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Myanmar

Burma, Pyi-Daung-Zu Myanma Nainggan

5:9 | 2:3 | 6:11, Željko Heimer

Flag adopted 3 January 1974, coat of arms adopted 1974.

A red flag with a blue canton and a white emblem in it. The emblem consists of a cog wheel and a paddy ear surrounded with 14 five-pointed stars. Most vexillological sources give the ratio as 5:9 if I am not mistaken. Some show a 2:3 ratio (e.g., Crampton (1990f) or 6:11. I think that the ratio is not prescribed. In any case, it seems that the canton is somewhat higher than half the hoist, whereas the length is less than half the fly. I doubt that there are official specifications.
Željko Heimer, 30 June 2002

The Myanmar flag is displayed with fair frequency by the government, particularly around major intersections of larger towns. Myanmar flags can be seen flying over private establishments, but it's somewhat rare. Cost is not a factor though. Virtually all the flags I saw in Myanmar were made of broad cloth with the canton being printed. However, some of these flags were rather large. In Yangon, I saw 2 flags measuring roughly 8 x 12 ft.
Clay Moss, 7 July 2001

2:3 and 6:11 Variants of the National Flag
Meaning of the flag
Significant dates
Dimensions
National Emblem
President's Flag
River Patrol
Rangoon Port Commissioner

See also:

2:3 and 6:11 Variants of the National Flag

2:3, Željko Heimer

6:11, Željko Heimer

Meaning of the flag

The flag was adopted on 3 January 1974, the year when Burma became the Socialist Republic of the Burmese Federation. Since then the state has changed its name, but not its flag. The fourteen stars are for 14 states, the cog wheel and rice are for industry and agriculture.
Željko Heimer, 24 February 1996

From http://www3.itu.int/missions/Myanmar/flag.htm:

The State Flag is rectangular in shape and its background colour is red with a dark blue canton at the top left corner. A pinion and ears of paddy encircled with fourteen white stars of equal size have been superimposed on the dark