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Togo's flag ratio makes the most sense. It says that the flag must follow the golden ratio. That's more or less what many other countries (3:5, 5:8, etc.) are trying to emulate. But Togo was smart enough to basically just say: "Yeah, we follow the golden ratio. Period." - I think that's clever.
It's hard to draw golden ratio by hand on a paper doe
thats right the proportion of togos flag is 1:1,61...
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@@aliersinoral no, it's very easy. First you draw a square, then with the compass you point at the medium point of the square base and to the up right angle. The interception between the line that continues from the square base and the compass line is the golden ratio
also, the red square with the star in the Togo flag is in golden ratio too
the togo flag proportions is actually really cool: the weird symbol is the golden ratio and if you ask me a pretty cool idea
@Fihlippe Luhis I would’ve cringed even more if he said pi honestly
@@problems3485 I see you have problems with reading. Noone mentioned pi.
@@Notmyname1593 I see you have problems with reading. He said it would be more cringe for Drew to mistake phi for pi.
@@TurtleMarcus thank u
phi!!!!
"What symbol is that, togo? Is it infinity?"
It's phi, a symbol now used to represent the golden ratio. The golden ratio is 1:φ, and is the most appealing to look at for a bunch of reasons but I'm no mathmetician.
φ as a number is 1+sqrt(5) all over 2 (approximately 1.618), and rectangles in the golden ratio (1:φ) are generally agreed upon to be "perfect" because people just like it. Approximations include 2:3, 3:5 and 5:8.
its one nice ratio
It's the ratio that the numbers in the Fibonacci sequence approach between themselves. Since this sequence is seen in nature a lot, it's makes shapes with that ratio really appealing to the eye. The golden rectangle (A rectangle with that ratio) has been scientifically found to be the easiest shape to look at. There's also a bunch of cool mathematical tricks you can do with phi (Such as how phi^2 = phi +1 and 1/phi = phi - 1) among other things. Togo made a really good choice with their flag ratio.
@@hexagon4242 I slightly disagree with some of your points. However, all of them are common misconceptions, so I feel like it's worth stating why.
1. The Fibonacci sequence producing the Golden Ratio is true, but that's kind of giving it too much credit. Any sequence taking the sum of the previous 2 terms as the next term will produce the Golden Ratio. In my opinion, the Lucas sequence is most intimately associated with φ, as the Nth term of the sequence = φ^N (rounded). (Incidentally, the Lucas sequence also follows the " taking the sum of the previous 2 terms as the next term" rule, starting with 1 and 3.)
2. Fibonacci numbers do turn up in nature, but the extent to which that is the case is usually exagerated.
3. I don't know of any study that claims that the Golden Rectangle is the most appealing. I think it's just that everyone agrees with it being "perfect".
mathematician here, the ratio is cool, but the """fact""" that golden rectangles are objectively beautiful is doubtful and more a matter of psychology than mathematics. its just a very commonly spread "pop math" thing
After a bit of research, I found the flag in 8:33. It's like I already suspected a Prussian regimental flag, specifically of the 32nd Infantry Regiment from Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen, a small principality in the south-west of Germany, nowadays in the province of Baden-Württemberg.
I could see the black-white-black prussian flag in there.
The whole thing is probably a result of the Württemberg line of the Hohenzollern house.
That was a thing in those days: every regiment had its own flag (or at least unique color variation). Something for the vexillologists...
Something I thought of was the symbol in the corners. It looks like the emblem on the San Marino flag!
1:52 "i have never seen a nation go through so many flags" - while sitting in the US which changes it Flag everytime a new state joins.
Gotta love those minor differences.
yeah, but that was over the course of 240 years. And also, not all states join individually, one time the US just added 5 stars directly cuz 5 states joined, they don't have to update their flag 5 separate times for that.
@@dogodog1247 the Afghan flags were technically older though
"in this short a time period"
The United States has had 28 official flags over a period of 245 years, all based on the same design except the first (Union Jack in the canton). Afghanistan has gone through 25 flags in 312 years, 19 of which were in the 20th century alone, and 7 in just the year 1929, with several different designs used at various points.
