diff --git a/scripts/commands/update-guides.js b/scripts/commands/update-guides.js
index 1cf00edd..60362568 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/update-guides.js
+++ b/scripts/commands/update-guides.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ const { db, logger, file, api } = require('../core')
 const grabber = require('epg-grabber')
 const _ = require('lodash')
 
-const DB_DIR = process.env.DB_DIR || 'scripts/database'
 const LOGS_DIR = process.env.LOGS_DIR || 'scripts/logs'
 const PUBLIC_DIR = process.env.PUBLIC_DIR || '.gh-pages'
 const LOG_PATH = `${LOGS_DIR}/update-guides.log`
@@ -21,6 +20,7 @@ async function generateGuides() {
 
   logger.info('Loading "database/programs.db"...')
   await db.programs.load()
+  await api.channels.load()
 
   for (const key in grouped) {
     const filepath = `${PUBLIC_DIR}/guides/${key}.epg.xml`
diff --git a/scripts/commands/update-readme.js b/scripts/commands/update-readme.js
index 2ca3106f..f3e7fdbe 100644
--- a/scripts/commands/update-readme.js
+++ b/scripts/commands/update-readme.js
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ const options = program
   .opts()
 
 async function main() {
+  await api.countries.load()
+  await api.subdivisions.load()
   const records = await getLogRecords()
   await generateCountriesTable(records)
   await generateUSStatesTable(records)
diff --git a/scripts/core/api.js b/scripts/core/api.js
index ae5e1e9b..97f2ad21 100644
--- a/scripts/core/api.js
+++ b/scripts/core/api.js
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 const _ = require('lodash')
+const file = require('./file')
+
+const DATA_DIR = process.env.DATA_DIR || './scripts/data'
 
 class API {
   constructor(filepath) {
-    this.collection = require(filepath)
+    this.filepath = file.resolve(filepath)
+  }
+
+  async load() {
+    const data = await file.read(this.filepath)
+    this.collection = JSON.parse(data)
   }
 
   find(query) {
@@ -12,8 +20,8 @@ class API {
 
 const api = {}
 
-api.channels = new API('../data/channels.json')
-api.countries = new API('../data/countries.json')
-api.subdivisions = new API('../data/subdivisions.json')
+api.channels = new API(`${DATA_DIR}/channels.json`)
+api.countries = new API(`${DATA_DIR}/countries.json`)
+api.subdivisions = new API(`${DATA_DIR}/subdivisions.json`)
 
