NationStates Jolt Archive

Thought this would be an intersting idea

If you've made your own flag, please link to the picture of it and explain what (if any) meaning it has for you or your nation.

http://www.orlyowl.com/omg.jpg


Basically the thought behind it is:

OMG!

http://www.traveloutward.com/images/flags/macao.gif

Mine's the flag of Macao, a Chinese territory. Why'd I pick it? No special reason... I just think it looks cool.

http://img102.imageshack.us/my.php?image=bcfjh3.jpg

That is mine

Becket court is the name of the block of residence I live in at university (where I'm typing this to you from)

This picture is a stylised birds eye view. The brown triangle is the main entrence as seen from above, its an odd shape this building. The green triangle beneath it is the greenery and woodland behind and around the building. The round grey area is the paved roundabout outside the main entrence, with the black bars being the paths that on the left lead to the university campus and the right lead to the town. The green and blue are the land and the sky, this is not birds eye, thats just romatic stylising, and the little golden yellow part at the top is the other college building opposite.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/haerodonia.jpg

Basically, the scales represent fairness, the heron represents wisdom/judgement, and the funny dada-style taoist thing in the middle, well I just thought it looked cool. Kinda represents a balance though, as well as being vaguely heron-like.

I chose the cyan background because it looks cool with the black and white without being too striking. And the fuzziness is courtesy of Microsoft Paint due to changing save format.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/revasser.jpg

It's a fox's face I quickly threw together.

Uh.. I like foxes. That is all.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/romington.jpg

Simple, tells the story.

State secret, sorry. If the reasons get out, the Islamofascist terrorist gays win. Think of the children. I approve this message.

My flag can be described in the following profound way:

"Default one I found in the flags list."

http://www.umich.edu/~iinet/oip/Images/photo-albums/vietnam/vietnam-flag.gif

Vietnam's flag. Nation name is Sarkhaan, a bastardization of Sarkhan, the fictional nation in the book The Ugly American, which is about the US policy in Vietnam.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/hive_protector.jpg

It's a reflection of my rank and position within the military organization. Coming to a region near you (smile.)

:sniper:

Mine is the Irish flag with the green tree from the Norfolk Island flag stuck in the centre. No particular reason why...

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/bunnyducks.jpg

Really can't remember the meaning anymore... so sorry.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/kryozerkia.jpg

The five stars represent the provinces of Kryozerkia, though, some believe that they represent members of the commonwealth; (Kutou-koku, Farflorin, Kytzenia...)

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/java_junkie.jpg

The flag represents the nation!

The nation represents it's people!

The people represents their founder!

The founder is me ;)

This week my flag is..

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/il_ruffino.jpg

I took this photo, liked it, got bored with my other flag, changed the title to "Gun nut", and made this the flag.

*shrugs*

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/lausanne-zuerich.jpg

The Coat of arms of Zürich and Lausanne mixed together and a dwarf thrown in.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/pure_metal.jpg

its... pretty self-explanitory. red = socialist. globe = internationalism.
the other stuff is just there to make it look cool ;)

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/new_xero_seven.jpg

The flag of New Xero Seven

gray = We're cool drunken hipsters who have sex a lot
Green = We love to hug our trees
White stars = We have high hopes and aspirations for life on Seven, nothing is impossible

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/not_bad.jpg

I wanted something upbeat to go with the name

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/not_bad.jpg

I wanted something upbeat to go with the name

I like it.

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/keithdaniel/angryslobistan.jpg

http://i71.photobucket.com/albums/i128/keithdaniel/angryslobistan.jpg

But why?

umm...lightning is cool:D

But why?

