Austria
The status of South Tyrol was a lingering problem between Austria and Italy until it was officially settled by the 1980s with a great degree of autonomy being granted to it by the Italian national government. Between 1918 and 1919, Austria was known as the State of German Austria (). Not only did the Entente powers forbid German Austria to unite with Germany, but they also rejected the name German Austria in the peace treaty to be signed; it was, therefore, changed to Republic of Austria in late 1919.
States of the Weimar Republic
After the "Anschluss" ("union") with Germany, Austria , renamed Ostmark, became the first of a new type of administrative subdivision called a "Reichsgau" (not to be confused with Nazi Party "Gaue"). Austria's last pre-war chancellor Arthur Seyss-Inquart became its first "Reichsstatthalter". However, with the promulgation of the "Ostmarkgesetz" on 1 May 1939, the former States of Austria were reorganized into seven new "Reichsgaue", each under the rule of a government official holding the dual offices of "Reichsstatthalter" (governor) and "Gauleiter" (Nazi Party leader). Generally, these positions were occupied by the last state premier.