This is the country-year dataset of the Pro-Government Militias Database (PGMD), version 1.1-2017. This version contains new presence variables based on a new coding role for the termination date of a PGM. Please read our "Notes Version 1.1-2017" file for this new coding rule. The updated PGMD country-year dataset version 1.1-2017 includes both the old presence variables and the newly generated ones.