(This flag was flying at an important historical site in Iceland.)
Countries have flags. Monarchies have flags. Sports teams have flags (or banners). When we were kids, a school assignment was to create our own personal flag.
Flags are important.
The images and words displayed on a flag symbolizes the values that person or entity wishes others to know about them.
The Ukraine flag, for example, is a band of blue over a band of yellow.
The band of blue represents the sky (which, in turn, represents things like freedom and endless opportunities).
The band of yellow represents wheat fields, a key crop for Ukraine. It relays that the country has its roots (pun intended – grins) in farming and agriculture. Feeding their people and others is important for Ukraine.
It is a single simple image yet it conveys so much.
What would be on the flag for the world in your story? What would be on your characters’ flags?
