10 Countries with the Best Geography

[@MPdude237]

Ethiopia is interesting given that in most countries, the mountain areas are hardly populated and mostly devoid of any development aside from roads, rails, pipelines, etc. In Ethiopia, the mountains is where most of the population and development is concentrated.

[@meneither3834]

Iran and Colombia are similar cases.

[@meneither3834]

@@Chazza1000 Peru is as much coast as it is mountain. Like more than a third of the whole population lives around Lima near sea level.

[@nebyudaniel2018]

Puts it at an advantage to defend itself and leaves the river sources near the cities

[@mollof7893]

Like Inca

[@CliffCardi]

Ethiopia is only going to get stronger when that dam is done building

[@expandedhistory]

France has good natural borders: The Alps, Rhine, Seas, Pyrénées and Napoléon.

[@CiggyMan]

Ah yes, Napoleon, my favourite geographic feature

[@RK-cj4oc]

Only its too small to matter.

[@2Links]

@@RK-cj4oc France or Napoleon?

[@ConstantinePeguero]

@@RK-cj4oc if u call napoleon small your calling 95% if engllish man during that time small along with 98% of the population.

[@fryhyh]

Not at the rhine river hahahaha. Im literally there right now in cologne what a coincidence

[@MrLeemurman]

I respect that you talked a lot about watersheds and their role in a nation's geography. Having control over a river's drainage basin makes a big difference.

[@albevanhanoy]

Ethiopa's weakness is that it's landlocked. If it had access to the ports of Eritrea, it could easily be the most powerful country on the African continent.

[@KingK2205]

Blame the former leader Meles Zenawi and his party for selling it to Eritrea for nothing. Do your research. U.S Diplomat Herman Cohen exposed their govt for that.

[@TheSwedishHistorian]

ethiopia should have negotiated with eritrea when the received independence

[@KingK2205]

@@TheSwedishHistorian Again, blame the Ethiopian government at the time for selling on their country and its interests

[@lonemaus562]

Well they will have to make their military strong and take some land to the south

[@Gebri3l]

​@@KingK2205 the current Eritrea leader TOOK it

[@marcusferro7588]

My only gripe is with Vietnam with it being extremely thin and narrow. Its two biggest cities are located in the north and south of the country with its narrowest point being in the middle of the country, so one well planned attack on that narrow point and you've split vietnam in half

[@cudanmang_theog]

Vietnam face droughts, typhoons, flood every years. Disproportionate population distribution, ecology mismanagement, ethnic incoherent, racism, and discrimination against native peoples.

[@georgios_5342]

North and South Vietnam

[@lx7766]

@@cudanmang_theog this is just south east asia things

[@catination8443]

USA china could not do so IDTS

[@Xanthopathy]

@@cudanmang_theog you think you're so unique in your hardships

[@nenenindonu]

France and Turkey are my favorites among interesting geographies, France has the better neighbors no doubt, while Turkey has a more practical location as a transcontinental peninsula.

[@ՀովսեփԽաշունի]

Lol better neighbors Turkey *is* the bad neighbor

[@The-ZebraFinch-Channel]

Turkey is legit next to syria and iraq xd

[@realthunder6556]

France has better neighbours. France for the majority of history be like: Bruh.

[@meneither3834]

@@The-ZebraFinch-Channel Let's not pretend Turkey isn't playing an active role in their neighbors.

[@ansan1600]

The only drawback in my opinion is the access to global ocean. Turkey and surrounding middle eastern countries have to pass through narrow red sea in Egypt and not to mention Gulf of Aden before reaching Indian Ocean. While it is strong position for Middle East and Europe but it is not for the larger world. The same can be said when Rome and Italy was at its strongest in antiquity but failed in modern era while Spain were more succesful to gained world domination.

