Note: This module is not required anymore for Odoo >= 13.0, thanks to this fix introduced in Odoo.
This module allows to set a country to the main company before the account module is installed, so the hook of that module installs the correct l10n_*** module.
This is useful because, if the company isn't already set correctly when the account module is installed, the generic accounting chart will be installed (l10n_generic_coa), which may be incorrect depending on your company's country.
auto_awesome What this module does
AI-generated from the code · Odoo 13.0This module is deprecated and adds no new screens or features. It only existed to set the country on the main company before the accounting module was installed, so the right localisation was chosen.
This module is marked as deprecated in its own summary and version notes, and the code confirms it: there are no models, no menus, no views and no dependencies. It does not add any button, report, rule or automatic behaviour that a user can see or use in Odoo.
Its original purpose was a one-time setup step: to record a country on the main company before the accounting module was installed. That mattered because the accounting module then picked the matching localisation package (for example a country-specific chart of accounts) instead of falling back to the generic chart of accounts. If the country was missing or wrong at that moment, the generic accounting setup could be installed, which might not fit the company's real country.
According to the module description, this workaround is no longer needed from Odoo 13.0 onwards, because the underlying issue was fixed in Odoo itself. The module is still installable, but it brings no functionality of its own.
In short: installing it changes nothing visible in the user interface. It is a historical helper for initial company configuration, not a feature module.
Text generated by AI (DeepSeek) from reading the Odoo 13.0 code on GitHub; it may contain mistakes, so check the code before deciding. View the code on GitHub
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Reviewed: 2026-11-03Confirmation status: 2 confirmed, 7 with no information of 9 versions.
Sources · Odoo 13.0
Confirmed on 2026-11-03 in branch 13.0 of OCA/server-tools.
terminal Installation and usage
OCA documentation · Odoo 13.0Installation
Source · Odoo 13.0To install this module, you need to:
- Add it as dependency from your main module.
Configuration
Source · Odoo 13.0To configure this module, you need to:
- Set the environment variable
COUNTRYusing a two-letter ISO 3166 code.
Usage
Source · Odoo 13.0To use this module, you need to:
- Just start the server installing your main module.
Installation instructions, the distribution package, dependencies and configuration steps are not shown because they have not yet been verified in the module documentation for any version.
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