People native to Monaco are called Monégasque. A person born in another country but who is a resident in Monaco is a Monacoian. The Monégasque people are in the minority: only a fifth of its 38,000 population is native. The remaining population are wealthy outsiders. The largest group are French nationals at 28.4%, followed by Monégasque (21.6%), Italian (18.7%), British (7.5%), Belgian (2.8%), German (2.5%), Swiss (2.5%) and U.S. nationals (1.2%).
The official language in the country is French. Despite this, the traditional native language of the country, Monégasque, is still taught in schools and signage in the old part of the country presents a double translation in both French and Monégasque. The Monégasque dialect is a variety of Ligurian, a Gallo-Italian dialect spoken in Liguria, Northern Italy.
The flags for these two countries are almost identical—two horizontal stripes, red over white—but Indonesia’s is longer. Indonesia’s flag’s height to width ratio is 2:3, while Monaco’s flag is 4:5. Both flags date back hundreds of years. Monaco’s flag is based on the heraldic colors in the shield of the Monegasque princely arms, and the flag of Indonesia dates back to its association with the Majapahit empire. Also similar to these two is the flag of Poland, although its stripes are reversed, white over red.
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