Nothing in particular, the design was originally for a fascist Italy flag, and this is was inspired by it. The key represents the Vatican and the thunderbolts the Roman Empire. The Star comes from the current Italian COA.
An alternate Chad flag using elements from its Coat of Arms.
Fair enough, but I don't think extending the deadline for a week will do much to solve that particular problem. Speaking from experience, long deadlines tend to encourage procrastination more than increased productivity or quality.
That rule honestly seems rather dated to me. I'd be all for starting enforcing a size limit again, but it should be more along the lines of 500-600 rather than the original measly 300 IMHO. With only 300, it's going to be hard to make out details on the entries, and they will tend to be pixelated even if produced in Inkscape.
True, but my point was mainly that there's no good reason to make it quite that tiny. 300 pixels is very small with the 1920x1080 resolution that's the norm even for laptops these days, and it's not like flags are detailed enough to have large file sizes either. It should also be noted that most people don't seem to use vector software to make their flags, which means that with 300 pixels as their height limit, there's going to be a lot more downsizing and general quality loss as well.
I don't see much of a reason to enforce it either. There are no benefits to keeping it at 300px, and plenty of drawbacks related to loss of image quality. Most resources available just won't fit a flag that tiny, and rescaling is something you want to avoid unless you're working with vectors.
Yes, I understand that, and I am all for enforcing a size limit, just not something as low as 300px. How about having different rules depending on whether the challenge is for a single flag or multiple? Something along the lines of 500-600 for single flags and 300 for multiple ones seems like it would work well.
