1. A device for selecting a route for a data packet from a source to a destination, the source being associated with a first autonomous system and the destination being associated with a second autonomous system, a first geographic area corresponding to the first autonomous system and a second geographic area corresponding to the second autonomous system, the device comprising: an address associating mechanism constructed and adapted to associate an address for the destination with the second geographic area; a mechanism constructed and adapted to associate the first autonomous system with the first geographic area; a mechanism constructed and adapted to associate the second autonomous system with the second geographic area; and a selection mechanism constructed and adapted to select the route based at least in part on a second geographic area; wherein the destination has an address that does not indicate the second geographic area; and wherein the address associating mechanism and the selection mechanism reside outside of the second autonomous system.