The US Department of Fish and Wildlife https://preview.redd.it/5e9i139ahg9d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=e36e533f4c8ea4479da40b1d83b63ce1fd6e8be6

Any flag with a cobra chicken is a flag to be respected

All will fear the Thunder Duck.

I was thunderstruck to find that Thunderducks is the team name for Dallas County Community College Richland campus (where my ex taught).

Is their logo a Canada goose?

Honestly wish I could tell you, but I have long since forgotten. 🤣

I wish we (Canada) went with the goose Cerberus flag! The maple is awesome, don't get me wrong, but what we Could have had! https://preview.redd.it/sv6hoquqcl9d1.jpeg?width=1888&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ff6e3eedc005515f96eb7871c1ae6e1c35370321

Holy shit this is amazing

Damn. Like, I love our 1:2:1 but this is beautiful-

That looks awesome

!wave

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Wales, it has a dragon. A big red dragon

"Y ddraig goch ddyry cychwyn" ("The red dragon will show the way")

Yeah, but does anyone disagree that Wales is a good flag? Like generally, dragon on flag = good The only reason you'll die on that hill is because there's a whole settlement up there and everyone's just living their lives until they pass away. Or have I just only been remembering the options that are biased with my own?

Kazakhstan has one of the most beautiful flags of any country in the world

All other flags were designed by little girls!

kazakhstan number 1 exporter of potassium

All the other countries have inferior potassium

*Proceeds to get shot by the crowd*

Screw you, flag of Uzbekistan!!!!

I agree this one is probably the most beautiful and unique flag ever 💛💙👏

I dunno, I have so much fondness for the Estonian flag personally. Love the color scheme.

i love the Estonian color arrangement too! But I prefer the Kazakh one

Totally! 🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿🇰🇿

I love all the blue/yellow flags. Ukraine is beautiful as well in its simplicity.

https://preview.redd.it/n4itl6slvh9d1.png?width=482&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=caf15c34915330a22f76722ff3c26998ea88508c Alaska. I think it's so brilliantly simplistic, yet so mesmerizing.

Just realized the stars on the bottom left kinda look like Hawaii

Interesting that they used the Big Dipper for its star arrangement

It makes perfect sense! The Big Dipper is part of the constellation Ursa Major, literally Big Bear, and bears are native to Alaska. And you can use the Big Dipper to find the North Star—the arrangement on the flag is accurate—and Alaska is the northernmost state. Love it

I think if they redesigned it so the colors popped a bit more it would be a lot more loved

Definitely

Turkmenistan. 5 different traditional carpet designs? Mad Lad Love it

The day the flag of Bhutan 🇧🇹 changes will be the worst day of my life without a doubt

A sweet af dragon on bright, bright warm colors, it's an amazing flag.

Dragon crew for life!

Your dragon only has ONE pearl of wisdom? Bhutan’s has FOUR! Put that on the flag so EVERYONE KNOWS.

i will defend flags that are more art than flag https://preview.redd.it/1yco598smh9d1.png?width=2880&format=png&auto=webp&s=51c15e35f4c449c6f3cfac4aa3742ec63dc3b682

First Venezuelan Republic’s flag had an entire painting in the canton 💀

Very on brand for little Venice

Was there ever a less intricate version of this flag?

You can see several on this page: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag\_of\_the\_Republic\_of\_Venice](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_Venice) One example, the de facto 1922-1997 flag: https://preview.redd.it/ffj3lacoii9d1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=a486e2544006f7dd9467a700065d7eb2ca4f78d2

thats actually quite nice looking

The flag of Nepal, I hope it will never be changed.

This. Nepal and Ohio, my two favorites for their out of the box shapes. 

The government unofficially pondered on this after 2005 when the King was deposed. Since the country became a republic in 2008, there were attempts at the time to remove everything tied to the monarchy, including national symbols. There was extensive pushback from all sectors as the flag was so innately tied to the national identity. It also stands as a symbol of national sovereignty and not having a colonial past.

I’m probably interpreting more haters for this flag than there are but I stand by the California flag 1000%

The flag rules orthodoxy refuse to acknowledge California as an example of good text on a flag.

