Why Do Countries Flags Have Different Aspect Ratios?
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@General.Knowledge 2 жыл бұрын
What's your favorite / least favorite flag?
@geckoed132 2 жыл бұрын
🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda is so cool and Maryland flag is just a flat no.
@canwegetashoutouttoworking2002 2 жыл бұрын
I don't like Zambia's flag because it's just a green sheet with an eagle and another flag. 🇿🇲
@koyonafri 2 жыл бұрын
@@geckoed132 I love the Maryland flag, I don't understand the hate
@mapoosianmakrak1487 2 жыл бұрын
@@koyonafri me too
@crimsonfox8496 2 жыл бұрын
Albania is probably my favorite, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, and many other Caribbean nations have some really good flags
@staffan- 2 жыл бұрын
And of course Chad and Romania have the same flag ratio. Because why not.
@raul88.88 2 жыл бұрын
Chad once sued Romania for having the same flag...but at the process it was revealed that Romania's flag is older than Chad's entire existence as a coutry :)))
@ken3243 2 жыл бұрын
@@raul88.88 😭
@archstanton6102 2 жыл бұрын
And Andorra? Slightly different but similar
@ken3243 2 жыл бұрын
@@archstanton6102 & moldova!!!
@Liggliluff 2 жыл бұрын
@@raul88.88 But Chad adopted the design when Romania wasn't using it
@lalitthapa101 2 жыл бұрын
"FLAGS" Every Nepali: *"Our time has come"*
@itz_a_boy1435 2 жыл бұрын
Yes
@EatMyShortsAU 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite flag(besides the countries I am from). Looking at the Nepali flag on top of a building with the Himalayan mountains in the background would look as hell.
@seesaw41 2 жыл бұрын
France's Naval Flag is interesting in that the flag itself is 2:3, yet the colors are not equal. The ratio of the colors is 30:33:37. This is to increase the effect of the flag waving in the wind.
@EatMyShortsAU 2 жыл бұрын
It should make surrendering a lot quicker too.
@commie_remover 2 жыл бұрын
I was clicking on the time stamp wondering if I got trolled, then I realized that I'm indeed an idiot.
@pieredepleintdedordogne8013 Жыл бұрын
i was today years old when I learned that
@nemotamang58 2 жыл бұрын
Nepal be like* "You guys wanna know my flag's aspect ratio? Solve this equation first if you are worthy ....."
@louisinese Жыл бұрын
😎😂True tho.
@firstnext5482 Жыл бұрын
"Alright listen: we need the ratio of every countries flags so we can make y'all a flag for our event. We're gonna pass around this piece of paper and just write it down." -later- "Hey Nepal, come here a moment... what the fuck is this?"
@sralmendrita 2 жыл бұрын
I am argentinian, my grandpa was from sweden, my grandma was pole. We all have 5:8 ratio, coincidence? Yes, i think it is.
@timesterg 2 жыл бұрын
your grandpa must have been cool (or is)
@m3talh3ad18 2 жыл бұрын
Togo's flag ratio 1:phi is really fascinating!
@CameronBoyes 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact about the flag of British Columbia: it's based on the coat of arms of BC, the original version of which had the setting sun on top of the Union Jack. Which was a problem, because it showed the sun setting on the British Empire. The legislature building in Victoria has a stained glass window with this older coat of arms.
@raresflorea6855 2 жыл бұрын
I think BCs flag gets overhated but maybe that’s a hot take
@2712animefreak 2 жыл бұрын
@@raresflorea6855 Turning your coat of arms into a flag works very well when the coat of arms is very simple, like with the Swiss cantons, for example. With the more complicated coats of arms of the various British colonial possessions, the flag just becomes too crowded.
@albusnightspring8057 Жыл бұрын
@@2712animefreak dumb modern dogmas. Elaborate coat of arms look way better and are more representative of the country than shitty coloured lines
@papazataklaattiranimam 2 жыл бұрын
Nepal, Switzerland, and Vatican City are currently the 3 countries with a non-rectangular national flag. The official flag of Nepal is the only non-quadrilateral flag in the world. The flag of Switzerland is square-shaped while the Vatican city flag is a two square-shaped design.
