Flag of Peru which joined Bolivia to form the Peru–Bolivian Confederation. The South was formed first, thus adopting a new flag: a red vertical band on the left, with a golden sun and four small stars above (representing Arequipa, Ayacucho, Cuzco and Puno, the four groups of the republic), and the right side divided into an upper green band and a lower white one. The North kept the currency and all ---- of the dissolved Peru, including its flag. The flag of the Peru-Bolivian Confederation showed the coats of arms of Bolivia, South and North Peru, from left to right and slanted at
Once Was Not Once Was Not Once Was Not is the fifth album by Canadian technical death metal band Cryptopsy. "Once Was Not" is the first album to feature original vocalist Lord Worm since 1996's "None So Vile", and would be his last with the band. It is also the first album not to feature original guitarist Jon Levasseur. Unlike previous albums, where Lord Worm's lyrical content consisted of gore, blasphemy, and sex, his lyrics on "Once Was Not" dealt with topics that affect the human race, such as war, famine, plague, and death. A digipack edition was released, limited to 10,000 copies,