So, I took Cydonius's advice (above), and decided to use a different color scheme to modern Bangladesh for my Bengal Flag. This is because Bangladesh would not exist for another 30 years after WW2, and thus none of it's national symbols would exist, certainly not it's atrociously-colored flag. However, two flags existed before--the Nawab of Bengal and the Sultanate of Bengal--that contained red-and-white. So, I decided to make those the main colors of my Bengal flag.

Though the cogwheel is commonly associated with Communist ideologies in heraldry and flags, I have decided to include it on the pretense that the Japanese would want to encourage industry in it's conquered lands. On the flag is also includes a green crescent, representing Islam, as well as 3 stars. These stars stand for the country's motto: "One Blood, one Voice, one Order," a motto shared with the State of Burma. On the civil ensign, the red-white-red tricolor draws comparisons to the old Sultanate of Bengal flag. Instead of red and green, Red and white become the national colors of Bengal, and a common theme in their new nationalist movement. The state flag has 3 bars, two thicker ones of green and red, and a white strip. The green represents the landscape of Bengal, and the red represents Japanese involvement in the struggle for independence. The white strip represents the Ganges River.


So what was my thought when making this flag? I wanted to preserve Bengal's history of independence while also introducing new symbolism...as the only symbolism on any of the Bengali flags was a few barrels and a scimitar, which seemed outdated for me, and probably would be for the Japanese too. This flag could work for both a timeline where the Japanese brutally exploit Bengal or help it, because encouraging industry doesn't necessarily mean the death of millions of people (looking at you, Mao Tse-Tung). Without further ado...

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Flag Variant 1 (Officially State, but bottom variant used far more often) --Used mostly in Government Buildings

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Civil Ensign (used far more often than the above flag) --Used everywhere, especially in Nationalist Rallies

(Just to be clear. This is a Japanese puppet state, part of the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and part of my continuing series of redesigns of that organization. )
 
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So, I took Cydonius's advice (above), and decided to use a different color scheme to modern Bangladesh for my Bengal Flag. This is because Bangladesh would not exist for another 30 years after WW2, and thus none of it's national symbols would exist, certainly not it's atrociously-colored flag. However, two flags existed before--the Nawab of Bengal and the Sultanate of Bengal--that contained red-and-white. So, I decided to make those the main colors of my Bengal flag.

Though the cogwheel is commonly associated with Communist ideologies in heraldry and flags, I have decided to include it on the pretense that the Japanese would want to encourage industry in it's conquered lands. On the flag is also includes a green crescent, representing Islam, as well as 3 stars. These stars stand for the country's motto: "One Blood, one Voice, one Order," a motto shared with the State of Burma. On the civil ensign, the red-white-red tricolor draws comparisons to the old Sultanate of Bengal flag. Instead of red and green, Red and white become the national colors of Bengal, and a common theme in their new nationalist movement. The state flag has 3 bars, two thicker ones of green and red, and a white strip. The green represents the landscape of Bengal, and the red represents Japanese involvement in the struggle for independence. The white strip represents the Ganges River.

So what was my thought when making this flag? I wanted to preserve Bengal's history of independence while also introducing new symbolism...as the only symbolism on any of the Bengali flags was a few barrels and a scimitar, which seemed outdated for me, and probably would be for the Japanese too. This flag could work for both a timeline where the Japanese brutally exploit Bengal or help it, because encouraging industry doesn't necessarily mean the death of millions of people (looking at you, Mao Tse-Tung). Without further ado...


Flag Variant 1 (Officially State, but bottom variant used far more often) --Used mostly in Government Buildings


Civil Ensign (used far more often than the above flag) --Used everywhere, especially in Nationalist Rallies
Those are gorgeous! I really like the cogwheel-and-crescent device, it works really well. Even though the juxtaposition of red and green on the Bangladeshi flag messes with my eyes, I feel it works much better here, balanced out against the white of the main field/central bar depending on which flag you're looking at. Very nice work, deLeon :)
 
Those are gorgeous! I really like the cogwheel-and-crescent device, it works really well. Even though the juxtaposition of red and green on the Bangladeshi flag messes with my eyes, I feel it works much better here, balanced out against the white of the main field/central bar depending on which flag you're looking at. Very nice work, deLeon :)
Thank you very much, Cydonius!
 
