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1. This ethnic group lived for many centuries under German rule. They preserved both their language and the consciousness that they are part of the Polish nation. Their flag has two horizontal stripes (black and yellow).
2. This ethnic group is a Turkic people living in the Caucasus Mountains. Their flag displays the Turkic light blue and Mount Elbrus in silhouette.
3. This nation/ethnic group has a black flag with the white cross of St.Piran, their patron saint.
4. The emblem of this ethnic group, the tarak tamga, appears in the upper hoist of the field of their flag which is light blue, the national color common to all Turkic peoples.
5. The Scandinavian cross on the modern (red/yellow) flag of this nation denotes that they are descendants of the Vikings - though they live in France.
6. This ethnic group adopted their flag in 1971 but it was only decreed as their official flag in 1975. It has a black and a red horizontal stripe and a yellow disc in the centre.
7. This is the largest nation in the world still without statehood. It extends over a swathe of contiguous countries in the Middle East. Its flag is a horizontal tricolor of green, white and red with a yellow sun in the centre.
8. This ethnic group is native to New Caledonia and striving for independence from France. Their flag is a horizontal tricolor (blue/red/green) with a yellow disc. Within the disc there is an ornamental spire in silhouette.
9. The members of this ethnic group are descendants pf the Wends, a Slavic people who in the Middle Ages occupied large areas of the eastern part of Germany. Today they predominantly live in Lusatia. Their flag is a horizontal tricolor (blue/red/white).
10. This ethnic group proclaimed an abortive independent state in 1950, the Republic of South Moluccas. Their flag is red with three vertical stripes (blue/white/green) to the left.
11. There are several nationalities in Myanmar (Burma) that are struggling to create separate states. The flag of this ethnic group has red/green horizontal stripes and crossed native swords in the middle.
12. The flag of this ethnic group within Myanmar/Burma is a horizontal tricolor (ochre/green/red) with a white disc in the middle.
13. The flag of this nation in France displays 4 white and 5 black stripes, and a canton including an ermine. The ermine has been the arms of the nation since the 12th century.
14. Many nations without statehood live in Europe. Some of them use flags that have become the flag of the regions. This is particularly the case in Spain. This national flag is red with a white and a green saltire. The flag, called the "Ikkurina", was illegal from 1936 to 1977.
15. This nation is a part of Spain. Its flag has five yellow and four red horizontal stripes. The use of the flag was illegal from 1939 to 1975.
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