diff --git a/conf/topic_dlchange.json b/conf/topic_dlchange.json
index 7cd7c22..dbf75f7 100644
--- a/conf/topic_dlchange.json
+++ b/conf/topic_dlchange.json
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
             "type": "number",
             "description": "Timestamp of the event in epoch milliseconds"
         },
+        "country": {
+            "type": "string",
+            "description": "The country the data is related to."
+        },
         "catalog_id": {
             "type": "string",
             "description": "Identifier for the data definition (Glue/Hive) database and table name for example "
diff --git a/conf/topic_runs.json b/conf/topic_runs.json
index 6239cd8..c84c436 100644
--- a/conf/topic_runs.json
+++ b/conf/topic_runs.json
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
                         "type": "string",
                         "description": "Identifier for the data definition (Glue/Hive) database and table name for  example"
                     },
+                    "country": {
+                        "type": "string",
+                        "description": "The country the data is related to."
+                    },
                     "status": {
                         "type": "string",
                         "enum": ["succeeded", "failed", "killed", "skipped"],
diff --git a/src/writers/writer_postgres.py b/src/writers/writer_postgres.py
index ecce377..9fa8674 100644
--- a/src/writers/writer_postgres.py
+++ b/src/writers/writer_postgres.py
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ def postgres_edla_write(cursor, table: str, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             source_app_version,
             environment,
             timestamp_event,
+            country,
             catalog_id,
             operation,
             "location",
@@ -116,6 +117,7 @@ def postgres_edla_write(cursor, table: str, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             %s,
             %s,
             %s,
+            %s,
             %s
         )""",
         (
@@ -125,6 +127,7 @@ def postgres_edla_write(cursor, table: str, message: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
             message["source_app_version"],
             message["environment"],
             message["timestamp_event"],
+            message.get("country", ""),
             message["catalog_id"],
             message["operation"],
             message.get("location"),
@@ -188,6 +191,7 @@ def postgres_run_write(cursor, table_runs: str, table_jobs: str, message: Dict[s
         (
                 event_id,
                 catalog_id,
+                country,
                 status,
                 timestamp_start,
                 timestamp_end,
@@ -202,11 +206,13 @@ def postgres_run_write(cursor, table_runs: str, table_jobs: str, message: Dict[s
             %s,
             %s,
             %s,
+            %s,
             %s
         )""",
             (
                 message["event_id"],
                 job["catalog_id"],
+                job.get("country", ""),
                 job["status"],
                 job["timestamp_start"],
                 job["timestamp_end"],
diff --git a/tests/writers/test_writer_postgres.py b/tests/writers/test_writer_postgres.py
index 678b664..69dafaa 100644
--- a/tests/writers/test_writer_postgres.py
+++ b/tests/writers/test_writer_postgres.py
@@ -57,12 +57,13 @@ def test_postgres_edla_write_with_optional_fields():
     writer_postgres.postgres_edla_write(cur, "table_a", message)
     assert len(cur.executions) == 1
     _sql, params = cur.executions[0]
-    assert len(params) == 12
+    assert len(params) == 13
     assert params[0] == "e1"
-    assert params[8] == "s3://bucket/path"
-    assert params[9] == "parquet"
-    assert json.loads(params[10]) == {"compression": "snappy"}
-    assert json.loads(params[11]) == {"foo": "bar"}
+    assert params[6] == ""  # country (default empty string)
+    assert params[9] == "s3://bucket/path"
+    assert params[10] == "parquet"
+    assert json.loads(params[11]) == {"compression": "snappy"}
+    assert json.loads(params[12]) == {"foo": "bar"}
 
 
 def test_postgres_edla_write_missing_optional():
@@ -80,10 +81,11 @@ def test_postgres_edla_write_missing_optional():
     }
     writer_postgres.postgres_edla_write(cur, "table_a", message)
     _sql, params = cur.executions[0]
-    assert params[8] is None
-    assert params[9] == "delta"
-    assert params[10] is None
-    assert params[11] is None
+    assert params[6] == ""  # country (default empty string)
+    assert params[9] is None  # location
+    assert params[10] == "delta"
+    assert params[11] is None  # format_options
+    assert params[12] is None  # additional_info
 
 
 def test_postgres_run_write():
@@ -115,8 +117,9 @@ def test_postgres_run_write():
     assert "source_app_version" in run_sql
     assert run_params[3] == "runapp"
     _job2_sql, job2_params = cur.executions[2]
-    assert job2_params[5] == "err"
-    assert json.loads(job2_params[6]) == {"k": "v"}
+    assert job2_params[2] == ""  # country (default empty string)
+    assert job2_params[6] == "err"
+    assert json.loads(job2_params[7]) == {"k": "v"}
 
 
 def test_postgres_test_write():