diff --git a/src/components/post-form/post-form.tsx b/src/components/post-form/post-form.tsx
index bb754c6c..2ffa71aa 100644
--- a/src/components/post-form/post-form.tsx
+++ b/src/components/post-form/post-form.tsx
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import { getPublishURLFilename, isValidPublishURL, isValidURL } from '../../lib/
 import { hasModQueueAccessRole } from '../../lib/utils/mod-access';
 import { getBoardPath } from '../../lib/utils/route-utils';
 import { isAllView, isCatalogView, isModQueueView, isModView, isPostPageView, isSubscriptionsView } from '../../lib/utils/view-utils';
-import { getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory, getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection, type CommentFlagSelectOption } from '../../lib/comment-flag-selection';
+import { getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory, getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory, type CommentFlagSelectOption } from '../../lib/comment-flag-selection';
 import { useAccountCommunityAddresses } from '../../hooks/use-account-community-addresses';
 import { useDirectories, useDirectoryByAddress } from '../../hooks/use-directories';
 import { useCommunityField } from '../../hooks/use-stable-community';
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@ const PostFormTable = ({ closeForm, postCid }: { closeForm: () => void; postCid:
       return;
     }
 
-    const flagPublishOptions = getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection(flagRef.current?.value);
+    const flagPublishOptions = getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory(directoryEntry, flagRef.current?.value);
 
     nonokoRedirectPathRef.current = hasNonokoOption(currentOptions) ? getBoardIndexPath() : null;
     publishPost({ content: publishContent, ...flagPublishOptions });
@@ -688,7 +688,7 @@ const PostFormTable = ({ closeForm, postCid }: { closeForm: () => void; postCid:
       return;
     }
 
-    const flagPublishOptions = getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection(flagRef.current?.value);
+    const flagPublishOptions = getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory(directoryEntry, flagRef.current?.value);
 
     nonokoRedirectPathRef.current = hasNonokoOption(currentOptions) ? getBoardIndexPath() : null;
     publishReply({ content: publishContent, ...flagPublishOptions });
diff --git a/src/components/reply-modal/__tests__/reply-modal.test.tsx b/src/components/reply-modal/__tests__/reply-modal.test.tsx
index 1210de8a..cf4a2e0e 100644
--- a/src/components/reply-modal/__tests__/reply-modal.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reply-modal/__tests__/reply-modal.test.tsx
@@ -329,6 +329,12 @@ describe('ReplyModal', () => {
         features: { hasFlags: true },
         title: '/pol/ - Politically Incorrect',
       },
+      'international-nsfw.bso': {
+        address: 'international-nsfw.bso',
+        directoryCode: 'bant',
+        features: { hasFlags: true },
+        title: '/bant/ - International/Random',
+      },
       'random-nsfw.bso': {
         address: 'random-nsfw.bso',
         features: {},
@@ -443,6 +449,24 @@ describe('ReplyModal', () => {
         .slice(0, 3)
         .map((option) => option.textContent),
     ).toEqual(['Geographic Location', 'Anarcho-Capitalist', 'Anarchist']);
+    const linkInput = container.querySelectorAll<HTMLInputElement>('input[type="text"]')[2];
+    expect(Boolean(linkInput!.compareDocumentPosition(flagSelect!) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING)).toBe(true);
+
+    await clickButtonByText('post');
+
+    expect(testState.publishReplyMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      content: '>>42\nselected text',
+      challengeRequest: {
+        challengeAnswers: ['bitsocial-flags:5chan:flag:country:auto'],
+      },
+      flairs: [{ type: 'country', code: 'auto', text: 'flag:country:auto' }],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('publishes geographic location on /bant/ without showing a flag selector', async () => {
+    await renderReplyModal('/bant/thread/post-1', 'international-nsfw.bso');
+
+    expect(container.querySelector<HTMLSelectElement>('select[aria-label="flag"]')).toBeNull();
 
     await clickButtonByText('post');
 
diff --git a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
index 2d33cf35..a5611b6d 100644
--- a/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
+++ b/src/components/reply-modal/reply-modal.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { useTranslation } from 'react-i18next';
 import type { TFunction } from 'i18next';
 import { setAccount, useAccount } from '@bitsocial/bitsocial-react-hooks';
 import { getExpiringMediaLinkAlert } from '../../lib/utils/media-link-validation-utils';
-import { getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory, getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection } from '../../lib/comment-flag-selection';
+import { getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory, getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory } from '../../lib/comment-flag-selection';
 import {
   type DiceRoll,
   type FortuneEntry,
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, parentNumber, threa
       return;
     }
 
