The Constitution officially describes the national arms in Article I, Section 3 after the flag (in Section 2). The blazon reads as: The use of the flag on the escutcheon, and the Standards of St. Andrew and St. George (flags of Scotland and England respectively) symbolizes the historical bloodline of the Sierran monarchs of the House of Columbia with the British monarchs of the House of Stuart, and the claim by the Monarch of Sierra that they are also the rightful heir to the British throne (respectively the English, Scottish, and Irish ones, and to a lesser extent, the French throne). The bear represents the strength and courage of Sierra, demonstrating that the government would defend its people at all costs from threats domestic and foreign. The deer serves as a counter to the bear by r