Editing Esperanto symbols (section)

== Design of the ''Verda Stelo'' ==
[[File:Esperanto flag - construction.svg|thumbnail|Proportions of the Esperanto flag]]
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The Esperanto [[flag]] is composed of a green background with a white square ([[Canton (flag)|canton]]) in the upper lefthand corner, which in turn contains a green star. The green field symbolizes [[hope]],<ref name="anthro-heller">{{cite journal |last1=Heller |first1=Monica |title=Dr. Esperanto, or Anthropology as Alternative Worlds: Dr. Esperanto, or Anthropology as Alternative Worlds |journal=American Anthropologist |date=March 2017 |volume=119 |issue=1 |pages=12–22 |doi=10.1111/aman.12824}}</ref> the white symbolizes [[peace]] and neutrality{{citation needed|date=March 2023}}, and the [[five-pointed star]] represents the five [[continent]]s ([[Europe]], [[Americas|America]], [[Asia]], [[Oceania]], [[Africa]]).<ref name="anthro-heller" /> 

By recommendation of the board of the [[Universal Esperanto Association]], the flag should have the following proportions: The ratio of the width of the flag to the height of the flag to a side of the white square should be 3 to 2 to 1. The ratio of a side of the white square to the radius of a circle enclosing the star should be 10 to 3.5.