Flag Variant 1 (Officially State, but bottom variant used far more often) --Used mostly in Government Buildings
It looks fancy, but isn't it a bit too complex? There are many complex flags IOTL but those just usually have some emblem slapped on them and have variants without it, one of OTL Bangladesh flag's advantages is that it is simple and recognizable
 
It looks fancy, but isn't it a bit too complex? There are many complex flags IOTL but those just usually have some emblem slapped on them and have variants without it, one of OTL Bangladesh flag's advantages is that it is simple and recognizable

You are right--it would not fit perfectly in with the "Good Flag, Bad Flag" Regulations of NAVA. And you are also correct that modern Bangladesh's flag is very recognizable--albeit absolutely atrocious in color. But, as @Cydonius said at the top of this page," it's important to remember that Bangladesh ≠ Bengal." This is a just-post-WWII flag, made by the newly-independent Bengali people. I had to create a new national symbol that didn't exist somewhere. So, I made this, the emblem, and made it the center of my flag. It's also just my personal style for this series--you can see it on my other two Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity flags, the Empire of Vietnam and the State of Burma. I also just wanted to make something that would convey a message of "Japanese Islamic Nationalist Puppet State." The whole central emblem design thing is intentional--it subtly mimics Japan's flag, alluding to the fact that these states are indeed puppets. All the emblems are roughly circular.
 
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Here's a redesign of the Washington state flag. The green represents the state's evergreen forests, the white represents the snow-capped mountains, and the stars and stripes come from the Washington family coat of arms.
 
So, I took Cydonius's advice (above), and decided to use a different color scheme to modern Bangladesh for my Bengal Flag. This is because Bangladesh would not exist for another 30 years after WW2, and thus none of it's national symbols would exist, certainly not it's atrociously-colored flag. However, two flags existed before--the Nawab of Bengal and the Sultanate of Bengal--that contained red-and-white. So, I decided to make those the main colors of my Bengal flag.

Though the cogwheel is commonly associated with Communist ideologies in heraldry and flags, I have decided to include it on the pretense that the Japanese would want to encourage industry in it's conquered lands. On the flag is also includes a green crescent, representing Islam, as well as 3 stars. These stars stand for the country's motto: "One Blood, one Voice, one Order," a motto shared with the State of Burma. On the civil ensign, the red-white-red tricolor draws comparisons to the old Sultanate of Bengal flag. Instead of red and green, Red and white become the national colors of Bengal, and a common theme in their new nationalist movement. The state flag has 3 bars, two thicker ones of green and red, and a white strip. The green represents the landscape of Bengal, and the red represents Japanese involvement in the struggle for independence. The white strip represents the Ganges River.


So what was my thought when making this flag? I wanted to preserve Bengal's history of independence while also introducing new symbolism...as the only symbolism on any of the Bengali flags was a few barrels and a scimitar, which seemed outdated for me, and probably would be for the Japanese too. This flag could work for both a timeline where the Japanese brutally exploit Bengal or help it, because encouraging industry doesn't necessarily mean the death of millions of people (looking at you, Mao Tse-Tung). Without further ado...

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Flag Variant 1 (Officially State, but bottom variant used far more often) --Used mostly in Government Buildings

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Civil Ensign (used far more often than the above flag) --Used everywhere, especially in Nationalist Rallies

(Just to be clear. This is a Japanese puppet state, part of the Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere, and part of my continuing series of redesigns of that organization. )
I quite like the second design, but I feel like the emblem is a bit busy. I would remove the gear and the centre dots, but enlarge the stars.
 
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Islamic Albania

This is Islamic Albania. I made this as a joke for a friend a few months back, but the more I look at it the less of a joke it becomes. Basically, the crescent and stars are an abstract form of the Albanian eagle--the crescent being the wings, the pentagram being the body, and the two stars being the two heads.
 
