Side-by-Side Model Context Protocol Comparison
Country State City vs Unhcr
In-depth architectural comparison of the Country State City and Unhcr MCP servers. Compare execution transports, security boundaries, tool capabilities, quality scores, and ready-to-paste client installation snippets for Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, and VS Code.
At a Glance & Executive Verdict
Country State City
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 44/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Unhcr
Developer Tools · Local stdio
Quality: 43/100 (Fair) | Auth: No auth required
Verdict Summary: Choose Country State City if you need specialized Developer Tools tools running via a local process. Choose Unhcr if your workspace requires Developer Tools integration with local subprocess execution. Both servers can be configured concurrently in your client's
mcpServers manifest.Which MCP Server Should You Choose?
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Choose Country State City when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
- You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
- Primary tools included: list_countries, get_states, get_cities.
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Choose Unhcr when:
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Developer Tools domain.
- You prefer local stdio subprocess transport architecture.
- Your security boundary fits: No auth required (Free / Open Source).
- Primary tools included: population, asylum_applications, asylum_decisions.
Feature & Specification Comparison
Tools & Capabilities Breakdown
Country State City Tools (3)
list_countries
List all countries with ISO codes, capitals, phone codes, currencies, and regions. Returns ~250 countries. Useful for building dropdowns or validating country data.
get_states
Get all states or provinces for a country by ISO2 code (e.g., "US", "IN", "BR"). Returns state names, codes, and types.
get_cities
Get cities for a country, optionally filtered by state. Pass country_code (e.g., "US") and optionally state_code (e.g., "CA") to narrow results.
Unhcr Tools (4)
population
Forcibly displaced & stateless persons by year and country: refugees, asylum_seekers, idps (internally displaced), returned_refugees, returned_idps, stateless, others. Filter by coo (country of origin) and/or coa (country of asylum). coo_all/coa_all=true breaks the totals DOWN by that dimension (on…
Ready-to-Paste Client Configurations
Paste either (or both) of these JSON server blocks into your client config file (e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json).
Country State City Configuration
Unhcr Configuration