<div>Please someone correct me if I'm wrong, but best I can tell, these are already allowed as far as Unicode is concerned. From the blog post linked by Charlotte:</div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><blockquote style="border-left: 3px solid rgb(200, 200, 200); border-color: rgb(200, 200, 200); padding-left: 10px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">But, did you know that there are over 5,000
geographically-recognized regions that are also “valid”? These are known as
<a href="https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr35/#unicode_subdivision_id">subdivision
regions</a> and are based on ISO
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-2">3166-2</a>. (These include
<a href="https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:US">states in the US</a>,
<a href="https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:IT">regions in Italy</a>,
<a href="https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#iso:code:3166:AR">provinces in Argentina</a>,
and so on.)<br><br></div><div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">First, what does “valid” mean to the Unicode Standard? Well, think
of it this way. Today, anyone could make a font of 5,000 emoji flags using these
sequences. They are valid sequences. They are legit sequences. They won’t break.
Any platform, application, or font can implement them. The significant
difference here is that valid doesn’t mean they are recommended for
implementation.</div></blockquote><div style=""><br></div><div style=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-weight: 400; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">So rejoice, and feel free to use these codes. But if you want them to show up universally, you'll have to take it up with operating systems and other emoji vendors, not with Unicode. And keep in mind that, for example, MS Windows does not show <i>any</i> country flags (not even USA), in large part because they don't want the headache of deciding which ones to include. It's a can of worms, but feel free to try your luck. It's just not up to Unicode.</span></div><div class="protonmail_quote">
On Wednesday, 25 June 2025 at 21:01, Charlotte Eiffel Lilith Buff via Unicode <unicode@corp.unicode.org> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Worrying about the exact process by which political entities could propose their flags to be added as emoji might be putting the cart before the horse. The Unicode Technical Committee <a href="https://blog.unicode.org/2022/03/the-past-and-future-of-flag-emoji.html" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">ceased accepting proposals for flag emoji altogether</a> three years ago, no matter what they represent or which mechanism would be used to encode them. The unavoidable first step in your endeavour is to convince the UTC that any of this is worth their time and effort after all, and I have a hunch that’s simply not going to happen. The restrictions on emoji proposals have only ever gotten tighter over the years.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Am Mi., 25. Juni 2025 um 16:53 Uhr schrieb Nick Doiron via Unicode <<a href="mailto:unicode@corp.unicode.org" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">unicode@corp.unicode.org</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>I'm sure everyone on the list has heard about people wanting more flag emoji.</div><div><br></div><div>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)</div><div>Key points:</div><div><ul><li>follows same ISO standard as England/Scotland/Wales emoji</li><li>covers flags that are requested the most (Kurdistan, Catalonia) while avoiding a jump to all states and provinces</li><li>common-sense restrictions, such as flag is unchanged for 5 years</li><li>governments would make an official statement to avoid issues with flag design / verification</li><li>Unicode, OSes, and typographers continue to choose which emoji they include</li></ul></div><div>To avoid cluttering the email list, I welcome your comments on this Google Doc, or a direct email to me at <a href="mailto:ndoiron@mapmeld.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">ndoiron@mapmeld.com</a> <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tIMEjGPFOIbctvVZckZKLOS6H-fD4QN0wPD15H3QqU8/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer nofollow noopener">https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tIMEjGPFOIbctvVZckZKLOS6H-fD4QN0wPD15H3QqU8/edit?usp=sharing</a></div><div><br></div><div>-- Nick Doiron</div></div>
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