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The vegetation changes according to the climate: the lower regions are densely wooded, with fir predominating above 488m (1,600ft) and giving way to larch and stone-pine beyond 1,219m (4,000ft); the Alpine foothills consist predominantly of arable land and grassland (above 610m/2,000ft). The Pannonian region is characterised by scrub and heathland.
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Austria's political landscape has undergone turmoil in recent years, much of it centred on extreme right-wing populist Jorg Haider, whose Freedom Party (FPO) entered government in 2000. That prompted a furious reaction abroad, including diplomatic sanctions, yet the government survived until 2002, before an internal feud brought the administration down. The following election saw the collapse of the Freiheitlichen vote to just 10% but Haider's Chancellor Schüssel was unable to negotiate an alliance with either of the other two main parties.
In early 2003, the People's Party agreed to form a government with the Freedom Party, which then disbanded when Haider set up the Alliance for the Future of Austria (BZO). The People's Party was narrowly defeated in the October 2006 general elections by the centre-left Social Democrats. After much wrangling, the two parties formed a coalition, and the government was inaugurated in January 2007.
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