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Flag Museum: Sources

このページは英語のみです。主な出典は説明書の「データの由来」をご覧ください。

This page lists everything behind the numbers, maps, flags and icons printed on the 155 cards of Flag Museum: the datasets, books and articles (in APA style), the author and license of every flag image, and the Wikipedia articles from which individual values were taken. The rulebook's "Data Notes" explain how the numbers were made. Last updated 2026-11-03.

1. References

Databases

Maps, flags and icons

  • Kariyasu, N. (2017). Sekai no kokki kokushō rekishi daizukan [Illustrated encyclopedia of the history of the world's national flags and emblems]. Yamakawa Shuppansha.
  • Kariyasu, N. (2020). Kishō no sekaishi daizukan [Illustrated world history of flags]. Yamakawa Shuppansha.
  • Natural Earth (2022). Natural Earth 1:10m Cultural Vectors (Admin 0 Countries; Admin 1 States, Provinces) (Version 5.1.1) [Data set]. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/
  • Runfola, D., et al. (2020). geoBoundaries: A global database of political administrative boundaries. PLoS ONE, 15(4), e0231866. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0231866
  • TopeconHeroes (2026). ICOOON MONO (icon material). https://icooon-mono.com/
  • Twitter, Inc. and other contributors (jdecked/twemoji) (2024). Twemoji (Version 15.1.0). GitHub. https://github.com/jdecked/twemoji
  • Wikimedia Commons contributors (2026). Wikimedia Commons (SVG/PNG files of flags and coats of arms). Wikimedia Foundation. https://commons.wikimedia.org/

Allies and rivals

  • Diehl, P. F., Goertz, G., & Gallegos, Y. (2021). Peace data: Concept, measurement, patterns, and research agenda. Conflict Management and Peace Science, 38(5), 605-624. https://doi.org/10.1177/0738894219870288 [CC BY 4.0]
  • Leeds, B. A., Ritter, J. M., Mitchell, S. M., & Long, A. G. (2022). Alliance Treaty Obligations and Provisions (ATOP) v5.1 (Version 5.1) [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.1080/03050620213653

War deaths

Yearbooks, statistical reports and primary sources

Research books and articles

  • Baily, J. (1850). Central America; describing each of the states of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. Trelawney Saunders (London). https://archive.org/details/centralamericade00bail
  • Bell, C. (1924). Tibet Past and Present. Clarendon Press. https://archive.org/details/tibet-past-and-present
  • Benson, L. (1990). The Ili Rebellion: The Moslem Challenge to Chinese Authority in Xinjiang, 1944-1949. M.E. Sharpe.
  • Broadberry, S., Campbell, B. M. S., Klein, A., Overton, M., & van Leeuwen, B. (2015). British Economic Growth, 1270-1870. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107707603
  • Browne, J. (1838). A History of the Highlands and of the Highland Clans.
  • Bushnell, D. (1954). The Santander Regime in Gran Colombia. University of Delaware Press.
  • Dacy, D. C. (1986). Foreign Aid, War, and Economic Development: South Vietnam, 1955-1975. Cambridge University Press.
  • Davidson, J., & Gray, A. (1909). The Scottish Staple at Veere. Longmans (London). https://archive.org/details/scottishstapleat00daviuoft
  • Dunn, H. (1828). Guatimala, or, The United Provinces of Central America in 1827-8. G. & C. Carvill (New York). https://archive.org/details/guatimalaorunite00dunn
  • Fedyshyn, O. S. (1971). Germany's Drive to the East and the Ukrainian Revolution, 1917-1918. Rutgers University Press.
  • Findlay, R., & O'Rourke, K. H. (2007). Power and Plenty: Trade, War, and the World Economy in the Second Millennium. Princeton University Press.
  • Goldstein, M. C. (1989). A History of Modern Tibet, 1913-1951: The Demise of the Lamaist State. University of California Press.
  • Henderson, W. O. (1963). Studies in the Economic Policy of Frederick the Great. Frank Cass.
  • Huang, R. (1974). Taxation and Governmental Finance in Sixteenth-Century Ming China. Cambridge University Press.
  • Jowett, P. S. (2004). Rays of the Rising Sun: Armed Forces of Japan's Asian Allies 1931-45, Vol. 1. Helion.
  • Łatyszonek, O. (1995). Białoruskie formacje wojskowe 1917-1923. Białystok.
  • Lynn, J. A. (1994). Recalculating French Army Growth during the Grand Siècle, 1610-1715. French Historical Studies, 18(4), 881-906. https://doi.org/10.2307/286722
  • Pack, J. (2019). Kingdom of Militias: Libya's Second War of Post-Qadhafi Succession. Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI). https://www.ispionline.it/
  • Parker, G. (1996). The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800 (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
  • Pérez Brignoli, H. (1993). [Establishment of the federal army of the Federal Republic of Central America; the work cited by the English Wikipedia article "Federal Republic of Central America"].
  • Rooseboom, M. P. (1910). The Scottish Staple in the Netherlands. Martinus Nijhoff (The Hague). https://archive.org/details/scottishstaplein00roos
  • Rorke, M. (2006). English and Scottish overseas trade, 1300-1600. Economic History Review, 59(2), 265-288. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.2006.00346.x
  • Sked, A. (1979). The Survival of the Habsburg Empire: Radetzky, the Imperial Army and the Class War, 1848. Longman.
  • Thompson, G. A. (1829). Narrative of an Official Visit to Guatemala from Mexico. John Murray (London). https://archive.org/details/narratiofof00thomguat
  • Vakar, N. P. (1956). Belorussia: The Making of a Nation. A Case Study. Harvard University Press.
  • von Glahn, R. (2016). The Economic History of China: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139343848
  • Wang, K. (2018). The East Turkestan Independence Movement, 1930s to 1940s. Chinese University of Hong Kong Press.