It's a lobster! :D

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/dissonant_cognition.jpg

"Blue often denotes injury, such as in the phrase 'black and blue,' since it is the color of a bruise. ...Others have suggested that the black flag symbolises mourning for (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989) those (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Luther_King_Jr.) martyred (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhi) in (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich_Bonhoeffer) the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_invasion) course (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_resistance) of (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minuteman) the (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynching) struggle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holocaust)."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28color%29#Symbolism_and_expressions & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchist_symbolism#Black_flag

"Blue has the connotation of conservatism, tradition, and stability, in contrast with red which seems more radical, which is probably why blue is used more by conservative parties"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28color%29#Symbolism_and_expressions

"Blue is used also as a word to denote a sad or melancholy state, as in depression, or simply a state of deep contemplation (however, the phrase 'blue skies,' referring to sunny weather, implies cheerfulness)"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_%28color%29#Symbolism_and_expressions

The five stripes:

"<ADMINISTRATION>0%</ADMINISTRATION>
<WELFARE>0%</WELFARE>
<HEALTHCARE>0%</HEALTHCARE>
<EDUCATION>23%</EDUCATION>
<SPIRITUALITY>0%</SPIRITUALITY>
<DEFENCE>14%</DEFENCE>
<LAWANDORDER>24%</LAWANDORDER>
<COMMERCE>0%</COMMERCE>
<PUBLICTRANSPORT>25%</PUBLICTRANSPORT>
<ENVIRONMENT>13%</ENVIRONMENT>
<SOCIALEQUALITY>0%</SOCIALEQUALITY>"
http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/nationdata.cgi/nation=dissonant_cognition

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/hive_protector.jpg

It's a reflection of my rank and position within the military organization. Coming to a region near you (smile.)

:sniper:
um... don't use gun smileys, because people who use gun smileys are considered to be n00bs, and that's not a good thing unless you like being mocked.

my flag is black fading into red, or red fading into black; same as my politics.
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/infinite_revolution.jpg

i don't think i need to explain :)
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/pie_and_beer.jpg

Holy crap! That's an awesome ray!

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/awesome_rays.jpg

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/neu_leonstein.jpg

The background should be fairly obvious. The Iron Cross is a left-over from the earlier, more militaristic flag.

The castle is the coat of arms of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg - committed to individual freedom, independence and free trade since the Middle Ages. And incidentally also the town I was born in.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/chandelier.jpg


"She is singing to-night to bring the chandelier down!"...that's pretty much what my flag means.:)

The background should be fairly obvious. The Iron Cross is a left-over from the earlier, more militaristic flag.

The castle is the coat of arms of the Free Hanseatic City of Hamburg - committed to individual freedom, independence and free trade since the Middle Ages. And incidentally also the town I was born in.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/fleckenstein.jpg

Yeah, a little simpler: Imperial German flag.

Home of my ancestors.

F*cking neonazis defacing the flag, bringing shame on those who never heard of its origins.

F*cking neonazis defacing the flag, bringing shame on those who never heard of its origins.
You're aware though that it stands for the Prussian conquest of Germany, not actual German unity and freedom, right?

I find it hilarious when people fly the Imperial Flag like it represents Germany. There is only one set of colours that represents German unity, independence and freedom, and that's black-red and gold, as flown by the revolutionaries of 1848.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/dobbsworld.jpg

High above the Earth, nestled in the upper reaches of the outer ionosphere, lies the Secret Orbital Stronghold of Dobbsworld.

This is actually for a military group that I run in another game.

I made this flag:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/12/cleanedupgermaniabq5.png (http://imageshack.us)

Its built on the Scandi cross, which represents northern europe. It also has red,black and gold the colors for German unity. It holds the Prussian eagle in the middle, and the Federal Republik flag in the top left corner. The federal eagle lies in the middle of the federal republik flag. And the Iron Cross watches over all of it from the top left corner.

ITS COPYRIGHTED!

This is actually for a military group that I run in another game.

I made this flag:

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/12/cleanedupgermaniabq5.png (http://imageshack.us)

Its built on the Scandi cross, which represents northern europe. It also has red,black and gold the colors for German unity. It holds the Prussian eagle in the middle, and the Federal Republik flag in the top left corner. The federal eagle lies in the middle of the federal republik flag. And the Iron Cross watches over all of it from the top left corner.

