What country am I in?

The card above shows the country you are in right now, taken from where your device is rather than from your IP address or the SIM card inside it.

Why is this different from what websites guess?

Most websites guess your country from your IP address, which is where your internet connection appears to come from. A VPN, a company network or a phone roaming abroad can all put that somewhere else. This app asks your device for its position instead, then looks up which country those coordinates are in on a map built from OpenStreetMap.

Does a VPN change the answer?

On a phone, no. The position comes from GPS, Wi-Fi and nearby masts, and a VPN touches none of them. On a laptop or desktop it depends. The browser estimates its position from Wi-Fi networks in range, and with none in range it may fall back to your connection, which a VPN does move. When that happens the accuracy figure on the card is very wide, and that is your cue to trust the answer less.

Can it be wrong near a border?

Yes, and that is the one place it can. If the accuracy circle crosses a border, the lookup names the country on whichever side the reading falls, and you may be on the other. Wait a few seconds for the figure to drop and check again. Away from a border, even a rough reading is far smaller than the country it sits in.

Why is the answer blank?

The lookup did not come back, or there is no country on record for that spot, which can happen at sea. The page leaves it blank rather than guessing from your language or your network.

If you want the full reasoning behind leaving things out rather than guessing, we wrote it down.