Alternative place names?

[Garrett Wollman]

<<On 2 Oct 2000 05:45:40 -0000, ken at halcyon.com said:

> political units, such as states/provinces/counties, etc.) I find it
> reasonable to accept the polical dependencies of the the "at least
> one entry per country" rule.

And furthermore, there are external authorities which make it possible
to avoid deciding what constitutes a ``country''; this only breaks
down when the international-affairs community willfully chooses to
ignore reality.  (But even Taiwan has its own ISO 3166 code, despite
official claims that .TW == .CN.)

-GAWollman