 module.exports = api
diff --git a/tests/__data__/input/data/channels.json b/tests/__data__/input/data/channels.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bd67500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__data__/input/data/channels.json
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+[
+  {
+    "id": "BravoEast.us",
+    "name": "Bravo East",
+    "network": null,
+    "country": "US",
+    "subdivision": null,
+    "city": null,
+    "broadcast_area": [
+      "c/US"
+    ],
+    "languages": [
+      "eng"
+    ],
+    "categories": [],
+    "is_nsfw": false,
+    "logo": "https://www.directv.com/images/logos/channels/dark/large/579.png"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "CNNInternationalEurope.us",
+    "name": "CNN International Europe",
+    "network": null,
+    "country": "US",
+    "subdivision": null,
+    "city": null,
+    "broadcast_area": [
+      "r/EUR"
+    ],
+    "languages": [
+      "eng"
+    ],
+    "categories": [
+      "news"
+    ],
+    "is_nsfw": false,
+    "logo": "https://i.imgur.com/2BXCg0x.jpg"
+  },
+  {
+    "id": "MNetMovies2.za",
+    "name": "M-Net Movies 2",
+    "network": null,
+    "country": "ZA",
+    "subdivision": null,
+    "city": null,
+    "broadcast_area": [
+      "c/ZA"
+    ],
+    "languages": [
+      "afr"
+    ],
+    "categories": [],
+    "is_nsfw": false,
+    "logo": "https://rndcdn.dstv.com/dstvcms/2020/08/31/M-Net_Movies_2_Logo_4-3_lightbackground_xlrg.png"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/__data__/input/data/countries.json b/tests/__data__/input/data/countries.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6a24850c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/__data__/input/data/countries.json
@@ -0,0 +1,1502 @@
+[
+  {
+    "name": "Afghanistan",
+    "code": "AF",
+    "lang": "pus",
+    "flag": "🇦🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Albania",
+    "code": "AL",
+    "lang": "sqi",
+    "flag": "🇦🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Algeria",
+    "code": "DZ",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇩🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "American Samoa",
+    "code": "AS",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇦🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Andorra",
+    "code": "AD",
+    "lang": "cat",
+    "flag": "🇦🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Angola",
+    "code": "AO",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇦🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Anguilla",
+    "code": "AI",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇦🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Antarctica",
+    "code": "AQ",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇦🇶"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Antigua and Barbuda",
+    "code": "AG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇦🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Argentina",
+    "code": "AR",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇦🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Armenia",
+    "code": "AM",
+    "lang": "hye",
+    "flag": "🇦🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Aruba",
+    "code": "AW",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇦🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Australia",
+    "code": "AU",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇦🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Austria",
+    "code": "AT",
+    "lang": "deu",
+    "flag": "🇦🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Azerbaijan",
+    "code": "AZ",
+    "lang": "aze",
+    "flag": "🇦🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bahamas",
+    "code": "BS",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇧🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bahrain",
+    "code": "BH",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇧🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bangladesh",
+    "code": "BD",
+    "lang": "ben",
+    "flag": "🇧🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Barbados",
+    "code": "BB",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇧🇧"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Belarus",
+    "code": "BY",
+    "lang": "bel",
+    "flag": "🇧🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Belgium",
+    "code": "BE",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇧🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Belize",
+    "code": "BZ",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇧🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Benin",
+    "code": "BJ",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇧🇯"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bermuda",
+    "code": "BM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇧🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bhutan",
+    "code": "BT",
+    "lang": "dzo",
+    "flag": "🇧🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bolivia",
+    "code": "BO",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇧🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bonaire",
+    "code": "BQ",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇧🇶"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
+    "code": "BA",
+    "lang": "bos",
+    "flag": "🇧🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Botswana",
+    "code": "BW",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇧🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bouvet Island",
+    "code": "BV",
+    "lang": "nor",
+    "flag": "🇧🇻"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Brazil",
+    "code": "BR",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇧🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "British Indian Ocean Territory",
+    "code": "IO",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇮🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "British Virgin Islands",
+    "code": "VG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇻🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Brunei",
+    "code": "BN",
+    "lang": "msa",
+    "flag": "🇧🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Bulgaria",
+    "code": "BG",
+    "lang": "bul",
+    "flag": "🇧🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Burkina Faso",
+    "code": "BF",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇧🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Burundi",
+    "code": "BI",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇧🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cambodia",
+    "code": "KH",
+    "lang": "khm",
+    "flag": "🇰🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cameroon",
+    "code": "CM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇨🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Canada",
+    "code": "CA",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇨🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cape Verde",
+    "code": "CV",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇨🇻"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cayman Islands",
+    "code": "KY",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇰🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Central African Republic",
+    "code": "CF",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇨🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Chad",
+    "code": "TD",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇹🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Chile",
+    "code": "CL",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇨🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "China",
+    "code": "CN",
+    "lang": "zho",
+    "flag": "🇨🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Christmas Island",
+    "code": "CX",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇨🇽"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cocos (Keeling) Islands",
+    "code": "CC",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇨🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Colombia",
