The nation that produced them originally is long gone and any copyright claim as well. I think it's fair game for anyone or country to use!
The nation that produced them originally is long gone and any copyright claim as well. I think it's fair game for anyone or country to use!
Ancient states probably died out without a successor. But even extinct states have successors. Present-day Russia is the legal successor to the Soviet Union and therefore de jure at war with Japan, for example, because peace was not made in 1945.
That's the answer for @kerrislravenhill as well.