Flag: Maldives 🇲🇻
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The flag of Maldives — the island nation with an average elevation of just 1.5 meters facing existential threat from sea level rise, making it the world's flattest country and a symbol of climate change vulnerability. The Maldives' overwater bungalows and impossibly clear turquoise waters make it among the world's most aspirational luxury destinations.

Former President Nasheed famously held an underwater cabinet meeting to draw attention to sea level rise. Used for luxury travel, climate change sea level rise, Indian Ocean ecology, and coral reef conservation.