Does anyone how to get the Country Enumeration value using SuiteQL like we get via webservices. I.e Macau has an enumeration value of _macau - i cannot seem to find the table or way to get this same value from SuiteQL

You can find the full list here, and then implement the mapping yourself: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/saas/netsuite/ns-online-help/section_N3785183.html#Country-Enumerations

was hoping to not do that - but i can work with it

There is a Country table that you can use.