What are your favourite national flags?

[JoJo]

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That's right Escapists, it's flag thread. The ideas pretty simple, just post your favourite national flag(s) from around the world and give a short explanation why it's your favourite. Also, if you have any subnational flags you particularly like feel free to put them up too. No other rules this time, just goes nuts!

For my response, here's my top three favourite flags from around the world:

Spoiler: In third place

[HEADING=2]Barbados[/HEADING]

The colours look distinctive and memorable, and the trident is stylish and helps prevent the flag becoming 'three horizontal sections flag #87'.

Spoiler: In second place

[HEADING=2]Marshall Islands[/HEADING]

Absolutely unique, I like the star in the particular and how that goes with the stripe running across the flag.

Spoiler: And the winner is...

[HEADING=2]Papua New Guinea[/HEADING]

Great colours that go well together, memorable and the bird is a nice touch whilst being not being too complicated (looking at you, every country who insists on putting their coat of arms on their flag).

So Escapists, am I right? Wrong? What are your favourite flags?

 

[Barbas]

Spoiler: GLORIOUS SOCIALIS-

*Sigh*, oh alright then, fine. This flag has long been one of my favourites:

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[HEADING=2]Hong Kong, S.A.R.[/HEADING]

Observe: It's simple, elegant and has the graceful Bauhinia on it. None of that poser AK47 or bird of prey nonsense. This is the flag of a people with class.

 

[SckizoBoy]

Truth be told, I like the U.K's flag.

But with Scotland's potential independence, we may lose our Union Jack... T_T

OT:

Spoiler: Just smacks of no-nonsense bad-assitude

 

[Vegosiux]

I always liked the Nordic flags. It's a tie between Sweden and Finland for the favorite. Honorable mention to the Canadian flag.

Oh I also liked the pre-revolution Libya flag (which was a solid green rectangle).

And of course, the flag of Nepal, the only non-rectangular national flag in the world.

To say nothing of the flag of Paraguay, the only national flag of which the faces are not the same.

 

[Teoes]

I've always been rather partial to the South Korean flag, but never known exactly why. T'is rather unique.

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Whilst looking through flags for inspiration I got a chuckle from all the flags that are just a Union flag slapped in the corner, with some nifty pattern taking up the rest of the space: e.g. Australia's a big one, New Zealand too, but places like Turks and Caicos Islands, Pitcairn Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cuhna, Niue, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands.. it goes on! Ah, the Empire.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

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It's positively medieval, and as a result really stands out from most other flags.

That's why I like Albania

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and Montenegro

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[Barbas]

@SckizoBoy, @Zykon_The_Lich: Your linked images aren't showing up properly.

 

[Zykon TheLich_v1legacy]

@SckizoBoy, @Zykon_The_Lich: Your linked images aren't showing up properly.

Fixed. Guess the escapist doesn't like .svg files

 

[JoJo]

Truth be told, I like the U.K's flag.

But with Scotland's potential independence, we may lose our Union Jack... T_T

Luckily, the general consensus is that even if Scotland secedes from the United Kingdom the Union Flag will most likely remain the national flag of the remaining UK, since it's an established symbol worldwide and there's no accepted alternative flag that just represents England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Most foreigners seem to think that UK flag = England anyway, so confusion will be hopefully be minimal.

 

[SckizoBoy]

@SckizoBoy, @Zykon_The_Lich: Your linked images aren't showing up properly.

Huh... works fine with me... changed it anyway... working now?

Luckily, the general consensus is that even if Scotland secedes from the United Kingdom the Union Flag will most likely remain the national flag of the remaining UK, since it's an established symbol worldwide and there's no accepted alternative flag that just represents England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Most foreigners seem to think that UK flag = England anyway, so confusion will be hopefully be minimal.

Oh yeah... I remember there was some debate about it... one of the options was replacing the blue with green (part of the Welsh flag), but that looked ridiculous, somehow... not sure how they (that particular discussion) concluded it. *shrugs*

 

[JoJo]

The replies here have reminded me of some flags I had forgotten, so a special award for randomness goes to:

Spoiler: The...

[HEADING=2]Isle of Man[/HEADING]

Dependency of the United Kingdom. No idea what the three legs are about.

Also, my posts... they're over 9000! :-D

 

[Andy Shandy]

This may be simple patriotism, but I've always liked Scotland's flag.

Spoiler: The St. Andrew's Cross

Spoiler: Seychelles and Macedonia also have pretty ballin' flags

 

[StormShaun]

Snip

There are only two true flags in this world.
This one is my second best, and only one is better then it!

Spoiler: The flag itself!

You think that is the best flag, this next one is much better!

Spoiler: The best flag!

Nothing is true, everything is permitted!
Arrr ...
Why yes, I have been playing Black Flag.

To be serious, I like Japan's flag.

 

[KennardKId5]

I personally love the Canadian flag.

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It's much better than the Dominion flag they used to have, for sure.

 

[Drummodino]

I've always liked South Africa's flag.

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Colorful with a nice symmetrical design.

Ghana's is cool too.

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Bit of an African theme I've got going on.

Captcha: love is automatic

I wish it was captcha, I really do.

 

[Amethyst Wind]

I've always been partial to the flag of Estonia.

Spoiler: Simple, with a good colour scheme.

 

[Guffe]

I have always liked Wales.
I remember back when I played FIFA98, I was like 7 years old, my favorite team to play were Wales, because I thought they had created a fake team into the game just to use an awesome flag with a dragon in it

Also Japan, it's just plain simple, and Saudi Arabia, because it's green!

 

[Artina89]

I personally love the Canadian flag.

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It's much better than the Dominion flag they used to have, for sure.

I am going to second on that. I love the Canadian flag, and I also love the country as well. I also really like the Swedish flag as well, I find the blue and yellow colour scheme to be really pleasing, to the point that I have a huge Swedish flag on the wall of my bedroom, courtesy of a friend of mine giving me it.

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[stormeris]

Since i'm Lithuanian, i'm going to say our flag!

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My personal nationalism aside, i really do like the colour scheme of German and Belgium flags.

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Captcha: basket case.
That's an awful movie, captcha, a very awful movie

 

[Kae]

I'm probably biased but México, definitely México.

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Why México?
Well it's an eagle eating a snake on top of a nopal cactus[footnote]Not entirely sure how to say that in English and too lazy to look it up.[/footnote], which is pretty awesome, according to legend the Aztecs while looking for a new home arrived to lake Texcoco, where they found an eagle eating a snake on top of a nopal, they took this a sign from the warrior God Huitzilopotchli that this was the place they should settle in and so they did and the eagle became a symbol of the culture and I make this story sound awful but oh well.
Anyway it's a cool flag with a lot of meaning behind it besides just representing the Mexican territory.
[sup][sup]Everything in the flag symbolizes something but I'm too lazy to explain and I actually don't remember it all that well, so whatever.[/sup][/sup]