General Variables   Download All (.CSV)
* We have coded a total of 7,368 different values for 21 variables in 532 polities.
Here is a legend to guide you in understanding the metadata more clearly:
Present Partially coded Range Absent Suspected Unknown Unknown Uncoded To Be Coded

Identity and Location

Polity Original Name TEXT+   
 504 coded records
Polity Alternative Name TEXT+   
 1,316 coded records
Polity Utm Zone TEXT+   
 497 coded records
Polity Capital TEXT+   
 629 coded records

Temporal Bounds

Polity Duration RANGE   
 522 coded records
Polity Peak Years RANGE   
 301 coded records

Political and Cultural Relations

Polity Degree Of Centralization TEXT+   
 498 coded records
Polity Suprapolity Relations TEXT+   
 385 coded records
Polity Preceding Entity TEXT+   
 442 coded records
Polity Supracultural Entity TEXT+   
 272 coded records
Polity Scale Of Supracultural Interaction RANGE   
 132 coded records

Language

Polity Language TEXT+   
 627 coded records
Polity Linguistic Family TEXT+   
 520 coded records
Polity Language Genus TEXT+   
 43 coded records

Religion

Polity Religion Genus TEXT+   
 138 coded records
Polity Religion Family TEXT+   
 148 coded records
Polity Religion TEXT+   
 44 coded records
Polity Alternate Religion Genus TEXT+   
 43 coded records
Polity Alternate Religion Family TEXT+   
 33 coded records
Polity Alternate Religion TEXT+   
 106 coded records
Polity Religious Tradition TEXT+   
 168 coded records