The country structure represents a gazetteer, or the political or administrative divisions within a country. In IMSMA<sup>NG</sup>, the country structure allows a mine action programme to link mine action information to areas and report statistics such as number of hazards per province or district. So the country structure should be set up before beginning data entry.
* defining the areas of the country structure
===Define the Country Structure Levels===__NOEDITSECTION__
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|[[Setup Country Structure Levels in a New Installation]]
The Hierarchy Manager window displays the names of any defined country structure levels. If no country structure levels are defined, the window does not display any levels. When the window initially displays, only the [[Image:FieldTemplateIcon.png]] button and the Done button are available. The [[Image:FieldViewIcon.png]] and [[Image:EcksButton.png]] buttons become available after you select a country structure level. The [[Image:EcksButton.png]] button will not become enabled if you select a country structure level that is not the lowest level.}}
===Define the Country Structure===__NOEDITSECTION__