Tennessee

Here's one more acceptable state flag: my home state of Tennessee. No hand, no words, very nice. The three stars in the circle represent the three areas of Tennessee: the majestic Smokey Mountains in the east, the fertile Mississippi River Valley in the west, and the hideous, featureless Hellscape in the middle. I always assumed the blue stripe down the fly had something to do with one end of Tennessee being bordered by the Mississippi, but the official reason is so that "the flag doesn't show too much crimson when limp." We've all been there!