<Ul> <Li> The flag of Bikini Atoll is symbolic of the islanders' belief that a great debt is still owed to the people of Bikini because in 1954 the United States government detonated a thermonuclear bomb on the island as part of the Castle Bravo test . </Li> <Li> The flag of Liberia bears a close resemblance, showing the ex-American - slave origin of the country . The Liberian flag has 11 similar red and white stripes, which stand for the 11 signers of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, as well as a blue square with only a single large white star for the canton . The flag of Liberia is the only flag in the world that was modeled after and resembles the American flag because Liberia was the only nation in the world that was founded, colonized, established, and controlled by freed African American and ex-caribbean slaves as settlers who came from the United States and the Caribbean islands as a homeland to live, with the help and support from the American Colonization Society on January 7, 1822 . </Li> <Li> Despite Malaysia having no historical connections with the U.S., the flag of Malaysia greatly resembles the U.S. flag . It is possible that the flag of the British East India Company influenced both the Malaysian and U.S. flag . </Li> <Li> The flag of El Salvador from 1865 to 1912 . A different flag was in use, based on the flag of the United States, with a field of alternating blue and white stripes and a red canton containing white stars . </Li> <Li> The flag of Brittany was inspired in part by the American flag . </Li> </Ul> <Li> The flag of Bikini Atoll is symbolic of the islanders' belief that a great debt is still owed to the people of Bikini because in 1954 the United States government detonated a thermonuclear bomb on the island as part of the Castle Bravo test . </Li> <Li> The flag of Liberia bears a close resemblance, showing the ex-American - slave origin of the country . The Liberian flag has 11 similar red and white stripes, which stand for the 11 signers of the Liberian Declaration of Independence, as well as a blue square with only a single large white star for the canton . The flag of Liberia is the only flag in the world that was modeled after and resembles the American flag because Liberia was the only nation in the world that was founded, colonized, established, and controlled by freed African American and ex-caribbean slaves as settlers who came from the United States and the Caribbean islands as a homeland to live, with the help and support from the American Colonization Society on January 7, 1822 . </Li> <Li> Despite Malaysia having no historical connections with the U.S., the flag of Malaysia greatly resembles the U.S. flag . It is possible that the flag of the British East India Company influenced both the Malaysian and U.S. flag . </Li>

American flag with 50 stars in a circle