0. Country is not listed as location of a conflict
1. Country is listed as location of a minor armed conflict
2. Country is listed as location of an intermediate armed conflict
3. Country is listed as location of a war
1. collapse of central authority
1. limited multiparty
2. partyless
3. no-party
4. military trad
5. military no-party
6. military multiparty
7. military one-party
8. one-party
9. other
16. one-party monarchy
17. monarchy
18. rebel regime
19. civil war
20. occupation
21. theocracy
22. transitional
23. no-party monarchy
24. multiparty monarchy
25. multiparty-occupied
100. democracy
0. Male leader
1. Female leader
1. English Common Law
2. French Commercial Code
3. Socialist/Communist Laws
4. German Commercial Code
5. Scandinavian Commercial Code
1. Eastern Europe and post Soviet Union
2. Latin America
3. North Africa & the Middle East
4. Sub-Saharan Africa
5. Western Europe and North America
6. East Asia
7. South-East Asia
8. South Asia
9. The Pacific
10. The Caribbean
0. Never colonized by a Western overseas colonial power
1. Dutch
2. Spanish
3. Italian
4. US
5. British
6. French
7. Portuguese
8. Belgian
9. British-French
10. Australian
0. No independent judiciary
1. Independent judiciary
1. Majoritarian
2. Proportional
3. Mixed
0. no overt fragmentation
1. slight fragmentation <10%
2. moderate fragmentation 10-25%
3. serious fragmentation >25%
1. Free
2. Partly Free
3. Not Free
0. Non-unitary
1. Unitary
0. Practiced freequently
1. Practiced occasionally
2. Have not occured
0. Yes, many
1. Yes, but few
2. None
0. Restricted
1. Generally unrestricted
0. Practiced frequently
0. Severely restricted
1. Somewhat restricted
2. Unrestricted
0. Have occured frequently
1. Have occured occasionally
0. Severely restricted or denied completely to all citizens
1. Limited for all citizens or severly restricted or denied for selected groups
2. Virtually unrestricted and freely enjoyed by practically all citizens