{
  "g": "h,empire,europe",
  "ns": "empires",
  "name": "Sovereign Military Order of Malta",
  "years": "1099–present",
  "id": "smom",
  "index": "e/sovereign-military-order-of-malta",
  "title": "State Flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta",
  "ratio": "2:3",
  "colors": [
    {
      "color": "red",
      "hex": "#da121a",
      "cmyk": "0/91/88/15",
      "note": "Of the order's Hospitaller origin."
    },
    {
      "color": "white",
      "hex": "#ffffff",
      "note": "The Latin cross of the order."
    }
  ],
  "desc": "- The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (1099–present) is the surviving Catholic chivalric successor to the Knights Hospitaller; it is recognised as a sovereign subject of international law without territory\n - **Construction:** a red field bearing a plain white Latin cross — the state flag used since the 1960s\n - A separate **Order flag** showing the eight-pointed Maltese (Amalfi) Cross on red is used for religious functions",
  "flag": "empires/smom.svg",
  "countryData": {
    "name": "Sovereign Military Order of Malta",
    "officialName": "Sovrano Militare Ordine di Malta",
    "un": "observer"
  },
  "trivia": "- Founded c. 1099 as the Knights Hospitaller of Saint John of Jerusalem to care for pilgrims\n - Ruled Rhodes (1310–1522) and Malta (1530–1798) before being expelled by Napoleon\n - Today headquartered in Rome on extraterritorial property; issues its own passports, postage, and currency (maintaining diplomatic relations with 110+ states)",
  "_name": "Sovereign Military Order of Malta",
  "_namespace": "empires",
  "_namePart": "smom"
}