{ "schema": "orbat/1.0", "generator": "KriegForeKaster.py", "as_of": "2026-08-08T14:47:22Z", "theater": "Global — national commands and selected formations", "disclosure": "A proving set under construction, not a conflict picture. Every record rests on an official defence-ministry or armed-forces page, or on dated public-affairs reporting, chosen because resolution is unambiguous and nothing here is sensitive. Its purpose is to put the decay model under forecast: if a sixty-day half-life on command is calibrated, command-change projections issued at sixty days should resolve near fifty percent. Coordinates are installation or capital centroids, approximate, and denote headquarters rather than any deployed position. Observation dates follow the Spion rule, observed at rather than checked at: where a source page carries no publication date, as_of is the date the page was retrieved. Coverage is deliberately shallow and wide before it is deep: national command first, formations second. COVERAGE NOTE: records with ids beginning F-SEED- are a global skeleton, not knowledge. Their existence claims are SPECULATIVE and they carry no commander. They exist so the shape of what is NOT known is visible on the same board as what is. Filter to DOCUMENTED and above to see only sourced records. PROMOTION 2026-07-30: 189 claims promoted from the compendium spine with provenance carried over; claims arriving past half-life are counted stale on the freshness face rather than hidden — the stale queue is the re-confirmation work queue. PROMOTION 2026-07-30: 6 claims promoted from the compendium spine with provenance carried over; claims arriving past half-life are counted stale on the freshness face rather than hidden — the stale queue is the re-confirmation work queue.", "factions": [ { "id": "united-states", "name": "United States", "color": "#7a97b4" }, { "id": "switzerland", "name": "Switzerland", "color": "#b4736e" }, { "id": "unassigned", "name": "Region unresolved — small states", "color": "#7d8288", "note": "These 28 do not appear in the Natural Earth 110m country polygons, which is a rendering-scale artefact, not a statement about them. Several are also states with no or minimal armed forces, which is precisely why every seeded existence claim is SPECULATIVE." }, { "id": "europe", "name": "Europe", "color": "#6e8fb4" }, { "id": "north-america", "name": "North America", "color": "#5f8f7a" }, { "id": "africa", "name": "Africa", "color": "#9c7b52" }, { "id": "asia", "name": "Asia", "color": "#8a6f9c" }, { "id": "south-america", "name": "South America", "color": "#a8865f" }, { "id": "oceania", "name": "Oceania", "color": "#7a9c9c" } ], "formations": [ { "id": "F-XVIII", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "corps", "parent": null, "name": "XVIII Airborne Corps", "designation": "XVIII ABN", "existence": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.army.mil/xviiicorps" ], "note": "Official US Army unit page. Page carries no publication date, so as_of is the retrieval date." }, "location": { "lat": 35.139, "lon": -79.006, "place": "Fort Bragg, North Carolina", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/bragg/index.php/units-tenants/xviii-airborne-co" ], "note": "Installation centroid, approximate. Home station, not a deployed position. A headquarters at its home station is the least interesting location claim there is and the easiest to keep fresh, which is exactly why it is the right place to start.", "denotes": "installation centroid" }, "commander": { "name": "Gregory K. Anderson", "rank": "Lieutenant General", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-06-15", "sources": [ "https://www.army.mil/article-amp/293339/americas_contingency_corps_welcomes_new_senior_enlisted_adviser", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregory_K._Anderson" ], "note": "In command since 2024-12-06. Last dated confirmation in post is the corps change-of-responsibility ceremony of 2026-06-15. SUCCESSION PENDING: Maj. Gen. John W. Lubas was nominated on 2026-07-17 for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commanding general of this corps, subject to Senate confirmation. The generated sixty-day baseline of fifty percent is knowably wrong on this record, which is the whole reason the baseline prints separately from a judgement." }, "projections": [ "KKR-20260727-01" ], "notes": "Root of the proving set." }, { "id": "F-82ABN", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "division", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/bragg/units-tenants/82nd-airborne-division" ], "note": "The Army's own installation page describes this division as the primary fighting arm of XVIII Airborne Corps. Recorded as a claim rather than a bare id: subordination determines the structure of the board and was the only load-bearing field here carrying no grade, source or date." }, "name": "82nd Airborne Division", "designation": "82 ABN", "existence": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.army.mil/82ndairborne" ], "note": "Official US Army unit page, undated, so as_of is the retrieval date." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/bragg/units-tenants/82nd-airborne-division" ], "summary": "Airborne infantry division specialising in joint forcible entry, described by the Army as the primary fighting arm of XVIII Airborne Corps, maintaining a rotating brigade-sized immediate response force." }, "location": { "lat": 35.139, "lon": -79.006, "place": "Fort Bragg, North Carolina", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/bragg/units-tenants/82nd-airborne-division" ], "note": "Home station. Installation centroid, approximate. Read alongside the posture claim: elements were reported deploying elsewhere and that reporting has not been re-verified, so home station and posture sit in tension by design rather than by error.", "denotes": "installation centroid" }, "posture": { "value": "committed", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-03-24", "sources": [ "https://www.wunc.org/military/2026-03-24/fort-bragg-82nd-airborne-division-middle-east" ], "note": "Between two and three thousand paratroopers, the majority of the division's immediate response force, were reported under written deployment orders to the Middle East, with the commanding general and headquarters staff also reported deploying. Single-source, attributed to an official not authorised to speak publicly. Not re-verified since. At roughly 125 days against a 21-day half-life this is the stalest claim in the file. It is retained rather than deleted because the age of the last observation is itself the finding." }, "commander": { "name": "Brandon R. Tegtmeier", "rank": "Major General", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.army.mil/82ndairborne", "https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/HQ-82ABN" ], "note": "Assumed command 2025-08-28 from Maj. Gen. James Work. Currently listed on the official division page, so as_of is the retrieval date." }, "projections": [ "KKR-20260727-02" ], "notes": "The record that carries the whole argument: a fresh, well-sourced command claim sitting beside a four-month-old posture claim. Both are true as recorded. Only one of them is current." }, { "id": "F-3ID", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "division", "parent": null, "name": "3rd Infantry Division", "designation": "3 ID", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-17", "sources": [ "https://www.wkdzradio.com/2026/07/17/former-fort-campbell-commander-nominated-to-lead-xviii-airborne-corps/news-edge/" ], "note": "Entered on press reporting rather than an official unit page, and graded lower than the two Fort Bragg records on purpose, so the ladder is exercised by something real." }, "location": { "lat": 31.869, "lon": -81.609, "place": "Fort Stewart, Georgia", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-17", "sources": [ "https://www.wkdzradio.com/2026/07/17/former-fort-campbell-commander-nominated-to-lead-xviii-airborne-corps/news-edge/" ], "note": "Installation centroid, approximate. Home station.", "denotes": "installation centroid" }, "commander": { "name": "John W. Lubas", "rank": "Major General", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-17", "sources": [ "https://www.wkdzradio.com/2026/07/17/former-fort-campbell-commander-nominated-to-lead-xviii-airborne-corps/news-edge/" ], "note": "Nominated 2026-07-17 for promotion to lieutenant general and assignment as commanding general of XVIII Airborne Corps, subject to Senate confirmation. If confirmed, this claim and the XVIII Airborne Corps command claim flip on the same event, which makes any two projections issued against them correlated. Correlated rows are not independent observations against the thirty-resolution floor and must not be counted as two." }, "projections": [ "KKR-20260727-03" ], "notes": "PARENT UNVERIFIED. This division's higher formation has not been checked against a source, so the field is left null rather than filled from memory. A visible gap is worth more than a plausible guess." }, { "id": "F-101ABN", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "division", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "value": "25px XVIII Airborne Corps", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/html/101st_Airborne_Division_%28Air_Assault%29" ], "note": "Infobox field command_structure, resolved to formation F-XVIII by exact or unique name match against this file." }, "name": "101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)", "designation": "101 ABN", "existence": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/campbell/101st" ], "note": "Official Fort Campbell page. Described by the Army as the only air assault division in the force. Undated page, so as_of is the retrieval date." }, "location": { "lat": 36.6672, "lon": -87.4617, "place": "Fort Campbell, Kentucky", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/campbell/about/leadership/senior-commander" ], "note": "Installation centroid, approximate. Home station.", "denotes": "installation centroid" }, "commander": { "name": "David W. Gardner", "rank": "Major General", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-20", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/campbell/about/leadership/senior-commander", "https://www.dvidshub.net/unit/HQ-101ABN" ], "note": "Assumed command 2025-05-30 from Maj. Gen. Brett Sylvia, the division's 50th commanding general. Last dated confirmation in post is DVIDS coverage of 2026-07-20." }, "projections": [], "notes": "PARENT UNVERIFIED. Widely subordinate to XVIII Airborne Corps, but no source in hand states it, so the field stays null rather than being filled from general knowledge." }, { "id": "F-10MTN", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "division", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "value": "XVIII Airborne Corps", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/api/rest_v1/page/html/10th_Mountain_Division_%28Light_Infantry%29" ], "note": "Infobox field command_structure, resolved to formation F-XVIII by exact or unique name match against this file." }, "name": "10th Mountain Division (Light Infantry)", "designation": "10 MTN", "existence": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-05-28", "sources": [ "https://www.army.mil/article-amp/292873/10th_mountain_division_and_fort_drum_welcomes_new_senior_enlisted_adviser" ], "note": "Dated Army public-affairs article covering a division change-of-responsibility ceremony." }, "location": { "lat": 44.0553, "lon": -75.771, "place": "Fort Drum, New York", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-05-28", "sources": [ "https://home.army.mil/drum/about/leadership/10th-mountain-division-li-and-fort-drum-commander" ], "note": "Installation centroid, approximate. Home station.", "denotes": "installation centroid" }, "commander": { "name": "Scott M. Naumann", "rank": "Major General", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-05-28", "sources": [ "https://www.army.mil/article-amp/292873/10th_mountain_division_and_fort_drum_welcomes_new_senior_enlisted_adviser", "https://home.army.mil/drum/about/leadership/10th-mountain-division-li-and-fort-drum-commander" ], "note": "Took command 2024-05-31 as the division's 33rd commander. Quoted as commanding general in Army coverage dated 2026-05-28, which is the last dated confirmation in post." }, "projections": [], "notes": "PARENT UNVERIFIED. The XVIII Airborne Corps commander presided over this division's 2024 change of command, which is suggestive of subordination but is not a statement of it. Left null." }, { "id": "F-CH", "faction": "switzerland", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Swiss Armed Forces", "designation": "CH AF", "existence": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/the-swiss-armed-forces" ], "note": "Official page of the Swiss Armed Forces (VBS/DDPS). Undated, so as_of is the retrieval date." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/the-swiss-armed-forces" ], "summary": "Under the Chief of the Armed Forces: the Armed Forces Staff, Joint Operations Command, the Armed Forces Logistics Organisation, the Cyber Command, and the Training and Education Command." }, "location": { "lat": 46.948, "lon": 7.4474, "place": "Bern, Switzerland", "grade": "DERIVED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Capital centroid. The Chief of the Armed Forces is directly subordinate to the head of the Federal Department of Defence, Civil Protection and Sport, which sits in Bern; no source in hand states a headquarters coordinate, so this is graded DERIVED rather than DOCUMENTED and carries no source.", "denotes": "approximate" }, "commander": { "name": "Benedikt Roos", "rank": "Lieutenant General", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/chief-of-the-armed-forces-roos", "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Armed_Forces_(Switzerland)" ], "note": "Chief of the Armed Forces (Chef der Armee) since 1 January 2026, succeeding Lt Gen Thomas Süssli. Rank Korpskommandant, NATO OF-8. A commander-in-chief at four-star rank is elected only in wartime, so the peacetime commander-in-chief post is vacant by design — which is itself a record most order-of-battle products get wrong." }, "projections": [], "notes": "First non-US record and the first at national-command echelon. Coverage goes shallow and wide before it goes deep: one record per national command is sourceable from the ministry's own pages, where division-level order of battle is not.", "order_of_battle": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://www.vtg.admin.ch/en/the-swiss-armed-forces" ], "note": "EXAMPLE SHAPE — figures not yet sourced. Every empty field is a gap the report prints.", "active_personnel": null }, "factionalization": { "grade": "DERIVED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Scored from published constitutional and organisational structure only. Switzerland runs a single chain under the Chief of the Armed Forces, has no regime-protection formation, appoints through the Federal Council with Assembly election of a wartime commander-in-chief, mans by militia conscription, and has no coup record. Architecture only; no claim about anyone's intent is made or recordable here.", "parallel_forces": 0, "praetorian_units": 0, "appointment_control": 1, "recruitment_basis": 1, "command_rotation": 1, "internal_security_role": 1, "coup_record": 0 } }, { "id": "F-SEED-VAT", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Vatican — national armed forces", "designation": "VAT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 41.9033, "lon": 12.4534, "place": "Vatican City, Vatican", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention). Value: the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps (Corpo della Guardia Svizzera Pontificia) serves as the de facto military force of Vatican City; the Gendarmerie Corps of Vatican City (Corpo della Gendarmeriais) is a police force that helps augment the Pontifical Swiss Guard Corps during the Pope’s appearances, as well as providing general security, traffic direction, and investigative duties for the Vatican City", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SMR", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "San Marino — national armed forces", "designation": "SMR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 43.9361, "lon": 12.4418, "place": "San Marino, San Marino", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: San Marino Military Corps (Corpi Militari Sammarinesi; aka Sammarinese Armed Forces or Forze Armate Sammarinesi): Fortress Guard Command (or Guard of the Rock), Uniformed Company of the Militias, Guard of the Great and General Council, Corps of the Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Civil Police Corps (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LIE", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Liechtenstein — national armed forces", "designation": "LIE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 47.1337, "lon": 9.5167, "place": "Vaduz, Liechtenstein", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; National Police of the Principality of Liechtenstein (Landespolizei des Fürstentums Liechtenstein) (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LUX", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Luxembourg — national armed forces", "designation": "LUX", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 49.6117, "lon": 6.13, "place": "Luxembourg, Luxembourg", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Luxembourg Army (l'Armée Luxembourgeoise) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-FSM", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Federated States of Micronesia — national armed forces", "designation": "FSM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 