Weekly Flag Challenge August 13th : Poll

Weekly Flag Challenge August 27th : Poll

THE WILD COAST, A SOUTH AMERICAN CHALLENGE
New Challenge: August 22th

Closing Date for entries: August 26th, midnight GMT

POD:

At some time before the 1900's all the Guaiana's were colonised by one colonizer as opposed being carved up by 5 European colonizers OTL.
In an ATL this Guaianan colony became independant as a republic.

The Guaiana's are in OTL divided over 5 countries:
- Guyana, formerly British Guiana
- Suriname, formerly Dutch Guiana
- French Guiana, an overseas department of France
- Brazilian States of Amapá, Roraima, north of Pará and north of Amazonas, formerly Portuguese Guiana
- Venezuelan States of Amazonas, Bolívar and Delta Amacuro, formerly Spanish Guiana.

These areas between the Orinoco and Amazon deltas were long known as "The Wild Coast": see attached map.

CHALLENGE:

Design a flag for one of the following ATL republics situated in South America incorporating all the Guiana's:

OPTION 1: - Republic of the Wild Coast (Formerly part of an ATL British Empire)

OPTION 2: - Republique de Cote Sauvage (Formerly part of an ATL French Empire)

OPTION 3: - República da Costa Selvagem (Formerly part of an ATL Portuguese Empire)

OPTION 4: - Republiek Wildekust (Formerly part of an ATL Dutch Empire)

OPTION 5: - República de Costa Salvaje (Formerly part of an ATL Spanish Empire)

Entry A

Option 1


History:


The Wild Coast was to receive independence from the British Empire in June 1961, and in the run-up to the event, the president elect of the future Republic launched a nation wide competition to design the new flag.


The winning design came from one Desmond Burke, and was officially recognised as the new flag after a session of the Coastian Assembly voted 15-1 to install it.


Description:


A white-fimbriated teal triangle over another, larger white-fimbrated gold triangle, both based on the hoist, pointing toward the fly and superimposed on a field of Persian Red, with a 16 ray-ed sun centred in the teal triangle.



Symbolism:


-White and gold sections form an arrowhead, symbolising pre-colonial history when the Arawakan people inhabited the land
-A teal triangle representing forward progress
-A white sun symbolising unity and the dawn of a new nation
-16 rays for the 16 provinces

-The field of red stands for the rich natural produce of the land


Colours:


-Persian Red for the rich harvest
-White for peace
-Gold for the mineral wealth of the area
-Blue for order and progress


Flag Ratio


-1:1.732

Entry B

Option 5: República de Costa Salvaje

History:


The República de Costa Salvaje was originally colonised by the Spanish Empire as Nueva Cantabria after being contested between Spain and the Portuguese. Originally part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, it became part of the newly created Viceroyalty of New Grenada. During the Latin American Wars of Independence, the Costa Salvaje remained loyal to the Spanish crown at first. However after Mexico signed the peace treaty which officially made it independent from the Spanish crown,

After a long war of independence they received their goal in 1839 and the new republic was born, along with the "Bandera de los Tres Ríos", the symbol of the young nation.


Description:


Three white bars, two vertical and one horizontal, on a green field. At the bottom there is a purple bar, at the upper edge a red bar. In the centre there is a five-pointed yellow star.



Symbolism:


- The three white bars stand for the three most dominant rivers of the country: the Amazonas, the Essequibo and the Orinoco
- The five-pointed star stands for the unity of the people coming from the five continents: Europe, America, Africa, Asia, Oceania (including the Malay Archipelo)


Colours:


- Red for the bloodshed during the Latin American Wars of Independence
- White for Purity
- Yellow for Hope
- Green for Nature
- Purple for the People


Flag Ratio


-1:1.6

Entry C

Option 3: República da Costa Selvagem

History:


The República da Costa Selvagem started out when the colonial regions of the Portuguese on the South American continent were divided into 16 captaincies* by King Henry II around 1535. Together with Pernambuco and Sao Vicente, the Costa Selvajem captaincy (during that period known as Novo Andalusia) was one of the few that became succesfull, largely due to large sugarplantations.

In the beginning of the 17th century the Portuguese established a more centralised government and divided the territory into 3 Estados:
the Estado do Maranhao, the Estado do Brazil and the Estado do Novo Andalusia (the latter incorporating present-day Costa Selvajem).

In the 18th century the Estados were re-organised again as 4 Grand-Duchies: Costa Selvajem, Sao Paulo, Maranhao and Pernambuco.

In the beginning of the 19th century the Portuguese homelands were conquered by the Emperor Louis I (of the House Davout) of France during the Grand Western Wars. During this period, instigated by the Frismarkians and Saxons, 2 of the 4 viceroyalties rose in revolt. After a short but brutal civil war, the viceroyalties of Maranhao and Costa Selvajem declared independance as the Confederate Atlantic States.

In the 20th century a couple of decades after the Great Continental War in South America, the people of the Costa Selvajem region opted for independence through a plebiscite. The 2 regions of the CAS separated peacefully as the República da Costa Selvagem and the República da
Grande Maranjo.

* In this ATL the Line of Tordesillas lays more to the west.

Entry D

Option 4


History:


In the 1640's many of the Staatsgezinden (Republicans) in the Dutch Republic (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) became convinced that they would never be able to break the Prinsgezinden (Royalists or Orangist)'s hold on the Dutch Republic, and decided to form there own republic. Beginning in 1641 they beganbut=ying up a controling share of the Dutch West Indies Company. In 1645 they began immigrating to Dutch Guiana. In 1647, they seized control of the Colonial govrnment and declared the Republiek Wildekust, converting part of the Dutch West Indies Company into the Navy of the new republic. At first they used a flag that looked identical to the Dutch flag with the Orange replaced with more blue, but later switched to the current flag.


Description:


A white field above a blue field with 16 seven-pointed stars aranged in a roughly sircular cluster counter-charged.



Symbolism:


-16 rays for the 16 provinces
-7 points of each star represent the 7 provinces of the Dutch Republic



Colours:


-Blue and White from the Flag of the Dutch Republic


Flag Ratio


-1:1.501

Entry E

Option #2



Flag of the Republique de Cote Sauvage


History:


The Republique de Cote Sauvage would receive independence from France at the conclusion of the Great war in 1922. Belgium and the Netherlands were liberated by the British and the Germans first, spelling the down fall of the House of Napoleon. While the USA helped to secure the independence of the Wild Coast territory.


Description:


This long flag is more a standard that a true flag. While other nations will hang it from a standard flag pole, the people of the Republique de Cote Sauvage prefer to drape it like a tapestry, curtian, or wall hanging when placed outside. The Sun would be at the top with the blue stripe flowing towards the sun.


Symbolism:


- The yellow sun represents the equator and freedom from the oppressive rule of France.
- The green is the forests and jungles representing growth and life.
- The dark blue is the ocean and/or sky representing the bounty of the waters
- The light blue strip represents the rivers running throughout the nation to the oceans.


Colours:


- Yellow for freedom
- Light blue for movement and change
- Green for life and growth
- Dark Blue for bounty


Flag Ratio


- 1:3