diff --git a/components/collator/src/comparison.rs b/components/collator/src/comparison.rs
index cdfb4a36595..639570360bb 100644
--- a/components/collator/src/comparison.rs
+++ b/components/collator/src/comparison.rs
@@ -844,6 +844,87 @@ impl CollatorBorrowed<'static> {
         })
     }
 
+    /// This creates a root collator using baked data only.
+    ///
+    /// ✨ *Enabled with the `unstable` Cargo feature.*
+    #[cfg(feature = "compiled_data")]
+    #[cfg(feature = "unstable")]
+    pub const fn new_root() -> Self {
+        const _: () = assert!(
+            crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_JAMO_V1
+                .ce32s
+                .as_slice()
+                .len()
+                == JAMO_COUNT
+        );
+        const _: () = assert!(
+            crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_SPECIAL_PRIMARIES_V1
+                .last_primaries
+                .as_slice()
+                .len()
+                > (MaxVariable::Currency as usize)
+        );
+
+        Self {
+            special_primaries: const {
+                &CollationSpecialPrimariesValidated {
+                    last_primaries: zerovec::ZeroSlice::from_ule_slice(
+                        crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_SPECIAL_PRIMARIES_V1
+                            .last_primaries
+                            .as_slice()
+                            .as_ule_slice()
+                            .split_at(MaxVariable::Currency as usize)
+                            .0,
+                    )
+                    .as_zerovec(),
+                    numeric_primary:
+                        crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_SPECIAL_PRIMARIES_V1
+                            .numeric_primary,
+                    compressible_bytes: {
+                        const C: &[<u16 as AsULE>::ULE] =
+                            crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_SPECIAL_PRIMARIES_V1
+                                .last_primaries
+                                .as_slice()
+                                .as_ule_slice();
+                        if C.len() == MaxVariable::Currency as usize + 16 {
+                            let i = MaxVariable::Currency as usize;
+                            #[allow(clippy::indexing_slicing)]
+                            &[
+                                C[i],
+                                C[i + 1],
+                                C[i + 2],
+                                C[i + 3],
+                                C[i + 4],
+                                C[i + 5],
+                                C[i + 6],
+                                C[i + 7],
+                                C[i + 8],
+                                C[i + 9],
+                                C[i + 10],
+                                C[i + 11],
+                                C[i + 12],
+                                C[i + 13],
+                                C[i + 14],
+                                C[i + 15],
+                            ]
+                        } else {
+                            CollationSpecialPrimariesValidated::HARDCODED_COMPRESSIBLE_BYTES_FALLBACK
+                        }
+                    },
+                }
+            },
+            root: crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_ROOT_V1,
+            tailoring: None,
+            jamo: crate::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_COLLATION_JAMO_V1,
+            options: CollatorOptionsBitField::default(),
+            diacritics: crate::provider::Baked::COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_UND,
+            reordering: None,
+            decompositions: icu_normalizer::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_NORMALIZER_NFD_DATA_V1,
+            tables: icu_normalizer::provider::Baked::SINGLETON_NORMALIZER_NFD_TABLES_V1,
+            lithuanian_dot_above: false,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Cheaply converts a [`CollatorBorrowed<'static>`] into a [`Collator`].
     ///
     /// Note: Due to branching and indirection, using [`Collator`] might inhibit some
diff --git a/components/collator/src/provider.rs b/components/collator/src/provider.rs
index bae1d632d3f..ac5c3454342 100644
--- a/components/collator/src/provider.rs
+++ b/components/collator/src/provider.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub struct Baked;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "compiled_data")]
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
 const _: () = {
     use icu_collator_data::*;
     pub mod icu {
@@ -98,6 +99,8 @@ icu_provider::data_marker!(
     fallback_config = SCRIPT_FALLBACK,
     #[cfg(feature = "datagen")]
     attributes_domain = "collator",
+    #[cfg(feature = "datagen")]
+    expose_baked_consts = true,
 );
 icu_provider::data_marker!(
     /// Data marker for collation jamo data.
