business address country field does not save/populate

i've noticed some bad behavior in Outlook 2007 contacts form. After filling
in the rest of the info in the form, I go to the address field and in the
address field, I want to enter just the country. If I type it in manually,
then save, everything is fine. If I choose a country from the drop down list,
however, and save it does not save the entry. Additionally, whether the entry
is typed in or entered from the drop down list, when I go to add a new
contact from the same company, the business address country field does not
get populated in the second contact. Has anyone else noticed this? If this is
correct, what is going on? This is completely different from the way Outlook
2003 handled this filed and is also completely counter intuitive, if
intended. Would appreciate some feedback / comments from one of the MVPs :-)
if you could check it. Thanks