Former Country Flag-Shape Picture Quiz

Can you guess each former country based on a combination of its flag and shape?

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123 Recent Comments

+12

Level 51

Oct 16, 2020

These aren't all former. Scotland is a country.

Level 54

Nov 10, 2020

yes i was thinking exactly that

+83

Level 92

Jan 23, 2021

Tell me how that Scottish passport works again?

Level 92

Jan 24, 2021

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom

Scotland really is a seperate country within the UK

+30

Level 60

Mar 16, 2021

wow, but they are not independent like they used to be several centuries ago

+10

Level 79

Mar 16, 2021

Give Nicola Sturgeon a few more months to get it done

+10

Level 45

Oct 9, 2023

lol that worked out well

Level 58

Nov 23, 2023

give humza some time

Level 56

Apr 1, 2026

lol that worked out well

Level 53

Mar 16, 2021

That's if she's still in a job

+54

Level 86

Jan 24, 2021

It's a region called a country.

Level 76

Jan 24, 2021

It's more like a country you're trying to turn into a region :)

+49

Level 65

Jan 24, 2021

England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland aren't technically countries (depsite the fact that every Englishman says England is a country, every Scotsman says Scotland is country, every Welshman says Wales is a country and every Northern Irishman says Northern Ireland is a country). England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland do not have seperate seats at the UN for example we are all part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Please stop pretending that Scotland is being somehow victimised! Have a good day.

Level 45

Oct 9, 2023

taiwan isnt at the un either but thats still on jetpunk

Level 72

Nov 9, 2023

Scotland IS being victimised - but by England, not by Jetpunk. Go get your independence!

Level 42

Feb 24, 2025

Northern Ireland is a province officially.

Level 68

Mar 4, 2021

If you want to argue about that come to my debate page!

Level 53

Mar 16, 2021

Not sure every Northern Irish person would say Northern Ireland is a country!

Level 54

Sep 23, 2021

I am English but don't describe it as a country.

Level 61

Mar 16, 2021

Scotland is the United Kingdom's equivalent of a US state. Or so I think

+11

Level 72

Mar 18, 2021

Planet Hollywood is a planet.

Level 46

Aug 22, 2022

Scotland is not a country...

It's a part of the United Kingdom. Not an own country. Get your facts right, man.

Level 15

Nov 22, 2023

Scotland isn't a country, it's a kingdom, such as England, Northern Ireland, and Wales, which is why they're in the United KINGDOM

Level 55

Apr 21, 2026

"Scotland isn't a country, it's a kingdom...which is why they're in the United KINGDOM" would make a lot more sense if the name of the country were the United Kingdoms.

Level 44

Apr 29, 2025

Scotland is what is known as a Constituent Country, specifically of the UK. Constituent Countries are basically Countries within a main country, and they are not Sovereign. Since Scotland is a Constituent, it is not Sovereign (independence/separatist movements do not count as Sovereign either). Scotland is a Constituent of the UK along with England, Wales, and Northern Ireland*. Other examples include: Greenland, Faroe Islands, and Denmark Proper to The Kingdom of Denmark; Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, and Metropolitan Netherlands to the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Also note that not all Federations (like the UAE or the USA) have Constituents; Only the three listed (UK, Netherlands, Denmark) are officially made of Constituents. There's also the fact that JetPunk does not recognize Scotland as a nation. So with that, have a Nice/Good Day :)

*Please Fact Check me On Northern Ireland; I can't remember if it is a Constituent or not :(

Level 34

Apr 23, 2026

I believe officially N.I. is a part of England but de facto is separate, like the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands

Level 42

Apr 1, 2026

wasnt scotland annexed by the U.K. tho?

Level 40

Apr 21, 2026

The U.K was a union between England and Scotland, that's our baseline; I don't think anyone here would consider Scotland Annexed by It though, since the UK was not a state before Scotland. But you could make an interesting arguement for saying that England annexed Scotland, a bit like how Russia annexed/unified Poland after the Napoleonic wars.

Level 71

Apr 21, 2026

Or even that Scotland annexed England, as James IV of Scotland inherited the throne of England (becoming James I there) to united the kingdoms. Of course, he reigned from London after inheriting the English throne and England was always the larger and more populous nation so it's a huge stretch to call the combined nation "Scotland".

