https://www.alternatehistory.com/forum/threads/flag-challenge-147-poll.393105/
Poll Thread has been put up.
Poll Thread has been put up.
Did you post this in the wrong thread? There's no challenge yet.
The challenge is posted? And this is the thread for entries, right?
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ew-challenges-previous-winners.136906/page-21
Oh ok, my bad. Can someone post the challenge in here as well?Yep. Challenge posted where it should be as according to the Rules and the Guide for Winners
I should have my entry up later.
https://www.alternatehistory.com/fo...ew-challenges-previous-winners.136906/page-21Oh ok, my bad. Can someone post the challenge in here as well?
Thank you kindly! Transparencies annoying me at present *note to self: buy laptop!*Btw, here's an edited flag for you Professor:
The Japanese Republic
日本の共和国及びの状態
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Officially the Republic and Nation of Japan, the Japanese Republic was formed from the occupied islands of the Japanese Empire. After the failure of the Manhattan Project, the United States and the Allied Powers would begin a bloody and brutal campaign to invade and pacify Japan, finally succeeding in 1948. Under constant watch, the culture of the Home Islands was transformed, and the Allied Powers made sure that Imperialism was stomped out forever from the Japanese psyche. For a time, the blue-red ensign, officially the flag of the Allied Occupied Territory of Japan, became the official flag of the Republic. As greater autonomy to the American puppet state was ceded, eventually the Hinomaru, a symbol of the Japanese people, was added to the flag, representing the transition of Japan from its bloody past to a bright new future, the sun rising ever higher. The Japanese Republic is ruled by the President and the Republic Diet, with the Supreme Commander of the Home Islands (formerly the Supreme Commander of the Allied Occupation of Japan) having veto ability and the power to declare martial law. Typically a 'non-biased third party' (read: foreigner), in recent times the SCHI (often referred to colloquially as the Shogun by many Japanese) has since been chosen from the upper ranks of the Japanese Volunteer Defense Force, whose joint operations with the American military ensure that only those with no nationalistic or dictatorial aspirations are ever granted the rank.
The Ainu SSR that owns Sahkalin and Hokkaido, which is part of the Soviet Union directly. Plus, with American focus being on Japan, all of Korea fell to the Soviets. However, NATO used Hong Kong and Macau as focal points to prop up a southern Republic of China, while everything North of the Yangtze River falling to the Communists. Tibet also broke away, moving towards the Indian-led neutrality sphere. The Japanese also still own Taiwan, if only as a place to anchor the US-Japanese Joint Defense Fleet that keeps Red China at bay.Intriguing. Was there a Soviet People's Republic in the North also?
FLAG CHALLENGE #149: The Frontier Pushes Back
In every sci-fi setting, Humans are either top dog, or the newcomer species that impresses everyone. But let's be honest; if interstellar politics are anything like Earth, we'd be vassalized by a more advanced galactic power before we even had time to realize it.
But even under an alien jackboot, flags are a big thing for Humans. So there is your challenge. Design a flag for a united, Human, interstellar government that is a protectorate/vassal of another species. Maybe they uplifted us back in the medieval ages, maybe they discovered us early into our years of space travel, maybe they invaded and subjugated us in the modern age. Whatever the case, our status as a part of/subject to a new alien empire should reflected in our flag.
Submissions Open: Now
Submissions Close: 11 August 2016
Voting Period: 12-19 August 2016
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Yeah, this one is definitely pushing the envelope.