National symbols - Topics

Why is burning a national flag protected speech in some countries and a crime in others? Do national emblems have to use the colors of the flag? Why are national squares usually paved in stone instead of grass? Who decides which parades and ceremonies may use a national square? What are the rules for flying a national flag beside foreign flags? Who decides what becomes an official national symbol? What happens when a national symbol falls out of favor with the public? Do national symbols have to be unique to the country? Do national symbols build unity or paper over deep divisions? What do winning entries in national symbol competitions have in common? Who approves the design of the emblem on coins and banknotes? Why so many national emblems share the same wreath and star motifs Why the national emblem usually sits beside the flag in official rooms Why do heraldic animals face left or right? Which parts of a coat of arms do people most often misname? Which countries still run a formal heraldic authority? Who can order a flag to half-mast and for how long? Why do flag design contests end up with such bland winners? Why is the same flag flown in different proportions on land and at sea? How does a line from a poem become an official national motto? Why did some countries drop their motto and leave the space blank? How a flower becomes the official national flower and who gets to decide Which country's national flower is officially a weed? What is the right etiquette during a foreign national anthem? What a national team's kit colour means to people who never watch the sport Is a national square a symbol of the people or of the state that built it? Who performs the daily hoisting and lowering of a national flag? Why some national symbols are protected by law and others are not How do you perform a national anthem with no lyrics at all? Why are some national anthems almost impossible to sing? Why the official national symbols are not the ones people rally around Why new states rush to invent national symbols from scratch