[@reintaler6355]

Few add-ons: The US was also born at the right time with rapid technological advancement from the industrial revolution. The aboriginal inhabitants couldn't build anywhere near as strong a civilization cuz they did not have the technology nor biodiversity to master such vast and volatile land. Also invasion of the UK is made even harder due to the amazing cliffs of the South Coast, compared to the flat beach of Normandy on the other end (i.e. If the coasts were swapped the Allies would've stood zero chance)

[@akshobhyavarma]

I think you meant Normandy

[@axlr8deathpls294]

The reason the aboriginal americans fell behind their eurasian cousins is because of isolation. In eurasia and even some parts of africa, many civilizations shared their technological advancements with eachother and it would eventually spread throughout europe and asia. The aboriginal americans didn't have this. They didn't learn the chinese techniques of creating iron and guns, they didn't learn the european ways of conquest, wars, and religions. Etc.

[@reintaler6355]

@@axlr8deathpls294 thanks for completing my assertion. Isolation resulted in the lack of sharing and falling behind on technology, and them killing many species tamed by other civilization before they had a chance

[@Thats_quite_cool]

Normandy doesn’t have flat beaches though. Picardie and nord pas de Calais sure. Normandy has very steep cliffs though

[@lovatto7150]

Not only in the right time, but also the US were also colonized by the right people since the Brittish were the only nation at the time going through the industrial revolution, if the US were colonized by the Portuguese or Spanish they wouldnt have had access to all that tecnology that fast. (bad english disclamer. I tried :)

[@rohanindra6401]

Im surprised India wasn’t included. Has many natural rivers, desert to its northwest as a natural barrier, Himalayas to its north, surrounded by Arabian Sea, has islands that gives it thr ability to choke of the Malacca strait not to mention it sits like a triangle in the Indian Ocean. It has the most arable land maybe after the US.

[@blackman5867]

Except the temperature is too hot and there are too many deserts I guess. Also there's no mountain to protect itself from its neighbor in the west

[@rohanindra6401]

@@blackman5867 the Thar desert is a good barrier with Pakistan. Kashmir the disputed region is mountainous. The dispute is more important for Pakistan due to their religious fanaticism but also their main rivers derive from there thus Indian occupation gives them control over Pakistans only source of water. The weather is actually good for the most part but there are severe heatwaves in Delhi, northern India but thats not representative of the whole country.

[@blackman5867]

@@rohanindra6401 Punjab

[@rohanindra6401]

@@blackman5867 punjab is considered northern india. It borders Delhi, Haryana where the heat waves were prominent

[@blackman5867]

@@rohanindra6401 and it's also a perfect gateway for Pakistan if a war broke out

[@evboto.5597]

The U.S. and Argentina have by far the two best, they are the only two countries with naturally interconnected and navigable waterway networks that overlay arable land. There really is no other competition outside those two.

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

The us has better geography than Argentina. The us bigger and is much closer to the world that matters than Argentina, also Argentina borders Brazil in the north

[@anguywithatoe8355]

@@cuddlemuffin.9545 yeah brazil be creepy af bruh

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

China is literally the same thing

[@EG-cs1wl]

The US has two oceans to trade unlike Arngentina

[@alanetchetto8908]

In the past argentina was called "The US of the south" and was though to equal them in power. Sadly, this was when the country was rich and other powers poor, making the errors of the politicians dont be to worrysome for the economy. When others got on their feet, argentina showed hoe badly it was politically govern

[@craigkdillon]

What you said about the US is true, very true. But, you left out The Great Lakes. 26% of the world's fresh water is in the Great Lakes. It connects to the Atlantic thru the St. Lawrence. Chicago sits on a continental divide connecting the two waterways.

[@danielcavender1092]

On top of that, there’s the intercoastal waterway connecting the entire east coast to each other. This allows for easy passage without using rough ocean seas from anywhere on the east coast, to the Mississippi River basin, to the Great Lakes via the Chicago canal. The US definitely has the best waterways

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

USA geography is soooo freaking overpowered and mind boggling good that there's really no competition for the USA in that regard. Any nation that has the same geography of the USA would've actively had to try and not become a superpower to not become one naturally.

