Generate a flag emoji from the player's region

generate-flag-emoji.lua

--!strict
local regionalIndicators = { A = "🇦", B = "🇧", C = "🇨", D = "🇩", E = "🇪", F = "🇫", G = "🇬", H = "🇭", I = "🇮", J = "🇯", K = "🇰", L = "🇱", M = "🇲", N = "🇳", O = "🇴", P = "🇵", Q = "🇶", R = "🇷", S = "🇸", T = "🇹", U = "🇺", V = "🇻", W = "🇼", X = "🇽", Y = "🇾", Z = "🇿" }

local function constructFlagEmoji(region: string): string 
  local flag = {}

  for _, char in region:split("") do
    table.insert(flag, regionalIndicators[char:upper()])
  end

  return table.concat(flag, "")
end

local region = LocalizationService:GetCountryRegionForPlayerAsync(player)
local flag = constructFlagEmoji(region)