Spring MVC Form tags: Is there a standard way to add “No selection” item?

protected Map referenceData(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest, Object o, Errors errors) throws Exception {
    Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<String, Object>();

    map.put("countryList", Arrays.asList(Country.values()));

    return map;
}

<form:select path="country" items="${countryList}" title="country"/>

<form:select path="country" title="country" >
     <form:option value="">&nbsp;</form:option>
     <form:options items="${countryList}" />
</form:select>