a quarter can be considered low lying, and only 32 percent of the country is below 500 metres). The Austrian foothills of the [[Alps]] and the [[Carpathian Mountains|Carpathian]]s account for around 12 percent of its landmass with the foothills in the East and Austrian area around the periphery of the Pannoni [[low country]] amounting to approximately another 12 percent. The second greater mountain mass (much lower than the Alps) is situated in the North, the Austrian [[granite]] [[plateau]], located in the central mountainous area of the [[Bohemian Mass]] accounting for 10 percent of Austria and last the Austrian portion of the [[Viennese basin]] for 4 percent.
The earliest known ancestor of the family. He married Claretta Ethridge.
=== "Old Tut" Simpson ===
'''Climate''': The greater part of Austria lies in the cool/temperate climatic zone in which humid westerly winds predominate. With over half of the country dominated by the [[Alps]] the [[alpine]] cimate is the predominate one. In the East the climate shows continental features with less rain than the Western alpine areas with high rainfall averages.
Father of Orville, as shown in [[The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album]], he resembles his grandson [[Abraham Simpson| Abe]].
=== Howland Simpson ===
[[image:43grossglockner.jpg|thumb|left|220px|Großglockner]]
Mentioned in [[Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy]], acording to [[Abraham Simpson|Abe]] , invented the recipe for Simpson and Son Tonic that he and Homer sell in this episode,as a subsitute for holy water. Named in [[The Simpsons Uncensored Family Album]] . Father of "Old Tut" Simpson.
The six highest mountains in Austria are:
=== Garwood Simpson ===
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! Range
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| 1 || [[Großglockner]]
| 3.797 m || [[High Tauern]]
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| 2 || [[Wildspitze]] || 3,768 m || [[Ötztal Alps]]
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| 3 || [[Weißkugel]] || 3,739 m || [[Ötztal Alps]]
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| 4 || [[Großvenediger]] || 3,674 m || [[High Tauern]]
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| 5 || [[Similaun]] || 3,606 m || [[Ötztal Alps]]
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| 6 || [[Wiesbachhorn]] || 3,571 m || [[High Tauern]]
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|}
Father of Howland, grandfather of "Old Tut" Simpson.
== Economy ==
''Main article: [[Economy of Austria]]''
[[Image:20ec_oes.png|320px|right|frame| The [[Belvedere (palace)|Belvedere]] Palace, an example of the [[Baroque]] ]]
=== Rupert Simpson ===
Austria has a well-developed [[social market economy]] and a high [[standard of living]]. Until the 1980s many of Austria's largest industry firms were nationalized, however in recent years privatization has reduced state holdings to a level comparable to other European economies. Labour movements are particulary strong in Austria and have large influence on labour politics.
Father of Garwood, son of Sven he married Winifred Running Goat.
Especially [[Germany]] is and historically has been for a long time the main trading partner of Austria, making it vulnerable for rapid changes in the [[German economy]]. Slow growth in Germany and elsewhere in the world affected Austria, slowing its growth to 1.2% in [[2001]]. But since Austria became a member state of the [[European Union]] it has gained closer ties to other [[European Union]] economies, on the other side reducing its economic dependence on Germany. In addition, membership in the EU has drawn an influx of foreign investors attracted by Austria's access to the single European market and proximity to EU aspirant economies. Therefore estimates of growth in [[2005]] (up to 2 %) are much more favourable than in the crippling German economy.
=== Bill Simpson===
'''Agriculture''': Austrian farms, like those of other west European mountainous countries, are small and fragmented, and production is relatively expensive.
'''Bill Simpson''' is Abe's brother, apparently a [[communist]], as mentioned in [[Million Dollar Abie]].
Note: "Bill Simpson" was also the pseudonym used by Homer when he worked as a [[Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?|food critic]] for [[The Springfield Shopper#Newspapers|The Springfield Shopper]], apparently because on his typewriter, the "E" key didn't function.
'''Industry''': Although some industries, such as several iron and steel works and chemical plants, are large industrial enterprises employing thousands of people, most industrial and commercial enterprises in Austria are relatively small on an international scale.
== Other relatives ==
'''Services''': Like in other western countries, the biggest contributor to Austrias's GDP is its service sector. Most notably is [[tourism]], especially [[winter]] [[tourism]].
[[Image:Simpson men.png|right|200px|thumb|The Simpson men, a less than successful group.]]
