Author: Miss Cellania / Source: Neatorama
All but three of the world’s countries have rectangular flags. Switzerland and Vatican City have square flags. Then there’s Nepal. The flag of Nepal has five sides made up of two triangles of different sizes. They have every right to design their flag as they see fit; after all, there is no international governing board for flag design.
Maybe a better question is why all the other flags are rectangular.Aside from the royal families, the only time one would really need to identify as part of a larger whole was in battle. Flags and banners were used to identify military units, but they were usually specific to the regiment or group of soldiers rather…
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