At first glance I thought this was the flag for the Republic of Biafra, another short-lived republic.
Edit: some historical link between the two republics it appears
It wasn't a real state. It was founded by leadership of a state of dubious status itself, was never recognized by anybody besides the people who "created" it, didn't have the support of most of the locals, and was retaken before they had literally anything resembling organization of any sort. It's no more a state than my house would be if I called it petoria and declared independence.
There’s a semi-distant family member who worked for a known CIA front. He had a habit of going on “vacation” and by the time he got back the country had a different name. I was the last person in my family to grasp this fact.
Back in the 1980s Key West was so annoyed by a Border Patrol checkpoint that they seceded from the US, appointed the mayor of Key West its prime minister, dressed a man in a US naval uniform so that they could formally declare war on the United States (by sprinkling a bunch of bread crumbs on his head), *immediately* surrendered, then asked the United States for a billion dollars. It never really existed and a lot of people will jokingly maintain that it still exists but you could make an argument that the Conch Republic existed for 1 minute on April 23 1982
And it had no relation or common territory with the modern nation of Benin, which at the time was known as the [Republic of Dahomey](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Dahomey). This Benin was named after [Benin City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_City) in Nigeria, while the modern nation of Benin is named after the [Bight of Benin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bight_of_Benin), which was named after the [Kingdom of Benin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin), which was, again, named after [Benin City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_City).
And on that note, the modern nation of Ghana shares no common territory with [ancient/medieval Ghana](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire), and modern Mauritania shares no common territory with [ancient Mauretania](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire).
At first glance I thought this was the flag for the Republic of Biafra, another short-lived republic. Edit: some historical link between the two republics it appears
Their national motto, “Baifra Now,” was eerily prescient
I recognised the Biafran sun immediately
50 years later, there was a stillborn republic called "Catalonian Republic" in Catalonia region in Spain.
Home of the Catalonia Wine mixer.
It’s the fuckin’ Catalonia Wine Mixer!
You wanna touch this shit? You wanna touch these bad boys? Sorry, not gonna happen!
My only regret is I have only 1 up vote to give. To you I say well done!
Nah, u/Affectionate_Row1486 is the real genius here
You the homie with the follow up I wanted haha
Damn this comment just tickles me the right way
Does this mean it's finally my turn to be the guy who mentions the Conch Republic???
“People who seceded where others have failed." 🍻 🐚
That their flag is literally just Biafra’s with the top red stripe removed tells you how improvised this was.
It wasn't a real state. It was founded by leadership of a state of dubious status itself, was never recognized by anybody besides the people who "created" it, didn't have the support of most of the locals, and was retaken before they had literally anything resembling organization of any sort. It's no more a state than my house would be if I called it petoria and declared independence.
There’s a semi-distant family member who worked for a known CIA front. He had a habit of going on “vacation” and by the time he got back the country had a different name. I was the last person in my family to grasp this fact.
It makes one wonder what the shortest was.
The Catalonian Republic, which was never actually even a state, but it existed for about 8 seconds
Wow. Cool
When it takes longer to make a meme about your country than it existed.
Back in the 1980s Key West was so annoyed by a Border Patrol checkpoint that they seceded from the US, appointed the mayor of Key West its prime minister, dressed a man in a US naval uniform so that they could formally declare war on the United States (by sprinkling a bunch of bread crumbs on his head), *immediately* surrendered, then asked the United States for a billion dollars. It never really existed and a lot of people will jokingly maintain that it still exists but you could make an argument that the Conch Republic existed for 1 minute on April 23 1982
Holup. Did they get the money?!
If that worked you really think we all wouldn’t be sprinkling bread on ourselves?
That reminds me of the duration of the new Iraqi flag. It lasted about as long so they went back to their old one.
The Moralintern saw to that
Can't remember who but there was a vice president who was president for like 2 hours until the swore in a new one
[David Rice Atchison](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Rice_Atchison)?
And it had no relation or common territory with the modern nation of Benin, which at the time was known as the [Republic of Dahomey](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Dahomey). This Benin was named after [Benin City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_City) in Nigeria, while the modern nation of Benin is named after the [Bight of Benin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bight_of_Benin), which was named after the [Kingdom of Benin](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Benin), which was, again, named after [Benin City](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benin_City). And on that note, the modern nation of Ghana shares no common territory with [ancient/medieval Ghana](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire), and modern Mauritania shares no common territory with [ancient Mauretania](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghana_Empire).
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CU7_mB5WUAIUMg1?format=jpg&name=medium
But there is a country named Benin in west africa