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Kingdom of Caledon

Rìoghachd na Càlé

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Caledonian national flag
image by R. Allen Young, 7 September 302AP
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Description of the flag

The Caledonian flag was adopted on 14 October 300AP upon the declaration of the kingdom's independence. The flag features a yellow diagonal cross with black fimbriation on a white field. The cross represents the Caledonian people's Kiltan heritage, but replacing the traditional Kiltan colors of blue, white, and green for the colors found most often in the Caledonian landscape of the northeastern Nuarmian desert – white, yellow, and black. The colors have additional symbolism as well, with the white representing the ethnic Kiltan colonists who came to the region centuries ago, the black for the native Nuarmians who were originally segregated and pushed into the desert lands but are not integrated into society, and yellow for the golden future of the united Caledonian people.
Prime Minister David Lindsey, 4 March 301AP

The official dimensions of the Caledonian national flag are 2:3, according to the Interior Ministry. The flag is used exclusively on land as a civil, state, and war flag, but is used at sea only as the canton of the various ensigns and as the jack for the Royal Coast Guard.
R. Allen Young, 7 September 302AP

Royal Coat of Arms

[Caledonian royal arms]
image by R. Allen Young, 15 February 301AP

The Caledonian royal coat of arms represents the House of Stewart, the current ruling line of the kingdom. The arms can be blazoned "Argent, a lion rampant Sable, armed and langed Or." The arms may only be used by the sitting monarch or his designated agent and represents the extension of royal authority.

It is unknown at this time if the royal banner or even King James VI's personal flag is based on the royal arms, though it would not be surprising if it were so.
R. Allen Young, 15 February 301AP

Flag of the Protectorate of Caledon

[Flag of the Zartanian protectorate of Caledon]
image by R. Allen Young, 3 October 300AP

For a brief time following the liberation of Thistland by military forces from Whiland and the Greater Zartanian Empire, the southern half of Thistland was administered as a Zartanian protectorate, eventually achieving independence as Caledon. The flag used to represent the protectorate during that period was a variation on the Zartanian government ensign, featuring a teal field with the Eastern Zartanian national flag in the canton fimbriated white, and a shield bearing the yellow and black checkered pattern of Thistland in the fly. The protectorate flag was superceded by the Caledonian national flag upon the declaration of independence in 300AP.
R. Allen Young, 15 February 301AP