country_names.py

"""
This is the 'country_names' module.

The country_names module consists of one dictionary which provides corrected or
shortened versions of country names.
"""

names = {'Bolivia (Plurinational State of)': 'Bolivia',
         'Democratic People\'s Republic of Korea': 'North Korea',
         'Dem. People\'s Republic of Korea': 'North Korea',
         'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)': 'Falkland Islands',
         'Iran (Islamic Republic of)': 'Iran',
         'Kosovo[1]': 'Kosovo',
         'Lao People\'s Democratic Republic': 'Laos',
         'Micronesia (Federated States of)': 'Micronesia',
         'Micronesia (Fed. States of)': 'Micronesia',
         'Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the)': 'Northern Mariana Islands',
         'Republic of Korea': 'South Korea',
         'Syrian Arab Republic': 'Syria',
         'Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)': 'Venezuela',
         'occupied Palestinian territory, including east Jerusalem': 'Palestine',
         'State of Palestine': 'Palestine',
         'Saint Martin (French part)': 'Saint Martin',
         'Sint Maarten (Dutch part)': 'Sint Maarten',
         'The United Kingdom': 'United Kingdom',
         'Wallis and Futuna Islands': 'Wallis and Futuna',
         'Côte d\'Ivoire': 'Côte d’Ivoire',
         'United States of America': 'United States',
         'Russian Federation': 'Russia',
         'Democratic Republic of the Congo': 'Democratic Congo',
         'Republic of Moldova': 'Moldova',
         'United Republic of Tanzania': 'Tanzania',
         'Brunei Darussalam': 'Brunei',
         'Republic of Abkhazia': 'Abkhazia',
         'United Arab Emirates': 'Emirates',
         'Faroe Islands': 'Faroes',
         'Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic': 'Sahrawi',
         'Federated States of Micronesia': 'Micronesia',
         'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines': 'Saint Vincent and Grenadines',
         'Turks and Caicos Islands': 'Turks and Caicos',
         'United States Virgin Islands': 'US Virgin Islands',
         'Viet Nam': 'Vietnam'}