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  • @jmkbartsch
    @jmkbartsch 3 роки тому +1392

    Togo's flag ratio makes the most sense. It says that the flag must follow the golden ratio. That's more or less what many other countries (3:5, 5:8, etc.) are trying to emulate. But Togo was smart enough to basically just say: "Yeah, we follow the golden ratio. Period." - I think that's clever.

    • @aliersinoral
      @aliersinoral 2 роки тому +43

      It's hard to draw golden ratio by hand on a paper doe

    • @felipeburesti4440
      @felipeburesti4440 2 роки тому +44

      thats right the proportion of togos flag is 1:1,61...

    • @ritapathakritapathak3832
      @ritapathakritapathak3832 2 роки тому +6

      🇹🇬

    • @demeburtini
      @demeburtini 2 роки тому +28

      @@aliersinoral no, it's very easy. First you draw a square, then with the compass you point at the medium point of the square base and to the up right angle. The interception between the line that continues from the square base and the compass line is the golden ratio

    • @demeburtini
      @demeburtini 2 роки тому +10

      also, the red square with the star in the Togo flag is in golden ratio too

  • @cytobii
    @cytobii 3 роки тому +2835

    the togo flag proportions is actually really cool: the weird symbol is the golden ratio and if you ask me a pretty cool idea

    • @problems3485
      @problems3485 3 роки тому +83

      @Fihlippe Luhis I would’ve cringed even more if he said pi honestly

    • @Notmyname1593
      @Notmyname1593 3 роки тому +43

      @@problems3485 I see you have problems with reading. Noone mentioned pi.

    • @TurtleMarcus
      @TurtleMarcus 3 роки тому +138

      @@Notmyname1593 I see you have problems with reading. He said it would be more cringe for Drew to mistake phi for pi.

    • @problems3485
      @problems3485 3 роки тому +33

      @@TurtleMarcus thank u

    • @drpa6881
      @drpa6881 3 роки тому +2

      phi!!!!

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 3 роки тому +1460

    1:52 "i have never seen a nation go through so many flags" - while sitting in the US which changes it Flag everytime a new state joins.

    • @GobbiExists
      @GobbiExists 3 роки тому +55

      Gotta love those minor differences.

    • @dogodog1247
      @dogodog1247 3 роки тому +119

      yeah, but that was over the course of 240 years. And also, not all states join individually, one time the US just added 5 stars directly cuz 5 states joined, they don't have to update their flag 5 separate times for that.

    • @User-qz2wz
      @User-qz2wz 3 роки тому +8

      @@dogodog1247 the Afghan flags were technically older though

    • @biggibbs4678
      @biggibbs4678 3 роки тому +13

      "in this short a time period"

    • @davidguthary8147
      @davidguthary8147 3 роки тому +60

      The United States has had 28 official flags over a period of 245 years, all based on the same design except the first (Union Jack in the canton). Afghanistan has gone through 25 flags in 312 years, 19 of which were in the 20th century alone, and 7 in just the year 1929, with several different designs used at various points.

  • @SacsachCCABP
    @SacsachCCABP Рік тому +234

    "What symbol is that, togo? Is it infinity?"
    It's phi, a symbol now used to represent the golden ratio. The golden ratio is 1:φ, and is the most appealing to look at for a bunch of reasons but I'm no mathmetician.

    • @hallojava2458
      @hallojava2458 Рік тому +6

      φ as a number is 1+sqrt(5) all over 2 (approximately 1.618), and rectangles in the golden ratio (1:φ) are generally agreed upon to be "perfect" because people just like it. Approximations include 2:3, 3:5 and 5:8.

    • @fiiral5870
      @fiiral5870 Рік тому +2

      its one nice ratio

    • @hexagon4242
      @hexagon4242 Рік тому +1

      It's the ratio that the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence approach between themselves. Since this sequence is seen in nature a lot, it's makes shapes with that ratio really appealing to the eye. The golden rectangle (A rectangle with that ratio) has been scientifically found to be the easiest shape to look at. There's also a bunch of cool mathematical tricks you can do with phi (Such as how phi^2 = phi +1 and 1/phi = phi - 1) among other things. Togo made a really good choice with their flag ratio.

    • @hallojava2458
      @hallojava2458 Рік тому +1

      @@hexagon4242 I slightly disagree with some of your points. However, all of them are common misconceptions, so I feel like it's worth stating why.
      1. The Fibonacci sequence producing the Golden Ratio is true, but that's kind of giving it too much credit. Any sequence taking the sum of the previous 2 terms as the next term will produce the Golden Ratio. In my opinion, the Lucas sequence is most intimately associated with φ, as the Nth term of the sequence = φ^N (rounded). (Incidentally, the Lucas sequence also follows the " taking the sum of the previous 2 terms as the next term" rule, starting with 1 and 3.)
      2. Fibonacci numbers do turn up in nature, but the extent to which that is the case is usually exagerated.
      3. I don't know of any study that claims that the Golden Rectangle is the most appealing. I think it's just that everyone agrees with it being "perfect".

    • @terdragontra8900
      @terdragontra8900 Рік тому +2

      mathematician here, the ratio is cool, but the """fact""" that golden rectangles are objectively beautiful is doubtful and more a matter of psychology than mathematics. its just a very commonly spread "pop math" thing

  • @jarjars3261
    @jarjars3261 Рік тому +31

    After a bit of research, I found the flag in 8:33. It's like I already suspected a Prussian regimental flag, specifically of the 32nd Infantry Regiment from Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, a small principality in the south-west of Germany, nowadays in the province of Baden-Württemberg.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Рік тому

      I could see the black-white-black prussian flag in there.
      The whole thing is probably a result of the Württemberg line of the Hohenzollern house.

