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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on May 11, 2016 1:58:03 GMT
Hadn't even thought to submit this here: "What a glorious New Scandinavia might not Minnesota become!" -Fredrika Bremer
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Post by bytor on Jun 18, 2016 16:54:05 GMT
Alyaskan Confederate Republic The Fur Trade revenue from Alyaska had been declining for decades, ever since Baranov died in 1819 and the naval officers took over and started to mismanage everything. The constant Tlingit rebellions were also a real pain the the zadnicha. The Americans were not interested in buying Alyaska, though they had good relations with Russia. Ever since Clay won the presidency in 1844, made peace with Mexico and settled the boundary between American Oregon and British Columbia, the USA had looked inward and focused on economic rather than territorial expansion. They did not want a second Louisiana Purchase, though they could well afford it. New territories brought too many new disputes. The British probably would have bought it, but after the Crimean war there was no way the Tsar was going to help them expand the English influence. They were too powerful already! So the Tsar, deciding it was not worth the expense, cancelled the subsidies to the Russian-American Company which pulled up stakes and left. Those who stayed behind were mostly Company officers, sailors and priests who had married into the Aleut communities, along with a few intrepid businesses servicing the trader ships. Trade at first was minimal, but the Russo-Aleuts, when left to their own skills, managed things much better than the greedy naval officers in charge of the RAC ever did. The Tlingit tribes were a big part of this trade and acted at first as intermediaries with the Hudson's Bay Company and with the Athapaskan tribes of the Alyaskan interior thanks to their proximity to the headwaters of the Yukon River. The first trade was with the British in Columbia and New Caledonia, the Americans in Oregon and the vibrant Alta Californians. Within a decade new ships were arriving every week at the towns of Sitka, formerly Novo Arkhangelsk, and Kodiak where the first proper ports were built. Eventually trade expanded to China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Hawai'i and even as far south as Chile. Disputes over trade with the interior Athapaskan tribes caused numerous bloody skirmishes that were often long-standing tribal grievances given new life by economic prospects, but life was generally good and getting better. Since smallpox and other European diseases had swept through Alyaska almost 40 years earlier and the Russian Orthodox Church had a tradition of providing vaccines, Native populations, already on the rebound two generations later, experienced a population boom unmatched throughout the rest of the Americas. In 1885, the Alyaskan Confederated Republic (Аляскинская Конфедеративная Республика “Alyaskinskaya Confederativnaya Respublika”) was born out of an economic agreement primarily between the Russified Aleuts and their Tlingit partners but also all the other coastal and island tribes that had benefited from the trade. It was prompted by increasing European and Asian trader settlements popping thanks to the success of the Aleut maritime trading network and the numerous small gold rushes that were happening. The new confederation claimed everything south and east of the Yukon River and the former Russian claims down to 54°40' N. Some Athapaskan interior tribes joined the Confederation but many did not, continuing the on-again, off-again petty wars with the interior and northern tribes. There were also territorial conflicts with the Hudson’s Bay Company and the young nation of Canada over the Yukon River boundary as the Tlingit trade network had grown from being reliant on the HBC to being a major competitor. However, with Skagway as the start for the Chilkoot Trail, the Yukon Gold Rush of 1898 meant that Alyaskan control of the territory became undeniable The Naami Gold Rush in 1899 prompted the Confederation to annex everything south of the Kobruk River which touched off a new round of skirmishes with the interior tribes, though by this time trade networks had become so strong throughout all of the former Russian America that there was as much inter-Athapaskan conflict over its control as there was Athapaskan-Confederation conflict. Over the next 50 years, all the rest of the tribes of the former Russian America joined the Confederation Today, the Alyaskan Confederated Republic is a mostly lightly populated country with a resource-based economy and supplying much of the natural gas used by the Canadian provinces of New Caledonia and Columbia, the American states of Oregon and Idaho, as well as Republic of Alta California. Beaufort Sea Oil also powers much of western North American industry. Mining, logging and tourism are also important. Because of the maritime trading history it is also a neutral flag of convenience for many ships trading between nations otherwise hostile to each other. The government is a fusion of traditional native councils and European bicameralism. Bills are created and introduced in the lower house called the Peoples Forum and then move to the upper house known as the Council of Chiefs. The largest or most important cities are Kodiak (the capital and location of the Chief’s Council), Skagway (home of the Ministry of Trade, Ministry of Immigration), Whitehorse, Fairbanks, Sitka (home of the Peoples Forum) Ketchikan and Dzánti K'ihéeni. Russian is the traditional language of government and inter-tribal commerce, though most people are bilingual and many non-Aleuts and non-Tlingits speak one of those languages as well. Use of English is growing more common because of the large Anglo-American community and the global economy, and Korean and Chinese are common minority languages.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jun 22, 2016 18:18:51 GMT
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Post by Kubo Caskett on Jun 24, 2016 3:48:04 GMT
Another flag upload, this time two a once, relating to a Metal Slug TL I'm working on:
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Post by iserlohn on Jun 25, 2016 12:09:37 GMT
I've decided to just share the four most recent flags I've made on here, too. First off a simple flag for Martinique, controlled by a Napoleonic France. Then a flag for a revolutionary socialist CSA-successor state. Not too happy with it since it looks quite Caribbean, but it still looks striking IMO. Then a flag I made for ToixStory, specifically for the Rhomanion in her current story project. And last but not least, inspired by both my good friend Mickie and Caspian... A union between Scotland and Ulster. Sorry for the relatively huge size, I forgot to downsize it xD Also I made a version without the coat of arms.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 5, 2016 10:16:30 GMT
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Post by Kubo Caskett on Jul 9, 2016 3:07:12 GMT
A re-redesign of the Rebellion bloc flag for my Metal Slug TL, and honestly I think this looks better than the last one:
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 11, 2016 17:20:25 GMT
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Post by Krall on Jul 11, 2016 20:10:41 GMT
I like the background behind it, but the colours don't look right to me. The blue is too bright, whilst the yellow looks a bit green and washed out.
