Flag of Forestia

Flag of Forestia
	Flag of Forestia
Use	National flag
Proportion	9:16
Adopted	10 April 2022
Design	A horizontal tricolour, featuring the Lebanese cedar in the center.
Designed by	Lúcia Kitayama Bringel

The flag of Forestia (Portuguese: bandeira de Forestia; Japanese: フォレスティアの旗; Ukrainian: прапор Форестії) is a tricolor consisting of the Lebanese cedar in a blue and yellow circle overlaying two green bands separated by a central yellow edged blue line. The design was first adopted upon the foundation of Forestia, on 10 April 2022, as the national flag for the country. The flag is used to represent the country nationally and internationally. A variant of the flag with a black background instead of green is used as a war flag.

History

Communist Republic of Forestia (Politics and War)

Flag of the Communist Republic of Forestia (December 26–9 April)

When Forestia was first created, the first flag adopted was a yellow and green field separated by a white-lined diagonal band from the top left to the bottom right, along with a hammer and sickle in the center. This initial flag also had a green Lebanese cedar in a yellow background, with a yellow palm tree in a green background.

During the initial period in which the flag was flown (26 December 2020 - 9 April 2022), two other flags were constructed, but never flown. The first of which bears a heavy resemblance to the flag used by Russia. With the second being the original flag, with the removal of the hammer and sickle and the inclusion of a sun.

Republic of Forestia (Politics and War)

Proposed flag of the Republic of Forestia (Unknown)
Proposed flag of the Republic of Forestia (Unknown)

Following Forestia's separation from communist and socialist ideology, there was a need for a new flag. For an unknown amount of time, there was a selection process for a new flag for the newly formed Republic of Forestia. A total of three designs were archived and stored, two of which are based on the original flag.

Federal Republic of Forestia

Following the creation of the micronation Forestia, the flag was changed to the one currently flown. It was designed by founder and current president Lúcia Kitayama Bringel, and uses the Lebanese cedar as it's centerpiece. The flag is also the only one to use a 16:9 aspect ratio.

Flag Timeline

Initially adpoted flag from 26 December 2020 to 9 April 2022
Concept for the flag, never flown
Variant of the initial flag
The currently flown flag, adopted on 10 April 2022

Design

The flag displays a yellow-lined horizontal blue stripe on a green background, with a Lebanese cedar tree inside a yellow-lined blue circle in the center, and has a proportion of 16:9. The colors were inspired by the flag of Brazil, which is the country surrounding Forestia.