National flags are much more than just mere ... which dates back to 1474 and incorporated a silver cross. Second is the Vatican, the smallest country in the world (at just 44 hectares).

Germany play in white kits despite the colour not appearing on their national flag ... the country's football team would wear clean white kits. The Prussian flag initially featured a cross ...

During the Vietnam War, anecdotal stories about American travelers sewing maple leaf patches onto their backpacks before heading abroad became a source of cross ... country’s romance with its flag.