diff --git a/app/alchemy/base.py b/app/alchemy/base.py
index e446aa4..78e430f 100644
--- a/app/alchemy/base.py
+++ b/app/alchemy/base.py
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@ def bidirectional_relationship(cls, foreign_table_cls):
         column_name,
         relationship(cls,
                      back_populates=foreign_table_cls.__tablename__,
-                     cascade="all, delete-orphan",
-                     collection_class=set,
+                     cascade="all, delete-orphan"
                      )
     )
 
diff --git a/app/alchemy/location.py b/app/alchemy/location.py
index 51d7083..d0a17be 100644
--- a/app/alchemy/location.py
+++ b/app/alchemy/location.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from pydoc import describe
+
 from sqlalchemy import String, Text, ForeignKey, event, select, UniqueConstraint
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Mapped, mapped_column, declared_attr, Session
 
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ class Country(StatusForeignKey, Versioned, Base):
     name: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(80))
     notes: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"Country(id={self.id!r}, code={self.code!r}, name={self.name!r}, notes={self.notes!r}, location_codes={self.location_codes!r})"
 
 class CountryForeignKey:
 
@@ -50,9 +54,12 @@ class LocationCode(CountryForeignKey, ContactForeignKey, StatusForeignKey, Versi
     """Location Code"""
 
     code: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(8), unique=True)
-    description: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(256))
+    description: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(80))
     notes: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text)
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"LocationCode(id={self.id!r}, code={self.code!r}, description={self.description!r}, notes={self.notes!r}, locations={self.locations!r})"
+
 
 class LocationCodeForeignKey:
     """Foreign Key Mixin for :py:class:`LocationCode`"""
@@ -65,17 +72,35 @@ class LocationCodeForeignKey:
         return bidirectional_relationship(cls, LocationCode)
 
 
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+@event.listens_for(LocationCode.__table__, "after_create")
+def initialize_location_code(target, connection, **kwargs):
+    with Session(connection) as session:
+        qsys = session.scalar(select(User).where(User.code == "QSYS"))
+        de = session.scalar(select(Country).where(Country.code == "DE"))
+        for kwargs in (
+                dict(country=de, code="DEHAM", description="Hamburg", status_id='A'),
+                dict(country=de, code="DEFRA", description="Frankfurt/Main", status_id='A'),
+        ):
+            kwargs['_user__'] = qsys
+            session.add(LocationCode(**kwargs))
+        session.commit()
+
+
 class Location(LocationCodeForeignKey, ContactForeignKey, StatusForeignKey, Versioned, Base):
     """Location"""
 
     code: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(30))
-    description: Mapped[str] = mapped_column(String(256))
+    description: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(String(80))
     notes: Mapped[str | None] = mapped_column(Text)
 
     __table_args__ = (
         UniqueConstraint('location_code_id', code),
     )
 
+    def __repr__(self):
+        return f"Location(id={self.id!r}, code={self.code!r}, description={self.description!r}, notes={self.notes!r})"
+
 