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Post by Thas on Sept 10, 2016 11:29:40 GMT
*blows dust off account* Here, a Commonwealth Realm of India:
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Post by Krall on Sept 10, 2016 12:02:33 GMT
*blows dust off account* Here, a Commonwealth Realm of India: I like it! The washed-out green and orange work well together.
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Post by Thas on Sept 27, 2016 11:10:16 GMT
Danke! While we're on the subject: The Nasrani (aka Saint Thomas Christians) are a community of Christians in modern Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelism of St. Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century AD. Though originally united under the Nestorian Church of the East (based in Persian Mesopotamia), they have been splintered into several different denominations since the 1600s due to missionary activity by the Portuguese. The Nasrani speak Malayalam colloquially, and Syriac Aramaic in liturgy. St. Thomas is considered the patron saint of India even today. The Mar Thoma Sliva ( St. Thomas Cross) has floral edges to symbolize fruition and life. The lotus flower beneath the cross is an ancient symbol of India, and the three steps below it represent Golgotha, the site of the Crucifixion. The dove represents the Holy Spirit, the third aspect of the Holy Trinity, which raised Christ from the dead and bestows gifts to the faithful. As for the flag itself; the green division represents the Malabar coast in southwestern India, where Saint Thomas conducted his ministry. A spear was the means by which Saint Thomas was martyred. Probably wasn't orange.
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Post by Krall on Sept 27, 2016 14:52:33 GMT
Danke! While we're on the subject: The Nasrani (aka Saint Thomas Christians) are a community of Christians in modern Kerala, India, who trace their origins to the evangelism of St. Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century AD. Though originally united under the Nestorian Church of the East (based in Persian Mesopotamia), they have been splintered into several different denominations since the 1600s due to missionary activity by the Portuguese. The Nasrani speak Malayalam colloquially, and Syriac Aramaic in liturgy. St. Thomas is considered the patron saint of India even today. The Mar Thoma Sliva ( St. Thomas Cross) has floral edges to symbolize fruition and life. The lotus flower beneath the cross is an ancient symbol of India, and the three steps below it represent Golgotha, the site of the Crucifixion. The dove represents the Holy Spirit, the third aspect of the Holy Trinity, which raised Christ from the dead and bestows gifts to the faithful. As for the flag itself; the green division represents the Malabar coast in southwestern India, where Saint Thomas conducted his ministry. A spear was the means by which Saint Thomas was martyred. Probably wasn't orange. Ooo, very nice! The arrow reminds me of the UK Space Agency logo.
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Post by Thas on Sept 30, 2016 11:29:41 GMT
Ooo, very nice! The arrow reminds me of the UK Space Agency logo. *one Google search later* Huh. Well. TIL that the UK has a Space Agency. And that they're a bunch of thieving little limeys...!
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Post by Krall on Sept 30, 2016 13:33:27 GMT
*one Google search later* Huh. Well. TIL that the UK has a Space Agency. And that they're a bunch of thieving little limeys...! Hey, I don't see a copyright symbol next to your flag!
