> What do you mean by that? I assumed the point was old name wasn't tracked and should be. > Having a type for "country of origin" would mean that the type gi

> What do you mean by that? I assumed the point was old name wasn't tracked and should be. > Having a type for "country of origin" would mean that the type gives you limits on what values it can hold No one said your type has to be completely set in stone and contain every valid value in advance. Have a trusted store of country name and valid until date. So defunct country can't be added.