this is the first of five flags that i'm uploading and sharing here, all of which are from a book that i'm writing
this is the flag of East Kingdom, an English successor state in the eastern forest on the fictional island of Meropis. East Kingdom was the first of the four human kingdoms to be established on this fantastical island, and is the most populous and largest of them, though it is also simultaneously the most (for want of a better word) industrialized
and least industrialized of them. by this i mean that the Easterners (as they're called) have made only a tiny dent in the forest since settling there around the mid-11th century, but also have a greater engineering and metallurgical capacity than the other kingdoms. it is bordered on each side, respectively, by North, West, and South Kingdoms, though it also shares a southern border with Lanthano and is bordered on the east by the Atlantic Ocean; it faces Iberia. East Kingdom was on rocky terms with South Kingdom until about the turn of the 14th century through a political marriage.
i decided to base the flag on that of Northumbria, with eight vertical bands, but roughly reversed the color scheme: the lighter color is the even-numbered stripes (from the left) while the brighter one is odd-numbered. in reference to England though with little other rhyme or reason, i made the colors in reference to the Houses of York (white) and Lancaster (red), taking the color from their rose emblems. this is definitely a huge improvement over what i had before: a pair of crossed tools (i think it was a shovel and a hammer, or maybe a shovel and a pitchfork)