Template:Infobox former subdivision/Categories

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• The placement of the entry within the generated categories is determined by the value given for common_name
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Infobox parameter	Value	Assigned category
continent	Europe	Category:Former countries in Europe
	Asia	Category:Former countries in Asia
	North America	Category:Former countries in North America
	South America	Category:Former countries in South America
	Africa	Category:Former countries in Africa
	Oceania	Category:Former countries in Oceania
	Eurasia	Category:Former countries in Europe & Asia
	Afroeurasia	Category:Former countries in Europe, Asia & Africa
	Afroasia	Category:Former countries in Africa & Asia
	(other)	Category:Former country articles requiring maintenance
region	Italy	Category:Italian states
	Balkans	Category:Former countries in the Balkans
	British Isles	Category:Former countries in the British Isles
	Low Countries / Netherlands	Category:Former polities in the Netherlands
	China	Category:Former countries in Chinese history
	Japan	Category:Former countries in Japanese history
	Korea	Category:Former countries in Korean history
status	City-states	Category:City-states
	Commonwealth realm	Category:Former Commonwealth realms
	Confederation	Category:Former confederations
	Empire	Category:Former empires
	Nomadic empire	Category:Nomadic empires
	Ancient Chinese state	Category:Ancient Chinese states
	Federation	Category:Former federations
	State union	Category:Former state unions
	Unrecognized states	Category:Former unrecognized countries
	League of Nations mandate	Category:League of Nations mandates
	Satellite state	Category:Soviet satellite states
	United Nations trust territory	Category:United Nations trust territories
	Exile	Category:Governments in exile
	{status = Colony} + empire = ...
	United Kingdom France Netherlands Belgium Portugal Spain Germany Italy Sweden Norway Denmark Scotland Japan (other) (blank)	Category:Former British colonies Category:Former French colonies Category:Former Dutch colonies Category:Former Belgian colonies Category:Former Portuguese colonies Category:Former Spanish colonies Category:Former German colonies Category:Former Italian colonies Category:Former Swedish colonies Category:Former Norwegian colonies Category:Former Danish colonies Category:Former Scottish colonies Category:Former Japanese colonies Category:Former colonies Category:Former country articles requiring maintenance
	{status = Protectorate} + empire = ...
	(blank) United Kingdom	Category:Former protectorates Category:Former British protectorates
	{status = Vassal} + empire = ...
	(blank) Holy Roman Empire	Category:Former vassal states Category:States of the Holy Roman Empire
	(other)	Category:Former country articles requiring maintenance
	{status = Client} + empire = ...
	(blank) First French Empire	Category:Former client states Category:Client states of the Napoleonic Wars
government_type	Republic	Category:Former republics
	Socialist republic	Category:Former socialist republics
	Principality	Category:Former principalities
	{government_type = Constitutional monarchy or Monarchy} + continent = ...
	(blank) Europe Asia North America South America Africa Eurasia Afroeurasia Afroasia	Category:Former monarchies Category:Former monarchies of Europe Category:Former monarchies of Asia Category:Former monarchies of North America Category:Former monarchies of South America Category:Former monarchies of Africa Category:Former monarchies of Europe & Asia Category:Former monarchies of Europe, Asia & Africa Category:Former monarchies of Africa & Asia
	(other)	Category:Former country articles requiring maintenance
era	Interwar period	Category:Former countries of the interwar period