Flag of Morrawia

Morrawia
Names	The Union Banner, Flag of the Union
Use	National flag and ensign
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	26th of June 1860
Design	2 vertical stripes of blue and white with a gold stripe in the middle and golden Crown of Morrawia in the blue field.
Designed by	Adam Kornelius
	Variant flag of Morrawia
Names	War Banner, Flag of Despair
Use	State and war flag
Proportion	2:3
Adopted	27th of June 1860
Design	As above, with blue stripe switched to red to indicate a state of war.
Designed by	Adam Kornelius

History

Flags and banners have been flying above Morrawia for a very long time. Fortunately for the people of Morrawia, very few times in its history, foreign banner flew above them. The first documented flag of Morrawia can be traced to its times under Great Bohemian Empire, where written description is available and describes "white banner with black eagle". This was later reused as the royal banner of House of Přemysel although with green background and a white eagle in 907, which can considered as national flag, although at this time, no sense of nationality and nationhood existed in the world. This banner was flown up until the year 1000, when Morrawian Civil War, a massive 95 years long conflict, happened and when Morrawia fell apart. Some sources state, that it was flown up until the year 1095, but these claims are often disputed. Morrawia than wasn´t a formed nation with borders. The territory, which is today considered Morrawia was broken up between different small kingdoms, duchies and earldoms. 1225 was a turning point and that was when Wenceslaus I. from the House of Carithia began his conquest to reunite Morrawia. From that year, blue banner with a silver two-tailed lion was flown all across conquered Morrawian territories until the year 1268, when House of Carithia died out and discovered descendant of House of Přemysel took over as a monarch of Morrawia. But now, old eagle banner didn´t return and instead, blue and white vertical stripes, each of them being on the one half of the flag was back then the new flag of Morrawia. Přemysel rule was long and so was the use of said flag. That was until the year 1574, although House of Přemysel died out 14 year prior. That continued until the year 1601, when republic dissolved and new constitutional monarchy took its place, but not for long. Back than, flag with 3 vertical stripes of blue, yellow and white was used. Due to psychological problems of King Arthuš I., he started being very cruel and unexpected. Because of these actions, Royal Army staged a coup and established what we today call military junta. This brutal regime of Morrawian Empire was marked with suffering, death and colonization. The flag used was entirely new one with one half being rose red and other half being equipped with 6 blue and white stripes symbolizing what at the time was the number of provinces. In addition to that, asymmetrical golden cros is on top of it all. For more than 200 years up until the year 1854 when Wolodimír, The Warrior of Thrismari led an army of mercenaries and toppled the cruel regime, this was the flag, that represented colonial power of Morrawia. During the time of the empire, entirely new flag From 1854, when the revolution happened to the year 1860, when process of reconstruction of the nation from old imperial ways to new constitutional one ended flag exact same proportions as the present one was flown, but without the crown. After this process, new contest for the new flag began and Adam Cornelius, who designed already used flag proposed that the Royal Crown of Morrawia should be added. And that is the design that was kept to this day.

Symbolism

Symbolism of the current flag is rather simple. Blue colour symbolizes sky, sea and loyalty, white colour symbolizes purity and safety and golden stripe in the middle represent unity of the regions, which are stronger if together as well as 3 principals: Freedom, Equality and Justice. Golden crown is simplified version of the Royal Crown of Morrawia and represents monarchy and tradition. These coulours can be found everywhere. They are used in almost every logo, coat of arms or flag of federal government and its agencies and many other places such as public places or documents.

Display and Etiquette

These coulours can be found everywhere. They are used in almost every logo, coat of arms or flag of federal government and its agencies and many other places such as public places or documents. According to law, every federal/public bulding and place must fly the flag aside of whatever institution owns the building, at all time of the year on at least 6 meter tall pole or from the side of the building. If the flag is to be flown as a banner, every colour stays on its place, but the flag is extended a bit. This version also doesn´t include the crown. On national holidays, citizens are encouraged to fly national symbols, but no mandate exists.