&gt;&gt; Why are these all in the UK or US? Better transparency?<p>Maybe because that particular Wikipedia page&#x27;s editors are from the UK or US? [edit: just speculating, don&#x27;t know this for a fact]<p>If I recall correctly, the Gun Registry [1] in Canada was a huge, expensive debacle, with a lot of the costs coming from the underestimation of the software development.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Canadian_Firearms_Registry" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Canadian_Firearms_Registry</a>