    • @JafuetTheSame
      @JafuetTheSame 8 місяців тому +1

      That was a thing in those days: every regiment had its own flag (or at least unique color variation). Something for the vexillologists...

    • @LindsayWagner-vz1vg
      @LindsayWagner-vz1vg 4 місяці тому

      Something I thought of was the symbol in the corners. It looks like the emblem on the San Marino flag!

  • @livispuzzled
    @livispuzzled 3 роки тому +1423

    “yemen can be the only flag with red, black, and white”
    egypt, syria, trinidad and tobago, nono germany, wwi germany, and iraq: oh?

  • @extramangos2578
    @extramangos2578 3 роки тому +2269

    Drew: Why is America always trying to be different?
    Also Drew 10 minutes later: 12:08

    • @Wolfbroa
      @Wolfbroa 3 роки тому +41

      Not to mention every single flag is different there too not just the USA but for some reason it gets called out

    • @Lufinsmemezone
      @Lufinsmemezone 3 роки тому +4

      Oh I get it

    • @GreenFoxLuama
      @GreenFoxLuama 3 роки тому +52

      @@Wolfbroa because "America bad, give me likes"

    • @JoQeZzZ
      @JoQeZzZ 3 роки тому +7

      Also 6:18

    • @benjamin2822000
      @benjamin2822000 3 роки тому +2

      @@Wolfbroa m

  • @braunbekmaxim5821
    @braunbekmaxim5821 3 роки тому +538

    Drew: I've never seen a nation go through so many flags.
    Also Drew: lives in the USA, a nation that changes its flag every time a new state is added.

    • @howardbaxter2514
      @howardbaxter2514 2 роки тому +70

      At least the US is consistent about it. Like it is just a subtle change dealing with the stars. Unlike Afghanistan, you could time travel to the US during any year in the last 3 centuries and any quick glance at a flag will tell you that you are in the US.

    • @reanbowlerd5988
      @reanbowlerd5988 2 роки тому +24

      The united states didnt change their flag 6 times in a single year, and its not like there were 50 different US flags with a single new star each time. Timelines matter when you are being critical

    • @arrozenescau1539
      @arrozenescau1539 2 роки тому +1

      Jesse wtf ur talking about

    • @MWSin1
      @MWSin1 2 роки тому +15

      To be fair, that has happened exactly twice in the last hundred years, in 1959 and 1960.

  • @gforceneonaxetake2345
    @gforceneonaxetake2345 2 роки тому +22

    "I've never seen a nation go through this many flags in such a small time"
    America: hold my beer

    • @andrejradicevic1411
      @andrejradicevic1411 2 роки тому +1

      hold my cola*

    • @metalswifty23
      @metalswifty23 2 роки тому +1

      Key words there being "in such a small time." 27 (I think) in 246 years is an awful lot better than 19 in around 100 years, especially when there were like 7 in the same year. Plus, the USA's flag is pretty consistent in its design, with the only changes being a star added (or multiple stars at once in the earlier years). Afghanistan just does whatever the hell it wants for no reason, and it's dumb.

  • @Rextum
    @Rextum Рік тому +6

    9:34 Normal man: ”Oh my gosh, they are so beautiful”
    Flag man: ”Yes, they are lovely, great shapes and nice hues”
    Normal man: ”Indeed, those are the prettiest women athletes I’ve ever seen…”
    Flag man: ”Women? What women?”

  • @Feeeeelix405
    @Feeeeelix405 3 роки тому +376

    I'm from Germany and my English teacher wanted us to do a Presentation about Australia. I have chosen to make it about the Emu war and I think that's perfect.

    • @paavoo3367
      @paavoo3367 3 роки тому +7

      Und hast du eine 1 bekommen?

    • @Feeeeelix405
      @Feeeeelix405 3 роки тому +3

      Ne in einer Woche ist Präsentation

    • @paavoo3367
      @paavoo3367 3 роки тому +1

      @@Feeeeelix405 na dann viel Glück und bissl geklauter UA-cam Name von thejocraft hahah

    • @oversizeddoorhandle4214
      @oversizeddoorhandle4214 3 роки тому +10

      Im learning german but a shit this is gonna be hard that what did you written there.

    • @Feeeeelix405
      @Feeeeelix405 3 роки тому

      @@paavoo3367 Ja bin größer Jo Fan

  • @Monky-zm9nr
    @Monky-zm9nr 3 роки тому +352

    "I've never seen a nation go through this many flags"
    America: Allow us to introduce ourselves

    • @HolyRomanEmpire962-1806
      @HolyRomanEmpire962-1806 3 роки тому +20

      Afghanistan: *changes flag again*

    • @rubixtheslime
      @rubixtheslime 3 роки тому +10

      For once I'm defending America: at least it's fairly consistent, with the only change being the start field. Also, fun fact, US flag code states that it is always perfectly acceptable to fly any previous flag as though it were the current one.

