diff --git a/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.json b/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.json
index 920ef48fb1..088b9b5aa6 100644
--- a/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.json
+++ b/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.json
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@
  "engine": "InnoDB",
  "field_order": [
   "country_name",
+  "code",
   "date_format",
   "time_format",
-  "time_zones",
-  "code"
+  "time_zones"
  ],
  "fields": [
   {
@@ -44,19 +44,24 @@
    "label": "Time Zones"
   },
   {
+   "description": "The country's ISO 3166 ALPHA-2 code.",
    "fieldname": "code",
    "fieldtype": "Data",
    "in_list_view": 1,
-   "label": "Code"
+   "label": "Code",
+   "length": 2,
+   "reqd": 1,
+   "unique": 1
   }
  ],
  "icon": "fa fa-globe",
  "idx": 1,
  "links": [],
- "modified": "2024-11-27 16:56:04.850422",
+ "modified": "2024-12-29 16:56:04.850422",
  "modified_by": "Administrator",
  "module": "Geo",
  "name": "Country",
+ "naming_rule": "By fieldname",
  "owner": "Administrator",
  "permissions": [
   {
diff --git a/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.py b/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.py
index 01e217a3db..bec0e1e175 100644
--- a/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.py
+++ b/frappe/geo/doctype/country/country.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2022, Frappe Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and Contributors
 # License: MIT. See LICENSE
 
+import pycountry
+
 import frappe
+from frappe import _
 from frappe.model.document import Document, bulk_insert
 
 
@@ -14,7 +17,7 @@ class Country(Document):
 	if TYPE_CHECKING:
 		from frappe.types import DF
 
-		code: DF.Data | None
+		code: DF.Data
 		country_name: DF.Data
 		date_format: DF.Data | None
 		time_format: DF.Data | None
@@ -22,7 +25,16 @@ class Country(Document):
 	# end: auto-generated types
 
 	# NOTE: During installation country docs are bulk inserted.
-	pass
+
+	def validate(self):
+		error_msg = _("{0} is not a valid ISO 3166 ALPHA-2 code.").format(self.code)
+		try:
+			country = pycountry.countries.lookup(self.code)
+		except LookupError:
+			frappe.throw(error_msg)
+
+		if country.alpha_2 != self.code.upper():
+			frappe.throw(error_msg)
 
 
 def import_country_and_currency():
diff --git a/frappe/geo/doctype/country/test_records.json b/frappe/geo/doctype/country/test_records.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a7c8a5568..0000000000
--- a/frappe/geo/doctype/country/test_records.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-[
- {
-  "country_name": "_Test Country", 
-  "doctype": "Country"
- }
-]
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