Welcome to Civica: A New Atlas of World Governance

The CIA World Factbook was sunset on February 4, 2026. For decades, it served as the definitive public reference on the world's nations — their governments, economies, demographics, and geography. Its retirement left a gap in the open-data landscape.

Civica was built to fill that gap.

What is Civica?

Civica is an interactive platform that visualizes government structures for every country in the world. It combines data from multiple authoritative sources — Wikidata, IPU Parline, the Constitute Project, and the final CIA World Factbook archive — into a single, browsable atlas of political systems.

Unlike the Factbook's static text format, Civica presents government data through interactive visualizations:

• Hemicycle charts showing legislative composition by party
• Government structure diagrams mapping branches of power
• Comparative tools for analyzing political systems side by side
• Rankings across key governance and development metrics

Why Open Data Matters

Government transparency starts with accessible information. When citizens can easily explore how their country is governed — and compare it to others — it strengthens democratic accountability.

All data on Civica is drawn from public-domain and CC0-licensed sources. Every data point carries a provenance indicator showing its source and freshness, so you always know where the information comes from.

What's Next

We're just getting started. Upcoming features include:

• Government type hub pages for exploring countries by political system
• Historical timeline views showing how governments have changed over time
• Constitutional text analysis powered by the Constitute Project
• More granular sub-national government data

Follow along on the blog as we build Civica into the most comprehensive open reference on world governance.