+    "code": "CO",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇨🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Comoros",
+    "code": "KM",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇰🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cook Islands",
+    "code": "CK",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇨🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Costa Rica",
+    "code": "CR",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇨🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Croatia",
+    "code": "HR",
+    "lang": "hrv",
+    "flag": "🇭🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cuba",
+    "code": "CU",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇨🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Curacao",
+    "code": "CW",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇨🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Cyprus",
+    "code": "CY",
+    "lang": "ell",
+    "flag": "🇨🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Czech Republic",
+    "code": "CZ",
+    "lang": "ces",
+    "flag": "🇨🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
+    "code": "CD",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇨🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Denmark",
+    "code": "DK",
+    "lang": "dan",
+    "flag": "🇩🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Djibouti",
+    "code": "DJ",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇩🇯"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Dominica",
+    "code": "DM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇩🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Dominican Republic",
+    "code": "DO",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇩🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "East Timor",
+    "code": "TL",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇹🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Ecuador",
+    "code": "EC",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇪🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Egypt",
+    "code": "EG",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇪🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "El Salvador",
+    "code": "SV",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇸🇻"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Equatorial Guinea",
+    "code": "GQ",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇬🇶"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Eritrea",
+    "code": "ER",
+    "lang": "tir",
+    "flag": "🇪🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Estonia",
+    "code": "EE",
+    "lang": "est",
+    "flag": "🇪🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Ethiopia",
+    "code": "ET",
+    "lang": "amh",
+    "flag": "🇪🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Falkland Islands",
+    "code": "FK",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇫🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Faroe Islands",
+    "code": "FO",
+    "lang": "fao",
+    "flag": "🇫🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Fiji",
+    "code": "FJ",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇫🇯"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Finland",
+    "code": "FI",
+    "lang": "fin",
+    "flag": "🇫🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "France",
+    "code": "FR",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇫🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "French Guiana",
+    "code": "GF",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇬🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "French Polynesia",
+    "code": "PF",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇵🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "French Southern Territories",
+    "code": "TF",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇹🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Gabon",
+    "code": "GA",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇬🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Gambia",
+    "code": "GM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Georgia",
+    "code": "GE",
+    "lang": "kat",
+    "flag": "🇬🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Germany",
+    "code": "DE",
+    "lang": "deu",
+    "flag": "🇩🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Ghana",
+    "code": "GH",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Gibraltar",
+    "code": "GI",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Greece",
+    "code": "GR",
+    "lang": "ell",
+    "flag": "🇬🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Greenland",
+    "code": "GL",
+    "lang": "kal",
+    "flag": "🇬🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Grenada",
+    "code": "GD",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guadeloupe",
+    "code": "GP",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇬🇵"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guam",
+    "code": "GU",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guatemala",
+    "code": "GT",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇬🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guernsey",
+    "code": "GG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guinea",
+    "code": "GN",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇬🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guinea-Bissau",
+    "code": "GW",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇬🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Guyana",
+    "code": "GY",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Haiti",
+    "code": "HT",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇭🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands",
+    "code": "HM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇭🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Honduras",
+    "code": "HN",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇭🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Hong Kong",
+    "code": "HK",
+    "lang": "zho",
+    "flag": "🇭🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Hungary",
+    "code": "HU",
+    "lang": "hun",
+    "flag": "🇭🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Iceland",
+    "code": "IS",
+    "lang": "isl",
+    "flag": "🇮🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "India",
+    "code": "IN",
+    "lang": "hin",
+    "flag": "🇮🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Indonesia",
+    "code": "ID",
+    "lang": "ind",
+    "flag": "🇮🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Iran",
+    "code": "IR",
+    "lang": "fas",
+    "flag": "🇮🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Iraq",
+    "code": "IQ",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇮🇶"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Ireland",
+    "code": "IE",
+    "lang": "gle",
+    "flag": "🇮🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Isle of Man",
+    "code": "IM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇮🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Israel",
+    "code": "IL",
+    "lang": "heb",
+    "flag": "🇮🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Italy",
+    "code": "IT",
+    "lang": "ita",
+    "flag": "🇮🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Ivory Coast",
+    "code": "CI",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇨🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Jamaica",
+    "code": "JM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇯🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Japan",
+    "code": "JP",
+    "lang": "jpn",
+    "flag": "🇯🇵"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Jersey",
+    "code": "JE",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇯🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Jordan",
+    "code": "JO",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇯🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Kazakhstan",
