Is it possible to not have a default country?

Question

I'm working on a Civi implementation for a client who deals with contacts around the world. It makes no real sense for them to have a default country, yet it looks like I have no option but to set one. Is there a way to not have a default country for address records?

Answer 1

CiviCRM allows you to over-ride the settings through php. You can over-ride default value for Contact Country.

Add the below snippet in your sites civicrm.settings.php file

global $civicrm_setting;
$civicrm_setting['Localization Preferences']['defaultContactCountry'] = '';

Ref: Override CiviCRM Settings

HTH

Pradeep