It seems to me that the Country/Region displays when you
enter an address for either the business or home address
if the address is entered directly into the address
window of the New Contact dialogue box.  However, if you
click the Address Details button [ADDRESS...] and then
enter the address, the country does not automatically
display.  Is there a way to tell outlook to never display
the country, regardless of how the address is entered?  

I also noticed that even if the address does not display
the country in the Contact dialogue box, if you change
views to say Phone List and add the Country/Region field
so that it is visable, then it will display, but like I
said, only for contacts entered directly into the
Contacts Dialoge box and not when the address is entered
for the contact by pressing the [ADDRESS...] button.

To test this, change your view to Phone List.  Add the
Country/Region field so that it is visable.  Start a new
contact and enter the address directly into the Address
box, WITHOUT opening up the Address Details.  Close the
contact, and you will notice that the Country/Region
displays.  Now, add another contact, this time when you
enter the address, click the [ADDRESS...] button to enter
the address.  Close the contact.  You should notice that
your Country/Region does not display.

What gives?  I NEVER want the country/region to display.  
How do I accomplish this?

Many, Many Thanks to anyone who can make sense out of
this for me.

Cindi