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+Country Module
+##############
+
+The country module defines the concepts of country and subdivision and
+comes preloaded with the ISO 3166 list of countries and subdivisions
+thanks to the pycountry module.
+
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+Country
+*******
+
+A country is defined by the full name of the country, a code (the ISO
+country code made of two chars) and the list of subdivisions.
+
+
+Subdivision
+***********
+
+A subdivision is defined by a name, a code and a type (e.g, Capital
+City, Province, Emirate, etc)