Every National Flag Explained

Extra extends his life span
Have you ever wondered where the flags of each country came from? Well wonder no more! Let's go over the origins of each national flag, as well as where the design of the modern flag came from.
The sources that I used were either simply Wikipedia or anything that was made by Whitney Smith, the founder of the FIAV and the one who came up with the term "vexillology", which I talked about in Vexillology Volume 1 (What is Vexillology). He made multiple books explaining every national flag (which I may or may not have pirated), although they're somewhat outdated at this point. He's also the editor of every national flag page on the Encyclopedia Britannica, so you can trust that it's a reliable source. Admittedly though, I put some of my own theories in there as well, like with Belarus' green stripe, Morocco's reference to the Marinids, Libya's reference to the Senussi, among others. Like I said in the outro, if there's anything I missed or got wrong, please let me know! I'll put any corrections in the pinned comment.
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:38 Story Interlude 1
2:52 Origin of the Modern Flag
5:17 Story Interlude 2
6:03 Explaining them all
15:36 Story Interlude 3
16:36 We're halfway there
23:00 Overdrive!
31:56 Conclusion to the Space Arc
35:38 Outro(duction)
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[@thecluckster3908]

Estonia 🇪🇪 has got to be my favorite flag, it’s colors are just so nice and the fact that it matches Estonia’s landscape during the winter perfectly is just the nice little bow on top.

[@tooshy2draw290]

May be biased, since I'm Estonian, but I agree, love the tones lol

[@terrabeast678]

seychelles and bhutan are mine

[@realhawaii5o]

I'm not Estonian but I live in Tallinn... I do appreciate the flag. It's quite nice.

[@Daphne70]

Same

[@nojahnojah]

Same

[@joaovitormatos8147]

Fun fact: the idea of using white between red and blue in the French flag was suggested by the Marquis de Lafayette. Considering how Lafayette came from a long line of medieval nobility (the first Marquis de Lafayette fought alongside Joan of Arc), I assume he was taught the rule of tincture and think it's not a coincidence that he suggested a metal between two colors

[@nalat1suket4nk0]

Lafayette the same from the american revolution?

[@brunothedev]

Someone: you like flags? Explain every flags. Extra: Okay.

[@ExtraInExile]

Which flag is your favorite? Corrections/Addendums: United Nations (justsomeonewhodoheroicacts): Not a flag that I mentioned, but it has 193 member states, not 192, can't believe I rushed past that. Cameroon (me): Before the current flag they had a flag with 2 stars for the unity between French Cameroon and English Cameroon. Cameroon's increasing centralization, including changing their flag to only include 1 star, is why English Cameroon (Ambazonia) wants independence. Kazakhstan (bonchemin): The flag of the Kazakh Khanate was likely not the inspiration for the blue color. Instead it might come from the blue stripe on the flag of the Kazakh SSR. Georgia (user-gr9fq9gt9w): Georgia's flag might date back even further to 1200, since a recently discovered coin of the king at the time featured a symbol that looks very similar to Georgia's current flag. Although I didn't include it in this video due to the "approx. 1350" in the Wiki article lined up with the naval map instead. Romania (funfoxvlad): Alongside the Moldavian coat of arms, the other part of Romania (Wallachia) had a naval flag with the current Romanian colors, which is also likely where they got their inspiration. Argentina (duncanmann): Historians often attribute the blue and white colors to the House of Bourbon, which I considered strange because the Latin Americans Wars of Independence were inspired by the French getting rid of the Bourbons, but you can take it with a grain of salt, although there are also other explanations Israel (me): The reason why the flag has two blue lines is because it looks like a ṭallit, which is a piece of cloth worn during prayer, and it also has a lot of stripes on it. New Zealand (osama_been_lagging): It has 4 stars, not 5, lol. Egypt (kfir fecher): Saladin established the Ayyubid dynasty, not the Abbasid dynasty. I literally got the image from the wiki page of the Ayyubids, I'm just an idiot lmao.

[@luc_Colism]

Flag of Cyprus

[@thundere.b2314]

Csa flag the war one that everyone thinks is the csa flag listen me out I don't support [forced labour without pay] they literally made an original flag

[@jlpiano7050]

Hey, I think you forgot Qatar 🇶🇦

[@AussieBall_Animations]

Cool, also awesome end to the video

[@winston5921]

Hey @ExtraInExile ,What makes you went on exiled for a INFINITE days?

