diff --git a/frontend/src/components/CertificateEditor.vue b/frontend/src/components/CertificateEditor.vue
index 32197e9..30e13ae 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/CertificateEditor.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/CertificateEditor.vue
@@ -1,15 +1,7 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { ref, useId, useTemplateRef } from "vue";
-import iso3166 from "iso-3166-1";
 import CountryListItem from "./CountryListItem.vue";
-
-// Define interface for a country object
-interface Country {
-  country: string;
-  alpha2: string;
-  alpha3: string;
-  numeric: string;
-}
+import { Country, getAvailableCountries } from "../utils/countries";
 
 const formModel = ref(false);
 const formRef = useTemplateRef("form");
@@ -29,38 +21,11 @@ const countryName = ref("");
 const state = ref("");
 const locality = ref("");
 
-// Get user's locale from browser
-const userLocale = ref<string>(navigator.language || navigator.languages?.[0] || 'en-US');
-const userCountryCode = ref<string>(userLocale.value.split('-')[1]?.toUpperCase() || '');
-const userCountry = ref<Country | undefined>(undefined);
-
 // Countries data for autocomplete
-const allCountries = iso3166.all() as Country[];
 const countries = ref<(Country | { divider: boolean; header: string })[]>([]);
 
-// Prepare countries list with user's country at the top
-function prepareCountriesList() {
-  // Find user's country based on browser locale
-  userCountry.value = allCountries.find(c => c.alpha2 === userCountryCode.value);
-
-  // Create the countries list
-  countries.value = [];
-
-  // Add user's country at the top if found
-  if (userCountry.value) {
-    countries.value.push(userCountry.value);
-    countries.value.push({ divider: true, header: 'All Countries' });
-
-    // Add all countries except the user's country to avoid duplicates
-    countries.value.push(...allCountries.filter(c => c.alpha2 !== userCountryCode.value));
-  } else {
-    // Add all countries if user's country not found
-    countries.value.push(...allCountries);
-  }
-}
-
 // Initialize countries list
-prepareCountriesList();
+countries.value = getAvailableCountries();
 
 // Certificate settings
 const keyLength = ref(4096);
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/countries.ts b/frontend/src/utils/countries.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abcf734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/countries.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import iso3166 from "iso-3166-1";
+
+/**
+ * While the iso-3166-1 library does provide a country interface, said interface is not exported.
+ * We re-define it to make it usable for our purposes.
+ */
+export type Country = ReturnType<typeof iso3166.all>[number];
+
+// Define interface for divider/header items
+export interface CountryDivider {
+  divider: boolean;
+  header: string;
+}
+
+// Define a type that can be either a Country or a Divider
+export type CountryListItemType = Country | CountryDivider;
+
+// Get all countries from iso3166
+export const allCountries = iso3166.all() as Country[];
+
+// Get user's locale from browser (module-scoped)
+export const userLocale = navigator.language || navigator.languages?.[0] || 'en-US';
+export const userCountryCode = userLocale.split('-')[1]?.toUpperCase() || '';
+
+// Find user's country based on browser locale (module-scoped)
+export const userCountry = allCountries.find(c => c.alpha2 === userCountryCode);
+
+/**
+ * Prepares a list of countries with the user's country at the top (if available)
+ * @returns An array of countries and dividers for use in selection components
+ */
+export function getAvailableCountries(): CountryListItemType[] {
+
+  // Create the country list
+  const countries: CountryListItemType[] = [];
+
+  // Add user's country at the top if found
+  if (userCountry) {
+    countries.push(userCountry);
+    countries.push({ divider: true, header: 'All Countries' });
+
+    // Add all countries except the user's country to avoid duplicates
+    countries.push(...allCountries.filter(c => c.alpha2 !== userCountryCode));
+  } else {
+    // Add all countries if user's country not found
+    countries.push(...allCountries);
+  }
+
+  return countries;
+}