Our Congo Tie is modeled after the flag of the Democratic Republic of the CongoStatesman Ties Congo Tie was designed to represent the flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The idea for the design of the flag itself came about when “a new constitution, ratified in December 2005 and which came into effect in February 2006, promoted a return to a flag similar to that flown between 1963 and 1971, with a change from a royal blue to sky blue background.