Template:Country

Note: .gif images do not work with this template.

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Template: Country
Use on	Articles about countries, states, or territories
Use for	Info box
Category template applies to page	(none)

Template Parameters (See using templates).
Name	Purpose	Required?	Comment
name	name of country, state, or territory	no	Defaults to page name
map	map image	no
map2	map2 image	no
established	When was independence declared	no
dissolved	When the country dissolved	no
recognized	Is the country recognized (y or n)	no
recognitionyears	When was the country recognized (include "present" (example:1783-present))	no
flag	flag image	no
arms	Coat of arms	no
capital	Capital	no	Is automatically linked
capital-raw	Capital	no	See note A
government	Type of government	no	Is automatically linked
government-raw	Type of government	no	See note A
language	Language	no	Is automatically linked (see note B)
official	Official language	no	Is the language official? (either y or n)
king	King	no	Is automatically linked. See note C
queen	Queen	no	Is automatically linked. See note C
monarch-raw	Monarch	no	See notes A and C
governor general	Governor General	no	Is automatically linked
governor general-raw	Governor General	no	See note A
president	President	no	Is automatically linked
president-raw	President	no	See note A
chancellor	Chancellor	no	Is automatically linked
chancellor-raw	Chancellor	no	See note A
pm	Prime Minister	no	Is automatically linked
pm-raw	Prime Minister	no	See note A
chairman	Chairman	no	Is automatically linked
general secretary	General Secretary	no	Is automatically linked
governor	Governor	no	Is automatically linked
governor-raw	Governor	no	See note A
premier	Premier	no	Is automatically linked
premier-raw	Premier	no	See note A
area	Area of country	no
pop	Population	no
pop-basis	Basis of population (e.g. "2004 census")	yes	Only required if pop is supplied
gdp	GDP	no
gdp-year	GDP year	yes	Only required if gdp is supplied
gdp-pc	GDP per capita	no
currency	Currency	no
idd	International dialing code	no
tld	Internet top-level domain	no

The country infobox template is currently used for countries, states, and territories (the {{state}} template redirects to this template). However, it is possible that {{state}} may be an independent template in the future, so {{state}}, not this template, should be used for a state infobox.

The template is not especially complex (but is reasonably so), but includes a large list of optional parameters.

Many of the parameters have two alternative forms, which are explained below in note A.

Notes

A: Parameters of the form xxxx-raw are alternatives to the non-raw form. These should be used instead of the non-raw form to (a) provide links where the article name is different to the displayed name, or (b) where a link is not wanted.

For example, if the capital of a country is Washington, but the page name for that capital is Washington D.C., then you would type capital-raw=[[Washington D.C.|Washington]].

If, instead, the page name is simply Washington, then capital=Washington is all that is needed, and will automatically be linked.

If both non-raw and raw forms are supplied, the non-raw form will be ignored.

B: The language field is automatically linked to an article named "<language> language".

C: Both the king and queen parameters display as a Monarch row, but prepend "King" or "Queen" to the name of the monarch. If neither is required, use the monarch-raw parameter.

Full code

{{Country
|name           =
|map	        =
|flag	        =
|arms	        =
|capital	=
|capital-raw	=
|government	=
|government-raw	=
|language	=
|king	        =
|queen	        =
|monarch-raw	=
|governor general=
|governor general-raw=
|president	=
|president-raw	=
|chancellor	=
|chancellor-raw	=
|pm	        =
|pm-raw	        =
|chairman       =
|general secretary=
|governor       =
|governor-raw   =
|premier        =
|premier-raw    =
|area	        =
|pop	        =
|pop-basis	=
|gdp	        =
|gdp-year	=
|gdp-pc	        =
|currency	=
|idd		=
|tld            =
}}