diff --git a/shared/data/CountryCodesIso3166.1.txt b/shared/data/CountryCodesIso3166.1.txt
index 86a76ed..b2a8384 100644
--- a/shared/data/CountryCodesIso3166.1.txt
+++ b/shared/data/CountryCodesIso3166.1.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 AFGHANISTAN;AF
-ÅLAND ISLANDS;AX
+Ã…LAND ISLANDS;AX
 ALBANIA;AL
 ALGERIA;DZ
 AMERICAN SAMOA;AS
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ BENIN;BJ
 BERMUDA;BM
 BHUTAN;BT
 BOLIVIA, PLURINATIONAL STATE OF;BO
-BONAIRE, SAINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA;BQ
+BONAIRE, SINT EUSTATIUS AND SABA;BQ
 BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA;BA
 BOTSWANA;BW
 BOUVET ISLAND;BV
@@ -52,10 +52,10 @@ CONGO;CG
 CONGO, THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE;CD
 COOK ISLANDS;CK
 COSTA RICA;CR
-CÔTE D'IVOIRE;CI
+CÔTE D'IVOIRE;CI
 CROATIA;HR
 CUBA;CU
-CURAÇAO;CW
+CURAÇAO;CW
 CYPRUS;CY
 CZECH REPUBLIC;CZ
 DENMARK;DK
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ LATVIA;LV
 LEBANON;LB
 LESOTHO;LS
 LIBERIA;LR
-LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA;LY
+LIBYA;LY
 LIECHTENSTEIN;LI
 LITHUANIA;LT
 LUXEMBOURG;LU
@@ -178,11 +178,11 @@ POLAND;PL
 PORTUGAL;PT
 PUERTO RICO;PR
 QATAR;QA
-RÉUNION;RE
+RÉUNION;RE
 ROMANIA;RO
 RUSSIAN FEDERATION;RU
 RWANDA;RW
-SAINT BARTHÉLEMY;BL
+SAINT BARTHÉLEMY;BL
 SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA;SH
 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS;KN
 SAINT LUCIA;LC
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ SOLOMON ISLANDS;SB
 SOMALIA;SO
 SOUTH AFRICA;ZA
 SOUTH GEORGIA AND THE SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS;GS
+SOUTH SUDAN;SS
 SPAIN;ES
 SRI LANKA;LK
 SUDAN;SD
@@ -246,4 +247,3 @@ WESTERN SAHARA;EH
 YEMEN;YE
 ZAMBIA;ZM
 ZIMBABWE;ZW
-
diff --git a/shared/data/__init__.py b/shared/data/__init__.py
index ba08dd7..dc72dae 100644
--- a/shared/data/__init__.py
+++ b/shared/data/__init__.py
@@ -230,6 +230,8 @@ class Countries:
        (first line has been removed).'''
 
     def __init__(self):
+        # This file has been downloaded from
+        # http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes.htm and converted to utf-8.
         self.fileName = os.path.dirname(__file__) + '/CountryCodesIso3166.1.txt'
         self.countryCodes = []
         # Names of countries in English