@ dc2000

the lingua franca, not just of the internet, but of business in general, is English ... so there are many English resources for country names.

examples:

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

http://www.worldatlas.com/cntycont.htm "Countries Listed By Continent "

http://www.worldatlas.com/dependtr.htm "Dependencies and Territories of the World"

Getting the non English names is a bit more problematic, or perhaps i should say time consuming.  Examples:

http://www.welt-blick.de/staaten-der-erde.html

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_pays_du_monde

Basically, you can likely get everything you require via Google (or your favourite search engine).

The good news is that countries do not change that often.

You could store your country lists in a database and select the list that corresponds to your localization.

Germany

Allemagne [French name for Germany]

Deutschland [German name for Germany]

德国  [Chinese name for Germany]

Et cetera.  You may find Google Translate useful.

g.