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? bloodbath, Ph.D. Physicist and Numismatist
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Because Telèmor is European-inspired and designed, its flag and the flags of its regions will naturally be rectangular.

The national flag of the Telèmor Federation is below:
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(I forget how the color scheme arose. I should come up with some symbolism.)

These are the flags of the eighteen regions (rejione).
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? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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I solemnly and pompously present the flag of Marvellous Realms of Wonder...

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...OK. Now the flag:

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Courtesy of Team Badger Inc.
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1
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Personally, I think you should stick with the animated GIF.

...The badger flag is great, but what an idea.
? Emily ro’qegh’Iwchab
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(click any flag to see a bigger version, thanks)

the kingdom of transemilia was founded in 1918 from various territories in the crumbling austro-hungarian empire. its flag, containing the crest of the king of transemilia (who had previously been the king of sparginia, one of the founding territories), was adopted shortly thereafter:
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the king sided with the nazis during world war ii, which led to a massive revolt led by the communist party. by the end of the war, the CPT controlled most of the country (with help from the red army at the end), and the king was captured and shot. in january of 1946, the people's republic of transemilia was declared, a new constitution was passed, and the royal flag was abolished and replaced with a new flag:
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(the text is transemilian for "workers of the world, unite", and the dates "1918 - 1946" refer to independence and declaration of the people's republic, respectively)

the flags for the transemilian military (the "revolutionary defense forces") are based on the national flag, but with different images charged on them:
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the flag for the military as a whole is:
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? masako posts: 206
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http://m40i.imgup.net/bandera_va4685.png

I can't decide which flag to use...plx h3lp
? Hâlian the Protogen
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, Alípteza, Florida
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yes
? kodé man of few words
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, Deacon, this fucking hole we call LA
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green-yellow-red-yellow-green
? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1
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Definitely green on the outside. Probably red in the middle, as kodé said. It's more visually pleasing to have the darkest colour furthest from the centre, but putting the red and green next to each other is too low-contrast. Plus, this way it can be stylized as two stripes of yellow for use in various other motifs.
? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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Since putting side by side those exact shades of red and green is a big no-no (rule of contrast), I'd choose any design with the contrary. So I choose the design on the upper left corner and the one below that one.
? masako posts: 206
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quoting kodé, Deacon, this fucking hole we call LA:
green-yellow-red-yellow-green

Done.

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? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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, Kelatetía: Dis, Major Belt 1
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I don't even like badgers!

Worth watching:

? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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To sum up:



Also, from the same guy in Rhetorica's video above, Roman Mars: 7 fantastic flags that break every design rule. Worth reading too.
And it contains a link to Ted Kaye's Good Flag, Bad Flag: How to Design a Great Flag (PDF).
? Hallow XIII Primordial Crab
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, 巴塞尔之侯
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I dig this
? hwhatting posts: 105
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Yep, pretty.
? twabs fair maiden
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quoting Izambri, Duke, the Findible League:
Coat of arms of Anthologica

I mentioned this on IRC but I would recommend putting a dot before the CA (as in anthologi.ca) so that you get an even number of characters and it lines up nicely.
? hwhatting posts: 105
, Sophomore, Cologne, Germany
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Pretty!
? Izambri Left of the middle
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, Duke, the Findible League
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This resource proves to be quite interesting. Japanese Heraldry and Heraldic Flags, edited by David F. Phillips.

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? Rhetorica Your Writing System Sucks
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...So you're saying the proper syllabic analysis of "anthologica" is "an·θol·o·gʲi·ca"? With all those palatals in the last two syllables? I feel like my rights to linguistic representation have been violated. The Crown is deeply concerned.
? twabs fair maiden
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/an.tʰo.lo.gi.ká/ please
? Hallow XIII Primordial Crab
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, 蘇黎世之侯
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You'll have to upload it somewhere and then link it here. Annie does have some image hosting powers in universes that you can use for this purpose if you wish.