Infobox Country Discussion

The Infobox Country has the following things. The red indicates what I deem unnecessary.

common_name = |
image_flag = |
image_coat = |
image_map = |
national_motto = |
national_anthem = |
official_languages = |
capital = |
largest_city = |
government_type = |
leader_titles = |
leader_names = |
area= |
population_estimate = |
population_estimate_rank = |
population_estimate_year = |
population_census = |
population_census_year = |
population_density = |
population_density_rank = |*
GDP_PPP = |
GDP_PPP_rank = |
GDP_PPP_year = |
GDP_PPP_per_capita = |
GDP_PPP_per_capita_rank = |
GDP_nominal = |
GDP_nominal_rank = |
GDP_nominal_year = |
GDP_nominal_per_capita = |
GDP_nominal_per_capita_rank = |#
sovereignty_type = |
established_events = |
gi_index = |
HDI = |
HDI_rank = |
HDI_year = |
HDI_category = |#
currency = |
currency_code = |
country_code = |
time_zone = |
utc_offset = |
time_zone_DST = |
utc_offset_DST = |
calling_code = |
cctld = |
footnotes = }}

* can't it just be population?
# i don't think we have an established union enough to fairly and accurately calculate these.

What do you guys think? Should we leave em out?

I think they can be omitted. When putting a population one can always add the {est.} next to the amount. Besides once the wiki is up and running, they can be added later on, for more realism.

I think that every field should be optional. That way, you don't have to make up so much information

^^ If they are optional, then we have people with more information (which is usually made up) than others. That's confusing and unnecessary.

Let's just keep these but make it as optional.