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| − | The | + | |+<font style="font-size:11pt">'''Flag of Starblaydia'''<br></font> |
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| + | | '''Proportion''' || 3:2 | ||
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| + | | '''Adopted''' || 6th April, 1972 | ||
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| + | | '''Design''' || A black, purple and blue horizontal tricolour with gold stylised eagle | ||
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| + | The '''Flag of Stablaydia''' consists of a three horizontal stripes, coloured black (top), purple (middle) and white (bottom), with a stylised golden eagle displayed in the centre. The flag's proportion is 3:2. | ||
=== History === | === History === | ||
=== As a colony === | === As a colony === | ||
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When [[Saevion Starblayde]] took complete control of the nation in the 1970s, he decided that a simple horizontal tricolour, even with the [[Starblaydi Orchid]] purple, was not distinctive enough. He decided to add the charge of a stylised eagle - King Oberyn's symbol - in gold into the centre of the flag, overlapping all three colours to symbolise the re-unification of the nation. | When [[Saevion Starblayde]] took complete control of the nation in the 1970s, he decided that a simple horizontal tricolour, even with the [[Starblaydi Orchid]] purple, was not distinctive enough. He decided to add the charge of a stylised eagle - King Oberyn's symbol - in gold into the centre of the flag, overlapping all three colours to symbolise the re-unification of the nation. | ||
| − | {{Image|http://www.starblaydestudios.co.uk/Starblaydia/VictoryPark.jpg| | + | {{Image|http://www.starblaydestudios.co.uk/Starblaydia/VictoryPark.jpg|left|Victory Park Flag Mosaic|Starblaydi fans display a [[Flag of Starblaydia|flag]] mosaic at an international match}} |
The burning of the Starblaydi flag is not considered an offence, merely in bad taste. Should anyone, particularly a foreigner, burn the 'black, white and purple' they are considered cowardly; setting fire to a mere piece of material instead of showing the courage of attacking Starblaydia itself. | The burning of the Starblaydi flag is not considered an offence, merely in bad taste. Should anyone, particularly a foreigner, burn the 'black, white and purple' they are considered cowardly; setting fire to a mere piece of material instead of showing the courage of attacking Starblaydia itself. | ||
Revision as of 09:48, 23 September 2007
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| Proportion | 3:2 |
| Adopted | 6th April, 1972 |
| Design | A black, purple and blue horizontal tricolour with gold stylised eagle |
The Flag of Stablaydia consists of a three horizontal stripes, coloured black (top), purple (middle) and white (bottom), with a stylised golden eagle displayed in the centre. The flag's proportion is 3:2.
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History
As a colony
The original flag of Starblaydia was more simple. A field of purple - like Oberyn's - taken from the colour of the Starblaydi Orchid, with the cross of Starblaydia's patron saint - Saint George - as a canton (a square in the upper-left corner). It was originally put in place by the Britannican Empire in the ninteenth century to mark Starblaydia as a colonial province, though was only in place for some fifty years.
Independence
Starblaydi flag, from
1946-1972
According to legend, King Oberyn wielded "an impressive, now mythical, sword that the Romanics knew as Fulguritus Acinace, the Lightning-struck Sabre". Known as Oberyn Starblayde, the emergence of heraldry in the Daii soon required that Oberyn defined his coat of arms. The colours that formed them, black, purple and white, were formed into Starblaydia's first independent Tricolour on August 23rd, 1946.
Modern
When Saevion Starblayde took complete control of the nation in the 1970s, he decided that a simple horizontal tricolour, even with the Starblaydi Orchid purple, was not distinctive enough. He decided to add the charge of a stylised eagle - King Oberyn's symbol - in gold into the centre of the flag, overlapping all three colours to symbolise the re-unification of the nation.
The burning of the Starblaydi flag is not considered an offence, merely in bad taste. Should anyone, particularly a foreigner, burn the 'black, white and purple' they are considered cowardly; setting fire to a mere piece of material instead of showing the courage of attacking Starblaydia itself.