@canwegetashoutouttoworking2002 2 жыл бұрын
You're wrong. The Vatican flag is not a square.
@drouzicz 2 жыл бұрын
🇨🇭🇻🇦🇳🇵
@lalitthapa101 2 жыл бұрын
My biggest flex😂🇳🇵
@user-wp4oh3zn5e 2 жыл бұрын
@@canwegetashoutouttoworking2002 i live not far from the Vatican so i can See its flag waving commonly around. It's not a Square. You're right.🇻🇦
@nipseyhusselman137 2 жыл бұрын
Only Nepal, squares are rectangles
@sjorsvanrenswoude7239 2 жыл бұрын
I've heard somewhere that the Dutch flag doesn't have a set ratio so you could technically make a flag of 1:20 or something as stupid as that but I'm not sure.
@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION 2 жыл бұрын
Yes, but most people just use 2:3 as default
@sjorsvanrenswoude7239 2 жыл бұрын
@@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION ah yes that seems logical
@risannd 2 жыл бұрын
Indonesia use 2:3, so does the Dutch.
@siwaj_brhmraj1 Жыл бұрын
Government use 2:3
@JeremyWS 2 жыл бұрын
I didn't know this. I like learning new things. Keep up the good work.
@timesterg 2 жыл бұрын
Some people in sweden actually use a different flag which is a rotated triangle with blue on top and yellow down, which also is a type of the one today.
@slyasleep 2 жыл бұрын
Wait, does this mean that the Union Jack gets more horizontally elongated with each passing century?
@delfinenteddyson9865 Жыл бұрын
wide UK
@pangalanucraft8633 2 жыл бұрын
As always, great content for the community. 😎
@ketterland4308 2 жыл бұрын
I like the Oklahoma shaped flages at 4:37
@QuicklyXplained 2 жыл бұрын
Oddly interesting topic. Great video!
@danaitch4095 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool video. Informative.
@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video. Congrats!
@rudymummey5432 2 жыл бұрын
And I think the reason that most flags are square or rectangular is that those are the sizes flag companies find easiest to make. In fact, most flag companies make 3x5s for standard use, and 4x6s and 5x8s for maritime or merchant use.
@MalaysianBallProductions 2 жыл бұрын
The effort and research put into this is insane
@multiverse1sreal774 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting I love flags and hadn’t considered how much this mattered to visual effect
@Nat_Anastasiya 2 жыл бұрын
The beginning has the same energy as Artifexian: "flags, everyone have one, most are terrible"
@themobiusfunction 2 жыл бұрын
7:10 "one by nineteen" now THAT's a L O N G flag
@faustocastelhano7254 2 жыл бұрын
E eu que pensei que não me conseguias surpreender.. e conseguiste.. Força!!
@UrlocalChinesekid 2 жыл бұрын
8:41 7:11!!! that's the greatest flag ratio ever
@allan.n.7227 2 жыл бұрын
7:53 Thanks for showing Dannebrog (the most beautiful flag in the world) which we succesfully stole from the Estonians.. Having drawn this flags probably hundreds of times I always wondered why it was so difficult to get the aspect ratio right... now I know.. thanks for solving this.. The swedish flag 5:8 ratio looks better.. BUT only the aspect ratio :p
@realbrickbread 2 жыл бұрын
7:10 1 by 19? Damn that's a long flag
@boosbeest1146 2 жыл бұрын
Now I know what was keeping me up at night. What a relief.
@Franciscoluche 2 жыл бұрын
Muito obrigado compadre !!! 🤗❤️🇵🇹
@OriginalVD 2 жыл бұрын
Awesome bro I do your videos a lot keep on doing this Hope you would be more successful in you life.. Love from India
@user-pv9bm3pj9i 2 жыл бұрын
'I do your videos a lot" ???? Maybe you need to edit your comment.
@whitestar20 2 жыл бұрын
Wow this took a lot of research well done
@Empire. 2 жыл бұрын
4:34 good so all flags can look at least a bit different instead of being a box
@josueveguilla9069 2 жыл бұрын
That is an excellent question.