Hypothetically, if the text was eliminated would California's flag be better, worse, or the same? I don't think it's worse. If anything California has a good flag *despite* the text.

It’s unbalanced without the text, taking it away leaves the bear alone in a void looking dumb. And, most importantly, not ripping an atom apart as good bears should.

The bear is doing fission??

[Zheleznogorsk knows bears](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_of_Zheleznogorsk.svg)

Exactly. I don't think anybody is seriously arguing California is a bad flag as a whole (CGP Grey aside). What the argument is that the text on the flag adds somewhere between nothing and actively negative to the flag, depending on how much you like/tolerate text on flags You could remove the text and the Californian flag would still be ridiculously iconic, and frankly, I'm fairly certain a good chunk of people who are only casually interested in flags wouldn't even notice the difference until it's pointed out

All of us here in California would certainly notice. The flag is as universally loved as anything can be. The bear and the star are the most iconic elements, but the California Republic text symbolizes our relative independence and our ability to forge our own path and create a unique identity that separates us from the rest of the states due to our huge population and political/economic influence. The text stays… or else! 

The text can't even be seen in your flair

But it can be seen on the eight trillion pieces of merchandise that the flag has generated. Flags aren't only visible through reddit flair.

They are most visible on poles, and that should be the standard flags specifically are judged on. And [it will look dumb half of the time](https://64.media.tumblr.com/19faeadc6341344eb7725c28c214d097/tumblr_naiksaDzLI1sn6a7so1_1280.jpg)

What a flag should be judged on is how well it resonates with its constituency. It's visability in the places it's often seen is the horse, not the cart.

https://preview.redd.it/su2yeqr8gl9d1.png?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bc2a147f265b7afe50dbf769b9adbf0e09f4a91

The text is part of the whole here, and plays a role in establishing the state's independent streak and place in history. It's a perfectly resonant flag, and one of the most successful flags in the US. Don't mess with perfection!

>The flag rules orthodoxy These are people that don't actually understand what the guidelines are - a route to produce good designs, but not the only route.

Give the flag an extra bear head and Im ready to die too

Why does it only have 1 head tho?

https://preview.redd.it/kxxw5v7kbg9d1.png?width=1024&format=png&auto=webp&s=32d77cf2ec9ba2bda3616e1f72b43431b0b1a93d Maryland I’m a big fan of traditional European flag design so it would be a real shame for me if one of the few places in the US with this style changed

On the note beautiful chaos, I'll throw in our Canadian equivalent: the British Colombian flag https://preview.redd.it/xcvqrwrq1h9d1.png?width=800&format=png&auto=webp&s=5bc0c0e9f36fff5fda60caf88446b6d13f9a61bc

In the realm of beautiful chaos, may I suggest Hawaii's state flag, https://preview.redd.it/iweu6ynycj9d1.jpeg?width=1201&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=682299b384699f0bed9504146b7a2cfbb7b3dd05

or the Kanaka Maoli, the flag of the Hawaiian Sovereignty movement: https://preview.redd.it/s6f7ta37dj9d1.jpeg?width=1514&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05468571de7c4cd050d042502be7b3515119e3d2

HAWAII MENTION!!! its great seeing some recognition of this flag lol

One of the coolest flags ever

Looks like a knock off union jack ontop of a massive Argentina sun

What the Argies would've wanted for the Falklands

I mean, it's literally a Union Jack that's been squashed to half the height :p

the flag of the faulklands war

BCs is one of my favourites in Canada. Sure it's busy, but not a person in the country wouldn't be able to guess what province it was for instantly. Try doing that with Ontarios.

It may have caused trauma trying to draw it in grade school similar to trying to failing to fit in Saskatchewan's name into their borders or filing in Nunavut's islands, but it's our trauma and trauma that were proud of 😤

I was going to say Maryland flag. It's just unique.

