diff --git a/src/lib/Iso3166.ts b/src/lib/Iso3166.ts
index 3a8ca12..5584f93 100644
--- a/src/lib/Iso3166.ts
+++ b/src/lib/Iso3166.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,14 @@ export const guessCountry: (location: string) => Option.Option<Alpha2Code> = flo
           subDivision => subDivision.country,
         ),
       ),
+      Option.orElse(() =>
+        location.length === 2
+          ? Option.map(
+              Array.findFirst(subDivisions, subDivision => subDivision.code === `US-${location}`),
+              subDivision => subDivision.country,
+            )
+          : Option.none(),
+      ),
       Option.orElse(() =>
         Option.map(
           Array.matchLeft(
diff --git a/test/Iso3166.test.ts b/test/Iso3166.test.ts
index 9cf041c..5dbd320 100644
--- a/test/Iso3166.test.ts
+++ b/test/Iso3166.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import * as _ from '../src/lib/Iso3166.js'
 describe('guessCountry', () => {
   test.for([
     ['Algiers ( Algeria)', 'DZ'],
+    ['Athens', 'GR'],
+    ['Athens, GA', 'US'],
     ['Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas', 'US'],
     ['Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 100124, PR China', 'CN'],
     ['Brasil', 'BR'],