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# COUNTRIES

The COUNTRIES table contains description data for countries.

<table><thead><tr><th>Column Name</th><th>Type</th><th>Not Null</th><th>Cube Field</th><th>Default Value<sup id="fnref:1"><a class="footnote-ref" href="#fn:1" role="doc-noteref">1</a></sup></th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AS\_OF\_DATE</td><td>DATE</td><td>Y</td><td /><td /><td>Timestamp (at close of business) for the data.</td></tr><tr><td>COUNTRY\_CODE</td><td>STRING</td><td>Y</td><td /><td>N/A</td><td>Unique three-letter country identifier code.</td></tr><tr><td>COUNTRY</td><td>STRING</td><td>Y</td><td /><td>N/A</td><td>The name of the country.</td></tr><tr><td>LATITUDE</td><td>DOUBLE</td><td>Y</td><td /><td>N/A</td><td>The latitude of the country in the decimal degrees format.</td></tr><tr><td>LONGITUDE</td><td>DOUBLE</td><td>Y</td><td /><td>N/A</td><td>The longitude of the country in the decimal degrees format.</td></tr><tr><td>REGION</td><td>STRING</td><td>Y</td><td /><td>N/A</td><td>The region in which the country is located.</td></tr><tr><td>SUB\_REGION</td><td>STRING</td><td>Y</td><td /><td>N/A</td><td>The sub-region in which the country is located.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Unique Key

<table><thead><tr><th>Columns</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>AS\_OF\_DATE</td></tr><tr><td>COUNTRY\_CODE</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Incoming Joins

<table><thead><tr><th>Source Table</th><th>Source Columns</th><th>Target Columns</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href="./counterparties">COUNTERPARTIES</a></td><td>AS\_OF\_DATE<br />COUNTRY\_OF\_ADDRESS</td><td>AS\_OF\_DATE<br />COUNTRY\_CODE</td></tr><tr><td><a href="./counterparties">COUNTERPARTIES</a></td><td>AS\_OF\_DATE<br />COUNTRY\_OF\_RISK</td><td>AS\_OF\_DATE<br />COUNTRY\_CODE</td></tr></tbody></table>

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1. If the default value is marked as empty, it means that the default value is 'null' for nullable fields, and that a value needs to be explicitly set for non-nullable fields.
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