Vexillology

Criticism is welcome!

Symbolism breakdown:

• The gold semicircle represents the rising or setting sun, a symbol of change. Morrilton is currently growing after a period of decline, so this sun represents the glories of the past and of the future.
• The white field represents a blank slate, the city's enormous potential to grow. It also represents the sense of morality and community that binds its people together.
• The green band represents Petit Jean mountain just outside the city, and the semicircular cutout represents the Arkansas River Valley which encompasses Morrilton and many of its neighbors.
• The ruddy semicircle with white border represents a wine glass; Morrilton is the seat of Conway county, where the sale of alcohol is allowed, surrounded by dry counties to the east, north, and west. The color also represents Morrilton's 3 major educational institutions (UACCM, SCCSD, and Sacred Heart) all of whose primary school colors are a shade of red.
• The blue band represents the Arkansas River, on whose shores the original settlement was built. This further represents the rich history of the city, as well as the past and present flow of trade along the river, railroads, and I-40.

I feel somewhat confident in the geometry of this design, but I don't know anything about color theory so I'm open to suggestions on that. The present colors were picked with the help of an AI, followed by some mathematical derivation using software and hand tweaking.

The current flag dates back to the middle ages, maybe as far as the 12th century. This makes it not only one of the youngest national flags of the world (since 2004), but also one of the oldest! (Even if it has been in disuse for most of its history.)

The red cross on white background comes from the flag of the late antique Kingdom of Iberia (located in present day Georgia and unrelated to the Iberian Peninsula). The four crosses are Bolnisi crosses, a Georgian national symbol, taken from an ornament found in the 5th century Bolnisi Sioni church.

Also check out their quite different naval ensign:

Wikipedia article about the flag

Variants:

Made this rough draft on my phone after finding out the state of New Hampshire has a proposal to add the state motto to the flag (a seal on bedsheet) in Times New Roman font to try and make it unique.

Symbolism: It is a depiction of an ice axe (or mountaineering axe) at the summit of a mountain. NH is home to the White Mountains, including the highest peaks in New England. It symbolizes rugged determination in the face of adversity.

Wikipedia

Seeing @[email protected]’s Maine redesign inspired me to tweak edit it myself.

• of course the star belongs in the northeastern corner of the flag, and
• of course we can keep the blue found in earlier flags of Maine, but
• @[email protected] is right: why not three vertical stripes?

It's a low bar to make the California flag better, but I woke up and decided to give it a go. It's my first attempt. Let me know what you think

The State Emblems Redesign Commission made its final edits to the new state flag. The banner will go up in May unless lawmakers intervene.

I'm not a fan of how much the design was changed (i.e., the fact that they just completely got rid of the stripes), but it's still a pretty solid flag!

The design has a number of variations, and the panel will meet again [Tuesday, December 19] to settle the final details.

Here is the flag of the Grand Duchy of Pikeland. Pikeland is a micronation.

Not sure if Coat or Arms are allowed but I really love the design. Vestland in Norway is famous for the fjords and I think the design captures this really well.

I found the flag on Wikipedia, but I cannot find any reliable sources verifying that it is actually used or officially adopted by somebody. So take it with a pinch of salt.

Anyway, there is an official flag of the Evenk Autonomous Okrug looking like this:

But I like the flag in the main image better, so that's why its the main image. And even if it might not be true, it is still a nice flag.

FOTW also lists this possible flag, that I'm not as impressed by:

Wikipedia article about Evenks

The provinces of Sweden are historical and cultural regions. Today, they no longer have any administrative function, but still serve as a basis of cultural identification.

The provinces do not have officially approved flags, but still flags have been created for some provinces and are in unofficial use.

The provinces do have coat of arms, and sometimes they are made into flags:

Wikipedia article about Provinces of Sweden

7 stripes for 7 core founding fathers

13 stars in a circle for the original 13 colonies

1 larger, more prominent star in the center of the 13 for E Pluribus Unum

3:5 for both flag and blue corner

The flag of the Russian city of Kirov