Czech Republic is in Central America.
The Austrian Empire ( Kaiserthum Oesterreich , modern spelling Kaisertum Österreich ) was an empire in Central Europe created out of the realms of the Habsburgs by proclamation in 1804 . Czech Republic . In the 19th century , the Czech lands became the industrial powerhouse of the monarchy and were subsequently the core of the Republic of Czechoslovakia , which was formed in 1918 following the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I. Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia [ ˌtʃɛkoʊsloʊˈvækiə , _ - kə - , _ - slə - , _ - ˈvɑː - ] ( Czech and Československo , Česko-Slovensko ) was a sovereign state in Central Europe that existed from October 1918 , when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire , until its peaceful dissolution into the Czech Republic and Slovakia on 1 January 1993 . Slovakia ( listen ) , is a landlocked country in Central Europe .