diff --git a/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.json b/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.json
index 5980e34..9ee5570 100644
--- a/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.json
+++ b/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.json
@@ -1,1010 +1,1010 @@
 {
     "ad": {
-        "name": "Andorra",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ad.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ad",
+        "name": "Andorra"
     },
     "ae": {
-        "name": "United Arab Emirates",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ae.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ae",
+        "name": "United Arab Emirates"
     },
     "af": {
-        "name": "Afghanistan",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/af.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/af",
+        "name": "Afghanistan"
     },
     "ag": {
-        "name": "Antigua and Barbuda",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ag.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ag",
+        "name": "Antigua and Barbuda"
     },
     "ai": {
-        "name": "Anguilla",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ai.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ai",
+        "name": "Anguilla"
     },
     "al": {
-        "name": "Albania",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/al.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/al",
+        "name": "Albania"
     },
     "am": {
-        "name": "Armenia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/am.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/am",
+        "name": "Armenia"
     },
     "an": {
-        "name": "Netherlands Antilles",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/an.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/an",
+        "name": "Netherlands Antilles"
     },
     "ao": {
-        "name": "Angola",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ao.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ao",
+        "name": "Angola"
     },
     "aq": {
-        "name": "Antarctica",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/aq.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/aq",
+        "name": "Antarctica"
     },
     "ar": {
-        "name": "Argentina",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ar.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ar",
+        "name": "Argentina"
     },
     "as": {
-        "name": "American Samoa",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/as.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/as",
+        "name": "American Samoa"
     },
     "at": {
-        "name": "Austria",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/at.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/at",
+        "name": "Austria"
     },
     "au": {
-        "name": "Australia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/au.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/au",
+        "name": "Australia"
     },
     "aw": {
-        "name": "Aruba",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/aw.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/aw",
+        "name": "Aruba"
     },
     "ax": {
-        "name": "Oland Islands",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ax.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ax",
+        "name": "Oland Islands"
     },
     "az": {
-        "name": "Azerbaijan",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/az.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/az",
+        "name": "Azerbaijan"
     },
     "ba": {
-        "name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ba.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ba",
+        "name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina"
     },
     "bb": {
-        "name": "Barbados",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bb.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bb",
+        "name": "Barbados"
     },
     "bd": {
-        "name": "Bangladesh",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bd.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bd",
+        "name": "Bangladesh"
     },
     "be": {
-        "name": "Belgium",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/be.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/be",
+        "name": "Belgium"
     },
     "bf": {
-        "name": "Burkina Faso",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bf.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bf",
+        "name": "Burkina Faso"
     },
     "bg": {
-        "name": "Bulgaria",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bg.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bg",
+        "name": "Bulgaria"
     },
     "bh": {
-        "name": "Bahrain",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bh.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bh",
+        "name": "Bahrain"
     },
     "bi": {
-        "name": "Burundi",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bi.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bi",
+        "name": "Burundi"
     },
     "bj": {
-        "name": "Benin",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bj.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bj",
+        "name": "Benin"
     },
     "bl": {
-        "name": "Saint Barthélemy",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bl.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bl",
+        "name": "Saint Barth\u00e9lemy"
     },
     "bm": {
-        "name": "Bermuda",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bm",
+        "name": "Bermuda"
     },
     "bn": {
-        "name": "Brunei Darussalam",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bn.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bn",
+        "name": "Brunei Darussalam"
     },
     "bo": {
-        "name": "Bolivia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bo.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bo",
+        "name": "Bolivia"
     },
     "bq": {
-        "name": "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bq.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bq",
+        "name": "Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba"
     },
     "br": {
-        "name": "Brazil",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/br.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/br",
+        "name": "Brazil"
     },
     "bs": {
-        "name": "Bahamas",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bs.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bs",
+        "name": "Bahamas"
     },
     "bt": {
-        "name": "Bhutan",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bt.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bt",
+        "name": "Bhutan"
     },
     "bv": {
-        "name": "Bouvet Island",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bv.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bv",
+        "name": "Bouvet Island"
     },
     "bw": {
-        "name": "Botswana",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bw.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bw",
+        "name": "Botswana"
     },
     "by": {
-        "name": "Belarus",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/by.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/by",
+        "name": "Belarus"
     },
     "bz": {
-        "name": "Belize",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/bz.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/bz",
+        "name": "Belize"
     },
     "ca": {
-        "name": "Canada",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ca.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ca",
+        "name": "Canada"
     },
     "cc": {
-        "name": "Cocos (Keeling) Islands",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cc.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cc",
+        "name": "Cocos (Keeling) Islands"
     },
     "cd": {
-        "name": "Congo The Democratic Republic of",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cd.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cd",
+        "name": "Congo The Democratic Republic of"
     },
     "cf": {
-        "name": "Central African Republic",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cf.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cf",
+        "name": "Central African Republic"
     },
     "cg": {
-        "name": "Congo",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cg.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cg",
+        "name": "Congo"
     },
     "ch": {
