diff --git a/integration-tests/api/__tests__/store/regions.js b/integration-tests/api/__tests__/store/regions.js
index 79768ec8c6..bbceaa5fca 100644
--- a/integration-tests/api/__tests__/store/regions.js
+++ b/integration-tests/api/__tests__/store/regions.js
@@ -1,22 +1,10 @@
 const path = require("path")
-const {
-  Region,
-  ReturnReason,
-  Order,
-  Customer,
-  ShippingProfile,
-  Product,
-  ProductVariant,
-  ShippingOption,
-  FulfillmentProvider,
-  LineItem,
-  Discount,
-  DiscountRule,
-} = require("@medusajs/medusa")
+const { Region } = require("@medusajs/medusa")
 
 const setupServer = require("../../../environment-helpers/setup-server")
 const { useApi } = require("../../../environment-helpers/use-api")
 const { initDb, useDb } = require("../../../environment-helpers/use-db")
+const { breaking } = require("../../../helpers/breaking")
 
 jest.setTimeout(30000)
 
@@ -76,15 +64,27 @@ describe("/store/carts", () => {
       const api = useApi()
 
       const response = await api.get(
-        "/store/regions?limit=1&offset=1&expand=currency"
+        `/store/regions?limit=1&offset=1&${breaking(
+          () => "expand=currency",
+          () => "fields=*payment_providers"
+        )}`
       )
 
       expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
 
-      expect(response.data.regions[0].currency).toEqual(
-        expect.objectContaining({
-          code: "usd",
-        })
+      breaking(
+        () => {
+          expect(response.data.regions[0].currency).toEqual(
+            expect.objectContaining({
+              code: "usd",
+            })
+          )
+        },
+        () => {
+          expect(response.data.regions[0].payment_providers).toEqual(
+            expect.arrayContaining([])
+          )
+        }
       )
     })
   })
@@ -109,16 +109,13 @@ describe("/store/carts", () => {
     it("should retrieve the region from ID", async () => {
       const api = useApi()
 
-      const response = await api.get(`/store/regions/region-id?expand=currency`)
+      const response = await api.get(`/store/regions/region-id`)
 
       expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
 
       expect(response.data.region).toEqual(
         expect.objectContaining({
           id: "region-id",
-          currency: expect.objectContaining({
-            code: "usd",
-          }),
         })
       )
     })
@@ -131,10 +128,12 @@ describe("/store/carts", () => {
         .catch((e) => e)
 
       expect(error.response.status).toEqual(404)
-
       expect(error.response.data).toEqual({
         type: "not_found",
-        message: "Region with invalid-region-id was not found",
+        message: breaking(
+          () => "Region with invalid-region-id was not found",
+          () => "Region with id: invalid-region-id was not found"
+        ),
       })
     })
   })
diff --git a/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/payment/payments.spec.ts b/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/payment/payments.spec.ts
index 3f4c72a237..42758a41c3 100644
--- a/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/payment/payments.spec.ts
+++ b/integration-tests/modules/__tests__/payment/payments.spec.ts
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
         })
 
         let response = await api.get(
-          `/store/regions/${region.id}/payment-providers`
+          `/store/regions/${region.id}?fields=*payment_providers`
         )
 
         expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
-        expect(response.data.payment_providers).toEqual([])
+        expect(response.data.region.payment_providers).toEqual([])
 
         await remoteLink.create([
           {
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ medusaIntegrationTestRunner({
         ])
 
         response = await api.get(
-          `/store/regions/${region.id}/payment-providers`
+          `/store/regions/${region.id}?fields=*payment_providers`
         )
 
         expect(response.status).toEqual(200)
-        expect(response.data.payment_providers).toEqual([
+        expect(response.data.region.payment_providers).toEqual([
           expect.objectContaining({
             id: "pp_system_default",
           }),
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/payment-providers/route.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/payment-providers/route.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ea72ee0be..0000000000
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/payment-providers/route.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { remoteQueryObjectFromString } from "@medusajs/utils"
-import { MedusaRequest, MedusaResponse } from "../../../../../types/routing"
-
-export const GET = async (req: MedusaRequest, res: MedusaResponse) => {
-  const remoteQuery = req.scope.resolve("remoteQuery")
-
-  const queryObject = remoteQueryObjectFromString({
-    entryPoint: "regions",
-    fields: ["payment_providers.id", "payment_providers.is_enabled"],
-    variables: {
-      id: req.params.id,
-    },
-  })
-
-  const [region] = await remoteQuery(queryObject)
-
-  res.status(200).json({
-    payment_providers: region.payment_providers.filter((pp) => pp.is_enabled),
-  })
-}
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/route.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/route.ts
index bd04de5e2e..546395d311 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/route.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/[id]/route.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,28 @@
-import { remoteQueryObjectFromString } from "@medusajs/utils"
+import {
+  ContainerRegistrationKeys,
+  MedusaError,
+  remoteQueryObjectFromString,
+} from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { MedusaRequest, MedusaResponse } from "../../../../types/routing"
-import { defaultStoreRegionFields } from "../query-config"
 
