Create a multi-language dropdown without Database connection in Laravel

I'm creating a country dropdown menu, usually you set the data in the database and call it into the controller and view to get the results as following.

                <select name="country" class="form-control">
                    <option value=""></option>
                    @foreach ($countries as $country)
                        <option value=""></option>
                    @endforeach
                </select>

My question: How to populate dropdown menu values from language resources without Database. Like defining the values in a file in resources folder and call them successfully into view based on language used.

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