Has anyone cobbled together a patch for this issue yet? It would seem that as long as the USPS receives "United States" as the country for these locales, all should be well.
A less effective fix would be to add something to the error message, that tells territories to use "United States" as the country.
I looked up the list of territories and posessions that the USPS treats like this, and it's pretty long:
**2.1 Definition of "Domestic" **
Domestic mail is mail transmitted within, among, and between the United States of America, its territories and possessions, Army Post Offices (APOs), fleet Post Offices (FPOs), and the United Nations, NY. For this standard, the term "territories and possessions" comprises the following:
American Samoa
Manua Island, Swain's Island, Tutuila Island
Guam
Northern Mariana Islands, Commonwealth of the
Rota Island, Saipan Island, Tinian Island
Puerto Rico, Commonwealth of
U.S. Virgin Islands
St. Croix Island, St. John Island,
St. Thomas Island
Wake Atoll
Wake Island
** 2.2 Mail Treated as Domestic **
Mail originating in the United States of America, its territories and possessions, APOs, FPOs, and the United Nations, NY, for delivery in the Freely Associated States, and mail originating in the Freely Associated States for delivery within, among, and between the Freely Associated States and the United States of America, its territories and possessions, APOs, FPOs, and the United Nations, NY, is treated as if it were domestic mail. The term "Freely Associated States" comprises the following:
Marshall Islands, Republic of the
Ebeye Island
Kwajalein Island
Majuro Island
Micronesia, Federated States of
Chuuk (Truk) Island
Kosrae Island
Pohnpei Island
Yap Island
Palau, Republic of
Koror Island
