diff --git a/tools/getVanillaCountries.py b/tools/getVanillaCountries.py
index 2cc601c..9e4c4ab 100644
--- a/tools/getVanillaCountries.py
+++ b/tools/getVanillaCountries.py
@@ -12,59 +12,78 @@
 
 HOI_SOURCE = "https://hoi4.paradoxwikis.com/"
 
+# Helper functions
+
+def getCountryDetails(row) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    country_name = row.find_all("td")[0].text.strip()
+    country_code = row.find_all("td")[1].text.strip()
+    return country_name, country_code
+
+def appendCountryToFile(country_name: str, country_code: str, filename: str) -> None:
+    # Write the country to the file
+    with open(f"{filename}.py", "a") as countriesFile:
+        # it must be in the format "ITA" : ("Italy", "ita"),
+        countriesFile.write(f'"{country_code}": ("{country_name}", "{country_code.lower()}"),\n')
+
+
+def getSoup(url: str, error_message: str) -> BeautifulSoup:
+    response = requests.get(url)
+    if response.status_code != 200:
+        print(error_message)
+        return None
+    
+    return BeautifulSoup(response.text, 'html.parser')
+
 def getCountries(table: list[str], filename: str):
+    """Donwloads the flags of the countries and creates a file with the countries and their codes in a python dictionary format"""
     for row in table.find_all("tr"):
-        if row.find_all("td"):
-            country_name = row.find_all("td")[0].text.strip()
-            country_code = row.find_all("td")[1].text.strip()
-
-            print(f"Country: {country_name}Code: {country_code}")
+        if not row.find_all("td"): continue
 
-            try:
-                # Write the country to the file
-                with open(f"{filename}.py", "a") as countriesFile:
-                    # it must be in the format "ITA" : ("Italy", "ita"),
-                    countriesFile.write(f'"{country_code}": ("{country_name}", "{country_code.lower()}"),\n')
+        cName, cCode = getCountryDetails(row)
+        print(f"Country: {cName}Code: {cCode}")
+        try:
 
+            # Write the country to the file
+            appendCountryToFile(cName, cCode, filename)
 
-                # Download the flag of the country
-                # the flag is in another webpage
-                image_webpage = HOI_SOURCE + row.find_all("td")[0].find("a")["href"][1:]
+            # Download the flag of the country
+            # the flag is in another webpage
+            image_webpage = HOI_SOURCE + row.find_all("td")[0].find("a")["href"][1:]
 
-                image_webpage_response = requests.get(image_webpage)
-                if image_webpage_response.status_code != 200:
-                    print(f"Failed to get flag WEBPAGE for {country_name}")
-                    continue
-                    
-                image_webpage_soup = BeautifulSoup(image_webpage_response.text, 'html.parser')
+            image_webpage_response = requests.get(image_webpage)
+            if image_webpage_response.status_code != 200:
+                print(f"Failed to get flag WEBPAGE for {cName}")
+                continue
+                
+            image_webpage_soup = BeautifulSoup(image_webpage_response.text, 'html.parser')
 
-                # image = image_webpage_soup.select_one("div.eu4box:nth-child(2) > a:nth-child(2) > img")
-                image_location = HOI_SOURCE + image_webpage_soup.select_one("div.mw-parser-output:nth-child(4) > div:nth-child(2) > a")["href"][1:]
+            # image = image_webpage_soup.select_one("div.eu4box:nth-child(2) > a:nth-child(2) > img")
+            image_location = HOI_SOURCE + image_webpage_soup.select_one("div.mw-parser-output:nth-child(4) > div:nth-child(2) > a")["href"][1:]
 
-                image_response = requests.get(image_location)
-                if image_response.status_code != 200:
-                    print(f"Failed to get flag IMAGE for {country_name}")
-                    continue
+            image_response = requests.get(image_location)
+            if image_response.status_code != 200:
+                print(f"Failed to get flag IMAGE for {cName}")
+                continue
 
-                image_soup = BeautifulSoup(image_response.text, 'html.parser')
+            image_soup = BeautifulSoup(image_response.text, 'html.parser')
 
-                image = image_soup.select_one("#file > a > img")
+            image = image_soup.select_one("#file > a > img")
 
-                if not image:
-                    print(f"Failed to get flag IMAGE for {country_name}")
-                    continue
+            if not image:
+                print(f"Failed to get flag IMAGE for {cName}")
+                continue
 
-                flag_url = HOI_SOURCE + image["src"]
+            flag_url = HOI_SOURCE + image["src"]
 
-                flag_response = requests.get(flag_url)
-                if flag_response.status_code == 200:
-                    with open(f"flags/{country_code}.png", "wb") as flag_file:
-                        flag_file.write(flag_response.content)
-                    print(f"Flag for {country_name} downloaded.")
-                else:
-                    print(f"Failed to download flag for {country_name}")
-            except Exception as e:
-                print(f"Failed to get flag for {country_name} - {e}")
+            flag_response = requests.get(flag_url)
+            if flag_response.status_code == 200:
+                with open(f"flags/{cCode}.png", "wb") as flag_file:
+                    flag_file.write(flag_response.content)
+                print(f"Flag for {cName} downloaded.")
+            else:
+                print(f"Failed to download flag for {cName}")
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Failed to get flag for {cName} - {e}")
 
 
 def main():