Module:Country2nationality

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Implements {{Country2nationality}}.

Usage

{{#invoke:Country2nationality||country_name}}

Customizing for defunct countries

To use this module for a defunct country such as West Germany or British India, add a custom entry to the data section, copying the existing format. Capitalize the country name and remove all punctuation. Please ensure that an article exists for the country.

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local p = {}
local data = {
	CATALONIA = "Catalan",
	CZECHOSLOVAKIA = "Czech",
	DUTCHEASTINDIES = "Dutch East Indian",
	EASTGERMANY = "East German",
	GUINEABISSAU = "Bissau-Guinean",
	KOSOVO = "Kosovan",
	REPUBLICOFVIETNAM = "Vietnamese",
	SOVIETUNION = "Soviet",
	TIMORLESTE = "East Timorese",
    WESTGERMANY = "West German",
	USSR = "Soviet",
    YUGOSLAVIA = "Yugoslavian"
}

function p.c2n(country, nocat)
	country = mw.ustring.gsub( mw.text.trim(country), "^St. ", "Saint " )
	local iso = require("Module:ISO 3166")
	local isocode = iso.code({country, nocat = nocat})
	if #isocode == 2 or #isocode == 6 then
		return require("Module:Iso2nationality").i2n(isocode)
	elseif data[iso.strip(country)] then
		return data[iso.strip(country)]
	elseif string.sub(isocode,1,2)=="[[" then
		return country..isocode
	end
	return country
end

p[''] = function (frame) return p.c2n(frame.args[1], frame.args.nocat) end

return p