Hello Ilhm,

Next time try to place the code in a code block, then it is more readable :)

The error is indeed that the $countries variable doesn't exist. You should give it to the view on the place where you create the view.

Example:

public function create()
{
	// an example, I suspect you can load it from the database or a config file
	$countriesList = [
			'Afghanistan',
			'Albania',
			'Algeria',
	];
	return view('contact.create')
		->with('countries', $countriesList) // this is the place where you create a $countries variable in your view with the content of $countriesList. They can have the same name but to make the example clear I use 2 different names.
		;
}

You can also do

return view('contact.create', ['countries' => $countriesList]);

See the documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/6.x/blade#displaying-data