Defining the levels of the Country structure includes defining the number of levels and the names of the levels. For Country structure the maximum number of levels are seven. For example, in one country the Country structure has four levels, while another country has five levels in the Country structure, and the levels are not called the same in all countries.
[[Image:AdminGuide_ExampleCountryStructures.png|center|500px400px|''Example Country Structures'']]
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''Example Country Structures''
Additionally, {{IMSMANG}} supports the creation of parent-child relationships with organisations so that information managers can create hierarchies of organisations. For example, a mine clearance organisation may be responsible for several clearance teams within a country. As shown in the figure below, this relationship can be mapped by creating one organisation for the mine clearance organisation (NGO1) and one organisation for each team (TeamA, TeamB and TeamC), then specifying the parent organisation of each team as NGO1.
[[Image:AdminGuide_ExampleHierarchyOfOrganisations.png|center|400px300px|''Example Hierarchy of Organisations'']]
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''Example Hierarchy of Organisations''