-        "name": "Switzerland",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ch.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ch",
+        "name": "Switzerland"
     },
     "ci": {
-        "name": "Cote d'Ivoire",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ci.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ci",
+        "name": "Cote d'Ivoire"
     },
     "ck": {
-        "name": "Cook Islands",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ck.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ck",
+        "name": "Cook Islands"
     },
     "cl": {
-        "name": "Chile",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cl.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cl",
+        "name": "Chile"
     },
     "cm": {
-        "name": "Cameroon",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cm",
+        "name": "Cameroon"
     },
     "cn": {
-        "name": "China",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cn.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cn",
+        "name": "China"
     },
     "co": {
-        "name": "Colombia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/co.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/co",
+        "name": "Colombia"
     },
     "cr": {
-        "name": "Costa Rica",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cr.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cr",
+        "name": "Costa Rica"
     },
     "cs": {
-        "name": "Serbia and Montenegro",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cs.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cs",
+        "name": "Serbia and Montenegro"
     },
     "cu": {
-        "name": "Cuba",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cu.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cu",
+        "name": "Cuba"
     },
     "cv": {
-        "name": "Cape Verde",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cv.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cv",
+        "name": "Cape Verde"
     },
     "cw": {
-        "name": "Curaçao",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cw.png"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cw.png",
+        "name": "Cura\u00e7ao"
     },
     "cx": {
-        "name": "Christmas Island",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cx.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cx",
+        "name": "Christmas Island"
     },
     "cy": {
-        "name": "Cyprus",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cy.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cy",
+        "name": "Cyprus"
     },
     "cz": {
-        "name": "Czech Republic",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/cz.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/cz",
+        "name": "Czech Republic"
     },
     "de": {
-        "name": "Germany",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/de.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/de",
+        "name": "Germany"
     },
     "dj": {
-        "name": "Djibouti",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/dj.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/dj",
+        "name": "Djibouti"
     },
     "dk": {
-        "name": "Denmark",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/dk.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/dk",
+        "name": "Denmark"
     },
     "dm": {
-        "name": "Dominica",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/dm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/dm",
+        "name": "Dominica"
     },
     "do": {
-        "name": "Dominican Republic",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/do.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/do",
+        "name": "Dominican Republic"
     },
     "dz": {
-        "name": "Algeria",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/dz.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/dz",
+        "name": "Algeria"
     },
     "ec": {
-        "name": "Ecuador",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ec.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ec",
+        "name": "Ecuador"
     },
     "ee": {
-        "name": "Estonia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ee.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ee",
+        "name": "Estonia"
     },
     "eg": {
-        "name": "Egypt",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/eg.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/eg",
+        "name": "Egypt"
     },
     "eh": {
-        "name": "Western Sahara",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/eh.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/eh",
+        "name": "Western Sahara"
     },
     "er": {
-        "name": "Eritrea",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/er.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/er",
+        "name": "Eritrea"
     },
     "es": {
-        "name": "Spain",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/es.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/es",
+        "name": "Spain"
     },
     "et": {
-        "name": "Ethiopia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/et.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/et",
+        "name": "Ethiopia"
     },
     "fi": {
-        "name": "Finland",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/fi.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/fi",
+        "name": "Finland"
     },
     "fj": {
-        "name": "Fiji",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/fj.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/fj",
+        "name": "Fiji"
     },
     "fk": {
-        "name": "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/fk.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/fk",
+        "name": "Falkland Islands (Malvinas)"
     },
     "fm": {
-        "name": "Micronesia Federated States of",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/fm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/fm",
+        "name": "Micronesia Federated States of"
     },
     "fo": {
-        "name": "Faroe Islands",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/fo.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/fo",
+        "name": "Faroe Islands"
     },
     "fr": {
-        "name": "France",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/fr.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/fr",
+        "name": "France"
     },
     "ga": {
-        "name": "Gabon",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ga.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ga",
+        "name": "Gabon"
     },
     "gb": {
-        "name": "United Kingdom",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gb.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gb",
+        "name": "United Kingdom"
     },
     "gd": {
-        "name": "Grenada",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gd.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gd",
+        "name": "Grenada"
     },
     "ge": {
-        "name": "Georgia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ge.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ge",
+        "name": "Georgia"
     },
     "gf": {
-        "name": "French Guiana",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gf.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gf",
+        "name": "French Guiana"
     },
     "gg": {
-        "name": "Guernsey",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gg.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gg",
+        "name": "Guernsey"
     },
     "gh": {
-        "name": "Ghana",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gh.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gh",
+        "name": "Ghana"
     },
     "gi": {
-        "name": "Gibraltar",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gi.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gi",
+        "name": "Gibraltar"
     },
     "gl": {
-        "name": "Greenland",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gl.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gl",
+        "name": "Greenland"
     },
     "gm": {
-        "name": "Gambia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gm",
+        "name": "Gambia"
     },
     "gn": {
-        "name": "Guinea",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gn.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gn",
+        "name": "Guinea"
     },
     "gp": {
-        "name": "Guadeloupe",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gp.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gp",
+        "name": "Guadeloupe"
