Class Geography.Countries.Country

Description

Country

Variable name
Variable aka

string Geography.Countries.Country.name
array(string) Geography.Countries.Country.aka

Description

Country name and also-known-as, if any

Variable fips10

string|zero Geography.Countries.Country.fips10

Description

FIPS 10-character code; "Federal Information Processing Standards 10-4" etc, previously used by some goverments in the US.

Note

This character code is slightly different from iso2, and should only be used for compatibility with old code.

Deprecated

Replaced by iso2.

FIPS 10-4 was withdrawn by NIST 2008-09-02.

Variable former

int Geography.Countries.Country.former

Description

Flag that is set if this country doesn't exist anymore. (eg USSR.)

Variable iso2

string|zero Geography.Countries.Country.iso2

Description

ISO-3166-1 2-character code aka domain name.

Note

May be zero in some obscure cases where the ISO-3166-1 grouping differs from the FIPS-10 grouping.