    • @GeoTube9
      @GeoTube9 2 роки тому +1

      Afghanistan changes their flag for unknown reasons like their recent change sucks

    • @wyattstevens8574
      @wyattstevens8574 Місяць тому

      *Let me reintroduce myself* (I thought of the Gemini commercial when I saw your comment)

  • @one-eyedsurvivors5057
    @one-eyedsurvivors5057 3 роки тому +856

    Drew: Denmark, that looks like a time. 28 : 37?
    *Me, a non-American trying to understand how that can be possible considering there are 24 hours in a day*: Things must be different in America

    • @lawden210
      @lawden210 3 роки тому +95

      Ironically, the US uses the 12 hour AM/PM system. Though, on a side note: planets where days are longer could have a "28:37"

    • @imacat4571
      @imacat4571 3 роки тому +7

      Army time correct

    • @youraveragerobloxkid
      @youraveragerobloxkid 3 роки тому +4

      nope, same here.

    • @ПавелШарпов-к5л
      @ПавелШарпов-к5л 3 роки тому +37

      That's just 4:37 of the next day, like 32nd day of August or something.

    • @cbhorxo
      @cbhorxo 3 роки тому +2

      He was talking about the YEAR 2837. (e.g. - This is the year 2021)

  • @danieln9226
    @danieln9226 Рік тому +165

    The Belarusian flag at the end is what it used to look like. The current one is more or less linked to it's current "president" Lukashenko(let's be honest, he's basically a dictator). You can see this flag (white-red-white) on the Chevron/Patches of the Belarusian soldiers fighting alongside Ukrainians troops against russians.

    • @matchaeylle
      @matchaeylle Рік тому

      yep basically appointed by putin.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Рік тому +29

      you beat me to this! im belarusian in heritage (born in australia because parents moved here before i was born). i wish more people knew that the white-red-white is the flag we accept because it represents belarusian freedom.

    • @jakubnowak649
      @jakubnowak649 Рік тому +6

      and the official flag kinda represents opression of the Belarusian language

    • @TwilightDawn193
      @TwilightDawn193 Рік тому

      @@jakubnowak649 There's no such. It's a dialect of Russian.

    • @ccclxxxiv9633
      @ccclxxxiv9633 Рік тому +1

      @@TwilightDawn193 cry more, ruzzian fashist

  • @ferudunatakan
    @ferudunatakan Рік тому +2

    Drew: All 100+ countries will attack you
    Me that counted unrecognized countries and find there is *223* countries: 👁👄👁

  • @micayahritchie7158
    @micayahritchie7158 3 роки тому +290

    5:05
    Togo: Has perfect flag ratio
    Drew Durnil: Is ThAt InFiNiTy?
    Ps: that's the golden ratio

    • @DarwinskiYT
      @DarwinskiYT 3 роки тому +5

      @Hi last name ur mom

    • @phoenix1026
      @phoenix1026 3 роки тому +3

      @Ein Mensch how much is it in numbers?

    • @windowstudios45alt
      @windowstudios45alt 3 роки тому +4

      @@phoenix1026 around 1.6

    • @phoenix1026
      @phoenix1026 3 роки тому +1

      @@windowstudios45alt ok

    • @Emil-yd1ge
      @Emil-yd1ge 3 роки тому +2

      That is the ratio they should use if they were to standardise it! Isn't it the ratio of paper sheets anyaway?

  • @hanswurst6712
    @hanswurst6712 3 роки тому +280

    4:39 Qatar is just so rich, they just have all ultra wide sreens there. 😅

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 3 роки тому +1

      Yes we do😎

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 3 роки тому +6

      @@karkris5419 if you haven’t heard there have been reforms this year thankfully, worker payments were increased and their lives have been improved significantly.

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 3 роки тому +4

      @@karkris5419 agreed. It won't change that fact but I'm happy that the country I live in is finally trying to be better.

    • @ziadbaha1699
      @ziadbaha1699 3 роки тому +2

      @@karkris5419 oh I'm glad you agree 👍

    • @dyna6448
      @dyna6448 3 роки тому +1

      My ultrawide isn't even that wide!

  • @GBT164
    @GBT164 3 роки тому +411

    Drew: the south of the Netherlands is just Belgium.
    me: Finally someone who understands

    • @hiddesytsema9155
      @hiddesytsema9155 3 роки тому +19

      The country is ours but the people arent

    • @_MC529
      @_MC529 3 роки тому +20

      Isn't the North of Belgium just the Netherlands tho? Lol

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 3 роки тому +15

      It’s a funny cause it’s a runnng Dutch joke that belgium is southern netherlands

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 роки тому +12

      @@gible2330 But what if the Netherlands were actually nothern Belgium? 🤔

    • @gible2330
      @gible2330 3 роки тому +8

      @@_blank-_ no

  • @80Mollusc
    @80Mollusc Рік тому +2

    “Why does the US have to be different?”
    *proceeds to show literally every country being different*

  • @aqimjulayhi8798
    @aqimjulayhi8798 2 роки тому +35

    I’m so used to the Malaysian flag changing design when held vertically, it surprised me that it’s considered an odd quirk. But it looks more symmetrical that way.

  • @harshit2.02
    @harshit2.02 3 роки тому +179

    That Nepal ratio was hilarious

    • @ashercampbell9425
      @ashercampbell9425 3 роки тому +43

      in their countries constitution they literally have a 24-step guide on how to make a nepalese flag

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 роки тому +12

      That could be a math problem 😂

    • @asheep7797
      @asheep7797 3 роки тому +3

      It wouldve been 2 by 3 if the blue border wasnt there.

