diff --git a/src/CountryPicker.d.ts b/src/CountryPicker.d.ts
index 1c0e0e15..2d0b8b42 100644
--- a/src/CountryPicker.d.ts
+++ b/src/CountryPicker.d.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,298 @@
 import { StyleProp, ViewStyle, ImageProps } from 'react-native';
 import * as React from 'react';
-import countries from '../data/countries.json';
 
 /**
- * Country metadata stored in this library to display and query `<CountryPicker
- * />`
+ * Country metadata stored in this library to display and query
+ * `<CountryPicker />`
  */
-export type Country = (typeof countries)[CCA2Code];
+export interface Country {
+  currency: CurrencyCode;
+  callingCode: CallingCode;
+  flag: string;
+  name: { [key in TranslationLanguageCode]: string };
+}
+
 /**
  * Country code, as specified in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 (ie. `FR`, `US`, etc.)
  */
-export type CCA2Code = keyof typeof countries;
+export type CCA2Code =
+  | 'AF'
+  | 'AL'
+  | 'DZ'
+  | 'AS'
+  | 'AD'
+  | 'AO'
+  | 'AI'
+  | 'AQ'
+  | 'AG'
+  | 'AR'
+  | 'AM'
+  | 'AW'
+  | 'AU'
+  | 'AT'
+  | 'AZ'
+  | 'BS'
+  | 'BH'
+  | 'BD'
+  | 'BB'
+  | 'BY'
+  | 'BE'
+  | 'BZ'
+  | 'BJ'
+  | 'BM'
+  | 'BT'
+  | 'BO'
+  | 'BA'
+  | 'BW'
+  | 'BV'
+  | 'BR'
+  | 'IO'
+  | 'VG'
+  | 'BN'
+  | 'BG'
+  | 'BF'
+  | 'BI'
+  | 'KH'
+  | 'CM'
+  | 'CA'
+  | 'CV'
+  | 'KY'
+  | 'CF'
+  | 'TD'
+  | 'CL'
+  | 'CN'
+  | 'CX'
+  | 'CC'
+  | 'CO'
+  | 'KM'
+  | 'CK'
+  | 'CR'
+  | 'HR'
+  | 'CU'
+  | 'CW'
+  | 'CY'
+  | 'CZ'
+  | 'CD'
+  | 'DK'
+  | 'DJ'
+  | 'DM'
+  | 'DO'
+  | 'EC'
+  | 'EG'
+  | 'SV'
+  | 'GQ'
+  | 'ER'
+  | 'EE'
+  | 'ET'
+  | 'FK'
+  | 'FO'
+  | 'FJ'
+  | 'FI'
+  | 'FR'
+  | 'GF'
+  | 'PF'
+  | 'TF'
+  | 'GA'
+  | 'GM'
+  | 'GE'
+  | 'DE'
+  | 'GH'
+  | 'GI'
+  | 'GR'
+  | 'GL'
+  | 'GD'
+  | 'GP'
+  | 'GU'
+  | 'GT'
+  | 'GG'
+  | 'GN'
+  | 'GW'
+  | 'GY'
+  | 'HT'
+  | 'HM'
+  | 'HN'
+  | 'HK'
+  | 'HU'
+  | 'IS'
+  | 'IN'
+  | 'ID'
+  | 'IR'
+  | 'IQ'
+  | 'IE'
+  | 'IM'
+  | 'IL'
+  | 'IT'
+  | 'CI'
+  | 'JM'
+  | 'JP'
+  | 'JE'
+  | 'JO'
+  | 'KZ'
+  | 'KE'
+  | 'KI'
+  | 'XK'
+  | 'KW'
+  | 'KG'
+  | 'LA'
+  | 'LV'
+  | 'LB'
+  | 'LS'
+  | 'LR'
+  | 'LY'
+  | 'LI'
+  | 'LT'
+  | 'LU'
+  | 'MO'
+  | 'MK'
+  | 'MG'
+  | 'MW'
+  | 'MY'
+  | 'MV'
+  | 'ML'
+  | 'MT'
+  | 'MH'
+  | 'MQ'
+  | 'MR'
+  | 'MU'
+  | 'YT'
+  | 'MX'
+  | 'FM'
+  | 'MD'
+  | 'MC'
+  | 'MN'
+  | 'ME'
+  | 'MS'
+  | 'MA'
+  | 'MZ'
+  | 'MM'
+  | 'NA'
+  | 'NR'
+  | 'NP'
+  | 'NL'
