diff --git a/ox/geo.py b/ox/geo.py
index 7e8428a..f879bfe 100644
--- a/ox/geo.py
+++ b/ox/geo.py
@@ -4,1388 +4,1889 @@
 
 import math
 
-__all__ = ['get_country', 'get_country_name']
+__all__ = ['get_country', 'get_country_name', 'normalize_country_name']
 
-'''
-var countries = {};
-Ox.COUNTRIES.forEach(function(country) {
-    if (country.code.length == 2) {
-        countries[country.code] = {
-            name: country.name,
-            region: country.region,
-            continent: country.continent
-        }
-        if (country.googleName || country.imdbName) {
-            countries[country.code].aliases = Ox.compact(Ox.unique(
-                [country.googleName, country.imdbName]
-            ));
-        }
-    }
-});
-Ox.print(JSON.stringify(countries, null, '   '));
-'''
+def update_countries():
+    '''
+        to update list of countries run the following command in python-ox
+        echo "import ox.geo;ox.geo.update_countries()" | python
+    '''
+    import re
+    import json
+    from .net import read_url
+
+    COUNTRIES = json.loads(read_url('http://oxjs.org/source/Ox.Geo/json/Ox.Geo.json'))
+    countries = {}
+    for country in COUNTRIES:
+        #only existing countres have 2 codes
+        if True or len(country['code']) == 2:
+            countries[country['code']] = {
+                "name": country['name'],
+                "region": country['region'],
+                "continent": country['continent'],
+            }
+            for key in ('googleName', 'imdbName'):
+                if key in country:
+                    if not 'aliases' in countries[country['code']]:
+                        countries[country['code']]['aliases'] = []
+                    if country[key] not in countries[country['code']]['aliases']:
+                        countries[country['code']]['aliases'].append(country[key])
+
+    data = json.dumps(countries, indent=4, ensure_ascii=False).encode('utf-8')
+    with open('ox/geo.py') as f:
+        pydata = f.read()
+    pydata = re.sub(
+        re.compile('\nCOUNTRIES = {.*?}\n\n', re.DOTALL),
+        '\nCOUNTRIES = %s\n\n' % data, pydata)
+
+    with open('ox/geo.py', 'w') as f:
+        f.write(pydata)
+    print 'ox/geo.py updated'
 
 COUNTRIES = {
-    "AC": {
-        "name": "Ascension",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "AD": {
-        "name": "Andorra",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "AE": {
-        "name": "United Arab Emirates",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
+    "GE-AB": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Abkhazia", 
         "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "AF": {
-        "name": "Afghanistan",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "AG": {
-        "name": "Antigua and Barbuda",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "AI": {
-        "name": "Anguilla",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "AL": {
-        "name": "Albania",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "AM": {
-        "name": "Armenia",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "AO": {
-        "name": "Angola",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "AQ": {
-        "name": "Antarctica",
-        "region": "Antarctica",
-        "continent": "Antarctica"
-    },
-    "AR": {
-        "name": "Argentina",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "AS": {
-        "name": "American Samoa",
-        "region": "Polynesia",
-        "continent": "Oceania"
-    },
-    "AT": {
-        "name": "Austria",
-        "region": "Western Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "AU": {
-        "name": "Australia",
-        "region": "Australia and New Zealand",
-        "continent": "Oceania"
-    },
-    "AW": {
-        "name": "Aruba",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "AX": {
-        "name": "Åland Islands",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "AZ": {
-        "name": "Azerbaijan",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "BA": {
-        "name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "BB": {
-        "name": "Barbados",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "BD": {
-        "name": "Bangladesh",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "BE": {
-        "name": "Belgium",
-        "region": "Western Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "BF": {
-        "name": "Burkina Faso",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "BG": {
-        "name": "Bulgaria",
-        "region": "Eastern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "BH": {
-        "name": "Bahrain",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "BI": {
-        "name": "Burundi",
-        "region": "Eastern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "BJ": {
-        "name": "Benin",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "BL": {
-        "name": "Saint Barthélemy",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "BM": {
-        "name": "Bermuda",
-        "region": "Northern America",
-        "continent": "North America"
-    },
-    "BN": {
-        "name": "Brunei",
-        "region": "South-Eastern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Brunei Darussalam"
-        ]
-    },
-    "BO": {
-        "name": "Bolivia",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "BQ": {
-        "name": "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "BR": {
-        "name": "Brazil",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "BS": {
-        "name": "Bahamas",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America",
-        "aliases": [
-            "The Bahamas"
-        ]
-    },
-    "BT": {
-        "name": "Bhutan",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "BV": {
-        "name": "Bouvet Island",
-        "region": "Antarctica",
-        "continent": "Antarctica"
-    },
-    "BW": {
-        "name": "Botswana",
-        "region": "Southern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "BY": {
-        "name": "Belarus",
-        "region": "Eastern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "BZ": {
-        "name": "Belize",
-        "region": "Central America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CA": {
-        "name": "Canada",
-        "region": "Northern America",
-        "continent": "North America"
-    },
-    "CC": {
-        "name": "Cocos Islands",
-        "region": "South-Eastern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Cocos (Keeling) Islands"
-        ]
-    },
-    "CD": {
-        "name": "Democratic Republic of the Congo",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Democratic Republic of Congo"
-        ]
-    },
-    "CF": {
-        "name": "Central African Republic",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "CG": {
-        "name": "Republic of the Congo",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Congo"
-        ]
-    },
-    "CH": {
-        "name": "Switzerland",
-        "region": "Western Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "CI": {
-        "name": "Côte d'Ivoire",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Ivory Coast"
-        ]
-    },
-    "CK": {
