> IB_queries of COUNTRY each has its own keyink/keysource setting. That
> makes a lot of "duplicate" queries. Is there a better approach?

Check out the enhanced lookup combo in the Telesis Enhanced Components set
by Geoff Worboys - it
has an ability to share a single lookup dataset with multiple lookup combos
on multiple forms.
http://www.telesiscomputing.com.au/enhcomp.htm

It rocks, and he uses Jason's Trustware licensing.
HTH,
Brian