Flag of Laos Flag of Laos The flag of Laos consists of three horizontal stripes, with the middle stripe in blue being twice the height of the top and bottom red stripes. In the middle is a white disc, the diameter of the disc is the height of the blue stripe. The flag ratio is 2:3. The national flag of Laos was first adopted in 1945 under the short-lived Lao Issara government of 1945–46, then by the Pathet Lao. It is one of the two flags of a currently communist country (the other being Cuba) that does not use any communist symbolism and
Flag of São Paulo (state) Because of the flag, the colors that symbolize the state of São Paulo are black, red and white. The flag has thirteen stripes alternating between black and white, representing the days and nights that the "bandeirantes" fought for the good of the state. The top and bottom stripes are both black, so the edges are clearly delimited. The canton consists of a red rectangle on the upper left corner, representing the blood shed by the "bandeirantes." The white circle contains an outline of Brazil in blue, the color of strength, which the "bandeirantes" brought to the state. There is a