Some of the World's Worst Flags - in no particular order. These flags are either ugly, misrepresent their country, or... well you'll see. For the World's Best Flags, click here. Once again I will enhance your blog reading experience by providing some basic information on each of these countries.
There's no way around it. Grenada's flag is a hot mess. It's just ugly. Grenada is located in the Caribbean and its capital is Saint George's. Its official language is English. And the people there have poor color-coordination skills.
Mozambique's flag looks like a violent uprising just waiting to happen. Does not make me want to visit Mozambique. I mean, it's got a gun, a book and either a hoe or an ax on it... Sketchy. Mozambique is located on the southern Indian Ocean coast of Africa, and its capital is Maputo. Its official language is Portuguese and it borders several countries including South Africa and Tanzania. And I heard that its flag commemorates some sort of revolution. So that's fun.
Indonesia’s flag says little beyond, “We’re Poland, but
upside-down.” Also the same flag as Monaco, but slightly different dimensions.
If you have the same flag as another country, you’re doing it wrong. Indonesia is comprised of many islands in south-eastern Asia. Its capital is Jakarta and its official language is Bahasa Indonesia.
The flag of Belize says to me, "We're a country of multi-racial people... with clubs." It sort of exchanges its message of diversity for an image of racial tension. Belize is a central American country that borders Mexico, Guatemala and the Gulf of Mexico. Its capital is Belmopan and its official language is English. And it occurs to me that the clubs might have some significance, but you can do that research independently if you care at all.
I actually do rather enjoy the Sri Lankan flag, but I also feel that putting a giant knife on your country's flag is bad luck. Sri Lanka is an island just off the coast of India. Its capital is Sri Jayawardenapura Kotte (kind of a mouthful) and its official language is Sinhala. The people there like knives, apparently.
Again, the flag of Saudi Arabia is visually quite nice, but come on... a sword? Do weapons have to be so prominent on national symbols? But at least there's nothing aesthetically wrong with the design... (I'm looking at you, Grenada.) Saudi Arabia is a country in south-western Asia. Its capital is Riyadh and its official language is Arabic. It borders a ton of countries, including Iraq, Kuwait and United Arab Emirates (that's the one with Dubai).
No offense to any of these countries, obviously, just to their flag designer. Who is probably dead, so it doesn't really matter. This has been fun and maybe you even learned something, which would be truly amazing on this disorganized mess of a blog. Join me next time when I write about something else that doesn't matter!
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