    • @oresttheproto
      @oresttheproto 3 роки тому +7

      🇳🇵

    • @Attaxalotl
      @Attaxalotl 3 роки тому +5

      "What's the aspect ratio on your flat"
      "Yes, we have an aspect ratio""

  • @bjoen
    @bjoen 3 роки тому +191

    Drew: isnt south Netherlands just Belgium?
    Every person from the Netherlands: **insert happy crying noises**

    • @Royale-Thalia
      @Royale-Thalia 3 роки тому +1

      I don’t understand Belgium is not part of Netherlands so why people always say Wallonie is part of France and North part ( forgot the name in english) is part of Netherlands, like if they are they will be broke

    • @bjoen
      @bjoen 3 роки тому +2

      @@Royale-Thalia 1st of all, there has been a years long debate for Belgium wanting to split, but its just kinda a joke in the Netherlands

    • @brittakriep2938
      @brittakriep2938 2 роки тому

      @@Royale-Thalia : In german northern Belgium is called Flandern, so in english perhaps Flanders?

    • @Fenix-dp1cm
      @Fenix-dp1cm 2 роки тому

      @@brittakriep2938 As a Spanish I am sure that part was called Flandes. Sorry for sending the Duke of Lerma, we also don't like him.

    • @KristianLyubenovYT
      @KristianLyubenovYT 2 роки тому

      to me South Belgium is more sensible French people and North Belgium is less sensible Dutch people lol

  • @syedarif4554
    @syedarif4554 3 роки тому +306

    can we just appreciate that drew say 1939 instead of 1936 lol good video

  • @joshuaschexnyder2331
    @joshuaschexnyder2331 2 роки тому +4

    "I've never seen a nation go through this many flags"
    America: *laughs hysterically*

  • @sarakamel7819
    @sarakamel7819 2 роки тому +1

    Drew: Yemen can be the only one rocking the red white black flag
    Egypt:am I alive??

  • @johnathanotolinskisa9223
    @johnathanotolinskisa9223 3 роки тому +88

    Drew: "What is wrong with the US?"
    Basically everyone who isn't American: Everything

    • @KubickQ
      @KubickQ 3 роки тому +8

      A large amount of Americans, too

    • @kayk2631
      @kayk2631 3 роки тому +2

      Ikr I'm American and...

    • @artistrg3487
      @artistrg3487 2 роки тому

      The U.S. is a very misunderstood country…

    • @andrejradicevic1411
      @andrejradicevic1411 2 роки тому

      As a Serb i can confirm, for them its no logic for a country to have a flag in their like australia has uk's inside of their's BUT IT IS LOGIC TO THEM that a cuntry has the EXACT same flag as othr country and the EXACT same name.

  • @nikolas7153
    @nikolas7153 3 роки тому +48

    Drew: why wouldnt they just go with the belerussian flag?
    The dictator of belaruss: insert meme template

  • @xy9784
    @xy9784 3 роки тому +48

    new update:
    Patch notes for 1.19:
    new flag
    thank you for reading

    • @abiez4018
      @abiez4018 3 роки тому +1

      Also patched some "Bugs"

    • @lewiss.9632
      @lewiss.9632 3 роки тому +2

      No, I think it's version 2.0.21

    • @fzr850
      @fzr850 3 роки тому +1

      @@lewiss.9632 Nah waiting for 2.0.22

  • @erickpacas5409
    @erickpacas5409 2 роки тому +6

    I've been watching Drew's videos for a while and love his content, but to see the flag of my homecountry El Salvador featured, not once but TWICE in a video, it's pretty wild! You got a new subscriptor Mr Drew

  • @erdnussflip007
    @erdnussflip007 2 роки тому +6

    8:31 this is an old military banner of prussia. It is the unique flag of either the VII., VIII., XVIII. or XX. corps of the prussian army after 1890. And yes what you showed is the version they have on wikipedia

  • @xaviertricot776
    @xaviertricot776 3 роки тому +369

    14:48 the Belarus flag 🇧🇾 is as seen as the Lukashenko's terror regime flag and is inherited of the soviet period (even if it was adopted in 1995), while the ⚪🔴⚪ flag was the one of the first independant republic of Belarus in 1918 and is used by the pro-democracy movement in Belarus.

    • @cherry-nq4ts
      @cherry-nq4ts 3 роки тому +5

      i triggered when i saw thad flag

    • @ggeshundra
      @ggeshundra 3 роки тому +2

      No one cares

    • @ololo518
      @ololo518 3 роки тому +5

      Although I have to say that current flag is beautiful with those ornaments and live colors...
      And I'm not fond of red-white flags (my country has it, 2/10 not recomend)

    • @rhsmn2334
      @rhsmn2334 3 роки тому +6

      @@ololo518 ornaments really don't belong to flags, although by itself this one is pretty from my POV as well
      the green-red combination reminds me of puke tho

    • @ololo518
      @ololo518 3 роки тому +2

      @@rhsmn2334 why they don't belong? Can someone say "no, that thing you put on flag shouldn't be there"? Is there a commitee?

  • @justanotherhotguy
    @justanotherhotguy 3 роки тому +177

    Togo’s proportion is 1 : φ (which is equivalent to one plus the square root of five, divided by two), it’s the Golden Ratio hence the most beautiful flag. Phi is about 1.6, where as printed paper of A4 size is 1: sqrt 2, around 1.4.
    Tbh all flags should either by 1 : 1.4 or 1 : 1.6.