 export const GET = async (req: MedusaRequest, res: MedusaResponse) => {
-  const remoteQuery = req.scope.resolve("remoteQuery")
-
-  const variables = { id: req.params.id }
-
+  const remoteQuery = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.REMOTE_QUERY)
   const queryObject = remoteQueryObjectFromString({
     entryPoint: "region",
-    variables,
-    fields: defaultStoreRegionFields,
+    variables: {
+      filters: { id: req.params.id },
+    },
+    fields: req.remoteQueryConfig.fields,
   })
 
   const [region] = await remoteQuery(queryObject)
 
+  if (!region) {
+    throw new MedusaError(
+      MedusaError.Types.NOT_FOUND,
+      `Region with id: ${req.params.id} was not found`
+    )
+  }
+
   res.status(200).json({ region })
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/middlewares.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/middlewares.ts
index 901ffc5c7e..fe6d727d71 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/middlewares.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/middlewares.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
-import { transformQuery } from "../../../api/middlewares"
 import { MiddlewareRoute } from "../../../loaders/helpers/routing/types"
+import { validateAndTransformQuery } from "../../utils/validate-query"
 import * as QueryConfig from "./query-config"
-import { StoreGetRegionsParams, StoreRegionsRegionParams } from "./validators"
+import { StoreGetRegionParams, StoreGetRegionsParams } from "./validators"
 
 export const storeRegionRoutesMiddlewares: MiddlewareRoute[] = [
   {
     method: ["GET"],
     matcher: "/store/regions",
     middlewares: [
-      transformQuery(
+      validateAndTransformQuery(
         StoreGetRegionsParams,
         QueryConfig.listTransformQueryConfig
       ),
@@ -18,15 +18,10 @@ export const storeRegionRoutesMiddlewares: MiddlewareRoute[] = [
     method: ["GET"],
     matcher: "/store/regions/:id",
     middlewares: [
-      transformQuery(
-        StoreRegionsRegionParams,
+      validateAndTransformQuery(
+        StoreGetRegionParams,
         QueryConfig.retrieveTransformQueryConfig
       ),
     ],
   },
-  {
-    method: ["GET"],
-    matcher: "/store/regions/:id/payment-providers",
-    middlewares: [],
-  },
 ]
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/query-config.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/query-config.ts
index 1eef989e7f..a0e9abad1d 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/query-config.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/query-config.ts
@@ -6,22 +6,16 @@ export const defaultStoreRegionFields = [
   "updated_at",
   "deleted_at",
   "metadata",
-  "countries.id",
-  "countries.iso_2",
-  "countries.iso_3",
-  "countries.num_code",
-  "countries.name",
-  "currency.code",
-  "currency.symbol",
-  "currency.symbol_native",
-  "currency.name",
+  "*countries",
 ]
 
 export const retrieveTransformQueryConfig = {
+  defaults: defaultStoreRegionFields,
   isList: false,
 }
 
 export const listTransformQueryConfig = {
+  defaults: defaultStoreRegionFields,
   defaultLimit: 20,
   isList: true,
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/route.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/route.ts
index e370bb2027..7c7d4c0885 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/route.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/route.ts
@@ -1,20 +1,27 @@
-import { remoteQueryObjectFromString } from "@medusajs/utils"
+import {
+  ContainerRegistrationKeys,
+  remoteQueryObjectFromString,
+} from "@medusajs/utils"
 import { MedusaRequest, MedusaResponse } from "../../../types/routing"
-import { defaultStoreRegionFields } from "./query-config"
 
 export const GET = async (req: MedusaRequest, res: MedusaResponse) => {
-  const remoteQuery = req.scope.resolve("remoteQuery")
-
-  const variables = { filters: req.filterableFields }
+  const remoteQuery = req.scope.resolve(ContainerRegistrationKeys.REMOTE_QUERY)
 
   const queryObject = remoteQueryObjectFromString({
     entryPoint: "region",
-    variables,
-    fields: defaultStoreRegionFields,
+    variables: {
+      filters: req.filterableFields,
+      ...req.remoteQueryConfig.pagination,
+    },
+    fields: req.remoteQueryConfig.fields,
   })
 