6.9166, "lon": 158.15, "place": "Palikir, Federated States of Micronesia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no military forces; Federated States of Micronesia National Police (includes a maritime wing) (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MHL", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Marshall Islands — national armed forces", "designation": "MHL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 7.103, "lon": 171.38, "place": "Majuro, Marshall Islands", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Marshall Islands Police Department (includes a Sea Patrol Division) (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TUV", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Tuvalu — national armed forces", "designation": "TUV", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -8.5167, "lon": 179.2166, "place": "Funafuti, Tuvalu", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Tuvalu Police Force (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PLW", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Palau — national armed forces", "designation": "PLW", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 7.4874, "lon": 134.6265, "place": "Melekeok, Palau", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; the Bureau of Public Safety (Ministry of Justice) has divisions for police functions and maritime security (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MCO", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Monaco — national armed forces", "designation": "MCO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 43.7396, "lon": 7.4069, "place": "Monaco, Monaco", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Prince’s Company of Carabiniers (Compagnie des Carabiniers du Prince, Police Department (Direction de la Sûreté Publique), Fire and Emergency Service (Corps des Sapeurs-pompiers de Monaco) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KIR", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Kiribati — national armed forces", "designation": "KIR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 1.3382, "lon": 173.0176, "place": "Tarawa, Kiribati", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Kiribati Police Service (includes Maritime Police) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-COM", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Comoros — national armed forces", "designation": "COM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -11.7042, "lon": 43.2402, "place": "Moroni, Comoros", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2024-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: National Army for Development (l'Armee Nationale de Developpement, AND): Comoran Defense Force (Force Comorienne de Defense or FCD; includes Comoran National Gendarmerie); Ministry of Interior: Coast Guard, Federal Police, National Directorate of Territorial Safety (customs and immigration) (2024) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-AND", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Andorra — national armed forces", "designation": "AND", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 42.5108, "lon": 1.5266, "place": "Andorra, Andorra", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Police Corps of Andorra (under the Ministry of Justice and Interior) (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TTO", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Trinidad and Tobago — national armed forces", "designation": "TTO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 10.652, "lon": -61.517, "place": "Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Trinidad and Tobago Defense Force (TTDF): Trinidad and Tobago Regiment (Army/Land Forces), Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard, Trinidad and Tobago Air Guard, Defense Force Reserves (2026) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-RWA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Rwanda — national armed forces", "designation": "RWA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -1.9516, "lon": 30.0586, "place": "Kigali, Rwanda", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Rwanda Defense Force (RDF; Ingabo z’u Rwanda): Rwanda Army (Rwanda Land Force), Rwanda Air Force (Force Aerienne Rwandaise, FAR), Rwanda Reserve Force, Special Units | | Ministry of Internal Security: Rwanda National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SWZ", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "eSwatini — national armed forces", "designation": "SWZ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -26.3167, "lon": 31.1333, "place": "Mbabane, eSwatini", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Umbutfo Eswatini Defense Force (UEDF): Army (includes a small air wing); the Royal Eswatini Police Service (REPS) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SVN", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Slovenia — national armed forces", "designation": "SVN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 46.0553, "lon": 14.515, "place": "Ljubljana, Slovenia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Slovenian Armed Forces (Slovenska Vojska, SV): structured as a combined force with air, land, maritime, and special operations components | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SVK", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Slovakia — national armed forces", "designation": "SVK", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 48.15, "lon": 17.117, "place": "Bratislava, Slovakia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Slovak Republic (Ozbrojene Sily Slovenskej Republiky): Ground Forces (Slovenské Pozemné Sily), Air Forces (Slovenské Vzdušné Sily), Special Operations Forces (Sily Pre Speciálne Operácie) | | Ministry of Interior: Slovak Police Force (SPF or Policajný Zbor) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-QAT", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Qatar — national armed forces", "designation": "QAT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 25.2866, "lon": 51.533, "place": "Doha, Qatar", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Qatar Armed Forces (QAF): Qatari Amiri Land Force (QALF, includes Emiri Guard), Qatari Amiri Navy (QAN, includes Coast Guard), Qatari Amiri Air Force (QAAF) | | Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Public Security, General Directorate of Coasts and Border Security, Internal Security Force (ISF or Lekhwiya) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MNE", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Montenegro — national armed forces", "designation": "MNE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 42.466, "lon": 19.2663, "place": "Podgorica, Montenegro", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Army of Montenegro (Vojska Crne Gore or VCG): Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy  | | Ministry of Interior: Police Directorate of Montenegro (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CHE", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Switzerland — national armed forces", "designation": "CHE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 46.9167, "lon": 7.467, "place": "Bern, Switzerland", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Swiss Armed Forces (aka Swiss Army or Schweizer Armee); Army (aka Land Forces), Swiss Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KOS", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Kosovo — national armed forces", "designation": "KOS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 42.6667, "lon": 21.166, "place": "Pristina, Kosovo", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Kosovo Security Force (KSF; Forca e Sigurisë së Kosovës or FSK): Land Force, National Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-DMA", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Dominica — national armed forces", "designation": "DMA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 15.301, "lon": -61.387, "place": "Roseau, Dominica", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) under the Ministry of National Security and Legal Affairs (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-DJI", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Djibouti — national armed forces", "designation": "DJI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 11.595, "lon": 43.148, "place": "Djibouti, Djibouti", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Djibouti Armed Forces (Forces Armées Djiboutiennes or FAD): Djiboutian (or National) Army, Djiboutian Navy (includes Djiboutian Coast Guard), Djiboutian Air Force; Djiboutian National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (Police Nationale) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GMB", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "The Gambia — national armed forces", "designation": "GMB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 13.4539, "lon": -16.5917, "place": "Banjul, The Gambia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Gambian Armed Forces (GAF; aka Armed Forces of the Gambia): the Gambian National Army (GNA), Gambia Navy, Gambia Air Force, Republican National Guard (RNG) | | Ministry of Interior: Gambia Police Force (GPF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MKD", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "North Macedonia — national armed forces", "designation": "MKD", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 42.0, "lon": 21.4335, "place": "Skopje, North Macedonia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Army of the Republic of North Macedonia (ARSM or ARNM): joint force with air, ground, reserve, special operations, and support forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BRB", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Barbados — national armed forces", "designation": "BRB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 13.102, "lon": -59.6165, "place": "Bridgetown, Barbados", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Barbados Defense Force (BDF): The Barbados Regiment, The Barbados Coast Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BDI", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Burundi — national armed forces", "designation": "BDI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -3.3761, "lon": 29.36, "place": "Bujumbura, Burundi", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2024-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Burundi National Defense Force (BNDF; Force de Defense Nationale du Burundi, FDNB): Land Force (Army), Naval Force, Air Force, Specialized Units | | Ministry of Interior, Community Development, and Public Security: Burundi National Police (Police Nationale du Burundi, PNB) (2024) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-VCT", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines — national armed forces", "designation": "VCT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 13.1558, "lon": -61.2202, "place": "Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Ministry of National Security: Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Force (RSVPF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LCA", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Saint Lucia — national armed forces", "designation": "LCA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 14.0079, "lon": -60.9929, "place": "Castries, Saint Lucia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Ministry of Home Affairs, Justice, and National Security: Royal Saint Lucia Police Force (RSLPF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KNA", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Saint Kitts and Nevis — national armed forces", "designation": "KNA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 17.302, "lon": -62.717, "place": "Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: St. Kitts and Nevis Defense Force (SKNDF); Regular Force, Coast Guard Force (SKNDF Coast Guard), Reserve Force, Cadet Force | | Ministry of National Security: the Royal St. Christopher and Nevis Police Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MUS", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Mauritius — national armed forces", "designation": "MUS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -20.1666, "lon": 57.5, "place": "Port Louis, Mauritius", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; the Mauritius Police Force (MPF) under the Ministry of Defense is responsible for the country's security; it includes a paramilitary unit known as the Special Mobile Force, which includes some motorized infantry and light armored units; the MPF also has a Police Helicopter Squadron, a Special Support Unit (riot police), and the National Coast Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GRD", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Grenada — national armed forces", "designation": "GRD", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 12.0526, "lon": -61.7416, "place": "Saint George's, Grenada", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; the Royal Grenada Police Force (under the Ministry of National Security) includes a Coast Guard and a paramilitary Special Services Unit (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BHR", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Bahrain — national armed forces", "designation": "BHR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 26.2361, "lon": 50.5831, "place": "Manama, Bahrain", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Bahrain Defense Force (BDF): Royal Bahraini Army (includes the Royal Guard), Royal Bahraini Navy, Royal Bahraini Air Force | | Ministry of Interior: National Guard, Special Security Forces Command (SSFC), Coast Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ATG", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Antigua and Barbuda — national armed forces", "designation": "ATG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 17.118, "lon": -61.85, "place": "Saint John's, Antigua and Barbuda", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Antigua and Barbuda Defense Force (ABDF): Antigua and Barbuda Regiment, Air Wing, Coast Guard | | Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda (RPFAB) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-URY", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Uruguay — national armed forces", "designation": "URY", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -34.9054, "lon": -56.1868, "place": "Montevideo, Uruguay", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Uruguay (Fuerzas Armadas del Uruguay or FF.AA. del Uruguay): National Army, National Navy (includes Coast Guard (Prefectura Nacional Naval or PRENA)), Uruguayan Air Force | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TGO", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Togo — national armed forces", "designation": "TGO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 6.1339, "lon": 1.2208, "place": "Lomé, Togo", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Togolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Togolaise, FAT): Togolese Army, Togolese Navy, Togolese Air Force, National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale Togolaise or GNT) | | Ministry of Security and Civil Protection: Togolese Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TUN", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Tunisia — national armed forces", "designation": "TUN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 36.8028, "lon": 10.1797, "place": "Tunis, Tunisia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Tunisian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Tunisiennes, FAT): Tunisian Army (includes Air Defense Force), Tunisian Navy, Tunisia Air Force | | Ministry of Interior (MoI): Internal Security Forces (National Police, National Guard) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ARE", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "United Arab Emirates — national armed forces", "designation": "ARE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 24.4667, "lon": 54.3666, "place": "Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: United Arab Emirates Armed Forces: Land Forces (Army), Navy, Air Force, Presidential Guard (includes special operations forces), National Guard (includes Coast Guard) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TKM", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Turkmenistan — national armed forces", "designation": "TKM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 37.95, "lon": 58.3833, "place": "Ashgabat, Turkmenistan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Turkmenistan (aka Turkmen National Army): Ground Forces, Air Force, Navy | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Troops, Turkmen (National) Police, Federal/State Border Guard Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ZMB", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Zambia — national armed forces", "designation": "ZMB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -15.4147, "lon": 28.2814, "place": "Lusaka, Zambia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Zambia Defense Force (ZDF): Zambia Army, Zambia Air Force, Zambia National Service | | Ministry of Home Affairs and Internal Security: Zambia Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ZWE", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Zimbabwe — national armed forces", "designation": "ZWE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -17.8158, "lon": 31.0428, "place": "Harare, Zimbabwe", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Zimbabwe Defense Forces (ZDF): Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA), Air Force of Zimbabwe (AFZ) | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Zimbabwe Republic Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TLS", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "East Timor — national armed forces", "designation": "TLS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -8.5594, "lon": 125.5795, "place": "Dili, East Timor", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention). Value: Timor-Leste Defense Force (Falintil-Forcas de Defesa de Timor-L'este, Falintil (F-FDTL)): Land Component, Air Force Component, Naval Component | | Ministry of Interior: National Police of Timor-Leste (Polícia Nacional de Timor-Leste, PNTL) (2025)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-VUT", "faction": "oceania", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Vanuatu — national armed forces", "designation": "VUT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -17.7334, "lon": 168.3166, "place": "Port Vila, Vanuatu", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Vanuatu Police Force (VPF) (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-HND", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Honduras — national armed forces", "designation": "HND", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 14.104, "lon": -87.2195, "place": "Tegucigalpa, Honduras", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Honduran Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Honduras, FFAA): Army (Ejercito), Honduran Naval Force (Fuerza Naval Hondurena, FNH; includes marines), Honduran Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Hondurena, FAH), Honduran Military Police of Public Order (Policía Militar del Orden Público or PMOP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GUY", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Guyana — national armed forces", "designation": "GUY", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 6.802, "lon": -58.167, "place": "Georgetown, Guyana", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Guyana Defense Force (GDF) is a unified force with ground, air, and coast guard components, as well as the Guyana National Reserve (2026) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ISL", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Iceland — national armed forces", "designation": "ISL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 64.1435, "lon": -21.9365, "place": "Reykjavík, Iceland", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; the Icelandic National Police, the regional police forces, and the Icelandic Coast Guard fall under the purview of the Ministry of Justice (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-HTI", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Haiti — national armed forces", "designation": "HTI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 18.543, "lon": -72.338, "place": "Port-au-Prince, Haiti", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Haitian Armed Forces (FAdH): Army | | Ministry of Justice and Public Security: Haitian National Police (Police Nationale d'Haïti or PNH) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-UGA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Uganda — national armed forces", "designation": "UGA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 0.3186, "lon": 32.5814, "place": "Kampala, Uganda", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Uganda People's Defense Force (UPDF): Land Force (includes marines), Air Force, Special Forces Command, Reserve Force | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Uganda Police Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SUR", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Suriname — national armed forces", "designation": "SUR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 5.835, "lon": -55.167, "place": "Paramaribo, Suriname", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Suriname National Army (Nationaal Leger or NL); Army (Landmacht), Navy (Marine); Air Force (Luchtmacht), Military Police (Korps Militaire Politie) | | Ministry of Justice and Police: Suriname Police Force (Korps Politie Suriname or KPS) (2026) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NER", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Niger — national armed forces", "designation": "NER", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 13.5187, "lon": 2.1147, "place": "Niamey, Niger", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization: Niger National Guard, National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TJK", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Tajikistan — national armed forces", "designation": "TJK", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 38.56, "lon": 68.7739, "place": "Dushanbe, Tajikistan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Republic of Tajikistan: Ground Forces, Mobile Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces | | Tajik National Guard (TNG); Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Troops of Tajikistan; State Committee on National Security: Border Troops (aka Tajik Border Service) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PRY", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Paraguay — national armed forces", "designation": "PRY", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -25.2907, "lon": -57.6258, "place": "Asunción, Paraguay", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Paraguay (Fuerzas Armadas de Paraguay; aka Armed Forces of the Nation or Fuerzas Armadas de la Nación): Paraguayan Army (Ejército Paraguayo), Paraguayan Navy (Armada Paraguaya; includes marines), Paraguayan Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Paraguaya) | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Police of Paraguay (Policía Nacional del Paraguay, PNP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NIC", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Nicaragua — national armed forces", "designation": "NIC", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 12.155, "lon": -86.2704, "place": "Managua, Nicaragua", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Nicaragua (formal name is Army of Nicaragua or Ejercito de Nicaragua, EN): Land Force; Naval Force; Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SLE", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Sierra Leone — national armed forces", "designation": "SLE", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sierra_Leone)" ], "note": "Upgraded from the SPECULATIVE seed on a single encyclopedia source that names a serving chief of defence, which establishes the force exists. REPORTED, not DOCUMENTED: the ministry's own page has not been checked. That upgrade is the next step for this record." }, "location": { "lat": 8.472, "lon": -13.2362, "place": "Freetown, Sierra Leone", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "Upgraded from seed. Location remains the capital centroid from Natural Earth and still locates the state rather than the command.", "commander": { "name": "Sullay Ibrahim Sesay", "rank": "Lieutenant General", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Sierra_Leone)" ], "note": "Chief of the Defence Staff since 29 June 2020. Nominated by the President, appointed by Parliament. Single-source. as_of is the retrieval date, not a publication date, per the Spion rule." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF): organized as a Joint Force Command with land, air, and maritime components | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Sierra Leone Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PAK", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Pakistan — national armed forces", "designation": "PAK", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 33.6894, "lon": 73.0806, "place": "Islamabad, Pakistan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Pakistan Armed Forces: Pakistan Army (includes National Guard), Pakistan Navy (includes Pakistan Marines, Pakistan Maritime Security Agency), Pakistan Air Force | | Ministry of Interior: Frontier Constabulary, Frontier Corps, National Police, Pakistan Coast Guard, Punjab (Pakistan) Rangers, Sindh (Pakistan) Rangers (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NPL", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Nepal — national armed forces", "designation": "NPL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 27.7186, "lon": 85.3147, "place": "Kathmandu, Nepal", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Nepalese Armed Forces (Ministry of Defense): Nepali Army (includes Air Wing) | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Nepal Police, Nepal Armed Police Force (APF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ZAF", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "South Africa — national armed forces", "designation": "ZAF", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -29.12, "lon": 26.2299, "place": "Bloemfontein, South Africa", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: South African National Defense Force (SANDF): South African Army (includes Reserve Force), South African Navy (SAN), South African Air Force (SAAF), South African Military Health Services | | Ministry of Police: South African Police Service (SAPS) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PNG", "faction": "oceania", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Papua New Guinea — national armed forces", "designation": "PNG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -9.4647, "lon": 147.1925, "place": "Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army, Air Force, Navy, National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Security: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SLB", "faction": "oceania", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Solomon Islands — national armed forces", "designation": "SLB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -9.438, "lon": 159.9498, "place": "Honiara, Solomon Islands", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Ministry of Police, National Security and Correctional Services (MPNSCS): the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force (RSIPF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PAN", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Panama — national armed forces", "designation": "PAN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 8.97, "lon": -79.535, "place": "Panama City, Panama", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces | | Ministry of Public Security: National Police (Policía Nacional, PN), National Aeronaval Service (Servicio Nacional Aeronaval, SENAN), National Border Service (Servicio Nacional de Fronteras, SENAFRONT) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MAR", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Morocco — national armed forces", "designation": "MAR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 34.0253, "lon": -6.8364, "place": "Rabat, Morocco", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Royal Moroccan Armed Forces (FAR): Royal Moroccan Army (includes the Moroccan Royal Guard), Royal Moroccan Navy (includes Coast Guard, marines), Royal Moroccan Air Force, Moroccan Royal Guard, Royal Moroccan Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior: General Directorate for National Security (DGSN; aka National Police), Auxiliary Forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MDA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Moldova — national armed forces", "designation": "MDA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 47.005, "lon": 28.8577, "place": "Chișinău, Moldova", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Republic of Moldova (Forțele Armate ale Republicii Moldova): National Army (comprised of Land Forces, Air Force) | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: General Inspectorate of Police (GPI), Border Police Department, Carabinieri Troops Department (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MOZ", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Mozambique — national armed forces", "designation": "MOZ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -25.9533, "lon": 32.5872, "place": "Maputo, Mozambique", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces for the Defense of Mozambique (Forcas Armadas de Defesa de Mocambique, FADM): Army, Mozambique Navy, Mozambique Air Force  | | Ministry of Interior: Mozambique National Police (PRM; includes the Rapid Intervention Unit, UIR), the National Criminal Investigation Service (SERNIC), Border Security Force; other security forces include the Presidential Guard and the Force for the Protecti (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SOM", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Somalia — national armed forces", "designation": "SOM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 2.0686, "lon": 45.3647, "place": "Mogadishu, Somalia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes or FAMa): Army (l’Armée de Terre), Air Force (l’Armée de l’Air); National Guard (la Garde Nationale du Mali); National Gendarmerie of Mali (Gendarmerie Nationale du Mali) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-OMN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Oman — national armed forces", "designation": "OMN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 23.5852, "lon": 58.3783, "place": "Muscat, Oman", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2024-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman (RAO), Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), Royal Guard of Oman (RGO), Sultan's Special Forces | | Royal Oman Police (ROP): Civil Defense, Immigration, Infrastructure Security Police, Coast Guard Police, Special Security Police, Special Task Force (2024) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LKA", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Sri Lanka — national armed forces", "designation": "LKA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 6.932, "lon": 79.8578, "place": "Colombo, Sri Lanka", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Sri Lanka Armed Forces: Sri Lanka Army (includes National Guard and the Volunteer Force), Sri Lanka Navy (includes Marine Corps), Sri Lanka Air Force, Sri Lanka Coast Guard; Civil Security Department (Home Guard) | | Ministry of Public Security: Sri Lanka Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MNG", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Mongolia — national armed forces", "designation": "MNG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 47.9186, "lon": 106.9147, "place": "Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Mongolian Armed Forces (MAF): Land Force, Air Force, Cyber Security Forces, Special Forces, Construction-Engineering Forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NAM", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Namibia — national armed forces", "designation": "NAM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -22.57, "lon": 17.0835, "place": "Windhoek, Namibia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Namibian Defense Force (NDF): Namibian Army, Namibian Navy, Namibian Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NGA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Nigeria — national armed forces", "designation": "NGA", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Nigeria)" ], "note": "Upgraded from the SPECULATIVE seed on a single encyclopedia source that names a serving chief of defence, which establishes the force exists. REPORTED, not DOCUMENTED: the ministry's own page has not been checked. That upgrade is the next step for this record." }, "location": { "lat": 9.0546, "lon": 7.4895, "place": "Abuja, Nigeria", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Abuja. The source names Defence Headquarters, Abuja as the chief of defence staff's seat, but gives no coordinate, so this remains the capital centroid rather than the headquarters point.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "Upgraded from seed. Location remains the capital centroid from Natural Earth and still locates the state rather than the command.", "commander": { "name": "Olufemi Oluyede", "rank": "General", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_Defence_Staff_(Nigeria)" ], "note": "Chief of Defence Staff since October 2025, succeeding General Christopher Musa. Based at Defence Headquarters, Abuja. Single-source. as_of is the retrieval date, not a publication date, per the Spion rule." