Can I get them all in? The flags of non-NCIS Asia-Pacific! Last flag post!
Turkey
No change.
Syria
With the Ba'ath party having been destroyed during the Cataclysm preceding the Robertian Era, Syria returned to a pre-Ba'ath flag and has been defined by a process of "de-Assadization," including the rejection of the red-band Ba'ath-incorporated flag.
Libnan
No change from RL Lebanon.
Israel-Palestine
With both sides weary of war after the ten-year powder keg that was the Robertian Era, Israeli Jews and moderate Palestinian Arabs sat down and talked rather than fighting each other during Dispersion - granted, both parties still fought against the Gazawis, as those saw the former as illegal invaders and the latter as traitors to their own people. But after agreeing on a "one-state solution," they agitated their rowdy neighbours even further by creating this flag, adding red bands and a blue Islamic crescent to represent the Palestinians. There are also no more white bands on the horizontal edges.
Gaza
Gaza kept the old Palestinian flag.
Jordan
No changes here.
Hijaz
The Pan-Islamic State of Hijaz was founded by moderate Muslim mullahs who desired an end to the politicisation of the Two Holy Mosques. Neutral on Islam-internal religious issues other than terrorism as an official policy, their flag reflects that with its golden shahadah and crescent-star; all Muslims are allowed in-country for hajj regardless of denomination, provided they are unarmed (only Hijazi citizens may bear arms in Hijaz). The base is the Hejazi flag of 1917.
Saudi Kingdom
Hasn't changed from RL Saudi Arabia.
Sana'a
This new flag is based on Yemen's old flag, turned sideways, and the zulfiqar, a split-tipped sword emblematic of Shi'a Islam, in the middle. (Along with Persia and Hazarastan, Sana'a is one of three officially Shi'a nations.)
Aden
Aden uses the old flag of socialist South Yemen.
Oman
No change.
United Arab Emirates
Their borders may have changed slightly, but their flag hasn't!
Qatar
No change here, either.
Bahrain
No change.
Kuwait
No change.
Babylon
Bearing on it the symbol of Shamash, which was often used by rulers of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Babylonian flag is said to be Jarkko Salomäki's least favourite because of the emblem. "It looks like an eye if you look at it a certain way," the Uralican president said. "Creepy."
Kurdistan
This flag has been used by Kurds for some time now. Is it any surprise they adopted it as their national flag?
Persia
Having returned to the Shahdom system, Persia has changed its state flag in kind, giving the Islamic state flag to the council of faqihs (that is, the Guardian Council) that serves as the Shah's religious advisory board and Persia's upper chamber of government.
Balochistan
Balochistani leaders had no qualms about using this flag in spite of its connotations - it was used by jihadist militants both before and during the Robertian Era.
Ghor
(IC) Ghor insisted on passing this eyesore of a flag because of its connection to the Aimaq people, with Aimaq separatist movements having used it in the past. It has "allahu akbar" in the centre of the flag.
(OOC) As much as I didn't like the colours, it was a simple flag scheme, so why not?
Hazarastan
Also based on separatist flags, the old Iranian emblem gains new life here in the Islamic Republic of Hazarastan, with the blessing of Persia's Guardian Council, who also still uses the symbol.
Pashmenish
Taken from a Pashtun political party flag, this one adds a blue crescent and makes the inverted star blue. There was talk of using a variant of pre-Islamic Republic Afghanistan's flag, but that was torpedoed.
Nuristan
Uses the 1992-2001 (Islamic Republic) flag of Afghanistan.
Punjab
Combines the flag of the Sikh Empire with a throwback to Pakistan, with the star replaced by the Sikh Khalsa symbol. Was initially a bit controversial.
Kashmir
All it does is add a black crescent-star to Kashmir's independence movement flag.
Bharat
The flag of RL India. Given that the endonym of RL India by Hindi-speakers is Bharat already... no real surprise here.
