Bhutan is the smallest sovereign country whose national flag features a dragon, covering about 38,394 square kilometres.
Bhutan’s flag is divided diagonally into yellow and orange fields. A white dragon, called Druk, stretches across the boundary and holds jewels in its claws. The dragon symbolizes the name Druk Yul, commonly translated as “Land of the Thunder Dragon.”
The flag’s yellow field represents the authority of the secular government, while orange represents the Buddhist spiritual tradition. The jewels symbolize wealth and security. Bhutan’s current flag design was adopted in the twentieth century and is protected by detailed rules about its proportions and colors.
Wales also has a dragon on its flag, but Wales is a constituent country of the United Kingdom rather than a sovereign state. China’s flag has stars, not a dragon.