Scarlet Lancers Emblem by @Thorvald (El Thorvaldo)

Emblem of the Scarlet Lancers, one of the terrorist factions in the IOT spin-off Multipolarity. According to the player of the Holy See, it vaguely resembles Passion iconography.

"Terrorist" is actually a misnomer. From their inception to Turn 9, they basically represented the consolidated resistance movement to whatever sort of state christos200's China was under at the time. They were originally a carry-over from the faction I'd planned to craft in the short-lived WIM-IOT, their republican image little more than populism and christos simply the largest target of opportunity, but by the time I introduced the Red Lotus the following turn, they were now bona fide democrats, almost fanatical in their adherence to popular solidarity. From here on in, I played for the sole purpose of ousting christos.

At the end of Turn 8, two+ wars and countless régimes later, christos up and abandoned China after he'd basically doomed the country to destruction. He gave everything to Australia, who reconstituted China as a number of independent successors, one of whom he gifted to the Lancers; and so democracy was achieved at last.

Some of the players erroneously describe the new Co-operative Federation of Xinjiang as being ruled by the Lancers. While they do function as an extended civil service, they do not involve themselves in party politics. Although, I suppose one could argue that even if they're not running the government, they are upholding the state entire.

UPDATE 3-9-22: Downloadable vector available in the SVG Legacy Flag Pack!

[Originally submitted to DeviantArt March 2012.]