Dravidia
A new flag; the symbol was that of the All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation and was adopted because of it being the only Dravidian party in pre-Robertian India that had relatively moderate views, with the rest primarily being hard communists. They were hesitant to use red or black for the same reason, as all previous communistic pan-Dravidian flags - at least in Tamil Nadu - were mostly red and black. And indeed, black and red are the respective colours of the Dravidian Socialist Party and the fringe Marxist-Leninist Party of Dravidia, while the Dravidian Centre Party is green, the Libertarian Party is white, and the National Party is blue - taken from the flag rather than the flag being derived from their colours.
Sri Lanka
No change.
Nepal
Still the world's only non-rectangular flag.
Tibet
The flag of the RL government-in-exile.
Bhutan
No change.
Himalaya
Pretty simple flag with symbolism - the white represents the Himalayas, the green represents the greenery of the area (jungles or otherwise), the blue is the sky, the yellow hemisphere is the sun... nothing out of the ordinary!
Myanmar
While a recent proposal IRL, this flag was adopted in 2015 in the Robertian timeline.
Thailand
No change.
Andaman Trust Territory
A pretty simple flag, really. The bow and arrow speaks to the historical (and current) reputation of the islanders for their archery, and the colours are merely for distinction value.
Nicobar Trust Territory
No real symbolism here. The inhabitants simply wanted something distinct that matched their homeland. Also (IC) the newest of the flags, having been accepted in February.
Malay Federation
With its plurality of stripes and multi-pointed star, the old flag of Malaysia seemed to better suit the diversity of the new Malay Federation than making a new flag from scratch. There is talk of replacing the canton with a chevron as a callback to the Philippines.
Papua
The Morning Star flies proudly over Papua as a symbol of victory over irredentism and of resiliency in the face of a "slow-motion genocide." The flag of Papua New Guinea has been retired, but the Bird of Paradise is still used on some of Papua's provincial flags.
Australia
The dissolution of the United Kingdom in this timeline forced Australia to revisit many old flag suggestions, and this one - designed in 2000 by Franck Gentil - was the one that eventually won out.
New Zealand
Another result of citizen design polling, this one was made in 2000 by Kyle Lockwood, using the "Silver Fern" emblem that has gained a measure of popularity in New Zealand. (Up to this point, OOC and IC overlap completely! But...) Immediately after Dispersion, there was a vote on a number of citizen designs, with this one winning the final referendum and being made New Zealand's official flag at the beginning of 2016.
United States of Melanesia
This flag is symbolic of the people (the black represents the "Mela-" in Melanesia, which comes from the dark skin of its inhabitants), the rugged terrain (brown), and the lush vegetation (green).
Polynesian Union
Yet another poll result. They basically took the background of French Polynesia and replaced its coat of arms with a circle of many stars (representing the "Poly" in Polynesia!) and a stylised cross in the middle (as the Polynesian Union is overwhelmingly Christian).
Hawaii
Literally the only flag left with the Union jack on it, simply because it matches the overall colour scheme of the flag and nobody could decide what to replace it with!
Federation of Micronesia
While the flag has changed (more stars, and the stars have slightly different meaning now) the colour scheme and basic principle have not.
Cambodia
No change.
Vietnam
No change.
China
Based on the original design of "Francos Spain" (the original creator of the New Pacific Order in NationStates and its flag), this flag takes the Ceuta-inspired design (still used in Cyber Nations) and replaces the original blue background with red, much like the NPO's war flag. The black rays and the golden star remain the same. (IC) A Francoist flag through and through.
Taiwan
Part of establishing a new identity for Taiwan post-Robertian Era involved shedding all remnants of the old order - the Republic of China ceased to exist, replaced by the Republic of Taiwan, and this old nationalist flag suggestion suddenly became a whole lot more appealing!
Japan
No change.
Korea
Since this flag was based on that of the Korean Empire anyway, it was the favourite going into the polls, and garnered an 89.5% super-majority, well over the amount needed to make this the flag of united Korea. The remainder looked at the old Korean Empire flag, which was really a busier form of the same thing anyway.