@MirkoC407 2 жыл бұрын
There is no law that a ship must be able to reach its port of registation. Therefore, according to Wikipedia there were in 2020 still a total of 19 seagoing ships registered with 4 operators in Switzerland's only port of registation for seagoing vessels in Basel and sailing under Swiss flag. The number was drastically declining though, in 2016 still counting 49 vessels.
@allangibson2408 2 жыл бұрын
Ships of significant size can actually reach Switzerland. Switzerland has river and canal access to both the Black Sea and Atlantic… The locks on the Rhein-Main-Danube Canal have a maximum size of 190m length.
@EatMyShortsAU 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Mirko Crocop, I didn't think you would be commentating on youtube videos now that you had retired from MMA and kickboxing.
@MirkoC407 2 жыл бұрын
@@EatMyShortsAU ???
@EatMyShortsAU 2 жыл бұрын
@@MirkoC407 Hahahaha You dont know who that is?
@MirkoC407 2 жыл бұрын
@@EatMyShortsAU No. But Google finally did.
@willingshelf 2 жыл бұрын
Alternate title: Fun with Flags: Aspect Ratios
@cosminivan9927 2 жыл бұрын
very interesting video
@radio_marco 2 жыл бұрын
The only thing I can't stand, is if the swissflag is drawn as an rectangle. Just like on my phone: [SAMSUNG] 🇨🇭 Because, the swissflag is symmetrical on all sides, so it doesn't matter in which way you put the swiss flag. That doesn't work on rectangular flags. Also funfact: the naval flag is actually an rectangle.
@themobiusfunction 2 жыл бұрын
The cross isn't technically 90° rotation-symmetric
@thanhattran4215 2 жыл бұрын
Fun fact: 3/2 was the day of formation of the Communist party of Vietnam and the Vietnam flag ratio was 2:3 too.
@iampetz 2 жыл бұрын
"FLAGS. Every country has one.." shows flag of British Columbia??
@TheRavenir 2 жыл бұрын
Actually, Swiss ships do use a flag with a 2:3 ratio, rather than the more standard 1:1 one.
@grosdoorne 2 жыл бұрын
2:04 if i remember correctly old montenegrin flag had 1:3 ratio
@dcassus 2 жыл бұрын
Uau! Que pesquisa excelente!
@augustomoreira7441 2 жыл бұрын
0:13 _"but he had forgotten one thing.... ALL SQUARES ARE RECTANGLES, EVEN THOUGH NOT ALL RECTANGLES ARE SQUARES!!!!!!!!!!!!"_
@AquosFrost 2 жыл бұрын
Wow "Fun with Flags' has come a long way!
@DJPJ. 2 жыл бұрын
8:27 Did you realy forgett about Faroe Islands' flag at same ratio as Norway's.
@nangephriam1211 2 жыл бұрын
General Knowledge will you do currency. Which are the oldest, most beautiful design....etc.
@jurbagarga1410 2 жыл бұрын
I didnt know Finland had a unique flag ratio, I thought it was the same as Sweden, but yeah my favorite flag is the finnish flag with the coat of arms (lion)
@theyeti6258 2 жыл бұрын
I like the black-and-white checkered one
@jurbagarga1410 2 жыл бұрын
@@theyeti6258 what?
@delfinenteddyson9865 Жыл бұрын
I am really surprised that each Nordic flag has its own ratio
@delfinenteddyson9865 Жыл бұрын
@@theyeti6258 lmao
@Letheadventurebegin 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do a video about the history of the transportation system?
@billpg 2 жыл бұрын
I wonder what international events do when flying many flags next to each other and they don't want to show favourites. Do they go equal height, equal width or equal area?
@yoymate6316 2 жыл бұрын
equal height afaik
@stevejohnson3357 2 жыл бұрын
In terms of visual interest, there are many poorer flags than the provincial flag of BC but it was still a thrill to see it.
@Hortifox_the_gardener 2 жыл бұрын
I feel like 2:3 is the most pleasing to see. Comes closest to the golden ratio too.
