To the modern chauvinist, having a central bank ranks in importance up there with having a national flag.
In 1964, the Canadian parliament adopted a national flag with a red maple leaf on a white background.
There's also a Confederate national flag and various Imperial Russian, Prussian and German parade helmets, rank caps, medals, insignia and uniforms.
At the reception, each guest received a lapel button to wear with either a South Carolina state flag or a Kiwi bird, a national symbol of New Zealand.
As a band played the Iraqi national anthem, officials lowered the old flag and hoisted a temporary one at a ceremony at Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office in Baghdad's Green Zone.
The National Weather Service said a red flag warning was in effect until Friday evening.
Soldiers held Chavez's simple wooden casket, which was draped with the national flag, as a priest recited a prayer and blessing over it.
It is the fifth time the National Trust has been awarded a flag for Portstewart Strand.
The shields refer to the national flag, which resembles a medieval crest.
When Seiji Maehara, the transport minister, forced Japan Airlines (JAL), the national flag-carrier, into a court-administered bankruptcy, he reportedly had to flout the wishes of his senior civil servants.
It is now a criminal offence to insult the French flag or national anthem.
The National Weather Service in San Diego said a red flag warning was in effect until Friday evening.
"For the record, Fifa did not tell Kulula that they could not use soccer balls, or the word 'South Africa', or the Cape Town stadium, or the national flag or vuvuzelas, " said a statement from football's world governing body.
The first flag is a wave of geopolitical events that undermine national, regional, and global economic integration.
Sociologist Dr Anthony King said the flag's influence would create "a new national community with social bonds springing from sport".
The Punjab government has announced a three-day mourning period as a mark of respect for Mr. Singh, during which the national flag will fly at half-staff on government buildings.
His mission will make him the first UK national to live and work in space, and to fly the Union flag, on a British-government-funded programme (the UK is Esa's third largest contributor).
BBC: UK astronaut Tim Peake to go to International Space Station
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