“yemen can be the only flag with red, black, and white”
egypt, syria, trinidad and tobago, nono germany, wwi germany, and iraq: oh?
German Empire Flag
Quinntustine flag also is red white and black
German Empire: whos this guy
@@korbay4533 it’s not germany’s current flag though
Palestine too
9:34 Normal man: ”Oh my gosh, they are so beautiful”
Flag man: ”Yes, they are lovely, great shapes and nice hues”
Normal man: ”Indeed, those are the prettiest women athletes I’ve ever seen…”
Flag man: ”Women? What women?”
4:22 I think all flags should be squares, pennants, 2:3 rectangles, or Nepal.
China does it right
@@krichenboi Yes, I suppose it does.
why nepal?
@@Blue_panda1016because it's too unique to get rid of
*Sad venice and ohio noises*
Drew: Why is America always trying to be different?
Also Drew 10 minutes later: 12:08
Not to mention every single flag is different there too not just the USA but for some reason it gets called out
Oh I get it
@@Wolfbroa because "America bad, give me likes"
Also 6:18
@@Wolfbroa m
Drew: I've never seen a nation go through so many flags.
Also Drew: lives in the USA, a nation that changes its flag every time a new state is added.
At least the US is consistent about it. Like it is just a subtle change dealing with the stars. Unlike Afghanistan, you could time travel to the US during any year in the last 3 centuries and any quick glance at a flag will tell you that you are in the US.
The united states didnt change their flag 6 times in a single year, and its not like there were 50 different US flags with a single new star each time. Timelines matter when you are being critical
Jesse wtf ur talking about
To be fair, that has happened exactly twice in the last hundred years, in 1959 and 1960.
"I've never seen a nation go through this many flags in such a small time"
America: hold my beer
hold my cola*
Key words there being "in such a small time." 27 (I think) in 246 years is an awful lot better than 19 in around 100 years, especially when there were like 7 in the same year. Plus, the USA's flag is pretty consistent in its design, with the only changes being a star added (or multiple stars at once in the earlier years). Afghanistan just does whatever the hell it wants for no reason, and it's dumb.
The Belarusian flag at the end is what it used to look like. The current one is more or less linked to it's current "president" Lukashenko(let's be honest, he's basically a dictator). You can see this flag (white-red-white) on the Chevron/Patches of the Belarusian soldiers fighting alongside Ukrainians troops against russians.
yep basically appointed by putin.
you beat me to this! im belarusian in heritage (born in australia because parents moved here before i was born). i wish more people knew that the white-red-white is the flag we accept because it represents belarusian freedom.
and the official flag kinda represents opression of the Belarusian language
@@jakubnowak649 There's no such. It's a dialect of Russian.
@@TwilightDawn193 cry more, ruzzian fashist
I'm from Germany and my English teacher wanted us to do a Presentation about Australia. I have chosen to make it about the Emu war and I think that's perfect.
Und hast du eine 1 bekommen?
Ne in einer Woche ist Präsentation
@@Feeeeelix405 na dann viel Glück und bissl geklauter TH-cam Name von thejocraft hahah
Im learning german but a shit this is gonna be hard that what did you written there.
@@paavoo3367 Ja bin größer Jo Fan
"I've never seen a nation go through this many flags"
America: Allow us to introduce ourselves
Afghanistan: *changes flag again*
For once I'm defending America: at least it's fairly consistent, with the only change being the start field. Also, fun fact, US flag code states that it is always perfectly acceptable to fly any previous flag as though it were the current one.
Afghanistan changes their flag for unknown reasons like their recent change sucks
I've been watching Drew's videos for a while and love his content, but to see the flag of my homecountry El Salvador featured, not once but TWICE in a video, it's pretty wild! You got a new subscriptor Mr Drew
11:25 Look behind you
True
drew be like : we have got to get rid of blue backgrounds
also drew : *has a blue background*
Turn your head sideways.
Drew: Denmark, that looks like a time. 28 : 37?
*Me, a non-American trying to understand how that can be possible considering there are 24 hours in a day*: Things must be different in America
Ironically, the US uses the 12 hour AM/PM system. Though, on a side note: planets where days are longer could have a "28:37"
Army time correct
nope, same here.
