austria was ruled by martial law
the border between austria and the kingdom of serbs croats and slovenes later yugoslavia was settled with the carinthian plebiscite in october 1920 and allocated the major part of the territory of the former austrohungarian crownland of carinthia to austria
 the constitutional court verfassungsgerichtshof exerts considerable influence on the political system because of its power to invalidate legislation and ordinances that are not in compliance with the constitution