Every National Flag Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 1 июн 2024
  • 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He made multiple books explaining every national flag (which I may or may not have pirated), although they're somewhat outdated at this point.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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  • @joaovitormatos8147
    @joaovitormatos8147 Год назад +350

    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
      @nalat1suket4nk0 9 месяцев назад +1

      Lafayette the same from the american revolution?

  • @thecluckster3908
    @thecluckster3908 Год назад +450

    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
      @tooshy2draw290 Год назад +22

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

    • @terrabeast678
      @terrabeast678 Год назад +5

      seychelles and bhutan are mine

    • @realhawaii5o
      @realhawaii5o Год назад +9

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

    • @Daphne70
      @Daphne70 Год назад +1

      Same

    • @nojahnojah
      @nojahnojah Год назад

      Same

  • @sentientialcrisis9919
    @sentientialcrisis9919 Год назад +294

    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
      @spookyengie735 Год назад +13

      ASEANs thank you.
      greeting from Vietnam

    • @Kellexyz
      @Kellexyz Год назад

      Thank you
      Love from Indonesia

    • @Atomictaru
      @Atomictaru Год назад +1

      You had 69 likes I will now make it 70👹

    • @ape7900
      @ape7900 Год назад +3

      what about serbia

    • @hoogreen
      @hoogreen Год назад +4

      @@ape7900 serbia isnt ASEAN

  • @brunothedev
    @brunothedev Год назад +129

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

  • @ExtraInExile
    @ExtraInExile  Год назад +154

    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
      @luc_Colism Год назад +3

      Flag of Cyprus

    • @thundere.b2314
      @thundere.b2314 Год назад

      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
      @jlpiano7050 Год назад +1

      Hey, I think you forgot Qatar 🇶🇦

    • @AussieBall_Animations
      @AussieBall_Animations Год назад +1

      Cool, also awesome end to the video

    • @winston5921
      @winston5921 Год назад

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

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Год назад +105

    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
      @user-gy6xo7qz7t 11 месяцев назад +3

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

  • @zddxddyddw
    @zddxddyddw Год назад +94

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

    • @RodrrdoR
      @RodrrdoR Год назад +5

      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
    @verymelone Год назад +21

    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
    @TheMemer397 Год назад +108

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

    • @rodri_rf9200
      @rodri_rf9200 Год назад +9

      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
      @TheMemer397 Год назад +4

      That's the Portuguese anthem.

    • @rodri_rf9200
      @rodri_rf9200 Год назад +3

      @@TheMemer397 no shit Sherlock

    • @TheMemer397
      @TheMemer397 Год назад +1

      Didn't require many braincell to discover it.

    • @rodri_rf9200
      @rodri_rf9200 Год назад +1

      @Saudi Arabian Mapper wen did I make a question

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
    @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад +86

    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
      @ExtraInExile  Год назад +21

      True! Gonna add that

    • @maxandlily6074
      @maxandlily6074 Месяц назад

      @@ExtraInExile also Georgia adopted their flag in 2004. The flag before was the same as the Democratic Republic of Georgia but with different proportions. They left it after the Rose Revolution and in all things I read about the flag: endorsed it

  • @Joscat60
    @Joscat60 Год назад +22

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

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
    @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад +108

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

  • @sollrandomguy
    @sollrandomguy Год назад +7

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

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
    @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад +172

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

    • @AussieBall_Animations
      @AussieBall_Animations Год назад +12

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

    • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
      @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад +30

      @@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
      @IvyYoshi Год назад +5

      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
      @ExtraInExile  Год назад +27

      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
      @SugarCubic709 Год назад

      Okay

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Год назад +36

    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.

  • @TheOnlyCaprisun
    @TheOnlyCaprisun Год назад +32

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

  • @DuaTheOwl
    @DuaTheOwl 6 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @eastonthehistoryguy2925
    @eastonthehistoryguy2925 Год назад +27

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

  • @daniel-qc8pq
    @daniel-qc8pq Год назад

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

  • @stitch8589
    @stitch8589 Год назад +2

    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

  • @auswald
    @auswald 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @karanrime8948
    @karanrime8948 Год назад +22

    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.

  • @TGamesTmedia01
    @TGamesTmedia01 Год назад +2

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

  • @yugoslavpropaganda
    @yugoslavpropaganda 11 месяцев назад +5

    I looked it... Up and the white represents Mother giving Milk to STRONG Serbian Children

  • @elijahhawk5554
    @elijahhawk5554 Год назад +1

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

  • @gxnitrotype
    @gxnitrotype Год назад +2

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

  • @daniksworld6831
    @daniksworld6831 Год назад +14

    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.))

