"CHEVY","US","UNITED STATES"
"MERCEDES","DE","GERMANY"
"PEUGOT","FR","FRANCE"
"FORD","US","UNITED STATES"
"LADA","RU","RUSSIAN FEDERATION"
"SATURN",US","UNITED STATES"
"ROLLSROYCE","UK","UNITED KINGDOM
"BMW","DE","GERMANY"
<c>
</p>
As the file is read via a while() loop I'm putting the country code (i.e. US, DE, etc.) into a hash.</p>  
<c>
while(<DB>) {
    @db = split/,/;
    push(@countries,$db["1]);
}