Religion statistics (censuses and surveys)

  • Australian Bureau of Statistics (2022). 2021 Census of Population and Housing: Religious affiliation [Data set]. Australian Bureau of Statistics. https://www.abs.gov.au/ [CC BY 4.0]
  • Bossy, J. (1975). The English Catholic Community 1570-1850. Darton, Longman & Todd.
  • Brown, D., & James, P. (2018). Religious Characteristics of States Dataset Project: Demographics v2.0 (Version 2.0) [Data set]. ARDA. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/7SR4M
  • Central Statistics Office (Ireland) (2023). Census 2022: Religion [Data set]. CSO. https://www.cso.ie/ [CC BY 4.0]
  • Department of Census and Statistics (Sri Lanka) (2012). Census of Population and Housing 2012: Religion [Data set]. DCS. http://www.statistics.gov.lk/
  • Department of Statistics Malaysia (2011). Population Distribution and Basic Demographic Characteristics 2010: Religion [Data set]. DOSM. https://www.dosm.gov.my/
  • European Social Survey (2024). European Social Survey Round 11 (2023) [Data set]. ESS ERIC. https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/ [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]
  • Field, C. D. (2012). Counting Religion in England and Wales: the Long Eighteenth Century. Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 63(4). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046911002533
  • fowid (Forschungsgruppe Weltanschauungen in Deutschland) (2024). Religionszugehörigkeiten in Deutschland 2023. fowid. https://fowid.de/
  • Gallup (1948). Gallup Poll 1948: Religious preference. Gallup. https://news.gallup.com/
  • Generalitat de Catalunya. Direcció General d'Afers Religiosos (2020). Baròmetre sobre la religiositat i sobre la gestió de la seva diversitat 2020. Generalitat de Catalunya. https://afersreligiosos.gencat.cat/
  • Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) (2023). Population Census 2022: Religion [Data set]. KSH. https://www.ksh.hu/
  • INSEE (2023). La diversité religieuse en France [Religious diversity in France] (Trajectoires et Origines 2 survey, 2019–2020). INSEE. https://www.insee.fr/ [Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0]
  • Ipsos (2023). Ipsos Global Religion 2023. Ipsos. https://www.ipsos.com/
  • Johnson, T. M., & Grim, B. J. (2025). World Religion Database (Version 2025) [Data set]. Brill. Brill. https://www.thearda.com/world-religion/national-profiles
  • K.K. Statistische Zentralkommission (1912). Volkszählung 1910 [Census of 1910] (by language and religion) [Data set]. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary
  • Kaiserliches Statistisches Amt (1915). Volkszählung 1910 [Census of 1910] (by religion) [Data set].
  • Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS) (2022). Religious self-identification of the population of Ukraine (2022 survey). KIIS. https://www.kiis.com.ua/
  • Levada Center (2023). Религиозные верования [Religious beliefs] (survey of October 2023). Levada Center. https://www.levada.ru/
  • Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population (Myanmar) (2016). The 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census: Religion (Census Report Volume 2-C) [Data set]. Department of Population. https://www.dop.gov.mm/