diff --git a/ffi/capi/tests/missing_apis.txt b/ffi/capi/tests/missing_apis.txt
index 23b595fbf31..41af8b2d3a4 100644
--- a/ffi/capi/tests/missing_apis.txt
+++ b/ffi/capi/tests/missing_apis.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ icu::collator::CollationKeySink::write#FnInTrait
 icu::collator::CollationKeySink::write_byte#FnInTrait
 icu::collator::CollatorBorrowed::compare_latin1#FnInStruct
 icu::collator::CollatorBorrowed::compare_latin1_utf16#FnInStruct
+icu::collator::CollatorBorrowed::new_root#FnInStruct
 icu::collator::CollatorBorrowed::write_sort_key_to#FnInStruct
 icu::collator::CollatorBorrowed::write_sort_key_utf16_to#FnInStruct
 icu::collator::CollatorBorrowed::write_sort_key_utf8_to#FnInStruct
diff --git a/provider/data/collator/data/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data b/provider/data/collator/data/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data
index 21cdc1f7dd5..4d2d79ce039 100644
--- a/provider/data/collator/data/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data
+++ b/provider/data/collator/data/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data
@@ -22,11 +22,15 @@ macro_rules! __impl_collation_diacritics_v1 {
         const _: () = <$provider>::MUST_USE_MAKE_PROVIDER_MACRO;
         #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
         impl $provider {
-            const DATA_COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1: icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::Data<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> = {
-                const TRIE: icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::ZeroTrieSimpleAscii<&'static [u8]> = icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::ZeroTrieSimpleAscii { store: b"\xC3euv\x02\x05e\x80nd\x81i\x82\x1Etrad\x82" };
-                const VALUES: &'static [<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DynamicDataMarker>::DataStruct] = &[icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\0\x88\0\x91\0\x9A\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\0\xB6\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\0\xC4\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } }, icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\0\x88\0\x8E\0\x9A\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\0\xB6\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\0\xC4\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } }, icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\x04\x8B\0\x8E\x03\x8B\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\x02\x8B\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\x05\x8B\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } }];
-                unsafe { icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::Data::from_trie_and_values_unchecked(TRIE, VALUES) }
-            };
+            #[doc(hidden)]
+            pub const COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_EE: &<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DynamicDataMarker>::DataStruct = &icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\0\x88\0\x91\0\x9A\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\0\xB6\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\0\xC4\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } };
+            #[doc(hidden)]
+            pub const COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_UND: &<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DynamicDataMarker>::DataStruct = &icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\0\x88\0\x8E\0\x9A\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\0\xB6\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\0\xC4\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } };
+            #[doc(hidden)]
+            pub const COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_VI: &<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DynamicDataMarker>::DataStruct = &icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\x04\x8B\0\x8E\x03\x8B\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\x02\x8B\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\x05\x8B\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } };
+            #[doc(hidden)]
+            pub const COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_VI_TRAD: &<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DynamicDataMarker>::DataStruct = Self::COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_VI;
+            const DATA_COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1: icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DataRef<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> = unsafe { icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DataRef::from_trie_and_refs_unchecked(icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::ZeroTrieSimpleAscii { store: b"\xC3euv\x02\x05e\x80nd\x81i\x82\x1Etrad\x82" }, &[Self::COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_EE, Self::COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_UND, Self::COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_VI]) };
         }
         #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
         impl icu_provider::DataProvider<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> for $provider {
diff --git a/provider/data/collator/stubdata/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data b/provider/data/collator/stubdata/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data
index 6fdd54b007c..f8b1801b421 100644
--- a/provider/data/collator/stubdata/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data
+++ b/provider/data/collator/stubdata/collation_diacritics_v1.rs.data
@@ -3,9 +3,17 @@
 /// hardcoded in this file. This allows the struct to be used with
 /// `icu`'s `_unstable` constructors.
