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

Government intervention in wage bargaining
1 = None
2 = Government influences via institutional framework
3 = Government influences indirectly
4 = Government participates directly
5 = Government imposes

Regime Type
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

First Multiparty Election
0 = No
1 = Yes
3 = Mixed/Unclear

Coordination of wage-setting
1 = Fragmented wage bargaining
2 = Some coordination
3 = Procedural negotiations guidelines
4 = Non-binding norms
5 = Binding norms

Electoral System for the National Legislature
1 = List PR
2 = BV
3 = FPTP
4 = TRS
5 = MMP
6 = STV
7 = AV
8 = SNTV
9 = TRS PBV
10 = LV
11 = FPTP PBV
12 = FPTP List PR
13 = #FPTP#BV
14 = #FPTP#PBV#List PR
15 = Parallel
16 = In transition
17 = Modified BC
18 = #TRS#PBV#List PR
19 = No direct elections

Right to Strike, government
0 = No
1 = Yes, with major restrictions
2 = Yes, with minor restrictions
3 = Yes

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

Minimum Wage Setting
0 = No statutory minimum wage
1 = Minimum wage by collective agreement
2 = Minimum wage by national agreement
3 = Minimum wage by miniesterial decree
4 = Minimum wage by tripartite negotiations
5 = Minimum wage by government after negotiations
6 = Minimum wage by judges or experts
7 = Minimum wage by gov. bound to fixed rules
8 = Minimum wage based on fixed rule
9 = Minimum wage by Government

Elected Office
0 = 0. Legislative
1 = 1. Presidential
2 = 2. Both

Perception of Electoral Integrity Index Type
1 = 1. Very Low
2 = 2. Low
3 = 3. Moderate
4 = 4. High
5 = 5. Very High

Political Terror Scale - Amnesty International
1 = Countries under a secure rule of law
2 = There is a limited amount of imprisonment for nonviolent political activity
3 = There is extensive political imprisonment, or a recent history of such
4 = Civil and political rights violations have expanded to large numbers of the pop.
5 = Terror has expanded to the whole population

Type of Government
1 = Single-party majority government
2 = Minimal winning coalition
3 = Surplus coalition
4 = Single-party minority government
5 = Multi-party minority government
6 = Caretaker government
7 = Technocratic government

National Minimum Wage
0 = No statutory minimum wage
1 = Statutory minimum wage in some sectors
2 = Statutory national minimum wage

Electoral System Family
1 = PR
2 = Plurality/Majority
3 = Plurality/Majority and PR
4 = Mixed
5 = Transition
6 = Other
7 = Not Applicable

Electoral System for the President
1 = TRS
2 = FPTP
3 = SV
4 = STV
5 = In Transition
6 = Other
7 = Not Applicable

The predominant level at which wage bargaining takes place
1 = Bargaining takes place at local or company level
2 = Bargaining takes place between sector and company
3 = Bargaining takes place at sector level
4 = Bargaining between central and industry
5 = Bargaining at central or cross-industry level

Cabinet composition (Schmidt index)
1 = Hegemony of right/center parties
2 = Dominance of right/center parties
3 = Balance of power between left and right
4 = Dominance of left parties
5 = Hegemony of left parties

Regime Type (simplified)
1 = Monarchy
2 = Military
3 = One-party
4 = Multi-party
5 = Multi-monarchy
6 = Military-multi
7 = Military-one
9 = No-party
10 = No-party mon
11 = Military noparty
12 = Rebel regime
99 = Other
100 = Democracy

Mandatory extension of collective agreements to non-organised employers
0 = No legal provisions
1 = Extension is exceptional
2 = Extension is used
3 = Extension is virtually automatic

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

Official Religion
0 = The state has no official religion
1 = The state has multiple established religions
2 = The state has one established religion

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

Parliamentary Election: Compulsory Voting
0 = No
1 = Yes