The world is home to 195 countries, each with its own unique flag. While some flags are instantly recognizable, others remain ...

first hoisted in 1959, replaced the green stripe with a blue one after Mali's flag looked like it. It's so interesting to note that countries subconsciously create similar or the same flags.

The flag features a vertical stripe of red with an elaborate design of five carpet motifs, a white crescent, five stars, and a green background ...

Nations large and small are represented in the World Flags project ... which they say can also prove helpful. When they first drew Spain for instance, the character was imagined as a bullfighter.