Idea for a flag of the main countries of South Europe or PIGS: Portugal, Italy, Greece and Spain. The main inspiration for the overall design was the Seychelles flag. Instead, the rays were changed to indicate an eruption from the belly of Europe. The colors were the same hue colors of the countries' current flags: bottom left corner is red as the main color of the portugese flag, top left is yellow of the spanish flag, top right is green from the italian flag, and bottom right is blue from the greek flag. The color choice is also displayed given the countries' geographical location, with Portugal being on the west and Greece being in east. In the background the white color simbolizes peace.



At the center, an olive branch which is a symbol common to all these countries.



This flag may also be used for other South-european countries (San Marino, Turkey, Cyprus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Andorra, Vatican, Kosovo, Montenegro, Malta, Albania, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, and Slovenia), as this flag also presents some or most of the colors of the flags of those countries in one way or another.