Turkey
No change.
Syria
With the Ba'ath party having been destroyed during the Cataclysm preceding the Robertian Era, Syria returned to a pre-Ba'ath flag and has been defined by a process of "de-Assadization," including the rejection of the red-band Ba'ath-incorporated flag.
Libnan
No change from RL Lebanon.
Israel-Palestine
With both sides weary of war after the ten-year powder keg that was the Robertian Era, Israeli Jews and moderate Palestinian Arabs sat down and talked rather than fighting each other during Dispersion - granted, both parties still fought against the Gazawis, as those saw the former as illegal invaders and the latter as traitors to their own people. But after agreeing on a "one-state solution," they agitated their rowdy neighbours even further by creating this flag, adding red bands and a blue Islamic crescent to represent the Palestinians. There are also no more white bands on the horizontal edges.
Gaza
Gaza kept the old Palestinian flag.
Jordan
No changes here.
Hijaz
The Pan-Islamic State of Hijaz was founded by moderate Muslim mullahs who desired an end to the politicisation of the Two Holy Mosques. Neutral on Islam-internal religious issues other than terrorism as an official policy, their flag reflects that with its golden shahadah and crescent-star; all Muslims are allowed in-country for hajj regardless of denomination, provided they are unarmed (only Hijazi citizens may bear arms in Hijaz). The base is the Hejazi flag of 1917.
Saudi Kingdom
Hasn't changed from RL Saudi Arabia.
Sana'a
This new flag is based on Yemen's old flag, turned sideways, and the zulfiqar, a split-tipped sword emblematic of Shi'a Islam, in the middle. (Along with Persia and Hazarastan, Sana'a is one of three officially Shi'a nations.)
Aden
Aden uses the old flag of socialist South Yemen.
Oman
No change.
United Arab Emirates
Their borders may have changed slightly, but their flag hasn't!
Qatar
No change here, either.
Bahrain
No change.
Kuwait
No change.
Babylon
Bearing on it the symbol of Shamash, which was often used by rulers of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Babylonian flag is said to be Jarkko Salomäki's least favourite because of the emblem. "It looks like an eye if you look at it a certain way," the Uralican president said. "Creepy."
Kurdistan
This flag has been used by Kurds for some time now. Is it any surprise they adopted it as their national flag?
Persia
Having returned to the Shahdom system, Persia has changed its state flag in kind, giving the Islamic state flag to the council of faqihs (that is, the Guardian Council) that serves as the Shah's religious advisory board and Persia's upper chamber of government.
Balochistan
Balochistani leaders had no qualms about using this flag in spite of its connotations - it was used by jihadist militants both before and during the Robertian Era.
Ghor
(IC) Ghor insisted on passing this eyesore of a flag because of its connection to the Aimaq people, with Aimaq separatist movements having used it in the past. It has "allahu akbar" in the centre of the flag.
(OOC) As much as I didn't like the colours, it was a simple flag scheme, so why not?
Hazarastan
Also based on separatist flags, the old Iranian emblem gains new life here in the Islamic Republic of Hazarastan, with the blessing of Persia's Guardian Council, who also still uses the symbol.
Pashmenish
Taken from a Pashtun political party flag, this one adds a blue crescent and makes the inverted star blue. There was talk of using a variant of pre-Islamic Republic Afghanistan's flag, but that was torpedoed.
Nuristan
Uses the 1992-2001 (Islamic Republic) flag of Afghanistan.
Punjab
Combines the flag of the Sikh Empire with a throwback to Pakistan, with the star replaced by the Sikh Khalsa symbol. Was initially a bit controversial.
Kashmir
All it does is add a black crescent-star to Kashmir's independence movement flag.
Bharat
The flag of RL India. Given that the endonym of RL India by Hindi-speakers is Bharat already... no real surprise here.
