cowstates {states}

Correlates of War list of independent states

Description

A list of independent states and microstates from 1816 on by the Correlates of War project.

Usage

cowstates

Format

Data frame

ccode

Gleditsch and Ward country code.

cowc

ISO 3 character country code.

country_name

Long form country name

start

Country start of independence.

end

Country end of independence.

microstate

Logical flag for whether state is a microstates with less than 250,000 population.

Source

Correlates of War Project. 2011. "State System Membership List, v2011." Online, https://correlatesofwar.org

Examples

data(cowstates)
head(cowstates)