return {
region = "Asia",
ngroups = "3",
group1 = {
name = "[[List of sovereign states|Sovereign states]]",
data = {
{"AF","Afghanistan"},
{"AM","Armenia"},
{"AZ","Azerbaijan"},
{"BH","Bahrain"},
{"BD","Bangladesh"},
{"BT","Bhutan"},
{"BN","Brunei"},
{"KH","Cambodia"},
{"CN","China"},
{"CY","Cyprus"},
{"TL","East Timor (Timor-Leste)",link="East Timor"},
{"EG","Egypt"},
{"GE","Georgia",link="Georgia (country)"},
{"IN","India"},
{"ID","Indonesia"},
{"IR","Iran"},
{"IQ","Iraq"},
{"IL","Israel"},
{"JP","Japan"},
{"JO","Jordan"},
{"KZ","Kazakhstan"},
{"KP","North Korea"},
{"KR","South Korea"},
{"KW","Kuwait"},
{"KG","Kyrgyzstan"},
{"LA","Laos"},
{"LB","Lebanon"},
{"MY","Malaysia"},
{"MV","Maldives",the=true},
{"MN","Mongolia"},
{"MM","Myanmar"},
{"NP","Nepal"},
{"OM","Oman"},
{"PK","Pakistan"},
{"PH","Philippines",the=true},
{"QA","Qatar"},
{"RU","Russia"},
{"SA","Saudi Arabia"},
{"SG","Singapore"},
{"LK","Sri Lanka"},
{"SY","Syria"},
{"TJ","Tajikistan"},
{"TH","Thailand"},
{"TR","Turkey"},
{"TM","Turkmenistan"},
{"AE","United Arab Emirates",the=true},
{"UZ","Uzbekistan"},
{"VN","Vietnam"},
{"YE","Yemen"}
}
},
group2 = {
name = "[[List of states with limited recognition|States with<br/>limited recognition]]",
data = {
{"XAB","Abkhazia"},
{"XNK","Nagorno-Karabakh",link="Nagorno-Karabakh Republic",the=true},
{"XNC","Northern Cyprus"},
{"PS","Palestine",link="Palestinian territories",the=true},
{"XSO","South Ossetia"},
{"TW","Taiwan"}
}
},
group3 = {
name = "[[Dependent territory|Dependencies]] and<br/>other territories",
data = {
{"IO","British Indian Ocean Territory",the=true},
{"CX","Christmas Island"},
{"CC","Cocos (Keeling) Islands",the=true},
{"HK","Hong Kong"},
{"MO","Macau"}
},
switch = "countries_only",
negate_switch = true
}
}
