Version 1.1
Normal update


Changes description follows. Country - change - reasoning.


Afghanistan - Changed to the flag used by the Durrani Empire starting 1747. - Historical accuracy - the Durrani Empire is the historical precursor of Afghanistan.

Armagnac - Changed the two gold lions to passant. - Historical accuracy.

Avignon - Changed to a more ornate version of the papal keys. - Vanilla flag is arbitrary but since there was never an independent state of Avignon the game correctly uses the city's used papal keys as a symbol and flag. The game version keys are very low detail.

Berry - Changed to the multi - fleur-de-lis coat of arms. - Historical accuracy.

Bhutan - Changed to the first ever recorded flag of Bhutan. - Historical accuracy. I could not attest the vanilla version's depiction of Druk, the thunder dragon of Bhutanese mythology.

Corsica - Added the white headband to the moor. - Historical accuracy.

Cornwall - Changed to the St. Piran's flag. - Civil flag trumps coat of arms. I could not verify the game version anywhere.

Epirus - Changed to the coat of arms of the House of Tocco, the last rulers of the Despotate of Epirus and also the closest rulers chronologically to the game's historical start. The colours also work well with the Despotate's Greek ethnicity. - Could not verify vanilla flag.

Georgia - Changed to the actual flag and coat of arms theme of the Kingdom of Georgia. - Historical accuracy.

Kurland - Changed to the civil flag. - Civil flag trumps coat of arms.

Luang Prabang - Added the third, front-facing elephant. - Vanilla flag is accurate but lacks one element (or it is very hard to see).

Novgorod - Changed to the coat of arms element of the Republik of Novgorod. - Historical accuracy. The game uses the modern day flag of the city of Great Novgorod.

Orleans - Changed to the coat of arms of the House of Valois-Orleans. - The game uses the present-day coat of arms of the city of Orleans.

Riga - Reverted changes from version 1.0 since the game version is accurate save for colouration. - Historical accuracy.

Sofala - Changed to the flag assigned to the general area of Sofala by a map made by Fernando Vaz Dourado in 1576. - Historical accuracy.

Tibet - Changed to an alleged flag used by the Emperor Songtsen Gampo in the 7th century. - The vanilla flag is a 1920's version of the tibetan flag. Though there is no certainty in any of this, the flag I chose is historically more connected to the game entity of Tibet.

Kilwa - Darkened the subject. - Vanilla flag is accurate based on a map made by Fernando Vaz Dourado in 1576 but very bright.

Zaporozhie - Changed to the flag of the Cossack Hetmanat, the leader of the Zaporizhian Host. - Historical accuracy - the game seems to be using the war flag of the Kiev Regiment of the cossacks.

Version 1.01
Minor update


Changes description follows. Country - change.

France - Narrowed the theme by 15% for aesthetic compromise reasons between the shield version and the animated flag version of the flag.

Ireland – Upgraded the visual appearance of the flag as was promised. The theme is now more proportional and better coloured.

Version 1.0
Initial Version

Changes description follows. Country - Change.

Aachen - Changed to the civil flag.

Aq Qoyunlu - Corrected the tamga of the Bayundur clan.

Albania - Changed to the eagle element of the Kastrioti family coat of arms. The specific coat of arms was chosen because of Iskender Bey.

Alsace - Changed to the composite Upper and Lower Rhine Alsatian flag. The flag I chose has been used in the past though exact usage dates are not something easy to verify.

Anhalt - Changed to a more detailed version.

Ansbach - Changed to the Hohenzollern coat of arms used in the Margraviate of Ansbach.

Aragon - Rotated stripes to horizontal position.

Bohemia - Changed to the civil flag.

Bourbonnais - Changed to the multi - fleur-de-lis flag for historical accuracy at game start.

Brandenburg - Changed to a higher detail version - especially the mace.

Bremen - Changed to more ornate and larger keys.

Brunswick - Changed to more detailed lions and inverted colours. In all references I have found, the field is red and the lions gold.

Burgundy - Changed to the first flag of the Duchy/Kingdom of Burgundy..

Byzantium - Changed to the flag used by the present-day Greek Orthodox Church because it is a successor of the styles used to symbolise imperial authority in the Byzantine Empire.

UPCA - Changed to the actual flag of the United Provinces of Central America.

Castile - Changed to the royal banner used at the middle of the 15th century. Changes are minimal.

Corfu - Changed to the flag of the Septinsular Republic, minus the "1800" inscription, for obvious reasons. The Septinsular Republic is the historical successor of the Venetian influence in the Ionian Sea and the island of Corfu.

Connacht - Changed to a more ornate version.

Crimea - Changed colours to "correct" ones based on what I could find about the Crimean Khanate.

Crete - Changed to the flag of the Cretan State, the first attested independent ethnically Greek entity in Crete.

East Frisia - Changed to the civil flag.

England - Changed to the red St. George's cross which was the flag of England since approximately 1100AD.

Fez - Changed to the square checkered black and white field of the Almohad dynasty since, theoretically, in the game scope, Fez emerges as a revolting nation, implying a different dynasty to the ruling Moroccan dynasty.