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Post by Thas on Oct 22, 2016 15:32:17 GMT
Hey, I don't see a copyright symbol next to your flag! Well it's, uh, in the fine print near the hoist. You'd probably need a microscope. Moving on! Egypt: Originally, the pyramids were encased in a layer of polished, highly reflected white limestone, in order to give them a brilliant appearance when viewed from a distance. The upper capstone, called a pyramidion were, during the Middle Kingdom, covered with gold leaf to reflect the rays of the sun, and were inscribed with royal titles and religious symbols. Over the centuries, however, the outer layers were stripped and used in other construction projects, leaving only the rough inner limestone for us to gawk at. The five colors of the flag represent the dynasties that have ruled Egypt since the advent of Islam: 1. Black: Rashiduns & Abbasids 2. White: Umayyads 3. Green: Fatimids & Alawiyyads 4. Gold: Ayyubids & Mamelukes 5. Red: Ottomans The colors of red, green, black, and gold are also used to symbolize Pan-African ideology. Two of those colors hold additional significance: in ancient Egypt, red represented the infertile desert and the primordial force of Chaos, whereas black represented the fertile Nile River Valley and the Order it bestowed on the nascent civilization. The central sigil, that of the Alawiyya Dynasty, consists of a white crescent with a trio of stars, symbolizing the Kingdom's territories: Egypt, Nubia, and Sudan.
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Post by Krall on Oct 22, 2016 19:19:45 GMT
Well it's, uh, in the fine print near the hoist. You'd probably need a microscope. Moving on! Egypt: Originally, the pyramids were encased in a layer of polished, highly reflected white limestone, in order to give them a brilliant appearance when viewed from a distance. The upper capstone, called a pyramidion were, during the Middle Kingdom, covered with gold leaf to reflect the rays of the sun, and were inscribed with royal titles and religious symbols. Over the centuries, however, the outer layers were stripped and used in other construction projects, leaving only the rough inner limestone for us to gawk at. The five colors of the flag represent the dynasties that have ruled Egypt since the advent of Islam: 1. Black: Rashiduns & Abbasids 2. White: Umayyads 3. Green: Fatimids & Alawiyyads 4. Gold: Ayyubids & Mamelukes 5. Red: Ottomans The colors of red, green, black, and gold are also used to symbolize Pan-African ideology. Two of those colors hold additional significance: in ancient Egypt, red represented the infertile desert and the primordial force of Chaos, whereas black represented the fertile Nile River Valley and the Order it bestowed on the nascent civilization. The central sigil, that of the Alawiyya Dynasty, consists of a white crescent with a trio of stars, symbolizing the Kingdom's territories: Egypt, Nubia, and Sudan. Nice! I like the way you worked the pyramid into it - it looks very natural.
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Post by Thas on Oct 23, 2016 14:16:51 GMT
Nice! I like the way you worked the pyramid into it - it looks very natural. Now that I think of it, the red could also symbolize the Roman Empire. Glad I thought of it! Well, since we're on Egypt, here's a Coptic Armorial Flag for the Pope of Alexandria. Design "borrowed" from the Coptic ethnic flag created in 2005. The idea of flying it from the hoist was heavily influenced by the flag of Valencia.
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Post by Krall on Oct 23, 2016 17:14:31 GMT
Nice! I like the way you worked the pyramid into it - it looks very natural. Now that I think of it, the red could also symbolize the Roman Empire. Glad I thought of it! Well, since we're on Egypt, here's a Coptic Armorial Flag for the Pope of Alexandria. Design "borrowed" from the Coptic ethnic flag created in 2005. The idea of flying it from the hoist was heavily influenced by the flag of Valencia. Very nice! I've always liked the flag of Valencia, and the colours you used look great together!
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Post by Thas on Oct 24, 2016 11:24:03 GMT
Very nice! I've always liked the flag of Valencia, and the colours you used look great together! Yeah, the shield colors on the Coptic flag are a bit too bright for my taste (at least when put right next to one another as they are), so a fair bit of tweaking was necessary. Let's end Egypt on a high note: the Royal Standards of the Pharaohs. The serekh ("facade") was an ornamentic vignette, combining a front view of a palace facade and a plan (top view) of the royal courtyard. It served as a sort of pre-cursor to the cartouche of later dynasties of Kemet, dating back to the pre-dynastic reign of King Ka, c. 3400 BC. Serekhs were normally used as a royal crest, accentuating and honouring the name of the reigning pharaoh. When naming the pharaoh, the hieroglyphs forming the king's name were placed inside a rectangular extension atop of the serekh, which represented the royal courtyard. Additionally, the falcon of the god Horus or (as in a few cases) the sha of Seth topped the serekh, showing the celestial patrons of the named king. During the early dynastic period kings had as many as three titles. The Horus name is the oldest and dates to the late pre-dynastic period. The Horus name was adopted by the king, when taking the throne. The Horus name of several early kings expresses a relationship with Horus. Aha refers to "Horus the fighter", Djer refers to "Horus the strong", etc. Later kings express ideals of kingship in their Horus names. Khasekhemwy refers to "Horus: the two powers are at peace", while Nebra refers to "Horus, Lord of the Sun".
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