Answer:
Every country has one, though we are not the same. Waving to our citizens, throughout the wind and rain. What is it?
What is taken before you can get it?
It is something you make after you've weighed your options.
What falls down but never breaks?
What shoes should you wear when your basement is flooded?
I am the fountain from which no one can drink. For many I am considered a necessary link. Like gold to all I am sought for, but my continued death brings wealth for all to want more.