(function($) {
	$(document).ready(function() {
			// save the first option "please select a country" to prepend it after sorting
		var firstOption = $("#select_country option").first();

			// Sort by name
		$("#select_country").html($("#select_country option").sort(function (a, b) {
   			return a.text == b.text ? 0 : a.text < b.text ? -1 : 1;
		}));

			// prepend the temporarily saved elemend to the option list
		$("#select_country option").first().before(firstOption);

			// Reselect the first option
		//$('#select_country').val('0');
		$('#select_country').removeAttr('selected').find('option:first').attr('selected', 'selected');
	});
})(jQuery);