That's just 4:37 of the next day, like 32nd day of August or something.
He was talking about the YEAR 2837. (e.g. - This is the year 2021)
4:39 Qatar is just so rich, they just have all ultra wide sreens there. 😅
Yes we do😎
@@karkris5419 if you haven’t heard there have been reforms this year thankfully, worker payments were increased and their lives have been improved significantly.
@@karkris5419 agreed. It won't change that fact but I'm happy that the country I live in is finally trying to be better.
@@karkris5419 oh I'm glad you agree 👍
My ultrawide isn't even that wide!
5:30 but the main joke here is a word under the flag. Its персик, or peach on english
It's also not in Ukraine, it's Russian
@@djromchick4578 word is the same. Land is Ukrainian as I think.
and no peaches around)
I’m so used to the Malaysian flag changing design when held vertically, it surprised me that it’s considered an odd quirk. But it looks more symmetrical that way.
5:05
Togo: Has perfect flag ratio
Drew Durnil: Is ThAt InFiNiTy?
Ps: that's the golden ratio
@Hi last name ur mom
@Ein Mensch how much is it in numbers?
@@phoenix1026 around 1.6
@@windowstudios45alt ok
That is the ratio they should use if they were to standardise it! Isn't it the ratio of paper sheets anyaway?
Drew: the south of the Netherlands is just Belgium.
me: Finally someone who understands
The country is ours but the people arent
Isn't the North of Belgium just the Netherlands tho? Lol
It’s a funny cause it’s a runnng Dutch joke that belgium is southern netherlands
@@gible2330 But what if the Netherlands were actually nothern Belgium? 🤔
@@_blank-_ no
"I've never seen a nation go through this many flags"
America: *laughs hysterically*
I just realized your shirt and I love it so much!
That Nepal ratio was hilarious
in their countries constitution they literally have a 24-step guide on how to make a nepalese flag
That could be a math problem 😂
It wouldve been 2 by 3 if the blue border wasnt there.
🇳🇵
"What's the aspect ratio on your flat"
"Yes, we have an aspect ratio""
Togo’s proportion is 1 : φ (which is equivalent to one plus the square root of five, divided by two), it’s the Golden Ratio hence the most beautiful flag. Phi is about 1.6, where as printed paper of A4 size is 1: sqrt 2, around 1.4.
Tbh all flags should either by 1 : 1.4 or 1 : 1.6.
AKA 5:7 or 5:8
1:1 and 1:2 seems pretty defendable as well
(1+√5)/2=1.61803399
Now calculate Nepal plz
@@DatBoi_TheGudBIAS no
8:31 this is an old military banner of prussia. It is the unique flag of either the VII., VIII., XVIII. or XX. corps of the prussian army after 1890. And yes what you showed is the version they have on wikipedia
For some weird reason the metal marble I was holding started spinning when I looked at the Togo flag
14:48 the Belarus flag 🇧🇾 is as seen as the Lukashenko's terror regime flag and is inherited of the soviet period (even if it was adopted in 1995), while the ⚪🔴⚪ flag was the one of the first independant republic of Belarus in 1918 and is used by the pro-democracy movement in Belarus.
i triggered when i saw thad flag
No one cares
Although I have to say that current flag is beautiful with those ornaments and live colors...
And I'm not fond of red-white flags (my country has it, 2/10 not recomend)
@@ololo518 ornaments really don't belong to flags, although by itself this one is pretty from my POV as well
the green-red combination reminds me of puke tho
@@sporeman2334 why they don't belong? Can someone say "no, that thing you put on flag shouldn't be there"? Is there a commitee?
can we just appreciate that drew say 1939 instead of 1936 lol good video
yeah
I was gonna comment that
Dyslexic Drew. lmao.
yep
His amazing level of focus and reading skills are just 2 of the reasons I relate to him.
11:48 The Soviet flag had a specific banner variant, too. The banner was 2:1 with the star and hammer and sickle in the upper left corner. Basically the same, but the long end was the vertical edge.
Drew: Yemen can be the only one rocking the red white black flag
Egypt:am I alive??
new update:
Patch notes for 1.19:
new flag
thank you for reading
Also patched some "Bugs"
No, I think it's version 2.0.21
@@lewiss.9632 Nah waiting for 2.0.22
Drew: isnt south Netherlands just Belgium?
