{
  "schema": "aner.subdivision-policy/1",
  "country_overrides": {
    "ABW": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "No internal states/provinces; census districts are a separate statistical level."
    },
    "AFG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "AGO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "AIA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ALA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ALB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "AND": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ARE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ARG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ARM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ASM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ATA": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Antarctica has no national first-order administrative system; research claims are not represented as regions."
    },
    "ATF": {
      "status": "source_defined_geographic_units",
      "notes": "French Southern Territories source districts may be geographic/administrative; preserve source-defined district status."
    },
    "ATG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "AUS": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "AUT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "AZE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BDI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BEL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BEN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BES": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BFA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BGD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BGR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BHR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BHS": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BIH": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BLM": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Single French overseas collectivity; no internal first-order regions."
    },
    "BLR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BLZ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BMU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BOL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BRA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BRB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BRN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BTN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "BVT": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Uninhabited Norwegian dependency; no internal first-order administrative areas."
    },
    "BWA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CAF": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CAN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CCK": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Single external territory/local shire; no internal state/province/region level."
    },
    "CHE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CHL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CHN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CIV": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CMR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "COD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "COG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "COK": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "COL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "COM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CPV": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CRI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CUB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CUW": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "No internal states/provinces; statistical geozones are a separate level."
    },
    "CXR": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Single external territory; no internal state/province/region level."
    },
    "CYM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Six districts, including the combined Sister Islands district, from a dated OpenStreetMap snapshot."
    },
    "CYP": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "CZE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "DEU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "DJI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "DMA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "DNK": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "DOM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "DZA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ECU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "EGY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ERI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ESH": {
      "status": "source_gap",
      "notes": "No genuine internal boundaries in the pinned source. Country outline remains available; no whole-country feature is relabeled as a region."
    },
    "ESP": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "EST": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ETH": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "FIN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "FJI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "FLK": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "No internal state/province/first-order administrative tier. Stanley and Camp electoral constituencies and island geography are different levels and are not fabricated from the country outline."
    },
    "FRA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "18 first-order regions: 13 metropolitan IGN-F/geoBoundaries regions plus five overseas regions from Natural Earth. The overseas geographic units remain separately indexed countries/areas, with no fabricated internal subdivision."
    },
    "FRO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "29 current municipalities in the official Environment Agency service at retrieval. Geometry is returned in CRS84 by the authoring query; municipality_id is a source code, not ISO. Natural Earth has a single unsplit archipelago feature mislabeled Eysturoyar, which is excluded."
    },
    "FSM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GAB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GBR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Four constituent countries. Natural Earth council areas remain a separately described source level."
    },
    "GEO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GGY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Three jurisdictions in the Bailiwick: Guernsey (including its dependencies), Alderney and Sark. Jurisdiction polygons use a dated OpenStreetMap snapshot. Lower-level Guernsey parishes are separate optional source units. Ten lower-level parishes of the Guernsey jurisdiction. These do not subdivide Sark or Alderney and are explicitly additional source units below the three-jurisdiction level of the Bailiwick."
    },
    "GHA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GIB": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Undivided territory for first-order administration."
    },
    "GIN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GLP": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "This geographic unit is itself a first-order overseas region of France (available in FRA ADM1). Communes/arrondissements are lower levels and are not fabricated from the country outline."
    },
    "GMB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GNB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GNQ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GRC": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GRD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GRL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GTM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "GUF": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "This geographic unit is itself a first-order overseas region of France (available in FRA ADM1). Communes/arrondissements are lower levels and are not fabricated from the country outline."
    },
    "GUM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "19 Guam municipalities; excludes undefined water-area code 00000."
    },
    "GUY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "HKG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "HMD": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Uninhabited Australian external territory; no internal first-order administrative areas."
    },
    "HND": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "HRV": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "HTI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "HUN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "IDN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "IMN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Twenty-one local authority areas. OpenStreetMap former parish/town polygons are merged for Garff (Laxey, Lonan, Maughold) and Arbory and Rushen, following the official local-authority inventory. These are derived source boundaries, not an official cadastral certification."
    },
    "IND": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "IOT": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "No internal civil first-order administrative subdivisions represented."
    },
    "IRL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "IRN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "IRQ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ISL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ISR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ITA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "JAM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "JEY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Twelve parishes, based on a dated OpenStreetMap snapshot. Source relation IDs are join keys, not invented ISO subdivision codes."
    },
    "JOR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "JPN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KAZ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KEN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KGZ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KHM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KIR": {
      "status": "source_defined_geographic_units",
      "notes": "24 named island/local units from the source ADM2 level, including Betio, North and South Tarawa. The source ADM1 archipelago groups have no civil administrative function, so they are not presented as states/provinces. This pinned 2017 island inventory is not asserted to certify the current council count."
    },
    "KNA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KOR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "KWT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LAO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LBN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LBR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LBY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LCA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LIE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LKA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LSO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LTU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LUX": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "LVA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MAC": {
      "status": "source_defined_geographic_units",
      "notes": "Seven historical parishes and the Cotai reclamation zone. These are source-defined historical/statistical areas, not modern administrative governments or a claim that Cotai is a parish."
    },
    "MAF": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Single French overseas collectivity; no internal first-order regions."
    },
    "MAR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MCO": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "City-state, one commune; urban planning quartiers are a different level, not asserted to be states or provinces."
    },
    "MDA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MDG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MDV": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MEX": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MHL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MKD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MLI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MLT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MMR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MNE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MNG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MNP": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MOZ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MRT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MSR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MTQ": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "This geographic unit is itself a first-order overseas region of France (available in FRA ADM1). Communes/arrondissements are lower levels and are not fabricated from the country outline."
