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Polities

Source: R/table_mappings.R
polities.Rd

Periodized WHEP polity database imported from the whep-polities repository.

Usage

polities

Format

An sf data frame where each row corresponds to one territorial polity over a continuous time interval. Key columns include:

  • polity_code: Stable WHEP polity identifier, usually PREFIX-start_year-end_year.

  • polity_name: Human-readable polity name.

  • start_year, end_year: Inclusive validity years for the row.

  • iso3_code, iso3c: ISO3 code where one exists. iso3c is retained as a compatibility alias.

  • polygon_status: Polygon status in whep-polities ("assigned", "proxy", "missing", or "excluded").

  • has_geometry: Logical flag indicating whether the geometry is non-empty.

  • geom: Multipolygon geometry.

Source

~/whep-polities/data/final/polities_database.gpkg.