  • @harshit2.02
    @harshit2.02 3 роки тому +59

    Drew talking about Indonesia and Monaco
    Meanwhile Chad and Romania : 👁👄👁

    • @manny5500
      @manny5500 3 роки тому +4

      Bahrain and Qatar : 👁👄👁

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk 3 роки тому +5

      🇱🇻🇦🇹
      🇹🇩🇷🇴
      🇮🇩🇲🇨
      🇧🇭🇶🇦
      Monaco & Indonesia and Chad & Romania are identical

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk 3 роки тому +2

      @@gisellestephanieaudrienna5704 Latvia and Austria are easy to differentiate

    • @heavenlydusk
      @heavenlydusk 3 роки тому +2

      Ivory Coast/ Cote d'Ivoire and Ireland are pretty similar

    • @User-qz2wz
      @User-qz2wz 3 роки тому +1

      @@manny5500 they have different resolutions And colours and arrows lol

  • @gadgetj5279
    @gadgetj5279 2 роки тому +1

    Guam: 22:41
    Drew: you know that's a bit excessive...
    El Salvador: 189:335
    Drew: **ignores**

  • @ShedowGame
    @ShedowGame Рік тому +1

    11:25
    "everything is better than the blue background"
    "one day we will get rid of those dark blue backgrounds", he said, with a dark blue background behind him.

  • @pzevenkyusuf8422
    @pzevenkyusuf8422 3 роки тому +107

    "yemen is the only country that can rock the whithe black red flag"
    The German Empire : :(

    • @kepigirl
      @kepigirl 3 роки тому +1

      The only existing country xd

    • @regnumreq3617
      @regnumreq3617 3 роки тому +5

      @@kepigirl sir what about syria and iraq and egypt

    • @DarwinskiYT
      @DarwinskiYT 3 роки тому +6

      Most of the Middle East: ._.

    • @kepigirl
      @kepigirl 3 роки тому

      @@regnumreq3617 I'm egyptian and there is a yellow bird in the flag so it's technically not only red white and black 😒😒

    • @Msalkk
      @Msalkk 2 роки тому

      @@kepigirl barely

  • @TheGuyWhoTakesYourGirl
    @TheGuyWhoTakesYourGirl 3 роки тому +95

    As a german, I think we need more dogs in flags. If the Czech Republic ever want to combine their olympics team with ours just to have a flag with a dog together, I am totally in.

  • @WingMaster562
    @WingMaster562 3 роки тому +25

    Either the Philippine Flag at 2:20 was hanged wrongly, or that lone Filipino employee was at war with someone in that building.

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale 2 роки тому +1

      no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 2 роки тому +2

      @@lifinale if it's vertical, the red side should be on the right side not left. Hanging a PH flag vertical is not simply turning it 90" clockwise,

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale 2 роки тому +1

      @@WingMaster562 no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

    • @WingMaster562
      @WingMaster562 2 роки тому +2

      @@lifinale Please look it up for yourself before you take a stand about it. A quick search of "PH flag code vertical" or even Republic Act 8941 (if you want the specific law about it) will do.
      It used to be just rotate 90" clockwise, then WWII happened, flag was flipped, then the war ended and the flag was flipped back by Elpidio Quirino (with his E.O. 321 of 1950) but only mentioned the horizontal and forgot to mention the vertical hang so that remained. Then decades later, Fidel Ramos puts it in law in the amendement.

    • @lifinale
      @lifinale 2 роки тому +1

      @@WingMaster562 I want you to think about my last two comments… and answer again
      no that’s actually how you hang it sideways

  • @ferudunatakan
    @ferudunatakan Рік тому +2

    Southern Dutchland 🇳🇱 isn't Belgium 🇧🇪, northern Belgium 🇧🇪 is Dutchland 🇳🇱

  • @NickAndriadze
    @NickAndriadze 2 роки тому +2

    *1:47* Let's just all take a moment to agree that The Soviet Red and Golden color combination is *LEGENDARY!*
    *5:19* Ahh yes the United Seeds of Melonica!

  • @lucasalvarez8524
    @lucasalvarez8524 3 роки тому +16

    3:26 we all like to talk about ruining Great Britain's flag by incorporating Wales... but imagine the chain reaction of flag updates we'd need for all those countries with a Union Jack watermark. Total chaos.

    • @benc.3128
      @benc.3128 3 роки тому +5

      A Union Jack watermark
      *on the union jack*

  • @whentheisofthenot2050
    @whentheisofthenot2050 3 роки тому +181

    14:47
    That is the flag of the Belarusian democracy movement, I’m guessing they changed it after the protests :D

    • @davidthegreat4984
      @davidthegreat4984 3 роки тому +20

      They haven’t changed it. But some companies are changing it to support the democracy movement

    • @whentheisofthenot2050
      @whentheisofthenot2050 3 роки тому +16

      @@davidthegreat4984 that’s what I meant, should have been clearer

    • @Liggliluff
      @Liggliluff 3 роки тому +13

      It's just concept art from a user, it's actually not the official icons Duolingo uses.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Рік тому +4

      @@drfm16 the white-red-white is good. im belarusian. most of us agree it represents us. so your point? the flag is false, has no meaning, and the rushnik isnt even a real traditional design. its a trash soviet design made by a non-belarusian. its represents soviet control, lukashenko's regime, and meaningless design. its rubbish. the white-red-white is traditional, post-WW1 design when belarusian was free. it represents years of freedom. so, if that isnt good for a flag idk what is. you saying "not a good flag for representing Belarus" makes me think you dont know what you are talking about and you probably arent belarusian.