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Nigerien Armed Forces (Forces Armees Nigeriennes, FAN): Army, Nigerien Air Force, Niger Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior, Public Safety and Decentralization: Niger National Guard, National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GNB", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Guinea Bissau — national armed forces", "designation": "GNB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 11.865, "lon": -15.5984, "place": "Bissau, Guinea Bissau", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army, Air Force, Navy, National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Security: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-JOR", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Jordan — national armed forces", "designation": "JOR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 31.952, "lon": 35.9314, "place": "Amman, Jordan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Jordanian Armed Forces (JAF; aka Arab Army): Jordanian Army (Jordanian Ground Forces; includes Special Operations Forces, Border Guards, Royal Guard), Jordanian Air Force, Jordanian Navy)   | | Ministry of Interior: Public Security Directorate (includes national police, the Gendarmerie, and the Civil Defense Directorate) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LTU", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Lithuania — national armed forces", "designation": "LTU", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 54.6834, "lon": 25.3166, "place": "Vilnius, Lithuania", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Lithuanian Land Forces (LLF), Lithuanian Navy, Lithuanian Air Force (LTAF), Lithuanian Special Operations Forces (LITHSOF); National Defense Volunteer Forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LVA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Latvia — national armed forces", "designation": "LVA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 56.95, "lon": 24.1, "place": "Riga, Latvia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: National Armed Forces (Nacionalie Brunotie Speki or NBS): Land Forces (Latvijas Sauszemes Speki), Naval Force (Latvijas Juras Speki, includes Coast Guard (Latvijas Kara Flote)), Air Force (Latvijas Gaisa Speki), National Guard (aka Land Guard or Zemessardze) | | Ministry of Interior: State Police, State Border Guards, State Security Service  (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KGZ", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Kyrgyzstan — national armed forces", "designation": "KGZ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 42.875, "lon": 74.5833, "place": "Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic: Land Forces (Kygyz Army), Air Defense Forces (Kyrgyz Air Force), National Guard of the Armed Forces of the Kyrgyz Republic | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Security Service | | State Committee for National Security: Border Guard Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LSO", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Lesotho — national armed forces", "designation": "LSO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -29.3167, "lon": 27.4833, "place": "Maseru, Lesotho", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Lesotho Defense Force (LDF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MDG", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Madagascar — national armed forces", "designation": "MDG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -18.9147, "lon": 47.5147, "place": "Antananarivo, Madagascar", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Madagascar Armed Forces (aka Armed forces of the Republic of Madagascar); Malagasy Army, Naval Forces (or National Navy), Air Force; Malagasy National Gendarmerie (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ECU", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Ecuador — national armed forces", "designation": "ECU", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -0.213, "lon": -78.502, "place": "Quito, Ecuador", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Ecuadorian Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas del Ecuador): Ground Force (Fuerza Terrestre), Naval Force (Fuerza Naval; includes naval infantry, naval aviation, coast guard), Ecuadorian Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Ecuatoriana) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CRI", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Costa Rica — national armed forces", "designation": "CRI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 9.9304, "lon": -84.0788, "place": "San José, Costa Rica", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Ministry of Public Security (Ministerio de Seguridad Pública de Costa Rica): National Police (Fuerza Pública), Air Surveillance Service (Servicio de Vigilancia Aérea), National Coast Guard Service (Servicio Nacional de Guardacostas), Drug Control Police (Policía Control de Drogas), Border Police (Policia de Fronteras), Professional Migration Police (Policía Profesional de Migración) | | Ministry (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SLV", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "El Salvador — national armed forces", "designation": "SLV", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 13.7033, "lon": -89.2156, "place": "San Salvador, El Salvador", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: The Armed Forces of El Salvador (La Fuerza Armada de El Salvador, FAES): Army of El Salvador (Ejercito de El Salvador, ES), Naval Force of El Salvador (Fuerza Naval de El Salvador, FNES), Salvadoran Air Force (Fuerza Aérea Salvadoreña, FAS) | | Ministry of Justice and Public Safety: National Civil Police (Policia Nacional Civil, PNC) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-JAM", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Jamaica — national armed forces", "designation": "JAM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 17.9771, "lon": -76.7674, "place": "Kingston, Jamaica", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Jamaica Defense Force (JDF): Jamaica Regiment (Land Force), Maritime, Air, and Cyber Command (MACC), Support Brigade, Caribbean Military Academy, Jamaica National Reserve (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TCD", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Chad — national armed forces", "designation": "TCD", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 12.115, "lon": 15.0472, "place": "N'Djamena, Chad", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Chadian National Army (Armee Nationale du Tchad, ANT): Ground Forces (l'Armee de Terre, AdT), Chadian Air Force (l'Armee de l'Air Tchadienne, AAT), Chadian National Gendarmerie; General Direction of the Security Services of State Institutions (Direction Generale des Services de Securite des Institutions de l'Etat, GDSSIE) | | Ministry of Public Security and Immigration: National Nomadic Guard of (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GNQ", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Equatorial Guinea — national armed forces", "designation": "GNQ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 3.75, "lon": 8.7833, "place": "Malabo, Equatorial Guinea", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Equatorial Guinea Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Guinea Ecuatorial, FAGE): Army, Navy, Air Force, Gendarmerie (Guardia Civil) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ERI", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Eritrea — national armed forces", "designation": "ERI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 15.3333, "lon": 38.9333, "place": "Asmara, Eritrea", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2024-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF): Eritrean Ground Forces, Eritrean Navy, Eritrean Air Force; People's Militia (aka People's Army or Hizbawi Serawit) (2024) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-HRV", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Croatia — national armed forces", "designation": "HRV", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 45.8, "lon": 16.0, "place": "Zagreb, Croatia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Republic of Croatia (Oruzane Snage Republike Hrvatske, OSRH): Croatian Army (Hrvatska Kopnena Vojska, HKoV), Croatian Navy (Hrvatska Ratna Mornarica, HRM; includes Coast Guard), Croatian Air Force (Hrvatsko Ratno Zrakoplovstvo, HRZ) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-EST", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Estonia — national armed forces", "designation": "EST", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 59.4339, "lon": 24.728, "place": "Tallinn, Estonia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Estonian Defense Forces: Land Forces, Navy, Air Force; Estonian Defense League  | | Ministry of Interior: Police and Border Guard Board, Internal Security Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MWI", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Malawi — national armed forces", "designation": "MWI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -13.9833, "lon": 33.7833, "place": "Lilongwe, Malawi", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Malawi Defense Force (MDF): Malawi Army (Land Forces), Malawi Maritime Force (MMF), Malawi Air Force (MAF), Malawi National Service (MNS) | | Ministry of Homeland Security: Malawi Police Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GTM", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Guatemala — national armed forces", "designation": "GTM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 14.6231, "lon": -90.5289, "place": "Guatemala City, Guatemala", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Army of Guatemala (Ejercito de Guatemala; aka Armed Forces of Guatemala or Fuerzas Armadas de Guatemala): Land Forces (Fuerzas de Tierra), Naval Forces (Fuerzas de Mar), and Air Force (Fuerza de Aire) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GAB", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Gabon — national armed forces", "designation": "GAB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 0.3854, "lon": 9.458, "place": "Libreville, Gabon", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Gabonese Armed Forces (Force Armées Gabonaise or FAG; aka National Defense and Security Forces of Gabon or des Forces Nationales de Défense et de Sécurité (FNDS) du Gabon): Army, Navy, Air Force, Light Aviation, Fire Brigade; Gabon National Gendarmerie (GENA); Republican Guard (GR); Military Health Service; Military Engineering (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-FJI", "faction": "oceania", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Fiji — national armed forces", "designation": "FJI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -18.133, "lon": 178.4417, "place": "Suva, Fiji", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Republic of Fiji Military Forces (RFMF): Land Force, Republic of Fiji Navy (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MRT", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Mauritania — national armed forces", "designation": "MRT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 18.0864, "lon": -15.9753, "place": "Nouakchott, Mauritania", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Mauritanian Armed Forces (aka Armée Nationale Mauritanienne): National Army, National Navy, Air Force; Gendarmerie  | | Ministry of Interior and Decentralization: National Police, National Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MLI", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Mali — national armed forces", "designation": "MLI", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 12.652, "lon": -8.002, "place": "Bamako, Mali", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes or FAMa): Army (l’Armée de Terre), Air Force (l’Armée de l’Air); National Guard (la Garde Nationale du Mali); National Gendarmerie of Mali (Gendarmerie Nationale du Mali) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LBN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Lebanon — national armed forces", "designation": "LBN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 33.8739, "lon": 35.5078, "place": "Beirut, Lebanon", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF): Army Command (includes Presidential Guard Brigade, Land Border Regiments), Naval Forces, Air Forces | | Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of Internal Security Forces (law enforcement; includes Mobile Gendarmerie), General Directorate for Public Security (border control, some domestic security duties) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GEO", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Georgia — national armed forces", "designation": "GEO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 41.727, "lon": 44.7888, "place": "Tbilisi, Georgia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Georgian Defense Forces (GDF; aka Defense Forces of Georgia, DFG): Ground Forces, Air Force, Special Operations Forces, National Guard | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Police, Border Police of Georgia, Coast Guard of Georgia (includes naval forces, which were merged with the Coast Guard in 2009) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KAZ", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Kazakhstan — national armed forces", "designation": "KAZ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 51.1811, "lon": 71.4278, "place": "Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Republic of Kazakhstan: Land Forces (Army of Kazakhstan), Naval Forces, Air and Air Defense Forces | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Police, National Guard | | Committee for National Security (KNB): Border Guard Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LAO", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Laos — national armed forces", "designation": "LAO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 17.9667, "lon": 102.6, "place": "Vientiane, Laos", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Lao People's Armed Forces (LPAF; aka Lao People's Army): Lao People's Army (LPA, includes Riverine Force), Lao People's Air Force (LPAF); Self-Defense Militia Forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-COG", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Congo (Brazzaville) — national armed forces", "designation": "COG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -4.2572, "lon": 15.2827, "place": "Brazzaville, Congo (Brazzaville)", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force, National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GIN", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Guinea — national armed forces", "designation": "GIN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 9.5335, "lon": -13.6822, "place": "Conakry, Guinea", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Guinean (or National) Armed Forces (Forces Armées Guinéennes): Army, Air Force, Navy, National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Security: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CIV", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Ivory Coast — national armed forces", "designation": "CIV", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ivory_Coast)" ], "note": "Upgraded from the SPECULATIVE seed on a single encyclopedia source that names a serving chief of defence, which establishes the force exists. REPORTED, not DOCUMENTED: the ministry's own page has not been checked. That upgrade is the next step for this record." }, "location": { "lat": 6.8184, "lon": -5.2755, "place": "Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "Upgraded from seed. Location remains the capital centroid from Natural Earth and still locates the state rather than the command.", "commander": { "name": "Lassina Doumbia", "rank": "Army corps general", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Ivory_Coast)" ], "note": "Chef d'etat-major des armees (CEMA) since 28 December 2018. Term length not fixed. Single-source. as_of is the retrieval date, not a publication date, per the Spion rule." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention). Value: Armed Forces of Cote d'Ivoire (Forces Armees de Cote d'Ivoire, FACI; aka Republican Forces of Ivory Coast, FRCI): Army, National Navy, Air Force, Special Forces; National Gendarmerie  | | Ministry of Security and Civil Protection: National Police (2025)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CAN", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Canada — national armed forces", "designation": "CAN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 45.4186, "lon": -75.702, "place": "Ottawa, Canada", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Canadian Forces: Canadian Army, Royal Canadian Navy, Royal Canadian Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SRB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Serbia — national armed forces", "designation": "SRB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 44.8206, "lon": 20.466, "place": "Belgrade, Serbia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Serbian Armed Forces (Vojska Srbije, VS): Army (aka Land Forces; includes Riverine Component, consisting of a naval flotilla on the Danube), Air and Air Defense Forces, Serbian Guard | | Serbian Ministry of Internal Affairs: Police Directorate (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BRN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Brunei — national armed forces", "designation": "BRN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 4.8833, "lon": 114.9333, "place": "Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) or Angkatan Bersenjata Diraja Brunei (ABDB): Royal Brunei Land Force (RBLF), Royal Brunei Navy (RBN), Royal Brunei Air Force (RBAirF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BOL", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Bolivia — national armed forces", "designation": "BOL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -19.041, "lon": -65.2595, "place": "Sucre, Bolivia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Bolivian Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de Bolivia or FAB): Bolivian Army (Ejercito de Boliviano), Bolivian Navy (Armada Boliviana), Bolivian Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Boliviana) | | Ministry of Government: National Police (Policía Nacional de Bolivia, PNB) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BLZ", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Belize — national armed forces", "designation": "BLZ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 17.252, "lon": -88.7671, "place": "Belmopan, Belize", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Belize Defense Force (BDF): Army, Air Wing; Belize Coast Guard (BCG) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CAF", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Central