How to set Create Account - Country - to UK default

[fuzzyphil]

Having now spent a good solid 4 hours searching through this forum I have decided to give up and ask the question.
My store is UK based. I would prefer if, on the Create Account page, the default country was United Kingdom and not United States. I gather there must be a way to do this.
I know 222 is UK and I suspect you need to mod create_account.tpl.php file however, no matter how I try this, I cannot switch from default USA to UK.
If anybody does know could they please post the answer as this is getting more than a little frustrating.
Cheers,
phil.

[fuzzyphil]

Any help would be gratefully received !!

[michael_s]

Just change the default country code in catalog/includes/languages/english.php :

// LINE ADDED: Country-State Selector
define ('DEFAULT_COUNTRY', '223');

Change it to your country code like this:

// LINE ADDED: Country-State Selector
define ('DEFAULT_COUNTRY', '222');