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This template creates an infobox that displays the main properties of a country in a compact form. It should be used on all county pages. Articles with this template are auto-categorized in [[:Category:Countries]].

== Parameters ==
{| class="wikitable"
! Parameter
! style="width:200px" | Description
! Status
! style="width:225px" | Default value
! Possible values
|-
| Name
| name of the country
| optional
| <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>
|
|-
| Flag
| flag of the country
| optional
| <nowiki>[[File:{{PAGENAME}}.png|330px]]</nowiki>
|
|-
| Culture
| primary culture (culture group)
| '''required'''
| ''empty''
| see: [[Culture#List_of_culture_groups]]
|-
| Capital
| capital (id)
| '''required'''
| ''empty''
| see: [[Region]]
|-
| Government
| form of [[government]]
| '''required'''
| ''empty''
| see: [[Government#Government_Types]]
|-
| Religion
| state [[religion]]
| '''required'''
| ''empty''
| see: [[Religion#Religions]]
|-
| Rank
| [[Country rank]]
| optional
| Migrant horde
| {{MultiColumn|
* Migrant horde
* City state
* Local power
* Regional power
* Major power
* Great power
|4}}
|-
| Traditions
| Military traditions
| '''required'''
| ''empty''
| {{MultiColumn|
* Arabic & Levantine
* Barbarian
* Greek
* Indian
* Italic
* North African
* Persian
|4}}
|-
| Heritage
| the country's heritage
| optional
| <nowiki>{{PAGENAME}}</nowiki>
| see: [[Heritages]]. Only add if the nation does not have a country-specific heritage
|}

== Usage ==
This table may be added by copy-pasting the template as shown below at the top of the article page.

<div style="background:#ddd; border:1px solid black; padding:0.5em 1em 0.5em 1em;">
<pre>
{{Country
| Rank=
| Government=
| Culture=
| Religion=
| Capital=
| Traditions=
}}
</pre>
</div>

== Updating this template ==
Leave a message on the [[Template_talk:Country|talk page]] or message [[User_talk:SolSys|SolSys]].

== Example ==
In the article about [[Rome]] one would write:
<pre>
{{Country
| Rank= Local power
| Government= Aristocratic Republic
| Culture= Roman (Latin)
| Religion= Hellenic
| Capital= Rome (1)
| Traditions= Latin
}}
</pre>
for the infobox on the right:
{{Country
| Name= Rome
| Flag= [[File:Rome.png|330px]]
| Rank= Local power
| Government= Aristocratic Republic
| Culture= Roman (Latin)
| Religion= Hellenic
| Capital= Rome (1)
| Traditions= Latin
| Heritage = Rome
| nocat= true
}}

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