    • @marekstuff
      @marekstuff 10 месяцев назад

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

  • @spelticup
    @spelticup Год назад

    probably your greatest video so far!

  • @DarkDewKnightkfc
    @DarkDewKnightkfc Год назад +8

    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
    @mrkingbeastmediakenth2009 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @A_Random_Coloradoball
    @A_Random_Coloradoball Год назад

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

  • @TheOriginalXGamer101
    @TheOriginalXGamer101 Год назад

    I love the little storyline in between the explaining

  • @thefurballs
    @thefurballs Год назад +6

    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. :>

  • @MonsieurDean
    @MonsieurDean Год назад +8

    Got to love those little animations.

    • @GeorgeWallave
      @GeorgeWallave Год назад +2

      leave

    • @AbyssalTheDifficulty
      @AbyssalTheDifficulty Год назад

      @@GeorgeWallave ?

    • @OmiReal
      @OmiReal Год назад

      @@GeorgeWallave why

    • @GeorgeWallave
      @GeorgeWallave Год назад

      @@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.

  • @lamegrape
    @lamegrape Год назад +1

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

  • @petersburger1550
    @petersburger1550 Год назад

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

  • @JanxZ
    @JanxZ 6 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @goldholz
    @goldholz Год назад

    i always knew i needed this in my life

  • @Yozo_official
    @Yozo_official Год назад +1

    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.

  • @Ella-si7pk
    @Ella-si7pk Год назад +1

    Explanation + lore =Awsome video

  • @Indecisive4734
    @Indecisive4734 Год назад +2

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

  • @kassthered8452
    @kassthered8452 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @thelettermradio5251
    @thelettermradio5251 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @CurraptedGlitch
    @CurraptedGlitch 9 месяцев назад +5

    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

  • @Baller474
    @Baller474 Год назад +6

    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.

  • @anmise
    @anmise Год назад +6

    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

  • @barristersarahhassan9685
    @barristersarahhassan9685 Год назад

    an underatted masterpiece

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
    @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад +3

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

  • @TheNonTripleEntente
    @TheNonTripleEntente Год назад

    Great video

  • @Luredreier
    @Luredreier Год назад +12

    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
      @levsi Год назад +1

      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?

  • @shinyaltaria1388
    @shinyaltaria1388 Год назад +12

    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).

  • @CindersUwU
    @CindersUwU Год назад

    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
      @ExtraInExile  Год назад

      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
      @CindersUwU Год назад

      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
      @ExtraInExile  Год назад

      @@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.

  • @matoas7102
    @matoas7102 Год назад +4

    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

  • @juanbautistaocantos8082
    @juanbautistaocantos8082 Год назад +3

    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.

  • @anonymouse8124
    @anonymouse8124 Год назад +1

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

  • @3dddies
    @3dddies Год назад +2

    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!

  • @sadwasdead5065
    @sadwasdead5065 Год назад +7

    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
      @komojiro7397 11 месяцев назад +1

      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
      @sadwasdead5065 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @cool_guy87
    @cool_guy87 Год назад +3

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

  • @kugsyy
    @kugsyy Год назад +2

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

  • @maxandlily6074
    @maxandlily6074 Год назад +3

    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

  • @theunited7star423
    @theunited7star423 9 месяцев назад

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

  • @UnironicallyBelgian
    @UnironicallyBelgian Год назад +1

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

  • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
    @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад +4

    26:10 "Respectively", lol!

    • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
      @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад

      Same for 28:02

    • @Adrian-kb4rg
      @Adrian-kb4rg Год назад

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

    • @user-gr9fq9gt9w
      @user-gr9fq9gt9w Год назад

      @@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.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Год назад +4

    Well if YOU'RE not gonna explain our flag because you don't "trust" us (which is funny you ironically pretend the US government is innocent), then *I* will explain it. The red star and red background represent anti-Japanese sentiment, the bloodshed by revolutionary Korean patriots, and the might of the people united to support the DPRK. The white symbolizes one bloodline, one land, one language, one culture of our monoethnic country, which lived in purity. And blue stands for the gallant visage of our people and symbolizes the spirit of the Korean people fighting for world peace and progress.
    I will say, kudos to you for putting the Korean unification flag at 0:37. It's a flag we hope to fly as our national flag someday once a peaceful reunification is achieved.