*'''Great Uncle Chet''', the owner of an unsuccessful shrimp company (Abe's brother)
*'''2nd cousin Stanley''', who shoots birds at the airport
and a group of unnamed relatives are mentioned in the episode "[[Lisa the Simpson]]", when Homer tries to prove to Lisa that not all Simpsons are failures. Also, in the episode "[[Bonfire of the Manatees]]", Homer leaves Bart, Lisa, and Maggie with 'relatives' whose names are never revealed. They live in the country and seem well-off, but they don't physically resemble the Simpson or Bouvier families. It is revealed that they are related only because the Simpson's dog, Santa's Little Helper, is a brother of this family's dog. The Simpsons family tree, depicted in the Simpsons publication "Uncensored Family Album" has many other family members in it.
== Non-canonical ==
To meet increased competition from both EU and Central European countries, Austria will need to emphasize knowledge-based sectors of the economy, continue to deregulate the [[service sector]], and lower its tax burden.
=== [[List of one-time characters from The Simpsons#Hugo Simpson|Hugo Simpson]] ===
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=== Maggie Junior ===
See also: [[List of Austrian companies]]
'''Maggie Junior''' is Maggie's daughter in the future, in the episode "[[Bart to the Future]]". She looks exactly like Maggie normally does, even wearing the same kind of clothes.
== Demographics References==
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''Main article: [[Demographics of Austria]]''
[[image:1Canaletto-Wien-Belvedere.jpg|thumb|left|400px|[[Vienna]] during the first half of the 18th century, painting by [[Canaletto]]]]
* "The Simpsons Archive" on:
Austria's capital [[Vienna]] is one of Europe's major cities with a population exceeding 1.6 million (2 million with suburbs) and constitutes a ''meltingpot'' comparable in diversity to [[New York]] with citizens from all over Central and Eastern Europe. In contrast to this ''Metropolis'', other cities do not exceed 1 million inhabitants, in fact the second largest city [[Graz]] is home of only 305.000 people (followed by [[Linz]] with 180.000, [[Salzburg]] with 145.000 and [[Innsbruck]] with 120.000). All other cities have less than 100.000 inhabitants.
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/homer.file.html Homer]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/marge.file.html Marge]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/bart.file.html Bart]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/lisa.file.html Lisa]
** [http://www.snpp.org/guides/maggie.file.html Maggie]
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The issue of Austrian nationality and ethnicity was throughout recent centuries and remains to this day a sensitive issue and a topic of dispute. Before the end of the [[Second World War]], most of Austria's population were clearly self-identified ethnic-Germans, who considered themselves part of a larger German ''[[Volk]]'' (ethnic nation), together with the other German-speaking-populations of Europe. A strong distinct Austrian national identity has emerged since the mid-twentieth century and most Austrians now no longer identify themselves as "Germans". In modern Austria only a small minority of the population, mostly but not entirely people with conservative or far right political views, advocate a pan-German ethnic identity for German-speaking Austrians.
Austrians of German mother tongue, by far the country's largest ethnic group, form between 85% and 89% of Austria's population. Around ten percent of Austria's people are of non-Austrian descent, many from surrounding countries, especially from the former [[Eastern Bloc|East Bloc]] nations. The Austrian federal states of [[Carinthia (state)|Carinthia]] and [[Styria]] are home to a significant (indigenous) Slovenian minority with around 14,000 members (official census; inofficial numbers of Slovene organisations speak of about 40,000). So-called guest workers ''(Gastarbeiter)'' and their descendants also form an important [[minority group]] in Austria. Around 20,000 [[Hungarians]] and 30.000 [[Croatians]] live in the east-most Bundesland, [[Burgenland]]. (Formerly part of Hungary.)
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The official language, [[German language|German]], is spoken by almost all residents of the country. Austria's mountainous terrain led to the development of many distinct German dialects. All of the dialects in the country, however, belong to [[Austro-Bavarian]] groups of German dialects, with the exception of the dialect spoken in its west-most Bundesland, [[Vorarlberg]], which belongs to the group of [[Alemannic German|Alemannic]] dialects.
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There is also a distinct grammatical standard for [[Austrian language|Austrian]] German with a few differences to the German spoken in Germany.
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*[[List of cities in Austria]]
== Religion ==
73.6% of the native population identify themselves as [[Roman Catholic]], while 4.7% consider themselves [[Protestant]]. About 12% of the population does not belong to any [[church]] or religious community. Of the remaining people, about 180,000 are members of the [[Eastern Orthodox|Eastern Orthodox Church]], about 7,300 are [[Judaism|Jewish]], and around 300,000 are members of various [[Muslim]] religious communities. Prior to [[the Holocaust]], about 200,000 [[Jews]] lived in Austria.
