diff --git a/lang/en/countries.php b/lang/en/countries.php
index 2c2e57cbcbd..9b206cd0997 100644
--- a/lang/en/countries.php
+++ b/lang/en/countries.php
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 $string['AD'] = 'Andorra';
 $string['AE'] = 'United Arab Emirates';
 $string['AF'] = 'Afghanistan';
-$string['AG'] = 'Antigua And Barbuda';
+$string['AG'] = 'Antigua and Barbuda';
 $string['AI'] = 'Anguilla';
 $string['AL'] = 'Albania';
 $string['AM'] = 'Armenia';
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ $string['AU'] = 'Australia';
 $string['AW'] = 'Aruba';
 $string['AX'] = 'Åland Islands';
 $string['AZ'] = 'Azerbaijan';
-$string['BA'] = 'Bosnia And Herzegovina';
+$string['BA'] = 'Bosnia and Herzegovina';
 $string['BB'] = 'Barbados';
 $string['BD'] = 'Bangladesh';
 $string['BE'] = 'Belgium';
@@ -50,8 +50,8 @@ $string['BJ'] = 'Benin';
 $string['BL'] = 'Saint Barthélemy';
 $string['BM'] = 'Bermuda';
 $string['BN'] = 'Brunei Darussalam';
-$string['BO'] = 'Bolivia, Plurinational State Of';
-$string['BQ'] = 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius And Saba';
+$string['BO'] = 'Bolivia (Plurinational State of)';
+$string['BQ'] = 'Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba';
 $string['BR'] = 'Brazil';
 $string['BS'] = 'Bahamas';
 $string['BT'] = 'Bhutan';
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ $string['BY'] = 'Belarus';
 $string['BZ'] = 'Belize';
 $string['CA'] = 'Canada';
 $string['CC'] = 'Cocos (Keeling) Islands';
-$string['CD'] = 'Congo, The Democratic Republic Of The';
+$string['CD'] = 'Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)';
 $string['CF'] = 'Central African Republic';
 $string['CG'] = 'Congo';
 $string['CH'] = 'Switzerland';
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ $string['ET'] = 'Ethiopia';
 $string['FI'] = 'Finland';
 $string['FJ'] = 'Fiji';
 $string['FK'] = 'Falkland Islands (Malvinas)';
-$string['FM'] = 'Micronesia, Federated States Of';
+$string['FM'] = 'Micronesia (Federated States of)';
 $string['FO'] = 'Faroe Islands';
 $string['FR'] = 'France';
 $string['GA'] = 'Gabon';
@@ -111,13 +111,13 @@ $string['GN'] = 'Guinea';
 $string['GP'] = 'Guadeloupe';
 $string['GQ'] = 'Equatorial Guinea';
 $string['GR'] = 'Greece';
-$string['GS'] = 'South Georgia And The South Sandwich Islands';
+$string['GS'] = 'South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands';
 $string['GT'] = 'Guatemala';
 $string['GU'] = 'Guam';
 $string['GW'] = 'Guinea-Bissau';
 $string['GY'] = 'Guyana';
 $string['HK'] = 'Hong Kong';
-$string['HM'] = 'Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands';
+$string['HM'] = 'Heard Island and McDonald Islands';
 $string['HN'] = 'Honduras';
 $string['HR'] = 'Croatia';
 $string['HT'] = 'Haiti';
@@ -125,11 +125,11 @@ $string['HU'] = 'Hungary';
 $string['ID'] = 'Indonesia';
 $string['IE'] = 'Ireland';
 $string['IL'] = 'Israel';
-$string['IM'] = 'Isle Of Man';
+$string['IM'] = 'Isle of Man';
 $string['IN'] = 'India';
 $string['IO'] = 'British Indian Ocean Territory';
 $string['IQ'] = 'Iraq';
-$string['IR'] = 'Iran, Islamic Republic Of';
+$string['IR'] = 'Iran (Islamic Republic of)';
 $string['IS'] = 'Iceland';
 $string['IT'] = 'Italy';
 $string['JE'] = 'Jersey';
@@ -141,9 +141,9 @@ $string['KG'] = 'Kyrgyzstan';
 $string['KH'] = 'Cambodia';
 $string['KI'] = 'Kiribati';
 $string['KM'] = 'Comoros';
-$string['KN'] = 'Saint Kitts And Nevis';
-$string['KP'] = 'Korea, Democratic People\'s Republic Of';
-$string['KR'] = 'Korea, Republic Of';
+$string['KN'] = 'Saint Kitts and Nevis';
+$string['KP'] = 'Korea (the Democratic People\'s Republic of)';
