The Index — Freedom Nation Sovereignty Initiative

Headline coverage

Edition 0 surveys all 194 States.

Edition 0 is issued from open-source data alone, prior to the first Charter signing cycle. It is presented as a recruitment instrument rather than a report card. Per-State entries are published for Tiers A, B, and C, with composite scores for Tiers A and B and pillar scores for Tier C.

Tier A54Full preliminary score possible — 24 or more sub-indicators scorable from open sources.

Tier B74Defensible preliminary score possible — 18 to 23 sub-indicators scorable.

Tier C27Partial coverage — 10 to 17 sub-indicators. Pillar scores reported, no composite.

Tier D37Insufficient open-source coverage in this Edition. State is listed and invited to engage.

Tiers A and B together — the 128 States carrying a composite score in Edition 0 — match the Custodian's pre-edition estimate of approximately 125 States set out in the Preliminary Coverage Assessment (May 2026), reproduced at Annex C of Edition 0.

Methodology in brief

Five pillars, thirty-one sub-indicators, one composite.

Pillars are weighted equally at twenty percent each. Each sub-indicator is scored on a 0–10 rubric. The pillar score is the unweighted mean of its sub-indicators; the composite is the weighted mean of the five pillar scores expressed on a 0–100 scale.

Global pillar averages (0–10 scale, all 194 States)

Pillar V — Ecosystem & Education5.51

Pillar II — Technical Safeguards5.17

Pillar I — Legal Foundation5.00

Pillar III — Universal Identifier4.14

Pillar IV — Sovereign Haven3.38

Pillar IV — Sovereign Haven Infrastructure — sits notably below the other four. Pillar V — Ecosystem, Education, and Implementation — leads.

Composite score distribution (128 States with composite, 10-point bands)

10–208

20–3019

30–4035

40–5019

50–6032

60–7014

70–801

The modal band is 30–40 with 35 States; the secondary band is 50–60 with 32 States. No State scores below 10 or above 90 in Edition 0.

Selected open-source signals

What the public record already shows.

133/194States with a comprehensive data-protection statute on the public record (69%).

121/194States with a designated data-protection or privacy supervisory authority (63%).

73/194States with a national AI policy in the OECD AI Policy Observatory (38%).

91/194States with foundational identity tier data in the World Bank ID4D Global Dataset.

51/194States Party to Council of Europe Convention 108; 33 have ratified Convention 108+.

53/194States in Tier 1 of the ITU Global Cybersecurity Index 2024.

128/194States with measurable domestic data-center capacity recorded by Cushman & Wakefield or CBRE.

73/194States with active membership in the Open Government Partnership.

The reports

Four publications. One coherent picture.

Edition 0 is the foundational survey. Supplement A tests the relationship between physical investment and legal-constitutional infrastructure across the world's top 100 data-center markets. Supplement B publishes explicit ranking tables — by composite, by pillar, and by region. Supplement C re-runs the Supplement A analysis with the United States excluded, to test outlier sensitivity and surface what the global picture looks like in the community ex-US.

Edition 0 — 2026

IDSI Edition 0 (2026) — Pre-Invitation Survey

122 pages · 194 States · 13 source citations

Full methodology, four global charts, per-State entries for Tiers A, B, and C, and the standing Correction Notice protocol. The first complete picture of the world's data-sovereignty posture.

$2,500Purchase

Supplement A

Data Center Investment & Data Sovereignty

38 pages · Pearson correlation · top 100 cross-reference

The headline finding: across the world's top 100 data-center markets, the correlation between physical investment and Pillar I (legal foundation) is r = 0.352 — moderate-to-weak. Compliance Gap and Haven Opportunity cohorts.

$500Purchase

Supplement B

Ranking Tables

74 pages · all 194 States · composite, pillar, regional

Explicit ranking tables of all 194 States by composite, by each of the five pillars, and by region. A working reference for analysts, investors, and policymakers.

$500Purchase

Supplement C

DC Investment & Data Sovereignty — US Excluded

41 pages · outlier-adjusted · side-by-side With/Without US

Re-runs the Supplement A analysis with the United States removed. Pillar I correlation moves from r = 0.352 to r = 0.375 — every correlation strengthens with the outlier removed. Recalculated regional profile in which Europe becomes decisively the largest region in the global community ex-US.

$500Purchase

Complete Set

Edition 0 + All Three Supplements

275+ pages · 4 PDFs · Edition 0, Supplements A, B & C

The most comprehensive picture of the world's data-sovereignty posture available today. Everything the Initiative has published in Edition 0 — at a meaningful saving over individual prices.

$3,499Purchase bundle

Supplements Bundle

Supplements A, B & C

153 pages · 3 PDFs · DC Investment, Rankings, US-Excluded

All three analytical companions to Edition 0. For analysts who already hold the base edition or who only require the investment correlations, ranking tables, and outlier-sensitivity test.

$999Purchase bundle

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Special Reports

Seven deep-dive country and regional reports.

Focused analyses of the world's most consequential data-sovereignty actors. Each Special Report extends Edition 0's open-source methodology with detailed treatment of constitutional, technical, identity, infrastructure, and ecosystem postures specific to that State or region.