[@sentientialcrisis9919]

ASEAN edition (Association of South East Asian Nations) 14:01 Indonesia 🇮🇩 14:44 Philippines 🇵🇭 15:02 Brunei Darussalam 🇧🇳 16:48 Thailand 🇹🇭 18:56 Vietnam 🇻🇳 19:29 Laos 🇱🇦 20:26 Cambodia 🇰🇭 20:49 Malaysia 🇲🇾 23:24 Singapore 🇸🇬 26:38 Timor-Leste 🇹🇱 31:35 Myanmar 🇲🇲

[@spookyengie735]

ASEANs thank you. greeting from Vietnam

[@Kellexyz]

Thank you Love from Indonesia

[@Atomictaru]

You had 69 likes I will now make it 70👹

[@ape7900]

what about serbia

[@hoogreen]

@@ape7900 serbia isnt ASEAN

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Additional flag facts I'd like to add: - The Cuban flag was designed in NYC by revolutionaries living in exile in 1849 (famed Cuban hero José Martí also lived in NYC at the time). The current Puerto Rican flag was also designed in NYC (modeled after the Cuban one) as the Cuban and Puerto Rican revolutionaries worked with each other. To honor NYC's role, Cuba gave the city a statue of José Martí on horseback in Central Park. - The reason the flag of the former Greater Republic of Central America was inspired by Argentina's is because when Argentines serving under Hipólito Bouchard raided Spanish outposts in Central America as part of the Argentine War for Independence, the locals saw that flag as their first free flag from Spain. - When the Brazilian flag was first adopted in 1889, it had 21 stars. But since 1992, it has 27. This is because they are for the 26 states of the country as well as the Federal District/Brasília, so stars have been added for every new state. - The Aussie flag isn't the same as New Zealand's lol. You missed the big star on the bottom left corner. That's the Commonwealth Star. Originally it was six-pointed to represent the six original states of Australia, but a seventh point for the Territory of Papua was added in 1908 and to represent all future territories.

[@user-gy6xo7qz7t]

Nice facts, i did not know this about Cuba and Puerto rico

[@zddxddyddw]

Finally someone brings attention to how big of an influence the Argentine flag was in many other countries' flags

[@RodrrdoR]

Yeah but he got one fact wrong. The colors are from the House of Borbón in Spain. Ferdinand VII wore a stripe with blue and white similar to the Argentinian flag. The original revolutionaries of Argentina were monarchist and were doing the revolution in the name of the king (imprisoned by Napoleon).

[@verymelone]

Fun fact: When kids in primory school ask about the Y in the South African flag, most teachers tell them to find a buddy and tell them to put one hand together (one child left hand with another child right hand) to form a bowl, the teacher would ask what they see in the creases of their hands and the kids would see a Y. The teacher would explain that the Y stands for the Y in UNITY and together they can make the word happen. Of course South Africa is a mix pot of different races, cultures and religions so it's a bit important for teachers to teach kids to work together. Personally, I was a logical kid so I always found that explanation stupid because you could do it yourself without anyone as the other half but I see it now.

[@TheMemer397]

Portugal literally is the most important character in the lore. It made extra come back to life.

[@rodri_rf9200]

Heróis do mar, nobre povo, Nação valente, imortal, Levantai hoje de novo O esplendor de Portugal! Entre as brumas da memória, Ó Pátria, sente-se a voz Dos teus egrégios avós, Que há-de guiar-te à vitória! Coro: Às armas, às armas! Sobre a terra, sobre o mar, Às armas, às armas! Pela Pátria lutar! Contra os canhões, marchar, marchar!

[@TheMemer397]

That's the Portuguese anthem.

[@rodri_rf9200]

@@TheMemer397 no shit Sherlock

[@TheMemer397]

Didn't require many braincell to discover it.

[@rodri_rf9200]

@Saudi Arabian Mapper wen did I make a question

[@Joscat60]

genuinely one of the higher quality polandball KZbinr, easily deserves several hundred thousand subscribers

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

You put so much effort and time into your videos, it seems you really love what you do. It always turns out amazing!