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

@@ThwipThwipBoom Russian Empire, they had Ukraine and Alaska, too bad corruption and greed took that away

[@João777kjkj]

Brazil is country with more fresh water in world,biggest export of meat,one of biggest of fruits,verdures etc

[@mp5_Puppy]

making country representations their national animal with the flag in the background has to be one of the best decisions hoser has made, really sets them apart from all other geography channels

[@GEMINI52398]

But the national animal of the US is the bald eagle haha.

[@Gaybootytwerk]

@@GEMINI52398that’s the national bird, the national anime is the bison

[@arnaul_de_lapras5853]

Spain: 💀

[@okene]

Agreed. I wish I thought of that😅

[@zapstar9140]

He remixed the uk into a bulldog tho 👎👎👎

[@christianferraro2881]

Also Italy has a very good geography. It's a peninsula in the middle of the Mediterranean sea so It could control the trade of it, and still now there are some huge ports like Genova, Livorno, Roma, ecc. The Alps in the north are a very good defense and the sea itself too. Also in the north there is a huge plain for farming and industry. And the climate is very good, it's always very stable except for some specific zones like Sicily where in the summer it's 45 degrees

[@GreenLeafUponTheSky]

113 fahrenheit

[@hikodzu]

France: The Mediterranean sea, check ✅ The Alp, check ✅ The rhine river, EÉÊÉK ❌

[@lbs7774]

What do you mean? France also has acces to the Rhine in its eastern border. Strasbourg has a river port.

[@MasonGreenWeed]

@@lbs7774 Aix-la-Chapelle is still German last time I check

[@lbs7774]

@@MasonGreenWeed Aachen is german, Strasbourg is french. What's your point?

[@lbs7774]

@@MasonGreenWeed and last time I checked L'Alsace is french and it borders the Rhine

[@joaoschiavottiello]

I was surprised you missed Brazil man! HUGE land area, the Amazon is mostly in Brazil (I don't need to list the geographical benefits of it), lots and lots of long navigable rivers, lots of rainfall in most of the country, tropical climate which makes the agricultural powerhouse it is today, the total absence of harsh natural disasters (earthquakes, hurricanes and etc), a very long coastline which makes it defensible, lots of sunshine, water and food is abundant. So many geographical advantages that makes Brazil a very important country in the world, despite its social and political problems.

[@Nick.Hasper]

You mean the forest with infertile soil that occupies more than 30% of the land and whose the only use is the extraction of minerals (which causes environment problems) and medicine (only a fraction made in Brazil), the coastline with harsh mountains that separate most of the beaches from the rest of the country with barely any infrastructure outside the capitals, the tropical climate that doesn't contribute much to the agriculture since most of the productive soil lies on the endangered of desertification in the next 50 years biome (Cerrado) AND the cold subtropical Southern region, the long navigable rivers whose the majority leads to nowhere/one important city (Manaus) like the Amazon River, or VERY long navigable rivers that aren't useful since it's cheaper to use railroads or highways (like the Paraná River). Brazil's geography is good, but for each good part of it there's a problem.

[@anonymoususer8895]

He made a video talking about Brazil’s geography, though not in a positive way. In fact, in the video, it’s argued that Brazil’s geography hinders its development.

[@carlosmarrasca]

@@Nick.Hasper the mountains do not separate the coast from the hartland. It can be a bit more tricky, but didn't stop Brazil from being a major exporter of agriculture, neither stop brazilians to enjoy beautiful beaches on their vacations. Brazil has plenety of space for agriculture even with Amazonia taking that much of space. Southern region needs no mention. Highly developed region, with industries, agriculture, livestock, highly educated people, living standards comparable to Europe. There's is indeed one major problem: big borders with drug producing countries, that facilitates the operation of criminal organisations. And of course the main factor hampering further development of Brazil is its politics. But changes eventually comes...

