I did a search for this prior to posting. Is this what I need to remove to not have country show up?
//create country markup, if no default value, provide a blank option
if(empty($element->default_value)){
$country_markup = '<option value="" selected="selected"></option>'."\n";
}else{
$country_markup = '';
}
foreach ($country as $data){
if($data['value'] == $element->default_value){
$selected = 'selected="selected"';
}else{
$selected = '';
}