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My take on a flag of Bengal. This Bengal state is one that comes from a different partition of India. The Lily is the national symbol of Bengal, while the two water ripples represent the two wars fought for independence (Indian Independence Crisis, Hyderabad War). The Y shape symbolises the Padma river which splits into the Padma and Brahmaputra rivers.

Red represents hope and a new day, while green represents the land. Some say the red represents the Odisha, while the two green segments represent Assam and Bengal. The flag used during the early days of Bengal did not feature the lily, only the Red/White/Green Y in different proportions.

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The Independence Flag (or "Resistance Flag") is still officially the War Ensign of Bengal, and is used at nationalist rallies or on state holidays. It is also often the version of the flag seen in drawings or graphics, since it is simpler to make.
 
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In the early 1990s, a group of Californian scientists, students, and counterculturalists journeyed deep into the searing Californian desert east of Los Angeles. For the past few years, an acrid, orange dust had drifted without fail into the Los Angeles area, creating breathing problems for a coastline renowned for it's healthy air. These same scientists had previously protested about this dust to every authority of California. The government was sympathetic about the dust, but could do nothing about the cause: the Salton Sea was drying up, exposing the orange-tinted saline lakebed the winds of the California desert.

The Salton Sea is an abberation of nature. Every few hundred years, the Colorado river changes it's course dramatically around the Salton Trough. Sometimes, it creates a massive lake, but when it flows around the Trough it creates a dry desert basin. In 1518, the river shifted towards a position that would create this basin, but humanity interfered--the rich alluvial farmland of the Colorado River was used to create farmland, and from the farmland came water runoff, which kept the vanishing lake on life support for many years. However, as farming technology advanced, runoff from commercial farms became smaller and smaller, reducing the size of the lake. By the 1990s, the lake became a literal toxic cesspool.

As a result, several academics, scientists and countercultural people banded together to protest the drying up of the Salton Sea, protesting in downtown LA. Even the farmers began to complain, demanding that California manage the situation. However, for some people, protesting was not enough. As both a stunt and a statement, some scientists journyed to the shores of the Salton Sea, organized a protest with local farmers and declared the area of Bombay Beach (an abandoned planned town) a sovereign, independent nation, the Republic of Salton. After a few days a tiny news crew showed up, and some of the farmers of the hamlet of Mundo, who were incensed by the lack of action on the part of the Californian government (even though the problem was technically their fault), contributed their land to the Republic.

This passion project created some news and more laughs, but it also achieved it's goal--to raise awareness in the United States of the dismal nature of the Salton Sea's ecosystem and the effects it had. Eventually, after a few days, most of the students and counterculturists returned to their homes, but some of the scientists stayed to do studies on the lake. One of them, educated in graphic design, created a flag for the Republic, inspired by a view across the lake. The blue represents the waters of Salton-- the white, the heat-mirage that stretches far into the distance over the Sea, and the mountain a representation of the peaks of the San Andreas fault, which the Salton Sea lies inside. The red, white, and blue colors reflect the Republican identity of the nation.

Even after the scientists had left, many of the farmers along the Western and Southern shores of the lake continued to use the flag as a symbol of Salton Sea identity. It is still used by many environmentalists around Southern California, and has gained a cult following as a protest flag. Though the original founders may be long gone, a few farmers in Mundo sell Saltonese merchandise to the odd tourist, many of whom are ignorant of the history of the area. The Republic of Salton joins the ranks of odd "Micronations" spread across the world.

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This is a proposed flag for a Coptic Egypt. The colours are drawn directly from the Coptic cross. The black stripe in the centre symbolizes the fertile Nile Valley, while the yellow on the left and right symbolize the desert on either side.
 
So, there was a post here that was different, but I decided it needed some more time in the cooking pot before I posted it fully. But I want to replace it with a flag that I made today for @durante. This is a new flag for an independent East Florida, one that gained it's independence far later from the British and thus adopted many elements from their flag. The flag combines the Bonny Blue Flag, the first flag of East Florida, and the Union jack. I added rays to evoke the sun, a common device in Florida state flag redesigns. All credit to durante, I would have never come up with the idea for an independent East Florida myself!

