List of countries - use the ID or the NAME as per below

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 <option value="1">Afghanistan</option>
 <option value="2">Aland Islands</option>
 <option value="3">Albania</option>
 <option value="5">Algeria</option>
 <option value="6">American Samoa</option>
 <option value="7">Andorra</option>
 <option value="8">Angola</option>
 <option value="9">Anguilla</option>
 <option value="11">Antigua and Barbuda</option>
 <option value="12">Argentina</option>
 <option value="13">Armenia</option>
 <option value="14">Aruba</option>
 <option value="16">Australia</option>
 <option value="17">Austria</option>
 <option value="18">Azerbaijan</option>
 <option value="19">Bahamas</option>
 <option value="20">Bahrain</option>
 <option value="21">Bangladesh</option>
 <option value="22">Barbados</option>
 <option value="23">Belarus</option>
 <option value="24">Belgium</option>
 <option value="25">Belize</option>
 <option value="26">Benin</option>
 <option value="27">Bermuda</option>
 <option value="28">Bhutan</option>
 <option value="29">Bolivia</option>
 <option value="256">Bonaire</option>
 <option value="30">Bosnia and Herzegovina</option>
 <option value="31">Botswana</option>
 <option value="33">Brazil</option>
 <option value="34">British Indian Ocean Territory</option>
 <option value="246">British Virgin Islands</option>
 <option value="35">Brunei Darussalam</option>
 <option value="36">Bulgaria</option>
 <option value="37">Burkina Faso</option>
 <option value="38">Burundi</option>
 <option value="39">Cambodia</option>
 <option value="40">Cameroon</option>
 <option value="41">Canada</option>
 <option value="42">Cape Verde</option>
 <option value="43">Cayman Islands</option>
 <option value="44">Central African Republic</option>
 <option value="45">Chad</option>
 <option value="47">Chile</option>
 <option value="48">China</option>
 <option value="49">Christmas Island</option>
 <option value="50">Cocos (Keeling) Islands</option>
 <option value="51">Colombia</option>
 <option value="52">Comoros</option>
 <option value="53">Congo, Republic of</option>
 <option value="54">Congo, the Democratic Republic of the</option>
 <option value="55">Cook Islands</option>
 <option value="56">Costa Rica</option>
 <option value="58">Croatia</option>
 <option value="59">Cuba</option>
 <option value="255">Curacao</option>
 <option value="60">Cyprus</option>
 <option value="61">Czech Republic</option>
 <option value="62">Denmark</option>
 <option value="63">Djibouti</option>
 <option value="64">Dominica</option>
 <option value="65">Dominican Republic</option>
 <option value="66">Ecuador</option>
 <option value="67">Egypt</option>
 <option value="68">El Salvador</option>
 <option value="69">Equatorial Guinea</option>
 <option value="70">Eritrea</option>
 <option value="71">Estonia</option>
 <option value="72">Ethiopia</option>
 <option value="75">Falkland Islands (Malvinas)</option>
 <option value="74">Faroe Islands</option>
 <option value="76">Fiji</option>
 <option value="77">Finland</option>
 <option value="78">France</option>
 <option value="79">French Guiana</option>
 <option value="80">French Polynesia</option>
 <option value="82">Gabon</option>
 <option value="83">Gambia</option>
 <option value="84">Georgia</option>
 <option value="85">Germany</option>
 <option value="86">Ghana</option>
 <option value="87">Gibraltar</option>
 <option value="89">Greece</option>
 <option value="90">Greenland</option>
 <option value="91">Grenada</option>
 <option value="92">Guadeloupe</option>
 <option value="93">Guam</option>
 <option value="94">Guatemala</option>
 <option value="95">Guernsey</option>
 <option value="96">Guinea</option>
 <option value="97">Guinea-Bissau</option>
 <option value="98">Guyana</option>
 <option value="99">Haiti</option>
 <option value="101">Honduras</option>
 <option value="102">Hong Kong</option>
 <option value="103">Hungary</option>
 <option value="104">Iceland</option>
 <option value="105">India</option>
 <option value="106">Indonesia</option>
 <option value="107">Iran</option>
 <option value="108">Iraq</option>
 <option value="109">Ireland</option>
 <option value="110">Isle of Man</option>
 <option value="111">Israel</option>
 <option value="112">Italy</option>
 <option value="57">Ivory Coast</option>
 <option value="113">Jamaica</option>
 <option value="114">Japan</option>
 <option value="115">Jersey</option>
 <option value="116">Jordan</option>
 <option value="117">Kazakhstan</option>
 <option value="118">Kenya</option>
 <option value="119">Kiribati</option>
 <option value="122">Kuwait</option>
 <option value="123">Kyrgyzstan</option>
 <option value="124">Lao People's Democratic Republic</option>
 <option value="125">Latvia</option>
 <option value="126">Lebanon</option>
 <option value="127">Lesotho</option>
 <option value="128">Liberia</option>
 <option value="129">Libya</option>
 <option value="130">Liechtenstein</option>
 <option value="131">Lithuania</option>
 <option value="132">Luxembourg</option>
 <option value="133">Macao</option>