  • National Institute of Statistics (Romania) (2023). Population and Housing Census 2021: Religion [Data set]. INS. https://www.recensamantromania.ro/
  • National Statistical Institute (Bulgaria) (2022). Population Census 2021: Religion [Data set]. NSI. https://www.nsi.bg/
  • National Statistics Office of Mongolia (2021). Population and Housing Census 2020: Religion (ages 15 and over) [Data set]. NSO Mongolia. https://www.1212.mn/
  • NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute (2019). ISSP international survey on religion 2018 (NHK). NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute. https://www.nhk.or.jp/bunken/
  • Office for National Statistics (2022). Religion, England and Wales: Census 2021 [Data set]. ONS. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/culturalidentity/religion/bulletins/religionenglandandwales/census2021 [Open Government Licence v3.0]
  • Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India (2015). Census of India 2011: Population by Religious Community [Data set]. Government of India. https://censusindia.gov.in/
  • Statistical Institute of Jamaica (2012). Population and Housing Census 2011: Religion [Data set]. STATIN. https://statinja.gov.jm/
  • Statistics Austria (2022). Religionszugehörigkeit 2021 [Religious affiliation 2021] (Mikrozensus supplementary survey) [Data set]. Statistics Austria. https://www.statistik.at/ [CC BY 4.0]
  • Statistics Canada (2022). Census of Population 2021: Religion [Data set]. Statistics Canada. https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/ [Statistics Canada Open Licence]
  • Statistics Netherlands (CBS) (2024). The Netherlands in Numbers 2024: Religion. CBS. https://longreads.cbs.nl/the-netherlands-in-numbers-2024/ [CC BY 4.0]
  • Statistics Poland (GUS) (2023). National Population and Housing Census 2021: Religion [Data set]. GUS. https://stat.gov.pl/
  • Statistisches Reichsamt (1928). Volkszählung 1925 [Census of 1925] (by religion) [Data set].
  • Statistisches Reichsamt (1941). Volkszählung vom 17. Mai 1939 [Census of 17 May 1939] (by religion; Greater Germany) [Data set].
  • Státní úřad statistický (1934). Sčítání lidu 1930 [Census of 1930] (by religion) [Data set].
  • Stats NZ (2019). 2018 Census: Religious affiliation [Data set]. Stats NZ. https://www.stats.govt.nz/ [CC BY 4.0]
  • Webster, A. (1755). An Account of the Number of People in Scotland in the Year 1755. https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/
  • Центральный статистический комитет (1905). Первая всеобщая перепись населения Российской империи 1897 г. [First general census of the Russian Empire, 1897] (by religion) [Data set].

Wikipedia and Wikidata

2. Flag images (Wikimedia Commons)

Flag images on the cards are SVG or PNG files from Wikimedia Commons. CC BY 4.0 §3(a)(2) and CC BY-SA 4.0 §3(a)(2) allow attribution to be given "in any reasonable manner based on the medium, means, and context" and to be satisfied by a URI or hyperlink to a resource that includes the required information; the printed materials give the URL of this page.

Files that require attribution (CC BY-SA, CC BY): 32

Public domain and CC0: 256

Author names are as given on Wikimedia Commons.

Drawn by Mikeron Games: 5

Drawn from measurements of the illustrations in Kariyasu's books. Where a Commons file was used as a base, it is listed above with "modified".