+    "code": "KZ",
+    "lang": "kaz",
+    "flag": "🇰🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Kenya",
+    "code": "KE",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇰🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Kiribati",
+    "code": "KI",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇰🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Kosovo",
+    "code": "XK",
+    "lang": "sqi",
+    "flag": "🇽🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Kuwait",
+    "code": "KW",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇰🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Kyrgyzstan",
+    "code": "KG",
+    "lang": "kir",
+    "flag": "🇰🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Laos",
+    "code": "LA",
+    "lang": "lao",
+    "flag": "🇱🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Latvia",
+    "code": "LV",
+    "lang": "lav",
+    "flag": "🇱🇻"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Lebanon",
+    "code": "LB",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇱🇧"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Lesotho",
+    "code": "LS",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇱🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Liberia",
+    "code": "LR",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇱🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Libya",
+    "code": "LY",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇱🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Liechtenstein",
+    "code": "LI",
+    "lang": "deu",
+    "flag": "🇱🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Lithuania",
+    "code": "LT",
+    "lang": "lit",
+    "flag": "🇱🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Luxembourg",
+    "code": "LU",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇱🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Macao",
+    "code": "MO",
+    "lang": "zho",
+    "flag": "🇲🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Madagascar",
+    "code": "MG",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇲🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Malawi",
+    "code": "MW",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇲🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Malaysia",
+    "code": "MY",
+    "lang": "msa",
+    "flag": "🇲🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Maldives",
+    "code": "MV",
+    "lang": "div",
+    "flag": "🇲🇻"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mali",
+    "code": "ML",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇲🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Malta",
+    "code": "MT",
+    "lang": "mlt",
+    "flag": "🇲🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Marshall Islands",
+    "code": "MH",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇲🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Martinique",
+    "code": "MQ",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇲🇶"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mauritania",
+    "code": "MR",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇲🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mauritius",
+    "code": "MU",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇲🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mayotte",
+    "code": "YT",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇾🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mexico",
+    "code": "MX",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇲🇽"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Micronesia",
+    "code": "FM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇫🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Moldova",
+    "code": "MD",
+    "lang": "ron",
+    "flag": "🇲🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Monaco",
+    "code": "MC",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇲🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mongolia",
+    "code": "MN",
+    "lang": "mon",
+    "flag": "🇲🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Montenegro",
+    "code": "ME",
+    "lang": "srp",
+    "flag": "🇲🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Montserrat",
+    "code": "MS",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇲🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Morocco",
+    "code": "MA",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇲🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Mozambique",
+    "code": "MZ",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇲🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Myanmar (Burma)",
+    "code": "MM",
+    "lang": "mya",
+    "flag": "🇲🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Namibia",
+    "code": "NA",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇳🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Nauru",
+    "code": "NR",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇳🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Nepal",
+    "code": "NP",
+    "lang": "nep",
+    "flag": "🇳🇵"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Netherlands",
+    "code": "NL",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇳🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "New Caledonia",
+    "code": "NC",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇳🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "New Zealand",
+    "code": "NZ",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇳🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Nicaragua",
+    "code": "NI",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇳🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Niger",
+    "code": "NE",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇳🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Nigeria",
+    "code": "NG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇳🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Niue",
+    "code": "NU",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇳🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Norfolk Island",
+    "code": "NF",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇳🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "North Korea",
+    "code": "KP",
+    "lang": "kor",
+    "flag": "🇰🇵"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "North Macedonia",
+    "code": "MK",
+    "lang": "mkd",
+    "flag": "🇲🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Northern Mariana Islands",
+    "code": "MP",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇲🇵"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Norway",
+    "code": "NO",
+    "lang": "nor",
+    "flag": "🇳🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Oman",
+    "code": "OM",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇴🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Pakistan",
+    "code": "PK",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇵🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Palau",
+    "code": "PW",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇵🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Palestine",
+    "code": "PS",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇵🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Panama",
+    "code": "PA",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇵🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Papua New Guinea",
+    "code": "PG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇵🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Paraguay",
+    "code": "PY",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇵🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Peru",
+    "code": "PE",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇵🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Philippines",
+    "code": "PH",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇵🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Pitcairn Islands",
+    "code": "PN",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇵🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Poland",
