Mysterious, mathematical origins of world’s most unusually shaped national flag

> “It’s the nerdiest mathematical flag that is out there,” Kaye adds.

> In 1962, King Mahendra asked a mathematician to develop precise specifications for the size and shape of the Nepali flag that would be used to standardize the flag. Those specifications are enshrined in Nepal’s constitution.

> Among the rules: the sun must have 12 rays […]

And that’s all we get about the mysterious, mathematical origins of the flag.

I'm not even into vexillology, but that description is so offensive that the shockwave offended me as collateral damage.

While it may be true that vexillology isn't a strictly defined academic field, calling people who are interested in it "flag obsessives" is quite demeaning — all the more so considering that not only are fans of vexillology not necessarily "obsessed", but also that one can well be obsessed by flags and yet have no knowledge of vexillology.