 class LocationForeignKey:
     """Foreign Key Mixin for :py:class:`Location`"""
@@ -86,3 +111,17 @@ class LocationForeignKey:
     @declared_attr
     def location(cls) -> Mapped["Location"]:
         return bidirectional_relationship(cls, Location)
+
+
+# noinspection PyUnusedLocal
+@event.listens_for(Location.__table__, "after_create")
+def initialize_location(target, connection, **kwargs):
+    with Session(connection) as session:
+        qsys = session.scalar(select(User).where(User.code == "QSYS"))
+        deham = session.scalar(select(LocationCode).where(LocationCode.code == "DEHAM"))
+        for kwargs in (
+                dict(location_code=deham, code="Andy's Wohnung"),
+        ):
+            kwargs['_user__'] = qsys
+            session.add(Location(**kwargs))
+        session.commit()
diff --git a/app/routers/__init__.py b/app/routers/__init__.py
index 6f19d47..26b7663 100644
--- a/app/routers/__init__.py
+++ b/app/routers/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from .contact import router as contact
-from .country import router as country
-from .location_code import router as location_code
+# from .country import router as country
+# from .location_code import router as location_code
 from .status import router as status
 from .user import router as user
+from .location import router as location
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/routers/location.py b/app/routers/location.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..23c1ca1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/routers/location.py
@@ -0,0 +1,307 @@
+import sys
+from typing import Annotated
+
+from fastapi import APIRouter, Query, Depends, HTTPException
+# from sqlmodel import SQLModel, Field
+from sqlmodel import select, and_
+from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+# from sqlalchemy import select
+
+import alchemy
+import utils
+from dependencies import get_session
+from utils import update_item, create_item
+from .status_model import Status
+from .user import ACTIVE_USER
+
+PRIMARY_ANNOTATION = utils.make_primary_annotation('Country')
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Models
+
+
+# class LocationBase(SQLModel):
+#     code: str = Field(max_length=30)
+#     description: str | None = Field(max_length=256)
+#     notes: str | None
+#
+#
+# class LocationCodeBase(SQLModel):
+#     code: str = Field(max_length=8)
+#     description: str | None= Field(max_length=256)
+#     notes: str | None
+#
+#
+# class CountryBase(SQLModel):
+#     code: str = Field(max_length=2)
+#     name: str = Field(max_length=80)
+#     notes: str | None
+
+
+# class ILocationCreate(LocationBase):
+#     description: str | None = None
+#     notes: str | None = None
+#
+#
+# class ILocationCodeCreate(LocationCode):
+#     description: str | None = None
+#     notes: str | None = None
+
+
+# class LocationCreate(LocationBase):
+#     description: str | None = None
+#     notes: str | None
+#
+#
+# class LocationCodeCreate(LocationCodeBase):
+#     description: str | None = None
+#     notes: str | None = None
+#     locations: list[LocationCreate] | None = None
+#
+#
+# class CountryCreate(CountryBase):
+#     notes: str | None = None
+#     location_codes: list[LocationCodeCreate] | None = None
+
+
+# class Country(CountryBase):
+#     id: int | None = Field(default=None, primary_key=True)
+#
+#
+# class CountryCreate(CountryBase):
+#     notes: str | None = None
+
+
+class Contact(BaseModel):
+    code: str
+    address: str | None
+    notes: str | None
+
+
+class Location(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    code: str
+    description: str | None
+    notes: str | None
+    status: Status
+    contact: Contact | None
+
+
+class LocationCode(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    code: str
+    description: str | None
+    notes: str | None
+    status: Status
+    locations: list[Location]
+    contact: Contact | None
+
+
+
+class Country(BaseModel):
+    id: int
+    code: str
+    name: str
+    notes: str | None
+    status: Status
+    location_codes: list[LocationCode] | None
+
+
+class LocationCreate(BaseModel):
+    code: str = Field(max_length=30)
+    description: str | None = None
+    notes: str | None = None
+
+class LocationCodeCreate(BaseModel):
+    code: str = Field(max_length=8)
+    description: str | None = None
+    notes: str | None = None
+    locations: list[LocationCreate] | None = None
+
+class CountryCreate(BaseModel):
+    code: str = Field(max_length=2)
+    name: str = Field(max_length=80)
+    notes: str | None = None
+    location_codes: list[LocationCodeCreate] | None = None
+
+class CountryUpdate(BaseModel):
+    code: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=2)
+    name: str | None = Field(default=None, max_length=80)
+    notes: str | None = None
+
+
+
+
+# class CountryUpdate(CountryBase):
+#     code: str | None = None
+#     name: str | None = None
+#     notes: str | None = None
+
+
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Routes
+
+router = APIRouter(prefix="/location", tags=["location"])
+
+
+@router.get("/", response_model=list[Country])
+async def get_countries(
+        offset: int = 0,
+        limit: Annotated[int, Query] = 100,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    """Get list of all countries"""
+    if limit < 1:
+        limit = sys.maxsize
+    result = session.exec(select(alchemy.Country).offset(offset).limit(limit)).all()
+    return result
+
+
+@router.get("/{country}",
+            response_model=Country,
+            responses={404: {"description": "Not found"}})
+async def get_country(
+        country: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    return utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.Country, country)
+
+
+
+@router.post("/",
+              response_model=Country)
+async def create_country(
+        country: CountryCreate,
+        current_user: ACTIVE_USER,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    item = CountryCreate.model_validate(country).model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
+    if session.scalar(select(alchemy.Country).where(alchemy.Country.code == item['code'])):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422,
+                            detail=[dict(msg=f"Country {item['code']!r} already exists",
+                                         type="Database Integrity Error")])
+    country = alchemy.Country(**{k: v for k, v in item.items() if k in ('code', 'name', 'notes')})
+    country.code = country.code.upper()
+    country._user__id = current_user.id
+    for i in item.get('location_codes', []):
+        location_code = alchemy.LocationCode(**{k: v for k, v in i.items() if k in ('code', 'name', 'notes')})
+        location_code.code = location_code.code.upper()
+        location_code._user__id = current_user.id
