# OctoFlag geography data

Country list: 193 UN member states from [mledoze/countries](https://github.com/mledoze/countries), retrieved 2026-10-11. Filter: unMember=true with Vatican City removed after checking the UN member-state list (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states) and observer-state guidance (https://research.un.org/en/unmembers/observers). The upstream snapshot incorrectly marks Vatican City as a member. Country/common French names, capitals and geographic regions are a derived subset released under ODbL-1.0. Original source SHA-256: 913e5d716f9dc6b59881ee23488d47f5fda52070d1a34cac5fa327c9e61d8f7c.

Flags: local SVG files downloaded from [FlagCDN / Flagpedia](https://flagcdn.com/), based on Wikimedia Commons. National flags retain their original proportions. Flag asset/source notices: https://flagpedia.net/about. Country list scope is educational, not a statement about sovereignty. Countries with multiple capitals are excluded from capital questions.