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Entry for weekly flag challenge #281
Flag made to Celebrate the 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Quebec (1995-2015)
- The flag background is a call back to the Carillion Banner which would lead to the creation of the current flag of Quebec.
- in the center is a circle composed of 20 fleur-de-lys to symbolise the 20th anniversary
- The upright fist represents the struggle to gain independence as well as the continous struggle of all citizen to ensure a prosperous future for the republic.
Flag made to Celebrate the 20th anniversary of independence of the Republic of Quebec (1995-2015)
- The flag background is a call back to the Carillion Banner which would lead to the creation of the current flag of Quebec.
- in the center is a circle composed of 20 fleur-de-lys to symbolise the 20th anniversary
- The upright fist represents the struggle to gain independence as well as the continous struggle of all citizen to ensure a prosperous future for the republic.
I have an idea for one based on my Antarctic Revolutionary Commonwealths flag from my main TL 🤔 their centennial lines up with a pretty major shift in their ideological center of gravity so it would make sense they'd have a snazzy celebratory flag.
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Entry for Flag Challenge #281
Special flag made for two coinciding events in Alta California on August 12th, 1908:
The 60th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Republic of Alta California in 1848; and on that same day the creation of the final states from the Federally Administered Territories and dissolution of that body.
- white background and red star from the national flag
- blue band representing the Pacific Ocean
- green band representing the forests and agriculture of the west
- light brown band representing the interior deserts
- dark brown band for the various mountain ranges
- two steel grey bands representing the railroads that opened up the country
- a ring of 60 items, 1 for each year, 59 gold nuggets for the original gold rush and 1 beehive for the Mormon settlers
Alta California national flag:
Made in my Balabce of Power ATL.
Special flag made for two coinciding events in Alta California on August 12th, 1908:
The 60th anniversary of the declaration of independence of the Republic of Alta California in 1848; and on that same day the creation of the final states from the Federally Administered Territories and dissolution of that body.
- white background and red star from the national flag
- blue band representing the Pacific Ocean
- green band representing the forests and agriculture of the west
- light brown band representing the interior deserts
- dark brown band for the various mountain ranges
- two steel grey bands representing the railroads that opened up the country
- a ring of 60 items, 1 for each year, 59 gold nuggets for the original gold rush and 1 beehive for the Mormon settlers
Alta California national flag:
Made in my Balabce of Power ATL.
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100th Anniversary Flag of South Sudan
The banner flew alongside the national flag during South Sudan's centenary celebrations in 2111.
The banner flew alongside the national flag during South Sudan's centenary celebrations in 2111.
The Centennial of the Antarctic Revolutionary Commonwealths
Behold! The centennial celebratory flag for the Antarctic Revolutionary Commonwealths in my Power Without Knowledge TL! A century into the first successful Cosmicist experiment has seen the rise of a new force within the Antarctic Cosmicist Party, the Maximalist Fraction, determined to complete the work of transitioning the Cosmicist International into a true world government, expanding the space colonies into self-sustaining territories, and finally shattering the exhausted remnants of the Arctic Council to the north. To the dismay of the Nihilist powers the flag itself is unsubtle about these ambitions, prominently featuring the octopus that serves as the symbol of both the Cosmintern and the Maximalists and blatantly displaying the Cosmicist model of the solar system, complete with an Earth all decked out in burgundy. The ARC motto lends the flag an extra edge of either hopeful promise or implied malice, depending on which alliance you happen to be subject to.
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Yooo that's wicked
I love it. The numbers and angular patterns make me think of Mass Effect.
