diff --git a/app/geoapify.ts b/app/geoapify.ts
index 4a72a20a112c3fc86507f331be8232ab6c214fac..0737a9c9c3775485c106dfeeab818a7b8cc828f2 100644
--- a/app/geoapify.ts
+++ b/app/geoapify.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const buildPlacesAutocompleteUrl = (
   url.searchParams.append("limit", limit.toString());
   url.searchParams.append("format", GeoapifyFilters.FORMAT);
   url.searchParams.append("lang", language);
+  url.searchParams.append("bias", GeoapifyFilters.BIAS);
   url.searchParams.append("apiKey", geoapifyApiKey);
 
   if (level) {
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ export const transformAutocompleteResults = (
     id: place.place_id,
     name: place.formatted,
     city: place.city,
+    state: place.state,
+    country: place.country,
     coordinates: {
       latitude: place.lat,
       longitude: place.lon,
diff --git a/app/geoapify_api_types.ts b/app/geoapify_api_types.ts
index 96018c5f1a316b02e4191ef5fed04fd841b14da1..27a71c14c6de82260e0d59286d05595d535f18e3 100644
--- a/app/geoapify_api_types.ts
+++ b/app/geoapify_api_types.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ export type GeoapifyPlace = {
   place_id: string;
   formatted: string;
   city?: string;
+  state?: string;
+  country: string;
   lon: number;
   lat: number;
 };
@@ -30,4 +32,5 @@ export type GeoapifyPlaceDetailsResult = {
 export enum GeoapifyFilters {
   LIMIT = 3,
   FORMAT = "json",
+  BIAS = "countrycode:de",
 }
diff --git a/app/geoapify_test.ts b/app/geoapify_test.ts
index 3abbf1ec4eb2260891ea50755ee9ce70309dee88..b063f540d2bc770e34040e0050dac96cd5d0f9a1 100644
--- a/app/geoapify_test.ts
+++ b/app/geoapify_test.ts
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ const placeFragment = `
   id
   name
   city
+  state
+  country
   coordinates {
     latitude
     longitude
@@ -100,7 +102,7 @@ describe("places", () => {
     );
 
     const expectedUrl = new URL(
-      `https://api.geoapify.com/v1/geocode/autocomplete?text=Munich&limit=3&format=json&lang=en&apiKey=${placesApiKey}`,
+      `https://api.geoapify.com/v1/geocode/autocomplete?text=Munich&limit=3&format=json&lang=en&bias=countrycode%3Ade&apiKey=${placesApiKey}`,
     );
     assertSpyCall(fetchStub, 0, { args: [expectedUrl] });
   });
diff --git a/app/geoapify_test_data.ts b/app/geoapify_test_data.ts
index 490f44f9a445d92bbf80a7675bc6b59065ae9cff..04ed3dafebe2e429443763607edc48a20ac60445 100644
--- a/app/geoapify_test_data.ts
+++ b/app/geoapify_test_data.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ export const expectedPlacesAutocompleteGqlResponse = [
     id: "51ac66e77e9826274059f9426dc08c114840f00101f901dcf3000000000000c00208",
     name: "Munich, Bavaria, Germany",
     city: "Munich",
+    state: "Bavaria",
+    country: "Germany",
     coordinates: {
       latitude: 48.1371079,
       longitude: 11.5753822,
@@ -103,6 +105,8 @@ export const expectedPlacesAutocompleteGqlResponse = [
     id: "51b1a888d349b558c059b0aa5e7ea7554840f00101f90194c5020000000000c00208",
     name: "Munich, ND, United States of America",
     city: "Munich",
+    state: "North Dakota",
+    country: "United States",
     coordinates: {
       latitude: 48.669174,
       longitude: -98.832631,
diff --git a/app/server.ts b/app/server.ts
index db5202ffbb98698a6aa573ade0844c3136103f09..58d61ac04609b374f6619ae7549b4b03e307a960 100644
--- a/app/server.ts
+++ b/app/server.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ const typeDefs = `
         id: String!
         name: String!
         city: String
+        state: String
+        country: String!
         coordinates: Coordinates!
     }
 
diff --git a/app/types.ts b/app/types.ts
index fc98b8fc81ddd5fcbdd0e2598f0382fec30b0b46..ffe293042829f18a785f5e2e7ef43e00f00d53d7 100644
--- a/app/types.ts
+++ b/app/types.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ export interface Place {
   id: string;
   name: string;
   city?: string; //This is a temporary field which will be used by the frontend when filtering for spaces
+  state?: string;
+  country: string;
   coordinates: Coordinates;
 }