+        for j in i.get('locations', []):
+            location = alchemy.Location(**j)
+            location._user__id = current_user.id
+            location_code.locations.append(location)
+        country.location_codes.append(location_code)
+    session.add(country)
+    try:
+        session.commit()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422,
+                            detail=[dict(msg=', '.join(exc.args),
+                                         type="Database Error")])
+    session.refresh(country)
+    return country
+
+@router.patch("/{country}",
+              response_model=Country,
+              responses={404: {"description": "Not found"}})
+async def update_country(
+        country: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        data: CountryUpdate,
+        current_user: ACTIVE_USER,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    return update_item(
+        session=session,
+        current_user=current_user,
+        item=utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.Country, 'Country', country),
+        data=data)
+
+@router.put("/{country}/activate",
+            response_model=Country,
+              responses={404: {"description": "Not found"}})
+async def activate_country(
+        country: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        current_user: ACTIVE_USER,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    return utils.set_item_status(
+        session=session,
+        current_user=current_user,
+        item=utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.Country, 'Country', country),
+        status='A')
+
+@router.put("/{country}/deactivate",
+            response_model=Country,
+              responses={404: {"description": "Not found"}})
+async def deactivate_country(
+        country: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        current_user: ACTIVE_USER,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    return utils.set_item_status(
+        session=session,
+        current_user=current_user,
+        item=utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.Country, 'Country', country),
+        status='I')
+
+
+
+@router.post("/{country}",
+            response_model=LocationCode,)
+async def create_location_code(
+        country: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        data: LocationCodeCreate,
+        current_user: ACTIVE_USER,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    item = LocationCodeCreate.model_validate(data).model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
+    if session.scalar(select(alchemy.LocationCode).where(alchemy.LocationCode.code == data.code)):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422,
+                            detail=[dict(msg=f"Location Code {data.code!r} already exists",
+                                         type="Database Integrity Error")])
+    country = utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.Country, 'Country', country)
+    location_code = alchemy.LocationCode(**{k: v for k, v in item.items() if k in ('code', 'description', 'notes')}, country=country)
+    location_code._user__id = current_user.id
+    for i in item.get('locations', []):
+        location = alchemy.Location(**i)
+        location._user__id = current_user.id
+        location_code.locations.append(location)
+    session.add(location_code)
+    try:
+        session.commit()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422,
+                            detail=[dict(msg=', '.join(exc.args),
+                                         type="Database Error")])
+    session.refresh(location_code)
+    return location_code
+
+
+
+@router.post("/{country}/{location_code}",
+            response_model=LocationCode,)
+async def create_location(
+        country: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        location_code: PRIMARY_ANNOTATION,
+        data: LocationCode,
+        current_user: ACTIVE_USER,
+        session=Depends(get_session)):
+    location_code = utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.Country, 'Country', country)
+
+    item = LocationCreate.model_validate(data).model_dump(exclude_unset=True)
+    if session.scalar(select(alchemy.LocationCode).where(
+            and_(alchemy.Location.location_code == location_code,
+                 alchemy.Location.code == data.code))):
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422,
+                            detail=[dict(msg=f"Location '{location_code.code}/{data.code}' already exists",
+                                         type="Database Integrity Error")])
+
+    location = alchemy.Location(**{k: v for k, v in item.items() if k in ('code', 'description', 'notes')}, location_code=location_code)
+    location._user__id = current_user.id
+    session.add(location)
+    try:
+        session.commit()
+    except Exception as exc:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=422,
+                            detail=[dict(msg=', '.join(exc.args),
+                                         type="Database Error")])
+    session.refresh(location_code)
+    return location_code
+
+
+
diff --git a/app/routers/user.py b/app/routers/user.py
index 075998f..5cebc12 100644
--- a/app/routers/user.py
+++ b/app/routers/user.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def _authenticate_user(
     user = session.scalar(select(alchemy.User).where(alchemy.User.code == username))
     if user is None:
         return None
-    if user.code == 'QSYS' and password == 'joshua5':
+    if user.code == 'QSYS' and password == 'josua5':
         return user
     if user.password is not None:
         if not _verify_password(password, user.password):
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ async def _get_current_user(
     if username is None:
         raise CREDENTIALS_EXCEPTION
 
-    user = utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.User, username)
+    user = utils.get_single_record(session, alchemy.User, 'User', username)
     if user is None:
         raise CREDENTIALS_EXCEPTION
 
diff --git a/app/utils/__init__.py b/app/utils/__init__.py
index 9b1fba5..e4b8c45 100644
--- a/app/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/app/utils/__init__.py
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ def make_primary_annotation(name=str):
     return Annotated[str, Path(description=f'{name}, either id (int) or code')]
 
 
-def get_single_record(session, cls, code: str):
+def get_single_record(session, cls, name: str, code: str):
     result = session.get(cls, code)
     if result is None:
         result = session.scalar(select(cls).where(cls.code == code))
     if result is None:
         raise HTTPException(
             status_code=404, 
-            detail=f"{cls.__class__.__name__} {code!r} not found.")
+            detail=f"{name} {code!r} not found.")
     return result