JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by Rohit Kumar
HTML
<td>Country:</td>
<td colspan="2"><select name="country" id="country">
<option value="93">93-Afghanistan</option>
<option value="355">355-Albania</option>
<option value="213">213-Algeria</option>
<option value="1-684">1-684-American Samoa</option>
<option value="376">376-Andorra</option></td>
JavaScript
$(document).ready(function(){
//var v="<?php echo $_SESSION['country'];?>";
var v="1-684";
$('#country option[value='+v+']').
attr('selected', 'selected');
}) ;