African Republic — national armed forces", "designation": "CAF", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 4.3666, "lon": 18.5583, "place": "Bangui, Central African Republic", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Central African Armed Forces (Forces Armees Centrafricaines, FACA): Army (includes an air squadron, Escadrille Centrafricaine) | | Ministry of Interior: National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale), National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CMR", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Cameroon — national armed forces", "designation": "CMR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 3.8686, "lon": 11.5147, "place": "Yaoundé, Cameroon", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Cameroon Armed Forces (Forces Armees Camerounaises, FAC): Army, Cameroon Navy (includes naval infantry or fusiliers marin), Air Force, National Gendarmerie, National Firefighting Corps | | General Delegation for National Security (Délégation Générale à la Sûreté Nationale or DGSN): Cameroon Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ALB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Albania — national armed forces", "designation": "ALB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 41.3275, "lon": 19.8189, "place": "Tirana, Albania", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Republic of Albania Armed Forces (Forcat e Armatosura të Republikës së Shqipërisë (FARSH); aka Albanian Armed Forces (AAF)): Land Forces, Naval Force (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces | | Ministry of Interior: Guard of the Republic, State Police (includes the Border and Migration Police) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ARM", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Armenia — national armed forces", "designation": "ARM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 40.1831, "lon": 44.5116, "place": "Yerevan, Armenia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armenian Republic Armed Forces: Armenian Army (includes land, air, air defense forces) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-AZE", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Azerbaijan — national armed forces", "designation": "AZE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 40.3972, "lon": 49.8603, "place": "Baku, Azerbaijan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Azerbaijan Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Forces, Navy Forces, Special Forces, State Border Service, Coast Guard | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Troops, local police forces; Special State Protection Service (SSPS): National Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KHM", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Cambodia — national armed forces", "designation": "KHM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 11.552, "lon": 104.9147, "place": "Phnom Penh, Cambodia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Royal Cambodian Armed Forces (RCAF): Royal Cambodian Army, Royal Khmer Navy, Royal Cambodian Air Force, Royal Gendarmerie (Military Police); National Committee for Maritime Security (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BEN", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Benin — national armed forces", "designation": "BEN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 6.363, "lon": 2.4044, "place": "Cotonou, Benin", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Beninese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Beninoises, FAB; aka Benin Defense Forces): Army, Air Force, National Navy, National Guard (aka Republican Guard) | | Ministry of Interior and Public Security: Republican Police (Police Republicaine, DGPR) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BGR", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Bulgaria — national armed forces", "designation": "BGR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 42.6853, "lon": 23.3147, "place": "Sofia, Bulgaria", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Bulgarian Armed Forces (aka Bulgarian Army): Land Forces, Air Force, Navy | | Ministry of Interior: General Directorate National Police (GDNP), General Directorate Border Police (GDBP), Special Unit for Combating Terrorism (SOBT) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BLR", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Belarus — national armed forces", "designation": "BLR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 53.9019, "lon": 27.5647, "place": "Minsk, Belarus", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Belarus Armed Forces: Army, Air and Air Defense Force, Special Operations Force, Special Troops, Territorial Defense Forces | | Ministry of Interior: State Border Troops, Militia, Internal Troops (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BTN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Bhutan — national armed forces", "designation": "BTN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 27.473, "lon": 89.639, "place": "Thimphu, Bhutan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Royal Bhutan Army (RBA; includes Royal Bodyguard of Bhutan, or RBG, and an air wing); National Militia | | Ministry of Home and Cultural Affairs: Royal Bhutan Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BWA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Botswana — national armed forces", "designation": "BWA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -24.6463, "lon": 25.9119, "place": "Gaborone, Botswana", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Botswana Defense Force (BDF): Ground Forces Command, Air Arm Command, Defense Logistics Command (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-AUS", "faction": "oceania", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Australia — national armed forces", "designation": "AUS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -35.283, "lon": 149.129, "place": "Canberra, Australia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Australian Defense Force (ADF): Australian Army, Royal Australian Navy, Royal Australian Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BFA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Burkina Faso — national armed forces", "designation": "BFA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 12.3723, "lon": -1.5267, "place": "Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Burkina Faso (FABF; aka National Armed Forces (FAN), aka Defense and Security Forces (Forces de Défense et de Sécurité or FDS)): Army of Burkina Faso, Air Force of Burkina Faso, National Gendarmerie, National Fire Brigade (Brigade Nationale de Sapeurs-Pompiers or BNSP); Homeland Defense Volunteers (Forcés de Volontaires de Défense pour la Patrie or VDP) | | Ministry of Territorial (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BIH", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina — national armed forces", "designation": "BIH", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 43.85, "lon": 18.383, "place": "Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Bosnia and Herzegovina (AFBiH or Oruzanih Snaga Bosne i Hercegovine, OSBiH): Army, Air, Air Defense forces organized into an Operations Command and a Support Command | | Ministry of Security: Border Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MMR", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Myanmar — national armed forces", "designation": "MMR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 19.7685, "lon": 96.1167, "place": "Naypyidaw, Myanmar", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention). Value: Burmese Defense Service (aka Armed Forces of Burma, Myanmar Army, Royal Armed Forces, the Tatmadaw, or the Sit-Tat): Army (Tatmadaw Kyi), Navy (Tatmadaw Yay), Air Force (Tatmadaw Lay); People’s Militia | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Burma (People's) Police Force, Border Guard Forces/Police (2025)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TON", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Tonga — national armed forces", "designation": "TON", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -21.1385, "lon": -175.2206, "place": "Nuku'alofa, Tonga", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: His Majesty's Armed Forces Tonga (HMAF; aka Tonga Defense Services): Tonga Royal Guard, Tonga Land Force (Royal Tongan Marines), Tonga Navy, Air Wing | | Ministry of Police and Fire Services: Tonga Police Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SOL", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Somaliland — national armed forces", "designation": "SOL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 9.56, "lon": 44.0653, "place": "Hargeisa, Somaliland", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Malian Armed Forces (Forces Armées Maliennes or FAMa): Army (l’Armée de Terre), Air Force (l’Armée de l’Air); National Guard (la Garde Nationale du Mali); National Gendarmerie of Mali (Gendarmerie Nationale du Mali) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SYC", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Seychelles — national armed forces", "designation": "SYC", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -4.6166, "lon": 55.45, "place": "Victoria, Seychelles", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Seychelles People's Defense Forces (SPDF; aka Seychelles Defense Forces, SDF): Army (includes infantry, special forces, and a presidential security unit), Coast Guard, and Air Force | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Seychelles Police Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-STP", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Sao Tome and Principe — national armed forces", "designation": "STP", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 0.3375, "lon": 6.7297, "place": "São Tomé, Sao Tome and Principe", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Sao Tome and Principe (Forcas Armadas de Sao Tome e Principe, FASTP): Army, Coast Guard of Sao Tome e Principe (Guarda Costeira de Sao Tome e Principe, GCSTP), Presidential Guard, National Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-WSM", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Samoa — national armed forces", "designation": "WSM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -13.8357, "lon": -171.7686, "place": "Apia, Samoa", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Samoa Police Service (includes a maritime unit) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MLT", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Malta — national armed forces", "designation": "MLT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 35.8997, "lon": 14.5147, "place": "Valletta, Malta", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Armed Forces of Malta (AFM): Land Component (combat, combat support, and combat service support divided into three regiments), Maritime Squadron, Air Wing; Volunteer Reserve Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MDV", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Maldives — national armed forces", "designation": "MDV", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 4.172, "lon": 73.5089, "place": "Malé, Maldives", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF): Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Air Corps, Fire and Rescue Service | | Ministry of Homeland Security and Technology (MOHST): Maldives Police Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ISR", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Israel — national armed forces", "designation": "ISR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 31.7784, "lon": 35.2066, "place": "Jerusalem, Israel", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Israel Defense Forces (IDF): Ground Forces, Israel Naval Force (IN, includes commandos), Israel Air Force (IAF, includes air defense) | | Ministry of National Security: Israeli Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CPV", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Cape Verde — national armed forces", "designation": "CPV", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 14.9167, "lon": -23.5167, "place": "Praia, Cape Verde", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention). Value: Cabo Verdean Armed Forces (FACV): National Guard (GN), Cabo Verde Coast Guard (Guardia Costeira de Cabo Verde, GCCV) (2025)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BHS", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "The Bahamas — national armed forces", "designation": "BHS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 25.0834, "lon": -77.35, "place": "Nassau, The Bahamas", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Royal Bahamas Defense Force (RBDF): includes land, air, maritime elements; Royal Bahamas Police Force (RBPF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CYP", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Cyprus — national armed forces", "designation": "CYP", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 35.1667, "lon": 33.3666, "place": "Nicosia, Cyprus", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Cypriot National Guard (Ethniki Froura, EF): Army, Navy, Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NZL", "faction": "oceania", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "New Zealand — national armed forces", "designation": "NZL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -41.2921, "lon": 174.7772, "place": "Wellington, New Zealand", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF): New Zealand Army, Royal New Zealand Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-VNM", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Vietnam — national armed forces", "designation": "VNM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 21.0353, "lon": 105.8481, "place": "Hanoi, Vietnam", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN; aka Vietnam People's Army, VPA): Ground Forces (Army), Navy (includes naval infantry), Air Defense - Air Force, Vietnam Border Guard, Vietnam Coast Guard | | Vietnam People's Ministry of Public Security; Vietnam Civil Defense Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TUR", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Turkey — national armed forces", "designation": "TUR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 39.9292, "lon": 32.8624, "place": "Ankara, Turkey", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Turkish Armed Forces (TAF; Türk Silahlı Kuvvetleri, TSK): Turkish Land Forces (Türk Kara Kuvvetleri), Turkish Naval Forces (Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri; includes naval air and naval infantry), Turkish Air Forces (Türk Hava Kuvvetleri) | | Ministry of Interior: Gendarmerie General Command (aka Gendarmerie of the Turkish Republic), Turkish Coast Guard Command, General Directorate of Security (National Po (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-HUN", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Hungary — national armed forces", "designation": "HUN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 47.502, "lon": 19.0814, "place": "Budapest, Hungary", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Hungarian Defense Forces (HDF or Magyar Honvédség): the HDF is organized as a joint force under a general staff with commands for land, air, cyber, special operations, territorial defense, and support forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-YEM", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Yemen — national armed forces", "designation": "YEM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 15.3567, "lon": 44.2046, "place": "Sanaa, Yemen", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Yemeni Armed Forces: Yemeni National Army, Air Force and Air Defense, Navy and Coastal Defense Forces, Border Guard, Strategic Reserve Forces (includes Special Forces and Presidential Protection Brigades, which are under the Ministry of Defense but responsible to the president), Popular Committee Forces (aka Popular Resistance Forces; government-backed tribal militia) | | Ministry of Interior: Se (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ROU", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Romania — national armed forces", "designation": "ROU", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 44.4353, "lon": 26.098, "place": "Bucharest, Romania", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2024-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Sultan's Armed Forces (SAF): Royal Army of Oman (RAO), Royal Navy of Oman (RNO), Royal Air Force of Oman (RAFO), Royal Guard of Oman (RGO), Sultan's Special Forces | | Royal Oman Police (ROP): Civil Defense, Immigration, Infrastructure Security Police, Coast Guard Police, Special Security Police, Special Task Force (2024) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SYR", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Syria — national armed forces", "designation": "SYR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 33.502, "lon": 36.2981, "place": "Damascus, Syria", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the interim government authorities in Syria have established a Ministry of Defense and are attempting to unify the dozens of armed factions operating in Syria under a single, state-linked army; it has also established a Ministry of Interior to manage police and other security forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PRT", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Portugal — national armed forces", "designation": "PRT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 38.7247, "lon": -9.1468, "place": "Lisbon, Portugal", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Portuguese