  • @kokolekroko882
    @kokolekroko882 3 роки тому +34

    1:58 Only the educated French people will not get Triggered.
    (I still got Triggered)

    • @JalebJay
      @JalebJay 3 роки тому

      I got a good laughter out of it.
      (Was half expecting it seeing it was plain white)

    • @pulse_mt
      @pulse_mt 3 роки тому

      yes, especially since France is the country with the most military victories in the world, but the Americans forget that...

  • @samuraidog
    @samuraidog 3 роки тому +3

    "pretty sure southern Netherlands is just Belgium"
    *you have provoked a gang war*

  • @S.R.S_Nuke
    @S.R.S_Nuke 3 роки тому +18

    2:38 maybe he’s tricking the geoguesser players

  • @ClaudiaRodriguez-rm5zn
    @ClaudiaRodriguez-rm5zn 3 роки тому +20

    In case no one knows, 5:05 the symbol there is called phi,
    or (1+√5)/2

  • @morganmcallister2001
    @morganmcallister2001 3 роки тому +48

    14:45 "Why would you not just go with the Belarussian flag though?" But Drew that is the Belarussian flag. The pre-Soviet Belarussian flag.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Рік тому

      fr

    • @Kongongongg
      @Kongongongg Рік тому

      Lol? Fictional country doesn’t count

    • @cc-to
      @cc-to Рік тому

      Using flags to represent languages just can't ever end well.

  • @boyacka1260
    @boyacka1260 2 роки тому +5

    My idea for a welsh addition to the union jack would be to have the bottom background be green rather than blue, i think it would fit better and not be too distracting

    • @ckl9390
      @ckl9390 2 роки тому

      I was thinking something like that, but I was thinking for the white portions on the bottom half of the Union Jack to be green. But then on second thought, that would cut out two of the crosses, so your suggestion is better.

    • @HappyBeezerStudios
      @HappyBeezerStudios Рік тому

      Might be an idea to take out the Ireland part since the Ireland isn't part of the union anymore. So out with the St. Patrick's Cross and in with green from the welsh flag and yellow from the ulster flag.

  • @I.like.beans.
    @I.like.beans. 2 роки тому +1

    “Yemen can be the only country rocking the red, black and white…”
    Syria and Iraq: 👁👄👁

  • @artificial_oysters
    @artificial_oysters 3 роки тому +19

    [Tip] Indonesia and monaco is actually different. Most of us can tell by the proportions but you could also see that the red in indonesia is much more brighter.

    • @idkwhatnametochoose6197
      @idkwhatnametochoose6197 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah, they are different but he didn’t say they were exactly the same, because Haiti 🇭🇹 and Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 even at the time had slightly different colors. Also the brighter colors are only in the web version of the flag, the physical version of the flag in real life has a more similar color to Monaco.

    • @SuperCatacata
      @SuperCatacata Рік тому

      Nobody will still be able to tell them apart unless you have them side by side.
      Unless you are Indo or from Monaco. Good luck trying to guess it correctly.

  • @palastofhistory4026
    @palastofhistory4026 3 роки тому +50

    Drew the flag at 8:58 is a prussian regimental flag every prussian regiment has the same design just difrent collor

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 роки тому

      Ahah NERDS

    • @palastofhistory4026
      @palastofhistory4026 3 роки тому +3

      @@_blank-_ OK uneducated person
      Now go play with ur lego s

    • @darkdeemen
      @darkdeemen 3 роки тому +5

      @@_blank-_ you are literally commenting on a video about flags

    • @delfinenteddyson9865
      @delfinenteddyson9865 3 роки тому +1

      @@palastofhistory4026 I don't think his comment was meant to be mean spirited.
      And legos are nice >:(

    • @ttv_timesoarer5563
      @ttv_timesoarer5563 2 роки тому

      Thank you

  • @dragongirl3148
    @dragongirl3148 3 роки тому +33

    12:08 lmao I’m a Malaysian and I didn’t realised that the Malaysian flag has to look like that for it to be correct vertically. I’ve been drawing them like the normal flag but facing down instead 🤡

  • @ENDI8089
    @ENDI8089 Рік тому +1

    The italian flag is literally what’s on pizza margherita basil,mozzarella, and tomato soup.

    • @ENDI8089
      @ENDI8089 4 місяці тому

      When did I write this?

  • @lafarfalla2273
    @lafarfalla2273 2 роки тому +2

    Real talk, I live in Jesenice and I've always been told our coat of arms just represents a metal hook (steel factory, big feature). Not once have I heard it referred to as a "J"

  • @StuffandThings_
    @StuffandThings_ 3 роки тому +44

    9:44
    Anyone else see those flags as ÷, +, *, and -?
    Or am I just going insane from math?

