Finalists in the national competition for the design of a new flag
 
Index



Second place
Proportions: 2:3. Later adopted as the naval ensign. See the respective page for symbolism.

Third place
Proportions: 2:3. Based on a flag proposed in 253 for a hypotethical union of all the nations that border the Cislendian Ocean and it's seas. Used sometimes by sports fans.

Symbolism: The Lendian Star shines brightly over the blue seas, as the united Free Republics represented by the ascending stripes strive continuously for an ever better future.


Fourth place
Proportions: 2:3. Sometimes used by lendians.

Symbolism: Despite being obviously a variation of the Lendian National Flag, the proposer describes the symbolism of his proposal as follows: "The multicoloured Confederate Star of 8 points represents the union of all the multicoloured peoples in the Confederacy in peace (represented by the white disc) and prosperity (represented by the field of blue).


Fifth place
Proportions: 2:3. Never used.

Symbolism: Another attempt to transform the Lendian Star into a Confederate Star by "multicolouring" it's center, associated in the Lendian Star to a bright future. In this case, the background got stripes and the author explains them simply as "the waves of the sea with their white foam". The explanation for their number lies in the early days of the Confederative movement, when the old Free Republic of Lendia was subdivided into 6 National Areas (Lendia, Piolhosa, Percevejan, Tenia, Liliana and Lombriga).


Sixth place
Proportions: 2:3. Very rarely used by a few mystically-minded piolhosans.

Symbolism: The official proposed symbolism is: "an inverted Lendian Star (also part of the Piolhosan flag) shines brightly in the night of times and over the combined colours of the Confederate nations and territories leading it's peoples into the future against all obstacles they might face". There have been numerous rumours about some mystical connotations of the invertion of the colours and the global design of this flag. A semi-religious movement has formed around this proposal, almost exclusively composed by piolhosans, called the "Sixthers". They are, however, called "Inverted Mystics" by the rest of the population and anecdotes about them are common throughout the FCLR.

     
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