FLAG CHALLENGE 282: United We Stand
Make a flag for the union of 2 or more polities which did not occur OTL. This can be something like the flag of the union of North/South Korea or of the Union of North/ Republic of Ireland. It could also be a union which was proposed but never implemented like the Union of Russia & Belarus. Try to avoid unions which have no historical basis ("ex: The Union of Senegal & fiji")
Submissions Open: Now
Submissions Close: Monday 6th of February 2023 at 23:59 Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Make a flag for the union of 2 or more polities which did not occur OTL. This can be something like the flag of the union of North/South Korea or of the Union of North/ Republic of Ireland. It could also be a union which was proposed but never implemented like the Union of Russia & Belarus. Try to avoid unions which have no historical basis ("ex: The Union of Senegal & fiji")
Submissions Open: Now
Submissions Close: Monday 6th of February 2023 at 23:59 Australian Eastern Daylight Time
Balkania
Balkania is the name of the confederation of Kosovo, Serbia and Montenegro that existed from 1997 to 2007. Although relatively short-lived, the confederation proposed by Kosovo Albanian politician Adem Demaçi prevented an escalation of the Kosovo-Serbia conflict and was peacefully dissolved after the 2007 referendum.
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Flag Challenge #283: Corporatocracy
Your task is to draw the flag of a corporation that somehow got an entire country under its control. Whether it's a chartered company from the past, a megacorp from the cyberpunk future, or anything else is up to you.
Submissions Close: 09:00 GMT, February 18th
Please remember to review the RULES, especially concerning flag size. For an image in a single-flag entry, the shortest side must be 600 pixels or less, and the longest side must be 1200 pixels or less.
Your task is to draw the flag of a corporation that somehow got an entire country under its control. Whether it's a chartered company from the past, a megacorp from the cyberpunk future, or anything else is up to you.
Submissions Close: 09:00 GMT, February 18th
Please remember to review the RULES, especially concerning flag size. For an image in a single-flag entry, the shortest side must be 600 pixels or less, and the longest side must be 1200 pixels or less.
Republic of Hudsonia
The flag of Hudsonia carries over the colours present in the traditional flag of the Hudson Bay Company (including the colours of the Union Flag in the canton). The coat of arms at the centre of the flag contains, in the upper part of the shield, a stylised logo of the Hudson Bay Company on a red field (the traditional red of the HBC flag), and in the lower part of the shield, an Arctic poppy on a white field (symbolising the Canadian Arctic). The blue field surrounding the shield is a stylised representation of the Hudson Bay and its waters, whereas the two white fields surrounding the blue field represent the Canadian mainland. (The shield on the blue field also symbolises the larger islands in the Hudson Bay.) The white-red-white-red alternating stripe borders of the flag are meant to give the flag a more memorable presence, and also represent the commitment of the HBC and the Hudsonian government to protect the territory of Hudsonia and its economic interests in Hudsonia. The stylised logo of the HBC was invented in the latter 19th century. After Hudsonia sought and eventually won independence - with hefty support of the HBC leadership - the new country's coat of arms incorporated the newer logo of the HBC into its design.
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The Near East Free Zone:
The White and the Persian icon symbolizes hormuz, the blue is French Somalia(Djibouti), and the light blue is Aden(South Yemen). the red is the Suez Canal, and the 4 star are the four parts of the free zone
The Near East Protectorate, the precursor to the Middle East Free Zone was formed out of the European colonies of the port of Aden, the island of hormuz, French Somalia and the Suez Canal Zone. It was formed after the failed nationalization and seizure of the Suez Canal Zone, which the Israeli, French, and British stopped at great expense to their standing in the international community. The United States and the Soviets Union severely economically punished the trio, and they would have to adopt a new policy to avoid economic disaster. They would reorganize the Suez Canal company into the Near East Logistics Company (NELC), with each power holding a 20% stake in the company plus 40% publicly traded (mostly owned by local leaders and bureaucrats as bribes to keep them loyal. The NELC would then take over many functions of government through contracts and business deals, de-facto putting it in control of the trio, but it was independent, for the UN, USSR, and USA at least. during the oil crisis the NELC would see the departure of the French and their 20% of the stock as they pulled out to appeal to anti-Israeli forces. The British would also pull out during the 80s, during the thatcher administration. The 80% of publicly traded stock was bought up and eventual consolidated under the international