Symbols of Saint Francis

The symbols of the State Saint Francis are used to honor the country, and they are decided by the government. The current symbols are made due to the constitution of 1946.

## Flag

The flag of Saint francis has been confected by Judah Slewinger in the early 1800's, as an attempt for the territory of Saint Francis to have a second flag. Slewinger's flag was adopted by the Parthenopean forces in the 1850's, and since it's independence, it has constitutionally declared as the flag of the nation,

It is a golden flag with a tricolored square in front of the hoist. It contains cyan, white and blue in order from right to down.

According to an interview with Slewinger at a British diary in January 1st, 1834, the colors have a meaning, and those are that

* The blue represents the purity of the nation.
* The white represents the eagle of democracy
* The cyan represents the unity of the people
* The golden represents three things: The soil that once was in the island, The work and labor of the people and the promising future of the nation.

## Coat-of-arms

The coat of arms of Saint Francis has been designed by Leary Devon Small in 1906, replacing another one, which was made by Elise Wanderer in the 1800's. Leary Devon declared that the former coat of arms went "a little too picky and messed", so he had to make one that would inspire the nation as it's own.

The coat of arms in the upper side contains a blank space with the first cathedral of the nation, along with a hoover and a golden hand on the left side and a pine tree on the right side. Over it in the bottom is the phrase "With Valour Sprung Life". On the bottom side, it conitans three mountains and a group of people raising a flag, along with three suns. Between these two sides there is a golden pennant with a red line, with three red falcons superimposed into it.

## Anthem

The title of the anthem is "Hymn of Saint Francis", and it is composed by Richard Lovens, along with lyrics by Laurence Fold, Bart Folly and Gerard Johnson. It has been adopted since independence, in 1858.
At the time when the British people were leading the islands of Saint Francis and New Liverpool, Lovens, a native from the earlier island, had been listening to the melody of "God Save The Queen", when he went to the college. He wanted to make a song that was exclusive to the territory he lived in, in inspiration to that song. He made two wordless pieces, one called "Aire to Saint Francis", and the other called "Aire to New Liverpool". The two songs were then sent to the General of the colony in 1849, and when they first heard that, they had applauded them loudly. The Aire to Saint Francis was then the colonial anthem since then.

When Saint Francis had been independent, the nation had ideas to make an anthem for the constitution. Out of the 23 entries that the Franciscans had been made, the winning idea was Bart Folly's, which had the same music as Lovens. It, with adaptions by Laurence Fold and Gerard Johnson, a musician based on the town of Old Coast, has been adopted to the national anthem, and the first ones to play it was the Neptune Orchestra, in the day of independence.

The anthem is played by the Nation's Orchestra since 1890 every Independence Day ceremony, except in 2003, when it was played by the Sermon's College Band because a blackout was held in that day.

It is sung today in all schools and public events in the country.

### Lyrics

O golden land,
O brethren's land!
United in heart and soil,
Your children will ever stand.
O, God of truth,
Keep all our youth,
Free, holding our standard.
O, mountains dear,
No sea to fear,
Grass to stay in focus,
Sun that shines so grand,
Moon that extends
It's lights to the earth,
And gives hope to the invict.
Lo, grateful space,
Who has been done
The formation of the earth,
Never to defeat,
But to greet,
The land of our birth.
Sinisters bowing,
Behemoths growing,
Work and admiring,
It's so aspiring!
My last rest shall be here,
Saint Francis noble and dear.
### In popular culture

* The anthem of Saint Francis has been played before every film in the 1940's to the 1970's because of a cinematic law.
* There are many parodies of this song, a most popular one which is sung by criminals in prison was a parody made by Cardon Willith in the 1930's. In the late 2000's, it was also sung at schools.
* A Looney Tunes cartoon, called "The Road to South Asia", which featured Bugs Bunny on it's way to Myanmar (or Saint Francis), featured snippets of the song. It was then banned by the American government in the 1960's due to the causes of the Micro Infestion.
* The american television cartoon "The Simpsons", have used this song twice during the cut to the next scene.