Hype for the Future 75D: The Union Jack 🇬🇧

Introduction

The Union Jack, though representative of territories far beyond the territories symbolized on the flag, is of particular importance as the official flag of the United Kingdom. Combining the crosses and saltires of Saint Andrew, Saint George, and Saint Patrick, representing Scotland, England, and Ireland, respectively, the modern Union Jack is most clearly identified by a combination of three (3) distinctive crosses. While the white outline also exists in the standard render of the British flag, the only representative countries are those of England, Scotland, and Ireland; Wales, Northern Ireland, and the Crown Dependencies may not necessarily be identified in their respective modern terms.

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The Union Jack does not contain white on all eight angles, but rather with white only on the angles to the corners of the flag, representative of the fact that the flag is derived from two (2) saltires but only one (1) cross.

Hype for the Future 50J: Additional British Overseas Insights

novaTopFlex has just finished identifying attractions in the British Overseas Territories. Unlike the hustle and bustle of a city like London, not a single territory in the British Overseas can claim such a fast pace of life. The significantly more modest pace of life in an area such as the Cayman Islands or the Turks and Caicos Islands is often further mitigated by the waterfront, of which the Overseas Territories provide plenty of shore as many are insular. Gibraltar, of course, is the exception rather than the rule, since the territory is firmly located within the Iberian Peninsula at the closest point to Africa, which is actually fairly close to Spanish Ceuta.

Hype for the Future 50F: The Virgin Islands of the United States

The United States Virgin Islands 🇻🇮, formerly Danish, apparently violate international law by driving on the left side of the road, in spite of being claimed by the right-driving United States. International legal conventions often expect all sovereign states to have the same driving direction throughout their respective territories, yet numerous additional examples may also be identified, such as Canada remaining a Commonwealth realm yet being a right-driving sovereign state. The Commonwealth realms are, however, quite different, and are typically regarded as sovereign entities, so Canada is not necessarily entitled to be left-driving according to international law even in spite of the British Head of State serving Canada (Australia and New Zealand, however, each drive on the left as with the British).

Prior to being claimed by the United States, much of the southern Virgin Islands had been claimed by Denmark 🇩🇰, and Danish place names remain intact, particularly on the largest (and southernmost) of the major islands, Saint Croix. Following the American acquisition of the Danish Virgin Islands (at the time known as the Danish West Indies), the Virgin Islands of the United States would claim more territory by area than the British Virgin Islands, and the American side now contains a significantly larger population than the British side as well.

Hype for the Future 50C: Montserrat

Montserrat 🇲🇸 is an island nation located in the Lesser Antilles and toward the northern end of the Leeward Islands. Plymouth is the capital de jure of the British Overseas Territory; however, the community has no permanent population followed by the impacts of a significant volcanic eruption 🌋 on the southern side of the island. The northern side of Montserrat has largely remained unaffected, but southern Montserrat, including the capital, had been significantly impacted while the capital had become a ghost town.

Hype for the Future 50B: Turks and Caicos Islands

The Turks and Caicos Islands 🇹🇨 refer to an overseas territory of the British located at the southeastern end of the Lucayan, or Bahamian, archipelago. The largest of the communities associated with the Turks and Caicos Islands is the island region of Providenciales in the west, though the capital, Cockburn Town, is located on the eastern side of the area on the Island of Grand Turk. While the Cayman Islands are located south of Cuba and west of Jamaica, the Turks and Caicos Islands are located southeast of the Bahamas, northeast of Cuba, and northwest of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on Hispaniola.

Hype for the Future 50A: Grand Cayman

Introduction

The Cayman Islands 🇰🇾 are one of the British Overseas Territories and the particular territory with the largest count by population. George Town is the particular town that serves as the capital of the Cayman Islands and is located on the western end of the Island of Grand Cayman.

Hype for the Future 48D: Flags for the Emoji System

As many as nine separate emoji flags are disconnected from national identity, though the crossed flags 🎌 are firmly Japanese. The additional flags are the white flag 🏳️, the black flag 🏴, the pirate 🏴‍☠️, the checkered flag 🏁, the red flag 🚩, the rainbow flag 🏳️‍🌈, the transgender flag 🏳️‍⚧️, and the Flag of the United Nations 🇺🇳.

The Union Jack of Great Britain is represented in very many flags around the world—even the Hawaiian flag, which represents a territory that has never been under imperialist British rule. The following emojis contain the Union Jack:

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The French variant is also represented on the upper-left corner of the flags of a few French Overseas Territories in addition to France:

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