== Austrian Culture ==
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{{Main| Culture of Austria}}
[[image:Wittgenstein2.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Ludwig Wittgenstein]]
Although Austria is a small country, its history as a world power and unique cultural environment in the heart of Europe have generated contributions to mankind in every possible field. Austria is presumably internationally best known for its musicians. It has been the birthplace of many [[Music of Austria|famous composers]] such as [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]], [[Haydn|Joseph Haydn]], [[Franz Schubert]], [[Anton Bruckner]], [[Johann Strauss, Sr.]], [[Johann Strauss, Jr.]] or [[Gustav Mahler]] as well as members of the [[Second Viennese School]] such as [[Arnold Schoenberg]], [[Anton Webern]] or [[Alban Berg]].
Conplementing its status as a land of artists, Austria has always been a country of great poets, writers and novelists. It was the home of novelists [[Arthur Schnitzler]], [[Franz Kafka]], [[Stefan Zweig]], [[Thomas Bernhard]] or [[Robert Musil]], of poets [[Georg Trakl]], [[Franz Werfel]], [[Franz Grillparzer]], [[Rainer Maria Rilke]] or [[Adalbert Stifter]]. Famous contemporary playwrights and novelists are [[Elfriede Jelinek]] and [[Peter Handke]]. Among Austrian artists and architects one can find painters [[Gustav Klimt]], [[Oskar Kokoschka]], [[Egon Schiele]] or [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]], photographer [[Inge Morath]] or architect [[Otto Wagner]].
Austria was the cradle of numerous scientists including physicists [[Ludwig Boltzmann]], [[Lise Meitner]], [[Erwin Schrödinger]], [[Ernst Mach]], [[Wolfgang Pauli]], [[Richard von Mises]] and [[Christian Doppler]], philosophers [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]] and [[Karl Popper]], biologists [[Gregor Mendel]] and [[Konrad Lorenz]] as well as mathematician [[Kurt Gödel]]. It was home to psychologists [[Sigmund Freud]], [[Alfred Adler]], [[Paul Watzlawick]] and [[Hans Asperger]], psychiatrist [[Viktor Frankl]], economists [[Joseph Schumpeter]], [[Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk]], [[Ludwig von Mises]], and [[Friedrich Hayek]] ([[Austrian School]]), and engineers such as [[Ferdinand Porsche]] and [[Siegfried Marcus]].
Although Austrians can look back with proud on their cultural past, current Austria does not stand back in art and science. Austria hosts a tremendous amount of culture, with its classical music festivals in [[Vienna]], [[Salzburg]] and [[Bregenz]], its modern artists and writers, its theatres and opera houses.
* [[List of Austrians]]
* [[Music of Austria]]
== Miscellaneous topics ==
* [[Austrian folk dancing]]
* [[Spanish Riding School]]
* [[Austrian Food]]
* [[Communications in Austria]]
* [[Transportation in Austria]]
* [[Military of Austria]]
* [[Education in Austria]]
* [[Foreign relations of Austria]]
* [[Austria/Language]]
* [[Tourism in Austria]]
* [[Stamps and postal history of Austria]]
* [[Public holidays in Austria]]
== References ==
* References and bibliography can be found in the more detailed articles linked to in this article
== External links ==
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* [http://www.acfny.org Austrian Cultural Forum New York] Cultural meeting place in Manhattan
* [http://www.answers.com/austria Answers.com] Article on Austria
* [http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/3165.htm US Department of State] Facts and Information (updated February 2005)
* [http://www.bundeskanzleramt.at/ Bundeskanzleramt.at] Website of the Federal Chancellery of Austria (German, English)
* [http://www.austria.info/ Austria.info] Official homepage of the Austrian National Tourist Office (German, English and other languages)
* [http://www.tiscover.at/ Tiscover.at] Austria travel guide
* [http://www.anytravels.com/europe/austria/ Travel Anytravels.com] Travel-Information about Austria
* [http://www.dwellan.com/documents/links_at_en.html Dwellan.com] Tourism in Austria
* [http://www.willgoto.com/categories.aspx?Destination=217&Langue=1 Willgoto Austria] Travel guide and directory
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/international/european/austria/au.html Library of Congress] Portals on the World - Austria
* [http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/au.html Cia.gov] CIA's Factbook on Austria
* [http://www.photoglobe.info/ebooks/austria/ Photoglobe.info] Country Studies - Austria Info
* [http://www.austrosearch.at/ Austrosearch] Bilingual Austrian Search engine and Directory (German, English)
* [http://peter-diem.at/default_e.htm Peter Diem] The Symbols of Austria
* [http://austria.europe-countries.com Austria in Pictures]
* [http://radio.orf.at/ Radio-ORF] Austrian Radio stations - both classical and modern music (live feed)
* [http://www.oevsv.at Amateur Radio in Austria]
* [http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Austria Earth-photography.com] Photos of Austria
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