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https://web.archive.org/web/20120616044022/http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_specific.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120616044

https://web.archive.org/web/20120616044022/http://www.iso.org/iso/country_codes/iso_3166-faqs/iso_3166_faqs_specific.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20120616044022/http://www.iso.or... Apparently "United" and "Kingdom" aren't valid for ISO, so they went with ignoring part of the name completely.

xp84 2y ago
That’s interesting. It kind of makes sense. I guess the US makes this rule kind of funny too. I guess we’re lucky we didn’t get .am for “America.”