The Lunar Codex collects the works of an estimated 40,000 artists, writers, musicians, and filmmakers from all over the world, with an estimated 250,000 individual cultural artifacts in total.
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But it is the breadth of representation of Earth as a united community that makes this project unique.

The United Nations counts 193 member states and 2 observer states. The current CIA World FactBook indexes 261 'countries' - but counts among them entries for the European Union, the World, as well as territories, dependencies, and uninhabited islands.

The International Olympic Committee counts as nations those regions with National Olympic Committees (NOCs), including administrative NOCs not officially affiliated with a country, such as those representing athletes when their country is officially not participating in that year's games. For the Paris 2024 Games they numbered 206 nations.

By any of these measures, the Lunar Codex has become, over its five-year collection phase, one of the most truly global cultural heritage projects of its kind, with curated work representing 259 countries and territories, and 147 Indigenous nations.
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Countries & Territories​​

The totals above are based on representative work from 201 countries & 58 territories, and an additional  147 Indigenous nations, mostly from North America.

The Lunar Codex also includes artists from every U.S. state, and from every Canadian province and territory.
 

We are happy to provide contacts for those looking to profile creative artists from any of these regions.

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  ▪  North America: Canada (including every province and territory), United States (including every US state, the District of Columbia, and from several First Nations and Indigenous peoples territories, as in the following section), Bermuda / British North America (UK), Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France)

  ▪  Europe: Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canary Islands (Spain), Channel Islands - Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark (UK), Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England (UK), Estonia, Faroe Islands (Denmark), Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar (UK), Greece, Greenland (Denmark), Holy See / Vatican, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man (UK), Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland (UK), Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland (UK), Serbia, Siberia (Russia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Norway), Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wales (UK)

  ▪  Africa: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Cabo Verde, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinhasa / DRC), Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini (Swaziland), Ethiopia, Eritrea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Libya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte (France), Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Réunion  (France), Rwanda, Saint Helena (UK), Sao Tome &  Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Western Sahara (disputed), Zambia, Zimbabwe

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  ▪  Asia & the Middle East: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, British Indian Ocean Territory (UK), Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, China, Christmas Island (Australia), Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia), Cyprus, Hong Kong (China), India, Indonesia, Inner Mongolia (China), Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macau (China), Malaysia, Maldives,  Mongolia, Nepal, Norfolk Island (Australia), North Korea (DPRK), Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea (RoC), Spratly Islands (disputed), Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkey, Turkmenistan, United Arab Emirates, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen

  ▪  Latin America & the Caribbean: Anguilla (UK), Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba (Netherlands), Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands (UK), Caribbean Netherlands (Netherlands), Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands (UK), French Guiana (France), Grenada, Guadalupe (France), Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique (France), Mexico, Montserrat (UK), Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico (US), Saint Barthelemy (France), Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (France), Saint Vincent & Grenadines, Sint Maarten (Netherlands), Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos (UK), Uruguay, US Virgin Islands (US), Venezuela

  ▪  Oceania: American Samoa (US), Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia), Australia, Bouvet Island (Norway), Clipperton Islands (France), Cook Islands (NZ), Coral Sea Islands (Australia), Fiji, French Polynesia (France), Guam (US), Heard and Macdonald Islands (Australia), Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, New Caledonia (France), New Zealand, Niue (NZ), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Palmyra Island (US), Paracel Islands (disputed), Pitcairn Islands (UK), Rotuma (Fiji), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tasmania (Australia),  Tokelau (NZ), Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis & Fortuna (France)

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  ▪  Antarctica: various locations on the continent

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* Regions in italics are represented by curated works that include photographic or other artistic material sourced from local government,  where the artist is not currently identified in our database, so we cannot provide a specific contact

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Indigenous Nations​​

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The Lunar Codex acknowledges that it operates on lands which are part of the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations.

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In terms of cultural contribution from Indigenous peoples, the Lunar Codex relied greatly on the Canadian-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC) for our core collection, and are grateful for their support.

We also are thankful for the support and encouragement of the estate of the late Norval Morrisseau, dubbed "the Picasso of the North" by Marc Chagall and the art press. We are also grateful for the support from the Gabriel Dumont Institute, the Kipling Gallery, and many other institutions that focus on the works of Indigenous peoples of North America.