Maryland does have a dope ass heraldry flag

You know its a dope flag when the people in the state wear it as shorts

When you can be proud of it _and_ use it to scare small children, you have achieved vexillological greatness

We put it on crab stickers too!

https://preview.redd.it/4cdlgak2fi9d1.png?width=3072&format=png&auto=webp&s=3b8620cc396cac22151c006acc46e712d0733d43

One of the few cool things my state has

I like the Art Deco style

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Lincoln NE

Lincoln, Nebraska (I think)

2 blues yet again

Would work wonders as two reds

Make that the evil version during the Lincoln Civil war

The secession of certain neighbourhoods to be reincorporated as Davis, NE

The Chicago Flag, hands down (and I say that as a someone who was just a suburbanite)

Didn't realise this was a hated flag, I love it, this and the DC flag for me are two of the best examples of city flags.

I don’t think it’s hated. I think it’s almost universally liked, hence the desire to never change it

I took it as it's a hill to die on because everyone thinks differently, ie you have to defend the position . Not sure if I misread it though.

That's how the expression is usually used and how I interpreted the title but I think OP (and half of the replies) are taking a different approach.

This is universally regarded as one of the best city flags in the world

Cyprus 🇨🇾 I don't know what people generally think of it, but someone told me they disliked it once and I have to disagree. It has pretty colors, its simple, gives Cyprus vibes and Cyprus is physically shaped cool (which matters with the map on the flag).

The color of Cyprus on the flag is a nod to the one of the island's biggest historical industries, copper. Copper is also named after Cyprus.

ye definitely agree, maps on flags generally look pretty cool imo

Bunker Hill flag

Definetly British Indian Ocean Territory, just beautiful https://preview.redd.it/x99q77sd6h9d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6cb1f3c15c4ed311dc95bf12cfcc67afd3c7dd99

https://preview.redd.it/t8o3pv61ok9d1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=624225af51df488c6bd327e45cdf5c181ee0f4b4 Republic of Formosa 1895

Absolutely based take, its not my favorite but I can 100% see why people love it

Not exactly a flag, but… The WW2 era Type C RAF roundel, it’s associated Fin Flash, and the colours involved. The darker, duller colours are neat, and it actually is distinct from other similar roundels. Absolutely better than the Cold War brighter, default or the more modern salmon pink one. https://preview.redd.it/fkmuklc08h9d1.png?width=600&format=png&auto=webp&s=7873fa380c8b5ab6d5d532797f5336896b81039d

(Fin flash because I can’t send both at once) https://preview.redd.it/tpq63se48h9d1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e81dafbb728da1237093a22c004e6f74514c1a53

https://preview.redd.it/uuwpql3yoh9d1.jpeg?width=1527&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e381e753033bdc366519c076be33e2c7fd9e294a

Make corporate flags cool again.

My State's flag. Ohio. It's so unique among flags for its shape. https://preview.redd.it/mjt1dj373i9d1.png?width=520&format=png&auto=webp&s=d3750e30220cd44c679be8fe46ad59ad6e77fb06

If the Statehouse ever introduces a bill to change my state's flag I will do something that rhymes with durn bown the hatestouse. In the videogame we're all discussing, of course.

Ohio has my favourite state flag

Flag of denmark, we got it right the first time, 800 years ago and never had to change it. And it was popular our nabours had to copy us.

The Flag of New Mexico.

Yes! Came here to say this.

South Koreas people republics flag (this will be the flag when we reunify trust me) https://preview.redd.it/z9rrjtgpwg9d1.png?width=541&format=png&auto=webp&s=590034a7cec6c01c21a4afb78111651c5e827c84

Dutch flag. The OG tricolor.

Texas, baby!

British canton flags There's something about the "simplicity" of a base color, a union jack in the corner and a national symbol on the right speaks to me

Greenland, every single time https://preview.redd.it/cazsokemri9d1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=0f63c52dd03bc8b1f5964723c864fe99f8ae7811

I really love the Nordic flag family. They are simple but beautiful, and it is clear we share a common cultural history.

