worldlite - lightweight public domain country data (all data included as good ol' ruby code - no database, no dependencies, no copyright)

Usage

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

Bonus: World Factbook

>> 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"
    },
    ...

worldlite Countries Summary

1 Supras / 196 Countries / 48 Territories

Europe - 1 Supras / 49 Countries / 10 Territories

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)

South America - 12 Countries / 4 Territories

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)

North America - 3 Countries / 2 Territories

3: ca Canada (CAN) mx México (MEX) us United States (USA)

2: gl Greenland (GRL) pm Saint Pierre and Miquelon (SPM)

Central America - 7 Countries / 0 Territories

7: bz Belize (BLZ) cr Costa Rica (CRI) sv El Salvador (SLV) gt Guatemala (GTM) hn Honduras (HND) ni Nicaragua (NIC) pa Panamá (PAN)

Caribbean - 13 Countries / 14 Territories

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)

Africa - 54 Countries / 2 Territories

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)

Middle East - 14 Countries / 0 Territories

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)

Asia - 30 Countries / 5 Territories

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)

Pacific - 14 Countries / 11 Territories

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)

Others - 0 Countries / 0 Territories

Alternatives Libraries and Gems

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Others

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License

The worldlite scripts are dedicated to the public domain. Use it as you please with no restrictions whatsoever.

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