    },
    "MUS": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MWI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MYS": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "MYT": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "This geographic unit is itself a first-order overseas region of France (available in FRA ADM1). Communes/arrondissements are lower levels and are not fabricated from the country outline."
    },
    "NAM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NCL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NER": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NFK": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Single external territory; no internal state/province/region level."
    },
    "NGA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NIC": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NIU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "14 village areas from Pacific Data Hub; join keys are original geoBoundaries shapeID values, not ISO codes."
    },
    "NLD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NOR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NPL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NRU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "NZL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "OMN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PAK": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PAN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PCN": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "Undivided territory; island geography is not asserted to be a civil first-order division."
    },
    "PER": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PHL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PLW": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PNG": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "POL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PRI": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "78 municipios, the principal legal/administrative subdivisions of Puerto Rico; Census county equivalents."
    },
    "PRK": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PRT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PRY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "PSE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "16 governorates from the source ADM2 level; the ADM1 source contains only the West Bank/Gaza macroterritories and is not used as a governorate inventory. Original shapeISO values are preserved; malformed source codes use original shapeID keys, not invented ISO codes."
    },
    "PYF": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "QAT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "REU": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "This geographic unit is itself a first-order overseas region of France (available in FRA ADM1). Communes/arrondissements are lower levels and are not fabricated from the country outline."
    },
    "ROU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "RUS": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "RWA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SAU": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SDN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SEN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SGP": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SGS": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "No permanent resident population or internal first-order administrative divisions."
    },
    "SHN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SJM": {
      "status": "source_defined_geographic_units",
      "notes": "Svalbard and Jan Mayen are two separately administered Norwegian territories grouped under one statistical ISO code, SJM. These are two geographic components from the Natural Earth admin-0 map-unit source, not an assertion that they are internal states/provinces of a country."
    },
    "SLB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SLE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SLV": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SMR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SOM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SPM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SRB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SSD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "STP": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SUR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SVK": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SVN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SWE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SWZ": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SXM": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "No internal states/provinces; census districts are a separate statistical level."
    },
    "SYC": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "SYR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TCA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TCD": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TGO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "THA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TJK": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TKL": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Three atoll/village areas: Atafu, Fakaofo and Nukunonu, from a dated OpenStreetMap snapshot."
    },
    "TKM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TLS": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TON": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TTO": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TUN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TUR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "TUV": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Eight island councils, pinned 2017 OpenStreetMap source."
    },
    "TWN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "22 counties and special municipalities in the pinned 2017 OpenStreetMap source."
    },
    "TZA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "UGA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "UKR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "UMI": {
      "status": "source_defined_geographic_units",
      "notes": "Uninhabited or research/military outlying islands; source geographical island units are not asserted to be civil ADM1."
    },
    "URY": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "USA": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "UZB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "VAT": {
      "status": "not_applicable",
      "notes": "City-state without internal first-order administrative regions."
    },
    "VCT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "VEN": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "VGB": {
      "status": "source_defined_geographic_units",
      "notes": "Five named island groups in the OpenStreetMap source: Tortola, Virgin Gorda, Anegada, Jost Van Dyke and Other British Virgin Islands. These are source-defined geographic island groups, not the nine electoral districts and not asserted to be civil first-order regions."
    },
    "VIR": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "VNM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "VUT": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "WLF": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "WSM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "YEM": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ZAF": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ZMB": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    },
    "ZWE": {
      "status": "available",
      "notes": "Pinned Natural Earth source-defined state/province/region layer; country-specific administrative levels and vintages can differ. Not a certification of the latest legal subdivision inventory."
    }
  },
  "excluded_ne_codes": {
    "ABW-5150": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "AIA+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "ATA+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "ATA+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "ATC+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "AUS+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "BLM-5113": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "BVT+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "CLP+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "COL+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "CSI+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "CUW-5151": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "CYM+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "CYN+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "ESB-5132": "Additional source map unit with no internal administrative subdivision in this layer.",
    "FLK-5152": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "FRA-1442": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "FRA-2000": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "FRA-4601": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "FRA-4602": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "FRA-4603": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "FRO-1443": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "GAZ+00?": "Gaza/West Bank macroterritories are not the 16 governorates; retained only as explicitly described alternative source units if requested.",
    "GGY+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "GIB+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "GUM+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "HMD+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "IMN+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "IOA-1928": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "IOA-2652": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "IOT+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "JEY+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "KAB+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "KAS+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "KIR+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "KIR+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "MAC+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "MAF-5145": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "MCO+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "MEX+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "NFK+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "NIU-5481": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "NOR-901": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "NZL-5472": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "PCN+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "PFA+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "PGA+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "PRI-5260": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "RUS+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "SAH+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "SGS+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "SOL+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "SXM-5146": "Source feature covers the whole geographic country/area; not an internal subdivision. Real supplementary boundaries replace it where available.",
    "TUV+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "USG+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "VAT+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "VEN+99?": "Unnamed source offshore/disputed placeholder; no invented administrative name or code.",
    "VGB+00?": "Unsplit country/territory outline, not an independently mapped internal region.",
    "WEB+00?": "Gaza/West Bank macroterritories are not the 16 governorates; retained only as explicitly described alternative source units if requested.",
    "WSB-5133": "Additional source map unit with no internal administrative subdivision in this layer."
  },
  "source_unit_country_overrides": {
    "NLD-5147": "BES",
    "NLD-5148": "BES",
    "NLD-5149": "BES",
    "NOR-901": "SJM"
  },
  "policy": "A country outline is never counted as an internal region. Source-defined district/council levels are identified separately from canonical supplements. All 249 ISO geographic units have an explicit availability status; source gaps are visible."
}