The Japanese prefectural flags. No, they are not "corporate", they're *mon*.

https://preview.redd.it/ej0z0t49sj9d1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f9243c9eb0ae939ec4a7312b430acb503bf2a6be

Kinky

Union Jack 

It's a pretty clever design honestly, I just kinda wish it represented Northern Ireland and Wales better

Yes, maybe add the Welsh dragon in the middle.

i like the Greece flag a lot. just two colours but a unique design. 🇬🇷

I'm biased, given its my province - but I will die on the hill that the New Brunswick (Canada) flag, looks good even though it breaks some modern design rules https://preview.redd.it/0tx5ewbtdl9d1.png?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=71b55408e24072323e8fa739aac851f707377bcb

Controversial, I know https://preview.redd.it/o0124ko57j9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=95c602feb15cdce84edd115751111a7cb5124136

Flag of Pernambuco, Brazil. https://preview.redd.it/kshyahc3sf9d1.jpeg?width=268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88e0b1ee591c1efa6037ca2a44489fc88daea644

mozambique 🇲🇿 no matter what anyone says, it will still be my personal favorite country flag.

Maryland! Some say it's gaudy or too out-of-date. I love the traditional heraldry.

Minnesotas flag. 😉

I will fight with all my heart for the new MN flag. 1) I like it, 2) the MAGA folks in MN are extra butthurt about the flag change

Old or new

https://preview.redd.it/mucg79bmmh9d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f19a3b30cecf6610a4e0ea444703be99f060ddf7

New. The old one is atrocious.

The flag of Colorado is a perfect example of how text on a flag can be done well: As the letter "C" is a graphical component of the flag as opposed to plain text, it stands out from the crowd for doing something so ingenious and unique.

I still think CGPGrey not giving it S-tier is a crime. When I moved to the state I was blown away how it was everywhere, on everything. More so than California (where I’ve also lived), maybe as much as Texas? As a native New Yorker, we don’t do anything with our flag. Though the seal is pretty cool.

California. Every rule has an exception. It's not automatically a bad flag because it has text and to think so is ridiculous.

ohio’s flag! it might not have the most interesting colors but i love the unique shape! i also love the flag of nepal for the same reason🇳🇵

Maryland forever

https://preview.redd.it/l2wqt0g6ei9d1.jpeg?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1232b4ff9d63bf34079cc85efb608339371d03a The flag of Alberta. It’s quite good. Yes it’s a seal on a bedsheet, but firstly - it’s Canadian, and distinct insofar as it’s the only flag like that that we have, unlike in America where it’s easily confusable for others. Secondly, the actual seal is fairly nice looking, and represents Alberta’s landscape / history very succinctly. Would there be better flag design possibilities for Alberta? Sure there would be, 100%. If it gets changed, so be it. But there’s nothing inherently bad about this flag, and it seems to draw a lot of flak due to the likes of CGP Grey and the so-called “rules” that many people obsess over.

Maryland for life, I don’t live there anymore , but it’s still in my heart ❤️

Paraíba flag goes hard and nobody will ever make me doubt it

Virgina's flag. Who doesn't love some Lady Liberty titty action!

Angola 🇦🇴

Sicily and isle of man

Tip: sort by controversial

Despite the ideology associated with it, the CSA battle flag goes hard. Shame, really.

https://preview.redd.it/9ga4covfvi9d1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe5eb4d1e90a846dbcc82845d0c48e84a48892d0 Flag of Hawaii my beloved

California. Don't care that it has words on it, and don't care what CGP Gray says. It's one of the best state flags. Not as good as New Mexico, but better than most others.

https://preview.redd.it/qb6nsy7v3k9d1.jpeg?width=1600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d944400f775a2cb1c3091c8e78be62512bb0afbb Haiti, Haiti, HAITI! People shit on it for the white square, but really I think that makes it unique. Plus it’s extremely recognizable. There’s only one other country you could confuse it for (Liechtenstein, which has happened before, and has since been fixed).

