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The national flag of Gladomyr is a vertical consisting of an orange, white, and navy stripe, in order from left to right. The simplified coat of arms of Gladomyr is placed in the center of the white stripe. The three colors are defined by the Constitution of Gladomyr (Prinsiipenė for Kongėdömer) and are the national colors of the country. A lesser used variant of the Myrish flag includes the old coat of arms of Gladomyr in place of the simplified arms in the white stripe, though this flag is generally reserved for official diplomatic use abroad and at sea. Another variant flag lacking the coat of arms totally is used as the of Gladomyr, and predates the national flag.

Orange and navy have long been associated with the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr. Since the middle ages, the orange and navy colors have been emphasized on Myrish heraldic royal banners. The origin of their usage can be traced to the tinctures of the Kingdoms of Pärhula and Denkev during the age of cities, both having predominant orange and navy banners. The unification of the four Myrish kingdoms would further emphasize this, with two out of the four kingdom flags bearing one or both of the colors. The white, also sometimes referred to as silver, was added later on in the flag's history. First appearing on the naval ensign, the white band soon spread to the national flag as well, and soon found its spot among the country's national colors.

The Myrish flag is to be flown continuously outside all governmental buildings or facilities, including those abroad. Other institutions, including many Myrish citizens, fly the national flag on national holidays or other special occasions of national significance. Current Myrish law does not restrict the use of the old Myrish flag in both civil and governmental cases, so long as the flag is not desecrated or otherwise disrespected. Since 1961, Flag Day is to be celebrated every May 12 and is considered a national holiday.

The Myrish flag's proportions are 3:5, which is a relatively common ratio for flags. Other notable flags which share the same proportions include Gemurtrak, Riyata, and Ordrey. The usage of orange and navy as national colors are also not unique to Gladomyr. Ta'aroha bears a similar flag to Gladomyr, though lacking a central white stripe.

Legal sources
The colors and design of the Myrish flag are described foremost in the Constitution of Gladomyr and adopted in 1961. In addition to the constitution, the flag is also described in the Symbols and State Seals Act of 1962 (Lov om Sümboler og Staatssegl aav 1962) along with subsequent amendments; however, legislation and descriptions of the flag are far from exact.

Amendments to the Symbols and State Seals Act are numerous due to vague and sometimes misinterpreted wording causing confusion. Moreover, the Act contains errors, omissions and inconsistencies which make the law confusing, open to various interpretations and often not followed in practice.

National colors
According to Chapter I, Article 10, paragraph 4 of the Constitution, the national colors of Gladomyr are orange, navy, and white. This is further touched upon in the Symbols and State Seals Act, Article 2, which specifies that the colors are orange, white, and navy in three vertical, parallel stripes of equal width, of which the leftmost one is orange, the middle one is white, and the rightmost one is navy.

Should the national colors be displayed horizontally, the navy is to be displayed on the top and the orange is to be displayed on the bottom. Attachment no. 1 to the Act shows the national colors in both horizontal and vertical alignment, as well as the official shades of both colors expressed as coordinates in the color space with the tolerated color differences (ΔE) specified in the CIE (L*, u*, v*) colour space. Also documented are the colors in the sRGB color space.

Variants of the national flag
The consitution of Gladomyr maintains that, while the flag of Gladomyr including the simplified coat of arms is the official and foremost flag of Gladomyr (Flag of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr) (Flaagėt til de Foorentė Kongėdömer aav Glaadomür), the flag including the traditional coat of arms (Senior Flag of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr) (Seniorflaagėt til de Foorentė Kongėdömer aav Glaadomür) may also be used in any circumstance as a replacement for the simplified version. In this sense, Gladomyr has, by constitution, two officially recognized national flags. Both flags are defined in Article 5 of the act as follows:


 * 1) The foremost state flag of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr is a rectangular piece of cloth in the colors of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr hoisted on a flagpole with the simplified Coat of Arms of Gladomyr placed on the white stripe.
 * 2) The senior flag of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr is also the flag specified in paragraph 1, with the traditional coat of arms of the Unified Kingdoms of Gladomyr placed in the middle of the white stripe.

The ratio for both flags is 3:5. Images of both variations of the flag alongside proportions of the flags can be found in attachment no. 3 to the Symbols and State Seals Act.