ITS COPYRIGHTED!

cleanedupgermania? what was it like before?

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/potarius.jpg

In a Romanised translation, it reads: "Watashi-wa ichiban desu."

Translated directly to English, it reads: "I'm number one."/"I am number one."


I happen to like ironic flags.

Mine is the Maltese flag. They are A.) Catholic (Like me), and B.) Home of the Knights of Malta, who were hospitallers.

Mines the Marshall Islands flag, from NS. Just cos it looks kinda modern.
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/marshall_islands--54.jpg
Made one on paint for my old nation, but it was all fuzzy. Might try and knock one up on corel draw when I get back to uni.

Came by this a while back and decided to use it when I started Dosuun.
http://www.fotw.net/images/f/fic-ftfl.gif
The site is a good source of flags both fictional and factual.

http://i64.photobucket.com/albums/h182/theloneguardsman/Random/Unitedfederationofworldsspace4kscal.jpg

I made this one from the EU flag. The circle of stars denotes the country's unitedness and the earth, well that just apealed to the world domination streak in me.

It's a cool picture...I'm sure most of you are capable of finding my flag if you really want to look at it.

What's with all the big-scale flags?

What's with all the big-scale flags?

Because the default size is way too fricking small.

Because the default size is way too fricking small.

Then maybe you ought to rethink your concept if the small size looks horrible! :p

Then maybe you ought to rethink your concept if the small size looks horrible! :p

Oh, a cheap shot at my GLORIOUS flag, eh?

*beats you senseless with a rubber sock*

>.>

cleanedupgermania? what was it like before?
Rough edges, the paint was a bit sloppy in some parts...ect.

Why?:confused:

What's with all the big-scale flags?

NS has no limit (it seems) on the dimensions of the flag, only the filesize. so if you can get your large-scale flag down to the appropriate filesize (without looking shit) then its cool. look at my nation's page for proof. or kanabia's.

Oh, a cheap shot at my GLORIOUS flag, eh?

*beats you senseless with a rubber sock*

>.>

Yes it is because my flag looks great at its small size! :p

Yes it is because my flag looks great at its small size! :p

And pentagons are gay.

*runs*

NS has no limit (it seems) on the dimensions of the flag, only the filesize. so if you can get your large-scale flag down to the appropriate filesize (without looking shit) then its cool. look at my nation's page for proof. or kanabia's.

According to the flag upload page;

Your flag must be:


in JPEG (.jpg) format
about 107x71 pixels in size
no larger than 10KB
appropriate. This means conforming to site etiquette and being suitably flag-like. Images likely to cause widespread offense (e.g. nudity, swastikas) are prohibited, and your nation may be deleted if you post them.


But I have seen a a few quite big ones around so maybe its more of a surgestion.

And pentagons are gay.

*runs*

I needed it with 5 points for each of the five provinces... :p

Rough edges, the paint was a bit sloppy in some parts...ect.

Why?:confused:

oh, i thought it might be risqué in some way *shrugs*

I needed it with 5 points for each of the five provinces... :p

Would it've killed you to have three starts in a row, and two stars on top? Always going with the gay pentagons...

*mumbles*

Would it've killed you to have three starts in a row, and two stars on top? Always going with the gay pentagons...

*mumbles*
The previous instable governments could only agree on it.

The previous instable governments could only agree on it.

*shakes fist violently and shuns*

my flag is a drawing of a pug.

my nation's animal is a pug.

I don't remember which came first.

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/2446/randomflag1largesp4.jpg


It was originally the flag of Slovakia, with a few moderations. Firtly, I changed the colors of it. There isn't any reason for the blue and green, but I liked it better than it being a background of Russian Flag colors (red, blue, white).

The crown is to signify the Holy Empire of Korshe as the main nation that imperializes the others, which are exactly the same without the crown.

