Flag Challenge #264: Virgin vs. Chad
Inspired by the popular meme, design TWO alternate history flags for a place; one must be a wimpy/boring/normal version of the place (the "Virgin" version) and the other must be an audacious/impressive/absurd version of the SAME place (the "Chad" version).
Requirements:
Inspired by the popular meme, design TWO alternate history flags for a place; one must be a wimpy/boring/normal version of the place (the "Virgin" version) and the other must be an audacious/impressive/absurd version of the SAME place (the "Chad" version).
Requirements:
- The title of the entry must be in the format "The Virgin [name of wimpy version] vs. The Chad [name of audacious version]"
- The write-up must be two bullet point lists, one for each version.
- You can interpret "wimpy", "boring", "normal", "audacious", "impressive" and "absurd" any way you want. You can also be ironic about it.
Entry one:
The Virgin Lunar outpost vs. The Chad British Moon Territory
The Virgin Lunar outpost
>Located on the near side of the Moon, because it was considered too risky to build on the far side
>Permanent population: zero, only semi-permanent presence of people
>The flag doesn't even have an official status
>1969? More like 2031 and still partly under construction
>Is a multinational project involving several participating space agencies
The Chad British Moon Territory
>Located on the near side of the Moon, so the Earth never sets over the British Empire
>Permanent population: a huge number of gigachad tardigrades, which were not even bred there on purpose
>The flag is the only flag of any British dependency to have ever used the Royal Aerospace Force Ensign
>Has a motto in the language that makes everything cooler
>Single-handedly colonized by the mighty British Empire
Entry two:
The virgin Cuban Republic
>Flag has zero swag, has no ideological meaning
>Literally barely any different than the flag of Puerto Rico
>Blue triangle, wtf? Should've at least been gold
>Too big anyway, looks like razor sharp garbage
>Weak junior partner to revisionist gangster state
>Under strong man family rule
>Gave up nuclear weapons
>Gets blockaded regardless
>Has no diplomatic relations with based dolphins and greys
>Why even bother with a star, they'll never reach them
VS.
The chad Revolutionary Galactic Republic of Cuba
>Flag is nothing but swag, conveys ideological commitments and cherished alliances
>Jagged Cross of Burgundy radiates pure power
>VivaPosadas.jpg
>Leads Fourth International by example, doesn't lord it over other members
>Singlehandedly revitalized based Trotskyism
>Practices collective leadership, all true comrades are Posadas
>Threatened nuclear war to retain weapons, would've won either way
>Free to trade with all nations, America and USSR can only seethe
>Maintains diplomatic relations with sea and space Communists
>SPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACE
Entry three:
The Virgin United Republic of North Slavia
>Basic rectangular triband
>You guys decided Austria-Hungary was the best place to take inspiration from? Seriously?
>Blue next to a different blue?
>Parliamentary Republic, that is liberal-social democrat, wow booooring
>"Republic"
>Eastern border on the Urals
>Junior ally of more powerful nation
The Chad Commonwealth of Three Nations
>A glorious swallowtail and a coat of arms
>Noble continuation of the traditions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
>Simple clean red and white
>Religious conservatism but also toleration of different religions, not allowing the excesses of capitalism or naivety of socialism
>A superior "Commonwealth"
>Elective monarchy, the most based of governments
>Eastern border beyond the Pacific, with the glorious Commonwealth America
>The Eagle does not concern itself with the opinions of lesser nations
Entry four:
The Virgin United States of America
> Boring tiny America.
> Lost a war against Canada. CANADA out of all countries.
> Didn't manifest enough destiny. It only has 20 states.
The Chad United States of 'Merica
> Cool 'Merica. Beyond all our patriotic hopes and dreams.
> Beat those Vietnamese Farmers, and helped them come into the glorious realm of democracy.
> Manifested so much destiny that it rules all of North America.
> Never has lost a war.
> Home of Texan
Entry five:
The Virgin UN Mandate of Neutral Moresnet
>Annexed by the Weimar Republic, the weakest Germany
>”Nooo you can’t, I’m neutral!”
>Reestablished by allies out of pity
>A United Nations mandate
>Not even a member
>Flag strictly follows vexillological guidelines, still looks bad
>Has zero symbolism to avoid offending anyone
>Is required by law to be flown below any national or UN flags, even in its own territory
>The weird triangle shape is the map
>Only contains one of 3 nearby villages called ‘Moresnet’
>Only has a few thousand people, still can’t get everyone to agree on a language
>Dutch, Germans, Belgians
>Dissolved in 1953 for ‘budgetary reasons’, handed to Belgium.
The Chad Armed State of Moresnet
>Defended its neutrality against Freikorps with a salvaged British tank
>Denied Belgian claims too
>Never surrendered against the Nazis, fought on in exile with the British
>Liberated its own territory
>Founding member of the United Nations
>Disregard vexillological rules, acquire self-determination
>A union of all Moresnets
>Almost everyone speaks Esperanto as a common language
>Moresneti
>Still armed
>Still independent