Anyone know where this flag is from? No cheating!
Hint: contrary to what some may expect, it is neither a current nor historical flag of Japan, which has long had the rays of the sun on the flags of the imperial military and modern self-defense forces, but never on the national flag, unlike the nation-state noted above.
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Phil added these pithy words on 14 Mar 08 at 11:27 pmAccording to my “World Encyclopedia of Flags” by Alfred Znamierowski, its Macedonia’s national flag. It says its the second one because the first was protested by Greece. If I used a book,does that mean I cheated?
TS added these pithy words on 14 Mar 08 at 11:48 pmAh, it’s FYROM!
(Are they still calling it that? What a god-awful clumsy name, just to keep the Greeks happy.)
kende added these pithy words on 15 Mar 08 at 12:18 amWhatever it is, I like it. Are the red circle and red background different shades in the actual thing?
Catalin added these pithy words on 15 Mar 08 at 12:21 amIt’s Macedonia’s. I saw it at Eurovision or something similar and hence the immediate recognition. I’m not sure that’s a proper country though and in that respect, it may not be a ‘flag’ more than the McDonald’s Golden Arches™. ;)
Curzon added these pithy words on 15 Mar 08 at 1:13 amPhil, TS and Catalin are correct—the answer is Macedonia; or, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia for all you Greeks out there.
Michael added these pithy words on 15 Mar 08 at 1:59 amOops, the first thought that came to my mind was an old flag of Burma’s:P
Greek O. There added these pithy words on 15 Mar 08 at 8:17 amThe flag dispute was about the use of the Vergina Sun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergina_Sun
P. Aeneas added these pithy words on 15 Mar 08 at 12:04 pmThe Greek neurosis regarding Macedonia (or FYROM) goes even further than the name. The original flag of Macedonia had a different sun symbol, which also had to be changed because of Greek objections.
Joe added these pithy words on 16 Mar 08 at 2:50 amI remember that one magazine was making fun of the name “FYROM.” A Macedonian fellow wrote in and said “So what kind of dipshit names their country USA?”
Joe added these pithy words on 16 Mar 08 at 2:53 amAnd the FYROM flag kind of resembles this bad boy:
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/jp_imp76.html
aceface added these pithy words on 16 Mar 08 at 9:46 pmFunny that no one is yet to mention this.