  • Banner of the Kingdom of Poland (three-tailed, book).svg. Mikeron Games.
  • Flag of Nepal (early pennant, book).svg. Mikeron Games.
  • Flag of the Papal States (1580, book).svg. Mikeron Games.
  • Mughal_Empire_flag_1526-1858.svg. Mikeron Games.
  • Ottoman flag 1517-1793 three crescents (book).svg. Mikeron Games.

3. Values taken from Wikipedia, by card

Cards are listed by card year, then by name. Only facts (numbers and years) were taken; no article text is reproduced. Wikipedia text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Holy Roman Empire (1520)

Spain (1580)

England (1600)

Ming (1600)

Republic of Venice (1600)

Safavid Persia (1600)

Scotland (1600)

Poland-Lithuania (1620)

Netherlands (1650)

Ottoman Empire (1683)

Grand Duchy of Moscow (1700)

Kingdom of France (1700)

Mughal Empire (1700)

Britain (1750)

United States (1776)

Kingdom of Prussia (1786)

Qing (1790)

Portugal (1800)

French Empire (1812)

Austrian Empire (1820)

Gran Colombia (1823)

Central American Federation (1830)

Empire of Brazil (1880)

British India (1900)

Korean Empire (1900)

Austria-Hungary (1910)

Republic of China (1912)

German Empire (1913)

Russian Empire (1913)

Belarusian People's Rep. (1918)

Ukrainian People's Rep. (1918)

Tibet (1930)

Nazi Germany (1938)

Kingdom of Italy (1940)

Manchukuo (1940)

Empire of Japan (1942)

Italian Social Republic (1944)

United States (1944)

East Turkestan Republic (1945)

Union of South Africa (1950)

Soviet Union (1962)

South Vietnam (1970)

Pahlavi Iran (1975)

East Germany (1980)

West Germany (1980)

Yugoslavia (1980)

Afghanistan (2021)

Australia (2021)

Austria (2021)

Bangladesh (2021)

Belgium (2021)

Brazil (2021)

Britain (2021)

Bulgaria (2021)

Cambodia (2021)

Canada (2021)

Cuba (2021)

Denmark (2021)

DR Congo (2021)

Egypt (2021)

European Union (EU) (2021)

Finland (2021)

France (2021)

Germany (2021)

Greece (2021)

Greenland (2021)

Haiti (2021)

Hong Kong (2021)

Hungary (2021)

Iceland (2021)

India (2021)

Iraq (2021)

Ireland (2021)

Kuwait (2021)

Luxembourg (2021)

Mexico (2021)

Monaco (2021)

Mongolia (2021)

Myanmar (2021)

Nepal (2021)

Netherlands (2021)

New Zealand (2021)

Norway (2021)

Pakistan (2021)

Palestine (2021)

Paraguay (2021)

Peru (2021)

Poland (2021)

Portugal (2021)

Puerto Rico (2021)

Romania (2021)

South Korea (2021)

Spain (2021)

Sri Lanka (2021)

Sudan (2021)

Sweden (2021)

Switzerland (2021)

Syria (2021)

Thailand (2021)

Tunisia (2021)

Ukraine (2021)

United Arab Emirates (2021)

United States (2021)

Uzbekistan (2021)

Vatican City (2021)

Venezuela (2021)

Zimbabwe (2021)

Alliance labels (names of multilateral treaties and organizations)

4. License notes

  • Correlates of War (National Material Capabilities v7.0; War Data v4.0). Used with the permission of the COW Project. The data are not redistributed.
  • TOFLIT18 (ODbL 1.0). Some export and import items in this game contain information from the TOFLIT18 database, which is made available under the Open Database License.
  • CIA World Factbook. Public domain. The CIA name and seal are not used in any way that suggests endorsement; they are cited as a source only.
  • Wikimedia Commons flags under CC BY-SA. Author, license and a link to the original file are listed above. Derivative (modified) files are released under the same license.
  • Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Facts only (numbers and years). Article names and access dates are listed above.
  • Twemoji (CC BY 4.0). Icons for exports and imports. © Twitter, Inc. and other contributors (jdecked/twemoji).