Documentation: How is the country determined?

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For several Google related IP's (and there are too many), I often see, what seem to be the wrong country (I hope). In other words, it doesn't make sense to see that connection from the location I'm in. I looked up the GeoIP's using various tools, and they show a completely (but consistent) different country.

Can someone explain how Country is determined here?

Seem related to prematurely closed issue #2017

(Please stop using these stupid bots to auto-close real issues!)