Armed Forces (Forças Armadas Portuguesa): Portuguese Army (Exercito Portuguesa), Portuguese Navy (Marinha Portuguesa; includes Marine Corps, aka Corpo de Fuzileiros or Corps of Fusiliers), Portuguese Air Force (Forca Aerea Portuguesa, FAP) | | Ministry of Internal Administration: Public Security Police (Polícia de Segurança Pública, PSP) , National Republican Guard (Guarda Nacional Rep (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SDN", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Sudan — national armed forces", "designation": "SDN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 15.59, "lon": 32.5322, "place": "Khartoum, Sudan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF): Ground Force (Sudanese Army), Sudanese Navy, Sudanese Air Force; Rapid Support Forces (RSF); Border Guards | | Ministry of Interior: Sudan Police Forces (SPF), Central Reserve Police (CRP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NOR", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Norway — national armed forces", "designation": "NOR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 59.9186, "lon": 10.748, "place": "Oslo, Norway", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Norwegian Armed Forces (Forsvaret or \"the Defense\"): Norwegian Army (Haeren), Royal Norwegian Navy (Kongelige Norske Sjoeforsvaret; includes Coastal Rangers and Coast Guard (Kystvakt)), Royal Norwegian Air Force (Kongelige Norske Luftforsvaret), Home Guard (Heimevernet, HV) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-POL", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Poland — national armed forces", "designation": "POL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 52.2309, "lon": 21.0053, "place": "Warsaw, Poland", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Polish Armed Forces (Polskie Siły Zbrojne): Land Forces (Wojska Ladowe), Navy (Marynarka Wojenna), Air Force (Sily Powietrzne), Special Forces (Wojska Specjalne), Territorial Defense Forces (Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej), Cyberspace Defense Forces (Wojska Obrony Cyberprzestrzeni) | | Ministry of Interior and Administration: Polish National Police (Policja); Border Guard (Straż Graniczna or SG) (20 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PRK", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "North Korea — national armed forces", "designation": "PRK", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 39.0214, "lon": 125.7527, "place": "Pyongyang, North Korea", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Korean People's Army (KPA): KPA Ground Forces, KPA Navy, KPA Air Force and Air Defense Forces, KPA Strategic Forces (missile forces), KPA Special Forces (special operations forces); Security Guard Command (aka Bodyguard Command); Military Security Command | | Ministry of Social Security (formerly Ministry of Public Security): Border Guard General Bureau, civil security forces; Ministry of State S (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TZA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Tanzania — national armed forces", "designation": "TZA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -6.7981, "lon": 39.2664, "place": "Dar es Salaam, Tanzania", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Tanzania People's Defense Forces (TPDF or Jeshi la Wananchi la Tanzania, JWTZ): Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, Nation Building Army (Jeshi la Kujenga Taifa, JKT), Reserve Forces | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Tanzania Police Force (Jeshi la Polisi Tanzania) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-IRL", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Ireland — national armed forces", "designation": "IRL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 53.3467, "lon": -6.257, "place": "Dublin, Ireland", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Irish Defense Forces (Oglaigh na h-Eireannn): Army, Air Corps, Naval Service, Reserve Defense Forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LBR", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Liberia — national armed forces", "designation": "LBR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 6.3146, "lon": -10.7997, "place": "Monrovia, Liberia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Liberia (AFL): Army, Liberian Coast Guard | | Ministry of Justice: Liberia National Police, Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MYS", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Malaysia — national armed forces", "designation": "MYS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 3.1398, "lon": 101.6887, "place": "Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Malaysian Armed Forces (Angkatan Tentera Malaysia, ATM): Malaysian Army, Royal Malaysian Navy, Royal Malaysian Air Force | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Royal Malaysia Police (RMP or Polis Diraja Malaysia, PDRM), Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA; aka Malaysian Coast Guard) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CUB", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Cuba — national armed forces", "designation": "CUB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 23.1339, "lon": -82.3661, "place": "Havana, Cuba", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Revolutionary Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias, FAR): Ground Troops (Tropas Terrestres), Revolutionary Navy (Marina de Guerra Revolucionaria, MGR), Revolutionary Air and Air Defense Forces (Defensas Anti-Aereas y Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria, DAAFAR) | | Paramilitary forces under the FAR: Youth Labor Army (Ejercito Juvenil del Trabajo, EJT), Territorial Militia Troops (Milicia de Trop (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CZE", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Czechia — national armed forces", "designation": "CZE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 50.087, "lon": 14.4229, "place": "Prague, Czechia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Czech Armed Forces: Land Forces, Air Force, Special Forces (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KWT", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Kuwait — national armed forces", "designation": "KWT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 29.3717, "lon": 47.9764, "place": "Kuwait City, Kuwait", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Kuwait Armed Forces (KAF): Kuwait Army (aka Kuwait Land Forces, KLF), Kuwait Navy (aka Kuwait Naval Force), Kuwait Air Force; Kuwait National Guard (KNG) | | Ministry of Interior: Kuwait Police, State Security, Kuwait Coast Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-DOM", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Dominican Republic — national armed forces", "designation": "DOM", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 18.4707, "lon": -69.9297, "place": "Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: no regular military forces; Commonwealth of Dominica Police Force (CDPF) under the Ministry of National Security and Legal Affairs (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GHA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Ghana — national armed forces", "designation": "GHA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 5.552, "lon": -0.2187, "place": "Accra, Ghana", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Ghana Armed Forces (GAF): Army, Air Force, Ghana Navy | | Ministry of Interior: Ghana Police Service (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-LBY", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Libya — national armed forces", "designation": "LBY", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 32.8925, "lon": 13.18, "place": "Tripoli, Libya", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Libyan Armed Forces of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) have various ground, air, and naval/coast guard forces, which include a mix of nominally integrated and semi-regular units, tribal armed groups and militias, civilian volunteers, and foreign military contractors; the GNU's armed forces are nominally under the control of the Ministry of Defense; the GNU also has various (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-FIN", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Finland — national armed forces", "designation": "FIN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 60.1638, "lon": 24.9325, "place": "Helsinki, Finland", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Finnish Defense Forces (FDF; Puolustusvoimat): Army (Maavoimat), Navy (Merivoimat), Air Force (Ilmavoimat) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-DNK", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Denmark — national armed forces", "designation": "DNK", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 55.6805, "lon": 12.5615, "place": "København, Denmark", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Danish Armed Forces (Forsvaret): Royal Danish Army, Royal Danish Navy, Royal Danish Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BRA", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Brazil — national armed forces", "designation": "BRA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -15.7814, "lon": -47.918, "place": "Brasília, Brazil", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Brazilian Armed Forces (Forças Armadas Brasileiras): Brazilian Army (Exercito Brasileiro, EB), Brazilian Navy (Marinha do Brasil; includes Naval Aviation (Aviacao Naval Brasileira) and Marine Corps (Corpo de Fuzileiros Navais)), Brazilian Air Force (Forca Aerea Brasileira) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BEL", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Belgium — national armed forces", "designation": "BEL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 50.8353, "lon": 4.3314, "place": "Brussels, Belgium", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Belgian Armed Forces (Defensie or La Défense): Land Component, Marine (Naval) Component, Air Component, Medical Component, Cyber Command (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-BGD", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Bangladesh — national armed forces", "designation": "BGD", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 23.725, "lon": 90.4066, "place": "Dhaka, Bangladesh", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Bangladesh (aka Bangladesh Defense Force): Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Bangladesh Air Force | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Bangladesh Police, Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB), Bangladesh Coast Guard, Rapid Action Battalion (RAB), Ansars, Village Defense Party (VDP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-AGO", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Angola — national armed forces", "designation": "AGO", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -8.8363, "lon": 13.2325, "place": "Luanda, Angola", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Angolan Armed Forces (Forcas Armadas Angolanas, FAA): Army, Navy (Marinha de Guerra Angola, MGA), Angolan National Air Force (Forca Aerea Nacional Angolana, FANA) | | Ministry of Interior: National Police, Border Guard Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-DZA", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Algeria — national armed forces", "designation": "DZA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 36.765, "lon": 3.0486, "place": "Algiers, Algeria", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Algerian People's National Army (ANP): Land Forces, Naval Forces (includes Coast Guard), Air Forces, Territorial Air Defense Forces, Republican Guard, National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior: General Directorate of National Security (national police) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-VEN", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Venezuela — national armed forces", "designation": "VEN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 10.5029, "lon": -66.919, "place": "Caracas, Venezuela", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Bolivarian National Armed Forces (Fuerza Armada Nacional Bolivariana, FANB): Bolivarian Army (Ejercito Bolivariano, EB), Bolivarian Navy (Armada Bolivariana, AB; includes marines, Coast Guard), Bolivarian Military Aviation (Aviacion Militar Bolivariana, AMB), Bolivarian Militia (Milicia Bolivariana), Bolivarian National Guard (Guardia Nacional Bolivaria, GNB), Presidential Honor Guard | | Ministr (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Ukraine — national armed forces", "designation": "UKR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 50.4353, "lon": 30.5147, "place": "Kyiv, Ukraine", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU; Zbroyni Syly Ukrayiny or ZSU): Ground Forces, Naval Forces, Air Forces, Air Assault Forces, Marine Corps, Special Operations Forces, Unmanned Systems Forces, Territorial Defense Forces (Reserves) | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: National Guard of Ukraine, State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (includes Maritime Border Guard or Sea Guard), National Police of Ukraine (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-UZB", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Uzbekistan — national armed forces", "designation": "UZB", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 41.3038, "lon": 69.2688, "place": "Tashkent, Uzbekistan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2024-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Uzbekistan: Army, Air and Air Defense Forces; National Guard  | | Ministry of Internal Affairs: Internal Security Troops, Border Guards, police (2024) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ESP", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Spain — national armed forces", "designation": "ESP", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 40.402, "lon": -3.6853, "place": "Madrid, Spain", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Spanish Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de España): Army (Ejército de Tierra), Spanish Navy (Armada Espanola; includes Marine Corps), Air and Space Force (Ejército del Aire y del Espacio), Emergency Response Unit (Unidad Militar de Emergencias); Civil Guard (Guardia Civil) | | Ministry of the Interior: Spanish National Police (Cuerpo Nacional de Policía, CNP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SWE", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Sweden — national armed forces", "designation": "SWE", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 59.3241, "lon": 18.0663, "place": "Stockholm, Sweden", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Swedish Armed Forces (Försvarsmakten): Army, Navy, Air Force, Home Guard (202) (source undated; as_of is the spine retrieval date — house convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-THA", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Thailand — national armed forces", "designation": "THA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 13.7519, "lon": 100.5147, "place": "Bangkok, Thailand", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Royal Thai Armed Forces (RTARF): Royal Thai Army (RTA), Royal Thai Navy (RTN; includes Royal Thai Marine Corps), Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) | | Office of the Prime Minister: Royal Thai Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PER", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Peru — national armed forces", "designation": "PER", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -12.0461, "lon": -77.052, "place": "Lima, Peru", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Peru (Fuerzas Armadas del Perú or FAP): Peruvian Army (Ejercito del Peru), Peruvian Navy (Marina de Guerra del Peru, MGP, includes naval infantry and General Directorate of Captaincies and Coast Guards, DICAPI), Air Force of Peru (Fuerza Aerea del Peru, FAP) | | Ministry of the Interior: Peruvian National Police (Policía Nacional del Perú, PNP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SEN", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Senegal — national armed forces", "designation": "SEN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 14.7178, "lon": -17.4751, "place": "Dakar, Senegal", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Senegalese Armed Forces (les Forces Armées Sénégalaises, FAS): Army (l’Armée de Terre, AT), Senegalese National Navy (Marine Séenéegalaise, MNS), Senegalese Air Force (l'Arméee de l'Air du Séenéegal, AAS), National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-NLD", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Netherlands — national armed forces", "designation": "NLD", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 52.3519, "lon": 4.9147, "place": "Amsterdam, Netherlands", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Netherlands (Dutch) Armed Forces (Nederlandse Krijgsmacht): Royal Netherlands Army, Royal Netherlands Navy (includes Marine Corps), Royal Netherlands Air Force, Royal Netherlands Marechaussee (Military Constabulary) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KOR", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "South Korea — national armed forces", "designation": "KOR", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 37.5683, "lon": 126.9978, "place": "Seoul, South Korea", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea: Republic of Korea Army (ROKA), Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN, includes Marine