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The Gundam works are a series of war-themed TV shows and moves featuring political upheaval and giant-robot-assisted warfare that are set in a future period when a large majority of humanity lives in giant space colonies in lunar orbit. The various works are noted for being relatively realistic as to the nature and cost of war and for having a more overtly political theme than is customary. The principal combatants in the various Gundam works are the Earth Federation and the Principality of Zeon.
by António Martins-Tuvákin after an original by Eugene Ipavec
The Federation-formally, the Federated Union of Earth--is an UN-style world
government that is liberal and somewhat democratic but is also corrupt,
overbearing, oligarchic, paralyzed with bureaucracy and rather
incompetent-and which gets progressively less liberal and democratic as the
series' timeline progresses, on top. The Federation's flag is not featured
that often-it never appears in the original series at all. It is, however,
shown waving during the title
sequence of Gundam episode 0083: Stardust Memory, where the design can be made out
very clearly, though the colors are a bit iffy because of poor lighting. The
flag seems to be modeled after that of
the UN, with the Earth in the center of a blue field, with the
diamond-shaped field possibly
lifted from the Brazilian flag in a subtle attempt to suggest the
Federation's somewhat
banana-republic-like tendencies toward instability and repression.
Eugene Ipavec, 21 may 2003
by António Martins-Tuvákin after an original by Eugene Ipavec
This is the flag of the space arm of the Federal Forces, the
Earth Federation
military. The acronym stands for United Nations Troops Spacy. The U.N.T.
Army and Navy
presumably also have flags, but they are never shown in the animations. This
flag is seen in Gundam 0080 in a newspaper photo announcing the signing of
an armistice to conclude the One Year War. The picture is in b&w, but as
the symbol of the Federal Forces is shown frequently on
spacecraft and uniform patches and is always red-and-gold, is a reasonable
assumption that this color scheme carries over to the flag. The symbol is
supposed to be a starburst over the
crescent Earth-any similarity to an Islamic star-and-halfmoon is
unintentional.
Eugene Ipavec, 21 may 2003
by Eugene Ipavec
This is the flag of the Republic of Zeon, a group of space colonies th