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The mapcode foundation reserves the right to change the country list and population density maps, at which point existing codes will point to different places or be invalid

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From the docs:

"[This] issue should be prevented at all costs. The second [adding new countries] may be necessitated by changes to the world order, i.e. new countries coming into being. But unless changes are made by a single central authority, the first issue will quickly come to be."

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