Flag of Petrovburg

—Official warning

## Republic of Petrovburg

### Design

Three horizontal stripes of red (top), dark blue (middle), and white (bottom). The blue stripe is twice the size of the red and white stripes. Charged with the Petrovburger coat of arms off-centered toward the hoist.

The **flag of the Republic of Petrovburg** consists of three horizontal stripes: red, dark blue, and white, the dark blue stripe being twice the size of each red and white stripe.

## Design

Generally, the red, white, and dark blue are the national colors of Petrovburg. They are also considered as the Equestrian majesty tricolors. Dark blue represents the religion of Islam, and the gold (on its coat of arms) represents the wealth of the Petrovburger people. The red and white stripes represent "the efforts and sacrifices that the Petrovs will keep consenting, to the price of their blood, to defend their fatherland".

The basic design of the current flag of Petrovburg is based on Spain's one, with the coat of arms is specified by rule 3 of the Presidential Decree 1977, which states the following:

* Petrovburg's national coat of arms has a height equal to 2⁄5 of the hoist (height) and will figure on both sides of the flag.
* When the flag is of regular proportions, having a length equal to 3⁄2 of the width, the coat's axis is placed at a distance from the hoist equal to 1⁄2 of the flag's height.
* If the flag's length is less than normal, the coat of arms is placed at the center of the flag.

Generally, the flag ratio is 3 to 5 (height/width), with three equal horizontal bands of red, dark blue, and white, with the dark blue stripe being twice the height.

## Flag protocol

The flag can only be flown horizontally from public buildings, private homes, businesses, ships, town squares, or during official ceremonies. While the flag should be flown from sunrise to sunset, government offices in Petrovburg and abroad must fly the flag on a 24-hour basis (during the night, and in poor light, it must be properly lit). The flags must conform to the legal standards, and cannot be soiled or damaged in any way.

For mourning activities, the flag can be flown in either of the following ways. The first method, commonly known as half-masting, is performed when the flag is hoisted to the top of the flagpole, then lowered to the pole's one-third position. The other method is to attach a black ribbon to a flag that is permanently affixed to a staff. The ribbon itself is ten centimeters wide and it is attached to the mast so that the ends of the ribbon reach the bottom of the flag. During the funeral ceremony, the flag may be used to cover the coffins of government officials, soldiers, and persons designated by an act of the president; these flags are later folded and presented to the next of kin before interment.

When flying the Petrovburger flag with other flags, the following is the correct order of precedence: the national flag, flags of the Petrovburger districts, the national corps, military and government standards, city flags, and any others. When the international flags are used alongside the Petrovburger flag, the flags are sorted according to their countries' names alphabetically.

When unfurled in the presence of other flags, the national flag must not have smaller dimensions and must be situated in a prominent, honorable place, according to the relevant protocol.

## Other flags currently in use

### Civil authorities

Some high-ranking officials of the Petrovburger district (i.e., the ministers of the government, or the chairmen of the Congress of Deputies and the Senate) are entitled to display a flag representative of their status. It is a square flag of Petrovburg with the national coat of arms centered on the dark blue stripe.

### Yacht Ensign

The Yacht Ensign is the flag of Petrovburg charged with the presidential crown in golden in the center of the dark blue stripe. This flag was first established in 1945 by Presidential Decree, which provided that the central stripe would display the presidential crown; this flag apparently continued to be used following the creation of the Soviet regime (1922-1991) but the presidential crown was changed to a yellow crown; the current version—depicting the presidential crown in yellow—was introduced following the restoration of the republic.

### Naval jack

The **Petrovburger naval jack** is only hoisted at the prow of all Navy ships when docked or anchored in foreign waters, from sunrise to sunset. In national waters, it is hoisted on Fridays, festivities, and in presence of a foreign warship as soon as it moors at the dock. The national flag is always hoisted at the stern when sailing, and from sunrise to sunset when docked. It is a regular flag (ratio 3:5) composed of 4 quarters:

* **First quarter :** Bandung Dynasty (red field with a golden castle)
* **Second quarter :** Pariaman Dynasty (yellow field with a white Minangkabau house on a lone island over the sea)
* **Third quarter :** Seborga Dynasty (yellow field with the four red vertical stripes)
* **Fourth quarter :** Norway Dynasty (green field with a golden ship's wheel)

### Presidential standard

The **Petrovburger presidential standard** is the official flag of the President of Petrovburg. It comprises a dark blue square with red border (considered as the traditional color of Equestria) with the president's coat of arms in the center. It is raised over the official presidential residence in Canterlot Presidential Palace and other presidential sites around Petrovburg, when the president is in residence and displayed on his official car as small flag.

## References

1. **Main course**
	* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag\_of\_Spain