Finland - Changed to the first ever recorded flag of Finland.

Flanders - Changed to a more detailed version.

France - Changed to bolder and wider fleurs-de-lis.

Frankfurt - Changed to the flag of the Free Imperial City of Frankfurt.

Galicia - Changed to the actual flag of the Kingdom of Galicia.

Genoa - Normalised the St. George's cross.

Germany - Changed to the flag of the German Empire since, based on the achievement "An early Reich", the game intends to give players the opportunity of creating either the North German Confederation or the German Empire ahead of time - both of which had the same flag.

Golden Horde - Changed to the version found in the Catalan Atlas combined with the correct tamga and correct facing crescent.

Hamburg - Changed to a version that shows the stars of David and the Cross.

Hesse - Changed to the civil flag.

Holy Roman Empire - Changed to a more detailed version of the imperial banner with halos.

Holland - Changed to a more detailed version.

Ireland - Changed to the actual coat of arms of the Kingdom of Ireland. TEMPORARY - WILL BE UPGRADED

Italy - Changed to the flag of the Kingdom of Italy, since the game uses the flag of the Napoleonic Italian puppet-state. The achievement hints at the goal of creating the actual Kingdom of Italy ahead of time.

Japan - Changed to a white background as the Chrysanthemum seal always goes on a white background.

Karaman - Rectified proportions.

The Knights - Changed to the red flag of the Sovereign military order of Malta with white cross since the Maltese cross flag is not representative of the state of the Knights Hospitaller.

Saxe-Lauenburg - Changed to the civil flag.

Leinster - Changed to a more ornate harp with silver strings and a darker green.

Liege - Changed to the flag of the Prince-Bishopric of Liege.

Livonian Order - Minimal enlargement.

Mainz - Changed to a more ornate wheel.

Mali - Changed to the banner used by Mansa Musa during his pilgrimage to Mecca in 1324, the only actual description of a Malian flag of that time I could find.

The Mamluks - Changed to a more detailed flag and tried to give the rounded swallow-tail effect.

Mantua - Changed to a more detailed flag.

Mazovia - Changed to the flag of the Duchy of Mazovia.

Mecklenburg - Changed to the flag of the Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Ming - Added the Great.

Munster - Changed to a more ornate version of the crowns and a darker blue.

Modena - Changed to the civil flag.

Morea - Changed to a more ornate version, with the Paleologoi insignia disc.

Montenegro - Changed to the flag of the principality of Montenegro.

Morocco - Changed to the flag used by the ruling dynasties of Morocco from the middle of the 13th to the middle of the 17th centuries.

Muscovy - Changed to the main feature on the swallow-tail banner used by the Grand Duchy of Muscovy.

Münster - Changed colours to gold - red - gold.

Navarra - Changed to a rectangular version.

Northumberland - Changed to the banner recorded by the monk Bede as having hung over the shrine of King Oswald.

Norway - Brightened the subject.

The Palatinate - Changed to the flag of the Electorate of the Palatinate at the game's historical start.

Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - Changed to the Royal Banner.

Poland - Changed to a more detailed eagle.

Pomerania - Changed to a more detailed griffin.

Portugal - Changed to the version used in 1444.

Prussia - Changed to the flag of the Duchy of Prussia.

Pskov - Changed to the flag of the Pskov Republik.

Qara Qoyunlu - Highly arbitrary but changed to the version referenced by I.H. Uzuncarsili in his work "1937: Anatolian principalities - The Aq Qoyunlu and Qara Qoyunlu States" which is based on historical evidence and is the best resource available. I did not bother to create my own version, as there is no readily available primary source. The file is downloaded from wikipedia commons and is the work of user Kaygtr.

Riga - Changed to the coat of arms of the Archbishopric of Riga.

Russia - Changed to the civil flag.

Sardinia - Added the red headband to the Moors.

Savoy - Normalised the St. George's cross.

Saxony - Changed to the civil flag.

Scotland - Changed to the Saint Andrew's cross flag

Serbia - Changed to a more detailed and ornate version.

Holstein - Changed to the civil ensign.

Silesia - Changed to a more detailed version.

Spain - Changed to the cross of Burgundy flag.

Styria - Changed to the flag of the Duchy of Styria.

Sweden - Changed to the Daneborg element of the Swedish swallow-tailed flag.

Teutonic Order - Changed to the banner of the Teutonic Order.

Thuringia - Removed the stars and added a more detailed lion.

Tirol - Changed to the civil flag.

Transylvania - Changed to a version with the sun and moon.

Ottomans - Changed the crescent to a more proportionally correct size and attempted a pseudo-banner appearance.

Urbino - Changed to the coat of arms of the city of Urbino as ruled by the Montefeltro family.

Utrecht - Changed to the flag of the Bishopric of Utrecht.

Venice -Changed to the red & white/gold lion of Saint Mark flag which was the flag of the Most Serene Republic of Saint Marcus.

Wallachia - Arbitrary but changed to a version of the Principality of Wallachia that I found.

Westphalia - Changed to the coat of arms of Westphalia from the 1530's.

Wales - Changed to the red dragon flag.

Yaroslavl - Changed to a more detailed version.