-  // TODO: Add count, offset, limit
-  const regions = await remoteQuery(queryObject)
+  const { rows: regions, metadata } = await remoteQuery(queryObject)
 
-  res.json({ regions })
+  res.json({
+    regions,
+    count: metadata.count,
+    offset: metadata.skip,
+    limit: metadata.take,
+  })
 }
diff --git a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/validators.ts b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/validators.ts
index c784af7568..e634c8c9cd 100644
--- a/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/validators.ts
+++ b/packages/medusa/src/api-v2/store/regions/validators.ts
@@ -1,55 +1,20 @@
-import { OperatorMap } from "@medusajs/types"
-import { Type } from "class-transformer"
-import { IsOptional, IsString, ValidateNested } from "class-validator"
-import { FindParams, extendedFindParamsMixin } from "../../../types/common"
-import { OperatorMapValidator } from "../../../types/validators/operator-map"
+import { createFindParams, createSelectParams } from "../../utils/validators"
+import { z } from "zod"
 
-export class StoreRegionsRegionParams extends FindParams {}
+export type StoreGetRegionParamsType = z.infer<typeof StoreGetRegionParams>
+export const StoreGetRegionParams = createSelectParams()
 
-/**
- * Parameters used to filter and configure the pagination of the retrieved regions.
- */
-export class StoreGetRegionsParams extends extendedFindParamsMixin({
+export type StoreGetRegionsParamsType = z.infer<typeof StoreGetRegionsParams>
+export const StoreGetRegionsParams = createFindParams({
   limit: 50,
   offset: 0,
-}) {
-  /**
-   * Filter by currency code
-   */
-  @IsString({ each: true })
-  @IsOptional()
-  code?: string | string[]
-
-  /**
-   * Filter by region name
-   */
-  @IsString({ each: true })
-  @IsOptional()
-  name?: string | string[]
-
-  /**
-   * Date filters to apply on the regions' `created_at` date.
-   */
-  @IsOptional()
-  @ValidateNested()
-  @Type(() => OperatorMapValidator)
-  created_at?: OperatorMap<string>
-
-  /**
-   * Date filters to apply on the regions' `updated_at` date.
-   */
-  @IsOptional()
-  @ValidateNested()
-  @Type(() => OperatorMapValidator)
-  updated_at?: OperatorMap<string>
-
-  @IsOptional()
-  @ValidateNested({ each: true })
-  @Type(() => StoreGetRegionsParams)
-  $and?: StoreGetRegionsParams[]
-
-  @IsOptional()
-  @ValidateNested({ each: true })
-  @Type(() => StoreGetRegionsParams)
-  $or?: StoreGetRegionsParams[]
-}
+}).merge(
+  z.object({
+    q: z.string().optional(),
+    id: z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string())]).optional(),
+    code: z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string())]).optional(),
+    name: z.union([z.string(), z.array(z.string())]).optional(),
+    $and: z.lazy(() => StoreGetRegionsParams.array()).optional(),
+    $or: z.lazy(() => StoreGetRegionsParams.array()).optional(),
+  })
+)
diff --git a/packages/orchestration/src/joiner/remote-joiner.ts b/packages/orchestration/src/joiner/remote-joiner.ts
index 97321a37bd..ebb61f978f 100644
--- a/packages/orchestration/src/joiner/remote-joiner.ts
+++ b/packages/orchestration/src/joiner/remote-joiner.ts
@@ -869,9 +869,11 @@ export class RemoteJoiner {
       location: [...currentPath],
       property,
       path: fullPath,
-      isList: fieldAliasIsList || !!serviceConfig.relationships?.find(
-        (relationship) => relationship.alias === parentFieldAlias
-      )?.isList,
+      isList:
+        fieldAliasIsList ||
+        !!serviceConfig.relationships?.find(
+          (relationship) => relationship.alias === parentFieldAlias
+        )?.isList,
     })
 
     const extMapping = expands as unknown[]