+$string['KR'] = 'Korea (the Republic of)';
 $string['KW'] = 'Kuwait';
 $string['KY'] = 'Cayman Islands';
 $string['KZ'] = 'Kazakhstan';
@@ -160,12 +160,12 @@ $string['LV'] = 'Latvia';
 $string['LY'] = 'Libya';
 $string['MA'] = 'Morocco';
 $string['MC'] = 'Monaco';
-$string['MD'] = 'Moldova, Republic Of';
+$string['MD'] = 'Moldova (the Republic of)';
 $string['ME'] = 'Montenegro';
-$string['MF'] = 'Saint Martin (French Part)';
+$string['MF'] = 'Saint Martin (French part)';
 $string['MG'] = 'Madagascar';
 $string['MH'] = 'Marshall Islands';
-$string['MK'] = 'Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic Of';
+$string['MK'] = 'North Macedonia';
 $string['ML'] = 'Mali';
 $string['MM'] = 'Myanmar';
 $string['MN'] = 'Mongolia';
@@ -201,10 +201,10 @@ $string['PG'] = 'Papua New Guinea';
 $string['PH'] = 'Philippines';
 $string['PK'] = 'Pakistan';
 $string['PL'] = 'Poland';
-$string['PM'] = 'Saint Pierre And Miquelon';
+$string['PM'] = 'Saint Pierre and Miquelon';
 $string['PN'] = 'Pitcairn';
 $string['PR'] = 'Puerto Rico';
-$string['PS'] = 'Palestine, State Of';
+$string['PS'] = 'Palestine, State of';
 $string['PT'] = 'Portugal';
 $string['PW'] = 'Palau';
 $string['PY'] = 'Paraguay';
@@ -220,9 +220,9 @@ $string['SC'] = 'Seychelles';
 $string['SD'] = 'Sudan';
 $string['SE'] = 'Sweden';
 $string['SG'] = 'Singapore';
-$string['SH'] = 'Saint Helena, Ascension And Tristan Da Cunha';
+$string['SH'] = 'Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha';
 $string['SI'] = 'Slovenia';
-$string['SJ'] = 'Svalbard And Jan Mayen';
+$string['SJ'] = 'Svalbard and Jan Mayen';
 $string['SK'] = 'Slovakia';
 $string['SL'] = 'Sierra Leone';
 $string['SM'] = 'San Marino';
@@ -230,12 +230,12 @@ $string['SN'] = 'Senegal';
 $string['SO'] = 'Somalia';
 $string['SR'] = 'Suriname';
 $string['SS'] = 'South Sudan';
-$string['ST'] = 'Sao Tome And Principe';
+$string['ST'] = 'Sao Tome and Principe';
 $string['SV'] = 'El Salvador';
-$string['SX'] = 'Sint Maarten (Dutch Part)';
+$string['SX'] = 'Sint Maarten (Dutch part)';
 $string['SY'] = 'Syrian Arab Republic';
-$string['SZ'] = 'Swaziland';
-$string['TC'] = 'Turks And Caicos Islands';
+$string['SZ'] = 'Eswatini';
+$string['TC'] = 'Turks and Caicos Islands';
 $string['TD'] = 'Chad';
 $string['TF'] = 'French Southern Territories';
 $string['TG'] = 'Togo';
@@ -247,24 +247,24 @@ $string['TM'] = 'Turkmenistan';
 $string['TN'] = 'Tunisia';
 $string['TO'] = 'Tonga';
 $string['TR'] = 'Turkey';
-$string['TT'] = 'Trinidad And Tobago';
+$string['TT'] = 'Trinidad and Tobago';
 $string['TV'] = 'Tuvalu';
 $string['TW'] = 'Taiwan';
-$string['TZ'] = 'Tanzania, United Republic Of';
+$string['TZ'] = 'Tanzania, the United Republic of';
 $string['UA'] = 'Ukraine';
 $string['UG'] = 'Uganda';
 $string['UM'] = 'United States Minor Outlying Islands';
 $string['US'] = 'United States';
 $string['UY'] = 'Uruguay';
 $string['UZ'] = 'Uzbekistan';
-$string['VA'] = 'Holy See (Vatican City State)';
-$string['VC'] = 'Saint Vincent And The Grenadines';
-$string['VE'] = 'Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic Of';
-$string['VG'] = 'Virgin Islands, British';
-$string['VI'] = 'Virgin Islands, U.S.';
+$string['VA'] = 'Holy See';
+$string['VC'] = 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines';
+$string['VE'] = 'Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)';
+$string['VG'] = 'Virgin Islands (British)';
+$string['VI'] = 'Virgin Islands (U.S.)';
 $string['VN'] = 'Viet Nam';
 $string['VU'] = 'Vanuatu';
-$string['WF'] = 'Wallis And Futuna';
+$string['WF'] = 'Wallis and Futuna';
 $string['WS'] = 'Samoa';
 $string['YE'] = 'Yemen';
 $string['YT'] = 'Mayotte';