The Slovakian emblem (the shield that looks like the government symbol from the movie 'V for Vendetta') is there because I like Slovakia and give my real-life loyalties to them and wanted to represent them in my nation's flag.

*shakes fist violently and shuns*

The stars will soon represent the five members of the Kryozerkian commonwealth.

The national flag of Lantisia, its symbolism affectionately referred to as the 'Sword and Stars':

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/lantisia/LantisiaFlagBig2c.gif

Here is an excerpt from 'The People's Pacific Encyclopedia,' specifically its entry on Lantisia:

The flag of Lantisia has a varied but conservative color and design scheme. In the background, there are 5 vertical bars bearing the national colors of Lantisia--red, green, and white--and each color has a special significance. The red, on the outside, denotes courage, sacrifice, and the use of even great and dangerous means for achieving noble purposes. The green, inside of the red, denotes life, growth, and natural splendor, as Lantisia is a thriving, successful nation with a beautiful environment. Lastly, white, in the center of the flag, denotes peace, harmony, and hope.

The foreground imagery and its arrangement also has deep, symbolic meaning. The sword, in the center of the flag, represents aggresive action, and it is pointed upwards, indicating that it is held in defense. On both sides of the sword are olive branches, universal symbols of peace. They are included on the flag with a weapon to indicate Lantisia's philosophy of the desire for and effort towards creating peace, and its ability to make war in the defense of peace. The olive branches are placed around the sword to denote that peace is foremost, and the desire for it prevents unnecessary war. The three stars on the flag are white, to denote peace, and have a dual meaning. On one hand, they represent the Christian triune Godhead--the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit--in a display of the nation's heavily Christian legacy and strongly theistic modern culture. On the other hand, the stars represent the three parts of service and authority: God, who rules all; government, which serves God and rules the people; and the people, who serve both, but give strength, power, and life to the nation.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/the_lone_alliance.jpg

Took the 3 stars off of Micronesia, took the blue background from some Red Alert 2 Allied Art.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/boonytopia.jpg

It's a picture of me, on a beach, towards the tail end of a three day bender. One of my mates I was with (not shown in the picture) had just stripped off all his clothes & jumped in the ocean.

The thinking behind it? I don't reckon there was much thinking going on at that point.

oh, i thought it might be risqué in some way *shrugs*
Lol...perhaps you were hoping for a naked woman masturbating with a Swastika? That risque enough?:p

Lol...perhaps you were hoping for a naked woman masturbating with a Swastika? That risque enough?:p

*chokes on biscuit* could be!

The national flag of Lantisia...
http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b381/lantisia/LantisiaFlagBig2c.gif


Italian much? :p

OK, I don't have links to my various flags, but I'll describe each one in turn.

Mirkana (Green crosshairs on a black background): Symbolizes Mirkana's militaristic nature and marskmanship traditions.

Shalaam [deceased] (Green Islamic crescent, with a blue Star of David where the star is): Shows Shalaam's fusion of Judaism and Islam.

The Far Realms (red pentacle with eye inside): Common symbol of Cthulhu (or so I am told).

The Alaskan Federation [deceased] (Three large stars and nine small stars on a dark blue background): The three stars represent the three pulsars of the Alaskan system, while the small stars represent the nine stations of the system.

Goonswarm (Winged grenade): I do not know. It is the banner of the actual Goonswarm alliance in EVE: Online (which is the basis for my Nation of Goonswarm).

Mine is an Imperial symbol from Star Wars combined with the scarlet and gold colors of House Corrino from Dune...it's arguably the two most badass powers in scifi combined in to one national flag.

Thought this would be an intersting idea

If you've made your own flag, please link to the picture of it and explain what (if any) meaning it has for you or your nation.

A big fucking Hammer & Sickle is pretty self explanatory.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c330/cfig0669/grainne_ni_malley1.jpg

Female. Pirate. I can't explain it any better than that.

