Indonesia
There’s a fascinating story behind this one. It goes something like this …
During the war of independence, Indonesian patriots took the Dutch flag (Indonesia was formerly a Dutch colony), and tore off the bottom blue stripe. Don’t believe me? Here’s that Dutch flag:
Pretty convincing, huh? Unfortunately, Flags of the World calls the story “likely legendary” (I think they’re just being polite here). According to them, the flag is actually “based on the flag of the Majapahit Empire on Java at the end of the 13th century. This had nine stripes red and white, and is nowadays used as [a] jack”:
They also point out that the current flag actually dates all the way back to a 1922 design.
Monaco
Hey, this is the exact same flag! Cutting off, like, 11% of it does not equal a new one.
So, how about this one instead?
It’s known as the “lozengy flag” (catchy that), is traditional but unofficial, was the official flag 200-some years ago, and is based on the coat of arms.
Poland
This design dates all the way back to 1831. And, like Indonesia’s, the basic color scheme goes back even further. That said, it’s really just the other two flags simply flipped upside down.
Now, Poland does have a “state flag” that does mix things up a little:
I’m not sure what a state flag is exactly, but maybe we could go with this one instead.
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