Taken from here: https://www.deviantart.com/silas-coldwine/art/Tri-State-568249219
I don't think they are based on any descriptions in the book. They are likely just artistic conceptions that fit the states in 1984.
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The original Spanish flag used like this:
In the next, more successful revolution in Ecuador, starting in Guayaquil, two other flags were used before joining Gran Colombia and getting a yellow-blue-red triband similar two what is in use today:
Version of these flag would also appear 1845-1860:
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Minnesota is in the process of proposing a new state flag. Here are some proposals, circulating online. Many feature the North Star, a symbol of the state.
(files.catbox.moe)
The current flag looks like this, which obviously needs changing:
There is a commission tasked with proposing a new design. A news article about it is available here: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-house-bill-moves-forward-commission-to-redesign-state-flag-and-seal/
The top proposal, called "The North Star Flag", seems to be a popular favorite.
I gathered these proposals from these two sites: https://newmnflag.org/designs https://vexillology.fandom.com/wiki/Minnesota
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I probably vote on the top alternative
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Another proposal for the Jamaican flag, submitted by the public in 1962. Alternatively, a flag for the drug desomorphine (a.k.a. krokodil)?
(upload.wikimedia.org)
It was probably for the better that they did not go for this flag. It is hard to think anything else than "Russia with a crocodile". And at least I relate that to the dangerous semi-synthetic opioid desomorphine, common in Russia, and referred to as "krokodil".
Here's another proposal used different colors, which I think would have worked better:
More proposals here: https://www.nlj.gov.jm/Ja50/Public%20Suggestions%20for%20the%20Flag.htm
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Proposal for flag of Jamaica, submitted by the public in 1962, based on the coat of arms.
(upload.wikimedia.org)
Coat of arms in question:
Of course, the current flag is great, but a feeling lingers that it was a missed chance to get pineapples on a national flag.
I think the middle pineapple should also be golden, though. Not really sure what happened there.
More proposals here: https://www.nlj.gov.jm/Ja50/Public%20Suggestions%20for%20the%20Flag.htm
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61 years ago, August 6 1962, Jamaica gained independence under this flag. It is the only national flag in the world without either blue, red or white.
(upload.wikimedia.org)
This was an initial proposal, with the same colors in a slightly boring horizontal triband:
Another proposal rearranged it a bit, but was discarded as too similar to the flag of Tanganyika, which seems quite reasonable, since they did not know that problem would be short-lived:
In the end they went for the saltire, which seems like a great choice, creating a more unique and interesting design.
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The previous flag was alongside Jamaica, the only national flag in the world without either blue, red or white.
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On this day, August 4 1984, Upper Volta changed its name to Burkina Faso, and adopted its current flag.
(upload.wikimedia.org)
The change happened after a coup, headed by the legendary Marxist and pan-Africanist Thomas Sankara. These ideologies are also reflected in the flag, with a Marxist-inspired design and the pan-African color palette. This makes the flag not a nice example of a simple yet beautiful design, but also a good example of how vexillology can be used to express an ideological stance.
The flag of Upper Volta had a quite different feeling, rather leading the thoughts to, well, the German Empire, which incidentally had an identical flag:
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