Nepal’s flag is a popular one among flag obsessives ... King Mahendra asked a mathematician to develop precise specifications for the size and shape of the Nepali flag that would be used ...

The flag has an exact standard size which was made by a mathematician in 1962. The measurements are even included in Nepal’s constitution. On the flag, the sun is required to have 12 rays.

Being that Nepal's national flag is made up of two triangular pennants stacked on top of each other, this Himalayan country has a flag that has five sides! Historically, triangular flags were ...