World Countries Generalized represents generalized boundaries for the countries of the world. It has fields for official names and country codes. The generalized political boundaries improve draw performance and effectiveness at a global or continental level.

This layer is best viewed out beyond a scale of 1:5,000,000.

This layer's geography was developed by Esri, Garmin International, Inc., the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (The World Factbook), and the National Geographic Society for use as a world basemap. It is updated annually as country names or significant borders change.