Is scotlan a country,if not why it has a special flag?
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Yes, Scotland is a country.\nEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are 4 countries that together make the U.K.\nEngland, Scotland and Wales together are Great Britain.\nEngland, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland together are the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland',\nU.K. for short.\nEngland and wales joined governments around 1300AD and used one flag, the English flag of Saint George (central red cross on white background).\nScotland and the whole of Ireland joined with England and Wales around 1500AD and they made the Union Jack (Ship Flag) in the 1600's.\nThe 3 flags of England, Scotland and the old flag for the whole of Ireland, place on top of one another make the Union Jack/ U.K. flag of red, white and blue.\nIt is called a Union 'Jack' because a Jack is a name used for a flag displayed on a ship at sea. The flag on the land was called the Union Flag but people in the past liked the sound of Union Jack and so the U.K. government passed a law so it could be called a Jack on the land as well as at sea.\nNOTE - the dates i provided are not exact, just from memory.\n\nFlags -\nEngland, Flag of Saint George. White with central red cross.\nScotland, Flag of Saint David. Blue with diagonal white cross.\nIreland, Saint Patrick. White with diagonal red cross.\nU.K. - Union Flag/ Jack. Combination of the above 3 flags, red white and blue.
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True, they don't exactly have a "National" symbol like the US, but here are animals Native to Ireland, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish_Mammals, http://www.irelandseye.com/aarticles/travel/nature/index.shtm.
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The CSA flag is a flag foreign to most local jurisdictions.  Most towns, as municipal corporations, are incorporated like any corporation with the state in which they are in.  As such, the flags of any other state, the federal American flag and the CSA flag are all technically foreign to their own state and its' flag.  Depending on the specific wording of their codes, regulations, policies and ordinances, such prohibitions may act to prohibit much more than they might otherwise anticipate.  Remember, the CSA, just like the Ottoman Empire, the ancient Roman Empire, the Third Reich and the Soviet Union is equally foreign as it had its own system of government and state.
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It's an old custom.  Italy plays in blue rather than the colors of the national flag because blue was the official color of the Royal House of Savoy.  And the Azzurri tribute to the Italian monarchy survives to this day.
1111918
Because the Union Jack is the Union Flag of the United Kingdom of Great Britain which consists of four constituent entities of which are England, Scotland, Wales together with Northern Ireland. If you combine the flags of England, Scotland and Ireland, it kinda becomes the Union Jack. The St. Georges Cross on the other hand is the national flag of England hence the flag is used to solely represent England. Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland have their own national flags and if all of these countries were to use the Union Jack to represent their independent nation then there I guess there would be some conflict there.
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From the back of my memory, I think that's the symbol of the Isle of Man, in the English Channel.  I honestly don't know how I know that or where I saw it before.\n\nedit: can't believe it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle_Of_Man\nAnd it's not the Channel, it's in the Irish Sea.
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Historically red and orange bars have been interchanged several times on the State flag.  In Netherlands they are recognized interchangably and often flown together.  While the red bar has been predominant for quite some time, orange remains a "royal" Dutch color, as noted, because of its association with the historical ruling "House of Orange".  And also, not without importance, because the French, during the Napoleonic occupation, banned "The Prince's Flag" (which maintained the orange bar in place of red for centuries).  So orange is also a patriotic/nationalistic color reprsenting an independent Netherlands and Dutch peoples.
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Different versions of the flag were adopted on different dates, which you will find here:\n\nhttp://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flags/tx_flag.htm
596180
Scotland was for a long time an independent country, but after the disaster of the Darien Expedition it was virtually bankrupted and joined the United Kingdom in 1707. After the Jacobite Rebellion of 1745 was defeated the Scottish people were subjected to harsh reprisals such as the Highland Clearances and treated as a colony to be subjugated, rather than an equal partner in the UK. \nEver since then Scotland has largely been treated as an economic tributary of the UK, with much of the profit from its industrial and mineral output being funnelled to London. \nMore recently many Scots feel they have been unfairly treated by the UK in two main fields. Firstly, the revenues from North Sea Oil, produced in Scottish territorial waters, was used to subsidise the spending of the UK government rather than being used for the development of Scottish industry and civic society. Government papers recently released proved that the governments of the early 1970s deliberately blocked Scottish moves towards devolution or independence as the UK would have been in severe difficulties without the oil revenues (see for example http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/4661584.stm). Secondly, the Conservative governments of Margaret Thatcher (PM 1979-1991) were perceived as being very biased in favour of the core Conservative vote in England, at the expense of Scotland and Wales. This has created a strong nationalist backlash in Scotland, hence the increasing support for independence. Saying that England provides a nice lifestyle is, to put it kindly, not easy to reconcile with the facts.
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(as far as I know) England had no national flag in medieval times (it would help to be more specific about date). During the wars of the roses the factions had white and red roses as their flag symbols. If you are asking because of a theatrical presentation, most people would recognize a red cross on a white field (Saint George) as the English flag. Other than that, three golden lions lying down on a red flag would be appropriate (but not sure when it first came into use).
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The current design (which is used as the national Flag of the United Kingdom) dates from the Union of Ireland and Great Britain in 1801.\n\nOn 12 April 1606, a new flag between England and Scotland was specified in a royal decree, according to which the flag of England (a red cross with a white background, known as St George's Cross) and the flag of Scotland (a white saltire with a blue background, known as the Saltire or Saint Andrew's Cross)
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Why not? Its just a flag. Piracy (On the seas, at least) is very rare, and I dobt common pirates use the flags.
546316
It can also mean a flag.
514003
I don't know which flag you are asking about, but if any flag has to fly, that should be a USA flag. It was in USA when, 2 centuries ago, workers went on national strike because they were made to work over 12 hours a day. They demanded to work at least 8 hours a day. Many people had to die during that strike, fired at by policemen, before their demand was granted. So, that strike was supported by many people from all over the world, which is the reason why today May 01 is Workers Holiday all over the world.
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IS IT THE NATIONAL ANTHEM! All country's haves one
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shouldn't it be Celtic?\n\nIn any case, take a picture of it, upload to http://www.imageshack.us/ , post link here
870997
we're not as patriotic as other places thats why. you only have to look at how st patricks day is celebrated in the uk, yet no one even knows what st georges day is! the irish and the scottish are proud of their countries, us english just dont seem to care.