I've gotten good use out of this script: http://baymard.com/labs/country-selector http://baymard.com/labs/country-selector Populate it with the data on names a

I've gotten good use out of this script: http://baymard.com/labs/country-selector http://baymard.com/labs/country-selector Populate it with the data on names and alternates and priority, and it knows gets you to a short list with "un" (with "United States" first), while also offering Germany for "deu" or the United Kingdom for "bri". It solved so many hassles for a client's internal online ordering system. Beautiful work, really.