The flag represents Empirisk i den Tvilling Bekranse i Karita (Empire of the Twin Thrones of Karita), which is my NationStates nation. The rune itself is, from what I understand, called a Wolf's Cross and means unchangeable fate; it's a sort of semi-arrogant nod to the inevitability of the formation of the Empire and its continuation. The black field represents the equally dark days of the War of Unification, where entire armies were routinely thrown into desperate assault/defense scenarios that only became bloodier with time as the impetus of war advanced technology and city-states turned into feudal unions that fought for supremacy; the populations of the twelve participating city-states were reduced by nearly half in the course of the war. The blue, gold, and cream are simply the colors of the Imperial family.
