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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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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

Afghanistan and Angola: The First Two Flags in the Alphabet

Vexillology in Art: The Impact of National Flags on Creative Expression

Regional Inspirations: How Geography Shapes the Designs of National Flags

African Flags Were Designed at Independence, and It Shows

Flags and Their Stories: Analyzing the Design of African Nations

American Samoa and Antigua and Barbuda: Two Small Flags Worth Reading Closely