Corps, ROKMC), Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) | | Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries: Korea Coast Guard; Ministry of Interior and Safety: Korean National Police Agency (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-PHL", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Philippines — national armed forces", "designation": "PHL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 14.6061, "lon": 120.9803, "place": "Manila, Philippines", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP): Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force | | Department of Transportation: Philippine Coast Guard (PCG); Department of the Interior: Philippine National Police Force (PNP) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-DEU", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Germany — national armed forces", "designation": "DEU", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 52.5238, "lon": 13.3996, "place": "Berlin, Germany", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Federal Armed Forces (Bundeswehr): German Army (Deutsche Heer), German Navy (Deutsche Marine, includes naval air arm), German Air Force (Deutsche Luftwaffe, includes air defense), Cyber and Information Space (Cyber und Informationsraum) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-COD", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Congo (Kinshasa) — national armed forces", "designation": "COD", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -4.3278, "lon": 15.313, "place": "Kinshasa, Congo (Kinshasa)", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2 (source dated to the year; midpoint convention). Value: Congolese Armed Forces (Forces Armees Congolaises, FAC): Army, Navy, Congolese Air Force, National Gendarmerie | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-IND", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "India — national armed forces", "designation": "IND", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 28.6, "lon": 77.2, "place": "New Delhi, India", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Indian Armed Forces (IAF): Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Central Police Organization, Central Armed Police Forces (includes Assam Rifles, Border Security Force, Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force, Indo-Tibetan Border Police, National Security Guards, Sashastra Seema Bal) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GRC", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Greece — national armed forces", "designation": "GRC", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 37.9853, "lon": 23.7314, "place": "Athens, Greece", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the EU's Common Security and Defense Policy (CSDP) provides the civilian, military, and political structures for EU crisis management and security issues; the highest bodies are: | | the Political and Security Committee (PSC), which meets at the ambassadorial level as a preparatory body for the Council of the EU; it assists with defining policies and preparing a crisis response | | the European (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-IRQ", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Iraq — national armed forces", "designation": "IRQ", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 33.3406, "lon": 44.3919, "place": "Baghdad, Iraq", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Ministry of Defense: Iraqi Army, Iraqi Navy, Iraqi Air Force | | Office of the Prime Minister: Iraqi Counterterrorism Service (CTS); Popular Mobilization Committee (PMC) | | Ministry of Interior: Federal Police Forces Command, Border Guard Forces Command, Federal Intelligence and Investigations Agency, Emergency Response Division, Facilities Protection Directorate, and Provincial Police; Ministr (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ETH", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Ethiopia — national armed forces", "designation": "ETH", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 9.0353, "lon": 38.6981, "place": "Addis Ababa, Ethiopia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF; aka Federal Defense Force of Ethiopia, FDRE): Army, Air Force, Naval Force, Defense Cyber Main Directorate (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-IRN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Iran — national armed forces", "designation": "IRN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 35.6739, "lon": 51.4224, "place": "Tehran, Iran", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the military forces of Iran are divided between the Islamic Republic of Iran Regular Forces (Artesh) and the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC or Sepah): | | Artesh: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Air Force, Air Defense Forces | | IRGC: Ground Forces, Navy (includes marines), Aerospace Force (controls strategic missile force), Qods Force (aka Quds Force; special operations), Cyber (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ARG", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Argentina — national armed forces", "designation": "ARG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -34.6107, "lon": -58.4325, "place": "Buenos Aires, Argentina", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic (Fuerzas Armadas de la República Argentina): Argentine Army (Ejercito Argentino, EA), Navy of the Argentine Republic (Armada Republica, ARA; includes naval aviation and naval infantry), Argentine Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Argentina, FAA) | | Ministry of Security: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina (National Gendarmerie), Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-AFG", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Afghanistan — national armed forces", "designation": "AFG", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 34.5186, "lon": 69.1813, "place": "Kabul, Afghanistan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Taliban claims authority over a Ministry of Defense and a National Army (aka Army of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Islamic Emirate Army, or Afghan Army); it has also formed police forces under a Ministry of Interior (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-AUT", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Austria — national armed forces", "designation": "AUT", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 48.202, "lon": 16.3647, "place": "Vienna, Austria", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Austrian Armed Forces (Bundesheer): Land Forces, Air Force, Cyber Forces, Special Operations Forces, Militia (reserves) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-TWN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Taiwan — national armed forces", "designation": "TWN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 25.0358, "lon": 121.5683, "place": "Taipei, Taiwan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Taiwan Armed Forces: Army, Navy (includes Marine Corps), Air Force, Information Communication and Electronic Force (ICEF) | | Ocean Affairs Council: Coast Guard Administration (CGA) | | Ministry of Interior: National Police (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-USA", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "United States of America — national armed forces", "designation": "USA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 38.9015, "lon": -77.0114, "place": "Washington, D.C., United States of America", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: United States Armed Forces (aka US Military): US Army (USA), US Navy (USN; includes US Marine Corps or USMC), US Air Force (USAF), US Space Force (USSF); US Coast Guard (USCG); National Guard (Army National Guard and Air National Guard) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-GBR", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "United Kingdom — national armed forces", "designation": "GBR", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" ], "note": "Upgraded from the SPECULATIVE seed on a single encyclopedia source that names a serving chief of defence, which establishes the force exists. REPORTED, not DOCUMENTED: the ministry's own page has not been checked. That upgrade is the next step for this record." }, "location": { "lat": 51.5019, "lon": -0.1187, "place": "London, United Kingdom", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "Upgraded from seed. Location remains the capital centroid from Natural Earth and still locates the state rather than the command.", "commander": { "name": "Richard Knighton", "rank": "Air Chief Marshal", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(United_Kingdom)" ], "note": "Chief of the Defence Staff since September 2025, succeeding Admiral Sir Tony Radakin. Single-source. as_of is the retrieval date, not a publication date, per the Spion rule." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: United Kingdom Armed Forces (aka British Armed Forces, aka His Majesty's Armed Forces): British Army, Royal Navy (includes Royal Marines), Royal Air Force (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SAU", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Saudi Arabia — national armed forces", "designation": "SAU", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 24.6345, "lon": 46.7205, "place": "Riyadh, Saudi Arabia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Saudi Arabian Armed Forces (SAAF) are divided into two ministries: | | Ministry of Defense: Royal Saudi Land Forces, Royal Saudi Naval Forces (includes marines, special forces, naval aviation), Royal Saudi Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces, Royal Saudi Strategic Missiles Force; Ministry of the National Guard: Saudi Arabian National Guard (SANG) | | Other security forces include:  | (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Russia — national armed forces", "designation": "RUS", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 55.7541, "lon": 37.6136, "place": "Moscow, Russia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation: Ground Forces (SV), Aerospace Forces (VKS), Navy (VMF); separate or independent troop branches include the Airborne Forces (VDV), Missile Troops of Strategic Purpose (RVSN; commonly to as Strategic Rocket Forces), Special Operations Forces, and Unmanned Systems Forces  | | Federal National Guard Troops Service of the Russian Federation (FSVNG, National Guar (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-MEX", "faction": "north-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Mexico — national armed forces", "designation": "MEX", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 19.4444, "lon": -99.1329, "place": "Mexico City, Mexico", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: the Mexican Armed Forces (Fuerzas Armadas de México) are divided between the Secretariat of National Defense and the Secretariat of the Navy: | | Secretariat of National Defense (Secretaria de Defensa Nacional, SEDENA): Army (Ejercito), Mexican Air Force (Fuerza Aerea Mexicana, FAM), National Guard (Guardia Nacional); Secretariat of the Navy (Secretaria de Marina, SEMAR): Mexican Navy (Armada de (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-ITA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Italy — national armed forces", "designation": "ITA", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" ], "note": "Upgraded from the SPECULATIVE seed on a single encyclopedia source that names a serving chief of defence, which establishes the force exists. REPORTED, not DOCUMENTED: the ministry's own page has not been checked. That upgrade is the next step for this record." }, "location": { "lat": 41.8979, "lon": 12.4813, "place": "Rome, Italy", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "Upgraded from seed. Location remains the capital centroid from Natural Earth and still locates the state rather than the command.", "commander": { "name": "Luciano Portolano", "rank": "General", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_of_the_Defence_Staff_(Italy)" ], "note": "Capo di Stato Maggiore della Difesa since 4 October 2024. Appointed by the President of Italy in consultation with the Council of Ministers. Single-source. as_of is the retrieval date, not a publication date, per the Spion rule." }, "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Italian Armed Forces (Forze Armate Italiane): Army (Esercito Italiano, EI), Navy (Marina Militare Italiana, MMI; includes aviation, marines), Italian Air Force (Aeronautica Militare Italiana, AMI); Carabinieri Corps (Arma dei Carabinieri, CC) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CHN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "China — national armed forces", "designation": "CHN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 39.9017, "lon": 116.3942, "place": "Beijing, China", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: People's Liberation Army (PLA): Ground Forces or People's Liberation Army Army (PLAA), Navy (PLAN, includes Marine Corps (PLANMC)), Air Force (PLAAF), Rocket Force (PLARF), Aerospace Force (ASF), Cyberspace Force (CSF), Information Support Force (ISF), Joint Logistics Support Force (JLSF); People's Armed Police (PAP, includes Coast Guard, Border Defense Force, Internal Security Forces); PLA Reserv (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-KEN", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Kenya — national armed forces", "designation": "KEN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -1.2814, "lon": 36.8147, "place": "Nairobi, Kenya", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Kenya Defense Forces (KDF): Kenya Army, Kenya Navy, Kenya Air Force | | Ministry of Interior: National Police Service, Kenya Coast Guard (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-IDN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Indonesia — national armed forces", "designation": "IDN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -6.1725, "lon": 106.8275, "place": "Jakarta, Indonesia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Indonesian National Armed Forces (Tentara Nasional Indonesia, TNI): Army (TNI-Angkatan Darat, TNI-AD), Navy (TNI-Angkatan Laut, TNI-AL; includes Marine Corps (Korps Marinir or KorMar)), Air Force (TNI-Angkatan Udara, TNI-AU) | | Indonesian National Police (aka The State Police of the Republic of Indonesia or POLRI) | | Ministry of Transportation: Indonesia Sea and Coast Guard (Kesatuan Penjagaan (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-COL", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Colombia — national armed forces", "designation": "COL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 4.5984, "lon": -74.0853, "place": "Bogota, Colombia", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Military Forces of Colombia (Fuerzas Militares de Colombia): National Army (Ejercito Nacional), Colombian Aerospace Force (Fuerza Aeroespacial Colombiana, FAC), Colombian Navy (Armada de Colombia; includes Coast Guard); National Police of Colombia (Policia Nacional de Colombia, PNC) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-EGY", "faction": "africa", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Egypt — national armed forces", "designation": "EGY", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 30.0519, "lon": 31.248, "place": "Cairo, Egypt", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Egyptian Armed Forces (EAF): Army (includes Republican Guard), Navy (includes Coast Guard), Air Force, Air Defense Forces, Border Guard Forces | | Interior Ministry: Public Security Sector Police, the Central Security Force, National Security Agency (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-JPN", "faction": "asia", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Japan — national armed forces", "designation": "JPN", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 35.687, "lon": 139.7495, "place": "Tokyo, Japan", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Japan Self-Defense Force (JSDF): Ground Self-Defense Force (Rikujou Jieitai, GSDF; includes aviation), Maritime Self-Defense Force (Kaijou Jieitai, MSDF; includes naval aviation), Air Self-Defense Force (Koukuu Jieitai, ASDF) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-FRA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "France — national armed forces", "designation": "FRA", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 48.8581, "lon": 2.353, "place": "Paris, France", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: French Armed Forces (Forces Armées Françaises): Army (l'Armee de Terre; includes Foreign Legion), Navy (Marine Nationale), Air and Space Force (l'Armee de l’Air et de l’Espace); includes Air Defense), National Guard (Garde Nationale), National Gendarmerie (Gendarmerie Nationale) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-CHL", "faction": "south-america", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Chile — national armed forces", "designation": "CHL", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": -33.4402, "lon": -70.6505, "place": "Santiago, Chile", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Armed Forces of Chile (Fuerzas Armadas de Chile): Chilean Army (Ejército de Chile), Chilean Navy (Armada de Chile, includes Marine Corps and Maritime Territory and Merchant Marine Directorate or Directemar), Chilean Air Force (Fuerza Aerea de Chile, FACh) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-SEED-SGP", "faction": "unassigned", "echelon": "armed forces", "parent": null, "name": "Singapore — national armed forces", "designation": "SGP", "existence": { "grade": "SPECULATIVE", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [], "rationale": "Assumed from