Miscellaneous Alternate Flags

Danubian Empire
(Austro-Hungarian-Slavic Empire)


The Compromise of 1867 saw the elevation of Hungary to equality with Austria in the Danubian Monarchy, and led to calls by the other peoples to equality as well. Emperor-King Franz Josef would not budge, but his untimely death in 1872 led to the more open-minded young Emperor-King Rudolf to accept this idea. Rudolf, already Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary, was crowned King of Bohemia in Prague (1876) and King of the Yugoslavs in Agram (1878), forming a trialist state of Germans, Magyars, and Slavs. The peoples share white and red as colors, and the bottom stripes contain the distinctive colors of Austria (red), Hungary (green), and the Slavs (blue). The top two stripes are the same, symbolizing the unity of the monarchy.

Confederate States of America
ca. 1915


Its independence secured after its victory under Gens. Lee and Jackson the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, the CSA was granted 12 states (minus Missouri) and began its own expansion. Indian territory was admitted to the Confederacy as Sequoyah in 1890. Arizona joined in 1894. The Mexican-Confederate war brought Sonora and Chihuahua in 1896, and Cuba was admitted after war with Spain in 1910.

Confederate States of America
Freedom Party
American Empire series


This is from Harry Turtledove's novel American Empire: Blood and Iron, which takes place after a US-German victory in WWI against the Anglo-Franco-Confederate alliance. The CSA is treated in this novel as Germany was in OTL. The Freedom Party is the CSA equivalent of the German Worker's Party of OTL, which became the Nazi party. The Freedom Party (most conspicuously represented by the "white shirts") uses the Confederate Battle Flag with reversed colors.

United States of America
59-Star Flag


Behold: Empire America. This is the flag of an America which was more aggressive in taking and keeping territories and assimilating them. The 9 additional stars on this flag include Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, the Philippines, Greater Micronesia (including Guam, the Marianas, and the old Trust Territory), Liberia, Panama, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. Note: some of this has possible basis in fact; some is sheer speculation on my part.

United States of America
ca. 2003
   

I like to call this the "50-50" flag. This is what we would have today if the old habit of adding a star and a stripe had been kept. Imagine how fun this would be to draw in school!!!

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