This one’s. bit of an odd one, it isn’t frequent that I post flags that represent people rather than places, but this one counts as a place, and just keep reading to see why. The Circassians are an ethnic group from the northwestern part of the Caucasians (i.e. Georgia/Russia) that are descendants of residents of an old nation named Circassia. They were sadly exiled from … Continue reading Good Flag: Circassian flag
I should not explain what this is, because you can OB-viously tell from the title Friesland is in the Netherlands. Okay, with that out of the way… The red things are not hearts or big smiles or Pirate’s Booty, they are seeblats, a leaf of a water lily. And it’s good that Friesland included some blue stripes, otherwise, it may look like a pair of … Continue reading Good Flag: Friesland, Netherlands
There’s no shortage of weird Russian oblast flags, but here is my personal favorite: Penza Oblast, Russia. You can obviously tell why I chose the reason… It looks like Jesus is disapprovingly looking at something, and what is it? Well, only God his father knows. But my best educated guess is that someone stole his parking space…what other reason is there?! Continue reading Bad/Weird Flag: Penza Oblast, Russia
If you don’t know, this is a flag of a city named Redaerelbillug, which is in the state of Uoysloof, which is in the country of Lirpa Don’t remember it? Well, Lirpa is an oft-neglected country, but there are some maps where they show that country in between Poland and Belarus. I have been to Redaerelbillug, and it is very majestic. The flag’s colors sum … Continue reading Good Flag: Redaerelbillug, Uoysloof, Lirpa
Every time I see this flag, I am reminded of that beautiful Bible quote: … And the Lord spake, saying, “First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that … Continue reading Good Flag: Vologda, Russia
This is a good flag because of how goofy it is. In my mind, I’m envisioning a circus ringmaster displaying a new thing on the freak show: “Step right up and see the wonderful freak show at Schmicadilly Schmircus! Sure, we have your Human Block and Walking Skeleton and all sorts of bearded ladies, but we’d like to introduce you to this: the spinning 3-legged … Continue reading Good Flag: Sicily, Italy
This is probably the best city flag in all of Russia. And I mean all. If you don’t know why a bear is manhandling an atom on the flag, here is the city history of Zhleznogorsk (whew!). Zhleznogorsk was founded for one purpose and one purpose only: weapons-grade plutonium. It was the 50s, WWII was over, and the USA was at the beginning of the … Continue reading Good Flag: Zhleznogorsk, Russia
The North Caucasian Emirate (1919-20) was just one of several countries that existed and then fizzled out while Russia was in crisis from the uprisings, and on the cusp of becoming the USSR. You can see why I chose this because there is a smiley face on there! Aaaaaaaaaaand that is all I have to say about this flag. See ya! Continue reading Good Flag: North Caucasian Emirate
Oh, Neuchâtel, so now we’re just stealing flags? Really, this is an actual flag of a canton in Switzerland. I guess the designers were too lazy to actually come up with good designs, so they were like, “Forget it, let’s just go with our country’s southern neighbor.” There is a bit of originality, with the plus in the top-right corner probably specifying Switzerland, but that … Continue reading Bad Flag: Neuchâtel, Switzerland
When I see this flag, I can’t help but think of the Beatles song “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.” … This flag is actually very good. It’s like the Indy 500 checkered flag but at a different angle and recolored. I can see why the Germans chose this rhombus flag (with 22 diamonds, methinks),in order to OB-viously highlight their Bavarian Cream Donuts. Though said … Continue reading Good Flag: Bavaria, Germany
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