Why would either make more sense than Yerevan? Trebizond in this timeline has a very small Armenian population, and remains a Turkish-majority city. Kars is not a large or particularly important city, to my knowledge.
Flag Thread V
The flag of the Federal Republic of Astlan (or, in the UK and Scotland, Aslan). This popular-republican revolt in the Empire of New Spain's northern territories was a symptom of the ailing empire's early-twentieth century "federales" period, named for the guerillas federales that plagued its more distant locales. General Secretary Juan Duran Palazo's centralizing and industrializing reforms brought with them extreme changes to traditional ways of life, and traditional rights and privileges protected in many localities were suddenly trampled on with no recourse. Water and land disputes, sudden loss of popular representation in many areas, and a total ban on collective ownership of private property sent shockwaves through the empire. However, not only the peasantry was hit hard by the new reforms— industrialization involved revocation of traditional holdings and rights of the old nobility, as well, and the reorganization of the empire's constituent kingdoms and lesser territories into provinces ruled directly from Mexico (City).
In an unholy, yet holy, alliance, church officials, regional landholding nobility, and the peasants all rose up together in the north and the Philippines— both the last two areas in which their interests all converged. Over this period, the various northern rebellions for autonomy quickly morphed into an organized and united independence movement— Astlan— while the revolt in the Philippines took on a decidedly more ethnonationalistic character. Hopelessly outnumbered and waiting in the mountains and the deserts for any sign of foreign assistance, los federales de Astlan held their ground for a long, long time.
The flag itself saw many iterations, but the most "official" version included two green bands on the side, a green hummingbird, and the text "Per Ardua Ad Libertas," often accompanied by a translation in Spanish, all over a white field. Often, the defacement was alone on the white field, without the accompanying bands. The hummingbird, much like the name of the republic itself, was inspired by a twentieth-century New Spanish understanding of Aztec mythology, symbolizing a warrior spirit and hope for victory. The green symbolizes prosperity and victory, and the white symbolizes the innocence of their cause and the Catholic church. Notably, the colors are both entirely different from the New Spanish red and gold.
In an unholy, yet holy, alliance, church officials, regional landholding nobility, and the peasants all rose up together in the north and the Philippines— both the last two areas in which their interests all converged. Over this period, the various northern rebellions for autonomy quickly morphed into an organized and united independence movement— Astlan— while the revolt in the Philippines took on a decidedly more ethnonationalistic character. Hopelessly outnumbered and waiting in the mountains and the deserts for any sign of foreign assistance, los federales de Astlan held their ground for a long, long time.
The flag itself saw many iterations, but the most "official" version included two green bands on the side, a green hummingbird, and the text "Per Ardua Ad Libertas," often accompanied by a translation in Spanish, all over a white field. Often, the defacement was alone on the white field, without the accompanying bands. The hummingbird, much like the name of the republic itself, was inspired by a twentieth-century New Spanish understanding of Aztec mythology, symbolizing a warrior spirit and hope for victory. The green symbolizes prosperity and victory, and the white symbolizes the innocence of their cause and the Catholic church. Notably, the colors are both entirely different from the New Spanish red and gold.
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Neat. Out of curiosity, what territories does Astlan occupy ITTL? Sounds like OTL Southwestern United States.
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Check Map Thread, haha. It's some of the southwestern US states, but also California, much of the Rockies, and some Native American territories at its absolute height near the start of the revolt. The map in the Map Thread isn't representative of what's described in this write-up, though. They quickly lose a loooooot of controlled territory and are held pretty much entirely within the OTL's southwest US states and some scattered parts of Colorado and Utah by the time of what's described here.
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Flags of the Colony of New Guernsey (1664-1699) (pt 1)
Civil and government flag
Government ensign
Flag of the German Socialist Council Republic/Deutsche Sozialistische Räterepublik
10 points for the provinces and 1 for the territories arranged in the pattern of Ursa Major.
"For the old motto of Liberty, Equality, Fraternity no longer rings true in France, it seems that in their eagerness to destroy everything associated with the old order they have replaced it with something more in line with the current regime; Vigueur, Vitesse, Revanche! (Vigor, Speed, Revenge!)"
"Comrades, I stand here before you with only one question; QUIS CONTRA NOS?"
"So am I to believe that this is the new vanguard of Politics? A bunch of painters, poets and artists. It seems like Europe has collectively lost it's marbles."
"Comrades, I stand here before you with only one question; QUIS CONTRA NOS?"
"So am I to believe that this is the new vanguard of Politics? A bunch of painters, poets and artists. It seems like Europe has collectively lost it's marbles."
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