[kevincox]

.eu is an exception as it is for the European Union but they don't consider themselves a country.

[yencabulator]

While they're commonly called "country codes", being a country is not a requirement for having one.

Consider .uk vs .gb

.aq for Antarctica

.ax is part of Finland (.fi)

and so on.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dependent_territory

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2