Why do Romania and Chad have the same flag? Was it intentional? It seems like it is too confusing to allow that kind of thing to happen, so why hasn’t some one stepped in to flip a coin or make one of them change to a different flag?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: There is no international treaty or convention granting rights of exclusivity for national flags. Chad and Romania are hardly unique in lacking cabinet ministers of advertising /design. The French flag seems to be all over the place–that imaginative three vertical blue-white-red stripes was adopted by virtually every former colony (perhaps they bought the line that you can’t top French culture and taste). The same is true for several former British Empire Pacific Ocean colonies. So, no, there was no plan that they be the same, and although there may be some confusion as they parade at the Olympics, they are not likely to change either flag.