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1'''''Flagland''''' is a {{webcomic}} drawn by Svip from Denmark, started in 2010. It satirizes historical events such as the [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarI World]] [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII Wars]] and UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars, and occasionally fictional events as well.
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3The characters are nations or peoples, represented by a stick figure with the nation's flag on their shirt (hence the name ''Flagland''). It can be found [[http://flagland.org/ here]]. Compare ''[[Webcomic/PolandBall Polandball]]'', ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' and ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld''.
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6!!''Flagland'' provides examples of:
7* AnachronismStew: Often. [[http://flagland.org/strip/11 The one about US states]] contains this exchange:
8-->'''South Carolina:''' Our rights are being violated! Washington is try--\
9'''Alabama:''' Not the state, right?\
10'''South Carolina:''' For the last time, Alabama, Washington won't be a state until 1889.
11* AuthorAppeal: The author really likes flags.
12* BigBallOfViolence: During the [[http://flagland.org/strip/22 War of the Spanish Succession]].
13* ButtMonkey: Belgium.
14--> '''[[Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy Slartibartfast]]:''' ''[to Norway]'' And while it may not make you feel any better, you are at least not Belgium.
15* BeatPanel: [[http://flagland.org/strip/6 This comic]] contains two in a row.
16* CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: France is portrayed like this. A special mention goes to [[http://flagland.org/strip/6 this comic]] which spends as much time showing France surrendering as it shows the Napoleonic Wars.
17* ComicallySmallBribe: The Entente convinces Italy to join their side by offering cookies in [[http://flagland.org/strip/13 this comic]].
18* CreatorProvincialism: Surprisingly, this is mostly averted. Denmark only appears in three or four strips.
19* DeadpanSnarker: Prussia has shades of this.
20-->'''France:''' Prussia, all of your food is sausages.\
21'''Prussia:''' Glad to see [[NationalStereotypes the stereotypes]] start early.
22* DressedInLayers: Sometimes a country will take off their shirt to reveal a shirt with a different flag on it underneath, such as with France in [[http://flagland.org/strip/2 this strip.]]
23* DidYouGetANewHaircut: Repeatedly used.
24** The Netherlands asks France this word-for-word after [[http://flagland.org/strip/5 The French Revolution]].
25** Poland asks Germany this after the ThoseWackyNazis take [[http://flagland.org/strip/23 over]].
26* FollowTheLeader: the author says it is inspired by ''Webcomic/ScandinaviaAndTheWorld'' and ''[[Webcomic/PolandBall Polandball]]''.
27* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Invoked by Britain towards France in [[http://flagland.org/strip/14 this comic]], after France tells Britain that Britain's colonies are rebelling.
28--> '''France:''' Well, suck on it, because I am joining them.
29--> '''Britain:''' Ugh, what for?
30--> '''France:''' Always wanted to kick your ass. And I support these British rebels' lust for liberty.
31--> '''Britain:''' That's pretty hypocritical of you, Mr Kingdom of France.
32--> '''France:''' OK, well just to kick your ass then.
33--> '''Britain:''' You really are a jerk.
34* HomeBase: The Central Powers have one during WWI.
35* NationsAsPeople: Qualifies as this. Occasionally lampshaded.
36* NationalStereotypes: Less so than other webcomics in the genre, but still present.
37* OverlyLongGag: Sweden lying about defeating other countries in [[http://flagland.org/strip/20 this comic.]]
38* UsefulNotes/PrussiansInPickelhauben: Germany wears one in the WWI strips.
39* PeoplePuppets: The [[http://flagland.org/strip/23 Korean War]] is depicted this way, with the Soviet Union and the United States as the puppet masters. ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' strip is also depicted this way with [[spoiler: New Zealand]] as the puppet master.
40* RunningGag: It wouldn't be a European congress without [[http://flagland.org/strip/24 Poland]]!
41* ShoutOut: ''Literature/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'' gets one in [[http://flagland.org/strip/20 this strip]].
42* WearingAFlagOnYourHead: All of the characters wear their flags as shirts. Interestingly enough, the flag is drawn over the shirt, so the design on the sleeve will change depending on where the character's arms are. This is particularly noticeable on Austria-Hungary.
43* WorldOfSymbolism: Even moreso than ''[[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Hetalia]]''. Lampshaded in one comic:
44-->'''Post-Revolution France:''' Screw it! I'm off to St. Helena.\
45''[beat panel]''\
46'''Britain:''' How can an entire nation go to a single island off the cost of Africa?\
47'''Russia:''' Yeah. And I thought *we* were supposed to send him there.\
48'''Prussia:''' It's easier this way.
49* UnsoundEffect: Most prominently used [[http://flagland.org/?strip=5 here]]
50* UsefulNotes/WorldWarI
51* UsefulNotes/WorldWarII

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