Flag Thread II

False Dmitri · May 7, 2009

Dutchie said:
The flag of Norlund - a Scandanavian country with strong paganist tendencies, although there is a significant
Christian element which has led to the recent addition of the jewelled cross to the national flag. the wyvern is a symbol of strength and power of the rulers, descended from Loki, the Clever God (foriegners mistakenly call him the Trickster God...). Local theology conflates Loki and Christ into one "Son of God", which doesn't go well with Catholic or Orthodox christians to the south...

Oo, very nice. I presume that if I were to fly that flag outside my house, it wouldn't have the little fleurs-de-lis on the borders?

Dutchie · May 7, 2009

Iori Komei said:
The flag of the Aegyptian Empire from my Great Death TL.
Aegypt is a nation comprising modern Egypt, North Sudan and East Libya.
After the Great Death the new culture that emerged followed a syncretic culture based on Coptic christianity with a few Islamic influences and a mixture of ancient Egyptian neo-pagan beliefs.

The brown represents the desert and Aegypt's ancient past while the Green represents life (plants=life) and the future. The blue cross represents the Nile river while in the center is a coptic cross.

I really like that. My only suggestion would be to match the blues of the nile cross with the squiglies inside the coptic cross.

Dutchie · May 7, 2009

Benkarnell said:
Oo, very nice. I presume that if I were to fly that flag outside my house, it wouldn't have the little fleurs-de-lis on the borders?

Only if you were a damned Republican!...

The epee-de-lis is an integral part of the monarchist symbology for Norlund.

iori · May 7, 2009

Dutchie said:
I really like that. My only suggestion would be to match the blues of the nile cross with the squiglies inside the coptic cross.

Hm, that does look better that way, thanks.

The next one and probably the last one I'll post for the day.
The flag of New Zambia. I warn you now, it is not a normal flag.
New Zambia is a dictatorship ruled by a group of xenophobic, racist quasi-fascists who hate everything from everywhere except Zambia and Southern Africa (with the exception of Angola, who they hate), so the flag is..odd.

The black represents the native black Africans and is one of the colors of the dictatorship for that very reason The green represent the jungles and savanna while the blue represent Victoria falls.
The black forms a version of a 'Zambian Cross', essentially a cross but with a lesser vertical arm on each of the traditional arms.

Dutchie · May 7, 2009

Iori Komei said:
Hm, that does look better that way, thanks.

The next one and probably the last one I'll post for the day.
The flag of New Zambia. I warn you now, it is not a normal flag.
New Zambia is a dictatorship ruled by a group of xenophobic, racist quasi-fascists who hate everything from everywhere except Zambia and Southern Africa (with the exception of Angola, who they hate), so the flag is..odd.

The black represents the native black Africans and is one of the colors of the dictatorship for that very reason The green represent the jungles and savanna while the blue represent Victoria falls.
The black forms a version of a 'Zambian Cross', essentially a cross but with a lesser vertical arm on each of the traditional arms.

I really like the alternate cross design. If you don't mind, I've made some changes to highlight it - mkaes it 'pop' off the flag now. But its only a suggestion, do with what you will. Cheers.

Lord Grattan · May 7, 2009

Israel's "Lion of Judah" flag:

EDIT-- I just noticed that I did not "clean up" the cut/paste fringe around the lion; sorry about that.

catboy637 · May 7, 2009

Here is the flag of The People's Republic of Colorblind.

Kneze · May 7, 2009

a new flag for the state of Utah

Alternatehistorybuff5341 · May 7, 2009

I know people hate Challenges, but they are so fun to do.

Balkanized United Kingdom.

Kingdom of England (Constitutional Monarchy)
Republic of Scotland (Federal Democracy)
Unified Ireland (Republic)
People's Republic of Cornwall (Socialist Republic)
Welsh Federation (Federal Republic)

Please try to use designs that are unique and not cliche*

(*Not just the crosses of Saint Patrick, George or Andrew)

LSCatilina · May 7, 2009

People's Republic of Cornwall

LSCatilina · May 7, 2009

Welsh Federation

fortyseven · May 7, 2009

Iori Komei said:
The flag of the Aegyptian Empire from my Great Death TL.
Aegypt is a nation comprising modern Egypt, North Sudan and East Libya.
After the Great Death the new culture that emerged followed a syncretic culture based on Coptic christianity with a few Islamic influences and a mixture of ancient Egyptian neo-pagan beliefs.

The brown represents the desert and Aegypt's ancient past while the Green represents life (plants=life) and the future. The blue cross represents the Nile river while in the center is a coptic cross.

Could you match the oranges?

Kneze said:
a new flag for the state of Utah

Very nice

iori · May 7, 2009

Dutchie said:
I really like the alternate cross design. If you don't mind, I've made some changes to highlight it - makes it 'pop' off the flag now. But its only a suggestion, do with what you will. Cheers.

That's pretty cool interesting, to cool of course for the dictatorship.
I think perhaps it'd make a good flag for the New Zambia Liberation Organization.

iori · May 7, 2009

fortyseven said:
Could you match the oranges?

They're not both orange, one is brown and the other is yellow.

Lord Grattan · May 7, 2009

Republic of Scotland:

Dutchie · May 8, 2009

catboy637 said:
Here is the flag of The People's Republic of Colorblind.

no!

Alternatehistorybuff5341 said:
I know people hate Challenges, but they are so fun to do.

Balkanized United Kingdom.

Kingdom of England (Constitutional Monarchy)
Republic of Scotland (Federal Democracy)
Unified Ireland (Republic)
People's Republic of Cornwall (Socialist Republic)
Welsh Federation (Federal Republic)

Please try to use designs that are unique and not cliche*

(*Not just the crosses of Saint Patrick, George or Andrew)

Here's the kingdom of England, a Constitutional Monarchy (you didn't specify if this was future GB balkanization, or balkanization instead of historical union. I chose future) Some see the white bands as a portion of a stylized cross, others as the centre of a over-sized 'E'....

For Ireland, I resubmit my celtic cross-on-St. Patrick's-blue from a couple of pages back https://www.alternatehistory.com/discussion/showpost.php?p=2432039&postcount=7

iori · May 8, 2009

This is a flag I did upon request for a guy.
Obviously I have no intention of ever using it.

catboy637 · May 8, 2009

Is that a gay Communist Prussia?

LSCatilina · May 8, 2009

Gay and Lesbian Socialist Republic of Albania, i would say

Thande · May 8, 2009

Inca Kingdom of Socialist Albania!

Although the Inca were socialist anyway, so you're already halfway there.