+    "code": "PL",
+    "lang": "pol",
+    "flag": "🇵🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Portugal",
+    "code": "PT",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇵🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Puerto Rico",
+    "code": "PR",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇵🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Qatar",
+    "code": "QA",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇶🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Republic of the Congo",
+    "code": "CG",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇨🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Romania",
+    "code": "RO",
+    "lang": "ron",
+    "flag": "🇷🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Russia",
+    "code": "RU",
+    "lang": "rus",
+    "flag": "🇷🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Rwanda",
+    "code": "RW",
+    "lang": "kin",
+    "flag": "🇷🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Réunion",
+    "code": "RE",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇷🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Barthélemy",
+    "code": "BL",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇧🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Helena",
+    "code": "SH",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇸🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Kitts and Nevis",
+    "code": "KN",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇰🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Lucia",
+    "code": "LC",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇱🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Martin",
+    "code": "MF",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇲🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Pierre and Miquelon",
+    "code": "PM",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇵🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines",
+    "code": "VC",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇻🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Samoa",
+    "code": "WS",
+    "lang": "smo",
+    "flag": "🇼🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "San Marino",
+    "code": "SM",
+    "lang": "ita",
+    "flag": "🇸🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Saudi Arabia",
+    "code": "SA",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇸🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Senegal",
+    "code": "SN",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇸🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Serbia",
+    "code": "RS",
+    "lang": "srp",
+    "flag": "🇷🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Seychelles",
+    "code": "SC",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇸🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Sierra Leone",
+    "code": "SL",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇸🇱"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Singapore",
+    "code": "SG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇸🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Sint Maarten",
+    "code": "SX",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇸🇽"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Slovakia",
+    "code": "SK",
+    "lang": "slk",
+    "flag": "🇸🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Slovenia",
+    "code": "SI",
+    "lang": "slv",
+    "flag": "🇸🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Solomon Islands",
+    "code": "SB",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇸🇧"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Somalia",
+    "code": "SO",
+    "lang": "som",
+    "flag": "🇸🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "South Africa",
+    "code": "ZA",
+    "lang": "afr",
+    "flag": "🇿🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands",
+    "code": "GS",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "South Korea",
+    "code": "KR",
+    "lang": "kor",
+    "flag": "🇰🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "South Sudan",
+    "code": "SS",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇸🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Spain",
+    "code": "ES",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇪🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Sri Lanka",
+    "code": "LK",
+    "lang": "sin",
+    "flag": "🇱🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Sudan",
+    "code": "SD",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇸🇩"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Suriname",
+    "code": "SR",
+    "lang": "nld",
+    "flag": "🇸🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Svalbard and Jan Mayen",
+    "code": "SJ",
+    "lang": "nor",
+    "flag": "🇸🇯"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Swaziland",
+    "code": "SZ",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇸🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Sweden",
+    "code": "SE",
+    "lang": "swe",
+    "flag": "🇸🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Switzerland",
+    "code": "CH",
+    "lang": "deu",
+    "flag": "🇨🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Syria",
+    "code": "SY",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇸🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "São Tomé and Príncipe",
+    "code": "ST",
+    "lang": "por",
+    "flag": "🇸🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Taiwan",
+    "code": "TW",
+    "lang": "zho",
+    "flag": "🇹🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Tajikistan",
+    "code": "TJ",
+    "lang": "tgk",
+    "flag": "🇹🇯"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Tanzania",
+    "code": "TZ",
+    "lang": "swa",
+    "flag": "🇹🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Thailand",
+    "code": "TH",
+    "lang": "tha",
+    "flag": "🇹🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Togo",
+    "code": "TG",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇹🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Tokelau",
+    "code": "TK",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇹🇰"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Tonga",
+    "code": "TO",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇹🇴"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Trinidad and Tobago",
+    "code": "TT",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇹🇹"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Tunisia",
+    "code": "TN",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇹🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Turkey",
+    "code": "TR",
+    "lang": "tur",
+    "flag": "🇹🇷"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Turkmenistan",
+    "code": "TM",
+    "lang": "tuk",
+    "flag": "🇹🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Turks and Caicos Islands",
+    "code": "TC",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇹🇨"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Tuvalu",
+    "code": "TV",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇹🇻"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "U.S. Minor Outlying Islands",
+    "code": "UM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇺🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "U.S. Virgin Islands",
+    "code": "VI",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇻🇮"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Uganda",
+    "code": "UG",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇺🇬"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Ukraine",
+    "code": "UA",
+    "lang": "ukr",
+    "flag": "🇺🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "United Arab Emirates",
+    "code": "AE",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇦🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "United Kingdom",
+    "code": "UK",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇬🇧"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "United States",
