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Sure. But they why let the user select a country? Right now, the form lets you enter "123 Maple St, New York City, New York, Russia".

What?

Sure, my point is the bug is that the country field is selectable, not that it requires a state.

It's a poor man's CAPTCHA.

If it was meant to be CAPTCHA there's no need to make it selectable.