Laravel region selector (with cookies)

RegionRedirectCookieMiddleware.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie;

class RegionCookieRedirect
{
    /**
     * Handle an incoming request.
     *
     * @param  \Illuminate\Http\Request  $request
     * @param  \Closure  $next
     * @param  string|null  $guard
     * @return mixed
     */
    public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
    {
        if ( $request->has('set_region') )
        {
            if ($regionCode = $request->input('set_region', false))
            {
                Cookie::queue(Cookie::make('region', $regionCode));
            }
            else
            {
                Cookie::forget('region');
            }
            return redirect()->to($request->path);
        }

        return $next($request);
    }
}

RegionServiceProvider.php

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use App\Entities\Region;
use App\Entities\Site;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cookie;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\View;
use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

class RegionServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    /**
     * Bootstrap any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function boot()
    {
        if ( ! app()->runningInConsole() )
        {
            View::share('region', $this->app->make('region'));
        }
    }

    /**
     * Register any application services.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->singleton('region', function ($app) {
            $regionCode = null;

            // Determine if the region was passed as a URL parameter.
            if ( Request::hasCookie('region') )
            {
                $regionCode = Request::cookie('region');
            }

            // If $regionCode is still null, its never been set, lets see if we can look it up.
            if ( is_null($regionCode) )
            {
                // @todo IP Lookup - Determine region
            }

            return Region::where('code', $regionCode)->first() ?: null;
        });
    }
}