{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.state","code":"thing-q7275","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q7275/","name":"state","alternateNames":["island country","realm","country of origin","ecclesiastical principality","Civitas foederata","Small Island Developing States","state in the Holy Roman Empire","Zemlja (feudal Bosnia)","Pictland","personal union","Emirate","taifa"],"kind":"thing","status":"published","version":"0.2.0-wave.1","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.PLC"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"An organised political community with a population, territory and system of government, encompassing sovereign states and constituent or federated states within a larger state; sovereign states are subjects of international law, while constituent or federated states need not have independent capacity to enter into relations with other states.","purpose":"Let an agent handle states by recognition, territory, government, population and identifiers, and describe disputed statehood neutrally.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Population, territory, government and capacity for international relations are the Montevideo criteria for sovereign statehood, while constituent or federated states need not have independent capacity for international relations.","Recognition by other states varies.","Sovereign states differ from constituent states of federations.","Historical states no longer exist but remain in records."],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"identity","name":"Identity","description":"Which state.","layers":[{"id":"names","name":"Names and codes","description":"Official names.","findings":[{"id":"names-finding","name":"Identity","description":"Names and codes.","questions":[{"text":"What are its official names and ISO codes?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Has its name changed?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"type","name":"Type","description":"Sovereign or federated.","findings":[{"id":"type-finding","name":"Type","description":"Kind of state.","questions":[{"text":"Is it sovereign, federated or historical?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Of which federation, if federated?","kind":"definition"}]}]}]},{"id":"recognition","name":"Recognition","description":"International standing.","layers":[{"id":"status","name":"Status","description":"UN membership and recognition.","findings":[{"id":"status-finding","name":"Recognition","description":"Recognition status.","questions":[{"text":"Is it a UN member, and which states recognise it?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is its status disputed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"treaties","name":"Treaties","description":"Obligations.","findings":[{"id":"treaties-finding","name":"Treaties","description":"Treaty membership.","questions":[{"text":"Which major treaties has it ratified?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which organisations does it belong to?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"territory-and-people","name":"Territory and people","description":"Land and population.","layers":[{"id":"territory","name":"Territory","description":"Area and borders.","findings":[{"id":"territory-finding","name":"Territory","description":"Territory and disputes.","questions":[{"text":"What territory does it control and claim?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"Which borders are disputed?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"population","name":"Population","description":"Census data.","findings":[{"id":"population-finding","name":"Population","description":"Population data.","questions":[{"text":"What is its population, according to which source and year?","kind":"measurement"},{"text":"How is it changing?","kind":"measurement"}]}]}]},{"id":"governance","name":"Governance","description":"Government and law.","layers":[{"id":"system","name":"System","description":"Form of government.","findings":[{"id":"system-finding","name":"System","description":"Constitutional system.","questions":[{"text":"What is its system of government?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Who is head of state and of government?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"neutrality","name":"Neutrality","description":"Describing disputes.","findings":[{"id":"neutrality-finding","name":"Neutrality","description":"Neutral handling.","questions":[{"text":"Is the description neutral on disputed issues?","kind":"boundary"},{"text":"Are alternative names noted?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Report a state's name, capital, government and recognition status from official sources.","Note where recognition or borders are disputed."],"mustNot":["Take a side in disputed sovereignty or borders without noting the dispute.","Impersonate a state's institutions or officials.","Spread propaganda on behalf of any state.","Help anyone evade a state's sanctions or laws."],"requiresHuman":["Making representations to a state on a person's behalf."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["States hold coercive power over people; accurate information supports accountability.","Borders and recognition disputes involve real conflicts."],"affectedParties":["Citizens and residents","Stateless people","Neighbouring states"]},"owners":{"steward":"Its people under its constitution; its government acts for it.","roles":[],"masterSystems":["International membership and recognition records"]},"relations":[{"target":"Q1048835","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q155076","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q1896989","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q96196009","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"government","type":"related","note":"institutions"},{"target":"head of state","type":"related","note":"office"},{"target":"subject of international law","type":"parent","note":"status"},{"target":"state as condition","type":"related","note":"a homonym"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.state","Wikidata: Q7275 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275)","ISO 3166-1 code: two or three letters country codes","UN M49 code: three digits statistical codes"]},"properties":{"applicability":"required","items":["Territorial area:  square kilometres - Area is calculated from a dated boundary dataset with explicit treatment of inland waters and disputed territory.","Land boundary length:  kilometres - Boundary length is measured along mapped territorial limits with the dataset resolution and treatment of disputed boundaries stated."]},"recognition":{"applicability":"required","items":["Country codes and flags","Membership of the United Nations","Island countries, realms and historic principalities are forms of state","Territory on maps, flags, government institutions and borders."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["recognise it, as other states may","join international organisations","enter treaties","identify it, by country codes"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Taking sides on disputed recognition","Outdated names and borders","Confusing sovereign and federated states"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Montevideo Convention (1933)","UN Charter","ISO 3166"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Organising political authority over territory and people.","sovereign states","federated states","small island developing states","historical states and principalities","states with limited recognition"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q7275: state","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7275","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: State (polity)","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_%28polity%29","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should states be instances with ISO codes and recognition data?","How should disputed territories be shown neutrally?","How should historical states be linked to successors?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q7275/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q7275/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-11T05:35:33Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"filled","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-08T19:05:26+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; review by codex: pass"},"score":1.0}}