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

7:17 Georgia By late 2021, a newly-discovered coin of the King David the Builder with five-cross composition engraving now dates the Georgian flag to the 12th century. According to the State Council of Heraldry, the coin is of greatest importance and is an unmistakable proof for the history of the Georgian national flag being used during the reign of King David IV.

[@ExtraInExile]

True! Gonna add that

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

19:28 The country name is actually pronounced "Lao" *Kudos for pronouncing Sri Lanka and Kiribati right!*

[@AussieBall_Animations]

It is actually pronounced “Laos” The language they speak is pronounced “Lao”

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

@@AussieBall_Animations Only in English it is pronounced with the S (and in other languages influenced by English...) But even in English, the official name of the country is "Lao People's Democratic Republic" The only reason the "S" is even pronounced is because the French which colonized and gave the country its name, wrote it with an S, despite the S is not pronounced. (Like French like to add useless letters on words...) And English-speaking people just read it as Laos and not "Lao". It's just English pronounced the word wrong and it just stuck. In the Lao language, there are no "S-ending" letters in the Lao language.

[@IvyYoshi]

I'm an American, so correct me if I'm wrong, but while Laos is pronounced "Lao" in Lao (the language), it is not in English, in just the same way we pronounce France with an æ instead of one of the French nasal vowels, ɑ̃. On the other hand though, we don't pronounce Thailand with an ð or a θ, we pronounce it with a "t".

[@ExtraInExile]

It's true that it's pronounced "Lao" in Laotian, but I stuck to the English pronunciation since that's how it's pronounced by anyone else.

[@SugarCubic709]

Okay

[@sollrandomguy]

The art style looks better than before, magnificent! And Pog animation

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Not countries but two favorite flags of mine are St Pierre & Miquelon (unofficial) and Macau: - The Macanese flag has a lotus with a bridge and lines for water below it with stars above it. The lotus flower in full bloom represents the everlasting prosperity of Macau (which they're certainly not wrong about that; gambling being banned in Mainland China definitely helps). The bridge is the Governor Nobre de Carvalho Bridge, that links Macau Peninsula with Taipa. The bridge and water represent Macau's position as a port and its important role. And like the stars of Hong Kong's flag, the stars represent the PRC and Macau's relation with it, only this time the stars are yellow like the PRC's flag instead of red like Hong Kong's. And what brings it all together is the nice shade of green in the background. - The St. Pierre & Miquelon unofficial flag has the flags of the Normans, Bretons, and Basques on the left side to symbolize the people who resettled the islands in 1816 (fighting between Britain and France led to settlements getting destroyed over and over). On a light blue background, there's a giant yellow ship sailing on some waves, representing the Grande Hermine, which brought explorer Jacques Cartier to St. Pierre in June 1536.

[@orangeduckduck2996]

I’m surprised your isn’t North Korea

[@TheOnlyCaprisun]

Extra truly went God mode in this one, a vexing vexillology nerd at their vines- I mean finest!

[@eastonthehistoryguy2925]

When he said “Colours inspired by nature🌿…” I felt that 😔

[@stitch8589]

This was such high quality and was shocked to see you only have 8k subs :0 It was quite informative and entertaining at the same time, I subbed :D

[@daniel-qc8pq]

Dude this is one of the best channel! 100% my favorite! Keep up with the good work!

[@DuaTheOwl]

You added Haiti? You are officially my favorite countryball channel. I'm subbing.

[@TGamesTmedia01]

Amazing Video! I'm also excited for the alternate history as a mapping KZbinr myself

[@karanrime8948]

8:59 USA When the first few extra states started being added to the Union after the original thirteen colonies, the flag was given additional stripes as well as additional stars. This very quickly became impractical, so they reverted to the thirteen stripes for the original thirteen colonies and then continued to just add a star for each additional state. In fact, the Star-Spangled Banner that Francis Scott Key saw when he decided to write the poem of that name featured 15 stars and 15 stripes.

[@daniksworld6831]

13:37 the three colors on the romanian flag represent the three states that form Romania. Blue for Transilvania, Yellow for Wallachia and Red for Moldova. Also the coat of arms contains symbols for these states on the shield. Moldova's flag was inspired by the Romanian one, as the two countries were united a long time ago, the moldovan coat of arms being the same design as the romanian one except it doesnt have the symbols for wallachia or transilvania, representing only moldova.))

[@marekstuff0001]

I'm from Moldova, (and also a Citizen of romania,) and I agree with everything you said here.

