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Flags with Unique Features

The features below only appear on the flag of one country. If we give you the feature, can you name the country?
To help a little, we've put the answers in alphabetical order
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Last updated: January 6, 2022
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First submittedNovember 1, 2014
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unique feature
country
Half a cog wheel (pictured above)
Angola
A sea trident
Barbados
Druk the Thunder Dragon
Bhutan
27 stars
Brazil
A large leaf
Canada
A horizontal shield and two spears
Eswatini
Five crosses
Georgia
A vertical shield and two spears
Kenya
A large picture of a large tree
Lebanon
More stripes than any other flag (14)
Malaysia
unique feature
country
A military medal, awarded to the whole country
Malta
An eagle on a cactus wrestling a snake
Mexico
An AK-47 rifle
Mozambique
Flag has five sides
Nepal
Front and back sides are different
Paraguay
A 12-word sentence on a green background
Saudi Arabia
A lion holding a sword
Sri Lanka
Looks the same turned sideways or upside down
Switzerland
More stars than any other flag (50)
United States
A large pair of keys, crossed
Vatican City
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Level 52
Nov 1, 2014
Looks the same turned sideways or upside down: I was thinking about Japan and Bangladesh, but does this mean that you turn it only 90 degrees, not 180 degrees. Sorry if its stupid questin, I'm not English speaker.
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Level 76
Nov 1, 2014
Thanks for your question - sideways means turned 90 degrees in either direction.
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Level 66
Jun 28, 2018
Well, bangladesh wouldn't look the same. Just like Palau's the circle is off center so it will look center while waving.
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Level 58
Nov 3, 2014
I wrote Malta for Malta and it didn't get it ? Might be a little issue there ;-) Can you fix it ? Thx.
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Level 76
Nov 3, 2014
Fixed!
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Level 74
Aug 31, 2016
Equatorial Guinea also has a large tree.
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Level 76
Aug 31, 2016
True! Have tweaked the clue to keep the attention on Lebanon.
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Level 77
Oct 20, 2016
I don't understand the clue for Paraguay...can you please explain it?
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Level 76
Oct 20, 2016
The front of the flag shows the country's coast of arms, but its back shows the seal of the treasury.
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Level 82
Mar 27, 2017
I think "completely different" is an exaggeration, there should be a better description for it.

Also, if the answers are meant to be in alphabetical order, there's some mix-up at S.

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Level 76
Mar 27, 2017
Hopefully the new version is to your satisfaction!
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Level 74
Mar 29, 2017
Very interesting. Never looked at these flags in such detail before. Particularly the mexico, Paraguay and Malta ones.
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Level 84
May 13, 2017
The eagle isn't wrestling a snake, it's devouring it. At least, that's what it means to be.
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Level 73
May 13, 2017
Technically, the Saudi flag has a 7-word arabic sentence written on it. Only when you translate it to English does it become 12 words. It's a bit confusing to be honest, because even if you didn't speak Arabic and you look at the flag you won't see a 12-word sentence, only uncomprehensible scibbled writing, so I don't see how you can guess that answer. Maybe change the clue?
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Level 76
Nov 30, 2019
Half of the quizzers are getting it right!
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Level 71
Jan 6, 2022
The flag of Afghanistan also has the Shahada on it now, so it's not unique. Maybe change that clue?
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Level 76
Jan 6, 2022
Clue updated, thanks. The red/black/green version is still flown at international sporting events, so I'm not convinced yet that the new black-and-white one counts as "official" yet.
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Level 64
Nov 30, 2019
Please accept eswatini for swaziland
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Level 76
Nov 30, 2019
Updated, thanks.
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Level 61
Apr 19, 2020
dominica and bahamas have unique colors on their flag. dominica has purple, bahamas has aquamarine.
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Level 76
Apr 20, 2020
Nice spot!
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Level 62
Jan 6, 2022
Dominica isn’t quite unique in that respect: Nicaragua also has purple at the bottom of the rainbow at the top of the coat of arms in the middle of the flag.