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Flag of Iraq Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 22 January 2008 (colors adopted 28 July 1963) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could not draw this flag from memory unless they knew how to write Arabic script. Rule 2: First, the meaning of Pan-Arab colors: In 1920 the future of the former Ottoman territories...

Flag of Iran Ratio: According to national Iranian standards, 4:7. But constructing using a straightedge results in a ratio of 1:75/28(7√5 − 15), which is approximately 1:1.7477. A pretty strange ratio. Adopted: Colors adopted in 1933. Current flag adopted 29 July 1980 (Islamists take power...

Flag of Indonesia Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: Unoficially, 17 August 1945 (Indonesian declaration of independence), officially 27 December 1949 (United States of Indonesia founded) Part 1 Rule 1: It's a pretty simple flag. Rule 2: The Majapahit Empire, a Javan empire founded in the 13th...

Flag of India Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 22 July 1947 (eight days after British independence) Part 1 Rule 1: A child couldn't draw the wheel perfectly, but they could draw the wheel recognizably, which is what matters. Rule 2: A saffron, white and green tricolor with a spinning wheel on the...

Flag of Iceland State ensign Ratio: 18:25 (civil ensign), 9:16 (state ensign) (all Nordic flags have odd ratios) Adopted: 19 June 1915 (when Iceland was a part of Denmark with home rule. Iceland would gain independence as a kingdom on 1 December 1918). Shade of blue defined on 17 June 1944...

I wasn't planning on doing it, but now I'm gonna do it. Well actually, I like (and dislike) too many flags to pick one favorite or least favorite, so I'm going to do the best and worst flag of every alphabet letter. . Flag of Hungary Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted:1 October, 1957 (coat of arms...

Flag of Honduras Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: According to English Wikipedia, 7 March 1866. According to Spanish Wikipedia. 16 February 1866. And according to flagspot, 9 January 1866. So basically, the first half of 1866. Part 1 Rule 1: This is a pretty simple flag, which a child could draw...

Flag of Haiti Civil ensign Ratio: 3:5 (the third most common flag ratoi) Adopted: 1807 (as flag of the Republic of Haiti, which was only what is now the south of the country from 1806 to 1820, when Jean-Pierre Boyer reunified both halves), re-adopted 15 January 1859 (Emperor Faustin I...

Flag of Guyana Ratio: 3:5 (after 2:3 and 1:2, the most common ratio for national flags) Adopted: 26 May 1966 (Guyanan independence) Part 1 Rule 1: I think this flag is simple enough for a child to draw recognizably (though not perfectly) from memory. Rule 2: From this site (which I found in...

Flag of Guinea-Bissau Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 24 September 1973 (declaration of Guinea-Bissau's independence. The country's independence would be recognized on 10 September 1974) Part 1 Rule 1: This is a simple flag. A child could draw it from memory. Rule 2: The red represents the blood...

Flag of Guinea Ratio: 2:3 (normal, not interesting) Adopted: 10 November 1958 (more than a month after Guinea's independence, which happened in 2 October of that year Part 1 Rule 1: It's a simple tricolor. Rule 2: The red represents the blood of those who died from wars and slavery (4.1% of the...

Flag of Guatemala Civil ensign Ratio: 5:8 (an unusual ratio) Adopted: 17 August 1871 Part 1 Rule 1: The coat of arms is too complicated to draw from memory. A child could draw the civil ensign though. Rule 2: This is a Central American flag, so it's time for the Central American copypasta...

Flag of Grenada (this is the state flag, the civil ensign has a 1:2 ratio but is otherwise identical) Ratio: 3:5 (It's more unusual than 2:3 or 1:2, but it's not that rare) Adopted: 7 February 1974 (Grenadian independence) Part 1 Rule 1: I think a child could draw it from memory, but I think...

Flag of Greece Ratio: 2:3 (a normal and unteresting ratio) Adopted: 15 March 1822 as naval ensign, 22 December 1978 as national flag. Part 1 Rule 1: I think an issue flags with many stripes is that it may be hard to memorize the exact number of stripes a flag has. But that's not a big issue...

Flag of Ghana Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 6 March 1957 (Ghanaian independence), readopted 28 February 1966 (Kwame Nkumrah overthrown) Part 1 Rule 1: It's a tricolor with a simple emblem. A child could draw this flag from memory. Rule 2: The red represents the blood of those who died for...

Flag of Germany Ratio: 3:5 (somewhat unusual, but it's not a rare ratio) Adopted: 9 March 1848 (Frankfurt Parliament, dissolved in 1849) August 11, 1919 (Weimar Constitution adopted), 23 May 1949 (Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany adopted) Part 1 Rule 1: This flag is a tricolor with...

Re: The Official Birthday Thread- RENOVATING - 9 - Neptune I'm now 16 years old. I can't believe it. On June 12 2000

Most US flags are indeed bad. But not as bad as the flag of Bérriz, Spain. A bad flag for badposter's birthday.

Flag of Georgia wait no wrong georgia Flag of Georgia Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 24 January 2004 Rule 1 Part 1: A child can. Part 2: This flag's cross come from a 14th century map, which had a red Jerusalem cross as the flag of Tbilisi. This flag was adopted after the 2003 Rose Revolution...

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Flag of the Gambia Ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 18 February 1965 (Gambian independence) Part 1 Rule 1: It's not a tricolor, but it's close enough, and it's a simple flag. Rule 2: The red represents the Sun (fun fact: the Sun is white) and the savanna, the green represent the forest and the...

I do know the French military is good (it beat five coalitions in a row). So I apologize to France, which has been good (in militarily, not nessecarily morally) in most wars, except for the Franco-Prussian War, WWII and the First Indochina War. Flag of Gabon Ratio: 3:4 (an unusual ratio)...

Well, I thing I like about it is how the coat of arms is square. And the lion... I'll do Nepal's flag in the future. And Brown Country isn't a country flag, though it's bad (even the worst country flag isn't as bad as Brown County's) Flag of France Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: 15 February 1794 (has...

Flag of Finland (civil ensign) State ensign Ratio: 11:18 (an odd ratio, which is close to the golden ratio) Adopted: 29 May 1918(slightly less than six months after Finnish independence) Part 1 Rule 1: It's easy to draw, like most Nordic flags imo (though the state ensign has a complex coat of...

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In 1967, a brand of foot powder won the mayoral elections of the Ecuadorian town of Picoazá Snopes confirms this

Flag of Fiji Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: 10 October 1970 (Fijian independence) Part 1 Rule 1: The coat of arms is too complex for a child to draw from memory. Rule 2: The blue represents the Pacific Ocean (two flags with this symbolism in a row!) and the Union Jack represents the country's...

Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia (Wikipedia's list of sovereign states puts Micronesia here. And it's only a part of the Micronesian region) Ratio: 10:19 (an odd ratio) Adopted: 30 November 1978 (when it was part of the Pacific Trust Territory, administered by the US) Part 1 Rule 1...

Flag of Ethiopia Aspect Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: The colors have been around since. The current emblem was adopted on 31 October, 1996. Part 1 Rule 1: Well, I'm pretty bad at drawing, but I could draw the star. I think a child could draw this from memory. Rule 2: Green represents Ethiopia's...

RIP. Fuck 2016

Flag of Estonia Ratio: 7:11 (somewhat unusual, but it's no 189:335) Adopted: 21 November 1918 (re-adopted 7 August 1990, a year before its independence from the Soviet Union. Part 1 Rule 1: Emblemless tricolors are simple. Rule 2: The blue represents freedom and truth... and also the sea and...

