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  "sourceChecked": "2026-08-29",
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    },
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      "category": "UN M49 regions",
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      "category": "UN M49 regions",
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      "aliases": ["Southeast Asia", "South East Asia"],
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      "category": "UN M49 regions",
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      "aliases": ["West Asia", "Middle East"],
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      "category": "UN M49 regions",
      "type": "statistical_region",
      "aliases": ["Pacific countries", "Pacific island states"],
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      "aliases": ["Group of Seven"],
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    },
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      "id": "g20",
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      "aliases": ["Group of Twenty"],
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      "category": "Security organizations",
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      "aliases": ["North Atlantic Treaty Organization"],
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      "id": "asean",
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      "category": "Regional organizations",
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      "aliases": ["Association of Southeast Asian Nations", "Southeast Asia bloc"],
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      "members": ["BRN", "KHM", "IDN", "LAO", "MYS", "MMR", "PHL", "SGP", "THA", "TLS", "VNM"]
    },
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      "id": "brics",
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      "description": "BRICS full country members in the current implementation snapshot.",
      "category": "Political and economic organizations",
      "type": "official_membership",
      "aliases": ["BRICS Plus", "BRICS+"],
      "source": { "name": "BRICS Brazil", "url": "https://brics.br/en/about-the-brics" },
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      "aliases": ["Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development", "Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development"],
      "source": { "name": "OECD", "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/about/members-partners.html" },
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    },
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      "description": "South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation member countries.",
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      "type": "official_membership",
      "aliases": ["South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation", "South Asia regional cooperation"],
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      "members": ["AFG", "BGD", "BTN", "IND", "MDV", "NPL", "PAK", "LKA"]
    },
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      "id": "gcc",
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      "description": "Gulf Cooperation Council member countries.",
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      "type": "official_membership",
      "aliases": ["Gulf Cooperation Council", "Gulf countries"],
      "source": { "name": "GCC", "url": "https://www.gcc-sg.org/" },
      "updateRisk": "low",
      "members": ["BHR", "KWT", "OMN", "QAT", "SAU", "ARE"]
    },
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      "id": "mercosur",
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      "category": "Regional organizations",
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      "aliases": ["MERCUSUR", "Southern Common Market"],
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      "id": "african-union",
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      "category": "Regional organizations",
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      "id": "commonwealth",
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      "description": "Commonwealth member countries.",
      "category": "Political and economic organizations",
      "type": "official_membership",
      "aliases": ["Commonwealth of Nations"],
      "source": { "name": "The Commonwealth", "url": "https://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries" },
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    },
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      "description": "Core Nordic countries.",
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      "aliases": ["Nordic countries", "Scandinavia"],
      "source": { "name": "Nordic Council", "url": "https://www.norden.org/en/information/facts-about-nordic-countries" },
      "updateRisk": "low",
      "members": ["DNK", "FIN", "ISL", "NOR", "SWE"]
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      "id": "baltics",
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      "description": "Baltic states.",
      "category": "Curated regions",
      "type": "curated_region",
      "aliases": ["Baltic states", "Baltic countries"],
      "source": { "name": "Curated", "url": "docs/country-group-presets-research.md" },
      "updateRisk": "low",
      "members": ["EST", "LVA", "LTU"]
    },
    {
      "id": "former-soviet-republics",
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      "category": "Historical groups",
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      "aliases": ["Former USSR", "Soviet republics", "Post-Soviet states"],
      "source": { "name": "Historical curated group", "url": "docs/country-group-presets-research.md" },
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      "members": ["ARM", "AZE", "BLR", "EST", "GEO", "KAZ", "KGZ", "LVA", "LTU", "MDA", "RUS", "TJK", "TKM", "UKR", "UZB"]
    },
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      "id": "opec",
      "name": "OPEC",
      "description": "Current OPEC member countries in this implementation snapshot. This group should be rechecked before major releases.",
      "category": "Energy organizations",
      "type": "official_membership",
      "aliases": ["Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries", "Oil exporters"],
      "source": { "name": "OPEC", "url": "https://www.opec.org/opec_web/en/about_us/25.htm" },
      "updateRisk": "high",
      "members": ["DZA", "COG", "GNQ", "GAB", "IRN", "IRQ", "KWT", "LBY", "NGA", "SAU", "VEN"]
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}