Australia / New Zealand
Truth be told, even the Aussies and Kiwis know there’s a problem. There have been tons of committees and resolutions and work groups and so on in both countries to come up with
something a little different.
Here’s my favorite proposal from the Land Down Under:
And for Kiwiland:
That’s a silver fern there, by the way. According to Wikipedia, it’s “a species of medium-sized tree fern, endemic to New Zealand. It is a symbol commonly associated with the country both overseas and by New Zealanders themselves.”
Curacao / Nauru
More stars! Now, here, Curacao’s the one with two stars, Nauru’s the one with just one.
The yellow stripe in the Nauruan flag represents the equator. The one in the Curacaoan flag does not.
Bahrain / Qatar
Bahrain’s the shorter one with the bright red. Qatar’s is the longer one with the … oh, I don’t know … let’s call it maroon.
Interesting story that. Officially, it’s the blood of some such group of martyrs. Historically, it was the color of jujube, a species of date. It may also simply be what happens when bright red is out too long in the hot desert sun.
It’s actually not too surprising that these two are so similar. They’re right next to each other in the Arabian Sea, and “the histories of the two states have overlapped and occasionally collided since the 18th century” (Flags of the World).
Jujubes!
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