Wow! As others have commented, it's really interesting to see that so many new national flags were created after WWI and WWII. But which are the best? Seychelles gets points for breaking the mold a little: But Mozambique wins on ballsiness with that AK: And finally, though no longer used, a favourite that was an unofficial flag of Ireland and today is that of the province of Leinster:
I'd say the winner for most badass flag goes to Zheleznogorsk: I love the Dutch flag, but I also quite like the Prince's Flag even though it is loaded: Edit: also, this beauty: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%27s_Flag#/media/File:Brielse_Geus.svg
The neat thing about this graph is it shows the death of the empires during and after WWI as a spike. Then the final death of the British empire and the chaos of new nation states in the late 40's and 50's. Most of the countries that exist are new, barely infants.
I don't know why it annoyed me so much that New Zealand's flag was deemed more 'complex' than Australia's. We have two extra stars, damn it! Also: I guess not much happens in Denmark? Or they just realised that their flag is already kick-ass.A flag timeline can express a whole nation's history in a simple graphics as each flag adoptions represent a significant even throughout history
I think it's mostly because Denmark had little to no colonies, a pretty constant territory, remained neutral in WW1 and their government was kept intact during WW2. How did you feel about the flag referendum? I was saddened that Red Peak didn't get to go head to head with the current flag. It might have won by a landslide.
That makes sense. I didn't know they were neutral during WWI. Then again, I don't really know squat about WWI. I think it was quite a lot of money to spend just to end up with the same flag. I really like the Red Peak design. I wish we would have our own flag change here in Australia. I don't like that we have a flag of another nation just chilling out there in the corner. As though we're completely dependent on the United Kingdom. Not to mention that to a lot of indigenous Australians the Union Jack is still a symbol of colonial oppression. But these things cost money. And I don't think that it's worthwhile if the result is the same as if nothing had been done.
>> It might have won by a landslide. I wish that were true, but it WAS added to the shortlist, and lost out big-time in the initial referendum. It came third or fourth out of five, as I recall.