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country

vr.tr.country · PHY.PLC

Let an agent handle countries by name, status, codes, government and data, neutrally, including disputed status.

Thing Registry Physical world and living systems

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle countries by name, status, codes, government and data, neutrally, including disputed status.

A distinct territorial and political entity, usually a sovereign state with its own government, population and borders, though the word also covers constituent countries and territories with disputed or limited recognition.

What it is for: A basic unit of political geography, law and statistics.

It can be look up official names and codes; find capital, population and government; check recognition status; compare statistics.

Distinguishing features

Territory, population and government

Sovereign or constituent

Recognition can be disputed

Identified by ISO codes

What it looks like

Territories on maps with borders, flags and institutions.

How it is recognised

Official name and ISO code

UN membership or other status

Constituent countries such as those of the UK

Related models

is a kind of - category

political territorial entity

has - institutions

government and capital

is divided into - subdivisions

administrative territorial entity

is identified by - codes

ISO 3166-1

In practice

Families and kinds

sovereign states

constituent countries

states with limited recognition

dependent territories

historical states

Identifiers

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2, alpha-3 and numeric codes countries

M49 UN statistical code countries and areas

Standards and regulation

UN Charter

Montevideo Convention criteria (widely cited)

ISO 3166

Failure modes and hazards

Taking sides on disputed status

Outdated names or codes

Mixing sovereign and constituent countries

Also called

great homelanddivided territorypetrostatereal unionvictorious countrynewly independent statenonaligned countrywar-devastated countryequatorial countrySikh statetranscontinental countrydeveloped countrycountry of productionThe Free Republic of AlcatrazThe Princedom of AysellantRepublic of CorterraMotherlandElectrostatecountry at time of eventpresent day countrycountry sometimes considered transcontinentallow-income countrysick man of Europemegadiverse countryconstituent countrydeveloping countrycontinental countrylow-wage countrySick man of AsiaGlobally Embargoed CountriesFrench-speaking countryperiphery countryprotecting powerMediterranean countrycore countryShinkokuhigh-income countryautonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmarkbanana producing countriessemi-periphery countries

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.country-location

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Identity Which country.

Names and codes.

Name

Official and common.

Name

Country identity.

  1. What are the official and common names? provenance
  2. What is its ISO code? provenance

Status

Sovereign or not.

Status

Status.

  1. Is it a sovereign state, constituent country or territory? definition
  2. Is its status disputed? boundary
Facts Basic data.

Data needs sources.

Population

People.

Population

Population.

  1. What is its population, according to which source and year? measurement
  2. What is its area? measurement

Government

System.

Government

Government.

  1. What is its system of government? provenance
  2. Who is the head of state? provenance
Geography Place.

Geography frames the country.

Location

Region.

Location

Location.

  1. Where is it, and which countries border it? definition
  2. What is its capital? provenance

Subdivisions

Regions.

Subdivisions

Subdivisions.

  1. How is it divided administratively? provenance
  2. Which codes apply? provenance
Neutrality Disputes.

Recognition is contested in places.

Recognition

Status.

Recognition

Recognition.

  1. Which states recognise it? provenance
  2. Are positions attributed neutrally? boundary

Borders

Disputes.

Borders

Border disputes.

  1. Are any borders disputed? boundary
  2. How should maps note that? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should countries be instances with ISO codes?
  • How should disputed status be represented?
  • How should historical states be linked?
Draft as JSON