---
name: "GeoIP2::Model::Country"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgeoip2-perl"
version: "2.006002-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/GeoIP2::Model::Country"
---

# GeoIP2::Model::Country(3pm)

Model class for the GeoIP2 Precision: Country and GeoIP2 Country

## NAME

GeoIP2::Model::Country - Model class for the GeoIP2 Precision: Country and GeoIP2 Country

## VERSION

version 2.006002

## SYNOPSIS

```
  use 5.008;
  use GeoIP2::WebService::Client;
  my $client = GeoIP2::WebService::Client->new(
      account_id  => 42,
      license_key => 'abcdef123456',
  );
  my $country = $client->country( ip => '24.24.24.24' );
  my $country_rec = $country->country();
  print $country_rec->iso_code(), "\n";
```

## DESCRIPTION

This class provides a model for the data returned by the GeoIP2 Precision: Country web service and the GeoIP2 Country database.

## METHODS

This class provides the following methods, each of which returns a record object.

### $country-\>continent()

Returns a GeoIP2::Record::Continent object representing continent data for the requested IP address.

### $country-\>country()

Returns a GeoIP2::Record::Country object representing country data for the requested IP address. This record represents the country where MaxMind believes the IP is located.

### $country-\>maxmind()

Returns a GeoIP2::Record::MaxMind object representing data about your MaxMind account.

### $country-\>registered\_country()

Returns a GeoIP2::Record::Country object representing the registered country data for the requested IP address. This record represents the country where the ISP has registered a given IP block and may differ from the user's country.

### $country-\>represented\_country()

Returns a GeoIP2::Record::RepresentedCountry object for the country represented by the requested IP address. The represented country may differ from the `"country"` for things like military bases.

### $country-\>traits()

Returns a GeoIP2::Record::Traits object representing the traits for the requested IP address.

## SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through \<https://github.com/maxmind/GeoIP2-perl/issues\>.

## AUTHORS

- •

  Dave Rolsky \<drolsky@maxmind.com\>

- •

  Greg Oschwald \<goschwald@maxmind.com\>

- •

  Mark Fowler \<mfowler@maxmind.com\>

- •

  Olaf Alders \<oalders@maxmind.com\>

## COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2013 - 2019 by MaxMind, Inc.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.