A data scientist is conducting exploratory data analysis (EDA) on a dataset that contains information about product suppliers. The dataset records the country where each product supplier is located as

A data scientist is conducting exploratory data analysis (EDA) on a dataset that contains information about product suppliers. The dataset records the country where each product supplier is located as a two-letter text code. For example, the code for New Zealand is "NZ." The data scientist needs to transform the country codes for model training. The data scientist must choose the solution that will result in the smallest increase in dimensionality. The solution must not result in any information loss. Which solution will meet these requirements?