diff --git a/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs b/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs
index 4429205cd..0766f00a3 100644
--- a/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs
+++ b/internal/check-batch-selection-export.mjs
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ for (const [name, sel] of Object.entries(REGROUP_CASES)) {
   const tool = dry(X.selectionClipboard(sel, {})) === 'ok'
   if (X.regroupable(sel) !== tool) disagree.push(`${name}: regroupable ${X.regroupable(sel)}, apply-grouping ${tool ? 'accepts' : 'refuses'}`)
 }
+// …and the COUNTRY an ADM1 territory needs for that verdict is always known: from the feature's own props on a
+// map tap, else from the baked table (a props-only toggle once left it null, which read as a false warning).
+const { resolveTerritory, ADM1_COUNTS, ADM1_COUNTRY } = await import(pathToFileURL(P('plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/territory-counts.js')).href)
+const noCountry = Object.keys(ADM1_COUNTS).filter((n) => !['IND', 'CHN'].includes(ADM1_COUNTRY[n]))
+ok(!noCountry.length && resolveTerritory({ shapeName: 'Mahārāshtra' }).country === 'IND' && resolveTerritory({ shapeName: 'Guizhou Province' }).country === 'CHN',
+  `an ADM1 territory without a known country: ${noCountry.slice(0, 5).join(', ') || 'a props-only toggle'}`, 'every ADM1 name resolves its country, even from a props-only toggle')
 ok(!disagree.length, `Copy's regroup warning disagrees with apply-grouping: ${disagree.join('; ')}`,
   `the regroup warning matches apply-grouping's own verdict in all ${Object.keys(REGROUP_CASES).length} cases (India, China, countries, and the three it refuses)`)
 
diff --git a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/territory-counts.js b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/territory-counts.js
index fa719b7e2..13b3dd0ae 100644
--- a/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/territory-counts.js
+++ b/plugin-designs/my-upg-100-list/data/territory-counts.js
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 // ── (1) ADM1 territory counts (India states + China provinces) ───────────────
 // Verbatim from data/admin-counts.json (IND 34 + CHN 12 = 46), keyed by the
 // EXACT shapeName the gb-IND-ADM1 / gb-CHN-ADM1 features carry.
-export const ADM1_COUNTS = {
-  // IND (34)
+// India's 34 and China's 12, kept apart so each name's COUNTRY is known too (ADM1_COUNTRY below).
+const ADM1_COUNTS_IND = {
   'Andaman and Nicobar Islands': 9,
   'Andhra Pradesh': 81,
   'Arunāchal Pradesh': 7,
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ export const ADM1_COUNTS = {
   'Uttar Pradesh': 23,
   'Uttarākhand': 7,
   'West Bengal': 30,
-  // CHN (12)
+};
+const ADM1_COUNTS_CHN = {
   'Gansu Province': 3,
   'Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region': 6,
   'Guizhou Province': 34,
@@ -76,6 +77,11 @@ export const ADM1_COUNTS = {
   'Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region': 7,
   'Yunnan Province': 61,
 };
+export const ADM1_COUNTS = { ...ADM1_COUNTS_IND, ...ADM1_COUNTS_CHN };
+// name → 'IND' | 'CHN': the fallback when a feature does not carry shapeGroup / iso3 (a gate's props-only toggle).
+export const ADM1_COUNTRY = Object.fromEntries([
+  ...Object.keys(ADM1_COUNTS_IND).map((n) => [n, 'IND']), ...Object.keys(ADM1_COUNTS_CHN).map((n) => [n, 'CHN']),
+]);
 
 // ── (2) ADM0 per-country counts (iso3 → # records in admin-membership.json) ──
 // Covers ALL 161 ADM0 countries rendered in world-adm0.geojson; every one has a
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ export function resolveTerritory(props, opts = {}) {
     const count = Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(ADM1_COUNTS, name)
       ? ADM1_COUNTS[name] : null;
     // country: which ADM1 set it belongs to (IND / CHN), because data/apply-grouping.mjs regroups one kind at a time.
-    return { key: 'adm1:' + name, name, count, kind: 'adm1', country: props.shapeGroup || props.iso3 || null };
+    return { key: 'adm1:' + name, name, count, kind: 'adm1', country: props.shapeGroup || props.iso3 || ADM1_COUNTRY[name] || null };
   }
 
   // (2) ADM0 — country (only iso3 on the feature)