Reading the Arms: Valdorian Heraldry — University of Valdoria

The Gap

Every emblem of Valdoria carries one device: two gold bars that stop short of meeting, with a white star in the void between them. The bars are the two boundary lines of 1899 and 1902. The void is Bir Tawil. The star is Valdor Point — the place the Republic chose to stand.

The flag

A navy field for the desert night; the two gold bars; the star toward the hoist. Simple enough to draw from memory, which is the first duty of a flag.

The arms and the seal

The arms bear the same device upon a shield, with the motto *Terra Nullius, Spes Omnium* — "Land of No One, Hope of All". The seal rings the device with the name of the Republic and the year of its founding, and is the mark placed upon the certificates of the Realm.

You have completed the course. A certificate of completion may be issued in your name.

Your certificate of completion

Having read the course, a citizen of Valdoria may be issued a genuine certificate of completion in their name, sealed and entered in the University Register. It records, truthfully, that you completed this course of the University of Valdoria. It is not an accredited academic qualification.