The American flag has 50 stars. Each star represents one state. It also has 13 red and white stripes which represent the original 13 colonies. The tricolors of the Mexican Flag were adopted after they won independence from Spain. The large red circle on the Japanese Flag represents the rising sun. The Nepalese flag is the only country flag in the world that is not rectangular. It is actually composed of two pennants one sideways triangle atop of another. The largest star on the Australian flag has 7 points and is known as the Commonwealth star. The smallest star on the flag only has 5 points. Searchable database of information and pictures of flags from every country, as well as each of the United States.

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