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WARNING!People from other countries may use proxy server or think of spoofing their IP address. In such case, this may not work and it will only protect your box from automated scans or spam.

#!/bin/bash
# Purpose: Block all traffic from AFGHANISTAN (af) and CHINA (CN). Use ISO code. #
# See url for more info - http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/?p=3402
# Author: nixCraft <www.cyberciti.biz> under GPL v.2.0+
# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
ISO="af cn"
 
### Set PATH ###
IPT=/sbin/iptables
WGET=/usr/bin/wget
EGREP=/bin/egrep
 
### No editing below ###
SPAMLIST="countrydrop"
ZONEROOT="/root/iptables"
DLROOT="http://www.ipdeny.com/ipblocks/data/countries"
 
cleanOldRules(){
$IPT -F
$IPT -X
$IPT -t nat -F
$IPT -t nat -X
$IPT -t mangle -F
$IPT -t mangle -X
$IPT -P INPUT ACCEPT
$IPT -P OUTPUT ACCEPT
$IPT -P FORWARD ACCEPT
}
 
# create a dir
[ ! -d $ZONEROOT ] && /bin/mkdir -p $ZONEROOT
 
# clean old rules
cleanOldRules
 
# create a new iptables list
$IPT -N $SPAMLIST
 
for c  in $ISO
do
	# local zone file
	tDB=$ZONEROOT/$c.zone
 
	# get fresh zone file
	$WGET -O $tDB $DLROOT/$c.zone
 
	# country specific log message
	SPAMDROPMSG="$c Country Drop"
 
	# get 
	BADIPS=$(egrep -v "^#|^$" $tDB)
	for ipblock in $BADIPS
	do
	   $IPT -A $SPAMLIST -s $ipblock -j LOG --log-prefix "$SPAMDROPMSG"
	   $IPT -A $SPAMLIST -s $ipblock -j DROP
	done
done
 
# Drop everything 
$IPT -I INPUT -j $SPAMLIST
$IPT -I OUTPUT -j $SPAMLIST
$IPT -I FORWARD -j $SPAMLIST
 
# call your other iptable script
# /path/to/other/iptables.sh
 
exit 0

Save above script as root user and customize ISO variable to point out country name using ISO country names. Once done install the script as follows using crontab:
@weekly /path/to/country.block.iptables.sh
To start blocking immediately type:
# /path/to/country.block.iptables.sh
And you are done with blocking the whole country from your server.