[@vedants.vispute77]

At this point i feel entire earth's geography is best at its place.

[@chaniceisalsomyname]

What mountains separate the coastline, have you ever been to brazil or you think brazil is just the southeast region??

[@nocturnenugget]

Honestly I think Iran's geography is more detrimental at times than beneficial, sure it's incredibly defensible, but one of its most important ports lies outside the zagros mountain range, it's rugged terrain also makes communication and infrastructure within the nation very very difficult, it was shown in the Iran Iraq war how the geography was a double edged sword, Iraq was eventually beaten back at the zagros, but the amount of forces the Iranians could commit beyond the zagros was small, due to logistical issues, while the Iraqis had a very easy time supplying their forces across the flat Mesopotamian plain. Iran is definitely a 2 sided coin, on one hand, lying where it is on the silk roads allowed early empires to rise from Iran, on the other hand, expansion outwards is basically a must for any Iranian empire, it needs to project power outwards since the region directly next to it is mostly flat and easy navigable, at least in the west. Iran has also been somewhat difficult to unify due to how muktiethnic it is since the mountains divide the country creating groups independent of one another. Another point could be that as society progressed, Iran's geography became less beneficial, while petroleum definitely was a boost to it. Iran faced another problem by the early modern era, it's inability to project power overseas, Iran was never a naval power, it lacks ports that easily connect to the heartland of Iran, the coast was very rugged and not the best to build ports on, there's also another detriment, the strait of Hormuz, the fact that much of Iran's most important ports are locked behind this key strategic choke point is a strategic liability, if one blocked it off, the Iranian navy would mostly be trapped inside the gulf, and in the early modern to industrial eras, an oceangoing navy was vital to becoming a world power

[@arhaantgupta1063]

mad disagree. If the iranains were to somehow control the Hajar mountains, it would be unstoppable as it would have full control over the gulf. Its shocking that previous historical iranain empires never bothered with doing so. If they also get a compotent govt that isnt corrupt and oppressive, they could absolutely dominate the region and even eventually reunite all the other iranain areas into one country (balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and afghanistan) and thus establish an iranain country that essentially encompasses the iranaian plateau+Al Hajar mountains. They are blessed with a land size that although huge, isnt so huge that different regions could become isolated from each other. Its only like a million km sq. Contrast this with america and china, which are each the size of europe, and different regions are so different to each other. There are, at least in my opinion, only 4 regions that are best (two of which are not on here because they arent countries as much as regions), and iran is def in the top 2 of that list

[@tritium1998]

It's obviously a dumb list anyway. It ignores Australia even though that's like the biggest island. It's bipolar on whether the good geography means being between more powerful countries (Turkey, Iran) or being isolated (NZ). It includes Vietnam because it still exists after invasions, even though plenty of other countries also still exist.

[@Yora21]

The French-German border region has a fantastic strategic location. From there you have access to rivers leading into the Atlantic, North Sea, Mediterranean, and Black Sea. No wonder it has been this heavily contested for centuries.

[@brianlong2334]

A unified France and Germany along with the Benelux would be a very powerful nation in Eourpe had it happened, I can only imagine if the French/ Franks earlier on didn't collapse on there plans, perhaps they would have an empire from the Atlantic to the pacific.

[@ConquestadorExplore]

Franks didnt know about pacjfic

[@In_Our_Timeline]

Damn I do agree that Ethiopia 🇪🇹 dose have a pretty good geography with is easily defensible (dessert and mountains) and is good for agriculture but the problem rises from it's ethic diversity and the government is trying to best to keep the country together but it is becoming more and more hard like just last year Ethiopia was all in news any one remember that

[@The-ZebraFinch-Channel]

yet it is extremely poor xdxd

[@Zeyede_Seyum]

The problem is the Gov't itself, all the parties are ethnic even Abiyot ahmed is a leader of Oromo Prosperity party (ኦሮሞ ብልፅግና). His party is the same EPRDF(ኢሕአዴግ) that created *Ethnic Federalism* with TPLF. Ethiopia started dying when they imposed this racist repressive system.