sovereignty, NOT verified. Several states maintain no standing armed forces at all — Costa Rica, Iceland, Panama and others — so a blanket assumption is wrong for some entries here. SPECULATIVE is the held-open grade: recorded so the gap is visible, never issued as a forecast, never displayed as an assertion. Upgrading this to DOCUMENTED requires the state's own defence-ministry page." }, "location": { "lat": 1.295, "lon": 103.8539, "place": "Singapore, Singapore", "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2026-07-27", "sources": [ "https://github.com/nvkelso/natural-earth-vector/blob/master/geojson/ne_110m_populated_places_simple.geojson" ], "note": "Capital centroid from Natural Earth 110m populated places, a named public dataset. A capital is not a headquarters; this locates the state, not the command.", "denotes": "capital centroid" }, "projections": [], "notes": "SEEDED SKELETON. Coverage without knowledge. Carries no commander claim because none has been sourced, and the freshness layer counts that absence rather than hiding it. Every F-SEED- record is removable in one pass.", "composition": { "grade": "DOCUMENTED", "as_of": "2025-07-01", "sources": [ "CIA World Factbook (public domain) via factbook/factbook.json" ], "note": "Promoted from the spine (kfk_promote); original reliability A2. Value: Singapore Armed Forces (SAF; aka Singapore Defense Force): Singapore Army, Republic of Singapore Navy, Republic of Singapore Air Force (includes air defense), Digital and Intelligence Service | | Ministry of Home Affairs: Singapore Police Force (SPF; includes Police Coast Guard and the Gurkha Contingent) (2025) (source dated to the year; midpoint convention)", "promoted": "2026-07-30" } }, { "id": "F-16MPB", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "16th Military Police Brigade", "designation": "16th Military Police Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4552197" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4552197, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4552197" }, { "id": "F-20EB", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "20th Engineer Brigade", "designation": "20th Engineer Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4630744" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4630744, typed United States Army Engineer Brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4630744" }, { "id": "F-35SB", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "35th Signal Brigade", "designation": "35th Signal Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4635617" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4635617, typed United States Signals Brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4635617" }, { "id": "F-3ESC", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command", "designation": "3rd Expeditionary Sustainment Command", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4636979" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4636979, typed Sustainment Command, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Fort Bragg", "wikidata": "Q4636979" }, { "id": "F-44MB", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "44th Medical Brigade", "designation": "44th Medical Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4638076" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4638076, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4638076" }, { "id": "F-525EMI", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade", "designation": "525th Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4640171" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4640171, typed battlefield surveillance brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4640171" }, { "id": "F-7TBE", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary)", "designation": "7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary)", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4644199" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4644199, typed sustainment brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4644199" }, { "id": "F-18FAB", "faction": "united-states", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-XVIII", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q582971" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q582971. Secondary source." }, "name": "18th Field Artillery Brigade", "designation": "18th Field Artillery Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-07-29", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11600375" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q11600375, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q582971. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q11600375" }, { "id": "F-RAF", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "service", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "Russian Air Force", "designation": "Russian Air Force", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q209833" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q209833, typed air force, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q209833" }, { "id": "F-RN", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "service", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "Russian Navy", "designation": "Russian Navy", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q465283" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q465283, typed navy, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Admiralty building in Saint Petersburg", "wikidata": "Q465283" }, { "id": "F-RAT", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "Russian Airborne Troops", "designation": "Russian Airborne Troops", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q977436" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q977436, typed branch of service, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q977436" }, { "id": "F-RGF", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "army", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "Russian Ground Forces", "designation": "Russian Ground Forces", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1031386" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q1031386, typed army, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Main Building of the Ministry of Defense", "wikidata": "Q1031386" }, { "id": "F-SMD", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "Southern Military District", "designation": "Southern Military District", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2087825" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q2087825, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. 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A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Moscow", "wikidata": "Q21042210" }, { "id": "F-25ADD", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "division", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "25th Air Defense Division", "designation": "25th Air Defense Division", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28666291" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q28666291, typed Air Defense Division, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. 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A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Simferopol", "wikidata": "Q127377502" }, { "id": "F-USFOR", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-RUS", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q193159" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q193159. Secondary source." }, "name": "Unmanned Systems Forces of Russia", "designation": "Unmanned Systems Forces of Russia", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q136757674" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q136757674, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q193159. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Moscow", "wikidata": "Q136757674" }, { "id": "F-UAF", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "service", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Ukrainian Air Force", "designation": "Ukrainian Air Force", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q648653" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q648653, typed air force, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Vinnytsia", "wikidata": "Q648653" }, { "id": "F-UGF", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "army", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Ukrainian Ground Forces", "designation": "Ukrainian Ground Forces", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682152" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q682152, typed army, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Kyiv", "wikidata": "Q682152" }, { "id": "F-UN", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "service", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Ukrainian Navy", "designation": "Ukrainian Navy", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q932840" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q932840, typed navy, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q932840" }, { "id": "F-KMD", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "front", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Kyiv Military District", "designation": "Kyiv Military District", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2033306" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q2033306, typed military district, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q2033306" }, { "id": "F-299TAB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "299th Tactical Aviation Brigade", "designation": "299th Tactical Aviation Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4632879" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q4632879, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q4632879" }, { "id": "F-GSOTU", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces", "designation": "General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5532210" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q5532210, typed general staff, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Kyiv", "wikidata": "Q5532210" }, { "id": "F-UAAF", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "service", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Ukrainian Air Assault Forces", "designation": "Ukrainian Air Assault Forces", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7878417" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q7878417, typed military branch, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q7878417" }, { "id": "F-302AAM", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade", "designation": "302nd Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20071641" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q20071641, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q20071641" }, { "id": "F-CSB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Carpathian Sich Battalion", "designation": "Carpathian Sich Battalion", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21614497" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q21614497, typed company, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q21614497" }, { "id": "F-RTTOU", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Radio technical troops of Ukraine", "designation": "Radio technical troops of Ukraine", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21661307" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q21661307, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q21661307" }, { "id": "F-1039AAM", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "regiment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "1039th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment", "designation": "1039th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22131995" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22131995, typed regiment, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22131995" }, { "id": "F-540AAM", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "540th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade", "designation": "540th Anti-aircraft Missile Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22131996" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22131996, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22131996" }, { "id": "F-91ER", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "regiment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "91st Engineer Regiment", "designation": "91st Engineer Regiment", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22131998" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22131998, typed regiment, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22131998" }, { "id": "F-10SMA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade", "designation": "10th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132019" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132019, typed mountain infantry brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132019" }, { "id": "F-11AAB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "11th Army Aviation Brigade", "designation": "11th Army Aviation Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132020" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132020, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132020" }, { "id": "F-18SAA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade", "designation": "18th Separate Army Aviation Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132021" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132021, typed air brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree. | HQ lead (unsourced coordinate, from Wikidata P159): Poltava", "wikidata": "Q22132021" }, { "id": "F-121SB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "121st Signal Brigade", "designation": "121st Signal Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132022" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132022, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132022" }, { "id": "F-138AAM", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade", "designation": "138th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132023" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132023, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132023" }, { "id": "F-25TAB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "25th Transport Aviation Brigade", "designation": "25th Transport Aviation Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132024" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132024, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132024" }, { "id": "F-208AAM", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade", "designation": "208th Anti-Aircraft Missile Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132025" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132025, typed air defense brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132025" }, { "id": "F-48EB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "48th Engineer Brigade", "designation": "48th Engineer Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132027" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132027, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132027" }, { "id": "F-456TAB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "456th Transport Aviation Brigade", "designation": "456th Transport Aviation Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132028" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132028, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132028" }, { "id": "F-53MB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "53rd Mechanized Brigade", "designation": "53rd Mechanized Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132029" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132029, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132029" }, { "id": "F-54SMB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "54th Separate Mechanized Brigade", "designation": "54th Separate Mechanized Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132030" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132030, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132030" }, { "id": "F-56MB", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "56th Motorized Brigade", "designation": "56th Motorized Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132031" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132031, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132031" }, { "id": "F-96AAA", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "brigade", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "96th Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade", "designation": "96th Anti Aircraft Artillery Brigade", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22132033" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q22132033, typed brigade, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. A secondary source: it establishes that the formation is described, not its composition or posture." }, "projections": [], "notes": "Proposed by kfk_walk from a Wikidata subordinate tree.", "wikidata": "Q22132033" }, { "id": "F-GL", "faction": "europe", "echelon": "detachment", "parent": { "id": "F-SEED-UKR", "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936105" ], "note": "Wikidata P355 subordinate claim on Q936105. Secondary source." }, "name": "Georgian Legion", "designation": "Georgian Legion", "existence": { "grade": "REPORTED", "as_of": "2026-08-08", "sources": [ "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28702352" ], "note": "Wikidata item Q28702352, typed military unit, recorded as a subordinate of Q936105. 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