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Flag of Bulgaria

Flag of Bulgaria: horizontal white-green-red tricolour, 3:5 ratio, defined by Article 166 of the 1991 Constitution and first adopted 16 April 1879; communist-era coat of arms removed in 1990.

Flag of California

Flag of California, the Bear Flag: state flag adopted 1911, standardized 1953; white field, red star, grizzly bear, "California Republic," red stripe; from the 1846 Bear Flag Revolt at Sonoma.

Flag of Cambodia

The Flag of Cambodia is the national flag of the Kingdom of Cambodia, characterized by its blue-red-blue triband and the white silhouette of the 12th-century temple, Angkor Wat.

Flag of Canada

Flag of Canada (Maple Leaf Flag, l'Unifolié): national flag adopted by royal proclamation January 28, 1965 and first raised February 15, 1965; red-white-red 2:1 design with a stylized 11-point maple leaf, based on George Stanley's concept and approved by a 163-to-78 Commons vote.

Flag of Chicago

The flag of Chicago, also known as the Municipal Flag of Chicago, is the city's municipal flag, adopted in 1917 from a design by Wallace Rice.

Flag of Chile

Flag of Chile, La Estrella Solitaria: national flag adopted by decree October 18, 1817, white-over-red with blue canton and lone white star; predates Texas's 1839 flag and is one of two unchanged Latin American flags.

Flag of China

Flag of China, the Five-star Red Flag (五星红旗): red 3:2 flag with one large and four small yellow stars, designed by Zeng Liansong, adopted 27 September 1949, governed by the National Flag Law of 1990 as amended in 2020.

Flag of Colombia

Flag of Colombia: yellow, blue, red horizontal tricolor (2:1:1) adopted November 26, 1861, created by Francisco de Miranda, first flown 1806; shared heritage with Ecuador and Venezuela.

Flag of Colorado

Flag of Colorado: state flag adopted June 5, 1911, designed by Andrew Carlisle Carson; blue-white-blue triband with red C and gold disk, colors standardized 1929, proportions 1964.

Flag of convenience

A flag of convenience, also called an open registry, lets shipowners register vessels in countries with little real connection to the ship, reducing costs, taxes, and regulatory oversight.

Flag of Costa Rica

Flag of Costa Rica: five-stripe blue-white-red-white-blue tricolor adopted 29 September 1848 under José María Castro Madriz, designed by Pacífica Fernández Oreamuno after the French flag; red stripe double width; state version (Pabellón Nacional) carries the coat of arms.

Flag of Croatia

Flag of Croatia (Zastava Hrvatske, Trobojnica): red-white-blue horizontal tricolour, 1:2, with the 25-field red-first šahovnica coat of arms and five-shield crown; adopted 21 December 1990, tricolour dating to 1848.

Flag of Cuba

Flag of Cuba (bandera de la estrella solitaria): 1:2 flag with three azul turquí and two white stripes, red hoist triangle, white lone star; designed 1849, adopted 1869, governed by Law 128/2019.

Flag of Devon

Flag of Devon, also called St Petroc's Cross: county flag of Devon, England, a white cross edged black on green, designed by Ryan R. Sealey, chosen by BBC Devon public vote, registered 23 July 2002.

Flag of Earth

Flag of Earth: no official Earth flag exists; proposals include McConnell's 1969 Earth Flag, Cadle's 1970 Flag of Earth (Sun, Earth, Moon on black), and Pernefeldt's 2015 International Flag of Planet Earth with seven interlinked rings on blue.

Flag of Ecuador

Flag of Ecuador (Bandera del Ecuador): horizontal yellow-blue-red tricolor with yellow double width, restored 26 September 1860 and finalized with the coat of arms by the 1900 Congress; civil flag lacks the arms.

Flag of Egypt

Flag of Egypt, adopted 1984: a red-white-black Arab Liberation tricolor of the 1952 revolution with a golden Eagle of Saladin, ratio 2:3, distinguished from similar Iraq, Syria, Yemen, and Sudan flags by its emblem.

Flag of El Salvador

Flag of El Salvador: blue-white-blue horizontal triband adopted 17 May 1912 under President Manuel Enrique Araujo, readopting the 1823 Central American federal flag; state version bears the coat of arms, civil version the motto Dios, Unión, Libertad.

Flag of England

The flag of England, also called the Flag of St. George, is a red cross on a white field, used as England's national flag since at least 1348.

Flag of Estonia

Flag of Estonia (sinimustvalge): blue-black-white horizontal tricolour, 7:11 ratio, Pantone 285 C blue. Consecrated 1884 as a student flag, state flag since 21 November 1918, banned 1940–1990, distinctive original 1884 flag hidden and recovered 1991.

Flag of Ethiopia

Flag of Ethiopia: green-yellow-red horizontal tricolour with a yellow pentagram on a blue disc, defined by Constitution Article 3 and Proclamation 654/2009; first official flag 1897 under Menilek II, emblem added 1996.

Flag of Europe

Flag of Europe (European flag): circle of twelve gold stars on blue, adopted by the Council of Europe in December 1955 and by the European Communities in 1985; twelve symbolizes perfection, not member states.

Flag of Extremadura

Official flag of Extremadura, Spain: three equal horizontal stripes of green, white, and black, defined in the 1983 Autonomy Statute. Institutional version bears the regional coat of arms from Law 4/1985; design origin dates to 1976.

Flag of Fiji

Flag of Fiji: light-blue Blue Ensign adopted 10 October 1970, with Union Jack canton and the 1908 coat-of-arms shield; designed by Tessa Mackenzie; 2015–2016 redesign abandoned; protected by the National Flag Protection Act 2015.

Flag of Finland

Flag of Finland (Suomen lippu): white flag with a blue Nordic cross, adopted by act of 29 May 1918 after independence; national flag proportions 11:18, state flag carries the coat of arms.

Flag of Florence

Flag of Florence: white banner with red Florentine lily (giglio), tinctures reversed by Guelfs in 1251; official Gonfalone adopted 20 December 1902, 213x137 cm swallowtail, escorted by the Famiglia di Palazzo and bearing four gold medals.

Flag of Florida

Flag of Florida: white field with red saltire and state seal, adopted 1900, updated 1985; preceded by 1845, 1861, and 1868 flags; saltire linked to Cross of Burgundy.

Flag of France

The flag of France is a vertical blue-white-red tricolour created during the French Revolution from the king's white and Paris's blue and red, definitively adopted 15 February 1794 and restored in 1830.

Flag of Georgia (country)

The flag of Georgia, the Five-Cross Flag, is a white flag with a large red cross and four bolnur-katskhuri crosses, adopted 14 January 2004 after the Rose Revolution from a medieval Kingdom of Georgia banner.

Flag of Georgia (U.S. state)

Flag of Georgia (U.S. state): the 2003 state flag, a Stars and Bars-derived design with a blue canton, gold coat of arms, IN GOD WE TRUST, and 13 stars, adopted after the 1956 Confederate battle emblem and 2001 flags.