binding dropdown in mvc 3.0

1.first take controller  name depController

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using dropdownbind.EF;

namespace dropdownbind.Controllers
{
    public class depController : Controller
    {
        //
        // GET: /dep/
        CustomerDBEntities db=new CustomerDBEntities ();      

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            var items = db.Countries.ToList();
            SelectList list = new SelectList(items, "CountryId", "Name");
            ViewData["CountryList"] = list;
            return View();
        }

    }
}

2. step take class in model

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;

namespace dropdownbind.Models
{
    public class CountryModel
    {
        public Guid CountryId { get; set; }
        public string CountryName { get; set; }
    }
}

3.now go to view  and do this


@model dropdownbind.Models.CountryModel

@{
    ViewBag.Title = "Index";
}

<h2>Index</h2>
@using (Html.BeginForm())
{
<div>
@Html.DropDownList("CountryId", (SelectList)ViewData["CountryList"]);
</div>
}

output would be like this-

India United States United Kingdom Indonasia Germany;