 <option value="134">Macedonia</option>
 <option value="135">Madagascar</option>
 <option value="136">Malawi</option>
 <option value="137">Malaysia</option>
 <option value="138">Maldives</option>
 <option value="139">Mali</option>
 <option value="140">Malta</option>
 <option value="141">Marshall Islands</option>
 <option value="142">Martinique</option>
 <option value="143">Mauritania</option>
 <option value="144">Mauritius</option>
 <option value="145">Mayotte</option>
 <option value="146">Mexico</option>
 <option value="147">Micronesia</option>
 <option value="148">Moldova</option>
 <option value="149">Monaco</option>
 <option value="150">Mongolia</option>
 <option value="151">Montenegro</option>
 <option value="152">Montserrat</option>
 <option value="153">Morocco</option>
 <option value="154">Mozambique</option>
 <option value="155">Myanmar</option>
 <option value="156">Namibia</option>
 <option value="157">Nauru</option>
 <option value="158">Nepal</option>
 <option value="159">Netherlands</option>
 <option value="161">New Caledonia</option>
 <option value="162">New Zealand</option>
 <option value="163">Nicaragua</option>
 <option value="164">Niger</option>
 <option value="165">Nigeria</option>
 <option value="166">Niue</option>
 <option value="167">Norfolk Island</option>
 <option value="120">North Korea</option>
 <option value="168">Northern Mariana Islands</option>
 <option value="169">Norway</option>
 <option value="170">Oman</option>
 <option value="171">Pakistan</option>
 <option value="172">Palau</option>
 <option value="173">Palestinian Territory</option>
 <option value="174">Panama</option>
 <option value="175">Papua New Guinea</option>
 <option value="176">Paraguay</option>
 <option value="300">Permanent Resident</option>
 <option value="177">Peru</option>
 <option value="178">Philippines</option>
 <option value="179">Pitcairn</option>
 <option value="180">Poland</option>
 <option value="181">Portugal</option>
 <option value="182">Puerto Rico</option>
 <option value="183">Qatar</option>
 <option value="184">Reunion</option>
 <option value="185">Romania</option>
 <option value="186">Russian Federation</option>
 <option value="187">Rwanda</option>
 <option value="188">Saint Barthelemy</option>
 <option value="189">Saint Helena</option>
 <option value="190">Saint Kitts and Nevis</option>
 <option value="191">Saint Lucia</option>
 <option value="192">Saint Martin</option>
 <option value="193">Saint Pierre and Miquelon</option>
 <option value="194">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</option>
 <option value="195">Samoa</option>
 <option value="196">San Marino</option>
 <option value="197">Sao Tome and Principe</option>
 <option value="198">Saudi Arabia</option>
 <option value="199">Senegal</option>
 <option value="200">Serbia</option>
 <option value="201">Seychelles</option>
 <option value="202">Sierra Leone</option>
 <option value="203">Singapore</option>
 <option value="257">Sint Maarten</option>
 <option value="204">Slovakia</option>
 <option value="205">Slovenia</option>
 <option value="206">Solomon Islands</option>
 <option value="207">Somalia</option>
 <option value="208">South Africa</option>
 <option value="209">South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands</option>
 <option value="121">South Korea</option>
 <option value="254">South Sudan</option>
 <option value="210">Spain</option>
 <option value="211">Sri Lanka</option>
 <option value="212">Sudan</option>
 <option value="213">Suriname</option>
 <option value="215">Swaziland</option>
 <option value="216">Sweden</option>
 <option value="217">Switzerland</option>
 <option value="218">Syrian Arab Republic</option>
 <option value="219">Taiwan</option>
 <option value="220">Tajikistan</option>
 <option value="222">Tanzania</option>
 <option value="223">Thailand</option>
 <option value="224">Timor-Leste</option>
 <option value="225">Togo</option>
 <option value="226">Tokelau</option>
 <option value="227">Tonga</option>
 <option value="228">Trinidad and Tobago</option>
 <option value="229">Tunisia</option>
 <option value="230">Turkey</option>
 <option value="231">Turkmenistan</option>
 <option value="232">Turks and Caicos Islands</option>
 <option value="233">Tuvalu</option>
 <option value="234">Uganda</option>
 <option value="235">Ukraine</option>
 <option value="236">United Arab Emirates</option>
 <option value="237">United Kingdom</option>
 <option value="238">United States</option>
 <option value="258">United States Minor Outlying Islands</option>
 <option value="247">United States Virgin Islands</option>
 <option value="240">Uruguay</option>
 <option value="241">Uzbekistan</option>
 <option value="242">Vanuatu</option>
 <option value="243">Vatican</option>
 <option value="244">Venezuela</option>
 <option value="245">Vietnam</option>
 <option value="248">Wallis and Futuna</option>
 <option value="249">Western Sahara</option>
 <option value="250">Yemen</option>
 <option value="251">Zambia</option>
 <option value="253">Zimbabwe</option>
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