     },
     "gq": {
-        "name": "Equatorial Guinea",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gq.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gq",
+        "name": "Equatorial Guinea"
     },
     "gr": {
-        "name": "Greece",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gr.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gr",
+        "name": "Greece"
     },
     "gs": {
-        "name": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gs.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gs",
+        "name": "South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands"
     },
     "gt": {
-        "name": "Guatemala",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gt.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gt",
+        "name": "Guatemala"
     },
     "gu": {
-        "name": "Guam",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gu.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gu",
+        "name": "Guam"
     },
     "gw": {
-        "name": "Guinea-Bissau",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gw.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gw",
+        "name": "Guinea-Bissau"
     },
     "gy": {
-        "name": "Guyana",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/gy.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/gy",
+        "name": "Guyana"
     },
     "hk": {
-        "name": "Hong Kong",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/hk.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/hk",
+        "name": "Hong Kong"
     },
     "hm": {
-        "name": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/hm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/hm",
+        "name": "Heard Island and McDonald Islands"
     },
     "hn": {
-        "name": "Honduras",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/hn.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/hn",
+        "name": "Honduras"
     },
     "hr": {
-        "name": "Croatia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/hr.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/hr",
+        "name": "Croatia"
     },
     "ht": {
-        "name": "Haiti",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ht.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ht",
+        "name": "Haiti"
     },
     "hu": {
-        "name": "Hungary",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/hu.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/hu",
+        "name": "Hungary"
     },
     "id": {
-        "name": "Indonesia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/id.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/id",
+        "name": "Indonesia"
     },
     "ie": {
-        "name": "Ireland",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ie.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ie",
+        "name": "Ireland"
     },
     "il": {
-        "name": "Israel",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/il.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/il",
+        "name": "Israel"
     },
     "im": {
-        "name": "Isle of Man",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/im.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/im",
+        "name": "Isle of Man"
     },
     "in": {
-        "name": "India",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/in.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/in",
+        "name": "India"
     },
     "io": {
-        "name": "British Indian Ocean Territory",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/io.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/io",
+        "name": "British Indian Ocean Territory"
     },
     "iq": {
-        "name": "Iraq",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/iq.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/iq",
+        "name": "Iraq"
     },
     "ir": {
-        "name": "Iran Islamic Republic of",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ir.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ir",
+        "name": "Iran Islamic Republic of"
     },
     "is": {
-        "name": "Iceland",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/is.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/is",
+        "name": "Iceland"
     },
     "it": {
-        "name": "Italy",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/it.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/it",
+        "name": "Italy"
     },
     "je": {
-        "name": "Jersey",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/je.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/je",
+        "name": "Jersey"
     },
     "jm": {
-        "name": "Jamaica",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/jm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/jm",
+        "name": "Jamaica"
     },
     "jo": {
-        "name": "Jordan",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/jo.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/jo",
+        "name": "Jordan"
     },
     "jp": {
-        "name": "Japan",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/jp.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/jp",
+        "name": "Japan"
     },
     "ke": {
-        "name": "Kenya",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ke.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ke",
+        "name": "Kenya"
     },
     "kg": {
-        "name": "Kyrgyzstan",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/kg.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/kg",
+        "name": "Kyrgyzstan"
     },
     "kh": {
-        "name": "Cambodia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/kh.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/kh",
+        "name": "Cambodia"
     },
     "ki": {
-        "name": "Kiribati",
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     "ve": {
-        "name": "Venezuela",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ve.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ve",
+        "name": "Venezuela"
     },
     "vg": {
-        "name": "Virgin Islands British",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/vg.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/vg",
+        "name": "Virgin Islands British"
     },
     "vi": {
-        "name": "Virgin Islands U.S.",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/vi.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/vi",
+        "name": "Virgin Islands U.S."
     },
     "vn": {
-        "name": "Viet Nam",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/vn.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/vn",
+        "name": "Viet Nam"
     },
     "vu": {
-        "name": "Vanuatu",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/vu.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/vu",
+        "name": "Vanuatu"
     },
     "wf": {
-        "name": "Wallis and Futuna",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/wf.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/wf",
+        "name": "Wallis and Futuna"
     },
     "ws": {
-        "name": "Samoa",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ws.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ws",
+        "name": "Samoa"
+    },
+    "xk": {
+        "flag": "countryflag/xk",
+        "name": "Kosovo"
     },
     "ye": {
-        "name": "Yemen",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/ye.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/ye",
+        "name": "Yemen"
     },
     "yt": {
-        "name": "Mayotte",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/yt.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/yt",
+        "name": "Mayotte"
     },
     "za": {
-        "name": "South Africa",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/za.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/za",
+        "name": "South Africa"
     },
     "zm": {
-        "name": "Zambia",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/zm.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/zm",
+        "name": "Zambia"
     },
     "zw": {
-        "name": "Zimbabwe",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/zw.gif"
-    },
-    "xk": {
-        "name": "Kosovo",
-        "flag": "/++resource++country-flags/xk.gif"
+        "flag": "countryflag/zw",
+        "name": "Zimbabwe"
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.py b/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.py
index 68a7285..bdef53b 100644
--- a/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.py
+++ b/src/nti/i18n/locales/countries.py
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
 
