Regime Institutions
0 = 0. Parliamentary Democracy
1 = 1. Mixed Democracy
2 = 2. Presidential Democracy
3 = 3. Civilian Dictatorship
4 = 4. Military Dictatorship
5 = 5. Monarchic Dictatorship

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

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

Chief Executive a Military Officier
0 = 0. Not a military officer
1 = 1. Military officer

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

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

Executive Party: Right Left or Center
1 = 1. Right
2 = 2. Left
3 = 3. Center
4 = 4. 0
5 = 5. Not Applicable

Finite Term in Office
0 = 0. No finite term
1 = 1. Finite term

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

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

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

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

Alignment Executive/Legislative Chamber (lower)
0 = 0. No
1 = 1. Yes

Independent Sub-Federal Unit
0 = 0. No independent sub-federal units
1 = 1. Independent sub-federal units

Independent Judiciary
0 = 0. No independent judiciary
1 = 1. Independent judiciary

Legislative Chamber
0 = 0. No legislative chamber
1 = 1. Legislative chamber

2nd Legislative Chamber
0 = 0. No 2nd legislative chamber
1 = 1. 2nd legislative chamber

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

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

Regime Type (separating dominant multiparty systems)
1 = 1. limited multiparty
2 = 2. partyless
3 = 3. no-party
4 = 4. military trad
5 = 5. military no-party
6 = 6. military multiparty
7 = 7. military one-party
8 = 8. one-party
9 = 9. other
16 = 16. one-party monarchy
17 = 17. monarchy
18 = 18. rebel regime
19 = 19. civil war
20 = 20. occupation
21 = 21. theocracy
22 = 22. transitional
23 = 23. no-party monarchy
24 = 24. multiparty monarchy
25 = 25. dominant multiparty
26 = 26. multiparty-occupied
100 = 100. democracy

Regime Type
1 = 1. limited multiparty
2 = 2. partyless
3 = 3. no-party
4 = 4. military trad
5 = 5. military no-party
6 = 6. military multiparty
7 = 7. military one-party
8 = 8. one-party
9 = 9. other
16 = 16. one-party monarchy
17 = 17. monarchy
18 = 18. rebel regime
19 = 19. civil war
20 = 20. occupation
21 = 21. theocracy
22 = 22. transitional
23 = 23. no-party monarchy
24 = 24. multiparty monarchy
25 = 25. multiparty-occupied
100 = 100. democracy

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

Bicameral System
0 = 0. Not a bicameral system
1 = 1. Bicameral system

Year of Election (lower/only house)
0 = 0. Not an election year
1 = 1. Election year

Runoff Elections
0 = 0. No runoff elections
1 = 1. Runoff elections

Multi Tier (lower/only house)
0 = 0. No multi tier
1 = 1. Multi tier

Single Party System
0 = 0. Not a single-party system
1 = 1. Single-party system

Tiers allocated in Parallel
0 = 0. Tiers not allocated in parallel
1 = 1. Tiers allocated in parallel

Tiervote (lower/only house)
0 = 0. No separate vote for each tier
1 = 1. Separate vote for each tier

Legal Origin
1 = 1. English Common Law
2 = 2. French Commercial Code
3 = 3. Socialist/Communist Laws
4 = 4. German Commercial Code
5 = 5. Scandinavian Commercial Code

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

Conflict Location
0 = 0. Country is not listed as location of a conflict
1 = 1. Country is listed as location of a minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Country is listed as location of an intermediate armed co
3 = 3. Country is listed as location of a war

Extrasystemic Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No extra-state conflict
1 = 1. Extra-state minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Extra-state intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Extra-state war

Interstate Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No interstate conflict
1 = 1. Interstate minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Interstate intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Interstate war

Internal Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No internal conflict
1 = 1. Internal minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Internal intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Internal war

Internationalized ernal Armed Conflict
0 = 0. No Internationalized internal conflict
1 = 1. Internationalized internal minor armed conflict
2 = 2. Internationalized internal intermediate armed conflict
3 = 3. Internationalized internal war