-    const flagPublishOptions = getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection(flagRef.current?.value);
+    const flagPublishOptions = getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory(directoryEntry, flagRef.current?.value);
 
     setError(null);
     nonokoRedirectPathRef.current = hasNonokoOption(currentOptions) ? `/${postOptionsDirectoryCode || params.boardIdentifier || communityAddress}` : null;
@@ -520,6 +520,19 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, parentNumber, threa
             }}
           />
         </div>
+        <div className={styles.link}>
+          <input
+            type='text'
+            ref={urlRef}
+            aria-label={requirePostLinkIsMedia ? t('link_to_file') : t('link')}
+            placeholder={requirePostLinkIsMedia ? FILE_LINK_PLACEHOLDER : capitalize(t('link'))}
+            disabled={isUploading}
+            onChange={(e) => {
+              setUrl(e.target.value);
+              setPublishReplyOptions({ link: e.target.value });
+            }}
+          />
+        </div>
         {flagOptions.length > 0 && (
           <div>
             <select
@@ -538,19 +551,6 @@ const ReplyModal = ({ closeModal, showReplyModal, parentCid, parentNumber, threa
             </select>
           </div>
         )}
-        <div className={styles.link}>
-          <input
-            type='text'
-            ref={urlRef}
-            aria-label={requirePostLinkIsMedia ? t('link_to_file') : t('link')}
-            placeholder={requirePostLinkIsMedia ? FILE_LINK_PLACEHOLDER : capitalize(t('link'))}
-            disabled={isUploading}
-            onChange={(e) => {
-              setUrl(e.target.value);
-              setPublishReplyOptions({ link: e.target.value });
-            }}
-          />
-        </div>
         <div className={styles.footer}>
           {showUploadControls && (
             <span className={styles.uploadContainer}>
diff --git a/src/lib/__tests__/comment-flag-selection.test.ts b/src/lib/__tests__/comment-flag-selection.test.ts
index fd58c4ed..6037a23c 100644
--- a/src/lib/__tests__/comment-flag-selection.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/__tests__/comment-flag-selection.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
-import { getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory, getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection, getCommentFlagRequestFromSelection } from '../comment-flag-selection';
+import {
+  getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory,
+  getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory,
+  getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection,
+  getCommentFlagRequestFromSelection,
+} from '../comment-flag-selection';
 
 describe('comment-flag-selection', () => {
   it('does not expose options for boards without flags', () => {
@@ -16,6 +21,29 @@ describe('comment-flag-selection', () => {
     ).toEqual([{ label: 'Geographic Location', value: 'country:auto' }]);
   });
 
+  it('does not expose a flag selector on /bant/ but still publishes geographic location', () => {
+    expect(
+      getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory({
+        directoryCode: 'bant',
+        features: { hasFlags: true },
+        title: '/bant/ - International/Random',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual([]);
+
+    expect(
+      getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory({
+        directoryCode: 'bant',
+        features: { hasFlags: true },
+        title: '/bant/ - International/Random',
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      challengeRequest: {
+        challengeAnswers: ['bitsocial-flags:5chan:flag:country:auto'],
+      },
+      flairs: [{ type: 'country', code: 'auto', text: 'flag:country:auto' }],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('matches the 4chan /pol/ flag order', () => {
     const options = getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory({
       directoryCode: 'pol',
diff --git a/src/lib/comment-flag-selection.ts b/src/lib/comment-flag-selection.ts
index e0891395..18c6d822 100644
--- a/src/lib/comment-flag-selection.ts
+++ b/src/lib/comment-flag-selection.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ const NO_FLAG_OPTION: CommentFlagSelectOption = {
   label: 'None',
 };
 
+/** Boards that always publish geographic location without showing a flag selector. */
+const AUTO_GEOGRAPHIC_FLAG_DIRECTORY_CODES = new Set(['bant']);
+
 const getDirectoryCode = (directory: Pick<DirectoryCommunity, 'directoryCode' | 'title'> | undefined): string | undefined => {
   const directoryCode = directory?.directoryCode?.trim().toLowerCase();
   return directoryCode || directory?.title?.match(/^\/([^/]+)\//)?.[1]?.toLowerCase();
@@ -52,6 +55,10 @@ export const getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory = (directory: Pick<DirectoryCommu
   }
 
   const directoryCode = getDirectoryCode(directory);
+  if (directoryCode && AUTO_GEOGRAPHIC_FLAG_DIRECTORY_CODES.has(directoryCode)) {
+    return [];
+  }
+
   if (directoryCode === 'mlp') {
     return [NO_FLAG_OPTION, ...getBoardFlagOptions('pony')];
   }
@@ -63,6 +70,33 @@ export const getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory = (directory: Pick<DirectoryCommu
   return [GEOGRAPHIC_LOCATION_OPTION];
 };
 
+export const getCommentFlagPublishOptionsForDirectory = (
+  directory: Pick<DirectoryCommunity, 'directoryCode' | 'features' | 'title'> | undefined,
+  selectedValue?: string,
+): CommentFlagPublishOptions => {
+  if (directory?.features?.hasFlags !== true) {
+    return {
+      challengeRequest: undefined,
+      flairs: undefined,
+    };
+  }
+
+  const directoryCode = getDirectoryCode(directory);
+  if (directoryCode && AUTO_GEOGRAPHIC_FLAG_DIRECTORY_CODES.has(directoryCode)) {
+    return getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection(GEOGRAPHIC_LOCATION_FLAG_VALUE);
+  }
+
+  const flagOptions = getCommentFlagOptionsForDirectory(directory);
+  if (flagOptions.length === 0) {
+    return {
+      challengeRequest: undefined,
+      flairs: undefined,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return getCommentFlagPublishOptionsFromSelection(selectedValue ?? flagOptions[0]?.value);
+};
+
 export const getCommentFlagRequestFromSelection = (value: string | undefined): CommentFlagRequest | undefined => {
   if (!value || value === NO_FLAG_VALUE) {
     return undefined;