It be a lot easier for the French , three bits of cloth and a couple of rows of stitches
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh I think you'll find you are mistaken there. The French flag requires only one bit of cloth - the largest piece of pure virgin white cloth you can find. Mounted on a stick and waved vigorously whilst running in a backwards direction.
"For sale, French rifles, never used, only been dropped once".
(Forgive me for the digression, but it was Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh that started off on the French!)