-        "name": "Cook Islands",
-        "region": "Polynesia",
-        "continent": "Oceania"
-    },
-    "CL": {
-        "name": "Chile",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CM": {
-        "name": "Cameroon",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "CN": {
-        "name": "China",
-        "region": "Eastern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "CO": {
-        "name": "Colombia",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CP": {
-        "name": "Clipperton Island",
-        "region": "Central America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CR": {
-        "name": "Costa Rica",
-        "region": "Central America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CU": {
-        "name": "Cuba",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CV": {
-        "name": "Cape Verde",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
+    }, 
     "CW": {
-        "name": "Curaçao",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Curaçao", 
         "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "CX": {
-        "name": "Christmas Island",
-        "region": "South-Eastern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "CY": {
-        "name": "Cyprus",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "CZ": {
-        "name": "Czech Republic",
-        "region": "Eastern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "DE": {
-        "name": "Germany",
-        "region": "Western Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "DG": {
-        "name": "Diego Garcia",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "DJ": {
-        "name": "Djibouti",
-        "region": "Eastern Africa",
+    }, 
+    "GW": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Guinea-Bissau", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "DK": {
-        "name": "Denmark",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "DM": {
-        "name": "Dominica",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "DO": {
-        "name": "Dominican Republic",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "DZ": {
-        "name": "Algeria",
-        "region": "Northern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "EA": {
-        "name": "Ceuta and Melilla",
-        "region": "Northern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "EC": {
-        "name": "Ecuador",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "EE": {
-        "name": "Estonia",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "EG": {
-        "name": "Egypt",
-        "region": "Northern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "EH": {
-        "name": "Sahrawi",
-        "region": "Northern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Western Sahara"
-        ]
-    },
-    "ER": {
-        "name": "Eritrea",
-        "region": "Eastern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "ES": {
-        "name": "Spain",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "ET": {
-        "name": "Ethiopia",
-        "region": "Eastern Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "EU": {
-        "name": "European Union",
-        "region": "Western Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "FI": {
-        "name": "Finland",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "FJ": {
-        "name": "Fiji",
-        "region": "Melanesia",
+    }, 
+    "GU": {
+        "region": "Micronesia", 
+        "name": "Guam", 
         "continent": "Oceania"
-    },
-    "FK": {
-        "name": "Falkland Islands",
-        "region": "Southern America",
+    }, 
+    "GT": {
+        "region": "Central America", 
+        "name": "Guatemala", 
         "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "FM": {
-        "name": "Micronesia",
-        "region": "Micronesia",
-        "continent": "Oceania",
-        "aliases": [
-            "Federated States of Micronesia"
-        ]
-    },
-    "FO": {
-        "name": "Faroe Islands",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
+    }, 
+    "GS": {
+        "region": "Antarctica", 
+        "name": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands", 
+        "continent": "Antarctica"
+    }, 
+    "GR": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Greece", 
         "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "FR": {
-        "name": "France",
-        "region": "Western Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "GA": {
-        "name": "Gabon",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
+    }, 
+    "GQ": {
+        "region": "Middle Africa", 
+        "name": "Equatorial Guinea", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
+    }, 
+    "GP": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Guadeloupe", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "KAKH": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Kampuchea", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "GY": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Guyana", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "GG": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Guernsey", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "BYAA": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "GE": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Georgia", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "GD": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Grenada", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
     "GB": {
-        "name": "United Kingdom",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe",
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
         "aliases": [
             "UK"
-        ]
-    },
-    "GD": {
-        "name": "Grenada",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "GE": {
-        "name": "Georgia",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "GF": {
-        "name": "French Guiana",
-        "region": "Southern America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "GG": {
-        "name": "Guernsey",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
+        ], 
+        "name": "United Kingdom", 
         "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "GH": {
-        "name": "Ghana",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
+    }, 
+    "GA": {
+        "region": "Middle Africa", 
+        "name": "Gabon", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "GI": {
-        "name": "Gibraltar",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "GL": {
-        "name": "Greenland",
-        "region": "Northern America",
-        "continent": "North America"
-    },
+    }, 
+    "YEYE": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "North Yemen", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "GN": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Guinea", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
     "GM": {
-        "name": "Gambia",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa",
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
         "aliases": [
             "The Gambia"
-        ]
-    },
-    "GN": {
-        "name": "Guinea",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
+        ], 
