<s>
As	O
the	O
state	O
union	O
of	O
Serbia	O
and	O
Montenegro	O
dissolved	O
following	O
the	O
2006	O
Montenegrin	O
independence	O
referendum	O
,	O
newly	O
independent	O
Serbia	O
dealt	O
with	O
the	O
issue	O
of	O
assignment	O
of	O
country	B-General_Concept
codes	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
code	O
,	O
used	O
also	O
as	O
Internet	B-Application
TLD	I-Application
,	O
was	O
a	O
major	O
problem	O
with	O
the	O
ISO	O
's	O
assignment	O
of	O
country	B-General_Concept
codes	I-General_Concept
to	O
Serbia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RS	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
an	O
abbreviation	O
for	O
the	O
historical	O
name	O
of	O
today	O
's	O
Serbia	O
,	O
Raška	O
or	O
Rascia	O
which	O
would	O
be	O
in	O
full	O
compliance	O
with	O
this	O
rule	O
(	O
see	O
.ch	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
at	O
least	O
four	O
examples	O
where	O
the	O
rule	O
against	O
inclusion	O
of	O
government	O
form	O
was	O
broken	O
(	O
Democratic	O
Republic	O
of	O
the	O
Congo	O
has	O
the	O
code	O
CD	O
,	O
Federated	O
States	O
of	O
Micronesia	O
has	O
the	O
code	O
FM	O
,	O
Switzerland	B-Protocol
has	O
the	O
code	O
CH	O
that	O
stems	O
from	O
country	O
's	O
official	O
Latin	O
name	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Democratic	O
People	O
's	O
Republic	O
of	O
Korea	O
has	O
the	O
code	O
KP	O
,	O
despite	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
the	O
code	O
KO	O
is	O
available	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
Serbia	O
had	O
good	O
arguments	O
for	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
RS	O
code	O
,	O
because	O
not	O
a	O
single	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
free	O
codes	O
beginning	O
with	O
S	O
can	O
be	O
associated	O
with	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Negotiating	O
the	O
purchase	O
or	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
.sj	B-General_Concept
Internet	O
domain	O
reserved	O
for	O
Svalbard	O
and	O
Jan	O
Mayen	O
was	O
not	O
a	O
plausible	O
option	O
as	O
Norway	O
,	O
which	O
administers	O
this	O
(	O
through	O
UNINETT	O
Norid	O
)	O
,	O
has	O
a	O
policy	O
of	O
not	O
commercializing	O
or	O
disposing	O
of	O
this	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SRB	O
is	O
also	O
the	O
International	O
Olympic	O
Committee	O
and	O
FIFA	O
country	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
for	O
Serbia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
one	O
would	O
presume	O
that	O
countries	O
take	O
on	O
the	O
shortest	O
code	O
possible	O
(	O
by	O
rule	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
their	O
ISO	B-Language
3166-1	I-Language
alpha-2	I-Language
)	O
,	O
that	O
is	O
not	O
the	O
case	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
breakup	O
of	O
the	O
Socialist	O
Federal	O
Republic	O
of	O
Yugoslavia	O
,	O
the	O
country	B-General_Concept
code	I-General_Concept
+38	O
was	O
divided	O
amongst	O
the	O
newly	O
independent	O
states	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
three-letter	O
code	O
is	O
composed	O
of	O
,	O
by	O
rule	O
,	O
first	O
two	O
letters	O
of	O
the	O
ISO	B-Language
3166-1	I-Language
alpha-2	I-Language
and	O
a	O
third	O
letter	O
is	O
initial	O
of	O
the	O
currency	O
itself	O
:	O
RSD	O
.	O
</s>
