All data included as good ol' ruby code. Example:
module WorldLite
c = Country.new
c.name = 'Austria'
c.key = 'at'
c.alpah2 = 'AT' # iso two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2)
c.alpha3 = 'AUT' # iso three-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-3)
c.fifa = 'AUT' # football country code (fifa = Fédération Internationale de Football Association)
c.ioc = 'AUT' # olympics country code (ioc = International Olympic Committee)
c.net = 'at' # internet top level domain
c.motor = 'A' # motor vehicle license plate code
c.num3 = '040' # iso numeric three-digits code as string (ISO 3166-1 numeric)
c.num = 40 # iso numeric code as number
c.continent_name = 'Europe'
c.un = true # United Nations member? -- 193 member countries
c.eu = true # European Union member? -- 27 member countries
c.euro = true # Euro Zone member? -- 17 member countries
c.wikipedia = 'Austria' # e.g. see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria
c.wikidata = 40 # e.g. see wikidata.org/wiki/Q40
c.factbook = 'au' # e.g. see www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/au.html
AT = c
WORLD << AT
WORLD_UN << AT
WORLD_ISO << AT
WORLD_FIFA << AT
EUROPE << AT
EUROPE_EU << AT
EUROPE_EURO << AT
end # module WorldLite
(Source: worldlite/europe/at-austria.rb)
Use like:
>> require 'worldlite'
>> include WorldLite
>> WORLD.size
=> 245
>> WORLD_UN.size
=> 193
>> WORLD_G20.size
=> 20
>> WORLD_COMMONWEALTH.size
=> 54
>> WORLD_FIFA.size
=> 243
>> WORLD_WTO.size
=> 157
>> WORLD_OECD.size
=> 34
>> EUROPE.size
=> 51
>> EUROPE_UEFA.size
=> 54
>> EUROPE_EU.size
=> 27
>> EUROPE_EURO.size
=> 17
>> AT.class.name
=> WorldLite::Country
>> AT.name # get name for country AT
=> Austria
>> AT.continent_name
=> Europe
>> AT.alpha3
=> AUT
>> AT.slug
=> austria
>> AT.un?
=> true
>> AT.fifa?
=> true
>> AT.g20?
=> false
>> AT.eu?
=> true
>> AT.euro?
=> true
>> AT.wikpedia
=> Austria
>> AT.wikidata
=> 40
>> AT.wikpedia_url
=> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria
>> AT.wikidata_url
=> http://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40
>> AT.factbook
=> au
>> AT.factbook_url
=> http://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/au.html
>> require 'factbook'
>> page = Factbook::Page.new( AT.factbook ) ## will fetch and parse data from online World Factbook
>> page.data['geo']['location']['text']
=> Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia
>> page.data['geo']['land_boundaries']['border_countries']
=> Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km
>> page.data['geo']['elevation_extremes']['lowest_point']
=> Neusiedler See 115 m
>> page.data['comm']['telephones_mobile_cellular']['text']
=> 13.023 million (2011)
>> page.data['comm']['internet_hosts']['text']
=> 3.512 million (2012)
>> pp page.data
{
"intro": {
"background": {
"text": "Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire,
Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War ..."
}
},
"geo": {
"location": {
"text": "Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia"
},
"geographic_coordinates": {
"text": "47 20 N, 13 20 E"
},
"map_references": {
"text": "Europe"
},
"area": {
"total": "83,871 sq km",
"land": "82,445 sq km",
"water": "1,426 sq km"
},
"area_comparative": {
"text": "slightly smaller than Maine"
},
"land_boundaries": {
"total": "2,562 km",
"border_countries": "Czech Republic 362 km, Germany 784 km, Hungary 366 km, Italy 430 km, Liechtenstein 35 km, Slovakia 91 km, Slovenia 330 km, Switzerland 164 km"
},
"coastline": {
"text": "0 km (landlocked)"
},
"maritime_claims": {
"text": "none (landlocked)"
},
"climate": {
"text": "temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers"
},
"terrain": {
"text": "in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping"
},
"elevation_extremes": {
"lowest_point": "Neusiedler See 115 m",
"highest_point": "Grossglockner 3,798 m"
},
"natural_resources": {
"text": "oil, coal, lignite, timber, iron ore, copper, zinc, antimony, magnesite, tungsten, graphite, salt, hydropower"
},
...
