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Flag of Malta

Flag of Malta (Il-Bandiera ta' Malta): national flag with white hoist, red fly, and a red-edged George Cross in the canton; 2:3 ratio, constitutionally adopted 21 September 1964, cross awarded 15 April 1942 by George VI.

Flag of Maryland

Flag of Maryland: quartered Calvert (gold/black) and Crossland (red/white) heraldic banner, the only U.S. state flag from English family heraldry; adopted 1904, ranked 4th of 72 in NAVA's 2001 survey.

Flag of Mexico

Flag of Mexico: vertical green-white-red tricolor, 4:7 ratio, with the eagle-on-cactus-devouring-serpent coat of arms on the white stripe; tricolor dating to 1821, standardized by the 1968 law and the 1984 Law on the National Arms, Flag and Anthem.

Flag of Minnesota

Flag of Minnesota: official state flag since May 11, 2024, with a dark blue Minnesota-shaped field, white eight-pointed North Star, and light blue water field, replacing the 1893 and 1957 seal-centered flags after a 2,128-submission redesign commission process.

Flag of Mississippi

Flag of Mississippi: the "In God We Trust" New Magnolia flag, adopted by 73% referendum vote on November 3, 2020, replacing the 1894 Confederate-emblem flag; white magnolia, 20 stars, gold star, 3:5 proportions.

Flag of Missoula, Montana

Flag of Missoula, Montana: the Pride flag, made the city's first official flag by Resolution 8862 on June 2, 2025 (9-2 council vote), in response to Montana House Bill 819 restrictions on flags on government property.

Flag of Morocco

The flag of Morocco is a red flag with a green interlaced pentagram, adopted by Sultan Yusef in 1915 to distinguish it from other red flags.

Flag of Mozambique

Flag of Mozambique, adopted 1 May 1983: green-black-yellow stripes with white fimbriations and a red hoist triangle bearing a star, book, hoe, and AK-47, the only national flag with a modern firearm.

Flag of Myanmar

The Union Flag of Myanmar: a yellow-green-red horizontal tricolour with a centered white five-pointed star, adopted 21 October 2010 by Law No. 8/2010, recalling the independence-struggle tricolour and replacing the 1974 socialist flag.

Flag of Nazi Germany

Flag of Nazi Germany: the red swastika flag (black swastika in white circle) designed by Hitler in 1920 using Imperial Germany's black-white-red colors; national flag under the Reich Flag Law of September 15, 1935, banned in Germany today.

Flag of Nepal

Flag of Nepal (नेपालको राष्ट्रिय झण्डा): the world's only non-rectangular national flag, a crimson double pennant with blue border, white moon and sun, adopted 16 December 1962 and defined by constitutional geometric construction.

Flag of New Mexico

Flag of New Mexico: red Zia sun symbol on a gold field, designed by Harry Mera and adopted in March 1925 from a DAR contest; symbol is sacred to Zia Pueblo, and the design ranked first in NAVA's 2001 survey.

Flag of New South Wales

Official state flag of New South Wales, Australia: a British Blue Ensign with the Union Jack and the 1876 NSW badge, a gold lion on a red St George cross with four gold eight-pointed Southern Cross stars.

Flag of New Zealand

The Flag of New Zealand, the New Zealand Ensign, is a blue ensign with the Union Jack and four red white-bordered Southern Cross stars, designed by Markham in 1869, official since 1902, and retained in the 2015–16 referendums.

Flag of Nigeria

Flag of Nigeria: green-white-green vertical triband, 1:2 proportions, designed 1959 by student Michael Taiwo Akinkunmi, adopted at independence 1 October 1960; green for agriculture, white for peace.

Flag of North Carolina

Flag of North Carolina: official state flag defined by G.S. 144-1, adopted 1885; blue union, white star flanked by gilt N and C, red-over-white fly, scrolls reading May 20th 1775 and April 12th 1776.

Flag of North Korea

Flag of North Korea (DPRK national flag, In-gong-gi): red, white and blue striped flag with a red star in a white disc, adopted 1948 to replace the Taegeukgi; designed in the Soviet Union, not by Kim Il-sung as officially claimed; ratio changed to 1:1.65 in 2026.

Flag of Northern Cyprus

Flag of Northern Cyprus (Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti Bayrağı): red crescent-and-star between two red stripes on white, adopted 7 March 1984 by Law 15/1984; replaced the Turkish flag, unrecognized internationally except by Turkey.

Flag of Northern Ireland

Flag of Northern Ireland: no unique official flag exists; the Union Flag is official, while the Ulster Banner (1953 to 1973) remains the recognized but unofficial unionist-associated banner.

Flag of Norway

Flag of Norway (Norges flagg): red Nordic cross flag, dark blue cross with white border, designed by Frederik Meltzer, adopted by the Storting in May 1821, royal resolution 13 July 1821, union mark removed by the 1898 Flag Act.

Flag of Ohio

The Ohio burgee, the state flag of Ohio, is the only non-rectangular U.S. state flag: a swallowtail burgee designed by John Eisenmann in 1901, adopted May 9, 1902, with 17 stars, five stripes, and a red-and-white O.

Flag of Pakistan

Flag of Pakistan: national flag designed by Syed Amir-uddin Kedwaii, adopted 11 August 1947; dark green field with white hoist bar, crescent and star, 2:3 ratio, green #01411C.

Flag of Palestine (علم فلسطين)

Flag of Palestine (علم فلسطين): national flag with black, white, green stripes and red hoist triangle, derived from the 1916 Arab Revolt flag, adopted by the PLO in 1964 and the State of Palestine in 1988.

Flag of Panama

Flag of Panama: quartered 2:3 national flag with a blue-starred white canton, red, blue, and a red-starred white quarter; designed 1903 by Manuel Encarnación Amador, regulated by Law 34 of 1949.

Flag of Peru

Flag of Peru (bandera nacional): red-white-red vertical triband without coat of arms, 3:2, created 25 February 1825. State variant (pabellón nacional) carries the escudo; first San Martín flag dates to 21 October 1820; Ley 32251 of 2025 unified its regulation.

Flag of Poland

Flag of Poland (flaga Polski): horizontal white-over-red bicolor, ratio 5:8, legally defined since 1 August 1919; a coat-of-arms variant serves diplomatic and maritime use; colors stem from the White Eagle arms, fixed after the 1831 cockade resolution.

Flag of Portugal

Flag of Portugal (Bandeira Nacional): green-and-red republican bicolour with armillary sphere and shield, designed by the 1910 commission, approved 29 November 1910, ratified 19 June 1911.

Flag of Puerto Rico

The flag of Puerto Rico (La Monoestrellada), official since 1952 and designed in 1895 in New York as the color-inverse of Cuba's flag: five red and white stripes, blue hoist triangle, white star, shade of blue legally unspecified.

Flag of Qatar

Flag of Qatar (علم قطر): maroon 'Al Adam' field with white hoist band and nine white serrated triangles, ratio 11:28, Pantone 1955 C, defined by Law No. 14 of 2012; distinct from Bahrain's red five-point flag.

Flag of Quebec

The Flag of Quebec, the fleurdelisé, is a white cross on blue with four white fleurs-de-lis, adopted by order-in-council under Maurice Duplessis on 21 January 1948 from the 1902 Carillon flag of abbé Filiatrault, with proportions 2:3.