Marshall Islands
What the source says
Referenced, awaiting primary-source reviewAdopted upon the start of self-government, May 1, 1979. The white and orange portions of the band represent, respectively, the Ratak Chain ("sunrise") and the Ralik Chain ("sunset"). The star's 24 points represent the number of electoral districts, while the four elongated points represent the principal cultural centers.
Referenced, not verified: a secondary work states this, and the document that constitutes the flag has not been read for this entry. What the marks mean.
Colors and meaning
Blue(r1) #003893
Symbolism and history(r1)
A white star with 24 points for the electoral districts, its four longer points for the principal cultural centres, sits near a diagonal orange-and-white band that widens from the hoist, on a blue field, adopted at self-government in 1979.
Most similar flags
The 6 closest of the 194 other national flags, ranked by a similarity index computed from the flag images themselves. The number is that index, 0–100 — not a claim that the two flags are “X% identical”.
- North Korea63
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Bulgaria58
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Kiribati57
the same horizontal band layout; similar colours in a different arrangement.
- Comoros55
the same horizontal band layout.
- San Marino52
the same horizontal band layout; both carry a central emblem.
- Cabo Verde50
the same horizontal band layout; both carry a central emblem.
Computed at build time: each flag is rasterised to 64x48, and the score is 0.55 × colour overlap + 0.45 × structure. A different weighting would rank these differently. How the index works.
References — not verification
(r1) Referenced to Flag of the Marshall Islands (Wikipedia (English)) on 2026-07-17. States the adoption year, which colors the flag has, what the colors mean and the symbolism and history on this page. The passage it states them in is quoted at the top of this entry.
Further reading: Flag of the Marshall Islands on Wikipedia