+        "name": "Gambia", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "GP": {
-        "name": "Guadeloupe",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "GQ": {
-        "name": "Equatorial Guinea",
-        "region": "Middle Africa",
-        "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "GR": {
-        "name": "Greece",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
+    }, 
+    "GL": {
+        "region": "Northern America", 
+        "name": "Greenland", 
+        "continent": "North America"
+    }, 
+    "GI": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Gibraltar", 
         "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "GS": {
-        "name": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands",
-        "region": "Antarctica",
-        "continent": "Antarctica"
-    },
-    "GT": {
-        "name": "Guatemala",
-        "region": "Central America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "GU": {
-        "name": "Guam",
-        "region": "Micronesia",
+    }, 
+    "GH": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Ghana", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "SUHH": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Soviet Union", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "JTUM": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "Johnston Island", 
         "continent": "Oceania"
-    },
-    "GW": {
-        "name": "Guinea-Bissau",
-        "region": "Western Africa",
+    }, 
+    "EH": {
+        "region": "Northern Africa", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "Western Sahara"
+        ], 
+        "name": "Sahrawi", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "GY": {
-        "name": "Guyana",
-        "region": "Southern America",
+    }, 
+    "ANHH": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Netherlands Antilles", 
         "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "HK": {
-        "name": "Hong Kong",
-        "region": "Eastern Asia",
+    }, 
+    "AE-RK": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Ras al-Khaimah", 
         "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "HM": {
-        "name": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands",
-        "region": "Antarctica",
-        "continent": "Antarctica"
-    },
-    "HN": {
-        "name": "Honduras",
-        "region": "Central America",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "HR": {
-        "name": "Croatia",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "HT": {
-        "name": "Haiti",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "HU": {
-        "name": "Hungary",
-        "region": "Eastern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "IC": {
-        "name": "Canary Islands",
-        "region": "Northern Africa",
+    }, 
+    "ZA": {
+        "region": "Southern Africa", 
+        "name": "South Africa", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "ID": {
-        "name": "Indonesia",
-        "region": "South-Eastern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "IE": {
-        "name": "Ireland",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
+    }, 
+    "GB-WLS": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Wales", 
         "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "IL": {
-        "name": "Israel",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "IM": {
-        "name": "Isle of Man",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "IN": {
-        "name": "India",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "IO": {
-        "name": "British Indian Ocean Territory",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "IQ": {
-        "name": "Iraq",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "IR": {
-        "name": "Iran",
-        "region": "Southern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "IS": {
-        "name": "Iceland",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "IT": {
-        "name": "Italy",
-        "region": "Southern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "JE": {
-        "name": "Jersey",
-        "region": "Northern Europe",
-        "continent": "Europe"
-    },
-    "JM": {
-        "name": "Jamaica",
-        "region": "Caribbean",
-        "continent": "South America"
-    },
-    "JO": {
-        "name": "Jordan",
-        "region": "Western Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "JP": {
-        "name": "Japan",
-        "region": "Eastern Asia",
-        "continent": "Asia"
-    },
-    "KE": {
-        "name": "Kenya",
-        "region": "Eastern Africa",
+    }, 
+    "ZW": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Zimbabwe", 
         "continent": "Africa"
-    },
-    "KG": {
-        "name": "Kyrgyzstan",
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+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Ceylon", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "CSHH": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Czechoslovakia", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AE-AZ": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Abu Dhabi", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "SO-SO": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Somaliland", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "AE-AJ": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Ajman", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "VA": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "Holy See (Vatican City State)"
+        ], 
+        "name": "Vatican City", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "VC": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Saint Vincent and the Grenadines", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "VE": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Venezuela", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "VG": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "British Virgin Islands", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "IQ": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Iraq", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "VI": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "US Virgin Islands"
+        ], 
+        "name": "United States Virgin Islands", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "IS": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Iceland", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "IR": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Iran", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "IT": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Italy", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "VN": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Vietnam", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "IM": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Isle of Man", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "IL": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Israel", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "IO": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "British Indian Ocean Territory", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "NHVU-TF": {
+        "region": "Melanesia", 