  • @kcechoxzar
    @kcechoxzar 3 роки тому +31

    5:04 Togo uses phi which is roughly 1.618 also known as the golden ratio, I think all countries should adopt this

    • @chunkyboi7443
      @chunkyboi7443 3 роки тому

      No

    • @eriXD_1510
      @eriXD_1510 3 роки тому

      Yes, either that or 1 : sqrt(2), which if cut in half and rotated by 90 degrees is again 1 : sqrt(2)

    • @_blank-_
      @_blank-_ 3 роки тому +1

      @@eriXD_1510 We could also draw them on A3 or A4 paper

  • @Aima952
    @Aima952 3 роки тому +27

    I agree with Togo, all the sensible looking flags have consecutive fibonacci numbers in their ratio so why not take it all the way?

  • @SetOfAllSets
    @SetOfAllSets 3 роки тому +11

    11:25 Look behind you

    • @aboodimimo6981
      @aboodimimo6981 Рік тому

      True

    • @LandH_Superkids
      @LandH_Superkids 8 місяців тому

      drew be like : we have got to get rid of blue backgrounds
      also drew : *has a blue background*

    • @LevSigal-alt
      @LevSigal-alt 4 місяці тому

      Turn your head sideways.

  • @whatthehellisthisaccount8984
    @whatthehellisthisaccount8984 2 роки тому +6

    10:26 you have cat flags and then you have Croatia

  • @ihavenoideawhatimdoing389
    @ihavenoideawhatimdoing389 3 роки тому +6

    As a welsh person, I can confirm that we made our flag a dragon to get away from the rest of the UK. We want out

  • @TheArklyte
    @TheArklyte 3 роки тому +15

    14:46
    "Why don't you go with belarusian flag?"
    Will somebody tell him?

  • @ombrage9413
    @ombrage9413 3 роки тому +15

    drew: I've never seen this many changes to a flag in one century
    *angry Malaysia noises*

  • @sn33zz93
    @sn33zz93 Рік тому +2

    12:08 Czechia has something similar… when you put the flag vertical you switch the position of the white and the red stripe (so the red stripe is then on the right side)

  • @fac7orcosplay
    @fac7orcosplay Рік тому +1

    "Ñ" on its beginnings was a replacement for the syllable "NI", the idea was to save space for the writing with typewriters. Ñ sounds like in Niagara Falls (Ñagara even though we don't write it this way, but works phonetically)

  • @White_Recluse
    @White_Recluse 3 роки тому +48

    14:59 That’s actually the Pre-Soviet Era flag of Belarus. You’ll see a lot of flags like that in protests, with a knight on horseback in the center. It’s also the flag of the Belarusian government that’s in exile.

  • @khulhucthulhu9952
    @khulhucthulhu9952 3 роки тому +5

    Props to Duolingo for actually using the people's flag for Belarus instead of the dictator's flag

  • @NanosoftRussia
    @NanosoftRussia 3 роки тому +5

    11:37 heyyy. Its my home! Republic of Chuvashia!

  • @rnjezus
    @rnjezus Рік тому +5

    About the Indonesia and Monaco Flag, Monaco got their flag from their coat of arms (i think) while Indonesia ripped the blue part of the Netherlands flag (yes this is true)

  • @FHL-Devils
    @FHL-Devils Рік тому

    5:50 - The pride of my academic career was grade 8 social studies when we had to read a book on Kenya, then do a 2-page in-class essay. I didn't read the book, and did 2+ pages on a *complete* breakdown of the Kenyan flag. Got an A, with the teacher writing "I know you didn't read the assigned material, but excellent use of acquired knowledge."
    I used my flag knowledge again to pad out an essay on the USSR. He called me out for that one.

  • @someguy2347
    @someguy2347 3 роки тому +6

    "One day we will get rid of those dark blue backgrounds..."
    **Has a blue wall behind him**

  • @j.d.manyakis3370
    @j.d.manyakis3370 3 роки тому +11

    2:19 looks like the Phillipines is at war

  • @ihatemotionblur_3255
    @ihatemotionblur_3255 3 роки тому +100

    drew pls pls pls start calling the new afghani flag "no-no afghanistan" i will literally force my entire family to subscribe to you if u do it plssss

    • @desparagon4595
      @desparagon4595 3 роки тому

      Hi JD end fyy try h

    • @reffog7195
      @reffog7195 3 роки тому +6

      He must call it the best Afghanistan

    • @vincentfreddoyle7555
      @vincentfreddoyle7555 3 роки тому +1

      yesssssssssssssssss

    • @BinglesP
      @BinglesP 2 роки тому

      Idk if UA-cam even allows him to say the name of the country since he sometimes censors it to “No-no-Stan-land”

  • @ChaosTheStinky
    @ChaosTheStinky Рік тому

    “Yemen is the only country Rockin red black and white”
    Sealand-“am I a joke to you?”

  • @axel9237
    @axel9237 2 роки тому +1

    That Belarusian flag was used in the protests against dictator lukasjenko. I guess that duolingo just wanted to show their support for the people of Belarus instead of using the states flag.

  • @este7955
    @este7955 3 роки тому +42

    About the Belarusian flag: there is a massive conflict with the government and so the whole nation now sticks to their old flag (this white red and white) which at the same time represents the revolution.
    So Duolingo kinda shows it's disapproval of the Belorusia president's cruelty.

    • @ANNA_SNAP
      @ANNA_SNAP Рік тому +1

      yeah. im belarusian and i love this white red white flag. though sadly the doulingo thing is fake, someone made it up. they dont offer belarusian

  • @Rescel1
    @Rescel1 3 роки тому +12

    5:11 Nepal we have Mountains and like math

  • @silphonym
    @silphonym 3 роки тому +16

    The flag used by the role-players/reenactors are probably the colors of a regiment/unit. There were a bunch of them, often with somewhat complex and intricate details.