Level 35

Apr 21, 2026

The union of Scotland and England created Great Britain The UK was created with the addition of Ireland, later reduced to Northern Ireland.

The union came about because the Scottish King inherited the English throne (James VI/I). The governments and monarchies were later officially combined in 1701 under Queen Anne.

There was then continual violent imposition of control of the government from London. It wasn't necessarily a happy union for all the people, but it wasn't an annexation of one country by another.

Level 73

Jan 23, 2021

Congrats on the feature Kolji!

Level 81

Jan 24, 2021

Thanks :)

Level 92

Jan 24, 2021

Please, more of this! This is great :)

+18

Level 69

Jan 24, 2021

Just one tiny detail: you emptied out all of Berlin from East Germany, but East Berlin should be part of it.

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Level 78

Jan 24, 2021

I don't really see Z***e fitting here. How is it different from adding Swaziland if eSwatini changed its flag? I mean, is there anything besides a name change?

Level 88

Jan 24, 2021

It was a change of government: the fall of the dictatorship of Mobutu Sese Seko, and its replacement with a government led by Laurent Kabila.

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Level 86

Jan 24, 2021

Change of government, not a new country.

Level 78

Mar 16, 2021

Not a new country. The borders remain exactly the same.

Level 44

Apr 29, 2025

Borders Don't have to change for a new country to be formed. I mean, sure, it's not like the Culture changed or anything; it's essentially the same nation. You wouldn't say the French Empire wasn't France because it was an empire and not a kingdom/Republic, but in actuality, I doubt you would say any of those three iterations of France operate like the same country, would you? Just some food for thought

Level 81

Jan 25, 2021

Meh, must be an inclusion thing.

Level 72

Mar 18, 2021

I kinda agree. I did get it right, but it's not a different country, it's the same country under a new name and regime.

Level 76

Jan 24, 2021

Really, really interesting and cool quiz! Maybe the yellow box would be appropriate here?

Level 81

Jan 24, 2021

Thanks Jerry :) I agree, the yellow box would be appropriate.

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Level 57

Jan 25, 2021

Nice quiz! A quick question, what's the difference between Zaire and DRC? I thought that Zaire was renamed to DRC but here Zaire is shown as a former country.

(I am not pointing out that it should be changed but I genuinely want to know)

Level 62

Mar 16, 2021

Zaire was under the leadership of Joseph Mobutu, also known as Mobutu Sese Seko, after a coup d'etat in 1965, and he sought to Africanize the country, forcing citizens to change their names to more traditional African names. So basically, Zaire was a dictatorship under Seko until it eventually fell in 1997 and renamed back to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Democratic_Republic_of_the_Congo#:~:text=Mobutu%20remained%20the%20head%20of,Democratic%20Republic%20of%20the%20Congo.

+11

Level 78

Mar 16, 2021

And it's still the same country.

Level 86

Jan 25, 2021

It's just me, or that panhandle from the 5th map looks like a gun drawn and shot to the skies?

Level 78

Feb 1, 2021

haha. fitting.

Level 27

Jan 28, 2021

This is hard

Level 66

Feb 2, 2021

Make this a series! This quiz was so much fun!

Level 88

Feb 8, 2021

Great idea. Really enjoyed this one.

Level 74

Mar 16, 2021

Some of these flags are really cool, especially Tibet. Most of the shapes I was familiar with, but there were a few I had to zoom in and look at more closely.

Level 72

Mar 16, 2021

Wonderful idea. Thank you so much for making this quiz!

Level 38

Mar 16, 2021

if you gonna have Scotland s a country, then you kinda need England and Wales

Level 61

Oct 19, 2022

You really don’t though.

Level 44

Apr 29, 2025

It isn't like they're including EVERY single country that doesn't exist anymore lol

Level 40

Apr 21, 2026

Some people

CANNOT READ

THERES A WHOLE THREAD ABOUT SCOTLAND AT THE TOP

Level 64

Mar 16, 2021

Fun quiz! I agree, though, that I wouldn't call Zaire a "former country." It just changed its name and flag. Burma, for example, isn't a "former country."

Level 40

Apr 21, 2026

Isn't it nice to read a comment with noone in the replies arguing against it?

Level 57

Mar 16, 2021

What exactly is the pattern of those stars on the Vermont flag?