[@brookethebaron9270]

The thing is this entire list is based solely off of geography, not politics or economy. That's why Argentina, Ethiopia, Iran, New Zealand, etc are on these lists despite not being the most powerful countries in the world.

[@ryuk9414]

aaaand its landlocked

[@The-ZebraFinch-Channel]

@@brookethebaron9270 Iran is really powerful, some sources say it’s gdp is 1.7T now

[@daxtynminn3415]

The United States has the best geographic positon and internal geography of any country by a long shot.

[@neozarv2487]

Maybe not the best, it is kind of isolated.

[@Jay-qb9gi]

​@@neozarv2487 it is the best. the isolation makes it even better, since it is more protective. no enemies around to ruin our day and the added advantage of humanity having the ability to travel the seas

[@ГеоргиПунчев]

True

[@evboto.5597]

Argentina is the country whose set-up is by far the closest to that of the U.S.. Other than those two countries however there really are no comparisons.

[@ГеоргиПунчев]

@@evboto.5597 Australia and the UK too. The Uk is kind of like a small US.

[@normal_biri4725]

Thanks to the fact that Turkey is the bridge of the world and most of its borders are formed by the sea, when you look at the world map, it is great that Turkey definitely catches your eye.

[@CasualScholar]

Seriously underrated channel!

[@strasbourgeois1]

The reason why France has had the largest population in Europe for most of history was because of the rivers we hone. These rivers made pretty much all of the French interior lucious and green, perfect for cultivation. Factor in the fact that France has some of the best soil quality in Europe, and that the French flourished economically and politically during much of its existence, it was one of the best countries in the medieval era. Huge armies, a literal breadbasket, and tons of money.

[@nicotri9722]

Ukraine would beg to defer on soil quality. The most fertile lands in the whole world have black soil called chernozem, which are the most productive soils for agriculture. Nearly a quarter of the world's most fertile soil is located in Ukraine.

[@strasbourgeois1]

@@nicotri9722 Well, yes, but one could also argue that southern Russia, and much of eastern europe in general, are similar.

[@pis322]

3 - 3 4 - 2

[@strasbourgeois1]

@@pis322 ?

[@pis322]

@@strasbourgeois1 argentina 3 - 3 france 4-2

[@NateTheOhioan]

Congratulations, you have been sponsored by curiosity stream. You are now officially an established education channel!

[@olajong2315]

Most countries: ew mountain, we are moving to the flatlands. Ethiopia: Hmm mountains?😏 *did someone say real estate 🏡*

[@Netukom]

If it's the only place where it rains and you can actually grow things, sure, up is the way to go. Look how the Inca empire developed, looking at the surrounding areas and Peru's geography you could figure out why Macchu Picchu existed

[@Weavileiscool]

New Zealand also has almost every climate type somehow despite being so small.

[@The_whales]

*the only real power that can influence them is themselves* Empire of japan(or ww2 japan): well yes but actually no

[@armanfrancis1786]

@@The_whales How so? Yeah, we fought Japan in ww2, but Japan never made it to our shores. We're more influenced by modern Japan than Imperial Japan.

[@thestatueofIiberty]

we would have unbelievable opportunities if we had a competent and independent government with no religious influence on it and it really makes me sad that we’re in this situation right now. Love from Iran.

[@2Links]

Before I clicked read more I totally would have believed you were American

[@thestatueofIiberty]

@@2Links can’t tell if that’s sarcasm or not lol

[@TheCelticsAREboss]

@@thestatueofIiberty why would it be sarcasm? Look at your name and picture

[@In_Our_Timeline]

Turkey’s latitude and reducing the availability and productivity of agricultural land. Structurally, the country lies within the geologically young folded-mountain zone of Eurasia, which in Turkey trends predominantly east to west. and extensive areas of volcanic material. Four main regions can be identified: the northern folded zone, the southern folded zone, the central massif, and the Arabian platform.

