Module:Region topic/Asia

return { region = "Asia", ngroups = "3", group1 = { name = "Sovereign states", data = { {"AF","Afghanistan"}, {"AM","Armenia"}, {"AZ","Azerbaijan"}, {"BH","Bahrain"}, {"BD","Bangladesh"}, {"BT","Bhutan"}, {"BN","Brunei"}, {"KH","Cambodia"}, {"CN","China"}, {"CY","Cyprus"}, {"TL","East Timor (Timor-Leste)",link="East Timor"}, {"EG","Egypt"}, {"GE","Georgia",link="Georgia (country)"}, {"IN","India"}, {"ID","Indonesia"}, {"IR","Iran"}, {"IQ","Iraq"}, {"IL","Israel"}, {"JP","Japan"}, {"JO","Jordan"}, {"KZ","Kazakhstan"}, {"KP","North Korea"}, {"KR","South Korea"}, {"KW","Kuwait"}, {"KG","Kyrgyzstan"}, {"LA","Laos"}, {"LB","Lebanon"}, {"MY","Malaysia"}, {"MV","Maldives",the=true}, {"MN","Mongolia"}, {"MM","Myanmar"}, {"NP","Nepal"}, {"OM","Oman"}, {"PK","Pakistan"}, {"PH","Philippines",the=true}, {"QA","Qatar"}, {"RU","Russia"}, {"SA","Saudi Arabia"}, {"SG","Singapore"}, {"LK","Sri Lanka"}, {"SY","Syria"}, {"TJ","Tajikistan"}, {"TH","Thailand"}, {"TR","Turkey"}, {"TM","Turkmenistan"}, {"AE","United Arab Emirates",the=true}, {"UZ","Uzbekistan"}, {"VN","Vietnam"}, {"YE","Yemen"} } },  group2 = { name = "States with limited recognition", data = { {"XAB","Abkhazia"}, {"XNK","Nagorno-Karabakh",link="Nagorno-Karabakh Republic",the=true}, {"XNC","Northern Cyprus"}, {"PS","Palestine",link="Palestinian territories",the=true}, {"XSO","South Ossetia"}, {"TW","Taiwan"} } },  group3 = { name = "Dependencies and other territories", data = { {"IO","British Indian Ocean Territory",the=true}, {"CX","Christmas Island"}, {"CC","Cocos (Keeling) Islands",the=true}, {"HK","Hong Kong"}, {"MO","Macau"} },   switch = "countries_only", negate_switch = true } }