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The flag of Timor Leste comprises of a red background. In the flag of Timor Leste there are two overlapping horizontal triangles on the left of the flag pointing to the center of the flying side of the flag. The flag has a yellow triangle and a black triangle. In the center of the black triangle of the Timor Leste flag , there is a white five-pointed star. The yellow triangle stands for the traces of colonialism in Timor Leste’s History, and the black triangle represents the dissimulation that needs to be conquered. The red background of the Timor Leste flag represents the struggle for national freedom of Timor Leste. The five pointed white star represents peace.

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East Timor (officially the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste) is a country in Southeast Asia. It comprises the eastern half of the island of Timor, the nearby islands of Atauro and Jaco, and Oecussi-Ambeno, an exclave on the northwestern side of the island, within Indonesian West Timor. The small country of 15,007 km² (5,376 mi²) is located about 640 km (400 mi) northwest of Darwin, Australia.

East Timor was colonised by Portugal since the 16th century, and was known as Portuguese Timor until Portugal’s decolonisation of the country. In late 1975 East Timor declared its independence but was promptly invaded and occupied by Indonesia, and declared that country’s 27th province the following year. In 1999, following the UN-sponsored act of self-determination, Indonesia relinquished control of the territory and East Timor became the first new sovereign state of the twenty-first century and of the third millennium on May 20, 2002. Alongside the Philippines, East Timor is one of only two predominantly Roman Catholic countries in Asia.

At $800, the per capita GDP (Purchasing Power Parity adjusted) of East Timor is one of the lowest in the world. Its Human Development Index (HDI), however, corresponds to a medium degree of human development and places East Timor 142nd among the world’s nations.

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