Appointment of Executive
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Missing information
8 = N/A - no constitution
9 = N/A - constitution in force

Electoral System Type-11 classes
1 = Single-Member-District-Plurality (SMDP)
2 = Two-Round System (TRS)
3 = Alternative Vote (AV)
4 = Borda Count (BC)
5 = Block Vote (BV)
6 = Party Block Vote (PBV)
7 = Limited Vote (LV)
8 = Single Nontransferable Vote (SNTV)
9 = List Proportional Representation (List PR)
10 = Single Transferable Vote (STV)
11 = Mixed Dependent (or Mixed Member Proportional)
12 = Mixed Independent (or Mixed Parallel)

Colonial Origin
0 = 0. Never colonized by a Western overseas colonial power
1 = 1. Dutch
2 = 2. Spanish
3 = 3. Italian
4 = 4. US
5 = 5. British
6 = 6. French
7 = 7. Portuguese
8 = 8. Belgian
9 = 9. British-French
10 = 10. Australian

Electoral System
1 = Plurality (FPP)
2 = Majority
3 = Proportional representation
4 = Mixed systems
7 = Missing information

Ban on Anonymous Donations to Candidates
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = No, but specific limit

Electoral System for National Legislature
1 = List PR
2 = BV
4 = FPTP
5 = TRS
6 = MMP
7 = STV
8 = AV
9 = SNTV
11 = LV
12 = FPTPBV
13 = FPTPList PR
14 = FPTPPBV
15 = FPTPPBVList PR
16 = Parallel
17 = In transition
18 = Modified BC
19 = TRSPBV

Electoral System Design
1 = PR
2 = Plurality/Majority
3 = Mixed
4 = Transition
5 = Other

Ban on Corporate Donations to Candidates
0 = No
1 = Yes

Political Parties/Candidates have to reveal identity of donors
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = Not applicable
3 = Sometimes

Public Funding of Political Parties Related to Gender Equality
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = Not applicable

Electoral System Type-3 classes
1 = Majoritarian
2 = Proportional
3 = Mixed

Limit on the Donation to Political Parties (election)
0 = No
1 = Yes
2 = Regular limit applies

Unitary or Federal State
1 = Unitary system
2 = Confederation
3 = Federal system
7 = Missing information

Regime Type (simlified)
1 = Monarchy
2 = Military
3 = One party
4 = Multi party
9 = No party
99 = Other
100 = Democracy

Largest Government Party Orientation
1 = Right
2 = Center
3 = Left

Electoral System for the President
1 = TRS
4 = FPTP
5 = SV
6 = STV
8 = Transition
10 = Other
11 = Not Applicable

Electoral Rule House
0 = PR
1 = Plurality

Regime Type
1 = Limited Multiparty
2 = Partyless
3 = No Party
4 = Military
5 = Military no party
6 = Military multi party
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 = Transition
23 = No party monarchy
24 = Multiparty monarchy
100 = Democracy

Legislature's Ratification of International Treaties
1 = No authority
2 = One chamber's approval necessary
3 = Both chambers' approval necessary
7 = Missing information
8 = N/A - no constitution

Political System
0 = Presidential
1 = Assembly-Elected President
2 = Parliamentary

1 = Democracy
2 = Foreign-Occupied
3 = Not Independent
4 = Provisional
5 = Warlord
6 = Warlord/Foreign-Occupied

Freedom Status
1 = Free
2 = Partly Free
3 = Not Free

Parties with More than 5 Percent
1 = One
2 = Two
3 = More than two
7 = Missing information

Checks and Balances
-999 = NA

The Region of the Country
1 = 1. Eastern Europe and post Soviet Union
2 = 2. Latin America
3 = 3. North Africa & the Middle East
4 = 4. Sub-Saharan Africa
5 = 5. Western Europe and North America
6 = 6. East Asia
7 = 7. South-East Asia
8 = 8. South Asia
9 = 9. The Pacific
10 = 10. The Caribbean

State Government
0 = No local elections
1 = Legislature locally elected
2 = Legislature and executive locally elected

Regime Type
1 = (Pure) Autocracy
2 = Inclusive Autocracy
3 = Liberal Autocracy
4 = (Minimal) Democracy

PR Type
1 = Single-Member-District-Plurality (SMDP)
2 = Two Round Majority-Plurality
3 = Two Round Qualified Majority
4 = Two Round Majority Runoff
5 = Alternative Vote (AV)
6 = Borda Count (BC)
7 = Modified Borda Count (mBC)
8 = Block Vote (BV)
9 = Party Block Vote (PBV)
10 = Limited Vote (LV)
11 = Single Nontransferable Vote (SNTV)
12 = Hare quota
13 = Hare quota with largest remainders
14 = Hare quota with highest average remainders
15 = Hagenbach-Bischoff quota
16 = Hagenbach-Bischoff quota with largest remainders
17 = Hagenbach-Bischoff quota with highest average remainders
18 = Droop quota
19 = Droop quota with largest remainders
20 = Droop quota with highest average remainders
21 = Imperiali quota
22 = Imperiali quota with largest remainders
23 = Imperiali quota with highest average remainders
24 = Reinforced Imperiali quota
25 = D'Hondt
26 = Sainte-Lague
27 = Modified Sainte-Lague
28 = Single Transferable Vote

Institution
0 = Parliamentary democracy
1 = Semi-presidential democracy
2 = Presidential democracy
3 = Civilian dictatorship
4 = Military dictatorship
5 = Royal dictatorship

Presidential Election
0 = Legislative election
1 = Presedential election

Appointment of Regional Representatives
1 = Autonomous decision
2 = Central government decision
3 = No regional/provincial governments
7 = Missing information

Scalezone on Citizen Rights
1 = Complete Autocracy
2 = Incomplete Autocracy
3 = Incomplete Democracy
4 = Complete Democracy