5. The Flag of the Netherlands was first introduced in 1572, and is one of the first and oldest tricolor flag that is still in used today. On February 19, 1937, a Royal Decree issued by Queen Wilhelmina laid heraldic colors of bright vermilion, white and cobalt blue as the colors of the national flag.
21. white rectangle, in its central portion a red cross connecting all four sides of the flag; in each of the four corners is a small red bolnur-katskhuri cross; the five-cross flag appears to date back to the 14th century
35. The twelve points on the star represent the island's twelve original tribes. While the white represents the phosphate, through which the island acquired much wealth from mining. The separation of the blue flag cloth into two equal parts recalls the urban legend of the land, that the first inhabitants were to have been brought to Earth from two boulders. The golden stripe with the thick width which takes up the entire length of the flag represents the Earth’s Equator.
36. The island of Nauru has many large areas of scrub and creepers that live in and around the vast about of coconut trees that are common to the south pacific land area. Some hibiscus, frangipani, and other tropical flowers grow, but they do not abound here as on other Pacific islands. Although there are no indigenous land animals, however, hogs and poultry were introduced many years ago. Since Nauru is an island, fish are a major part of the culture and economy of Nauru. Good catches of tuna and bonito are taken from the surrounding ocean.
43. Three equal vertical bands of green , white, and red; the coat of arms, an eagle with a snake in its beak perched on a cactus, is centered in the white band. Italy has a very similar flag with the same color but lighter hues with nothing in the center of the white band.
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55. the red soil and white beaches, the four points the four major languages (Papiamento, Dutch, Spanish, English) as well as the four points of a compass the blue symbolizes Caribbean waters and skies the stripes represent the island's two main "industries”; the tourists to the beautiful beaches and the minerals from the earth
66. The red horizontal band (top) and green horizontal band one-half the width of the red band; a white vertical stripe on the hoist side bears Belarusian national ornamentation in red; the red band color recalls past struggles from oppression, the green band represents hope and the many forests of the country. ( https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/flags/flagtemplate_bo.html )
99. The disk represents the moon which the Palauans considers to be the optimum time for human activity and also considered a symbol of peace, love, and tranquility. The blue color represents the ocean which surrounds all of the islands that make up Palau.
111. The green field, which stands for the country's natural resources and vegetation, with a panel of three vertical bands of red, the struggle for freedom, black, the people of Zambia, and orange, the country's mineral wealth, below a soaring orange eagle, that represents the people's ability to rise above the nation's problems, on the outer edge of the flag.
