"The flag of caire and the Aristasian Imperial Flag feature a central Sun, the symbol of Sai Raya. Solar associations are also central to traditional symbolism all over Telluria, for example the lion or the eagle figure in most Western national and imperial emblems. In the East the direct representation of the Sun is found in national emblems, such as that of Japan. The emperor of Japan is the direct ancestor of the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, just as the Empress of Aristasia is the direct ancestress..."
http://aristasia.wordpress.com/2007/06/17/the-feminine-sun/http://aristasia.wordpress.com/2007/05/30/the-flag-of-caire/
"sai raya is the Sun: the Great Luminary. As such, she is the Janya most immediately assimilable to Dea Herself (though all the Janyati may be seen as Her Aspects). Her Aristasian name means simply The Lady, as well as The Radiant. Raya is the Aristasian word for Lady (in the Lord sense —there is no such specific word in English). Dea is sometimes addressed as Raya (Lady) even whenthe specific Aspect of Sai Raya, the Sun..."