Index: /trunk/scripts/TagInfoExtract.java
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--- /trunk/scripts/TagInfoExtract.java	(revision 16271)
+++ /trunk/scripts/TagInfoExtract.java	(revision 16272)
@@ -621,5 +621,5 @@
         System.setProperty("josm.home", tmpdir.toString());
         DeleteCommand.setDeletionCallback(DeleteAction.defaultDeletionCallback);
-        Territories.initialize();
+        Territories.initializeInternalData();
         RightAndLefthandTraffic.initialize();
         Files.createDirectories(options.imageDir);
Index: /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Territories.java
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--- /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Territories.java	(revision 16271)
+++ /trunk/src/org/openstreetmap/josm/tools/Territories.java	(revision 16272)
@@ -124,4 +124,5 @@
      * Initializes territories.
      * TODO: Synchronization can be refined inside the {@link GeoPropertyIndex} as most look-ups are read-only.
+     * @see #initializeInternalData()
      */
     public static synchronized void initialize() {
@@ -130,5 +131,8 @@
     }
 
-    private static void initializeInternalData() {
+    /**
+     * Initializes territories using the internal data only.
+     */
+    public static void initializeInternalData() {
         iso3166Cache = new HashMap<>();
         taginfoCache = new TreeMap<>();
Index: /trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/testutils/JOSMTestRules.java
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--- /trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/testutils/JOSMTestRules.java	(revision 16271)
+++ /trunk/test/unit/org/openstreetmap/josm/testutils/JOSMTestRules.java	(revision 16272)
@@ -550,5 +550,5 @@
 
         if (territories) {
-            Territories.initialize();
+            Territories.initializeInternalData();
         }