[@auswald]

This was a great informative video with only minor errors. Keep up the incredible work

[@gxnitrotype]

i love the animations! new viewer, looking forward to more content from you

[@spelticup]

probably your greatest video so far!

[@thefurballs]

14:16 As an Estonian, I can confirm that our flag tri-color is inspired by the nature in estonia during the winter. The blue stripes represents the clear sky of estonia, the black stripes represents as the trees in estonia, and the white stripes represents as the snow. :>

[@CurraptedGlitch]

11:30 In the Greek part you forgot to explain the meaning behind stripes, the 9 stripes stand for the nine syllables of the Greek motto 'Eleftheria i Thanatos' ['Ελευθερία ή Θάνατος'] (Greek for 'Freedom or Death'). the phrase just represents the Greek revolution in 1821

[@A_Random_Coloradoball]

This is one of the best videos that I have seen on KZbin :D

[@elijahhawk5554]

First video I've watched of yours and I am already subscribed Good content!

[@shinyaltaria1388]

And so, the Extra in Exile space arc comes to an end, with the reveal of branching off into alt history mapping, and, from what I can tell at least, you already have quite a lot of *prepares matpat voice* LOOOOOOOORREEE! planned out for it and vexillology volumes. Quick spoiler warning ahead as I go more in-depth on my general thoughts and theories to do with the episode. From what I am able to tell (aka what we're given), EBM seems to be in charge of the rules of the cards, and can use them to do a lot of things, from making a tornado to go into space or to manipulate probability with the gambling card (during the green horde/EBM fight scene). This already makes EBM an incredibly powerful character (no wonder they're extra's guard to keep them in Exile), which brings us onto Extra. Given the end of the video, Extra appears to be an incredibly powerful reality bender, capable of transferring themselves and anyone with them to wherever they have a drawing of, or anywhere in general given both a pencil and eraser, potentially capable of doing a spongebob and erasing the universe with a literal string. This means that Extra could beat goku. EBM is technically containing someone who, with a relatively common object that a student (like extra) would normally have on them, could rewrite reality and beat goku, hence making whoever put extra into Exile stronger than goku if extra had a pen and an eraser, but this whole aspect will probably be explained in the alt history mapping thing, whenever you get to that point in the story. Upon waking up (from being LITERALLY DEAD), extra also mentions green horde being from their imagination, hence having another incredibly powerful reality bending power - with some limitations, being that you can't control your own creations. From the contract green horde was trying to make extra sign, we can also assume that extra has the ability to BESTOW PLOT ARMOUR, at least to a limited extent, which also helps explain all of the deus ex machinas - Extra is essentially the god of this reality we're peering into from thier perspective by watching thier videos. I am really looking way too into a university student's balls now, am I (take that out of context, I dare you).

[@ExtraInExile]

Absolutely legendary comment

[@shinyaltaria1388]

@@ExtraInExile thanks

[@DarkDewKnightkfc]

About the Iceland's flag: We didnt add red because we were under the Danish, we added it to our flag from the fact that it was too similar to Sweden and Greece at that time.

[@mrkingbeastmediakenth2009]

Thanks bro I learned a lot, you deserve a subscribe. And yes I watched the whole video without skip

[@lamegrape]

Very few channels can get me to subscribe after the very first video I watch from them. Congrats.

[@MonsieurDean]

Got to love those little animations.

[@GeorgeWallave]

leave

[@AbyssalTheDifficulty]

@@GeorgeWallave ?

[@OmiReal]

@@GeorgeWallave why

[@GeorgeWallave]

@@OmiReal He's a pro-ruzzian "content" creator. Literally look at any of his content. "Russia collapsing would make it a NATO puppet state". "Poland should invade western Ukraine". Etc etc.

[@Luredreier]

The Norwegian flag is *intentionally* similar to the Danish one. Most of *our* nobles died off during the plague. So when Denmark and Norway entered a personal union our upper class ended up becoming tied to the Danish one, partly nobles with land in both kingdoms, partly goverment officials educated in Denmark and loyal to the Danish king. Being ceded to Sweden happended without our consent. So our flag was made to reflect our close ties to Denmark while also recognizing that we where also under Sweden and our own thing as well. Our flag has layers upon layers of symbolism as a result.

