Region: South
Emblem:
Stylized upper-case "NC".
North Carolina's current state flag prominently features capital letters "N" and "C" separated by a star. The new emblem turns this visual element into a logo.
Field:
Field: Colored bar above an uncolored bar.
North Carolina is the northern of the two Carolinas; the colored bar represents it while the uncolored bar represents South Carolina. The field of the new flag of South Carolina is the inverse of this flag's field.