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The flag of the Republic of Croatia consists of three bands of colour: red, white and blue, with the Croatian Coat of arms in the centre. The length is twice the width. It's colours are laid horizontally in the order red, white, blue.
Each colour fills one third of the width of the flag. The Croatian Coat of arms is placed in the centre of the flag, at the point where the diagonals cross. During the Croatian national renaissance, the traditional Ilirian jacket was made in three colours - red, white and blue, with the same three colours forming the main part of the uniform of Viceroy Josip Jelačić at his official inauguration in 1848.
The tri-coloured flag has been kept from those days with the order of red, white, blue. The flag symbolises the wish of the Croatian revivers for the uniting of Croatian lands.
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