[@levsi]

Adding red, white and blue was indeed a tactic to get "approval" and pay homage to both Denmark and Sweden. But it was also inspired by the french flag and the revolution they had. A wish to be free and independent in the future. It's really hard to imagine a better design for Norway, especially at the time it was made. And the often disputed story of its origin is also a fun little puzzle. Did one of his sons draw it, or did Fredrik Meltzer make it himself?

[@Baller474]

Djibouti’s flag isn’t only based on that organisation, but also the people living there and the geography of the nation. The blue is the skies or Somalis, the green is the earth or Afar which is an ethnic group related to Somalis, the white is for peace or Arabs and the red star is for unity and bloodshed. Djibouti is also part of the 5 regions indigenously inhabited by Somalis.

[@kassthered8452]

Wow what a monster of a video, very impressed by the density of information here! The one thing that's a little annoying is the repeated use of "same as X", especially when X was like 10 countries ago. A quick refresher would have been nice to keep track of all of those... Also, fun fact, after WW2 Germany almost got a Nordic cross flag as well. There's designs out there of a black, red and gold cross which actually look dope.

[@3dddies]

Lil minor detail: The creator of the wikipedia for the Vatican City accidentally made the bottom of the hat color Red. It was supposed to be white. Anyways great vid!

[@maxandlily6074]

12:52 actually, Slovenia’s color order was based on lightest to heaviest color from top to bottom, the coat of arms was to distinct itself from Russia

[@petersburger1550]

Hey man, I don't now who you are, but I will go to to your channel and watch all your vids NOW

[@JanxZ]

>click on the video >skip to own country explanation >leave chad.jpg

[@anmise]

12:38 honestly very likely the whole peace between the catholics and protestants was the main idea of the flag, with said colours being derived from lienster due to it being more catholic, and orange due to the orange order. As since the wolfe tone revolution, basically all irish revolutions aimed for such an equal republic

[@juanbautistaocantos8082]

A widely accepted theory about the origin of the Argentine flag is that it's based on the colors of the House of Bourbon in Spain. When the news about Carlos IV imprisoned by Napoleon began to be spread in the Americas the revolutionaries in Buenos Aires proposed governing themselves until the Bourbon monarchy was reestablished in Spain, instead of following the viceroy. So they used the blue and white colors of the Bourbons to show their loyalty to the monarchy.

[@matoas7102]

The first paraguayan flags of june and agost of 1811 where inspired by the capital frag of Asuncion that was blue used in the revolt and one using red, yellow, blue inspired by spain

[@sadwasdead5065]

as an estonian, i wanted to add that the white is for snow, black is either for dirt or forests, and the vlue is for either the sky or the sea

[@komojiro7397]

Minu arvates sinine tähendab meie helget tuleviku ja eest kultuuri säilimist. Must tähendab meie tumedat mineviku okupatsiooni ajal ning valge sümboliseerib meie rahva südametunnistust ja seda, et me pole vihkav rahvas.

[@sadwasdead5065]

@@komojiro7397 see on küll palju luulelisem kui see mida meile koolis räägiti. Mulle meeldib sinu arvamus isegi rohkem

[@CindersUwU]

Great video! I got this video recommended to me randomly and now I am hooked on your content btw how long does it take for you to come up with a video idea and writing the script?

[@ExtraInExile]

Thank you! I have a huge amount of ideas for video's that I've written down before even making this channel, so I usually pick out one of those, or add some to the list if I come across something interesting. The script for this video is the longest out of them all, but it's usually the shortest part of the work besides editing.

[@CindersUwU]

I guess it is pretty easy to come up with a video idea, though for me it's very hard to find something that I actually want to make and that I am interested in too. I do always find the editing to be very enjoyable though. It's also great to see a content creator make such good and humorous Polandball content. Keep it up!

[@ExtraInExile]

@@CindersUwU Don't worry too much about not knowing what to make, you can always go at your own pace, since video's you're actually interested in will end up turning out better anyways.

[@Ella-si7pk]

Explanation + lore =Awsome video

[@kugsyy]

14:54 also, underneath the union jack each point of the star stands for a state in australia (6)

[@TheOriginalXGamer101]

I love the little storyline in between the explaining

[@thelettermradio5251]

Very nice video! Been meaning to watch it for a while now. When talking about the Egyptian flag 21:36, you mention Saladin as being the first caliph of the Abbasids, however I am fairly confident that he was not, but was the first caliph of the Ayyubids.