BlackRock investment corporation during the 2000s, and the NELC was made a full subsidiary of the BlackRock Corporation. The BlackRock corporation would expand into international arms dealing, leasing mercenary forces. and weapons manufacture. With the assistance of Israeli and Russian arms manufacturers, the BlackRock international security force (the BlackRock merchant group) would be armed with top of the line SU-57s, AK-74s, Merkava MK4s, and T90M tanks. The BlackRock corporation would disestablish all workers rights, free speech rights, and local property rights, seizing local property for corporate development, and establishing a complete monopoly on all industries. The uneducated masses were often trapped into debt slavery, and be forced to work in the many weapons factories, port facilities and corporate offices of the Middle East Free Zone. The BlackRock corporation exerted total control through notorious mercenary groups like blackwater, who were banned for use by US armed forces after a scandal in Iraq. The BlackRock corporation during the 2000s became much more powerful than in our timeline, holding media companies quiet through complicated corporate ownership and government and governments in check because they owned the strait of Hormuz, Djibouti, and the Suez, and could legally stop trade at any time. It became the largest corporation traded on the NYSE, and bought out most other investment groups after the FTC and EU equivalents turned a blind eye. In Russia they became a major political player, buying most of the defense industry in the post soviet period. The BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink, would be nominated the Middle East Free Zone ambassador to the UN.
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The White and the Persian icon symbolizes hormuz, the blue is French Somalia(Djibouti), and the light blue is Aden(South Yemen). the red is the Suez Canal, and the 4 star are the four parts of the free zone
The Near East Protectorate, the precursor to the Middle East Free Zone was formed out of the European colonies of the port of Aden, the island of hormuz, French Somalia and the Suez Canal Zone. It was formed after the failed nationalization and seizure of the Suez Canal Zone, which the Israeli, French, and British stopped at great expense to their standing in the international community. The United States and the Soviets Union severely economically punished the trio, and they would have to adopt a new policy to avoid economic disaster. They would reorganize the Suez Canal company into the Near East Logistics Company (NELC), with each power holding a 20% stake in the company plus 40% publicly traded (mostly owned by local leaders and bureaucrats as bribes to keep them loyal. The NELC would then take over many functions of government through contracts and business deals, de-facto putting it in control of the trio, but it was independent, for the UN, USSR, and USA at least. during the oil crisis the NELC would see the departure of the French and their 20% of the stock as they pulled out to appeal to anti-Israeli forces. The British would also pull out during the 80s, during the thatcher administration. The 80% of publicly traded stock was bought up and eventual consolidated under the international BlackRock investment corporation during the 2000s, and the NELC was made a full subsidiary of the BlackRock Corporation. The BlackRock corporation would expand into international arms dealing, leasing mercenary forces. and weapons manufacture. With the assistance of Israeli and Russian arms manufacturers, the BlackRock international security force (the BlackRock merchant group) would be armed with top of the line SU-57s, AK-74s, Merkava MK4s, and T90M tanks. The BlackRock corporation would disestablish all workers rights, free speech rights, and local property rights, seizing local property for corporate development, and establishing a complete monopoly on all industries. The uneducated masses were often trapped into debt slavery, and be forced to work in the many weapons factories, port facilities and corporate offices of the Middle East Free Zone. The BlackRock corporation exerted total control through notorious mercenary groups like blackwater, who were banned for use by US armed forces after a scandal in Iraq. The BlackRock corporation during the 2000s became much more powerful than in our timeline, holding media companies quiet through complicated corporate ownership and government and governments in check because they owned the strait of Hormuz, Djibouti, and the Suez, and could legally stop trade at any time. It became the largest corporation traded on the NYSE, and bought out most other investment groups after the FTC and EU equivalents turned a blind eye. In Russia they became a major political player, buying most of the defense industry in the post soviet period. The BlackRock CEO, Larry Fink, would be nominated the Middle East Free Zone ambassador to the UN.
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This got nominated for a Turtledove! If anyone would like to second it I'll post the link below:
Also there's two nominations and no seconds and it closes in two days, get on it people 😂