States and capitals of the world

This dataset contains the 195 independent states recognised by France (including France) and the two states associated with New Zealand.

The columns correspond to:
NAME: short name without article
NOM_ALPHA: short name without article, alphabetically sorted according to the main denomination. Ex: Dominican Republic (Republic)
CODE: ISO code 3 letters, very useful for pairings
ARTICLE: the article of the name runs, when it exists, nothing else.
NOM_LONG: long name, without article (the article obeys the French rules or the CODE column)
CAPITAL: capital

Have been removed from this list in relation to our planispheres: Western Sahara, Taiwan, Palestinian territories (disputed status), Antarctica (special status) and Jerusalem (corpus separatum)