magento custom states for country

Question

Im working on Magento latest version .The store is for UK ,I need to add country like Manchester, London, Yorkshire etc..This should show in the shipping setting when I select UK from the dropdown viz :default is USA and also in the shipping and billing address. And the defaut country should always be UK as default How can I do that ?

Answer 1

You can change the default country from magento admin->system->configuration->General->country options -> Default Country. To add regions (counties) for UK I think you have to populate the directory_country_region table.

Answer 2

Take a look at the official UK translation here

Answer 3

I found a post you might appreciate. It concerns the "directory_country_region" tables.
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewreply/192387/