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

Cabinet ideology
1 = 1. Right-wing hegemony
2 = 2. Right-wing and center dominance
3 = 3. Standoff betwen left and right
4 = 4. Social-democratic and other left dominance
5 = 5. Social-democratic and other left hegemony

Type of government
1 = 1. Single party majority
2 = 2. Minimum winning coalition
3 = 3. Surplus coalition
4 = 4. Single party minority
5 = 5. Multi party minority
6 = 6. Caretaker

Type of Regime
0 = 0. Democracy
1 = 1. Dictatorship

Freedom of assembly and assosiation
0 = 0. Severely restricted or denied completely to all citizens
1 = 1. Limited for all citizens or severly restricted or denied
2 = 2. Virtually unrestricted and freely enjoyed by practically

Disappearance
0 = 0. Have occured frequently
1 = 1. Have occured occasionally
2 = 2. Have not occured

Extrajudicial killing
0 = 0. Practiced frequently
1 = 1. Practiced occasionally
2 = 2. Have not occured

Freedom of movement
0 = 0. Restricted
1 = 1. Generally unrestricted

Political participation
0 = 0. Very limited
1 = 1. Moderately free and open
2 = 2. Very free and open

Political imprisonment
0 = 0. Yes and many
1 = 1. Yes, but few
2 = 2. None

Freedom of religion
0 = 0. Yes
1 = 1. No

Freedom of speech
0 = 0. Complete
1 = 1. Some
2 = 2. None

Torture
0 = 0. Practiced freequently
1 = 1. Practiced occasionally
2 = 2. Have not occured

Workers rights
0 = 0. Severely restricted
1 = 1. Somewhat restricted
2 = 2. Fully protected

Compulsory voting
1 = 1. Yes, with strictly enforced sanctions
2 = 2. Yes, with weakly enforced sanctions
3 = 3. Yes, with limited enforcement
4 = 4. Yes, without sanction for violation
5 = 5. No compulsory voting

Autonomous regions
0 = 0. No autonomous regions
1 = 1. Autonomous regions

Closed Lists
0 = 0. Lists not closed
1 = 1. Closed lists

0 = 0. D'Hondt not used
1 = 1. D'Hondt used

House: Plurality or Proportional?
0 = 0. Proportional
1 = 1. Plurality

Plurality
0 = 0. No plurality used
1 = 1. Plurality used

Proportional Representation
0 = 0. No PR used
1 = 1. PR used

Regime Type
0 = 0. Direct presidential
1 = 1. Strong president elected by assembly
2 = 2. Parliamentary

Eurobarometer module
1 = 1. Mannheim Trend File
2 = 2. Standard Eurobarometer
3 = 3. CCEB (Candidate Countries Eurobarometer)
4 = 4. CEEB (Central and Eastern Eurobarometer Trend File)
5 = 5. Mannheim Trend File and Standard Eurobarometer
6 = 6. Standard Eurobarometer and CCEB

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

Electoral System Type 2
1 = 1. Majoritarian
2 = 2. Proportional
3 = 3. Mixed

Electoral System Type
1 = 1. Majoritarian
2 = 2. Proportional
3 = 3. Multi-tier
4 = 4. Mixed

Institution
0 = 0. Dictatorship
1 = 1. Parliamentary Democracy
2 = 2. Mixed Democracy
3 = 3. Presidential Democracy

Majoritarian type
1 = 1. Plurality
2 = 2. Absolute maj
3 = 3. Qualified maj
4 = 4. Limited vote
5 = 5. Alternative vote
6 = 6. SNTV
7 = 7. Modified Borda

Mixed type
1 = 1. Coexistence, indep.
2 = 2. Superposition, indep.
3 = 3. Fusion, indep.
4 = 4. Correction, dep.
5 = 5. Conditional, dep.

Multi-tier type
1 = 1. Linked
2 = 2. Unlinked

Presidential Electoral System Type
1 = 1. Plurality
2 = 2. Absolute majority
3 = 3. Qualified majority
4 = 4. Electoral college
5 = 5. Single transferable vote (STV)

PR type
1 = 1. Hare
2 = 2. Droop
3 = 3. Imperiali
4 = 4. Reinforced Imperiali
5 = 5. Modified Hare
6 = 6. d'Hondt
7 = 7. Saint-Lague
8 = 8. Modified Saint-Lague
9 = 9. STV

Presidential Runoff
0 = 0. No runoff
1 = 1. Runoff

Parliamentarism
0 = 0. Presidential
1 = 1. Semi-Presidential
2 = 2. Parliamentary

Proportional Representation
0 = 0. Majoritarian or Preferential vote
1 = 1. Mixed-member majority or Bloque vote
2 = 2. Closed-list-PR

Bicameral system
0 = 0. No or very weak second chamber
1 = 1. Weak bicameralism
2 = 2. Strong bicameralism

Electoral system type
0 = 0. Proportional representation
1 = 1. Modified proportional representation
2 = 2. Single member, simple plurality systems

Federalism
0 = 0. Not federal
1 = 1. Weak federalism
2 = 2. Strong federalism

Frequent referenda
0 = 0. None or infrequent referenda
1 = 1. Frequent referenda

Judicial review
0 = 0. No judicial review
1 = 1. Judicial review

Presidentialism
0 = 0. Parliamentary system
1 = 1. President or collegial executive

Case Law
0 = 0. Judicial decisions not source of law
1 = 1. Judicial decisions source of law

Judicial Review
0 = 0. No review
1 = 1. Limited review
2 = 2. Full review

Tenure of Administrative Court Judges
0 = 0. Less than six years
1 = 1. More than six years but not lifelong
2 = 2. Lifelong

Female State Leader
0 = 0. Male leader
1 = 1. Female leader

Tentative Coding
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
0 = 0. Confident
1 = 1. Tentative
2 = 2. Tenuous

Polity Fragmentation
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
0 = 0. No overt fragmentation
1 = 1. Slight fragmentation
2 = 2. Moderate fragmentation
3 = 3. Serious fragmentation

The Competitiveness of Participation
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
0 = 0. Not Applicable
1 = 1. Repressed
2 = 2. Supressed
3 = 3. Factional
4 = 4. Transitional
5 = 5. Competitive

Regulation of Participation
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
1 = 1. Unregulated
2 = 2. Multiple Identities
3 = 3. Sectarian
4 = 4. Restricted
5 = 5. Regulated

Competitiveness of Executive Recruitment
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
0 = 0. Not Applicable
1 = 1. Selection
2 = 2. Dual/Transitional
3 = 3. Election

Openness of Executive Recruitment
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
0 = 0. Not Applicable
1 = 1. Closed
2 = 2. Dual Executive-Designation
3 = 3. Dual Executive-Election
4 = 4. Open

Regulation of Chief Executive Recruitment
-88 = -88. Transition periods
-77 = -77. Interregnum periods
-66 = -66. Interruption periods
1 = 1. Unregulated
2 = 2. Designational/Transitional
3 = 3. Regulated

Federal Political Structure
0 = 0. No federal structure
1 = 1. Federal structure

Forms of Government
0 = 0. Not a presidential regim
1 = 1. Presidential regime