Every person from the Netherlands: **insert happy crying noises**
I don’t understand Belgium is not part of Netherlands so why people always say Wallonie is part of France and North part ( forgot the name in english) is part of Netherlands, like if they are they will be broke
@@Royale-Thalia 1st of all, there has been a years long debate for Belgium wanting to split, but its just kinda a joke in the Netherlands
@@Royale-Thalia : In german northern Belgium is called Flandern, so in english perhaps Flanders?
@@brittakriep2938 As a Spanish I am sure that part was called Flandes. Sorry for sending the Duke of Lerma, we also don't like him.
to me South Belgium is more sensible French people and North Belgium is less sensible Dutch people lol
Best version of something like fun with flags
10:26 you have cat flags and then you have Croatia
I think croatia love cat
And texas and dominica
Drew: why wouldnt they just go with the belerussian flag?
The dictator of belaruss: insert meme template
14:47
That is the flag of the Belarusian democracy movement, I’m guessing they changed it after the protests :D
They haven’t changed it. But some companies are changing it to support the democracy movement
@@davidthegreat4984 that’s what I meant, should have been clearer
It's just concept art from a user, it's actually not the official icons Duolingo uses.
@@drfm16 the white-red-white is good. im belarusian. most of us agree it represents us. so your point? the flag is false, has no meaning, and the rushnik isnt even a real traditional design. its a trash soviet design made by a non-belarusian. its represents soviet control, lukashenko's regime, and meaningless design. its rubbish. the white-red-white is traditional, post-WW1 design when belarusian was free. it represents years of freedom. so, if that isnt good for a flag idk what is. you saying "not a good flag for representing Belarus" makes me think you dont know what you are talking about and you probably arent belarusian.
My idea for a welsh addition to the union jack would be to have the bottom background be green rather than blue, i think it would fit better and not be too distracting
I was thinking something like that, but I was thinking for the white portions on the bottom half of the Union Jack to be green. But then on second thought, that would cut out two of the crosses, so your suggestion is better.
Might be an idea to take out the Ireland part since the Ireland isn't part of the union anymore. So out with the St. Patrick's Cross and in with green from the welsh flag and yellow from the ulster flag.
7:47 I LIVE THERE HOLY FRICK
"yemen is the only country that can rock the whithe black red flag"
The German Empire : :(
The only existing country xd
@@kepigirl sir what about syria and iraq and egypt
Most of the Middle East: ._.
@@regnumreq3617 I'm egyptian and there is a yellow bird in the flag so it's technically not only red white and black 😒😒
@@kepigirl barely
In case no one knows, 5:05 the symbol there is called phi,
or (1+√5)/2
Greek for pi
@@Hamerato what ? No !
Pi is already greek
@@Hamerato no pi is π phi is φ
@@Hamerato π≠φ you forgot a h
Φφ loved
Wait, I'm near Brighton, I need to check this pub out right NOW!
My school did a similar thing to the amazon wearhouse. A long time ago they started putting up flags for every country that a student has come to our school for boarding. Its super cool because when you walk into the main school building you see 30-50 flags hanging from the cealing
1:58 Only the educated French people will not get Triggered.
(I still got Triggered)
I got a good laughter out of it.
(Was half expecting it seeing it was plain white)
yes, especially since France is the country with the most military victories in the world, but the Americans forget that...
2:38 maybe he’s tricking the geoguesser players
Nice video! Reminded me that my hometown has a woodpecker on its flag
10:18 Žihobce is a really small town (~550 citizens) near where I grew up. It doesn't even have its own postcode, so I was surprised to see that it has its own flag... Even though it looks this way 😅
As a german, I think we need more dogs in flags. If the Czech Republic ever want to combine their olympics team with ours just to have a flag with a dog together, I am totally in.
Czech Republic ❌
*CZECHIA* ✅
Drew the flag at 8:58 is a prussian regimental flag every prussian regiment has the same design just difrent collor
Ahah NERDS
@@_blank-_ OK uneducated person
Now go play with ur lego s
@@_blank-_ you are literally commenting on a video about flags
@@palastofhistory4026 I don't think his comment was meant to be mean spirited.
