Facebook Graph API - how to get user country?

https://api.facebook.com/method/fql.query?format=json&query=SELECT%20current_location%20FROM%20user%20WHERE%20uid=4&access_token=<ACCESS_TOKEN>

[
  {
    "current_location": {
      "city": "Palo Alto",
      "state": "California",
      "country": "United States",
      "zip": "",
      "latitude": 37.4441,
      "longitude": -122.163,
      "id": 104022926303756,
      "name": "Palo Alto, California"
    }
  }
]

FQL Documentation

One solution I have found, which is merely a workaround, is to use the GeoNames API - http://www.geonames.org/export/web-services.html

Using something like:

http://api.geonames.org/search?q=houston%2C%20texas&featureClass=P&username=myusername

Returns results in an xml object, with the country as part of the data.

I'm not particularly happy with this as a solution however, as it adds an unnecessary layer of complications on to my application - plus requests to this free services are limited to 2000 per hour and 30,000 per day.