FLAG OF LOYNNE'S ISLAND
The flag
Names
The Loynner flag,
the Atlantic Fiver, the tetracolor flag, the five bar flag
the Atlantic Fiver, the tetracolor flag, the five bar flag
Adopted
28th of May, 1916
Use
National flag and ensign
Proportion
10:19
Design
Five vertical bars, two blue ones at the edges and a white one at the center bordered by two smaller green ones. The white bar at the center holds the national symbol of the island, a red compass rose, and is larger than the other bars.
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The flag was designed during the Sovereignty Week holiday celebrations by a joint effort between Unitedstatian, British and Loynner diplomats, whose mission was to achieve a design representative of the island and removing traces of Unitedstatian and British occupation while maintaining its allegiance to both countries. It was flown for the first time on the 28th of May 1916 as a climax to the one-week long celebration, which officially became recognized as a national holiday on that very same day.
The blue bars represent the deep blue color of the water in the North Atlantic Ocean, while the green ones represent the vegetation of the island and its iconic palm trees. The white bar at the center represents the blinding light of the sun. The red compass rose was originally inspired by the flag of NATO aiming at emphasizing the island nation’s allegiance to this organization (and as such, to the United States and the United Kingdom), of which nonetheless, it was never a member, only a protected-allied territory. With the dissolution of NATO, the isolation of the US and the fall of the European Union due to rampant forms of nationalist movements, Loynne’s Island decided to keep the flag unchanged as a way of expressing loyalty to the US and the defunct NATO, and besides, a change in the flag would have upset the population of the island as well as diminishing the identity of such a well-known place in foreign countries, probably harming the tourism industry of the island.
The Flag of Loynne’s Island is unique among national flags of the world, featuring a design comprised of five vertical bars, two blue ones at the edges and a white one at the center bordered by two smaller green ones. The white bar at the center holds the national symbol of the island, a red compass rose, and is larger than the other bars.
The flag of Loynne's Island was revisited when designing the flag of NATO, an organization Loynne's Island never became a full member of, but obviously was aligned with due to its position in the Western hemisphere. The flag also may have inspired the 1976 flag of Aruba, which features an identical red compass rose.