What do you think of your country's flag?

[Svipdag]

I like it. In the 19th century, the Chinese, who called all others barbarians, called the Americans "the barbarians of the flowery flag." They may have mistaken the stars for 5-petalled blossoms.

[CertifiedCracker]

It's red, white, and blue. Not much to think about.

[Lucia]

You don't think the five coat of arms on top of the shield are important?

It's not that but I think it's a bit too much going on. This one represents all of us anyway.

[Mingle]

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[Mingle]

Very pretty, imo. One of the best things in Brazil is the flag, haha But I must say that the positivism slogan wirtten on it bother me a little bit "Ordem e Progresso" (Order and Progres) does not make sense nowdays in our country because it is the oppsite of it.

Anyways, the flag has not changed a lot even after the country become a republic and left the monarchy. Basic the meaning of colors: green is the color of the House of Braganza from D. Pedro I and the yeallow it's because the House of Habsburg and D. Maria Leopoldina (D. Pedro I wife).

Imperial Flag:



Republic:

Do you prefer the imperial or the republic flag more?

[jingorex]

i love it.

[Cristiano viejo]

I would prefer this for Spain (currently it is the flag of my region but centuries ago was that of "Spain")

[Vojnik]

Our original flag:


But we capitulated to the Greeks and changed it to:

[Vojnik]

Australian flag is ok i guess:


But i believe we should become a republic and change it to something like this:

[Mingle]

Australian flag is ok i guess:


But i believe we should become a republic and change it to something like this:

What do you think of those flag proposals that look completely different? This is my personal favorite: