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Here's another polity from my hard-mundane scifi setting. Gods, I hope metallic hydrogen was actually reproduced in a lab....
Anyway!
Mangalan Shambhala, or, in English, the 'Martian Place of Peace', is a theocratic Buddhist state formed around Newton Crater (now hosting a large lake, companion lakes, and gentle grassland below the rim) on, well, Mars.
The flag of Mangalan Shambhala is composed of a orange fesswise pall fimbriated white (a horizontal Y with white borders), representing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
On top of the pall is a white roundel hoisting four rounded orange semi-circles, which represent the Four Noble Truths, and centered in the circle is a stylized Dharmachakra representing the Noble Eightfold Path. The spokes of the Dharmachakra are a fluffy star, representing spatial and expansive matters/aspirations.
As per their national reckoning of Buddhism, it is ruled by the Maitreya, or the future perfect Buddha; at least, this is the title for their leader, who functions as an absolute theocrat, who is focused on fulfilling the prophetic Kalacakra tantra and to defeat the myriad of 'dark forces' tormenting humanity, with a schedule slated for 2424 AD/467 SE.
To fulfill this goal, extensive mining operations, arms production, militarization, and propaganda is churned out of Mangalan Shambhala at astonishing and inhumane rates. It is rated as a rogue state with abysmal human rights and democracy thereof by the rest of the inhabited solar system, but unlike other such polities (which normally consists of rich fundamentalists, their inner circle, their followers and a cheap off-the-market inflatable habitat or two floating in space or on some rock) their expansive holdings and technology gives them a potentially painful bite behind their bark.
Ratio: 2:3
Colors: 3: Dark Grey, orange, and white, which symbolize the darkness of existence, concurrent affairs, and space; Buddhism; purity, and holiness, respectively.
Here it is in flagwaver .

Description

Here's another polity from my hard-mundane scifi setting. Gods, I hope metallic hydrogen was actually reproduced in a lab....
Anyway!
Mangalan Shambhala, or, in English, the 'Martian Place of Peace', is a theocratic Buddhist state formed around Newton Crater (now hosting a large lake, companion lakes, and gentle grassland below the rim) on, well, Mars.
The flag of Mangalan Shambhala is composed of a orange fesswise pall fimbriated white (a horizontal Y with white borders), representing the Three Jewels of Buddhism.
On top of the pall is a white roundel hoisting four rounded orange semi-circles, which represent the Four Noble Truths, and centered in the circle is a stylized Dharmachakra representing the Noble Eightfold Path. The spokes of the Dharmachakra are a fluffy star, representing spatial and expansive matters/aspirations.
As per their national reckoning of Buddhism, it is ruled by the Maitreya, or the future perfect Buddha; at least, this is the title for their leader, who functions as an absolute theocrat, who is focused on fulfilling the prophetic Kalacakra tantra and to defeat the myriad of 'dark forces' tormenting humanity, with a schedule slated for 2424 AD/467 SE.
To fulfill this goal, extensive mining operations, arms production, militarization, and propaganda is churned out of Mangalan Shambhala at astonishing and inhumane rates. It is rated as a rogue state with abysmal human rights and democracy thereof by the rest of the inhabited solar system, but unlike other such polities (which normally consists of rich fundamentalists, their inner circle, their followers and a cheap off-the-market inflatable habitat or two floating in space or on some rock) their expansive holdings and technology gives them a potentially painful bite behind their bark.
Ratio: 2:3
Colors: 3: Dark Grey, orange, and white, which symbolize the darkness of existence, concurrent affairs, and space; Buddhism; purity, and holiness, respectively.
Here it is in flagwaver .