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The large star in the middle represents the island of Niue, the four smaller stars represent the Southern Cross....
Alternative colors:...
Info about the process and the proposals: www.fotw.info/flags/fj!.html
This is a quite obscure flag that little is known about. I can’t even say that it is rotated the correct way and shouldn’t be lying down instead. However, I couldn’t help but opt for the funnier rotation....
There does not seem to be an officially defined shade of blue, but a bright blue is seen in for example these pictures of prime ministers:...
Current flag for reference:...
Back before the current flag, Siam used a red flag with a white elephant:...
The flag is very similar to the flag of Syria and Iraq, which had similar Arab nationalist regimes. In fact, for a time, the three countries had flags with one, two and three stars respectively!...
The presence of Angkor Wat has been remarkably stable across the various flags. It also makes the Cambodian flag on of the only four state flags to feature a building. The other are the flags of Portugal, San Marino and Spain....
The George cross is indeed a British military award, that Malta received in 1942 for its bravery in WWII....
Nevis, the smaller of the two islands, also has its own flag:...
This flag won a nationwide poll in 1949, but some changes were made to it afterwards, leading to the Malaysian flag we know today. The reason for these changes seems somewhat unclear, more than that the politician Onn Jaafar suggested them....
The previous flag was very similar, but with 11 stripes and an eleven-pointed star:...
Source. Made by Regicollis.
Wikipedia article
They even have their special national anthem to represent the entire island: Ireland’s Call
Article about the adoption of the flag...
Notice that the diagonal stripe goes from the top left to the bottom right, unlike most other flags with a diagonal line (DRC, Namibia, Republic of Congo, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Solomon Islands, Tanzania). Brunei, however, also has the stripe in this direction....
