According To Internet Order Forms, My Country Doesn't Exist!

[AndiFlatland]

This has been bothering me for a long time:
When I fill in an e-form on a site that I want to purchase something from, I have to choose my country from a drop-down box which doesn't list my country. All that I can do is click on a collective name for a group of countries which, as far as I'm concerned, I only live in one of. Why is this? I live in a real country, one which - believe me - really exists, and is recognised by every other nation on earth.
Many of these drop-down boxes have every country and every tiny, uninhabited, windswept, icebound rock on the planet listed - I mean, Bouvet Island, anybody? Nobody lives there, it's virtually inaccessible, and covered by a huge glacier. There's not even a scientific station there! But it's on the drop-down boxes.
How do I get round this, and get the sender to put my proper address on the packet or envelope?
Oh by the way... which country do I live in? Well, I don't live in Wales, I don't live in Scotland - and I definitely don't live in Northern flippin' Ireland... I live in ENGLAND!!! I'd happily compromise, and settle for 'England UK' if I could.

[jno]

England doesn't even have a government.

[Arrods]

Whenever I'm asked to fill in my age, I get repetitive strain injury scrolling down to the right year.

[KARL]

Yes, in lots of countries "England" means "United Kingdom" (including in England) and they are all wrong. Really frustrating isn't it ?

[woofgang]

Frustrating? So long as I get my order delivered on time, then no.

[Old_Geezer]

I didn't realise that Flatland actually existed !

[TheChair]

This is such a silly complaint. An e-commerce needs to know where you live for 3 purposes:
The tax regime.
The currency.
How the postcode should be interpreted.
For those purposes "UK" is perfectly sufficient.