1:
eu European Union (?)
49:
al Albania (ALB)
ad Andorra (AND)
am Armenia (ARM)
at Austria (AUT)
az Azerbaijan (AZE)
by Belarus (BLR)
be Belgium (BEL)
ba Bosnia and Herzegovina (BIH)
bg Bulgaria (BGR)
hr Croatia (HRV)
cy Cyprus (CYP)
cz Czech Republic (CZE)
dk Denmark (DNK)
ee Estonia (EST)
fi Finland (FIN)
fr France (FRA)
ge Georgia (GEO)
de Germany (DEU)
gb Great Britain (GBR)
gr Greece (GRC)
hu Hungary (HUN)
is Iceland (ISL)
ie Irland (IRL)
it Italy (ITA)
lv Latvija (LVA)
li Liechtenstein (LIE)
lt Lithuania (LTU)
lu Luxembourg (LUX)
mk Macedonia (MKD)
mt Malta (MLT)
md Moldova (MDA)
mc Monaco (MCO)
me Montenegro (MNE)
nl Netherlands (NLD)
no Norway (NOR)
pl Poland (POL)
pt Portugal (PRT)
ro Romania (ROU)
ru Russia (RUS)
sm San Marino (SMR)
rs Serbia (SRB)
sk Slovakia (SVK)
si Slovenia (SVN)
es Spain (ESP)
se Sweden (SWE)
ch Switzerland (CHE)
tr Turkey (TUR)
ua Ukraine (UKR)
va Vatican City (VAT)
10:
en England (?)
fo Faroe Islands (FRO)
gi Gibraltar (GIB)
gg Guernsey (GGY)
im Isle of Man (IMN)
je Jersey (JEY)
nd Northern Ireland (?)
sc Scotland (?)
wa Wales (?)
ax Åland Islands (ALA)
12:
ar Argentina (ARG)
bo Bolivia (BOL)
br Brazil (BRA)
cl Chile (CHL)
co Colombia (COL)
ec Ecuador (ECU)
gy Guyana (GUY)
py Paraguay (PRY)
pe Peru (PER)
sr Suriname (SUR)
uy Uruguay (URY)
ve Venezuela (VEN)
4:
fk Falkland Islands (FLK)
gf French Guiana (GUF)
sh Saint Helena (SHN)
gs South Georgia and South Sandwich (SGS)
3:
ca Canada (CAN)
mx México (MEX)
us United States (USA)
2:
gl Greenland (GRL)
pm Saint Pierre and Miquelon (SPM)
7:
bz Belize (BLZ)
cr Costa Rica (CRI)
sv El Salvador (SLV)
gt Guatemala (GTM)
hn Honduras (HND)
ni Nicaragua (NIC)
pa Panamá (PAN)
13:
ag Antigua and Barbuda (ATG)
bs Bahamas (BHS)
bb Barbados (BRB)
cu Cuba (CUB)
dm Dominica (DMA)
do Dominican Republic (DOM)
gd Grenada (GRD)
ht Haiti (HTI)
jm Jamaica (JAM)
kn Saint Kitts and Nevis (KNA)
lc Saint Lucia (LCA)
vc Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VCT)
tt Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)
14:
ai Anguilla (AIA)
aw Aruba (ABW)
bm Bermuda (BMU)
vg British Virgin Islands (VGB)
ky Cayman Islands (CYM)
cw Curaçao (CUW)
gp Guadeloupe (GPE)
mq Martinique (MTQ)
ms Montserrat (MSR)
pr Puerto Rico (PUR)
bl Saint Barthélemy (BLM)
mf Saint Martin (French) (MAF)
tc Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)
vi United States Virgin Islands (VIR)
54:
dz Algeria (DZA)
ao Angola (AGO)
bj Benin (BEN)
bw Botswana (BWA)
bf Burkina Faso (BFA)
bi Burundi (BDI)
cm Cameroon (CMR)
cv Cape Verde (CPV)
cf Central African Republic (CAF)
td Chad (TCD)
km Comoros (COM)
cg Congo (COG)
cd Congo DR (COD)
ci Côte d'Ivoire (CIV)
dj Djibouti (DJI)
eg Egypt (EGY)
gq Equatorial Guinea (GNQ)
