Frequently Asked Questions

All 35 countries of the Americas are live, each with a full infobox of core facts. Five of six topic areas are complete or substantially complete for every country: History, Politics & Governance, Culture & Society, Economy & Trade, and Geography & Environment. Countries & Regions is the one pillar still in early stages. See Our Approach for how we're sequencing coverage, including what's next.

Wikipedia is a general-purpose, crowd-edited encyclopedia covering every topic in the world. AmericasPedia is narrower and more disciplined by design: it covers only the Western Hemisphere, follows a fixed structure of pillars and subtopics for every country, and every article goes through the same sourcing and editorial review pass before it publishes rather than being open to anonymous edits. The tradeoff is scope for consistency — less breadth, but a predictable, comparable structure across all 35 countries.

Core facts like capital, population, government type, GDP, and currency come from established open sources such as Wikidata and World Bank Open Data. Articles are researched from reputable public references, encyclopedic sources, and government or intergovernmental data, favoring sources that are transparent about their methodology and updated regularly. Full detail is in our Sourcing and Editorial Standards.

Articles are researched and drafted from the sources above, then go through an editorial review pass that checks correct tagging, neutral rather than promotional tone, and that every factual claim traces back to a source we'd be comfortable naming. AmericasPedia is independent — no advertisers or sponsors influence content, and no country or organization pays for placement or favorable coverage.

No. AmericasPedia is an independent reference project. We don't accept payment for placement or favorable coverage, and no government, political party, or organization directs or sponsors our content.

New topics are added daily as we work through our coverage plan, and country-level infobox data is reviewed on a rolling basis to catch outdated figures. When a correction changes the meaning of a previously published article, we note the update at the bottom of the page along with the date.

Use the Contact page and include the URL of the page, a short description of what needs fixing, and a source we can check it against if you have one. We review every report against our sourcing pipeline and correct it once verified. Full detail is in our Corrections Policy.

Yes — use the Contact page to suggest a country, topic, or city you'd like to see covered next. We don't currently accept open user-submitted edits, but topic suggestions help shape what we build next.

Yes. AmericasPedia is free to read, with no paywall or subscription. We also run a newsletter you can opt into for updates.

The next layer is major cities and boroughs within each country, starting with the ones we can source reliably rather than committing to full city-level coverage everywhere at once. We'd rather leave a layer unbuilt than publish it half-finished — see Our Approach for the full roadmap.