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Julio Song
Writer, FlagDB
Julio is a staff writer at FlagDB. He studied Mathematics at the University of Madrid and has a passion for vexillology.
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White for Peace, White for Surrender: The Strange Double Life of the World's Most Contradictory Flag Color
The Diagonal Divide: Why Some Flags Cut Themselves in Half at an Angle, and Why It Matters
Red, White, and Identical: The Indonesia-Monaco-Poland Problem and How Flags Handle Accidental Twins
The Sahrawi Riddle: How Western Sahara Flies a Flag for a Country That Doesn't Fully Exist
The Gospel on the Flag: Why the Dominican Republic Put an Open Bible at the Center of Its National Identity
Born from War: How South Sudan Designed a Flag for the World's Newest Country
Blue Nation, Blue Flag: How Kazakhstan's Turquoise Sky Broke Every Rule of Flag Design
Splitting the Island: How the Flags of Aruba, Sint Maarten, and New Caledonia Tell the Story of Colonies That Almost Became Countries
The Crescent Twins: How Tunisia and Azerbaijan Inherited the Same Ottoman Symbol but Made It Mean Completely Different Things
City Flags That Outshine Their Countries: What Chicago, Amsterdam, and the City of London Got Right
Nutmeg, Mahogany, and Defiance: How Caribbean Nations Turned Plantation Crops into Flags of Liberation
Turkmenistan's Carpet Strip: The Most Complex Flag Design in the World and What It Encodes
The Dragon on the Flag of Bhutan and Wales: Two Ancient Creatures, Two Completely Different Meanings
Maps on Flags: Why Cyprus, Kosovo, and Christmas Island Put Their Geography Front and Center
Stars Over the Southern Cross: How One Constellation Became the Identity of the Pacific
Red Over White: How Indonesia, Monaco, and Poland Ended Up Fighting Over the Same Flag
The Sun Disc on the Flag of Bangladesh: How a Blood-Red Circle Became the Symbol of a Nation Born in War
Born from Revolution: How Angola and Eritrea Turned Liberation Movement Logos into National Flags
Diagonal Lines and What They Mean: The Bold Geometry of Trinidad, Namibia, and Tanzania
Heraldry and Color: The Historical Influences on Modern Flags
The Flags Nobody Can Picture Are Usually the Interesting Ones
The Stories Behind National Symbols: Flags That Tell a Tale
Symbolism and Heritage: The Flags of the Americas from Argentina to Aruba
The Flags of the Commonwealth: A Study of Heritage and National Identity