Right off the bat, three big problems.

First, what the heck is going on with that poor bird's neck? It looks broken, right? That never should've made it past the mock-up phase.

Second, Iowa breaks my "never put the state name on the state flag" rule. If your flag is really good, it will be so memorable that nobody will need a reminder as to which state it represents. Or even better something on your flag will make your state obvious, but without coming out and saying "Iowa".

Finally, that flag looks a little too French. And this ain't Louisiana, this is Iowa. C'mon, Iowa.

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Okay. Wikipedia says the flag is intentionally French because it symbolizes Iowa's past as part of the French territory. And it also honors Canada because the middle section is "Canadian White."

Well allow me to retort. The New French Territory covered half of North America. Nothing special about that, Iowa. And 12 states share a border with Canada. So that's kinda unique, but if anyone is going to claim Canadian Flavor on the flag it should be Alaska.

Try and guess the 12 states that touch Canada. See comments for answers.