+  | 'NC'
+  | 'NZ'
+  | 'NI'
+  | 'NE'
+  | 'NG'
+  | 'NU'
+  | 'NF'
+  | 'KP'
+  | 'MP'
+  | 'NO'
+  | 'OM'
+  | 'PK'
+  | 'PW'
+  | 'PS'
+  | 'PA'
+  | 'PG'
+  | 'PY'
+  | 'PE'
+  | 'PH'
+  | 'PN'
+  | 'PL'
+  | 'PT'
+  | 'PR'
+  | 'QA'
+  | 'CG'
+  | 'RO'
+  | 'RU'
+  | 'RW'
+  | 'RE'
+  | 'BL'
+  | 'KN'
+  | 'LC'
+  | 'MF'
+  | 'PM'
+  | 'VC'
+  | 'WS'
+  | 'SM'
+  | 'SA'
+  | 'SN'
+  | 'RS'
+  | 'SC'
+  | 'SL'
+  | 'SG'
+  | 'SX'
+  | 'SK'
+  | 'SI'
+  | 'SB'
+  | 'SO'
+  | 'ZA'
+  | 'GS'
+  | 'KR'
+  | 'SS'
+  | 'ES'
+  | 'LK'
+  | 'SD'
+  | 'SR'
+  | 'SJ'
+  | 'SZ'
+  | 'SE'
+  | 'CH'
+  | 'SY'
+  | 'ST'
+  | 'TW'
+  | 'TJ'
+  | 'TZ'
+  | 'TH'
+  | 'TL'
+  | 'TG'
+  | 'TK'
+  | 'TO'
+  | 'TT'
+  | 'TN'
+  | 'TR'
+  | 'TM'
+  | 'TC'
+  | 'TV'
+  | 'UG'
+  | 'UA'
+  | 'AE'
+  | 'GB'
+  | 'US'
+  | 'UM'
+  | 'VI'
+  | 'UY'
+  | 'UZ'
+  | 'VU'
+  | 'VA'
+  | 'VE'
+  | 'VN'
+  | 'WF'
+  | 'EH'
+  | 'YE'
+  | 'ZM'
+  | 'ZW'
+  | 'AX';
 /**
- * Calling code for a given country. For example: `United States (+1)`
+ * Calling code for a given country. For example, the entry for United States is
+ * `1` (referring to "+1`")
  */
 export type CallingCode = string;
 /**
- * Currency code for a country, as specified in ISO 4217. For example, US
- * Dollars are `USD`
+ * Currency code for a country, as specified in ISO 4217. For example, the entry
+ * for United States is `USD` (referring to US Dollars)
  */
 export type CurrencyCode = string;
 /**
  * Language codes for available translations in this library
  */
-export type TranslationLanguageCode = keyof Country['name'];
+export type TranslationLanguageCode =
+  | 'common'
+  | 'cym'
+  | 'deu'
+  | 'fra'
+  | 'hrv'
+  | 'ita'
+  | 'jpn'
+  | 'nld'
+  | 'por'
+  | 'rus'
+  | 'spa'
+  | 'svk'
+  | 'fin'
+  | 'zho'
+  | 'isr';
 
 export enum FlagType {
   FLAT = 'flat',
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index a5b1976a..78fcbc5e 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@
     /* Additional Checks */
     "noUnusedLocals": true /* Report errors on unused locals. */,
     "noUnusedParameters": true /* Report errors on unused parameters. */,
-    "noImplicitReturns": true /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */,
-
-    /* Module Resolution Options */
-    "resolveJsonModule": true /* Resolve JSON modules to get types from JSON source data*/
+    "noImplicitReturns": true /* Report error when not all code paths in function return a value. */
   }
 }