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description: 'Learn about what Regions are and how they are used in a Medusa server. Regions represent at least one country on the Medusa server.'
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# Regions Overview
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In this document, you’ll learn about Regions and their importance in your Medusa server.
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## Introduction
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Regions represent at least one country on your Medusa server. They're used to define different business logic and configurations for a set of countries.
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For example, you can enable one payment provider for region A, and a different payment provider for region B. Customers can then use the payment provider enabled in their region.
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This applies to other relations and entities in your store such as different currencies, fulfillment providers, and tax providers.
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## Region Configurations
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The following configurations can be set for each region:
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1. The currency used.
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2. The tax provider and rates.
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3. The countries that belong to that region. A country can only belong to one region.
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4. The enabled payment providers.
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5. The enabled fulfillment providers.
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6. The shipping and return shipping options.
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## One vs Multiple Regions
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Your store needs at least one region so that your customers can place orders.
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If you serve customers in different countries that use the same configurations, such as the same currency and payment providers, then you can include more countries in the same region.
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If you serve customers in different countries that have at least one different configuration, such as different payment providers, you need to create a new region for those countries.
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There is no limit on how many regions you can create, and regions can share similar configurations.
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## Region Entity Overview
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A region is stored in the database as a [Region](../../../references/entities/classes/Region.md) entity. Some of its important attributes are:
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- `name`: The name of the region. Customers will see this name on the storefront.
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- `tax_rate`: A number that indicates the tax rate. The tax rate is a percentage.
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- `tax_code`: An optional string that is used as the code for the default tax rate.
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- `gift_cards_taxable`: A boolean value that indicates whether gift cards in a region are taxable or not.
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- `automatic_taxes`: A boolean value that indicates whether taxes should be calculated during checkout automatically or manually for that region. You can learn more about manually calculating taxes in [this documentation](../taxes/manual-calculation.md).
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## Relations to Other Entities
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As regions are a core part of your Medusa server, there are many relations to other entities.
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This section covers relations to entities that make up the configurations of a region.
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### Country
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A region must have at least one country. A country can belong to only one region.
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The relation between the `Region` and `Country` entities is available on both entities:
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- You can access the countries that belong to a region by expanding the `countries` relation and accessing `region.countries`.
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- You can access the region of a country by expanding the `region` relation and accessing `country.region`. Also, you can access the ID of the region through `country.region_id`.
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### Currency
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A region must have one currency. A currency can be used for more than one region.
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The relation is available on a region by expanding the `currency` relation and accessing `region.currency`. The 3 character currency code can also be accessed through `region.currency_code`.
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### FulfillmentProvider
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A region must have at least one fulfillment provider. A fulfillment provider can be used in more than one region.
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The relation is available on a region by expanding the `fulfillment_providers` relation and accessing `region.fulfillment_providers`.
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### PaymentProvider
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A region must have at least one payment provider. A payment provider can be used in more than one region.
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The relation is available on a region by expanding the `payment_providers` relation and accessing `region.payment_providers`.
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### ShippingOption
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:::info
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Both shipping options and return shipping options are represented by the `ShippingOption` entity. You can learn more in the [Shipping Architecture documentation](../shipping/overview.md#shipping-option).
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:::
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More than one shipping option can belong to a region. The relation is available on a shipping option by expanding the `region` relation and accessing `shipping_option.region`.
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### TaxProvider
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A region can have one tax provider. A tax provider can be used for more than one region.
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The relation is available on a region by expanding the `tax_provider` relation and accessing `region.tax_provider`. You can also access the ID of the tax provider through `region.tax_provider_id`.
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### TaxRate
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A region can have more than one tax rate, and a tax rate belongs to one region.
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The relation between the `Region` and `TaxRate` entities is available on both entities:
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- You can access the tax rates of a region by expanding the `tax_rates` relation and accessing `region.tax_rates`.
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- You can access the region of a tax rate by expanding the `region` relation and accessing `tax_rate.region`. You can also access the ID of the region through `tax_rate.region_id`.
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## See Also
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- [Use Regions in a storefront](../../storefront/use-regions.mdx).
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- [Use Regions in the admin](../../admin/manage-regions.mdx).
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