Country metadata

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Managed reference data for 325 countries based on ISO 3166-2 standards, used for harmonization, validation, and international data interoperability.

Description

This reference data defines standardized information about 325 countries according to ISO 3166-2 standards as well as official and short country names in multiple languages. It serves as the foundational dataset for country identification and validation in address data, enabling consistent parsing, normalization, and comparison of country elements across systems. The dataset also supports hierarchical and regional relationships (for example, between countries and their administrative areas) and provides mappings to external standards or local naming conventions.

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