 ///
+/// Using this implementation will embed the following data in the binary's data segment:
+/// * 36B for the lookup data structure (1 data identifiers)
+/// * 182B[^1] for the actual data (1 unique structs)
+///
+/// [^1]: these numbers can be smaller in practice due to linker deduplication
+///
 /// This macro requires the following crates:
 /// * `icu`
 /// * `icu_provider`
+/// * `icu_provider/baked`
+/// * `zerovec`
 #[doc(hidden)]
 #[macro_export]
 macro_rules! __impl_collation_diacritics_v1 {
@@ -13,9 +21,19 @@ macro_rules! __impl_collation_diacritics_v1 {
         #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
         const _: () = <$provider>::MUST_USE_MAKE_PROVIDER_MACRO;
         #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
+        impl $provider {
+            #[doc(hidden)]
+            pub const COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_UND: &<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DynamicDataMarker>::DataStruct = &icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacritics { secondaries: unsafe { zerovec::ZeroVec::from_bytes_unchecked(b"\0\x8A\0\x88\0\x8E\0\x9A\0\xA4\0\xB4\0\x8C\0\x9C\0\x96\0\xB6\0\x92\0\x98\0\x90\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xB8\0\xBA\0\xBC\0\xA6\0\x84\0\x86\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xBE\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xC0\0\xC2\0\xC4\0\xC6\0\xC8\0\xCA\0\xA0\0\xA2\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xCC\0\xCE\0\xA8\0\xD0\0\xD2\0\x82\0\xA8\0\xD4\0\xB2\0\xAA\0\xAA\0\x9E\0\xD6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\0\0\0\0\x94\0\0\0\0\0\xD8\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA8\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA6\0\xA8\0\xA8") } };
+            const DATA_COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1: icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DataRef<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> = unsafe { icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::DataRef::from_trie_and_refs_unchecked(icu_provider::baked::zerotrie::ZeroTrieSimpleAscii { store: b"und\x80" }, &[Self::COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1_UND]) };
+        }
+        #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
         impl icu_provider::DataProvider<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> for $provider {
             fn load(&self, req: icu_provider::DataRequest) -> Result<icu_provider::DataResponse<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1>, icu_provider::DataError> {
-                Err(icu_provider::DataErrorKind::IdentifierNotFound.with_req(<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::DataMarker>::INFO, req))
+                let mut req = req;
+                req.id.locale = Default::default();
+                let metadata = icu_provider::DataResponseMetadata::default();
+                let Some(payload) = icu_provider::baked::DataStore::get(&Self::DATA_COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1, req.id, req.metadata.attributes_prefix_match) else { return Err(icu_provider::DataErrorKind::IdentifierNotFound.with_req(<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::DataMarker>::INFO, req)) };
+                Ok(icu_provider::DataResponse { payload, metadata })
             }
         }
     };
@@ -24,33 +42,13 @@ macro_rules! __impl_collation_diacritics_v1 {
         #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
         impl icu_provider::IterableDataProvider<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> for $provider {
             fn iter_ids(&self) -> Result<std::collections::BTreeSet<icu_provider::DataIdentifierCow<'static>>, icu_provider::DataError> {
-                Ok(Default::default())
-            }
-        }
-    };
-    ($ provider : ty , DRY) => {
-        __impl_collation_diacritics_v1!($provider);
-        #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
-        impl icu_provider::DryDataProvider<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> for $provider {
-            fn dry_load(&self, req: icu_provider::DataRequest) -> Result<icu_provider::DataResponseMetadata, icu_provider::DataError> {
-                Err(icu_provider::DataErrorKind::IdentifierNotFound.with_req(<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::DataMarker>::INFO, req))
+                Ok(icu_provider::baked::DataStore::iter(&Self::DATA_COLLATION_DIACRITICS_V1).collect())
             }
         }
     };
+    ($ provider : ty , DRY) => {};
     ($ provider : ty , DRY , ITER) => {
-        __impl_collation_diacritics_v1!($provider);
-        #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
-        impl icu_provider::DryDataProvider<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> for $provider {
-            fn dry_load(&self, req: icu_provider::DataRequest) -> Result<icu_provider::DataResponseMetadata, icu_provider::DataError> {
-                Err(icu_provider::DataErrorKind::IdentifierNotFound.with_req(<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1 as icu_provider::DataMarker>::INFO, req))
-            }
-        }
-        #[clippy::msrv = "1.86"]
-        impl icu_provider::IterableDataProvider<icu::collator::provider::CollationDiacriticsV1> for $provider {
-            fn iter_ids(&self) -> Result<std::collections::BTreeSet<icu_provider::DataIdentifierCow<'static>>, icu_provider::DataError> {
-                Ok(Default::default())
-            }
-        }
+        __impl_collation_diacritics_v1!($provider, ITER);
     };
 }
 #[doc(inline)]
diff --git a/provider/data/collator/stubdata/mod.rs b/provider/data/collator/stubdata/mod.rs
index 22486b91659..d8672f4192b 100644
--- a/provider/data/collator/stubdata/mod.rs
+++ b/provider/data/collator/stubdata/mod.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pub use __make_provider as make_provider;
 /// This macro requires the following crates:
 /// * `icu`
 /// * `icu_provider`
+/// * `icu_provider/baked`
 /// * `zerovec`
 #[allow(unused_macros)]
 macro_rules! impl_data_provider {