Flag Thread III
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I really like this one! That could actually be used for any number of African republics.
Flag and CoA Challenge
The People's Republic of Zambézia (or La República Popular da Zambézia):
A Democratic Socialist Republic consisting of the Dem Rep of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzani, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Madagascar, Lesotho, Swaziland, Sao Tome and Principe.
The Legislative Capital is Luanda, the Executive Capital is Johannesburg and the Judicial Capital is Maputo.
Official languages are: Portuguese, Dutch, English, Afrikaans, French, Zulu, Sotho, and Tswana, with Malagasy and Northern Sotho recognized as ''regional languages''.
The national faith is Baha'i and the national symbols are the Elephant and the Suikerbos flower. The country also has a large navy and the flag preferably should reference this.
I hope this is enough information and that someone will be interested in accepting this challenge.
The People's Republic of Zambézia (or La República Popular da Zambézia):
A Democratic Socialist Republic consisting of the Dem Rep of Congo, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzani, Mozambique, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, Malawi, Madagascar, Lesotho, Swaziland, Sao Tome and Principe.
The Legislative Capital is Luanda, the Executive Capital is Johannesburg and the Judicial Capital is Maputo.
Official languages are: Portuguese, Dutch, English, Afrikaans, French, Zulu, Sotho, and Tswana, with Malagasy and Northern Sotho recognized as ''regional languages''.
The national faith is Baha'i and the national symbols are the Elephant and the Suikerbos flower. The country also has a large navy and the flag preferably should reference this.
I hope this is enough information and that someone will be interested in accepting this challenge.
King Helü of Wu
Banned
Except that... The blue is taken from Kingdom of Portugal flag.
But thank you, it can be used for other African countries.
An alternate flag of Slovakia, based on the premise that the current coat of arms is too Hungarian:
A flag for a monarchy in Paraguay (the wolf is for the Lopez family, which ruled the country for much of the 19th century in OTL):
And a flag for a communist Iran, based on the flag of the Tajik SSR and the logo of the Red Lion and Sun:
A flag for a monarchy in Paraguay (the wolf is for the Lopez family, which ruled the country for much of the 19th century in OTL):
And a flag for a communist Iran, based on the flag of the Tajik SSR and the logo of the Red Lion and Sun:
Care to explain why Slovakia is represented by a Moravian eagle and the traditional figure of Bratislava's CoA ? 
I like where the flag is going, but I take issue with the historical accuracy and appropriatness of the coat of arms at the centre.
If you don't want to use the traditional royal apostolic cross on three hills, you could have made single-field shield with a slightly differently shaped eagle, without a crown or the unique checkered pattern of the Moravian eagle. After all, an eagle as a symbol for Slovakia could work - the golden eagle has been regarded as the main national animal since the 19th century.
Incidentally, the shuffled up arrangement of the tricolour reminds me a bit of Yugoslavia.
I like where the flag is going, but I take issue with the historical accuracy and appropriatness of the coat of arms at the centre. If you don't want to use the traditional royal apostolic cross on three hills, you could have made single-field shield with a slightly differently shaped eagle, without a crown or the unique checkered pattern of the Moravian eagle. After all, an eagle as a symbol for Slovakia could work - the golden eagle has been regarded as the main national animal since the 19th century.
Incidentally, the shuffled up arrangement of the tricolour reminds me a bit of Yugoslavia.
United Caucasian republic
Why was my first thought a Colombian-German union?
After the G8 summit, Chancellor Merkel flew to Cuba to continue peace talks with FARC rebels.
Care to explain why Slovakia is represented by a Moravian eagle and the traditional figure of Bratislava's CoA ?
If you don't want to use the traditional royal apostolic cross on three hills, you could have made single-field shield with a slightly differently shaped eagle, without a crown or the unique checkered pattern of the Moravian eagle. After all, an eagle as a symbol for Slovakia could work - the golden eagle has been regarded as the main national animal since the 19th century.
Incidentally, the shuffled up arrangement of the tricolour reminds me a bit of Yugoslavia.
Inspired by this and Keperry's tricolor... Here's my take on it!
Inspired by this and Keperry's tricolor... Here's my take on it!
Looks like a union of Ducal Prussia and Lancashire.
