Flag of Barcia

Barcia
Use	Civil flag and ensign
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	12 March 1746
Design	A horizontal tricolour of green, white and burgundy
	Variant flag of Barcia
Use	State ensign
Proportion	3:5
Adopted	1746
Design	As above, with the central fess defaced by the lesser coat of arms.

The flag of Barcia consists of a horizontal tricolour of green, white and burgundy. The flag Barcia is used as the country's national flag as well as a civil ensign for use by civilian maritime vessels. A variant of the flag of Barcia defaced by the lesser coat of arms is used as a state ensign. The current flag of Barcia was introduced in 1746 during the reign of King Emmanuel II who oversaw a number of political reforms aimed at modernising the Barcian Kingdom into a modern, bureaucratic state.

Owing to the usage of burgundy in the Barcian flag, requiring expensive purple dye, many of the first Barcian flags created during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth centuries used a tricolour of green, white and red. This nonstandard design, largely used a civilian flags could be distinguished from official standards utilised by the monarchy and government which included the burgundy colour.

Design and specifications

The Constitution of Barcia states that the national flag of Barcia is utilised as the civil flag and ensign and must have a ratio of 3:5. Each of the stripes, consisting of green, white and burgundy is one-third of the width of the entire flag. The variant flag of Barcia utilised the lesser coat of arms may only be used and reproduced by or on the behalf of the government or military.