OT: Best and Worst looking country flags

Raja, The Great

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Jun 30, 2010, 10:58:27 PM6/30/10

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There is a website dedicated to this...
http://www.otago.ac.nz/philosophy/Staff/JoshParsons/flags/ratings-a.html
Highest rated is Gambia and lowest rated is Northern Mariana Islands

I personally find any flag which contains the color GREEN ugly as
fuck. I also don't dig many flags which have the Union Jack or stars.
I dislike vertical tricolour (which are plain). The most I hate are
the ones which like carpet design. I also hate copycats (like
Indonesia ripping off Poland)

My top 20 are
01) Germany - http://www.amnesty.org.nz/files/germany-flag.jpg (Nice
colour contrast, dark, medium, light)
02) Spain - http://www.spain-flag.eu/photos/spain-flag.gif (tricolour
matches the emblem design)
03) Canada - http://www.tc.gc.ca/media/images/policy/canada_flag.gif
(I dig the maple leaf, the colour choice is also good)
04) Norway - http://www.surfblogspot.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/norwegian-flag-norway-surfing.gif
(nice blue cross with red)
05) Denmark - http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Denmark_flag.gif
(nice white cross with red)
06) Greenland - http://www.travelblog.org/World/flags/greenlandic-large-flag-gl.gif
(simple but unique)
07) India - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/india-flag.gif
(only good thing about the country?)
08) Poland - http://www.indiana.edu/~polishst/img/polflag.gif (can't
go wrong with red and white)
09) Greece - http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/time-zone/europe/european-union/greece/images/greece-flag.jpg
(blue elegance)
10) Czech Rep - http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_czech_republic.gif
(simple but eyecatching)

11) Lativa - http://www.33ff.com/flags/XL_flags/Latvia_flag.gif (blood
red and white, scary)
12) Luxembourg - http://homepages.wmich.edu/~d4untern/flag_luxembourg.gif
(good colour choices)
13) Malta - http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_malta.gif
(can't go wrong with red and white)
14) Qatar - http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_qatar.gif
(like latvia but different)
15) United States - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/united-states-flag.gif
(only star flag, I can stand)
16) Georgia - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/georgia-flag.gif
(best design?)
17) Austria - http://www.internationaleducationmedia.com/austria/austria_flag.jpg
(can't go wrong with red and white)
18) Uruguay - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/uruguay-flag.gif
(creepy Sun)
19) Panama - http://spinner.cofc.edu/~friedman/panama%20flag.jpg
(decent design, good colour)
20) Russia - http://www.travelblog.org/World/flags/russia-large-flag-rs.gif
(cool tricolour)

My choice for Top 10 worst looking flags
01) Bangladesh - http://www.travelblog.org/World/flags/bangladeshi-large-flag-bg.gif
(WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
02) Sri Lanka - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/sri-lanka-flag.gif
(carpet clowns)
03) Pakistan - http://pakistan.saarctourism.org/images/pakistan-flag.gif
(eww hideous green, a moon... ew and a star)
04) Brazil - http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_brazil.gif
(absolute garbage)
05) UK - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/united-kingdom-flag.gif
(this shit was all over the world once)
06) Portugal - http://www.appliedlanguage.com/flags_of_the_world/large_flag_of_portugal.gif
(godawful)
07) Somalia - http://unimaps.com/flags-africa/somalia-flag.gif (SHITE)
08) S. Korea - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/south-korea-flag.gif
(T-shirt design)
09) Kiribati - http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/kiribati-flag.gif
(ew... a bird?)
10) Guam - http://www.planetzeon.com/images/flags/Guam.png (just bad)

Insane Ranter

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Jul 1, 2010, 1:10:06 AM7/1/10

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On Jun 30, 10:58 pm, "Raja, The Great" <zepflo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 15) United States -http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-countries-flags/united-states...

> (only star flag, I can stand)

> 19) Panama -http://spinner.cofc.edu/~friedman/panama%20flag.jpg
> (decent design, good colour)

These both have stars!!!!

Raja, The Great

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Jul 1, 2010, 1:16:17 AM7/1/10

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exceptions

jzfredricks

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Jul 1, 2010, 2:05:58 AM7/1/10

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I'll play along

After a quick scan of a random flag collection, I'd say these stand
out for me (in no particular order);

Canada
Denmark
Hong Kong
Sri Lanka
UK
South Korea

Ones I dislike;
Greece
Libya
Nepal
Somali
any tri-colour flag (ie france, italy, 40 other countries)

As for the german flag.. ewww

Raja, The Great

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Jul 1, 2010, 8:12:37 AM7/1/10

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What do you think of Georgia?

jzfredricks

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Jul 1, 2010, 8:30:18 AM7/1/10

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On Jul 1, 10:12 pm, "Raja, The Great" <zepflo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> What do you think of Georgia?- Hide quoted text -

I LIKE IT!

Very English!

Raja, The Great

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Jul 1, 2010, 9:06:45 AM7/1/10

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If you like the Danish one, you might like the Norwegian one too,
quite similar.

TT

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Jul 1, 2010, 9:18:16 AM7/1/10

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...and Sweden and Finland...

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Raja, The Great

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Jul 1, 2010, 9:23:44 AM7/1/10

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On Jul 1, 8:18 am, TT <n...@email.org> wrote:
> Raja, The Great wrote:
> > On Jul 1, 7:30 am, jzfredricks <jzfredri...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On Jul 1, 10:12 pm, "Raja, The Great" <zepflo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >>> What do you think of Georgia?- Hide quoted text -
> >> I LIKE IT!
>
> >> Very English!
>
> > If you like the Danish one, you might like the Norwegian one too,
> > quite similar.
>
> ...and Sweden and Finland...

No the colours are different - dark blue, which I don't dig. Denmark/
Norway have red predominantly. None of the other Nordic countries do,
except Greenland which I like as well.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries#Use_of_Nordic_countries_vs._Scandinavia

TT

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Jul 1, 2010, 9:28:51 AM7/1/10

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I didn't even know that I live in "Semi-presidential republic". :)

felangey

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Jul 1, 2010, 3:44:17 PM7/1/10

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You forgot the best of all....the saltire! :)

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/7/10517319_867e490a13.jpg
http://nik.bot.nu/img/orig/2/2/224317.jpg

Sakari Lund

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Jul 1, 2010, 4:33:21 PM7/1/10

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That's how much president's power has been taken away in the last
decades...

Alessandro Riolo

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Jul 1, 2010, 4:45:24 PM7/1/10

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"Raja, The Great" <zepf...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> 07) Somalia - http://unimaps.com/flags-africa/somalia-flag.gif

BTW, the guy who designed it had to be a rabid supporter of the Savoia's
royal family (not only the light blue, but especially the so-called
"stellone d'Italia" are symbols oozing Savoiard allegiance).

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