 """
 
-from __future__ import print_function, absolute_import, division
 __docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"
 
 import json
-import pkg_resources
+from types import MappingProxyType as FrozenMap
+from importlib import resources
 
 from zope.interface import implementer
 from zope.cachedescriptors.property import Lazy
@@ -30,11 +30,14 @@ def _countrylist(self):
         #
         # This list follows ISO 3166-1. In addition the following reservations are
         # part of the list for historical reasons: an.
-        # It was initially based on data distributed with plone.i18n 3.0.7.
+        # It was initially based on data distributed with plone.i18n 5.0.3.
 
-        country_bytes = pkg_resources.resource_string(__name__, 'countries.json')
-        country_str = country_bytes.decode('utf-8')
-        return json.loads(country_str)
+        country_str = resources.read_text(__name__, 'countries.json')
+        return FrozenMap({
+            k: FrozenMap(v)
+            for k, v
+            in json.loads(country_str).items()
+        })
 
     def getAvailableCountries(self):
         return self._countrylist.keys()
@@ -43,4 +46,4 @@ def getCountries(self):
         return self._countrylist.copy()
 
     def getCountryListing(self):
-        return [(code, data[u'name']) for code, data in self._countrylist.items()]
+        return [(code, data['name']) for code, data in self._countrylist.items()]