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The Kingdom of Belgium. A country in Western Europe bordered by The Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the southwest and the North Sea to the northwest. It is divided into three autonomous regions: Flanders in the north, Wallonia in the south and Brussels-Capital region. The flag…

Washington DC, formally known as The District of Columbia. It is located on the east bank of the Potomac River which forms its southwestern and southern border with the U.S. state of Virginia, and shares a land border with the U.S. state of Maryland on its remaining sides. The city was named for George Washington,…

The largest state, by area, in the United States: Alaska. The US ‘purchased’ the territory from Russia in 1867 for $7.2 million (2 cents per acre). Of course it had been the home of indigenous people for thousands of years. Proportionally it has the highest indigenous population in the country. Alaska is larger than Texas,…

The Climate Warming Stripes Flag. (As described by my good friends, Michael and Cassie from ‘Flags For Good’): “Climatologist Ed Hawkins designed the “Warming Stripes” (also known as “Climate Stripes”) as a visualization of our planet’s warming over time. The progression from blue (cooler) to red (warmer) stripes portrays the long-term increase of average global…

The Kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa. It is an enclaved country (an independent country completely surrounded by another country) – South Africa. It was the British Crown Colony Basutoland until it’s independence in 2006. Lesotho roughly translates as “The land of the people who speak Sesotho”. The current flag was officially adopted upon it’s…