Estonia

About the flag

Correct: Estonia. The blue–black–white “sinimustvalge” became a national symbol in 1918, was banned during Soviet rule, and was proudly restored in 1990 just before independence in 1991. It’s distinct from Bulgaria’s white–green–red, France’s vertical tricolor, and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s blue flag with stars and a yellow triangle. Meaning and memory tip: Blue stands for Estonia’s skies and Baltic waters, black for the soil and the hardships of the past, and white for snow, light, and hope. To remember it, picture Estonia as the northernmost Baltic state: cold blue skies above, dark forests/earth in the middle, and snowy white below—matching the layers of the flag.