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title: Why are answers to the country question not the full country's name in submissions? | Paperform Help Center | Paperform
description: By default, answers to the country question use the country's two-character ISO code. You can toggle an option to force those answers to be the country's full name.
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Why are answers to the country question not the full country's name in submissions?
### Field Types

By default, answers to the Country question type use the country's two-character ISO code. You can toggle an option to force those answers to be the country's full name by selecting the field and then toggling on "Capture full country name" in the right sidebar.

![Capture full country name toggle](https://img.paperform.co/fetch/f_auto,w_1400/https://d3gw2uv1ch7vdq.cloudfront.net/img/capture-full-country-name-2024-2.png)

## G otchas

 - W hen using the Country question type within [logic](https://paperform.co/help/articles/logic-guide/) on your form, if the default setting is enabled, you will need to use the two-character ISO code. If you have toggled on "Capture full country name" then you must use the full country name.

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