To note, the original emoji set was half funky and didn't pretend to represent anything political. That's where French oversea depts flags ( Martinique, St Pier

To note, the original emoji set was half funky and didn't pretend to represent anything political. That's where French oversea depts flags ( Martinique, St Pierre et Miquelon etc.) or UK flags (england, wales etc) are included even as those are not countries. I think we're taking emoji way too seriously in average. Perhaps we should start including popular flag propositions that got shut down by the officials (like the Australian flag redesign contest) just to make it clear that emoji are just words and nothing more.