Here they are! It took a grand total of SIX HOURS for me to narrow it down to my top selections. I was incredibly impressed with all your hard work and creativity. Bravo, everyone!!

All entries will stay posted on my Pinterest page if you haven’t had a chance to admire the other designs yet.

Don’t forget to vote for your favorite in each category below.

AUSTRALIA

By Chloe S.
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By Abbi Gurdin. “…the red, white, and blue stripes are their nod to the UK. The other two colors featured (green and gold) are the national colors (I think) of Australia. The commonwealth star is featured on most Australian flags and represents the six states…” Read more.
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By Lily Zheng GB. “I noticed that the stars are what the Australia flags today have in common and the black and red is a combo with the Papua flag.”
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THE EUROPEAN FEDERATION

By Jason Rico. “This design was born out of the theoretical situation of China expanding its borders, and Europe reacting by merging the European Union (an economic and political entity) and NATO (an intergovernmental military alliance), to form one giant nation.”
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By Maddilin. “Overall, I wanted Europe to be a place that, in the future, still remembered where it came from, and because it appreciated its history, it had the strength to create a new flag – that they could accept different religions and different backgrounds to unite, even if their flag did have a cross or plus sign on it…” Read more.
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By Alayna Riley. “This is my flag for the European Federation. The blue star with 12 points in the middle is like a condensed version of the European flag. The red is because A LOT of European flags have red (and for Scarlet of course). The green, yellow, and white are also from other flags. I had all the flags’ colors coming together towards the star to represent the separate countries coming together to form one.”

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THE AFRICAN UNION

By Maddilin. “The X: The X’s branches touch the corners, symbolizing that people, beliefs, and governments came together from different branches of Africa to join forces. The X and circle share a single color to show that they were all the same all along. Yellow, which also represents gold, on flags is the color of justice, such as the justice that prevailed when the African countries stopped fighting each other and joined hands.” Read more.
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By Stefan L. Ritter
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By Kristan Heverin. “I tried to stay true to the African flag by incorporating green, yellow, and black into the design- colors that are commonly featured in African flags. The center of the flag is a sun, symbolic of a new day and new beginnings. It also is a great representation of the climate of this country. I used a black background behind the sun to represent the dawning sun after a tumultuous past.” Read More.
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THE AMERICAN REPUBLIC

By Julie Bollinger. “The wreath has 24 leafs for the 24 former countries [I figure things changed before the continent united]. The circle: top half is the sun & mountains and bottom fields and rivers. The large green rectangle symbolizes the united solidarity of the western hemisphere [minus Canada], the New World, original ‘final frontier’ and the country’s position on the map.”
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By Abbi Gurdin. “The rays and dots coming out represent the 71 (more or less) states/countries/provinces/whatever they’re called in the future of the AR. I did the math and combined each number from all three countries/continents and then subtracted the amount of states that could possibly disappear due to global warming (That part took quite a while). Finally, the motto: “Simul confidimus, Simul sumus” (Which means “Together we trust, together we stand”)…”>Read more.
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By Pamela
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THE UNITED KINGDOM

By Allison D. “This flag was designed for the United Kingdom. Its design was inspired purely by royalty. The color purple is often associated with royalty, such as kings and queens. There is a crown with surrounding golden motifs in the middle, symbolizing monarchy. I tried to give the flag a fancy royal feel.”
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By Amy Joynes. “I have chosen to keep the union jack flag but incorporated both Ireland colours and a maple leaf for Canada on the crown. The top of the crown represents the five continents that used to be and the bottom of the crown represents the six countries that now remain, leaving a dot for each.”
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By Jenni Merrifield. “”The Union Flag at the top of the hoist side is the same as the modern day UK flag. This element is already found, often in this same location, in the flags of many other countries that are or were part of the British Commonwealth, including Canada before the red-and-white maple leaf flag was adopted….” Read more.
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And last but certainly not least…

THE EASTERN COMMONWEALTH

By Julie Bollinger. “I fell in love with the flag of Hong Kong and wanted to incorporate a flower somehow and I thought of the lotus and Buddhism, stars of Judaism, bahai and islam and the exotic perception of asia from an outsider. I figured it would represent fertility/prosperity, beauty, purity and kindness. The circle in the center is the rising sun and the stars stand for the counties that unified to become the Eastern Common Wealth….” Read more.
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By Lee. “Green for generation, Red for expansiveness. A 6 pointed star representing the 6 regions and a moon to overshadow them.”

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By Jamie Thaxton. “It is designed for the Eastern Commonwealth and was inspired by the flags and textiles of the nations she has united in her novel Cinder. I also included the shadowed moon in reference to the Lunar society in her novel.”
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By Anna Pett. “The background is gold, with a red velvet dragon in the middle of a circle. There are 38 gold dots around the dragon, a circle bead in its eye, and it’s surrounded by a circle to show the 40 countries the Commonwealth is made up of. It’s a more graceful and elegant flag that goes more with the cultural aspect of the Palace we saw in CINDER.”
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By Karina Ng. “I got the inspiration for the star from the Chinese flag and the broken red circle (the broken white part was just pulled out of my brain) from Japan. In my imagination, before World War IV, Japan and China were still superpowers in the world and now that they have joined together in peace, the complete each other like the star completes the half red circle which also is there to remind everyone of all the bloodshed during the war….” Read more.
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By Katherine Kidwell. “The Eastern Commonwealth: A mashup of the zen countries–Nepal, Japan and China.”

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Please help me decide our winners! You can vote for one flag in each category. VOTING ENDS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 19.