diff --git a/country/airflow_upload_to_data_lake.py b/country/airflow_upload_to_data_lake.py
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+import argparse
+import os
+
+import wmfdata as wmf
+
+
+def main():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--database",
+        help="Name of the database to put the table countres into",
+        default="canonical_data",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument("--data_file", help="TSV table", default="countries.tsv")
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--create_table_statement",
+        help="TSV table",
+        default="create_canonical_data_countries_table.hql",
+    )
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    spark = wmf.spark.get_session(type="local")
+
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    df = spark.read.csv(f"file:///{cwd}/{args.data_file}", header=True)
+    print(f"Filling {args.database}.countries with {df.count()} line(s)")
+
+    query = f"use {args.database};\n" + open(args.create_table_statement).read()
+    print(query)
+    spark.sql(query)
+
+    df.write.mode("overwrite").saveAsTable(args.table)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/country/create_canonical_data_countries_table.hql b/country/create_canonical_data_countries_table.hql
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+-- Create table statement for an static table about countries.
+--
+-- This table belongs to analytics-product
+--
+-- Parameters:
+--     <none>
+--
+-- Usage
+--     spark3-sql \
+--       -f create_countries_table.hql   \
+--       --database canonical_data
+--
+
+CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS `countries` (
+     name               STRING  COMMENT 'Country name, aligned with the article on English Wikipedia',
+     iso_code           STRING  COMMENT 'ISO 3166-1 two-letter country code',
+     economic_region    STRING  COMMENT 'Global South/North, according to [[en:Global North and Global South]]',
+     maxmind_continent  STRING  COMMENT 'Continent, according to MaxMind databases',
+     is_protected       BOOLEAN COMMENT 'Whether the country appears in [[wikitech:Country_protection_list]]',
+     is_eu              BOOLEAN COMMENT 'Whether the country belongs to the European Union'
+)
+COMMENT 'Metadata information about countries we release data about.'
+USING parquet;