Seeking feedback: flag emoji for autonomous ISO 3166-2 regions

[Nick Doiron]

I'm sure everyone on the list has heard about people wanting more flag
emoji.

My suggestion / future PRI feedback is to allow semi-autonomous regions,
with an existing ISO 3166-2 code, to make an official request for a flag
emoji. That sounds technical, but giving regions a level of
special/constitutional autonomy has become more common as a political
resolution in the past ~25 years  (Aceh, Bougainville, Iraqi Kurdistan,
Rodrigues in Mauritius)
Key points:

   - follows same ISO standard as England/Scotland/Wales emoji
   - covers flags that are requested the most (Kurdistan, Catalonia) while
   avoiding a jump to all states and provinces
   - common-sense restrictions, such as flag is unchanged for 5 years
   - governments would make an official statement to avoid issues with flag
   design / verification
   - Unicode, OSes, and typographers continue to choose which emoji they
   include

To avoid cluttering the email list, I welcome your comments on this Google
Doc, or a direct email to me at ndoiron at mapmeld.com
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tIMEjGPFOIbctvVZckZKLOS6H-fD4QN0wPD15H3QqU8/edit?usp=sharing

-- Nick Doiron
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