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The flag of Indonesia is simple, with a red horizontal        stripe and white horizontal stripe dividing the flag         into halves. This design was adopted on August 17,                              1945,  just three days after World War II ended. Indonesia did not obtain independence from the Netherlands until 1949, but it retained the same flag design throughout. The flag has been associated with Indonesia as far back as the Majapahit Empire in the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. The two colors stand for courage and honesty. This flag is also identical to the flag of Monaco, except for the overall dimensions. Indonesia’s flag’s dimensions have a ratio of 2:3.

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