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

30:43 And two halfs of stars to represent that the line of the stars is endless.

[@goldholz]

i always knew i needed this in my life

[@anonymouse8124]

Love that you included the opposition flag for Iran! Important, especially after last year.

[@finleysales4957]

You missed a detail with the Australian flag. The extra star under the union jack is called the commonwealth star and it's seven points represent the 6 states (one point each) and then one point for the territories. :)

[@barristersarahhassan9685]

an underatted masterpiece

[@troybailey9524]

Australia isn't the same as New Zealand, it has a Federation star that represents the 6 British colonies joining together as 6 united states. Becoming the Commonwealth of Australia.

[@olivewood9441]

with 7 points in total, one representing the territories.

[@TheSecretPower]

Minor Correction. Tricolor doesn't mean a flag with 3 lines, but a flag with a three colors, as the name would suggest. The Netherlands and Austria are instead tribands. Tricolor also usually referes to tribands with 3 colors, but ive also seen "tricolor" used to describe non-triband flags.

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

26:10 "Respectively", lol!

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

Same for 28:02

[@Adrian-kb4rg]

its just a word, why do you find it funny?

[@user-gr9fq9gt9w]

@@Adrian-kb4rg Because the stars are exactly the same. How can it be respectively? It's not that one star represents one spesific island. It's the two stars represents both.

[@ricardoarreaza2493]

The venezuelan flag was created way before Colombia and Ecuador, it was Francisco de Miranda who designed the flag in 1811 with the failed First Republic of Venezuela, with many theories linking France, and even Russia with the tricolor design (as Miranda had an interesting story in most of the important military conflicts in Europe in that age)

[@user-ny1dd4nh2j]

Very good explanation for the Turkish flag. You should do a video on the Anatolian Beyliks. Very interesting topic with very few videos on it (that aren't Turkish).

[@UnironicallyBelgian]

I loved the reference to the Kingdom of Lovely, a micronation started by comedian Danny Wallace

[@baffledwaffle6319]

Romania's colours dont only reppresent Moldavia. They blue for Transylvania, yellow for wallachia and red for Moldavia

[@theunited7star423]

My flag is the best flag. (Btw amazing video, keep up the good content!)

[@Yozo_official]

This is such a great video, its Strange how underated this channel is since like, its great, the Animation and like humor and history. This is just great.

[@cool_guy87]

Aren't there 193 UN Member States? I can't figure out what the missing one is, but I only know that there are...

[@thenooneman01239]

this is a certified flag moment.

[@innocentrabbit-dl7ji]

the white on the flag of Serbia stands for: "mother’s milk feeding strong Serbian children"

[@anonymouse8124]

Jordan. Why's the ball got the white stripe in the centre, while the flag has it at the bottom? What caused the change? Or is it a video production accident - if so, which is correct?

[@BirneAsche]

10:08 Really really small mistake, the circle under the hat is only meant to be red on the coat of arms, not the flag. On the flag it's actually white, this is predetermined in the flag code of the Vatican. But the mistake is so common that even Wikipedia had it wrong for several years. I wonder if anyone else noticed.

[@no1fanofthepals]

Can I just say, this is really well made! It reminds me of brain4breakfast a little bit.

[@mecadragoon]

i love how poland ball still has the colours upside down even with the flag right beside it XD

[@kot9701]

A small correction , the flag of Algeria and its colors are primarily based on the flag of emir abdelkader , an important figure of the resistance , not on the pan Arab flags. Good vid nonetheless

[@papazataklaattiranimam]

9:18 [47] "It seems possible, though not certain, that after the conquest Mehmed took over the crescent and star as an emblem of sovereignty from the Byzantines. The half-moon alone on a blood red flag, allegedly conferred on the Janissaries by Emir Orhan, was much older, as is demonstrated by numerous references to it dating from before 1453. But since these flags lack the star, which along with the half-moon is to be found on Sassanid and Byzantine municipal coins, it may be regarded as an innovation of Mehmed. It seems certain that in the interior of Asia tribes of Turkish nomads had been using the half-moon alone as an emblem for some time past, but it is equally certain that crescent and star together are attested only for a much later period. There is good reason to believe that old Turkish and Byzantine traditions were combined in the emblem of Ottoman and, much later, present-day Republican Turkish sovereignty." Franz Babinger (William C. Hickman Ed., Ralph Manheim Trans.), Mehmed the Conqueror and His Time, Princeton University Press, 1992, p 108

