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The Comrat Republic lasted about 6 days during the 1905 Russian Revolution. In Gagauzia in what's now Moldovia, it seems to have been the work of a small leftist party, the Socialist Revolutionary Party, and adopted their banner as its flag. The text reads Въ борьбѣ обрѣтешь ты право свое...

A fun one - the Dolphin Flag of the Republic of Anguilla. The Caribbean island was briefly under self-rule from 1967-69 due to a host of complicated issues, before the Brits took it back over and the situation calmed down. This was their flag, based on the coat of arms. It's a substantial...

Another month, another flag: may I present the flag of the Bogd Khanate, known in Mongolian as the State of Mongolia Elevated by the Many, aka one of many governments that ruled Mongolia intermittently between 1911 and 1924 as the Qing and Russian empires fell apart. A theocratic, autocratic...

This is the flag of Nevis, one of the two primary islands of the Caribbean nation of St. Kitts and Nevis. Despite its small population of only 12,000 (in a country of 50,000), the island of Nevis has a secessionist movement. If it ever succeeded, it would be one of the world's smallest countries...

How well does OTL rice grow in New Guinea today? From what I can see they barely grow any at all. This is a very interesting scenario; thanks for sharing it! Cheers, Ganesha

Gorgeous flag! Can't believe I never noticed it on the "weather vane" poster before. Cheers, Ganesha

I'm not knowledgeable on early colonial history, but would this have had a large effect pre-independence? I suppose that if the American Revolution went similarly to OTL, the northern states would get two more Senators when the Constitution is written, which could have significant implications...

The Labinksa Republika was created by a bunch of radical miners in what's now the Croatian city of Labin in 1921. Really more of an occupation, the month-long anti-fascist proto-state still had time to create a flag, which I like to think of as "Soviet skinny"! Cheers, Ganesha

Thanks! Cheers, Ganesha

If only they'd lasted and made a trade deal with the Swiss - what gorgeous flag combinations could have resulted! Now that is a fascinating little piece of history! I'll have to see what else I can find out. Any books you could recommend? Cheers, Ganesha

A reconstructed flag of the Lanfang Republic, a mostly independent Chinese mining republic on the island of Borneo between 1777-1884. Sometimes claimed to be the first Asian republic. Cheers, Ganesha

The Republic of the North Solomons was a breakaway region of Papua New Guinea which achieved limited autonomy for several months in the mid-1970s. Based on Bougainville Island, the region has a long-running separatist movement due to limited cultural connection with mainland Papua New Guinea. A...

Now there's a true AH challenge! Cheers, Ganesha

These infoboxes are well done but this timeline would be cursed. Cheers, Ganesha

The question is what would lead to Adams winning re-election. He was never a wildly popular President, and so you'd have to change either the man or the circumstances to make him one. Changing the circumstances almost seems easier - and the simplest way to do that is to remove some obstacles...

A bit awkward! They should've put the hammer and sickle in the upper left. Cheers, Ganesha

The sans-serif font looks so modern! Cheers, Ganesha

Why would anarchists use a skull theme? Doesn't that send rather the wrong message? Cheers, Ganesha

I remember distinctly after the Libyan Revolution began in 2011, literally thousands and thousands of pre-Gaddafi Libyan flags started showing up at rallies and protests... within days of the protests beginning. I often wondered where they all came from. Was there a secret cabal of underground...

What a cool little island! Thanks for sharing. Cheers, Ganesha