---
title: client.geo.country_name.ascii
summary: null
url: >-
  https://www.fastly.com/documentation/reference/vcl/variables/geolocation/client-geo-country-name-ascii
---

**Type:** STRING  
**Access:** read-only

**Available in:** all subroutines

Country name, encoded using ASCII encoding.

This field is a lowercase transliteration of the
[ISO 3166-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1) English
short name for a country.

For example, the English short name for `FK` is `FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS)`
and so the corresponding value of `client.geo.country_name.ascii` is 
`falkland islands (malvinas)` (e.g., converted to lowercase).