[@TheNonTripleEntente]

Great video

[@Inertch]

29:31 The pattern actually originates in the central asia and was used in basically every industry as an artistic ornament. Also, Koshkar - muiz is only one pattern of many "oyu - ornek" (literally "ornament")

[@andrewwaddell903]

Really good though just to be a pedant the Australian flag has an extra detail the commonwealth star. Which is 7 pointed one point representing each state and an extra for either the Commonwealth as a whole or for any future states that come around. Can't remember off the top of my head which meaning it was

[@hamishm9213]

Something you missed about the Australian flag 🇦🇺 . All bar 1 star has 7 points representing the 7 colonies that formed Australia.

[@minimaltrace]

someone please take the caffeine away from this narrator, i had to play this video at half speed just to understand half of it.

[@theawfultrumpeter8538]

Dunno if it’s true, but I’ve also heard that the symbol in the middle of the Kyrgyzstan flag represents fertile fields

[@MonsieurDean]

Wow, this is the longest one yet.

[@n00blol]

I looked up what the white in Serbia’s flag stands for and I’m going to have a fucking cerebral hemorrhoid

[@napoleonbuonaparte8975]

24:04 Wait, wasn't the cross of Burgundy French? Since the Burgundians were a minor branch of the Valois dynasty.

[@ExtraInExile]

The cross of Burgundy was used by Spain instead of France, since the Habsburgs inherited Burgundy, which is why it was also used in the Spanish Netherlands a.k.a. Belgium

[@WonkyWater-YT]

28:11 It's meant to be how the sun shines at sunset which then makes the ocean look red

[@Person4j3]

Here in Argentinian schools teachers always said that the colors represent sea, clouds and the sky

[@ichigomoons]

Fun fact, the stars on Brazil flag are the exact number of states in Brazil

[@anoplolepisgracilipes]

as an australian i recognised the first one just a millisecond after it just got shown

[@sudaniball1956]

This is art

[@hashfordalulz]

The Ashoka Chakra in the Indian flag does come from Buddhists but the flag takes it from the symbol of the ruler of the Mauryan Empire, Ashoka, a Buddhist . He made a bunch of edicts on pillars throughout his empire(basically the entirety of India) with his symbol, three lions on a platform with the Chakra engraved on it(also the inspiration for the national symbol.)

[@Indecisive4734]

Never ask: A woman - Her age A man - His salary Serbia - What the white in their flag is *supposed* to represent

[@princeinpve]

0:36 even SM mall here in the Philippines has it’s own flag

[@Senna12F1]

A fun fact on italian flag: when the first Italian republic were made (just an a organization even before Italian unity) the flag had a coat and could be done or vertically or orizontally

[@duncanmann2540]

The argentinean flag was created by Belgrano and the colours come from de escarapelas used in the mayo revolution that come from the colours that were used in the House of Borbon from Spain

[@ExtraInExile]

That's true, although I didn't mention Belgrano because I thought it wouldn't be too important, but the Bourbon thing is something that I'll add to the corrections

[@denizium.]

I was always told that: the Turkish flag was the result of, the moon and the stars shining on a blood filled lake after a war 😭….god were my parents morbid. AMAZING VID BTW! You put a ton of effort and it really shows :)

[@zeragingcookie]

Senin dedigin de gercek, adamin dedigi de gercek

[@DemeDemetre]

Georgias flag changed in 2004 after the rose revolution, meanwhile when getting independence in 1991 another one was used. (The one resembling the German empire's flag)

[@SoapheadPog]

Nice choice of music that makes this video a lot better than it probably should've been (I am rhythm heaven simp)

[@mango5676]

17:00 the 7 pointed star actually represents the "as-sab'a almathan" which it's the seven verses of Surat Al fatihah

[@almos2485]

I always thought that on the flag of Grenada the nutmeg is a flame:)

[@detectivegoose.6123]

Extra Flag fact: The Red in turkeys flag represents an ocean of blood (reffering to soldiers that have died in wars)

[@Aaron-pe7xk]

"Lebanese cheddar tree" ... lol