I have assigned 198 countries a number. The countries I've chosen are the 193 members of the UN plus those recognised by at least 20 UN members. Each week I will pick a country using a random number generator and we will discuss that country.

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Country of the Week for week 4: Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Population: 51M

Location:


Flag:

Myanmar has (Burma) under it on Apple maps lol (yes I know why)

Edited 10/29/2015 13:19:11

Myanmar's flag is basically a Lithuanian flag with a white star. No creativity at all..

Humm I wonder if they knew some place else had such a similar flag to them when they were creating there's? Probably.

You are talking about flag creativity?
Here the flag of Lybia:

Wow the Libyan flag is the most creative flag of all time. The utility of the flag is so great that it actually can serve a function on green screens.

Chad and Romania have very similar flags.

Poland/Indonesia

And Australia/new Zealand

Both have similar flags as well

Australia / New Zealand I can totally understand. Poland / Indonesia however is a strange case. I wonder if it's just random, or there is actually a meaning! :D

Burma: Where colors can be illegal.
(Yellow is banned in movies there.)

The Libyan flag is not the green one any more. It was changed back in 2011.

The Libyan flag is not the green one any more. It was changed back in 2011.

Oh okay, then I was out of date...

ow my nuts

Australia / New Zealand I can totally understand.

Well, it's actually one of the big grounds behind the flag debate. There have been some embarrassing confusions at high levels about which flag was which.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Poland#Related_and_similar_flags

Also, the Slovakian flag used to be precisely the same as Russian. These are supposedly panslavic colours (whatever that means).

Modern Russian flag (1993-), Slovakian Flag 1938-1945, Slovenian Flag 1848


Modern Slovakian flag (1992-)


Modern Slovenian flag (1991-)

Slovenia is always under looked. 350,000 people passed the border, and only 12 signed to stay in Slovenia (from the South)

Bit of a dull country this week really.. Still bump

Indonesia is a Voltorb.

It evolves into Poland aka Electrode.

Please tell me I'm not the only one who sees this =p

So does anyone have anything to say to say about Myanmar other it's flag looks similar to Lithuania's flag or that it has (Burma) under it on Apple maps? How about Aung San Suu Kyi, The Bridge on the River Kwai or even burmese cats?

Napyidaw I think is the most recently built capital city in the world. I'm probably wrong though.