What does "Trucl Sta" represent in various country list drop down menus?

Here's a wild guess:

It appears that most of the drop down menus have the same origin - the
forms return an option value of T3.

If they have a common origin, then any error would appear in all of
them. Perhaps it is a typo? My best guess as to what is should be is
Truk (now called Chuuk) in Micronesia. Pre-1978 it was a "Security
Trusteeship" of the United Nations, so it could have been listed as
"Truk ST".

http://www.visit-fsm.org/visitors/history.html

It fits alphabetically. Otherwise, some obscure part of Slovenia?

Dear jmparelius,

The United Arab Emirates, a collection of seven emirates bordering the
Arabian Gulf (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah, Umm
al-Qaiwain, and Fujairah) formed in 1971, used to be called the
Trucial States.  Is the menu just a very outdated country list?

See <http://uaeinteract.com/government/>.

Carnegie

The "Trucial States" explanation could be the answer, except that
"United Arab Emirates" is typically offered as a choice on the same
list. Of course, it's possible that the older name was left on the
list in error, and that all the Web sites have a common source for
their pull-down menu options, and thus share a common booboo.

I predict that this question is going to keep a lot of people awake
tonight!

I vote for Trucial States!

I second Trucial States.

I lived in Abu Dhabi back when the group of sheikdoms was referred to
as the Trucial States; I'm certain this is what your abbreviation
refers to.  I'd be interested in knowing what country you're in, as
the continuing use of "Trucial States" is likely limited to countries
that had something to lose (or thought they did, anyway) by the
reorganization of the states into the UAE  (just as all references to
the Persian Gulf in our incoming Time magazines were blacked out when
we lived there... countries on the Saudi side of the Gulf insisted it
was the "Arabian Gulf.").  I'm guessing there's a little denial going
on somewhere, but that's *strictly a guess.*  Interesting question!