+    "code": "US",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇺🇸"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Uruguay",
+    "code": "UY",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇺🇾"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Uzbekistan",
+    "code": "UZ",
+    "lang": "uzb",
+    "flag": "🇺🇿"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Vanuatu",
+    "code": "VU",
+    "lang": "bis",
+    "flag": "🇻🇺"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Vatican City",
+    "code": "VA",
+    "lang": "ita",
+    "flag": "🇻🇦"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Venezuela",
+    "code": "VE",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇻🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Vietnam",
+    "code": "VN",
+    "lang": "vie",
+    "flag": "🇻🇳"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Wallis and Futuna",
+    "code": "WF",
+    "lang": "fra",
+    "flag": "🇼🇫"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Western Sahara",
+    "code": "EH",
+    "lang": "spa",
+    "flag": "🇪🇭"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Yemen",
+    "code": "YE",
+    "lang": "ara",
+    "flag": "🇾🇪"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Zambia",
+    "code": "ZM",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇿🇲"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Zimbabwe",
+    "code": "ZW",
+    "lang": "eng",
+    "flag": "🇿🇼"
+  },
+  {
+    "name": "Åland",
+    "code": "AX",
+    "lang": "swe",
+    "flag": "🇦🇽"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/tests/__data__/input/data/subdivisions.json b/tests/__data__/input/data/subdivisions.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..dea26f94
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+[
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
+    "name": "Alberta",
+    "code": "CA-AB"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
+    "name": "British Columbia",
+    "code": "CA-BC"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
+    "name": "Manitoba",
+    "code": "CA-MB"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
+    "name": "New Brunswick",
+    "code": "CA-NB"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
+    "name": "Newfoundland and Labrador",
+    "code": "CA-NL"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
+    "name": "Northwest Territories",
+    "code": "CA-NT"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "CA",
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+    "code": "US-CO"
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+  {
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+    "code": "US-CT"
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+    "code": "US-DC"
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+    "code": "US-FL"
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+  {
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+    "name": "Georgia",
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+  },
+  {
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+    "code": "US-GU"
+  },
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+    "code": "US-ID"
+  },
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+    "code": "US-IL"
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+    "code": "US-IN"
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+    "code": "US-IA"
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+    "name": "Kansas",
+    "code": "US-KS"
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+    "code": "US-KY"
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+  },
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+    "name": "Maryland",
+    "code": "US-MD"
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+    "code": "US-MA"
+  },
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+    "code": "US-MI"
+  },
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+    "code": "US-MS"
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+    "name": "Missouri",
+    "code": "US-MO"
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+    "name": "Montana",
+    "code": "US-MT"
+  },
+  {
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+    "name": "Nebraska",
+    "code": "US-NE"
+  },
+  {
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+    "name": "Nevada",
+    "code": "US-NV"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "New Hampshire",
+    "code": "US-NH"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "New Jersey",
+    "code": "US-NJ"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "New Mexico",
+    "code": "US-NM"
+  },
+  {
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+    "name": "New York",
+    "code": "US-NY"
+  },
+  {
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+    "name": "North Carolina",
+    "code": "US-NC"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "North Dakota",
+    "code": "US-ND"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Northern Mariana Islands",
+    "code": "US-MP"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Ohio",
+    "code": "US-OH"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Oklahoma",
+    "code": "US-OK"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Oregon",
+    "code": "US-OR"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Pennsylvania",
+    "code": "US-PA"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Puerto Rico",
+    "code": "US-PR"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Rhode Island",
+    "code": "US-RI"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "South Carolina",
+    "code": "US-SC"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "South Dakota",
+    "code": "US-SD"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Tennessee",
+    "code": "US-TN"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Texas",
+    "code": "US-TX"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "U.S. Virgin Islands",
+    "code": "US-VI"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "United States Minor Outlying Islands",
+    "code": "US-UM"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Utah",
+    "code": "US-UT"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Vermont",
+    "code": "US-VT"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Virginia",
+    "code": "US-VA"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Washington",
+    "code": "US-WA"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "West Virginia",
+    "code": "US-WV"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Wisconsin",
+    "code": "US-WI"
+  },
+  {
+    "country": "US",
+    "name": "Wyoming",
+    "code": "US-WY"
+  }
+]
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/commands/update-guides.test.js b/tests/commands/update-guides.test.js
index 38ba387d..ce4094dd 100644
--- a/tests/commands/update-guides.test.js
+++ b/tests/commands/update-guides.test.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   )
 
   const stdout = execSync(
-    'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/temp/database PUBLIC_DIR=tests/__data__/output LOGS_DIR=tests/__data__/output/logs node scripts/commands/update-guides.js',
+    'DB_DIR=tests/__data__/temp/database DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data PUBLIC_DIR=tests/__data__/output LOGS_DIR=tests/__data__/output/logs node scripts/commands/update-guides.js',
     { encoding: 'utf8' }
   )
 })
diff --git a/tests/commands/update-readme.test.js b/tests/commands/update-readme.test.js
index b15082a2..1c8df660 100644
--- a/tests/commands/update-readme.test.js
+++ b/tests/commands/update-readme.test.js
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
   fs.mkdirSync('tests/__data__/output')
 
   const stdout = execSync(
-    'LOGS_DIR=tests/__data__/input/logs node scripts/commands/update-readme.js --config=tests/__data__/input/_readme.json',
+    'LOGS_DIR=tests/__data__/input/logs DATA_DIR=tests/__data__/input/data node scripts/commands/update-readme.js --config=tests/__data__/input/_readme.json',
     { encoding: 'utf8' }
   )
 })