@gerardbryant4840 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting, l knew most flags were rectangular. But l didn't know there were different ratios.
@crazydinosaur8945 2 жыл бұрын
9:28 i have been tasked to give my classmates a math puzzle tomorrow. i'm so glad i found this. wish them good look Muhahaha
@Hieutheriault 2 жыл бұрын
sqaure is a rectangle but a rectangle is not a square
@augustomoreira7441 2 жыл бұрын
when you show someone a cool flag you drew and they putt out a ruler:
@aleksandro1 2 жыл бұрын
Respect to all people watching this underrated channel. This guy literally draws everything meanwhile everyone else copies others and so on. Also his voice is kinda relaxing. Let me know if you agree.
@vincenttt8289 2 жыл бұрын
I think he uses an program for the animations. It would be too painstaking ang inefficient to constantly draw every single item for every single frame.
@aleksandro1 2 жыл бұрын
@@vincenttt8289 It's still better than others. It attracts you more to it.
@flemix6168 2 жыл бұрын
OMG IM FROM BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA TY TO ADD MY COUNTRY IN VIDEO
@h2squared 2 жыл бұрын
7:56 it's actually scotlands flag but they are independent yet
@TheRagingPlatypus 2 жыл бұрын
I think the more salient question is why would you expect different countries from different places of different ages to have the same aspect ratio.
@thorbjrnhellehaven5766 2 жыл бұрын
Would be interesting to display aspects on a line, but not at exact points you plot the numbers of flags at any given point, including +/- some number
@johnyarbrough502 2 жыл бұрын
Illustration at 5:28 - those don't look like 1 x 2.
@geokou7645 2 жыл бұрын
0:27 my man recognizing transnistria and taiwan and abhkazia
@OfficeSupplyRobot 2 жыл бұрын
I never knew the United States flag didn’t have an official aspect ratio. Shows what I know about my own country’s vexillology.
@WhyteLis21 2 жыл бұрын
Still waiting for a 3D or 4D country flags. Lol.
@fonzworthbentley7455 Жыл бұрын
I noticed that some textbooks and websites actually used accurate ratios, but when I was young I thought they were mistakes
@axelprino Жыл бұрын
This might be a pretty good reason why using flag circles became popular, if you misrepresent every single flag there's less of a chance of someone getting offended.
@hafizhwk5092 2 жыл бұрын
The Nepali flag ratio will give me nightmare tonight
@crazydinosaur8945 2 жыл бұрын
i have been tasked to give my classmates a math puzzle tomorrow. i'm so glad i found this. wish them good look
@habibaahmed7243 2 жыл бұрын
New video cool
@anonymouschicken20 2 жыл бұрын
A square is not a rectangle, but both squares and rectangles are quadrilaterals, so yes, technically Switzerland and Vatican City have different shapes for flags.
@KonosubaMegumeme 2 жыл бұрын
Squares are rectangles. A rectangle is defined as any quadrilateral with 4 right angles. A square is any quadrilateral with 4 right angles and 4 identical side lengths. All squares are by definition a rectangle.
@DaSpecialZak Жыл бұрын
a square is where all sides are the same length a rectangle is where 2 sides are longer than the other 2 sides
@ykalon 2 жыл бұрын
Video idea. Cross flags and variations of them.
@joandchrismarchant1080 Жыл бұрын
I vaguely remember learning that the proportions of blue, white and red are not equal on the French flag. I think the red part is supposed to be wider than the other two
@hugehandelfan 2 жыл бұрын
Little known fact about the French flag is that 2:3 provides their soldiers the most convenient shape for holding over head when they cut the middle out.
@Ranorev 2 жыл бұрын
Austria and Czechia have also 3×5 sometimes
@shk439 2 жыл бұрын
Sheldon Cooper liked this video
@aSuperPi. 2 жыл бұрын
Togo's flag aspect ratio is actually my favorite something about it is just better
@jefuryo 2 жыл бұрын
Switzerland has a Navy.
