Difference between revisions of ".ari"

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.ari is the Internet TLD for the People’s Democratic Social Republic of Ariddia. As the first level domain is free for Ariddian nationals, it is customary for personal websites to register simply under the .ari domain.

For the purpose of legislation in this field, citizens of West Ariddia are considered by the Ariddian government to be Ariddian nationals, and may register with .ari for free. As the West Ariddian .swa TLD is not free, many pro-PDSRA West Ariddians have .ari websites, much to the annoyance of the West Ariddian authorities.

List of major Second Level Domains

Note that the “.com.ari” domain does not exist. Any private citizen may use either “.ari” or “.net.ari” indiscriminately. The domains ".cmt.ari" and ".org.ari" are sometimes used interchangeably, although the former is intended for community projects and websites at the level of a village, small town or city district, or a work community on a local level. The ".cmt.ari" domain is therefore intended to reflect Ariddia's communist society.

Ariddian dependent territories’ TLDs

Ariddia holds sovereignty or governance over a number of dependencies, each of which has its own TLD, used solely in combination with .ari. These are:

Notes:

• ESAT is officially a sovereign nation, but its TLD is linked to that of Ariddia. Only two websites use the .eat.ari TLD. They are esat-info.gouv.eat.ari, and esat_un_mission.gouv.eat.ari.
• The .ehy.ari domain, that of Eshyosha, is registered but not in use.
• Residents of Gnatanamo, a territory belong to Uhuh-Topia but governed by Ariddia, are free to use .ut (Uhuh-Topia), .ari, .gnt.ut, or .gnt.ari.
• West Ariddian citizens sympathetic to the PDSRA are requesting the creation of a .lim.ari domain, which would imply that Limea is part of Ariddia. At present, this domain does not yet exist.
• There has been some talk of registering a .ard domain, which would be common to all three Ariddian countries, but those talks are still in the early stages.
• The TLDs of Ariddia’s dependent territories, and of ESAT, are used exclusively in combination with .ari. Hence, the domains .aai, .eat., .ehy and .gnt on their own are not registered by Ariddia nor any of its territories, and remain available for other nations to claim.