r/vexillology • u/ConflictFan • 5h ago
Fictional Flag of the United States if Québec became the 51st state and took over the country from within
Truly the best timeline.
So Québec succeeds where Alberta failed yesterday and somehow gains their independence, and then they immediately start negotiations with the Americans to join as a new state. Once they're in, they masterfully convince the federal government to station all their nukes on Québecan soil to protect them from the super dangerous country of Canada. Once Québec has all the nukes, they threaten armageddon if the rest of the US and Canada doesn't become subservient to them. This plan works flawlessly and now schoolchildren across the continent are forced to learn French (revenge for Règlement 17).
The stars on the flag are replaced with 60 fleurs-de-lys representing the 60 states under the Québecan yoke (I guess Québec and DC swap roles, but QC keeps all the power). I also kept the 13 stripes because I couldn't think of any other historically significant number for Québec that wouldn't make the flag look hideous.
Just a story to justify recreating a flag from this post but with more fleurs-de-lys⚜️
Here is the base file I used for the 60-star pattern: link