I also had a similar issue and got this code back from tech support. It changes the customer registration form so that the user has to enter the country they are in first and then a drop down box appears with the list of states for that country.
Hope it helps
Please perform following steps:
>
> 1. Open '<xcart_root_dir>/skin1/main/register_states.tpl' template.
>
> 2. Replace :
>
> ---
> <SELECT name="{$country_name}" id="{$country_name}"
> onChange="check_zip_code_field(document.forms['{$form_name}'].{$country_n
> ame}, document.forms['{$form_name}'].{$zipcode_name});
> change_states(document.getElementById('{$country_n ame}'),
> '{$state_name}', '{$county_name}', '{$lng.lbl_state|replace:"'":"\'"}',
> '{$state|replace:"'":"\'"}', '{$is_no_input}',
> '{$full_state|replace:"'":"\'"}',
> '','{$userinfo.$county_name|replace:"'":"\'"}','{$ userinfo.$county_name|r
> eplace:"'":"\'"}'); change_counties('{$county_name}',
> document.getElementById('_{$state_name}'),
> document.getElementById('{$country_name}'),
> '{$userinfo.$county_name}','{$userinfo.$county_nam e}');">
> {foreach from=$countries item=v}
> <OPTION value="{$v.country_code}"{if $country eq $v.country_code}
> selected{elseif $v.country_code eq $config.General.default_country and
> $country eq ""}selected{/if}>{$v.country}</OPTION>
> {/foreach}
> </SELECT>
> ---
>
> with
>
> ---
> <SELECT name="{$country_name}" id="{$country_name}"
> onChange="check_zip_code_field(document.forms['{$form_name}'].{$country_n
> ame}, document.forms['{$form_name}'].{$zipcode_name});
> change_states(document.getElementById('{$country_n ame}'),
> '{$state_name}', '{$county_name}', '{$lng.lbl_state|replace:"'":"\'"}',
> '{$state|replace:"'":"\'"}', '{$is_no_input}',
> '{$full_state|replace:"'":"\'"}',
> '','{$userinfo.$county_name|replace:"'":"\'"}','{$ userinfo.$county_name|r
> eplace:"'":"\'"}'); change_counties('{$county_name}',
> document.getElementById('_{$state_name}'),
> document.getElementById('{$country_name}'),
> '{$userinfo.$county_name}','{$userinfo.$county_nam e}');">
> <OPTION value="" selected>Please select country...</OPTION>
>
> {foreach from=$countries item=v}
> <OPTION value="{$v.country_code}"{if $country eq $v.country_code}
> selected{/if}>{$v.country}</OPTION>
> {/foreach}
> </SELECT>
> ---
>
> After that your customers will see 'Please select country...' option in
> 'Country' drop-down box first.
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