diff --git a/src/Api.php b/src/Api.php
index 11a6216..ac07eed 100644
--- a/src/Api.php
+++ b/src/Api.php
@@ -165,6 +165,12 @@ class Api {
         });
     }
 
+    public function countries() {
+        return collect($this->http()->get(self::$url."/ica/rest/baseadmin/land")['data'])->map(function($country) {
+            return Country::fromNami($country);
+        });
+    }
+
     public function feesOf($groupid) {
         return collect($this->http()->get(self::$url."/ica/rest/namiBeitrag/beitragsartmgl/gruppierung/{$groupid}")['data'])->map(function($fee) {
             return Fee::fromNami($fee);
@@ -223,14 +229,6 @@ class Api {
         return json_decode((string)$response->getBody());
     }
 
-    public function countries() {
-        $response = $this->client->get("/ica/rest/baseadmin/land", [
-            'cookies' => $this->cookie
-        ]);
-
-        return json_decode((string)$response->getBody());
-    }
-
     public function groupForActivity($activityId) {
 
         $response = $this->client->get("/ica/rest//nami/untergliederungauftaetigkeit/filtered/untergliederung/taetigkeit/{$activityId}", [
diff --git a/src/Country.php b/src/Country.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e7dd313
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Country.php
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Zoomyboy\LaravelNami;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
+
+class Country extends Model {
+
+    protected $guarded = [];
+
+    public static function fromNami($item) {
+        return new self([
+            'id' => $item['id'],
+            'name' => $item['descriptor']
+        ]);
+    }
+
+}