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Tried to combine two flags for the Low German language. The so called Noordlandflagg and the Sassenvlagg (From a discord server I am)
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So, there was a post here that was different, but I decided it needed some more time in the cooking pot before I posted it fully. But I want to replace it with a flag that I made today for @durante. This is a new flag for an independent East Florida, one that gained it's independence far later from the British and thus adopted many elements from their flag. The flag combines the Bonny Blue Flag, the first flag of East Florida, and the Union jack. I added rays to evoke the sun, a common device in Florida state flag redesigns. All credit to durante, I would have never come up with the idea for an independent East Florida myself!

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Here is a flag of PUNCA (Partido Unidad Nacional de Centroamérica), an El Salvador-based right-wing ultranationalist organization/party that aims to unify the countries of El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras. Founded after the Salvadorian civil war, the party adopted falangist elements and pledged to solve the problems of the Salvadorian people by creating a unified nation-state known as Patria. They claimed that the horrible poverty and constant strife experienced by the Salvadorians was caused by the lack of space for the people living inside the tiny country, and that the country's traditional position as the capital of both the Federation of Central America and the Greater Republic of Central America justified it's claims on Honduras and Nicaragua, which were core territories of both Fedrations.

Fortunately, no one wanted more armed conflicts after the civil war, and the party attracted few followers at first. But as the 21st century has gone on, the party has gained more traction with calls to depose the pro-United States Government. They have now started to blame everything on the United States (much like Venezuela, with which they have a good relationship with). Hueguerra Almhez Arada, the current party leader, has rapidly gained support by managing to decimate several local gangs within the San Salvador area using the armed wing of the party, the Erjécito Patria (EP), or the Army of the Homeland. The question yet remains: will the U.S. step in to prevent these radical right-wingers from taking control of El Salvador, or will they ignore the rapidly-developing party threatening another brutal war in Central America?

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The flag of PUNCA is...strikingly similar to another flag of another extremist party. One could say that was intentional, though PUNCA claims to be totally disconnected with Nazi ideologies. The blue is that of El Salvador's flag, with a white sun symbolizing a new dawn for Latin America, and the angular symbol in the middle representing both the triangular emblems of Nicaragua and El Salvador's flag. It also is supposed to represent three stylized arms grasping each other, a symbol of the three-way national identity and unity of Patria. Of course, the flag has raised many objections from surrounding countries, and the United Nations has repeatedly condemned the use of this kind of imagery in PUNCAs flag.
 
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So, I was thinking recently: What would a modern Poland-Lithuania look like? During the Congress of Vienna, several proposals were made keep Eastern Europe balanced (and out of conflict). One of these OTL proposals involved Poland regaining it's Post 1st-Partition borders to essentially put a buffer between Russia and the rest of Europe (everyone else at the Conference feared what the unpredictable Tsar Alexander I might do next). Of course, Tsar Alexander was unhappy about this, and claimed that no peace deal would be had if Poland was seperated from Russia. Of course, in our timeline, this was resolved by the de jure autonomous Congress Poland. But what if instead of this, the European leaders are more committed to an independent state for the Poles, and resolved to give Russia more influence in the Mediterranean in exchange for this, greenlighting their conquest of the Ottoman Empire's remaining European territories? Not only would this result in an Indepedent and particularly strong version of Poland, but it would also hasten the processes of Turkish Nationalism in the Ottoman Empire and create future conflicts between Britain and Russia over influence in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Here is the scenario, in very rough terms:

During the last days of the old Poland-Lithuania, they integrated a massive reform movement, and made a constitution modeled after that of the United States. This continue in the newly-independent Poland, which quickly becomes one of the most liberal states in Europe and a future strong ally of the French. Since Britain was obsessed with keeping Russia from advancing any farther into Europe, they would discourage any further partitions, including by Prussia/Germany. Though there are still many intrigues over the status of Poland-Lithuania, it remains independent with strong British and French support. Instead of the Crimean war, which is prevented by the Ottoman Empire no longer having that much territory in Europe anymore, a war happens called the War of the Rivers, where Russia tries to push into Poland-Lithuania to the Pripyat and Neman Rivers, but, just like the Crimean War, is humiliated by other European powers thanks to the lack of military reforms.

