Region Codes

This is sometimes refered to as "Researched by" or "Region of Origin". Region codes determine where a unit comes from.  The letters assigned should represent countries where the design could be achieved any time after game's start date without any other region having discovered it first.  A heavy preference should be given to regions how originally invented a design, regions building a design under licence should only get their code added to this field if their discovery of the design was "inevitable".  Some consideration is given to outdated designs to provide options to lower tech regions.

Region Codes for the Equipment file are as follows:

### Region Codes SRU / SR1936 :

* @ / \* Indicates that units are exported and available or found throughout the world, regardless of where manufactured
* A South Africa
* B Brazil/Argentina
* C Units are produced by/for China
* D Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg (BeNeLux)
* E Units are produced by/for Europe, Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece
* F French
* G German
* H Italy
* I Units are produced by Israel
* J Units are produced by/for Japan
* K South Korean
* L North Korean
* M British
* N Canada/Australia
* O Other
* P
* Q India
* R Russia, Ukraine, Former Soviet, Belarus
* S Units are produced by Sweden, Swiss, Denmark, Norway
* T Czech, Austria, Yugoslavia, Finnish, Poland, Romanian
* U Units are generally made by and for the USA
* V Taiwan, Philippenes
* W Indicates that units are exported and available or found throughout the world, regardless of where manufactured
	+ a lot of third world countries have this tag in SR1914 & SR1936 based scenarios only. (Egypt, Lybia,Algeria, Morroco, Nigeria, Malay States .....)
* X Yugoslav (SR 1936 and SR Ultimate only)
* Y General Pacific (some of the common R/C stuff), Singapore
* Z Arab (Iran/Iraq/etc) including Pakistan

Unused region codes

* [ \ ] ^  : Reserved

### Region Codes - Galactic Ruler

In Galactic Ruler, we have 4 regions that are broken down into 4 categories. This allows us to break it apart later if needed.

These are the available categories:

* \* Universal, available Galaxy wide
* A - Unused
* B - Reserved
* C - Reserved
* D - Reserved
* E - Earthers (Human)
* F - The Epitaph
* G - Reserved
* H - Osmian Hive
* I - Reserved
* J - Reserved
* K - Reserved
* L - Laxan
* M - Stelloptare
* N - Reserved
* O - Onning
* P - Piranha
* Q - Reserved
* R - Reserved
* S - Reserved
* T - Omniphage
* U - Unused
* V - Reserved
* W - Non-Spacefaring
* X - Unused
* Y - Reserved
* Z - Unused
* ` - Reserved
* a-z - Future Use
* { | } ~ - Reserved

### Region Codes SR2030 :

SR2030/GR support lower case region codes.

* @ / \* Indicates that units are exported and available or found throughout the world, regardless of where manufactured
* A South Africa
* B Argentina *(For Brazil use b)*
* C China
* D Netherlands *(For Belgium use c)*
* E Europe Generic and Ireland *(For Spain use e, For Portugal use p, For Turkey use t, for Greece use g)*
* F French
* G German
* H Italy
* I Israel
* J Japan
* K South Korean
* L North Korean
* M British / UK
* N Canada *(For Australia use n)*
* O Other
* P Philippines *(new)*
* Q India
* R Russia *(For Ukraine use u, For Former Soviet and Belarus use r)*
* S Sweden *(For Switzerland use s, For Denmark use d, For Norway use k)*
* T Czech *(For Austria use a, For Yugoslavia use X, For Finnish use f, For Poland use h, For Romanian use j)*
* U USA
* V Taiwan *(For Philippines use P)*
* W Indicates that units are exported and available or found throughout the world, regardless of where manufactured
	+ a lot of third world countries have this tag in SR1914 & SR1936 based scenarios only. (Egypt, Lybia,Algeria, Morroco, Nigeria, Malay States .....)
* X Balkans *(Former Yugoslavia)*
* Y Singapore *(For General Pacific use x)*
* Z Arab *(For Iran use i, For Iraq use q, For Pakistan use m)*
* a Austria
* b Brazil
* c Belgium
* d Denmark
* e Spain
* f Finland
* g Greece
* h Poland
* i Iran
* j Romania
* k Norway
* l Indonesia
* m Pakistan
* n Australia
* o Eastern Europe Generic
* p Portugal
* q Iraq
* r Former Soviet, Belarus
* s Switzerland
* t Turkey
* u Ukraine
* v Oceania/Pacific generic (Pacific islands, Papua New Guinea)
* w Sub-Saharan Africa Generic (just about everything African that is not in Z or South Africa)
* x South East Asian Generic (Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia etc.)
* y
* z New Zealand

Unused region codes

* [ \ ] ^ \_ ` { | } ~  : Reserved