# Country
A country supported by the store's localization options.
To learn how to use the `country` object for localization in your theme, refer to [Support multiple currencies and languages](https://shopify.dev/themes/internationalization/multiple-currencies-languages).
## Properties
### available_languages
- **Type:** array of [shop_locale](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/shop_locale)
- **Description:** "The languages that have been added to the market that this country belongs to."
### continent
- **Type:** [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
- **Description:** "The continent that the country is in."
- **Possible values:** Africa, Asia, Central America, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
### currency
- **Type:** [currency](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/currency)
- **Description:** "The currency used in the country."
### iso_code
- **Type:** [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
- **Description:** "The ISO code of the country in [ISO 3166-1 (alpha 2) format](https://www.iso.org/glossary-for-iso-3166.html)."
### market
- **Type:** [market](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/objects/market)
- **Description:** "The market that includes this country."
### name
- **Type:** [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
- **Description:** "The name of the country."
### popular?
- **Type:** [boolean](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#boolean)
- **Description:** "Returns `true` if the country is popular for this shop. Otherwise, returns `false`. This can be useful for sorting countries in a country selector."
### unit_system
- **Type:** [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)
- **Description:** "The unit system of the country."
- **Possible values:** imperial, metric
## Example
```json
{
"available_languages": [],
"continent": "North America",
"currency": {},
"iso_code": "CA",
"market": {},
"name": "Canada",
"popular?": false,
"unit_system": "metric"
}
```
## Referencing the country object directly
When referenced directly, the `country` object returns `country.name`.
**Code:**
```liquid
{% for country in localization.available_countries -%}
{{ country }}
{%- endfor %}
```
**Output:**
```
Afghanistan, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong SAR, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States
```
## Rendering a flag image
When passed to the [`image_url`](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters#image_url) filter, the country object returns a CDN URL for that country's flag. "All country's flags are SVGs, normalized to an aspect ratio of 4:3."
**Code:**
```liquid
{{ localization.country | image_url: width: 32 | image_tag }}
```
**Output:**
```html
<img src="//cdn.shopify.com/static/images/flags/ca.svg?width=32" alt="Canada" srcset="//cdn.shopify.com/static/images/flags/ca.svg?width=32 32w" width="32" height="24">
```