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Description
I never really cared much for the official Equestrian flag (especially the meaningless 41 stars), so I got to working on a redesign. Thus far I’ve tried 117 different options, and I think this is one of the best.
The three tails and three stars represent the three tribes from which Equestria was formed; no specific symbols are used to avoid giving any tribe prominence over the others.
The sun-moon symbol represents the princesses and the Equestrian identity, which serves as the uniting bond between the three tribes (or something like that).
The indented edge mirrors the rays of the sun, and is mostly there because it looked kinda cool.
This design takes inspiration from:
Flag of Gondor
Flag of the Most Serene Republic of Venice
Flag of the Turkic Council
Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate
Imperial Standard of the Qing Emperor
Flag of Anyuan Miners’ Strike
““Arms of the Qing Dynasty[](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Arms_of_the_Qing_Dynasty_%28fictitious%29.svg/700px-Arms_of_the_Qing_Dynasty_%28fictitious%29.svg.png)
Chinese fishermen’s flags
The three tails and three stars represent the three tribes from which Equestria was formed; no specific symbols are used to avoid giving any tribe prominence over the others.
The sun-moon symbol represents the princesses and the Equestrian identity, which serves as the uniting bond between the three tribes (or something like that).
The indented edge mirrors the rays of the sun, and is mostly there because it looked kinda cool.
This design takes inspiration from:
Flag of Gondor
Flag of the Most Serene Republic of Venice
Flag of the Turkic Council
Flag of the Mamluk Sultanate
Imperial Standard of the Qing Emperor
Flag of Anyuan Miners’ Strike
““Arms of the Qing Dynasty[](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Arms_of_the_Qing_Dynasty_%28fictitious%29.svg/700px-Arms_of_the_Qing_Dynasty_%28fictitious%29.svg.png)
Chinese fishermen’s flags
Source
not provided yet
This flag, on the other hand, looks like a seriously awesome old Equestrian war banner or perhaps a naval flag. But whatever it is, it is regal, and it means business. Nicely done!
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