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This is a, with informational purposes and completly apolitical account, just one flag every day.

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This was the flag of the Aragon Crown and the actual region of Catalonia in Spain. It's knowed as the Senyera. It comes from the coat of arms of Aragon, "the four bars of Aragon". It's used in many flags in Spain, France and Italy, the former territories of Aragon.

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This is the Nepali flag since 1962. It's famous because it's the only national flag that isn't rectangular. The triangles represent the Himalayas and the two official religions, hinduism and budism. The moon symbol the Royal House and the sun, the Rana Dinasty.

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This was the flag of the Kalmar Union, a union between Deenmark, Norway and Sweden. This flag was created by the first king, Eric of Pomerania, in 1430. Also this flag is know as the "Flagge des Nordens", the flag of the norths.

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This was the flag of the Mongol Empire, the biggest continous empire in the history. The blue color symbol the sky. It has a the sun, the moon and the fire of the "Soyombo", a traditional Mongol symbol.

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This is the flag of Switzerland, since 1841. Its famous because it's one of the two only square flags, with Vatican City. The cross represent at the same the christianity and the old field sing of the "Old Confederacy".

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This was the flag of the duchy of Bavaria and one of the actual official flags of the state of Bavaria in Germany. The origin of the lonzenges is disputed, it is believed that represent the rivers or the sky, as the Anthem, who says: "the colors of His sky, white and blue"

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This is the Scottish Flag. Its the flag of the region of Scotland and it was the flag of the former kingdom. Its also know as the St Andrew's Cross, the patron of Scotland. This flag comes from the legend of "Óengus II" and the first time that it used was in the 14th century.

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This was the flag of the SFSR of Russia. It is too similar that the soviet flag, it has the hammer and sickle, symbol of the communism, and the same colors. The blue stripe in the left represent the russian seas, rivers and skies.

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This is the flag of the Republic of China/ Taiwan. This flag have the sun of twelve points, the symbol of the Kuomingtan, the political party of this country. The blue color, represent the nationalism; the white, the democracy; and the red, the people's livelihood and fraternity.

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This was the flag of the Kingdom of Greece between 1863 and 1924; and 1935-1973. This is a simple flag, the white cross symbol the Greek Orthodox Christianity; and the crown represent the monarchy.

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This was the flag of Manchukuo. It was a puppet state of Japan in China. The colors of this flag are based in the flag of the Beiyang Government, that stands for "Five Races One Union"

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This was the flag of the Persian Achaemenid Empire. In it, it can be seen the Shanbaz bird, a god of the persian mythology who helped Iranian peopleos and guided the Faravahar to Iran.

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It was the flag of the union of Sweden and Norway. It is a mix between the Norwegian and Swedish flags, the up and down cuadrants represent Norway and the left and right those represent Sweden.

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This was the flag of the Korean Empire. This was a Korean unificated state, before the partition of Korea. Its flag is quite similar to the South Korean flag. It have the "taegeuk" in the centre, around it have "tigrams", that symbol the heaven, the earth, the water and the fire.

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This was the flag of the Republic of Venice. It knows how the Banner or Standar of St. Mark. The lion is the "Lion of St Mark", a christian symbol that represents Saint Mark. Also, the flag has six fringes that represent the six "sestiere" of Venice.

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This is the flag of Qatar since their indepence in 1971. Is famous because is the world's widest flag with a ratio of 11:28. The pattern has nine edges because it is the 9th of the "reconcilied Emirates". The Garnet is a tradicional Qatari color, and the white symbols the peace.

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This was the flag of the Austrian Empire. It adopted when this empire was proclaimed after the fall of the Holy Roman Empire. The Habsburg Dinasty always used the white and red like the actual Austrian flag but later adopted the black and yellow by the Imperial Colors of the HRE.

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This was the flag of the Qing Dinasty in China. Before 1862 China hasen't an official flag. How could you not distinguish the Chinese and Civil ships, the emperor Zeng Guofang, create this flag. He put the dragon a National symbol and the yellow color represents the nobility.

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This was the flag of the Russian Empire between 1858 and 1896. This flag was the only to use the black-yellow-white tricolor in Russia, the yellow and black was the colors of the national emblem and the white stripe was added to distinguish from the Austrian Imperial flag.