[44net] Obtaining a /16 network for a specific DXCC country (TK) ?

Hi, I'm TK1BI, and I'm living in Corsica. It's a small island in the Mediterranean sea. It's a French "department". But it's a specific DXCC country : TK. With my friend TK5EP, we are managing the TK5KP radio-club, which has been very active for years. We are now designing a hamnet network for our island. I'm wondering if it would be possible to obtain a /16 subnet for our "country". If so, what would be the requirements ? Here are some arguments : - In the ham radio world, Corsica is a separate DXCC country. - On an administrative point of view, Corsica is a department of France. But it's an island, and there's 300 km of sea between us and France. So, it's an independant geographical unit. - On a political point of view, Corsica has a specific language (similar to Italian), and a local government that would tend to more autonomy inside France and Europe. - On a historical point of view, Corsica has been one of the first republics in the world (30 years before France), and its Constitution, written in 1755 by Pasquale PAOLI, was used as a reference for the constitution of the United States of America (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pasquale_Paoli). - On a technical point of view, we're already using the 44.151.20.0/24 subnet (from France). And it would be technically enough to handle all our future needs. The "internal" net is built on 10.x.y.0/24 subnets, and only the external gateway has a 44.x address. Anyway, having a /16 would allow us to separate each region and city in /24 subnets, and use 44.x adresses everywhere (no more 10.x). As you can see, this request is not really based on technical needs; It's mostly a request to affirm our identity in the hamradio world. I'm a Systems Engineer, specialized in network and telecom. I'll host the backbone of the network in my professional datacenters (one in France/OVH, and one here in Corsica). My company will give free hosting, free VMs, free IP addresses and free bandwidth to the radio-club, so that the network will benefit of latest technologies at no cost. We'll also have BGP capabilities. TK5EP and I will be the sysadmins. Then, would it be possible to get a /16 subnet for Corsica ? Thank you in avance. 73 de TK1BI