# Country question reference

You'll see how to choose which countries to offer, preselect a visitor's country, and save their answer as a country code.

Available on the Grow, Scale, and Pro plans.

A **Country** question lets visitors choose a country by name, then saves a two-letter ISO country code such as `US` or `GB`.

## When to use it

Use it when you want visitors to tell you their country. Their answer can differ from their detected location. [WorkForge](https://workforge.rightmessage.com) could use the answer to show regional resources.

![Country question draft with wording, type-specific settings, behavior, and internal name](https://rightmessage.com/help/screens/questions-country-settings.light.webp)

## Settings

| Control                              | Default and behavior                                                                    |
| ------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Show first**                       | No pinned countries. Selected countries appear first in the order you add them.         |
| **Hide these countries**             | No exclusions. Hidden countries cannot be selected.                                     |
| **Pre-select the visitor's country** | On. Uses the detected location when that country is offered. The visitor can change it. |
| **Placeholder**                      | **Select a country**. Shown until a country is selected.                                |
| **Required**                         | Off. Visitors can skip the question.                                                    |

Pinned countries appear before a divider, followed by the remaining countries. An exclusion wins over a pin. An excluded detected country is not preselected. If detection is unavailable or disabled, the dropdown starts without a country. Country names use the visitor's browser language where supported.

Visitors choose from the countries you offer rather than entering text. A required question needs a selection.

## How answers are stored and synced

Use the saved answer in a condition when you want to act on the country someone chose. An IP-location condition checks their detected location instead.

**Save answers to** shows your connected platform's name and offers compatible native or custom fields. An unmapped answer can still appear in **Responses**. A field mapping alone doesn't identify the visitor.

Country answers don't automatically create segments or answer branches. Use [input-answer conditions](https://rightmessage.com/help/conditions-answers) to compare the selected country. A [linked form field](https://rightmessage.com/help/form-fields-reference) submits with its form.

The question-editor preview doesn't record answers or send data to your email platform. Edits to an existing question save to your draft automatically and affect every use after you publish.

See [shared question settings](https://rightmessage.com/help/question-settings-reference) for wording and button labels, the [Questions library reference](https://rightmessage.com/help/question-library-reference) for creation and reuse, and [answer sync](https://rightmessage.com/help/synchronizing-contact-data-with-your-email-platform-or-crm) for identification and destination checks.