And legos are nice >:(
Thank you
11:55 Slovakia also has this (the coat of arms rotates when held vertically).
Most countries with the CoAs on their flags also do that.
Oh my goodness! I live near DC, and I’ve been in that flag store!! It’s called the Alamo flag company in falls church, Virginia. It’s super cool to walk around. They have all sorts of flags, ribbons, lanyards, metals, pins and so much more! I love that store so mich and could walk around it for hours even though it’s not the largest. You wouldn’t believe how excited I got when I saw that picture and realized I’ve been there!
Drew: "What is wrong with the US?"
Basically everyone who isn't American: Everything
A large amount of Americans, too
Ikr I'm American and...
The U.S. is a very misunderstood country…
As a Serb i can confirm, for them its no logic for a country to have a flag in their like australia has uk's inside of their's BUT IT IS LOGIC TO THEM that a cuntry has the EXACT same flag as othr country and the EXACT same name.
14:45 "Why would you not just go with the Belarussian flag though?" But Drew that is the Belarussian flag. The pre-Soviet Belarussian flag.
fr
Lol? Fictional country doesn’t count
Using flags to represent languages just can't ever end well.
"Ñ" on its beginnings was a replacement for the syllable "NI", the idea was to save space for the writing with typewriters. Ñ sounds like in Niagara Falls (Ñagara even though we don't write it this way, but works phonetically)
i saw a small flag store in branson missouri when i went there i couldn’t contain myself man
9:44
Anyone else see those flags as ÷, +, *, and -?
Or am I just going insane from math?
No way
The top is the -
@@unamedzube7xb297 yeah
I guess that's the student grind
Austria is -
Switzerland is +
Japan is * (also used as .)
Poland is a fraction (÷)
3:26 we all like to talk about ruining Great Britain's flag by incorporating Wales... but imagine the chain reaction of flag updates we'd need for all those countries with a Union Jack watermark. Total chaos.
A Union Jack watermark
*on the union jack*
12:08 Czechia has something similar… when you put the flag vertical you switch the position of the white and the red stripe (so the red stripe is then on the right side)
hey
There’s a vendor at the main swap meet in Yuma Arizona that sells exclusively flags, when I went they had a gigantic selection, but that was years ago
Either the Philippine Flag at 2:20 was hanged wrongly, or that lone Filipino employee was at war with someone in that building.
no that’s actually how you hang it sideways
@@lifinale if it's vertical, the red side should be on the right side not left. Hanging a PH flag vertical is not simply turning it 90" clockwise,
@@WingMaster562 no that’s actually how you hang it sideways
@@lifinale Please look it up for yourself before you take a stand about it. A quick search of "PH flag code vertical" or even Republic Act 8941 (if you want the specific law about it) will do.
It used to be just rotate 90" clockwise, then WWII happened, flag was flipped, then the war ended and the flag was flipped back by Elpidio Quirino (with his E.O. 321 of 1950) but only mentioned the horizontal and forgot to mention the vertical hang so that remained. Then decades later, Fidel Ramos puts it in law in the amendement.
@@WingMaster562 I want you to think about my last two comments… and answer again
no that’s actually how you hang it sideways
5:04 Togo uses phi which is roughly 1.618 also known as the golden ratio, I think all countries should adopt this
No
Yes, either that or 1 : sqrt(2), which if cut in half and rotated by 90 degrees is again 1 : sqrt(2)
@@eriXD_1510 We could also draw them on A3 or A4 paper
“Why does the US have to be different?”
*proceeds to show literally every country being different*
Dude, you're me in so many ways you have no idea! 😂
[Tip] Indonesia and monaco is actually different. Most of us can tell by the proportions but you could also see that the red in indonesia is much more brighter.
Yeah, they are different but he didn’t say they were exactly the same, because Haiti 🇭🇹 and Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 even at the time had slightly different colors. Also the brighter colors are only in the web version of the flag, the physical version of the flag in real life has a more similar color to Monaco.
Nobody will still be able to tell them apart unless you have them side by side.