+        "name": "Tafea", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "IC": {
+        "region": "Northern Africa", 
+        "name": "Canary Islands", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "IE": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Ireland", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "ID": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Indonesia", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "NHVU-TN": {
+        "region": "Melanesia", 
+        "name": "Tanna", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "GB-ENG": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "England", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "GG-AL": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Alderney", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "BD": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Bangladesh", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "BE": {
+        "region": "Western Europe", 
+        "name": "Belgium", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "BF": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Burkina Faso", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "BG": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Bulgaria", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "BA": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "BB": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Barbados", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "AE-SH": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Sharjah", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "BL": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Saint Barthélemy", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "BM": {
+        "region": "Northern America", 
+        "name": "Bermuda", 
+        "continent": "North America"
+    }, 
+    "BN": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "Brunei Darussalam"
+        ], 
+        "name": "Brunei", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "BO": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Bolivia", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "BH": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Bahrain", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "BI": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Burundi", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "BJ": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Benin", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "BT": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Bhutan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "BV": {
+        "region": "Antarctica", 
+        "name": "Bouvet Island", 
+        "continent": "Antarctica"
+    }, 
+    "BW": {
+        "region": "Southern Africa", 
+        "name": "Botswana", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "BQ": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "BR": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Brazil", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "BS": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "The Bahamas"
+        ], 
+        "name": "Bahamas", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "BY": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Belarus", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "BZ": {
+        "region": "Central America", 
+        "name": "Belize", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "DYBJ": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Dahomey", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "IN-JK": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Jammu and Kashmir", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "GG-SA": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Sark", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "CY-NC": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Northern Cyprus", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "ML-AZ": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Azawad", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "OM": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Oman", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "DDDE": {
+        "region": "Western Europe", 
+        "name": "East Germany", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "PCHH": {
+        "region": "Micronesia", 
+        "name": "Pacific Islands", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "HR": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Croatia", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AC": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Ascension", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "HT": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Haiti", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "FQHH": {
+        "region": "Antarctica", 
+        "name": "French Southern and Antarctic Territories", 
+        "continent": "Antarctica"
+    }, 
+    "HK": {
+        "region": "Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Hong Kong", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "HN": {
+        "region": "Central America", 
+        "name": "Honduras", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "HM": {
+        "region": "Antarctica", 
+        "name": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands", 
+        "continent": "Antarctica"
+    }, 
+    "PUUM": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "United States Miscellaneous Pacific Islands", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "GETV": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "Ellice Islands", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "ZA-VE": {
+        "region": "Southern Africa", 
+        "name": "Venda", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "GBAE": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Trucial States", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "KHKA": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Khmer Republic", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "UY": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Uruguay", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "UZ": {
+        "region": "Central Asia", 
+        "name": "Uzbekistan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "US": {
+        "region": "Northern America", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "USA"
+        ], 
+        "name": "United States", 
+        "continent": "North America"
+    }, 
+    "UM": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "United States Minor Outlying Islands", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "UK": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "aliases": [
+            "UK"
+        ], 
+        "name": "United Kingdom", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AU": {
+        "region": "Australia and New Zealand", 
+        "name": "Australia", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "UG": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Uganda", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "UA": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Ukraine", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "RHZW-RH": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Rhodesia", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "NI": {
