Why SELECTED a country in new ad post?

[eurobank]

For some reason, in a multi country 5.1, Australia is preselected in the drop down (Bender and all themes i tried).

Any ideas why that could be?

<select name="countryId" id="countryId" type="select" class="form-select form-select-sm">
<option value="">Select a country...</option>
<option value="AR">Argentina</option>
**<option value="AU" selected>Australia</option>**
<option value="BS">Bahamas</option>
<option value="BD">Bangladesh</option>
<option value="BZ">Belize</option>
<option value="BR">Brazil</option>
<option value="CA">Canada</option>
<option value="GH">Ghana</option>
<option value="GD">Grenada</option>

[eurobank]

That is because the user has selected that country. My fault not noticing it.