Mine was from Italy - certainly an international bass. I'll never forget how the Italian seller wrote to me that "to protect your bass, Uwe, I have especially taken the neck off and send it seperately". And there the bass came - in two packages.
Italians being Italians, I was of course worried that not all the bolt-on screws would be there ..., but, va bene, they were. My very Germanic preconceptions proved unfounded.
He had even included the paddle bag and all the necessary tools for truss rod and nut height adjustment.