+        "region": "Central America", 
+        "name": "Nicaragua", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "NL": {
+        "region": "Western Europe", 
+        "name": "Netherlands", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "NO": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Norway", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "NA": {
+        "region": "Southern Africa", 
+        "name": "Namibia", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "NC": {
+        "region": "Melanesia", 
+        "name": "New Caledonia", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "NE": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Niger", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "NF": {
+        "region": "Australia and New Zealand", 
+        "name": "Norfolk Island", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "NG": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Nigeria", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "NZ": {
+        "region": "Australia and New Zealand", 
+        "name": "New Zealand", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "NP": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Nepal", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "AZ-NK": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Nagorno-Karabakh", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "NU": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "Niue", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "HU": {
+        "region": "Eastern Europe", 
+        "name": "Hungary", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "RHZW": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Southern Rhodesia", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "AE-DU": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Dubai", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "GB-SCT": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Scotland", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "TZ": {
+        "region": "Eastern Africa", 
+        "name": "Tanzania", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "TV": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "Tuvalu", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "TW": {
+        "region": "Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Taiwan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "TT": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Trinidad and Tobago", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "CL": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Chile", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "TR": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Turkey", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "TN": {
+        "region": "Northern Africa", 
+        "name": "Tunisia", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "TO": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "Tonga", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "TL": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Timor-Leste", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "TM": {
+        "region": "Central Asia", 
+        "name": "Turkmenistan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "TJ": {
+        "region": "Central Asia", 
+        "name": "Tajikistan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "TK": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "Tokelau", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "TH": {
+        "region": "South-Eastern Asia", 
+        "name": "Thailand", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "TF": {
+        "region": "Antarctica", 
+        "name": "French Southern Territories", 
+        "continent": "Antarctica"
+    }, 
+    "TG": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Togo", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "TD": {
+        "region": "Middle Africa", 
+        "name": "Chad", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "TC": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Turks and Caicos Islands", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "TA": {
+        "region": "Western Africa", 
+        "name": "Tristan da Cunha", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "GE-SK": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "South Ossetia", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "AE": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "United Arab Emirates", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "AD": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Andorra", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AG": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Antigua and Barbuda", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "AF": {
+        "region": "Southern Asia", 
+        "name": "Afghanistan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "AI": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Anguilla", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "AM": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Armenia", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "AL": {
+        "region": "Southern Europe", 
+        "name": "Albania", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AO": {
+        "region": "Middle Africa", 
+        "name": "Angola", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "AQ": {
+        "region": "Antarctica", 
+        "name": "Antarctica", 
+        "continent": "Antarctica"
+    }, 
+    "AS": {
+        "region": "Polynesia", 
+        "name": "American Samoa", 
+        "continent": "Oceania"
+    }, 
+    "AR": {
+        "region": "Southern America", 
+        "name": "Argentina", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "EGEG": {
+        "region": "Northern Africa", 
+        "name": "United Arab Republic", 
+        "continent": "Africa"
+    }, 
+    "AT": {
+        "region": "Western Europe", 
+        "name": "Austria", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AW": {
+        "region": "Caribbean", 
+        "name": "Aruba", 
+        "continent": "South America"
+    }, 
+    "AX": {
+        "region": "Northern Europe", 
+        "name": "Åland Islands", 
+        "continent": "Europe"
+    }, 
+    "AZ": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "Azerbaijan", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
+    }, 
+    "YDYE": {
+        "region": "Western Asia", 
+        "name": "South Yemen", 
+        "continent": "Asia"
     }
 }
 
@@ -1418,6 +1919,8 @@ def get_country_name(country_code):
     return COUNTRIES[country_code]['name'] if country_code in COUNTRIES else ''
 
 def normalize_country_name(country_name):
+    if isinstance(country_name, unicode):
+        country_name = country_name.encode('utf-8')
     name = None
     for code, country in COUNTRIES.iteritems():
         if country_name == country['name'] or (
@@ -1425,4 +1928,4 @@ def normalize_country_name(country_name):
         ):
             name = country['name']
             break
-    return name
+    return name and name.decode('utf-8')