Issue with the province selector at checkout

[wateen]

Hello.

When I am on the checkout page, I see a default value set for the province dropdown, when I fill the required fields and submit the form, the province dropdown displays a validation error as if no value is set, it only works when I change the selection, so if I actually wanted to select the default value, I would have to change it to something else and then select the default value again!

See the below screenshot, this is the default value set when loading the page.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MbCt73oqi-z03tlqludR-8csOQMPg5Rp/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qeSN7_1OcQDxdelzHvLKXXD_TgKJVxfN/view?usp=sharing

This does not happen to country/Region dropdown, which too has a default value set.

I am on the Shopify basic plan, I am selling to one country only (UAE). 

I can make any changes I need in the source code on the account addresses page (addresses.liquid) but I am not sure how to tackle this on checkout with the basic plan, any help is appreciated.

[TheMS]

I am facing the same issue in my shop. Looking for solutions