Unless you are Indo or from Monaco. Good luck trying to guess it correctly.
12:08 lmao I’m a Malaysian and I didn’t realised that the Malaysian flag has to look like that for it to be correct vertically. I’ve been drawing them like the normal flag but facing down instead 🤡
3:51 First thing I think of was Basque Flag
I might have to visit that flag store. DC is close enough for a weekend trip and I've always wanted to go to the memorials to pay homage
11:37 heyyy. Its my home! Republic of Chuvashia!
5:11 Nepal we have Mountains and like math
1:58 "They went with the old french flag" LOL
My school used to have the flags of its students hanging in the cafeteria.
5:45 A shield? Ohhhhh a shield I totally saw that the whole time, nothing else just a shield.
bro...
how...
2:19 looks like the Phillipines is at war
Is that Sheldon Cooper presents: fun with flags?
5:19 what makes this photo even weirder
is that tent is labeled персик (peach)
I agree with Togo, all the sensible looking flags have consecutive fibonacci numbers in their ratio so why not take it all the way?
14:59 That’s actually the Pre-Soviet Era flag of Belarus. You’ll see a lot of flags like that in protests, with a knight on horseback in the center. It’s also the flag of the Belarusian government that’s in exile.
And also the flag between 1991-1995
Thank you.
>government in exile
😂
About the Indonesia and Monaco Flag, Monaco got their flag from their coat of arms (i think) while Indonesia ripped the blue part of the Netherlands flag (yes this is true)
0:17 Chad and Romania: ARE we a JOKE TO YOU?
Drew talking about Indonesia and Monaco
Meanwhile Chad and Romania : 👁👄👁
Bahrain and Qatar : 👁👄👁
🇱🇻🇦🇹
🇹🇩🇷🇴
🇮🇩🇲🇨
🇧🇭🇶🇦
Monaco & Indonesia and Chad & Romania are identical
@@gisellestephanieaudrienna5704 Latvia and Austria are easy to differentiate
Ivory Coast/ Cote d'Ivoire and Ireland are pretty similar
@@manny5500 they have different resolutions And colours and arrows lol
7:02 Not only on Winter Olympics 2018, Asian Games 2018 too
That Wales "dragon" flag at the Pub in Brighton I know as its one of my locals 🤣 you have an fan from Brighton my dude
11:33 *Prefecture
As a welsh person, I can confirm that we made our flag a dragon to get away from the rest of the UK. We want out
5:06 Togo rocking the Golden ratio flag
13:36 No, that is definitely a z. The town, after all, is called Zevenaar. This is how a z was written in the 17th century.
Drew: One day we will get rid of dark blue backgrounds
Also Drew: *Has a dark blue background*
drew: I've never seen this many changes to a flag in one century
*angry Malaysia noises*
3:00 the netherlands is divided in three; north(North-Holland, Friesland, Groningen, Drenthe and Flevoland), mid(South-Holland, Utrecht, Overijssel and Gelderland) and south(Zeeland, North Brabant and Limbourg).
is that where the name New Zealand came from?
@@blitzkrieg7133 yes
Love to see Hergiswil in there
5:25
Sign below. Translation:
"Peach"
drew pls pls pls start calling the new afghani flag "no-no afghanistan" i will literally force my entire family to subscribe to you if u do it plssss
Hi JD end fyy try h
He must call it the best Afghanistan
yesssssssssssssssss
Idk if TH-cam even allows him to say the name of the country since he sometimes censors it to “No-no-Stan-land”
13:52 don't worry I'll do it:
_Ñ_
No need to thank me
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this reminds me of FUN WITH FLAGS from big bang theory :D
Real talk, I live in Jesenice and I've always been told our coat of arms just represents a metal hook (steel factory, big feature). Not once have I heard it referred to as a "J"
The flag used by the role-players/reenactors are probably the colors of a regiment/unit. There were a bunch of them, often with somewhat complex and intricate details.
14:46
"Why don't you go with belarusian flag?"
Will somebody tell him?
11:25
"everything is better than the blue background"
"one day we will get rid of those dark blue backgrounds", he said, with a dark blue background behind him.
There is a flag store close to where I live near the railroad tracks.