  • @pizza4paddy375
    @pizza4paddy375 2 роки тому

    Drew: Watermelon flag, let’s goooo
    Me: you get 95 Quintillion dollars.(5 version of a million = quintillon)

  • @dannypipewrench533
    @dannypipewrench533 2 роки тому +3

    11:48 The Soviet flag had a specific banner variant, too. The banner was 2:1 with the star and hammer and sickle in the upper left corner. Basically the same, but the long end was the vertical edge.

  • @WOLLAHamigo
    @WOLLAHamigo 3 роки тому +25

    3:00 the netherlands is divided in three; north(North-Holland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Flevoland), mid(South-Holland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland) and south(Zeeland, North Brabant and Limbourg).

  • @semilyezhuregimbekov
    @semilyezhuregimbekov 3 роки тому +5

    7:02 Not only on Winter Olympics 2018, Asian Games 2018 too

  • @TheKnightCrafter123
    @TheKnightCrafter123 3 роки тому +17

    Guys nepal’s flag ratio is litteraly my math homework

  • @SuperMarioOddity
    @SuperMarioOddity Рік тому

    "What is that, Togo?!"
    *casually ignores El Salvador's 189:335*

  • @Wilbtube
    @Wilbtube 2 роки тому +4

    13:36 No, that is definitely a z. The town, after all, is called Zevenaar. This is how a z was written in the 17th century.

  • @nataliac.m.6998
    @nataliac.m.6998 3 роки тому +7

    13:52 don't worry I'll do it:
    _Ñ_
    No need to thank me

    • @easttur19auttp
      @easttur19auttp 2 місяці тому

      __________________
      | |
      | Ñ |
      | |
      L_____________|

  • @1994CivicGLi
    @1994CivicGLi 3 роки тому +26

    5:06 Togo rocking the Golden ratio flag

  • @rorycoffey5547
    @rorycoffey5547 3 роки тому +10

    Drew: Why wouldn't they just go with the Belarus flag tho..?
    Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: Allow me to introduce myself

  • @gregorydedios9980
    @gregorydedios9980 2 роки тому +2

    Oh my goodness! I live near DC, and I’ve been in that flag store!! It’s called the Alamo flag company in falls church, Virginia. It’s super cool to walk around. They have all sorts of flags, ribbons, lanyards, metals, pins and so much more! I love that store so mich and could walk around it for hours even though it’s not the largest. You wouldn’t believe how excited I got when I saw that picture and realized I’ve been there!

  • @einaleMelanie
    @einaleMelanie Рік тому

    1:1 flag ratio is the best one. No nonsense. Just square. Gorgeous.

  • @alexls1923
    @alexls1923 3 роки тому +6

    12:24 is no one going to mention that they can’t finish the puzzle because they got an extra piece instead of the correct one?

  • @tobiascoch4336
    @tobiascoch4336 3 роки тому +6

    The L Flag is A Village in Switzerland called Lichtensteig. It is called almost like the country Liechtenstein but it has nothing to do with it.

  • @LiterallyRyan_Gosling
    @LiterallyRyan_Gosling 3 роки тому +6

    Dutch person here, don't ask about the Confederate flag, we're planning something

  • @im697m
    @im697m 2 роки тому +1

    Wow I've always thought that Switzerland was the only country with different flag proportions

    • @Jivvi
      @Jivvi Рік тому

      It's not even the only one that's a square. 🇻🇦

  • @suisseanonyme1033
    @suisseanonyme1033 3 місяці тому

    fun fact, the swiss flag ratio isn't defined in the law, the 1:1 ratio is used by people and by Switzerland because people love it, but all ratio are ok.
    (but you will have to respect a lot of rules for the coulours and the cross)

  • @oliverodgers2012
    @oliverodgers2012 3 роки тому +6

    Togo has a flag that has the golden ration, meaning that the rectangle replicates itself for infinity and the ratio is a naturally occurring phenomena that plants often abide to. Their flag would be the shape of the golden rectangle, but another use for the golden ration is constructing the pentagram. I love math and I love Togo's flag, they really had some thought that was put into it.

  • @kilianfirebolt
    @kilianfirebolt 3 роки тому +8

    the whole world wondering what is wrong with us elections,
    americans meanwhile: 6:13

    • @seanbrummfield448
      @seanbrummfield448 3 роки тому

      That would actually seem interesting. The only president to ever get a flag, is Washington. And not only it's a flag but it's the name of a Cascadian state, and the name of our capital.

  • @GobbiExists
    @GobbiExists 3 роки тому +9

    14:45 Belarusian- just go with the Belarus flag
    *does he even know that there were protests going on in belarus for over a year*

  • @jakubraha6016
    @jakubraha6016 2 роки тому +2

    10:18 Žihobce is a really small town (~550 citizens) near where I grew up. It doesn't even have its own postcode, so I was surprised to see that it has its own flag... Even though it looks this way 😅

  • @Attaxalotl
    @Attaxalotl 2 роки тому

    Switzerland, Austria, Japan, and Poland have the four basic mathematical operations on their flags
    Switzerland: +
    Austria: -
    Japan: •
    Poland÷

  • @MrAlex_Raven
    @MrAlex_Raven 3 роки тому +7

    9:16 Almost positive that's by the Rivercenter in San Antonio, Texas.