static void

//using DescriptionAttribute = System.ComponentModel.DescriptionAttribute;
public enum Country
{
    [Description("United Kingdom")]
    UK,
    [Description("United States")]
    USA,
    [Description("Belgium")]
    BE
}
 
[TestMethod]
public void TestMethod1()
{
    var name = GetDescription(Country.UK);
    Assert.AreEqual("United Kingdom", name);
}
 
public static string GetDescription(Enum e)
{
    string description = e.ToString(); //default will be the string value
    //get the type and find the member
    MemberInfo[] memberInfo = e.GetType().GetMember(description);
    //try to find the DescriptionAttribute
    object[] attributes = memberInfo[0].GetCustomAttributes(typeof(DescriptionAttribute), false);
    //if we found the [Description], cast and pull off the description
    if(attributes.Length> 0)
        description = (attributes[0] as DescriptionAttribute).Description;
 
    return description;
}