The index is growing long, so I spoiler tagged it. Flag of Eritrea Ratio: 1:2 (not an unusual ratio) Adopted: 23 May, 1993 (Ertitrean independence) (ratio changed from 2:3 to 1:2 in 1995) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could draw the flag from memory, though they wouldn't draw the wreath perfectly. But...

Flag of Equatorial Guinea Ratio: 2:3 (not interesting) Adopted: 21 August, 1979 Part 1 Rule 1: Well... I think a child could (assuming they knew the Latin script), though I'm not 100% sure. But I don't think the coat of arms is too complex. Rule 2: Green represents the country's jungles and...

Went back to having a bad flag as my avatar.

Re: The Official Birthday Thread- RENOVATING - 25 - MCD, Quizmo, Time Turner Happy birthday CM30!

I want to go back to badposter, please. Edit: Thanks mods

There was a huge storm last night. Now the weather's mild.

Flag of El Salvador State ensign Ratio: 189:335 (pretty odd ratio) Adopted: 27 May 1912 Civil ensign (note: has a 3:5 ratio) Part 1 Rule 1: A child could not draw the state ensign (I'm pretty sure you know why) , but they could draw the civil ensign. Rule 2: This flag uses the symbolism of...

Flag of Egypt Ratio: 2:3 (not interesting) Adopted: 4 October, 1984. Part 1 Rule 1: I think the eagle is a little too complex. Rule 2: We've already seen Pan-African and Pan-Slavic colors, so it's time for me to write about Pan-Arab colors. Basically, there are two set of Pan-Arab colors: the...

Flag of Ecuador Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: 26 September 1860 (current ratio adopted Novemver 2009) Part 1 Rule 1: No, the coat of arms is pretty complex. Rule 2: Yellow represents the crops and fertile soil of Ecuador. Blue represent the sea and sky (Fuck that symbolism) and red represents the blood...

Flag of East Timor (also known as Timor-Leste) Aspect ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: First adopted, 28 November 1975 (Indonesia invaded shortly thereafter). Has been East Timor's flag continously since 19 May 2002 (the day before the country's independence) Part 1 Rule 1: I think a child could...

Flag of the Dominican Republic Aspect ratio: 2:3 (normal) Adopted: 6 November, 1863 (Wikipedia says the previous flag of the Dominican Republic stopped being used in 1849, while it says nothing of the Dominican Repunlic's flag between 1849 and 1863. If someone knows what the hell was going on...

Flag of Dominica Ratio: 1:2 (normal) Adopted: Latest change: 1990. Has only had minor changes since November 3, 1978. Part 1 Rule 1: Honestly, I think there's too much going on in this flag for a child to draw it. That parrot is hard to draw. Rule 2: Green represents Dominica's vegetation. The...

Flag of Djibouti Ratio: 2:3 Adopted: 27 June 1977 (Djibouti's independence) Part 1 Rule 1: I think most children could draw stars. Rule 2: The blue and green represent the country's two biggest ethnic groups: the Issa Somalis and the Afars, respectively. The green also represents the earth and...

Updated my Afghanistan writeup to look like it was made today. There are probably also some early writeups where the rule's orders are mixed up. If those exist, I'll fix them one day. Maybe. Flag of Denmark (the Dannebrog) Ratio: 28:37 (a rather odd ratio) Adopted: According to legend, 1219...

Welcome Hooded Pitohui. I too lurked for years before joining.

News: From now on, I'll put the aspect ratio and date of adoption of every flag. When this is all over, I'll do that to the flag's I've already written about. Only when this all over, though. Flag of the Czech Republic Aspect ratio: 2:3 (first number is height, second is width) (1:2 and 2:3 are...

Flag of Cyprus Part 1 Rule 1: Well, Cyprus is too hard for a child to draw perfectly, but I think a child could draw Cyprus recognizably. I don't think Cyprus is too hard to draw recognizably. Rule 2: Cyprus represents Cyprus. Both the white and the olive branch represent peace between the...

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Ciento diez (Spanish, 110)