Mobile Suit Gundam Principality of Zeon Mini Desk Flag 6" x 4"

Gundam Principality of Zeon Mini Desk Flag Flag Measures 6 Inches x 4 inches Made of High Quality Cotton Printed on Both Sides Mounted on a 10 Inch Black Plastic Staff with Gold Ball & Spear ( Base Not Included ) Flag may be Ironed Avoid moisture or liquids Intended for Indoor use Only T he Principality of Zeon is a militaristic, totalitarian regime, based in a cluster of space colonies in Side3 (L2). It starts a vicious war of agression against the Federation, nominally to gain independence and sef-determination for of all the space colonists. In practice their aim is to control the entire Earthsphere. The Zeon flag is a quite blatant ripoff of the Nazis, with the Sigil of Zeon in place of the swastika. The sigil represents Contolism, the philosophy of Zeon Zum Deikun, the founder of the Republic of Zeon. Originally, simply a philosophy of self-determination, but it is later hijacked by radical nationalists who pervert it into a fascist ideology of strenght and colonial supremacism. The Principality as originally depicted was only a fairly generic unpleasant regime, with a violently xenophobic nationalism having infected an othewise legitimate cause — the Nazi allusions were gradually introduced in assorted sequels over the course of the decade after the original Gundam series aired in 1979. This flag can be seen flying off the conning tower of a Zeon sub in Gundam 0083, among other places. in 1979. The flag can be seen flying off the conning tower of a Zeon sub in Gundam 0083, among other places