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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def _extract_country_code(number):
 """Extracts country calling code from number. Returns a 2-tuple of (country_calling_code, rest_of_number). It assumes that the leading plus sign or IDD has already been removed. Returns (0, number) if number doesn't start with a valid country calling code. """


    if len(number) == 0 or number[0] == U_ZERO:
        # Country codes do not begin with a '0'.
        return (0, number)
    for ii in range(1, min(len(number), _MAX_LENGTH_COUNTRY_CODE) + 1):
        try:
            country_code = int(number[:ii])
            if country_code in COUNTRY_CODE_TO_REGION_CODE:
                return (country_code, number[ii:])
        except Exception:
            pass
    return (0, number)