This infobox is part of WikiProject Former countries run by the Subdivisions bureau. It is based on Template:Infobox former country adjusted to suit subdivisions of former countries.

**NOTE:** This infobox should be used if the state in question was ''always'' a subdivision of some larger entity. For all other cases, use to place articles into various "Former countries" categories that would not be suitable for subdivisions of former countries.
''Exception'': states of the Holy Roman Empire should also use with + , or , depending on the state type.

### Notes
This infobox is under **constant development**. For many entries, the infobox has been implemented by one of the main developers. Other users are welcome to implement the infobox themselves, but developers might make modifications later on largely for functionality reasons. 

The main developers are:

### Detailed instructions
These are the fields of information in the Infobox former countries template with a set of instructions on how to use them. Here is a brief explanation on how to read the table:

#### Which entries should I link to?
It is not the intention here to list every single previous/following entity—that would make the infobox look very silly in many cases. Here are some guidleines for what to do (and what not to do). There are no strict rules so please exercise caution and common sense when using this feature.

#### Style parameters
The template allows some optional parameters that control the style of the infobox for size and coloring when displayed on a page:

Some specific styles for the whole infobox are as follows:

Some specific styles for the title/name are as follows:

For multiple settings, combine all on one line as follows:

The properties are separated by semicolons (;), and beware that accidentally omitting semicolons will cause the settings to be ignored. Some style properties cannot be changed such as, setting might be ignored, because  is a property, instead, of the whole box, using .

### Establishment dates
The reason for the first case is in case an imprecise date is entered, such as "the 820s" or "the 18th century", before trying exact dates like "1820".

### Disestablishment dates
The reason for the first case is in case an imprecise date is entered, such as "the 820s" or "the 18th century", before trying exact dates like "1820".

### Banner
To allow project members to keep track of articles, any page that uses this infobox **must** be labeled with the WPFC banner. To do this, go to the article's talk page, and add .

## 틀 데이터
"description": "An infobox for a former country subdivision",
	"format": "\n",
	"params": {
		"native_name": {
			"label": "Native name",
			"description": "Name in the native language",
			"example": "",
			"type": "wiki-template-name",
			"suggested": true
		"conventional_long_name": {
			"label": "Conventional long name",
			"description": "Convention long form English name of the former subdivision",
			"example": "Xikang Province",
			"type": "line"
		"common_name": {
			"label": "Common name",
			"description": "The name the region is commonly called, in English",
			"type": "string",
			"required": true
		"demonym": {
			"label": "Demonym",
			"description": "The name applied to people who lived there",
			"suggested": true
		"government_type": {
			"label": "Government type",
			"example": "Parliamentary democracy",
			"type": "line",
			"description": "Type of government the region had"
		"era": {
			"label": "Historical era",
			"example": "20th century",
			"type": "unbalanced-wikitext"
		"year_start": {
			"label": "Year founded",
			"description": "Year the subdivision was founded",
			"type": "number"
		"year_end": {
			"label": "Year dissolved",
			"description": "Year the subdivision was dissolved, abolished or other transition occurred",
			"type": "number"
		"event_start": {},
		"date_start": {
			"type": "date"
		"event_end": {},
		"date_end": {
			"type": "date"
		"event1": {},
		"date_event1": {
			"type": "date"
		"event_pre": {},
		"date_pre": {
			"type": "date"
		"event_post": {},
		"date_post": {
			"type": "date"
		"p1": {},
		"s1": {},
		"flag_type": {
			"label": "flag type",
			"type": "line"
		"symbol_type": {},
		"image_map_caption": {},
		"capital": {
			"label": "Capital",
			"description": "Settlement that served as the region's capital",
			"example": "Jamestown",
			"type": "line",
			"suggested": true
		"motto": {
			"label": "regional motto",
			"type": "line"
		"anthem": {
			"label": "regional anthem",
			"type": "content"
		"political_subdiv": {},
		"today": {
			"label": "Today part of",
			"description": "Contemporary country/s the former subdivision is part of (with )",
			"example": "

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