er Eritrea (ERI)
et Ethiopia (ETH)
ga Gabon (GAB)
gm Gambia (GMB)
gh Ghana (GHA)
gn Guinea (GIN)
gw Guinea-Bissau (GNB)
ke Kenya (KEN)
ls Lesotho (LSO)
lr Liberia (LBR)
ly Libya (LBY)
mg Madagascar (MDG)
mw Malawi (MWI)
ml Mali (MLI)
mr Mauritania (MRT)
mu Mauritius (MUS)
ma Morocco (MAR)
mz Mozambique (MOZ)
na Namibia (NAM)
ne Niger (NER)
ng Nigeria (NGA)
rw Rwanda (RWA)
sn Senegal (SEN)
yc Seychelles (SYC)
sl Sierra Leone (SLE)
so Somalia (SOM)
za South Africa (ZAF)
ss South Sudan (SSD)
sd Sudan (SDN)
sz Swaziland (SWZ)
st São Tomé and Príncipe (STP)
tz Tanzania (TZA)
tg Togo (TGO)
tn Tunisia (TUN)
ug Uganda (UGA)
zm Zambia (ZMB)
zw Zimbabwe (ZWE)
2:
yt Mayotte (MYT)
re Réunion (REU)
14:
bh Bahrain (BHR)
ir Iran (IRN)
iq Iraq (IRQ)
il Israel (ISR)
jo Jordan (JOR)
kw Kuwait (KWT)
lb Lebanon (LBN)
om Oman (OMN)
ps Palestine (PSE)
qa Qatar (QAT)
sa Saudi Arabia (SAU)
sy Syria (SYR)
ae United Arab Emirates (ARE)
ye Yemen (YEM)
30:
af Afghanistan (AFG)
bd Bangladesh (BGD)
bt Bhutan (BTN)
bn Brunei (BRN)
kh Cambodia (KHM)
cn China (CHN)
in India (IND)
id Indonesia (IDN)
jp Japan (JPN)
kz Kazakhstan (KAZ)
kg Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)
la Laos (LAO)
my Malaysia (MYS)
mv Maldives (MDV)
mn Mongolia (MNG)
mm Myanmar (MMR)
np Nepal (NPL)
kp North Korea (PRK)
pk Pakistan (PAK)
ph Philippines (PHL)
sg Singapore (SGB)
kr South Korea (KOR)
lk Sri Lanka (LKA)
tw Taiwan (TWN)
tj Tajikistan (TJK)
th Thailand (THA)
tl Timor-Leste (TLS)
tm Turkmenistan (TKM)
uz Uzbekistan (UZB)
vn Vietnam (VNM)
5:
io British Indian Ocean Territory (IOT)
cx Christmas Island (CXR)
cc Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CCK)
hk Hong Kong (HKG)
mo Macau (MAC)
14:
au Australia (AUS)
fj Fiji (FJI)
ki Kiribati (KIR)
mh Marshall Islands (MHL)
fm Micronesia (FSM)
nr Nauru (NRU)
nz New Zealand (NZL)
pw Palau (PLW)
pg Papua New Guinea (PNG)
ws Samoa (WSM)
sb Solomon Islands (SLB)
to Tonga (TON)
tv Tuvalu (TUV)
vu Vanuatu (VUT)
11:
as American Samoa (ASM)
ck Cook Islands (COK)
gu Guam (GUM)
nc New Caledonia (NCL)
nu Niue (NIU)
nf Norfolk Island (NFK)
mp Northern Mariana Islands (MNP)
pn Pitcairn Islands (PCN)
pf Tahiti (TAH)
tk Tokelau (TKL)
wf Wallis and Futuna (WLF)
Ruby
countries gem by Josh Robinson (aka hexorx); iso country codes n more
iso_country_codes gem by Alex Rabarts; iso country codes n more
carmen gem by Jim Benton (aka jim); iso country codes n more
i18n_data by Michael Grosser (aka grosser); iso country codes; country/language names in 85 languages
iso-639 gem by William Melody (aka alphabetum); iso language codes
world gem by Gilson Ferraz César (aka gferraz); work-in-progress
Others
TBD
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