Is the flag of Liechtenstein, my favorite national flag and an awesome country.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/posi.jpg
Some clasic skanking. Goes with my motto too: "Everybody Shut Up and Dance!"

A green field representing the forest of Freedontya with the national animal on it

This week my flag is..

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/il_ruffino.jpg

I took this photo, liked it, got bored with my other flag, changed the title to "Gun nut", and made this the flag.

*shrugs*

That isnt a real gun though.

i don't think i need to explain :)
http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/pie_and_beer.jpg

I don't get it. ;)

Well, you know... Ireland? Potatoes?

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/kanabia.jpg

It's the Eureka Stockade Flag (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_Flag) plus the red and black flag of anarchist communism/syndicalism. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Anarchist_flag.svg)

The yellow was added only as a contrast, but afterwards I realised that it's the same colour scheme as the Australian aboriginal flag, which is kinda cool.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/kyrgyzakhstan.jpg

I don't know. I randomly drew this weeks ago and I still don't know. It's just ... I wish I knew the meaning behind it! I'm so random.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/posi.jpg
Some clasic skanking. Goes with my motto too: "Everybody Shut Up and Dance!"

That is truly awesome.

... and then run a few of those through Spaam's flag buttoniser whatchamacallit. ;)

http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/pure_metal.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/new_xero_seven.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/not_bad.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/dissonant_cognition.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/awesome_rays.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/korshe.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/lantisia.png

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/ifreann.jpg
Because my nation is a Zombarchy. Go ahead and look. I dare you.

That isnt a real gun though.

It's a BB gun, OK?!

I used to live in Maryland, where they have the most amazingly delicious crabs.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cluichstan.jpg

It's a BB gun, OK?!


Heres what you were "shooting" for.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v383/kickyick/ka/?action=view&current=DSCF02102.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1

Heres what you were "shooting" for.

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v383/kickyick/ka/?action=view&current=DSCF02102.jpg&refPage=&imgAnch=imgAnch1

If only I had a gun like that.. :(

Mine used to be an AK47 over a teal background with a super cool network of yellow, black bordered stripey bits, back when I was the Armed Republic of Yootopia.

The .jpeg conversion horribly mangled it. I was gutted.

And now that I'm the Various Provinces of Yootopia, I just use the Trinidad and Tobago flag, because it's nice.

I might make a new flag, though.

If only I had a gun like that.. :(

Its a Springfield 1911, 'colt commander' size.

This is from their basic "GI" line, so it didn't cost a whole lot.

Oodles of fun to shoot.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/neo-erusea.jpg

Looks like a nice dictatorship flag to me.

http://img423.imageshack.us/img423/9093/gr1817jw3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

We're a nation of hippies, that's why.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/posi.jpg
Some clasic skanking. Goes with my motto too: "Everybody Shut Up and Dance!"

best yet! :D

The USSD's flag used to look like this:

http://h1.ripway.com/Dazcha/Dazflag.jpg

The green field is representative of green fields. The pink star is because I'm a gay socialist :P

When we went all capitalist and evil, I inverted the colours:

http://h1.ripway.com/Dazcha/Dazflag2.jpg

We're socialist again, but I haven't been bothered to revert it.

best yet! :D
It took about half a semester of sitting next to a punk kid in my computer class to think it up.

... and then run a few of those through Spaam's flag buttoniser whatchamacallit. ;)

http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/pure_metal.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/new_xero_seven.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/not_bad.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/dissonant_cognition.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/awesome_rays.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/korshe.png
http://spaam.mrdrake.net/flags/lantisia.png
Runthewhatnow through thewhatnow?o_O
I get small images...








I have the kickarseness which is the Rumanian flag, i once intended to add an Eagle but then it would have been Moldovia's, so a five 'stared' leaf would have been my second choice but i couldn't be arsed.

http://www.nationstates.net/images/flags/uploads/cannot_think_of_a_name.jpg
It just seemed the most appropriate, all things considered...