Good Flag: Northern Mariana Islands (Unofficial flag, 1972–1976; Official flag, 1976–1981)

This flag for a US territory whose middle word I sometimes misread as ‘marinara’ is wonderful, make no mistake. The NMI has gone through some different ownership of countries. It was first owned by the Spanish, then the Germans (!?), then they used the UN flag (for some reason), then they used the flag of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands of which it … Continue reading Good Flag: Northern Mariana Islands (Unofficial flag, 1972–1976; Official flag, 1976–1981)

Spare Your DisbeliefJune 10, 20251 Comment

Good Flag: Palau

Like Nauru, this is a good Oceania flag, and it also contains yellow and blue. The only caveat is that the yellow circle symbolizes the moon, not the sun, which makes it confusing… Continue reading Good Flag: Palau

Spare Your DisbeliefFebruary 4, 20253 Comments

Bad Flag: Victoria, Australia

While most state flags of Australia are hardly original, Victoria capitalizes on that trope by literally just REMOVING THE COMMONWEALTH STAR, SHRINKING THE SOUTHERN CONSTELLATION, AND ADDING A CROWN ON TOP OF IT! If you don’t get what I’m trying to convey, it’s that this flag looks incredibly similar to the country flag of Australia, and I wouldn’t be surprised if the Victoria flag and … Continue reading Bad Flag: Victoria, Australia

Spare Your DisbeliefJanuary 16, 20252 Comments

Good Flag: Nauru

This will probably be my shortest post yet, but here goes… *inhale* I don’t have much about to say about this flag except for this: This is actually a map! The star is Nauru, the yellow line is the equator (Nauru is one degree below the equator), and I bet you can’t guess what the blue stands for… Continue reading Good Flag: Nauru

Spare Your DisbeliefDecember 10, 20245 Comments

Good Flag: Niue

At a first glance, you’d probably think this looks like a flag of some random British territory by Nauru that decided to take a leaf out of the British Antarctic Territory‘s book and not use the Union Jack blue color. And you’d be right. Sort of. What I mean is that it IS a territory, but it’s a territory of New Zealand, hence the Union … Continue reading Good Flag: Niue

Spare Your DisbeliefSeptember 10, 20246 Comments

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