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The process of place-name codification in a given language naturally also involves the standardization of the names of countries, which is the responsibility of the standardization body. In 2005 and 2006, the Commission for the Standardization of Geographical Names of the Government of the Republic of Slovenia outlined a proposal to consolidate the standard Slovene names of countries, which however was not immune to external criticism. The names Južna Afrika (Eng. The Republic of South Africa) and Moldavija (Eng. Moldova) stood out as especially problematic. The present contribution is an attempt at demonstrating the complexity of place-name codification, which more often than not proves to be a much more delicate, ideologically motivated, and politically exposed process than one would expect if standardization of geographical names were a mere question of linguistics and geography. In the process of determining the acceptable standard form of a particular name a number of aspects had to be taken into account – these difficulties alongside the efforts at maintaining our own linguistic heritage are presented in some greater detail.
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