Hi,
Please edit the "country" address custom field and re-save it in order to store a good default value.
Explanations:
I think the default country stored in the database is currently unpublished in your store. So the states are not accessible for HikaShop, that's why there is no drop down list.
In the country list it is quite same thing, the list does not contains any other country than "United States of America", so the default country could not be found by HikaShop. At this moment, the first element in the list is displayed.
Regards,
Jerome - Obsidev.com
HikaMarket & HikaSerial developer / HikaShop core dev team.
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