During WWI, Germany invades Poland, instead of invading Russia, preventing the rise of the Bolsheviks in the Soviet Union. However, they would still likely lose the war, especially if Russia fought on the side of the Entente. The interwar period is fraught with peril for Poland. Britain and France, tired from WWI, are not able to give Poland any support even if Russia or Germany invaded.

As a result of the war, Poland would be granted the Polish Corridor, and Polish-majority lands from former Austria-Hungary. The Russian Empire continues it's reforming process and industry skyrockets, despite poverty abounding in the countryside. Germany still experiences the rise of the Nazis, who are still thoroughly hateful of the Polish. It is hard to say if the Russian Empire would become an ally of Hitler, but they want to expand into Poland to let rise the voices of nationalism and quiet the voices of dissent. But midway through the war, Hitler invades the empire. With a reformed army, the Russian Empire is more easily able to defeat Hitler, and Poland is granted all of it's modern lands from Germany. But Russia simply refuses to leave some of the occupied land of Poland that it liberated from Germany, and thus de facto gains the land east of the Pripyat and Neman rivers, a massive chunk of Poland. But the allies are too tired to fight Russia over the land, and so Poland is left to push Russia out of the land alone.

Because they surrendered so early into the war, the armies of Poland are not as depleted or tired as the Russians, and they are able to take back the majority of their land in the Russian-Polish War of 1948-1950.

Overall, the Congress of Vienna "Strong Poland" Proposal would have far-reaching consequences...like communism, or at least the Bolsheviks, never gaining prominence in Russia. Russia would still be able to become a relatively modernized state with it's lands near or on the Mediterranean, the Ottomans would reform and consolidate their lands in Turkey, Mesopotamia, the Levant, and Hejaz, while Poland today would be one of the stronger nations Europe has known. Though it's economy is not as strong as say, Germany or France, it could compete directly with countries like Russia, the Netherlands, and Turkey. As a result of it's liberal policies (being one of the first countries to allow full male suffage, and one of the first to allow women to vote and hold office), it would be a respected member of the European order. It also influences how Poland makes their flag, to fully represent it's sizable ethnic minorities:

An explanation of the Flag and it's design:

Red and White in the lower left corner to represent Poland, and also Courland. The whitte in the top left corner is to represent Upper Ruthenia, as Belarus is called in this timeline (Belarusians are often called "White Russians" historically). The lower and upper right corner contains the yellow and green of Lithuania, while the Blue cross combined with the yellow square in the upper right symbolizes the Ukrainians, who are in this timeline known as Lower Ruthenians. The cross itself represents Catholicism, the dominant religious sect of the region (though freedom of religion has been enshrined since the 1700s), and also unity between all of the races in Poland-Lithuania, now known as the Great Commonwealth of Poles, Lithuanians, and Ruthenians. The government type is a constitutional monarchy.

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Variant Without Red Belarusian Stripe

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Variant with stripe
 
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Green wouldn't be a Lithuanian color in a TL like you described since it's from the 20th century Lithuanian flag which arose from Lithuanian folk culture and was in part designed to not have reference to Polish-Lithuanian colors. Poland-Lithuania possibly wouldn't even recognize Ukrainians as being native to their state, given OTL interwar Poland attempted to fragment the Ukrainian ethnicity into several categories. I think it looks too crowded compared to the OTL Polish-Lithuanian flag and not likely one to emerge since all nationalities involved would have a wildly different 19th century (as they are not under Russian rule) which would result in very different conceptions of ethnic identity, colors, etc.

If another color besides white was used in the top-left quadrant, then I'd definitely like the top flag but probably wouldn't associate it with Europe.
 
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