Not defined inter-state lines in Japan? Any other countries?

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Start by reproducing the provided Basemap snippet and examining the drawstates method and its boundary data for Japan. Determine whether the missing inter-state lines are unsupported or absent data, then document the finding or identify the repository data and code that would need updating.

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Hi,

I'm making a map with Basemap of Japan.
However, I could not draw the inter-state borders in Japan.
My snippet is like below.

# setting the two corners of the map 
lon0, lat0 = (125, 25)
lon1, lat1 = (150, 46)
# creating a Basemap object
m = Basemap(projection='merc',llcrnrlon=lon0, llcrnrlat=lat0,
            urcrnrlon=lon1, urcrnrlat=lat1,  resolution='l')
x0, y0 = m(lon0, lat0)
x1, y1 = m(lon1, lat0)
plt.figure(figsize=(15,10))
# drawing coastlines, effective
m.drawcoastlines()
# fill out continent area with a specified color
m.fillcontinents(color='coral',lake_color='aqua')
# fill out ocean area with a specified color
m.drawmapboundary(fill_color='aqua')
# drawing country-border lines, effective
m.drawcountries()
# drawing inter-state lines, not effective
m.drawstates()

Therefore, drawstates method is not working well for Japan.
Please let me ask several questions on this matter.

Q. Is there not defined the inter-state lines in Japan with Basemap?

Q. If not, how should we add codes and data to the Basemap repository?

Q. Is there any other countries where their inter-state lines have not defined yet?

Thanks for your kind answers.

Best,
Takeshi

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