Nova Luxanian Imperium

(Gonna write down the lore later, heres the stuff from the competition just for later.)

The Flag of The imperium. The flag of a new era. The flag of the will of the people. A flag of tradition but also modernity. The story of the emblem dates back to the first days of the rule of emperor Atalo Premier, son of the one who brought prosperity to the imperium, Koriel. The imperium had come out of decades of unforgiving conflict, massacres, tragedy and violence, an era forged in the chaos of war. This war had brought glory upon the men and women of the imperium but it had also shown them suffering. A suffering the people and new emperor vowed would never repeat. The transition from an absolute monarchy was the new emperor's first priority, to fulfil the demands of the citizens. When the first major reform was made, the abolition of slavery, a council put in place by the emperor for a more fluid communication suggested a new emblem too represent the nation should be created. A flag to represent the duchies tradition as well as the new democratic era. The emperor agreed, and the first preparations began. Designed by a man named Jean-Smith D'arincourt, a citizen who had already experience in the domain, he was told to put forward the democracy of the nation but without taking away the tradition and history of the nation. For this, a simple esthetic was needed. The first task was a color pallet. The three colors of the design were taken from the royal emblem of the nation, representing not as some think the blood spilled during the conflict but red robes that the royalty took to show their wealth. Indeed, during the medieval era these colors were expensive due to the pigment needed coming from far away. So only nobles could afford it. The light blue however comes from the Gentian Flower, a flower representing in the culture of the nation good cause and patriotism. This was included to attempt to represent more the people who gave their lives for the imperium, acting as a memorial and a memory. The white represents the innocence of the massacred during the previous wars, an innocence the new nation vowed to defend at all costs. Some suggestions for green or violet representing the plains and flowers were rejected by the artist, claiming the representation wasn't sufficient and the colors did not go well together. It took weeks for the artist to find a suitable batch of sets he liked to submit to the council. The current flag was drawn in an asymmetrical sketch, with the red on the left decorated by the only symbol of the flag; the lion of Koriel, the animal that many associated with the now deceased emperor. It's position is no random act, as the royalty elements (the color and the symbol) put on the left with the strikes of blue and white on the right represent the end of the absolute royalty elements and the passing of time ( time represented from arrows going left to right, the past to the future) in favour of democracy. The strikes represent the 7 duchies of the nation. The colors of blue and white together represent the people who gave their lives (as explained before) and the white of the innocent they protected, so all in all the people and democracy. This flag ended up being chosen by the council and approved by the emperor for it's symbolism and for filling in all the requirements put by the council to the artist. The flag was presented to the public a month later and since then it has been immediately incorporated as part of the culture of the nation. It still is the flag too this day.