Level 42

Mar 16, 2021

Scotland is a country - one of four that makes up the United Kingdom/ Britain. The flag still exists and remains valid. Scots person here - don't want to get into a debate but it's very much a country in its own right. As are our neighbours, England, Northern Ireland and Wales.

Level 62

Mar 17, 2021

I'm Scottish, and I consider the UK to be the country, not Scotland.

If an eastern Moldovan insisted that their country was "Transnistria", would we respect that in the same way? Or Chechnya, etc.

Having said that, we can use the term "country" a bit loosely, so there doesn't need to be a big debate about it.

Level 72

Mar 18, 2021

I would really like to know who it is that keeps insisting that "Scotland is a country". I suspect that it's not Scottish people, who very likely know better than that. Maybe disgruntled Brits who fear for the future of the United Kingdom? Or just assorted nit-pickers from around the world who happen to all be wrong?

Level 77

Mar 26, 2022

Scotland is a country: a constituent country. It used to be a sovereign country, but no longer. This quiz is only interested in sovereign countries.

Level 72

Nov 9, 2023

There could be an argument that Scotland is a "constituent country", if you agree that this is not the same thing as being a "country" (which is what this quiz is about).

Level 82

Mar 16, 2021

Neither Vermont nor Texas were actual, undisputed, countries.

Level 95

Mar 16, 2021

If there is a requirement to be undisputed, then Israel isn't a country. Texas should definitely qualify. It had control of its territory, foreign relations with several large states, and was recognized as an independent nation by a few major powers.

Vermont is trickier, but I would still say they qualify as independent as they were definitely a sovereign state, and they had full control of their territory.

What I will say is that I think Texas's borders should be reduced to what they actually controlled, which was a much smaller part entirely within Texas's modern borders.

Level 73

Mar 16, 2021

Couldn't agree more.

Level 82

Mar 18, 2021

One could argue that a country is actual when it’s recognized by the one that’s ceding the territory. Israel’s territory was ceded by UK, who had the mandate of Palestine, and that’s why Israel has a seat at the United Nations. Mexico didn’t recognize the Republic of Texas, the territory was transfered to USA after the Mexican-American war.

I think that Texas was a “country” for 10 years during the 19th century as much as Crimea was a “country” for a couple of days in 2014: both had control of its territories and were recognized by a major power. But the end-game for both so-called republics was to be annexed by the big neighbor next door.

Level 74

Mar 26, 2021

I think it's a bit more complex than just saying that if the country ceding the territory doesn't recognize it then it's not a country. For example Japan ceded the territory that is now North Korea after WW2 and it currently doesn't recognize North Korea. Not only that but it is likely that at some point in the future North Korea will no longer continue to exist. Despite that I think we can all agree that North Korea is, unfortunately for everyone but the Kims, an independent country.

Level 68

Mar 16, 2021

This title shows just how far Jetpunk has gone.

Level 58

Mar 16, 2021

Why would you include Scotland as a "former country"? It is a country.

Level 72

Mar 18, 2021

It's a "country of the UK", which is not a country in the internationally accepted sense of the word which is oh! so clearly! used in this quiz. The word "country" translates to "Land" in German - would you argue that Bavaria and the Saarland are countries? Is "Flavour Country" a country ? Is "Country Kitchen Buffet"?

Level 69

Mar 16, 2021

Zaire was just renamed from and later back to DRC, it wasn't a different country

Level 72

Aug 17, 2021

Its a former country. Size matters not.

Level 90

Mar 18, 2021

excellent quiz thanks

Level 40

Mar 21, 2021

please accept ''USSR'' for Soviet Union

Level 54

Apr 2, 2021

It does

Level 69

Apr 20, 2021

Great idea for a quiz. I was convinced the yellow and red was Catalonia, tried loads of different spellings/ ways to type it.

Level 39

Apr 26, 2021

I think it needs yellow box

Level 63

Sep 23, 2021

A similar but more diverse quiz here:

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1306568/geographical-shapes

Level 63

Oct 9, 2021

Please accept Roman for Holy Roman Empire! Gran Colombia was easy if you zoomed in on the flag, lol.

Level 72

Jan 23, 2022

Accept North German Confederation for Prussia (I would normally type Prussia but I want to be that guy who asks for more type-ins today)

Level 81

Jan 26, 2022

No.