We apologize for any errors, and a lack of understanding of traditional culture and territory, and will rectify any such errors pointed out.

We are happy to provide contacts for those looking to profile participants from any of these Indigenous peoples.

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  ▪  Abenaki, Acoma, Aleut, Algonquin, Alutiiq, Anishinaabe, Arapaho, Arikara, Apache (Chiricahua), Apache (White Mountain), Assiniboine, Blackfeet

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  ▪  Caddo, Chemehevi, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Chickasaw, Chippewa, Choctaw, Choctaw (Mississippi band), Chugach Sugpiaq, Citizen Band Potawatomi, Coast Salish, Cochiti, Colville Confederated Tribes, Comanche-Kiowa, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Cook Inlet, Cree, Cree (Beaver Hills / Amiskwaciwiyiniwak), Cree (Fisher River), Cree (Plains), Crow, Crow Tribe of Montana

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  ▪  Delaware / Lenape, Dene, Denesuline / Chipewyan, Fort Belknap Community of Montana (Assiniboine / Nakoda or Gros Ventre / A'aninin), Gitxsan, Grand Traverse Ottawa and Chippewa, Gwich'in, Ha'awa (Haida), Haida, Haisla, Haudenosaunee, Hidatsa, Ho-Chunk, Hopi, Hopi - Tewa, Hunkpapa Lakota, Hunkpapa Souix, Huron Wendat, Hy'chka (Coast Salish)

  ▪  Inuit, Inupiaq (Alaska), Iroquois, Kainai (Blood), Kainawa, Kanien'keha:ka (Mohawk), Kasigluk, Keewaywin, Kewa-Laguna, Kiowa, Kwakwaka'wakw / Kwakiutl, Lac Courte Oreilles Chippewa, Lac Seul, Leni Lenape, Liidlii Kue, Lummi, Luiseño

  ▪  Maliseet, Maliseet Wolastoq'kew, Métis, Michif Otepimisiwak, Mi'kmaq, Mohawk, Mohawk (Akwesasne), Montagnais Innu, Muscogee Creek, Muskoke, Navajo / Dine, Nez Perce, Nisga'a, Nuu-chah-nulth , Nuu-chah-nulth Ehattesaht, Nuu-chah-nulth Tla-a-qui-aht

  ▪  Oglala-Sicango Lakota, Odawa, Odawa Anishiinabe, Odawa Potawatomi, Ohkay Owingeh, Onondaga, Onondaga Cayuga, Ojibwe, Oneida, Onondaga, Oreilles, Osage, Palute, Passamaquoddy, Penobscot, Potawatomi Lenape, Pueblo Acoma, Pueblo Cochiti, Pueblo Isleta, Pueblo Jemez, Pueblo Kewa, Pueblo Laguna, Pueblo San Ildefonso, Pueblo Santa Clara, Pueblo Santa Domingo, Pueblo Taos, Qagan Tayagungin

  ▪  Sacwepemc, Saulteaux, Sami, Seminole, Seneca, Shinnecock, Shoshone-Bannock, Siksika, Sioux Standing Rock (Dakota/Lakota), Sioux (Dakota), Sioux (Dakota / Yanktonai), Sioux (Lakota), Sioux (Lakota / Oglala), Sugpiaq, Tahitan T'lingit, Tlingit, Tongva & Chumash, Tsimpshian (Alaska), Tuscarora, Tyonek, Ute, Wailaki, Wichita, Witsuwit'en, Yukon, Yup'ik, Zuni

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  ▪  Siberian Chulym, Kets, Selkups, Khakhases, Dolgans; Australian Aboriginal; Assyrian, Kalash

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* While the Lunar Codex's current Indigenous contacts cover primarily the North American continent, the United Nations estimates that there are 5000 distinct Indigenous groups in the world. Addressing under-represented groups is a focus for the future, and for our partners, the Interstellar Foundation and the Lunar University. Dr. Peralta sits on the advisory boards of both organizations.

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