What's Changed

• Update Romania standard VAT from 19% to 21% + single reduced rate to 11% (Aug 1st 2025 change) by @jarthod in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/930
• Remove CP code from FR translations. Fixes #928 by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/932
• Add iso_short_name_lower_case attribute as an alternative to #907 by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/915
• Allow locales to be set with strings. Fixes #916 by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/931
• Add #pluck support by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/933
• Fix misuse of File.join with nested array by @marksmith in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/936
• Adds translations in Bulgarian for MK, CZ, CV, SZ by @kirichkov in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/935
• Update BG to EUR (effective 1 Jan 26) by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/940
• Update vatican nationality by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/941
• Add ruby 4.0.0 to test matrix and update gems by @pmor in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/942

New Contributors

• @marksmith made their first contribution in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/936
• @kirichkov made their first contribution in https://github.com/countries/countries/pull/935

Full Changelog: https://github.com/countries/countries/compare/v8.0.4...v8.0.5