razor Html.DropdownList provide “Please select” as optionLabel AND “US” as selectedValue

Question

Data:

var countries = new Dictionary();
countries.Add(\"AF\",\"Afghanistan\");
countries.Add(\"US\",\"United States\");
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Answer 1

I know this post is old, but for people looking for list of coutries this is the easy way :

// List of coutries
List CountryList = new List();

CultureInfo[] CInfoList = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.SpecificCultures);

CountryList.Add("");
foreach (CultureInfo CInfo in CInfoList)
{
    RegionInfo R = new RegionInfo(CInfo.LCID);
    if (!(CountryList.Contains(R.EnglishName)))
    {
        CountryList.Add(R.EnglishName);
    }
}
CountryList.Sort();