Level 61

Oct 19, 2022

Fair enough lol

Level 52

Feb 23, 2022

isnt zaire literally just drc before they changed their name?

Level 61

Oct 19, 2022

They got a new government. But I guess.

Level 57

Feb 26, 2022

Vermont DLC?

Level 52

Mar 29, 2022

Zaire is just DRC before they changed the name.

Level 66

May 25, 2022

Croatia's coastline is visible on both Austria-Hungary and Yugoslavia and it's too noticeable for me to not mention.

Level 57

Jun 4, 2022

You should do a sequel to this!

Level 48

Apr 17, 2023

I was literally about to say this too lol

Level 61

Oct 19, 2022

Can you accept New Granada for Gran Colombia?

Level 60

Nov 9, 2023

Nueva Granada and Gran Colombia were not the same territory.

Level 69

Nov 2, 2022

Please accept Preussen or Preußen. As it's the original german name of Prussia.

Level 81

Nov 5, 2022

In German version.

Level 80

Jan 10, 2023

All things aside, Zaire had a damn cool and unique flag.

Level 59

Feb 21, 2023

I can't believe I forgot Zaire...

Level 27

Jun 16, 2023

Got Vermont literally on an accident. XD

Level 57

Sep 25, 2023

Can you add West Germany or Nazi Germany

Level 87

Nov 9, 2023

the Austria-Hungary flag is wrong. Austria-Hungary did not have a single national flag as it was two nations bound together by a monarchy. the flag commonly (and incorrectly) used is the civil ensign. this is because sometime in 2003 someone on wikipedia made that the flag and it has since spread across the web.

Level 16

Nov 14, 2023

That was so hard

Level 16

Nov 14, 2023

I agree

Level 15

Nov 18, 2023

THE LAST QUIZ I TOOK BEFORE LEVEL 15!!!

Level 56

Apr 21, 2026

Thank you so much for that most edifying comment, I really could not imagine my day being complete without it

Level 58

Jan 22, 2024

Can't believe I didn't see South Vietnam.

Level 56

Mar 17, 2024

Most of the (former) countries I got were from the shapes.

Level 60

Mar 19, 2024

This quiz needs more Tannu Tuva

Level 55

Jul 11, 2024

Had no idea Vermont used to be a country

Level 46

Mar 13, 2025

me looking at south vietnam: "banana republic"

Level 71

Sep 20, 2025

SAME. I tried 'bananaland'...

Level 41

Jun 10, 2025

It broke for me it put the answer bar under the soviet union and you couldn't type anyting

Level 49

Oct 28, 2025

I heard they had a lot of furniture in the Ottoman Empire.

Level 59

Dec 8, 2025

I like how the Balkan peninsula is visible on each of the first four entries here.

Level 81

Dec 9, 2025

The first one was close enough, but does not show the Balkans.

Level 82

Apr 21, 2026

For a second I thought my quiz about former countries flag and shape dominoes got featured

Level 59

Apr 21, 2026

Please include East Berlin in the map of the DDR. It now excludes the entirety of the modern state of Berlin from the map, which is incorrect.

Level 18

Apr 21, 2026

one of the top 10 all-time worst comment sections on the site here

Level 81

Apr 22, 2026

The scary thing is, I remember six of these when they were active!

Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, South Vietnam and Zaire.

Level 38

Apr 23, 2026

That is not the flag of Austria-Hungary, nor was it ever the flag of Austria-Hungary. Also, calling the HRE a country is a pretty big stretch. That would be like calling the European Union a country

Level 34

Apr 23, 2026

Calling Austria-Hungary a country is a bit of a stretch in itself. Austria and Hungary were two different countries, just with the same monarch. Similar to, for example, the United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway, or the position of Finland an Poland within the Russian Empire. Austria-Hungary had no single flag, just the flags of Austria and Hungary.

Level 82

Apr 24, 2026

Eh. While it is true that Austria and Hungary had separate governments, currency, capitals, etcetera, they were also united on other fronts, like foreign policy and army. Austria-Hungary was more of a "Real Union" as opposed to say, Sweden-Norway or the Commonwealth Realms of nowadays, which are personal unions.

Level 34

Apr 23, 2026

Could you add Ost Deutschland as a trigger for East Germany? Don't really need it, just a meme for me at this point

( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3ZOqyl1RBY )

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