Dorozhand
Banned
The Flag of the Hashimid Caliphate, founded after the Hashimid Sherifs of Mecca rebelled against the ailing Ottoman Empire during the Napoleonic invasion of Egypt. The Hashimids would defeat the Ottomans when they tried to reconquer the Hejaz, and afterwards declare a new Caliphate. Throughout the 19th century, the Caliphate would conquer the rest of the Arabian Peninsula except for Oman, and Mesopotamia (establishing a capital at Baghdad). In the 1870s, the state would adopt a flag.
A tetracolour of white, the banner of the Umayyad Caliphate, black, the banner of the Abbasid Caliphate, green, the banner of the Fatimid Caliphate, and Yellow, the banner of the Ayyubid Caliphate. At the hoist is a red triangle, representing the new state.
A tetracolour of white, the banner of the Umayyad Caliphate, black, the banner of the Abbasid Caliphate, green, the banner of the Fatimid Caliphate, and Yellow, the banner of the Ayyubid Caliphate. At the hoist is a red triangle, representing the new state.
Inspired by this and Keperry's tricolor... Here's my take on it!
That is pretty, but I'd put a slightly more naturalistic version of an eagle in there. A heraldic one of course, but not entirely a medieval-style one, due to it being a 19th century addition, without a longer previous history. I like the roses, but I guess a better choice would be tilia leaves and flowers, since roses aren't regarded as much of a national symbol over here.
There are only so many ways you can arrange three red white and blue bands
True dat.
Though you might have tried an unusual vertical combo or a diagonal combo. Care to explain why Slovakia is represented by a Moravian eagle and the traditional figure of Bratislava's CoA ?
If you don't want to use the traditional royal apostolic cross on three hills, you could have made single-field shield with a slightly differently shaped eagle, without a crown or the unique checkered pattern of the Moravian eagle. After all, an eagle as a symbol for Slovakia could work - the golden eagle has been regarded as the main national animal since the 19th century.
Incidentally, the shuffled up arrangement of the tricolour reminds me a bit of Yugoslavia.
It's not meant to be historically accurate in the sense that the symbols used were ever actually used for Slovakia, it was artificially created in the context of the alternate history. The Moravian eagle represents Slovakia's supposed descent from Great Moravia and its ties to its Slavic neighbors, and the castle of Bratislava is the most prominent historical COA in Slovakia that I've found that isn't overtly Hungarian in appearance.
Technically, it's not the castle, just a generic gatehouse with a tower, meant to represent the wealth and importance of the free royal city. IIRC, the COA was standardized in the 15th or 16th century. But that's just trivia.
OK, if you think the flag it fits the ATL, I'm fine with that.
I was just assuming the POD behind the change didn't occur too early in OTL, but only in the 19th century or thereabouts.
Care to explain why Slovakia is represented by a Moravian eagle and the traditional figure of Bratislava's CoA ?
If you don't want to use the traditional royal apostolic cross on three hills, you could have made single-field shield with a slightly differently shaped eagle, without a crown or the unique checkered pattern of the Moravian eagle. After all, an eagle as a symbol for Slovakia could work - the golden eagle has been regarded as the main national animal since the 19th century.
Incidentally, the shuffled up arrangement of the tricolour reminds me a bit of Yugoslavia.
The apostolic cross without the hills used to be fairly representive of the northern slavic parts of Greater Hungary so some bicolour version would fit - white on blue perhaps?
Inspired by this and Keperry's tricolor... Here's my take on it!
Nice despite my Yorkite sympathies
There are only so many ways you can arrange three red white and blue bands
6 in fact (or 24 if we don't assume bands are implicitly horizontal and rectangular: 6 horizontal, 6 vertical, 6 diagonally left, and 6 diagonally right
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My State Flags: New Jersey
This is an alternate flag for New Jersey. The buff and blue are the state colors. Blue also represents the world-famous Jersey Shore. The plow represents the state's agricultural industry and the Garden State nickname. The four red stars represent the four nations that have, at one time or another, laid claim to what is now New Jersey: Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States.
This is an alternate flag for New Jersey. The buff and blue are the state colors. Blue also represents the world-famous Jersey Shore. The plow represents the state's agricultural industry and the Garden State nickname. The four red stars represent the four nations that have, at one time or another, laid claim to what is now New Jersey: Sweden, the Netherlands, Great Britain, and the United States.
Now that I look at it, the plow would make an excellent alternate communinst symbol. Especially Chinese Communism.
They're incorporating a reality show into their state flag?
Wait, does this mean California will have the Mythbusters on it? I could live with that.
Serious: nice flag! I like the symbolism. And pretty much anything is better than the drab, sad little flag they have now. I hate flags that are just seals; lazy.
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