    • @ExtraInExile
      @ExtraInExile  Год назад +1

      holy shit it's the supreme leader himself, it's an honor sir

  • @seanchadwick9036
    @seanchadwick9036 5 месяцев назад +2

    Just like the USA, Brazil, has stars representing each of their states. In addition, just like the USA, Brazil adds a new star when a new state is added to the country.

  • @no1fanofthepals
    @no1fanofthepals Год назад +1

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

  • @ricardoarreaza2493
    @ricardoarreaza2493 Год назад +2

    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
    @user-ny1dd4nh2j Год назад +1

    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).

  • @republicofkoreaball4349
    @republicofkoreaball4349 Год назад +1

    2:13 I looked it up. I can never unsee it.

  • @thenooneman01239
    @thenooneman01239 Год назад +4

    this is a certified flag moment.

  • @troybailey9524
    @troybailey9524 Год назад +13

    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
      @olivewood9441 11 месяцев назад

      with 7 points in total, one representing the territories.

  • @yurihdmanooficial
    @yurihdmanooficial Год назад

    14:39 Forgot to say what is written in the text
    I am Brazilian so I'll say what is written for those who don't know
    "Ordem e Progresso" It means "Order and Progress"
    (It's a pretty obvious thing actually)

  • @baffledwaffle6319
    @baffledwaffle6319 Год назад +5

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

  • @finleysales4957
    @finleysales4957 Год назад +3

    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. :)

  • @WonkyWater-YT
    @WonkyWater-YT Год назад

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

  • @sudaniball1956
    @sudaniball1956 Год назад

    This is art

  • @innocentrabbit-dl7ji
    @innocentrabbit-dl7ji Год назад +3

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

  • @user-bo1fh4nh2n
    @user-bo1fh4nh2n Год назад +1

    I legitly remember looking for this video 4 years ago and couldn't find one, now I did, and in countryballs, can't get any better

  • @BirneAsche
    @BirneAsche Год назад +1

    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.

  • @SoapheadPog
    @SoapheadPog Год назад

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

  • @ichigomoons
    @ichigomoons 7 месяцев назад +2

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

  • @anonymouse8124
    @anonymouse8124 Год назад +1

    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?

  • @andrewwaddell903
    @andrewwaddell903 Год назад

    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

  • @Aaron-pe7xk
    @Aaron-pe7xk Год назад +3

    "Lebanese cheddar tree" ... lol

  • @Finnbobjimbob
    @Finnbobjimbob 4 месяца назад +1

    The UK flag is my favourite 🇬🇧 as it’s a combination of three different countries that make up the UK, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 (which includes wales as it was a part of England when the union was created) Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 and Northern Ireland 🇯🇪(which doesn’t have an emoji but it looks similar to that one).

  • @MonsieurDean
    @MonsieurDean Год назад +2

    Wow, this is the longest one yet.

  • @minimaltrace
    @minimaltrace 11 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @TheSecretPower
    @TheSecretPower Год назад +11

    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.

  • @AirCone
    @AirCone Год назад

    You bloody legend

  • @ZiahnsPiano
    @ZiahnsPiano 9 дней назад

    14:52 Correction: the proper pronunciation is Luzon (loo-ZOHN) Visayas (vi-SIGH-us) and Mindanao (MIN-da-now)

  • @papazataklaattiranimam
    @papazataklaattiranimam Год назад +1

    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

  • @monarchistheadcrab8819
    @monarchistheadcrab8819 Год назад +2

    27:39
    The lion and sun in fact dates way back before the introduction of Islam to Iran, and is a national symbol of Iran, not a religious one.

  • @Dutch9MIEP
    @Dutch9MIEP Год назад +1

    Are you dutch/belgian? The "brabant" sounded to native to me(I'm a brabander) Lol Nice video!

  • @brotastic8601
    @brotastic8601 Год назад +5

    2:13 DONT DO IT GUYS. I DID IT AND I REGRET IT, ITS NOT WORTH IT OK?!

  • @Senna12F1
    @Senna12F1 Год назад

    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

  • @Person4j3
    @Person4j3 Год назад +1

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

  • @BlackCat-fv1yd
    @BlackCat-fv1yd 7 месяцев назад

    Watching this for my Geography contest In Wednesday👍

  • @DemeDemetre
    @DemeDemetre Год назад +1

    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)

  • @princeinpve
    @princeinpve 8 месяцев назад +1

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

  • @mecadragoon
    @mecadragoon 9 месяцев назад

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