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None of these are exceptions, they're all the ISO3166 codes for their respective countries.

• dkasper 8y ago
  And where did the ISO3166 country codes come from?
  • ryanlol 8y ago
    ISO 3166 is regularly updated to reflect changes in country names and subdivisions. These changes are done by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO3166/MA). The maintenance agency includes representatives from the following 14 organizations: Association française de normalisation AFNOR (France) American National Standards Institute ANSI (United States) British Standards Institution BSI (United Kingdom) Deutsches Institut für Normung DIN (Germany) Japanese Industrial Standards Committee (JISC) Spanish Association for Standardization (UNE) Standards Australia (SA) Standards Council of Canada (SCC) Swedish Standards Institute (SIS) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) Universal Postal Union (UPU) United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html Edit: tialaramex wrote a better explanation here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19625425 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19625425
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• gambiting 8y ago
  By exceptions I mean exceptions from the perceived standard of taking the country's name in its official language and shortening it. As observed, there are both domains which are shortened versions of the name in the official language(.de) and ones which have absolutely nothing to do with it(.at).