The Top 10 Flag Designs in the World. (Or, at least, according to our designers.)

A few weeks ago, I asked our designers to put together a list of their favorite world flags. This is the combined super-ranking: LogicTrail’s highly authoritative “Top 10 Flag Designs in the World.” (Please, don’t go starting any wars over it.)

Honorable Mention: Naury (pictured below), Canary Islands, S. Vietnam, Zambia, Libya, Jamaica

10. Sweden

Great color; great simple yet unique take on the cross. Way to go, Swedes.

9. Seychelles

Points for boldness, geometric ingenuity, and being right-on-the-edge of awful. I guess you can take design risks if you’re an archipelago smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean.

8. Albania

So. Intimidatingly. Awesome.

7. Nepal

What?!!? You go get it, Nepal. (This is about as maximalist as our design team gets.)

6. Ukraine

It’s all about color.

5. Japan

Stark, simple, beautiful.

4. Bahrain

What is it about Bahrain’s flag? Is it how it hovers between abstraction and representation? (Triangles? Mountains on their sides? Medieval torture device?) Is it that it manages to evoke a flag fluttering in the wind in 2D? Whatever it is, this one sparks our imagination.