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=== Status ===
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| colspan=5 | The entries here again determine category placement. For some values, related text will be displayed in a bar underneath the name.
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| style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | '''Field Name'''
| style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | '''Usage'''
| style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | '''Type'''
| style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | '''Values'''
| style="background-color: whitesmoke;" | '''Description'''
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| '''status''' || optional || variable ||
*Empire
*Federation
*Confederation
*State union
*Client state
*Vassal
*Colony
*Protectorate
*United Nations Trust Territory
*League of Nations Mandate
*See also the variable [[#Politics|government_type]] and the [[Template:Infobox former country/Categories|categorization scheme]].
|| Status describes the relationship between the political entity and other entities, whether colonies to an empire, the (colonial) empire itself, countries with special status by the League of Nations or the UN, etc.
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|'''empire''' || optional || variable || "country name" || Give the "common name" for the ''imperial country'' to which the entity was in a state of dependency.
*''Example:'' British Empire colony: "status=Colony", "empire=United Kingdom"
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|'''status_text'''|| optional || free || label (free text with wikilinks) || If values are given for status and empire, it will be displayed by default as "status (empire)". The status_text variable allows you to display more specific or accurate text alternatives without compromising category assignment (e.g. <nowiki>"State of the [[Holy Roman Empire]]", "Client state of [[First French Empire|France]]"</nowiki>)
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