# Design the post-USA flag **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 20, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806 "2022-02-20T00:22:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/1 "2022-02-20T00:22:58Z")
So someday, eventually, the political entity formerly known as the United States of America is no more. At least not as a federation of 50 semi-sovereign “states” with their current boundaries. Presuming some polity comprising a large percentage of the North American continent exists, what might its national flag look like? ---
**Author:** ![Dereknocue67](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6de8d8/32.png) [@Dereknocue67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dereknocue67)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/2 "2022-02-20T08:22:17Z")
I can imagine a flag with no color, design or symbols manufactured by the makers of Saran Wrap. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/3 "2022-02-20T08:29:05Z")
Depending on which party gets their way, it could look something like this; [![](https://www.youngpioneertours.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/russian-flag-russian-flag-russia-flag-of-russia.jpg) ](https://www.youngpioneertours.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/russian-flag-russian-flag-russia-flag-of-russia.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/4 "2022-02-20T08:39:17Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > So someday, eventually, the political entity formerly known as the United States of America is no more. At least not as a federation of 50 semi-sovereign “states” with their current boundaries. Presuming some polity comprising a large percentage of the North American continent exists, what might its national flag look like? If such a polity exists, it will probably continue to call itself the United States and use the same flag, no matter how much area it covers. In fact, even if it shrinks down, Byzantine Empire-style, to the just the District of Columbia, it will probably still use the Stars and Stripes. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/5 "2022-02-20T13:11:21Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > Depending on which party gets their way, it could look something like this; Especially if a certain orange asshole manages to pull off a ‘Grover Cleveland’. ---
**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/6 "2022-02-20T13:43:26Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > If such a polity exists, it will probably continue to call itself the United States and use the same flag, no matter how much area it covers. In fact, even if it shrinks down, Byzantine Empire-style, to the just the District of Columbia, it will probably still use the Stars and Stripes. I flipped through _Snow Crash_, and you are probably right, though the United States (“The smaller this country gets, the more paranoid they become”) flag is never explicitly described. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-the-post-usa-flag/959806/7 "2022-02-20T13:55:12Z")
The red states pretty much use the confederate flag now, even the red states that weren’t part of the confederacy, like West Virginians. They’ll probably continue to do that. Blue states will probably still use the current flag, maybe less stars.