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title: friendlyCountry
description: Entries of this object class represent countries. This object class allows friendlier naming than allowed by the country object class.
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# friendlyCountry

Entries of this object class represent countries. This object class allows friendlier naming than allowed by the `country` object class.

|                       |                                                                                                                      |
| --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| *OID*                 | 0.9.2342.19200300.100.4.18                                                                                           |
| *Names*               | friendlyCountry                                                                                                      |
| *Superior classes*    | [country](oc-country.html)                                                                                           |
| *Class type*          | STRUCTURAL: for structural specification of the DIT. Entries have only one structural object class superclass chain. |
| *Required attributes* | [c](at-c.html), [co](at-co.html), [objectClass](at-objectClass.html)                                                 |
| *Optional attributes* | [description](at-description.html), [searchGuide](at-searchGuide.html)                                               |
| *Origin*              | [RFC 4524](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4524)                                                            |
| *Schema file*         | 00-core.ldif                                                                                                         |