Modifying lists of Country/StateProvince/County

For an existing system it is difficult to modify the lists of Country/StateProvince/County because you can either delete, add or rename but not disable.

There are various reasons for changing these lists. eg:

• For political reasons depending on your target audience.
• For geographical reasons because the list of counties is updated.
• Some people prefer certain names despite them not being "approved".

By providing the ability to disable these entities you can stop them from being "selectable" without losing data. But you could retain historical selections for example.