Dravidia
A new flag; the symbol was that of the All India Anna Dravidian Progressive Federation and was adopted because of it being the only Dravidian party in pre-Robertian India that had relatively moderate views, with the rest primarily being hard communists. They were hesitant to use red or black for the same reason, as all previous communistic pan-Dravidian flags - at least in Tamil Nadu - were mostly red and black. And indeed, black and red are the respective colours of the Dravidian Socialist Party and the fringe Marxist-Leninist Party of Dravidia, while the Dravidian Centre Party is green, the Libertarian Party is white, and the National Party is blue - taken from the flag rather than the flag being derived from their colours.
Sri Lanka
No change.
Nepal
Still the world's only non-rectangular flag.
Tibet
The flag of the RL government-in-exile.
Bhutan
No change.
Himalaya
Pretty simple flag with symbolism - the white represents the Himalayas, the green represents the greenery of the area (jungles or otherwise), the blue is the sky, the yellow hemisphere is the sun... nothing out of the ordinary!
Myanmar
While a recent proposal IRL, this flag was adopted in 2015 in the Robertian timeline.
Thailand
No change.
Andaman Trust Territory
A pretty simple flag, really. The bow and arrow speaks to the historical (and current) reputation of the islanders for their archery, and the colours are merely for distinction value.
Nicobar Trust Territory
No real symbolism here. The inhabitants simply wanted something distinct that matched their homeland. Also (IC) the newest of the flags, having been accepted in February.
Malay Federation
With its plurality of stripes and multi-pointed star, the old flag of Malaysia seemed to better suit the diversity of the new Malay Federation than making a new flag from scratch. There is talk of replacing the canton with a chevron as a callback to the Philippines.
Papua
The Morning Star flies proudly over Papua as a symbol of victory over irredentism and of resiliency in the face of a "slow-motion genocide." The flag of Papua New Guinea has been retired, but the Bird of Paradise is still used on some of Papua's provincial flags.
Australia
The dissolution of the United Kingdom in this timeline forced Australia to revisit many old flag suggestions, and this one - designed in 2000 by Franck Gentil - was the one that eventually won out.
New Zealand
Another result of citizen design polling, this one was made in 2000 by Kyle Lockwood, using the "Silver Fern" emblem that has gained a measure of popularity in New Zealand. (Up to this point, OOC and IC overlap completely! But...) Immediately after Dispersion, there was a vote on a number of citizen designs, with this one winning the final referendum and being made New Zealand's official flag at the beginning of 2016.
United States of Melanesia
This flag is symbolic of the people (the black represents the "Mela-" in Melanesia, which comes from the dark skin of its inhabitants), the rugged terrain (brown), and the lush vegetation (green).
Polynesian Union
Yet another poll result. They basically took the background of French Polynesia and replaced its coat of arms with a circle of many stars (representing the "Poly" in Polynesia!) and a stylised cross in the middle (as the Polynesian Union is overwhelmingly Christian).
Hawaii
Literally the only flag left with the Union jack on it, simply because it matches the overall colour scheme of the flag and nobody could decide what to replace it with!
Federation of Micronesia
While the flag has changed (more stars, and the stars have slightly different meaning now) the colour scheme and basic principle have not.
Cambodia
No change.
Vietnam
No change.
China
Based on the original design of "Francos Spain" (the original creator of the New Pacific Order in NationStates and its flag), this flag takes the Ceuta-inspired design (still used in Cyber Nations) and replaces the original blue background with red, much like the NPO's war flag. The black rays and the golden star remain the same. (IC) A Francoist flag through and through.
Taiwan
Part of establishing a new identity for Taiwan post-Robertian Era involved shedding all remnants of the old order - the Republic of China ceased to exist, replaced by the Republic of Taiwan, and this old nationalist flag suggestion suddenly became a whole lot more appealing!
Japan
No change.
Korea
Since this flag was based on that of the Korean Empire anyway, it was the favourite going into the polls, and garnered an 89.5% super-majority, well over the amount needed to make this the flag of united Korea. The remainder looked at the old Korean Empire flag, which was really a busier form of the same thing anyway.
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