Not all countries are representated at Chess.com?

Since I've been at Chess.com, I've played people from all over the globe and had some interesting discussions.  Some of which required a translator.

In any case, I was recently looking at the list of countries from which you can challenge a player and realized there's no North Korea.?.?  Is that because Kim Jong Ill doesn't allow internet or what?  Seems odd because there are several other countries with authoritarian governments.  Why no North Korea?

Are there any other countries that aren't available?

I wasn't trying to insite a political debate. Just wanted an explanation why North Korea isn't represented. 

Oh wow.  Quite a few. Why aren't they listed? 

When people register here, they can chose which country/flag they want shown.  So are those countries even an option for people that register and it's just that nobody has picked them yet?

Or are those countries not even an option to be picked?  If so, why not?

All added :)

Snookslayer wrote:

Since I've been at Chess.com, I've played people from all over the globe and had some interesting discussions.  Some of which required a translator.

In any case, I was recently looking at the list of countries from which you can challenge a player and realized there's no North Korea.?.?  Is that because Kim Jong Ill doesn't allow internet or what?  Seems odd because there are several other countries with authoritarian governments.  Why no North Korea?

Are there any other countries that aren't available?

From what I understand, and I may be wrong... the Internet is illegal in North Korea for propaganda-related reasons.

Where can you find the # of members/country ?

SupremeOverlord: Looks like u need to thank the OP of this thread!

Wow... u saw this thread within an hour of when I commented. I was not expecting that.

And Kosovo, is a country but not recognized by everyone so is it able to select?

North Korea = best Korea

Ok... so which one of u is the real Kim Jong Un? You or SupremeOverlord? And what is the penalty for impersonating the Great Leader in North Korea?

Think so:

Team Kosovo 

What about Sealand, the Dominion of Melchizedek, and New Utopia?

I think we all have a bit of Kim Jong Un in all of us.

Maybe so, but if that's the case then why can't the rest of the world seem to get along with him?

 We all have something about ourselves we don't like. That something is the bit of Kim Jong Un we all have.  Nobody gets along with him because he's the personification of the part of us we don't like.

Poor Kim Jong Un...

It must be hard for him. At least he has half a peninsula to console himself with. Although, I guess his half really isn't a peninsula, so he gets screwed again.