Geography flashcard deck for Anki featuring:

• the world's 206 sovereign states (824 cards)
• 67 overseas territories and dependent areas (227 cards)
• 39 oceans and seas (39 cards, maps only)
• 7 continents (7 cards, maps only)
• for a total of 319 unique notes, 1097 cards, 260 flags and 317 maps.

Flag - Country	Map - Country

Country - Capital	Capital - Country

The deck is available in English and German. An extended version is also available in both languages with the following note templates: Country - Flag and Country - Map.

The flags and most of the maps are sourced from Wikimedia Commons. They are provided as SVG or PNG and optimised for smaller file size. Some legacy JPEG maps from the original deck (cf. Background section below) are still present, but are marked for replacement.

To help with memorisation and provide context while learning, most notes include extra information:

• similar flags - e.g. Iceland = Norway (red background, blue cross)
• governance information - e.g. Cayman Islands = Overseas territory of the United Kingdom
• alternative or former country names - e.g. East Timor = Also known as Timer-Leste
• additional capitals (executive or de facto only - e.g. Sucre, Bolivia = While Sucre is the constitutional capital, La Paz is the seat of government.
• statehood information - e.g. Transnistria = Independent state claimed by Moldova.

First-time here? Welcome! If you're happy using the English version of the deck, here is how you can get started:

1. Go to the Releases page and find the latest release.
2. In the release's Downloads section, find the Anki package Ultimate_Geography_v[...]_EN.apkg and download it.
3. Import it in Anki, synchronise your devices and you're good to go!

You can also download the latest package from the shared deck page.

The English deck is the only version available as an Anki package. If you'd like to use the German deck or the extended version of the deck in any language, first install the CrowdAnki add-on then follow these steps:

1. Go to the Releases page and find the latest release.
2. In the release's Downloads section, find the ZIP archive of the version you're interested in using (e.g. Ultimate_Geography_v[...]_DE.zip for the standard German deck) and download it.
3. Extract the content of the archive on your machine.
4. Open Anki and make sure your devices are all synchronised.
5. In the File menu, select CrowdAnki: Import from disk.
6. Browse for and select the folder you extracted from the archive.
7. Perform the import.

Did you spot a mistake? Do you have a suggestion to improve the deck? Would you like to help translate it into another language? Let us know by opening a new issue.

To stay informed of new releases, make sure to watch this repository's releases.

If you're looking to upgrade to a newer version of the deck, this section is for you. The process differs depending on whether you're upgrading to a minor (e.g. v2.6) or a major (e.g. v3.0) version.

For more information about versioning and the differences between minor and major, please refer to the Versioning section.

For a minor version upgrade (e.g. from 2.3 to 2.6), do not import the APKG package in Anki as you may have done initially or you will lose your progress. Instead, proceed as described in the Other languages and versions section, making sure to pick the correct archive (e.g. Ultimate_Geography_v[...]_EN.zip for the standard English deck).

Upgrading to a major version (e.g. from 2.6 to 3.0) typically leads to a loss of progress. Therefore, unless the release's page tells you otherwise, it is recommended to perform a clean import by following these steps:

1. Open Anki and make sure your devices are all synchronised.
2. Delete the Ultimate Geography deck.
3. In the Tools menu, select Manage Note Types, then delete the Ultimate Geography note type.
4. In the Tools menu, select Check Database.
5. Sync the changes with AnkiWeb and with all your devices.
6. You can now follow the steps of the Getting started section and install the major version with its APKG package.

This deck is built on top of an old shared deck that is no longer maintained. Initially, the goal was to address the poor quality of the flag images. However, the scope of the work quickly increased to include putting the deck on GitHub, rethinking the tags and reviewing the whole content. For a full list of changes, check out the initial release notes.

This deck was initially released as v2.0 to distinguish it from its predecessor, which was commonly referred to as v1.0 (cf. Versioning section.)

Please beware that changing the structure of the deck may prevent you from upgrading it.

The notes are based on a note type called Ultimate Geography, which defines eight fields: Country, Country info, Capital, Capital info, Capital hint, Flag, Flag similarity and Map.

The cards are generated by Anki based on four templates: Country - Capital, Capital - Country, Flag - Country and Map - Country. The extended version of the deck includes two additional templates: Country - Flag and Country - Map.

The appearance of the cards is controlled solely with CSS; the content of the notes is free from HTML formatting.

Every note is tagged. The tags, which are listed below, are prefixed with UG:: so they don't conflict with other decks. The prefix also allows the Hierarchical Tags add-on to collapse them into a single group in the Anki browser's sidebar.

• Type - UG::Sovereign_State, UG::Oceans+Seas, UG::Continents
• Continent - UG::Africa, UG::America, UG::Asia, UG::Europe, UG::Oceania
• Region - UG::North+Central_America, UG::South_America, UG::Caribbean, UG::Middle_East, UG::Southeast_Asia, UG::European_Union

Anki's search feature, coupled with the deck's comprehensive tag structure, allows for the creation of filtered decks covering a wide range of learning goals and abilities. For instance, you can:

• use the card filter to focus your study on a specific note template - e.g. card:"Flag - Country";
• use the tag filter to focus your study on a specific continent or region of the world - e.g. tag:"UG::Africa";
• use tag:"Sovereign_State" to include only sovereign states and exclude many of the Caribbean and Pacific islands;
• use -tag:"Oceans+Seas" if you're not interested in learning oceans and seas;
• combine the filters above to create more targetted or more generic decks.