I think the square has far too much detail in it to be good, it needs to be simplified

The Flag of Tibet should become a national flag again. Such history and culture to be erased is just wrong.

https://preview.redd.it/bporqso7ci9d1.jpeg?width=1072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=eb9615ce6f996d0ac46a53f4a45775484c030bf3 Only picture I have with the Union Jack

As a trans person I would say, the trans flag. But for real, I really loved the Salvador de Madariaga proposal for the European union flag, representing the European capitals as stars in a constellation. Not the easiest design to draw free hand, and by that alone it breaks a lot of rules but i love the way it looks and what it's representing. https://preview.redd.it/rpeqa840kk9d1.png?width=2400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d21d634d9698209daa484f573d656ec8842d35ec

Wow!! Thats a really interesting concept. I do agree on the trans flag, although I love versions of the non binary flag where the colors are a little less saturated and bright

i sewed myself my own trans pride flag, and i ended up using toned down, less saturated colors for the blue and the pink because that's what i had on hand. you would like it :D.

the ones in my flair are cool

New Vojvodina flag It is simple with good symbolism and it has a connection to Serbian flag

Wait, you love the blue with a state seal, and don’t like the pine tree with star?

Other way around. I love the pine tree and loathe the state seal version

Right on, I’m with you.

🇩🇰 Dannebrog. Flag of the Kingdom of Denmark

Maryland and California are both perfect flags that have extremely resonant places among their constituents. People who redesign them generally forget what the flag guidelines are - an almost surefire route to produce a reasonably good flag, but certainly not the only route.

Of all the state flags with seals, Kentucky's is the best. https://preview.redd.it/zmlzyfif4i9d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c92a411600366e915377a2893c1c1ce1486fc57b

Virginia. Everything about it is great. The depiction of Liberty killing Tyranny. Sic semper tyranus. The boob. My one critique is that we should be including the reverse design on the back which shows liberty, justice, and some other chick living together in peace

The 7th Cavalry guidon.

The old flag of Pocatello. That was ugly, but it was good ugly. We miss you Pocatello flag

Oregon. Beautiful flag that has two different images on either side, and one is a beaver.

Falklands islands flag is the best one. They even added a sheep 

Bourbon restoration flag was peak

Papua New Guinea. It's my favorite national flag, i love it 🇵🇬

https://preview.redd.it/uw4wgqzw8j9d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5db202d7061b1ddba502a41b9f1c7583e614deec Love this flag ever since I came to Vermont for college

Uzbekistan's flag, Albania's flag, Germany's flag, and a Pride flag. (I'm LGBTQ+)

The old pocatello flag is so bad that its good

Virginia should be the only state allowed to keep the seal-on-bedsheet design, on account of it being metal as fuck.

Well I’ll tell you I fucking hate the Colorado flag even tho everyone likes it. But I lived in South Carolina long enough to be obligated to defend the palmetto and crescent moon.

I absolutely love the Austrian Flag with the eagle on it. Same for Poland. For a meme answer I love that weird monkey flag design with chinese characters and a tie-die colour scheme someone submitted for the minisota flag design contest

Flags with birds are immediately cooler, it reminds me of the Geneva flag. If anyone ever tried to change it id throw hands

All of them. Flag redesigns invariably suck

〓〓 this one

I have two 1) The Union Jack 2) RAF Flag

I love the Czech flag because almost half of it is Slovakia

The state flag of Maryland. Also Hawai'i.

Is the New Mexico flag too basic of an answer?

Love these. I also like the South Carolina flag.

Modern flag design is typically hideous and overly corporate, a mix of too much and not enough Also negative space art doesn't belong on flags, stick to stars, bars, crosses and lines dammit!

Barbados. Gorgeous colors, and it has a mother flipping trident on it.

Arizona

Bhutan, probably. Or Nepal.

https://preview.redd.it/r6zujbyhqs9d1.png?width=1920&format=png&auto=webp&s=0198f0d2b238b0703c31da94f655c2afe1c73c68 Alaska, my birth place

There is this one city in Russia I think it’s called zhelezenorgsk, it’s a bear splitting an atom and is my favorite flag ever

The shitty flag I made last year

Qing Dynasty, Joseon, and Rhode Island

British colony flags are the best

I hate most of the blue background flags except Pennsylvania, which I think actually looks great with the horses on the side

https://preview.redd.it/4rm9lc9yyh9d1.png?width=263&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47deb269d39881e7fc4ce5a480bbb83f39087fc1

I was hoping someone would say Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania is the best seal on bedsheet flag by a mile. https://preview.redd.it/vzcupm2bni9d1.png?width=1054&format=png&auto=webp&s=bca1c01062a8aaa97e35556a7332ca6e29f0b9ce