diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
index 090d52c565..84f9a6276a 100644
--- a/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/OpenRa.Game.csproj
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Traits\Attack\AttackOmni.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\BridgeLoadHook.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\ChoosePaletteOnSelect.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Traits\World\Country.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\CrateSpawner.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\World\OreGrowth.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Traits\OreRefinery.cs" />
diff --git a/OpenRa.Game/Traits/World/Country.cs b/OpenRa.Game/Traits/World/Country.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e1e5795d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenRa.Game/Traits/World/Country.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+
+namespace OpenRa.Traits
+{
+	class CountryInfo : ITraitInfo
+	{
+		public readonly string Name = null;
+		public readonly string Race = null;
+
+		/* todo: icon,... */
+
+		public object Create(Actor self) { return new CountryInfo(); }
+	}
+
+	class Country { /* we're only interested in the Info */ }
+}