@AnarchoPryde Жыл бұрын
Togo's aspect ratio is the very best. ❤️
@simonschopman5461 2 жыл бұрын
Hey now... a British Columbian here, our flag may not be the best, but to have it as the "not so pretty" option... cmon man!!! Luckily I still love your stuff, and Canadians love to poke fun at ourselves, but you owe us a shout out! Hopefully we get a new flag soon with First Nation's art on it! Check out recent suggestions online!
@realcanadian96 2 жыл бұрын
I have to agree. Kinda hurt my ego, but we do enjoy bullying our fellow Canadians lol About that first Nations art thing, I have to agree as well. With the recent discoveries and in general first Nations getting alot more attention, we need to move from our colonial past and be more traditional Though personally I still want to keep the queen, being in the Commonwealth I feel like benefits us
@thulex 2 жыл бұрын
Finland's war flag is 11:19
@marcinglis3458 2 жыл бұрын
189:335 El Salvador 🇸🇻 ! But that’s the Mexican Flag 🇲🇽 Besides that small error; keep up the good work. I enjoy the show!
@khalil-si 11 ай бұрын
The Swiss and the Vatican Flags are no exception being rectangular, as squares are rectangles too. Edit: I am sorry, you went ahead and clarified that as well...
@johnrivera-cortes8067 2 жыл бұрын
Puerto rico and cuba being inverted versions but with different aspect ratios
@aspect.actual 2 жыл бұрын
My name is in the Thumbnail😭😂
@miladd237 2 жыл бұрын
I just realised General Knowledge likes to put the wrong colour on Iran in his maps😂
@rossapolis 2 жыл бұрын
9:34 I'm a native English speaker, and I know English isn't your first language, but I had to back up the video to listen to how you said a certain word. The word in question is Variant. It's pronounced as Very-ent. You pronounced it Ver-I-ent. I've never heard it pronounced the way you did. Great video, otherwise.
@flacson6021 2 жыл бұрын
he said it correctly in 10:46
@UTTMRAGER 2 жыл бұрын
i am from nepal i know why our flag is that because when you look from down you will see two mountains
@marceldasovic9984 2 жыл бұрын
I just love that sond of portugese
@Hendricus56 2 жыл бұрын
My mind surely loves to mishear things and connect them to history. What did I hear instead of "Flags" in the beginning? Flaks...
@TheStickCollector 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting
@yiniu7265 2 жыл бұрын
0:04 I don't understand why you call British Columbia a country.
@crimsonfox8496 2 жыл бұрын
He was talking about flags in general not just country flags
@Liggliluff 2 жыл бұрын
@@crimsonfox8496 But he specified countries
@crimsonfox8496 2 жыл бұрын
@@Liggliluff True, but he mentioned in someone else's comment that he had poor choice of words and meant that every place has flags
@alukuhito Жыл бұрын
Why would anyone even assume they should all be the same aspect ratio? They represent different places.
@deeps5407 2 жыл бұрын
9:29 Formula for Nepalese flag 🇳🇵 Being a Nepalese 🇳🇵🇳🇵, Even I am surprised
@MithDraco Жыл бұрын
Mentioned that Iran's flag ratio os 4:7, whereas it is approximately 4:7. The ratio is a irrational number which is a side effect of the geometric construction of the flag.
@mishapurser4439 2 жыл бұрын
A friendly note that ensign is pronounced like something between "en-sin" and "en-sǝn"
@ericcartman1616 2 жыл бұрын
Salute from a togolease🇹🇬
@phy14 2 жыл бұрын
YAYAAYAYAYAY! This logo is the golden ratio
@hjalmarfreidenvall1655 2 жыл бұрын
Neat
@jimc4731 2 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, I agree! JIM
@samamies88 Жыл бұрын
Interesting.. Finland actually has same reasoning to its weird proportions as Denmark has. 4 on whites, 3 on blue from side, 5+10 whites lengthwise and another 3 on blue. So 4+4+3 = 11 and 5+10+3 = 18. Not sure why these exact numbers tho. Maybe they didn't want to copy and paste other scandic countries? Maybe the artist who suggested this flag just saw this as the "prettiest" or easiest to explain? Might be mix of planned and coincidence. At least i couldn't find any symbolism for these measures.
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