State Infobox

From Scandia

{{{state_name}}}

[[Image:{{{state_flag}}}|Flag of {{{short_name}}}]] {{{otherflaglink}}}
[[Image:{{{state_locater}}}|Where in the world is {{{short_name}}}?]]
Parent	{{{state_parent}}} ( {{{state_parent_abbrev}}} )
Founding Date	{{{state_founding}}}
Government  • Type  • {{{state_leadertitle}}}	{{{state_govtype}}} {{{state_leadername}}}
Adjective	{{{state_adjective}}}
Capital	{{{state_capital}}}
Administrative Divisions	{{{state_divisions}}}
Largest City	{{{state_largecity}}}
Area  • Total  • % water	{{{state_area}}} km² ({{{state_areamiles}}} sq mi) {{{state_water}}}%
Population  • Total  • Growth Rate  • Density  • Rank in {{{state_parent_abbrev}}}	{{{state_population}}} {{{state_popgrowth}}} {{{state_popdensity}}}/km² ({{{state_popdensitymiles}}}/sq mi) {{{state_poprank}}} / {{{number_states}}}
GDP  • Total  • GDP/capita  • Growth Rate  • Rank in {{{state_parent_abbrev}}}	{{{state_GDP}}} {{{state_percapita}}} {{{state_GDPgrowth}}}% {{{state_GDPrank}}} / {{{number_states}}}
Time Zones	{{{state_time}}} (SMT {{{state_timeoffset}}})
Technology Codes  • scandianet TLD  • Trigraph  • Calling Code	{{{state_TLD}}} {{{state_trigraph}}} +{{{state_calling}}}

The State_Infobox template is a ready-made table of key facts about a subdivision of a nation. It would work for Laander of teuvian nations, provinces of others, constituent republics of an empire, or internal nations of a confederation such as Haromszek or the GDR. For that matter you could use it for Duchies within a Kingdom, then for counties within a Duchy. Although it is a complex template, it can be inserted on a page simply by copying the following and pasting it on the page you wish the State Infobox to appear on. Be sure to change "your info" to the appropriate data.

{{State_Infobox |
state_name = yourinfo |
short_name = yourinfo |
state_parent = [[yourinfo]] |
state_parent_abbrev = yourinfo |
number_states = yourinfo |
state_flag = yourinfo |
otherflaglink = yourinfo |
state_locater = yourinfo |
state_adjective = yourinfo |
state_capital = yourinfo |
state_divisions = yourinfo |
state_largecity = yourinfo |
state_founding = yourinfo |
state_govtype = yourinfo |
state_leadertitle = yourinfo |
state_leadername = yourinfo |
state_area = yourinfo |
state_areamiles = yourinfo |
state_water = yourinfo |
state_population = yourinfo |
state_popgrowth = yourinfo |
state_popdensity = yourinfo |
state_popdensitymiles = yourinfo |
state_poprank = yourinfo |
state_GDP = yourinfo |
state_percapita = yourinfo |
state_GDPgrowth = yourinfo |
state_GDPrank = yourinfo |
state_time = yourinfo |
state_timeoffset = yourinfo |
state_TLD = yourinfo |
state_trigraph = yourinfo |
state_calling = yourinfo |
}}

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I have elected to put a border arounfd the flag image, so light or white flags won't "disappear" on the light-colored infobox. A bit of gray tint to the flag box and locator map box help too.

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otherflaglink depends on what other flags you want to link to. To link to the general Category:Flags page please use

otherflaglink = [[:Category:Flags|Flags of Scandia]]

The leading colon before Category:Flags provides a link to that page without making the present page (your state description) actually a part of that category. Other possibilities would be a page of flags of the other political subdivisions at the same level as the page you're on, or a page of flags of that unit's own subdivisions or cities.

You could even link to / label more than one page, like

otherflaglink = Flags of [[:Category:Flags|Scandia]], [[Haromszeki_Flags|Haromszek]], [[Flags_of_Csorgyos_counties|Csorgyos]] 

It's safe to use the pipe character there to separate link from label, but be careful since the wiki table format terminates input lines with a pipe on the calling page. Leaving the value of otherflaglink blank will gracefully leave no label nor link under your flag picture.

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Here is an example base locator map and a customized one to use in the State Infobox template for highlighting a nation's subdivisions. These are for Haromszek. You can do your own or holler for help - several Scandia map junkies can do them easily: