MyAsyncTask task = new MyAsyncTask(this, country, img);
    task.execute();

    SetSql mydb = new SetSql(this);
    mydb.open();

    while(task.getStatus()!=AsyncTask.Status.FINISHED){
        //wait
    }

    countryCode = mydb.getLatestCode();
    Log.e("debug", countryCode);
    mydb.close();

public class TaskTest extends AsyncTask<String, Integer, String> {

    interface TaskDoneListener {
        abstract void onTaskDone(String result);
    }

    private TaskDoneListener t;

    public TaskTest(TaskDoneListener t){
        this.t = t;
    }

    @Override
    protected String doInBackground(String... params) {
        // do your stuf
        return "some thing";
    }

    @Override
    protected void onPostExecute(String result) {
        t.onTaskDone(result);
        super.onPostExecute(result);
    }
}

countryCode = mydb.getLatestCode();
Log.e("debug", countryCode);
mydb.close();

public class TestActivity extends Activity implements TaskDoneListener {
    /** Called when the activity is first created. */

    TaskTest task;


    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        //create your layout and stuff
    }


    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();

        //Dont start you task in the onCreate this could cause some weird behavior
        //if the onCreate method is not yet done but your task is.
        task = new TaskTest((TaskDoneListener) this, ##country_code?##, ##image?##);
        task.execute();
    }


    public void onTaskDone(String result) {
        //set the results in your created views

    }

}