15 of the World's Strangest Flags
Published on 10/12/2009
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Fryslan (Netherlands)
Someone from Fryslan in the Netherlands must love Frogger. Or Chinese fortune cookies. Either way, they made this flag odd and ugly enough to be our first on the list.
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Guam
Guam's flag is just horrible, it looks as if they've just bought a T-shirt from the nearest souvenir shop and put it on a flag pole. Even if this was the case, we have a hard time believing that they couldn't find a better T-shirt.
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Benin
This was the flag of the Benin Empire, that was situated in modern Nigeria. A pre-colonial African state, it lasted from 1440 to 1897.
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Swaziland
Swaziland's flag. The colors go well together and the design is interesting; unfortunately, this is not a kitchen towel. While we're sure the shield and spears are traditional and part of Swaziland's culture, having weapons in your flag just sends the wrong message, not to mention the poor school children in Swaziland. Trying to make an accurate drawing of this flag for independence day must be a nightmare.
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Isle of Man
The flag of the Isle of Man shows a triskelion, the Three Legs of Man emblem, in the centre of a red flag. The three legs are joined at the thigh and bent at the knee. In order to have the toes pointing clockwise on both sides of the flag, a two-sided emblem is used.
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Antwerp (Belgium)
One of the worst flags in the world comes from the Antwerp in Belgium. It's a chess set on acid. The flag is made of 24 square pieces, in 4 rows and 6 columns. The pieces in the upper right and lower left corners of the flag are white, the neighbouring pieces are blue, yellow, red and white, respectively.
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Mozambique
The hoe and the book in Mozambique's flag convey the best characteristics a nation wants in its people. But, an AK-47?!
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Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan... Is that a tennis ball on this flag?
Bhutan
Bhutan's flag wins the award for the most bad-ass ever.
Northern Marianas Islands
Northern Marianas Islands' flag appears to have been created from clip art.
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U.S. Virgin Islands
Another unspeakably horrible flag from a U.S. territory, the U.S. Virgin Islands. They actually have to use it.
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Central African Republic
The Central African Republic's flag has managed to make an incredibly busy flag with just five straight lines, and one lonely star. While this flag looks horrible enough as it is, if it is seen waving in the wind, it actually induces seizures.
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Lombardy (Italy)
Lombardy in Italy must have invented the game of Jacks, mustn't it? Not much else can explain this flag, that is simple to point of boredom, but still includes a slightly nauseous shade of green.
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Nepal
Nepal is the only country in the world that doesn't have a rectangular flag; Nepalese flag is shaped like two overlapping triangles.
NOTE: Switzerland's flag isn't rectangular either, it's squared --thanks Desiree!
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Libya
Libya's flag, adopted on an uninspired night of 1977, consists of a simple green field with no other characteristics. It is the only national flag in the world with just one color and no design, insignia, or other details.
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 | | Nuevo Leon, Mexico
by fyhrxst on 12/25/2009
In Mexico we have coatof arms instead of a flag to represent each state of the country.
The one I p(...) | |  | | Noord-Brabant (nl)
by Harrie Oosterwaal on 12/9/2009
The Flag of North Brabant. in the Netherlands is just a few blocks white and red. I was born in that(...) | |  | | Flanders
by Patrick on 12/3/2009
The "Flemish Lion" is in use since 1302 ,it's got his fame when a small Flemish army defeated the bi(...)
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