{
  "description": "Country associations derived from each tradition's recorded region. These describe catalogue geography, not disclosure location, current practice, national prevalence or all places where a tradition exists. Broad or historical regions remain unassigned unless a country is explicit or an unambiguous named place identifies it.",
  "traditions": {
    "TRAD-0001": {"countries": [], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "Worldwide; no country specified."},
    "TRAD-0002": {"countries": ["GB"], "scope": "country", "basis": "United Kingdom."},
    "TRAD-0003": {"countries": ["DE"], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "Germany explicitly named; worldwide extent not expanded into countries."},
    "TRAD-0004": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "United States explicitly named; worldwide extent not expanded."},
    "TRAD-0005": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "United States explicitly named; worldwide extent not expanded."},
    "TRAD-0006": {"countries": [], "scope": "regional", "basis": "Levant; no individual country named in the region field."},
    "TRAD-0007": {"countries": ["IN"], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "India explicitly named; worldwide extent not expanded."},
    "TRAD-0008": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "United States explicitly named; worldwide extent not expanded."},
    "TRAD-0009": {"countries": [], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "Tibet and Himalaya are regional labels; no modern-country allocation made."},
    "TRAD-0010": {"countries": ["JP"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Japan."},
    "TRAD-0011": {"countries": ["IN", "NP"], "scope": "country", "basis": "India and Nepal explicitly named."},
    "TRAD-0012": {"countries": ["IN"], "scope": "country", "basis": "India."},
    "TRAD-0013": {"countries": [], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "Central Asia and worldwide; no individual countries named."},
    "TRAD-0014": {"countries": ["TR"], "scope": "regional", "basis": "Anatolia identifies Turkey; the broad Balkans label is not expanded."},
    "TRAD-0015": {"countries": [], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "Near East, Europe and worldwide; no individual countries named."},
    "TRAD-0016": {"countries": ["GR"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Attica, Greece; a modern geographic association for an ancient tradition."},
    "TRAD-0017": {"countries": [], "scope": "historical", "basis": "Roman Empire; historical territory is not expanded into present-day countries."},
    "TRAD-0018": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Arizona, United States."},
    "TRAD-0019": {"countries": ["AU"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Lower Murray, Coorong and South Australia."},
    "TRAD-0020": {"countries": ["CN"], "scope": "regional", "basis": "Southern China explicitly named; diaspora countries are unspecified."},
    "TRAD-0021": {"countries": ["CN"], "scope": "worldwide", "basis": "China explicitly named; worldwide extent not expanded."},
    "TRAD-0022": {"countries": ["SY", "LB", "TR"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Syria, Lebanon and Turkey explicitly named."},
    "TRAD-0023": {"countries": ["IN"], "scope": "country", "basis": "India."},
    "TRAD-0024": {"countries": ["JP"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Japan."},
    "TRAD-0025": {"countries": ["AU"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Central Australia, Northern Territory."},
    "TRAD-0026": {"countries": ["AU"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Western Desert and three named Australian states/territories."},
    "TRAD-0027": {"countries": [], "scope": "regional", "basis": "Great Lakes and upper Mississippi; the region field names no countries, so the cross-border extent stays regional."},
    "TRAD-0028": {"countries": ["CA"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Vancouver Island and British Columbia identify Canada."},
    "TRAD-0029": {"countries": ["NO", "SE", "FI", "RU"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Norway, Sweden and Finland named; Kola Peninsula identifies Russia."},
    "TRAD-0030": {"countries": ["MX"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Oaxaca, Mexico."},
    "TRAD-0031": {"countries": ["LR"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Liberia."},
    "TRAD-0032": {"countries": ["LR"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Liberia."},
    "TRAD-0034": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "United States; examined cases in New York."},
    "TRAD-0036": {"countries": ["IN"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Northern India; interview at Bharatpur."},
    "TRAD-0037": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "North Carolina, United States."},
    "TRAD-0038": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Oklahoma, United States."},
    "TRAD-0039": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Oklahoma, United States."},
    "TRAD-0040": {"countries": ["AR", "CL"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Argentina and Chile explicitly named."},
    "TRAD-0041": {"countries": ["CO"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Vaupés, Colombia."},
    "TRAD-0042": {"countries": ["CA"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Eastern Canadian Arctic."},
    "TRAD-0044": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "California, United States."},
    "TRAD-0045": {"countries": ["PG"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Papua New Guinea."},
    "TRAD-0046": {"countries": ["GB"], "scope": "regional", "basis": "British-origin texts; later web circulation is geographically unspecified."},
    "TRAD-0047": {"countries": ["US"], "scope": "country", "basis": "New Mexico, United States."},
    "TRAD-0048": {"countries": ["BR"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Pará, Brazil."},
    "TRAD-0049": {"countries": ["CU"], "scope": "country", "basis": "Cuba and named Cuban communities."},
    "TRAD-0050": {"countries": ["CU"], "scope": "regional", "basis": "Havana, Cuba; diaspora web circulation is geographically unspecified."}
  }
}