Croatia

Croatia’s flag uses the pan-Slavic red, white, and blue tricolor first adopted by Croatian nationalists during the 1848 revolutions. The current design places the national coat of arms at the center; the red-and-white checkerboard shield is the historic šahovnica, and the five smaller shields above represent the oldest known Croatian coat of arms and the historic regions of Dubrovnik, Dalmatia, Istria, and Slavonia. The present form was finalized by Miroslav Šutej and officially adopted on 25 February 1992.