[@itsmak2847]

Zindabad!

[@Kunumbah1]

So what does this mean for their future

[@uzochiokeke4328]

@@Kunumbah1 turkey will be destroyed by erdogan.

[@TempusEst]

@@Kunumbah1 now there is no problem to farm but if the global worming get worse, somethings will not be like old

[@akaosok2063]

This might be a dumb question but what are some good sources to learn more geography?

[@ghjkjjghjk4702]

geography now.

[@behroozkhaleghirad]

Mix common sense with history and maps. Seriously

[@MimOzanTamamogullar]

History.

[@iamcleaver6854]

wikipedia

[@Connor_Roush]

School if you have a decent one. Lmao.

[@SJMan2022]

USA has the best geography, It has cold/artic, deserts, mountains, plains, great land for cities, tons of water, basically controls two oceans, It can't be debated

[@artman12]

USA also benefits from having two weak neighbours that makes it almost an island fortress, in regards to defence.

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

It’s still not a great starting location. It lacks animals that are easily domesticated which is a huge disadvantage compared to the old world

[@o_o825]

@@nordicnostalgia8106 But where did all the cows, pigs, and chickens in America come from

[@nordicnostalgia8106]

@@o_o825 Europeans brought them

[@o_o825]

@@nordicnostalgia8106 The U.S. has easily surpassed Europe in economic and military power. Are cows something Europeans tell themselves to feel better? In a span of a few decades, Europeans wiped out a fifth of their population through war alone. I’ve never seen anything so pathetic.

[@timinator900]

As someone who came from Ethiopian Heritage, I couldn't be further grateful to have my parents country mentioned. Ethiopia is rich in natural resources and become the oldest nation to have civilization. After all, that's where the first human originated from.

[@jimmymuthami7130]

The first human originated from Kenya, fella!

[@R1IY2N]

@@jimmymuthami7130 true but Kenya was colonised

[@jimmymuthami7130]

@@R1IY2N What does that have to do with where the first human originated from?

[@stock7034]

@@jimmymuthami7130 debated

[@badshahSelamet]

@@jimmymuthami7130 Ethiopia? Kenya? Sri Lankans say that first human set foot here. They even have a big footprint of someone. Some/many (not sure) Muslims believe that it is the foot print of Adam (aleh salam). If it is really his, then Sri Lankan claim is correct because he was the first ever Human.

[@grad5257]

Something you could have mentioned in the Turkey part is that the Tigris and Euphrates begin in it's eastern highlands. Having control of a rivers starting point means it is easy for you to control the downstream areas, this explains why many empires which conquered Anatolia or were based in Anatolia never struggled to also exert influence over Mesopotamia.

[@zyanego3170]

The French did colonize Vietnam for some time though, you could've also mentioned that China basically controls the Menkong river.

[@hexingcan]

China has also ruled Vietnam for about a thousand years in the past.

[@babbokaoru9609]

You can control the land, but never the people

[@cudanmang_theog]

Vietnam possessing good geography is completely bs. H0ser just repeated the same nonsensical trope. Typhoons, drought, flood, difficulty in travel, incoherent are the main characteristics of Vietnam's geography. I'm sure that Thailand and Canada are the true candidates for having best geography rather than Vietnam.

[@troy5094]

@@cudanmang_theog Why does Canada have a good geography ❓

[@TheOnlyPOOCH]

in the 1880s when the country was sparsely populated and had no technology tbf.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

"it's an island mate" --h0ser 2022

[@o_o825]

Sadly, they cannot move away from Europe and have faced multiple incursions on the British isles.

[@MrLeemurman]

Country Animals > Countryballs

[@luanasari5161]

no

[@MrLeemurman]

@@luanasari5161 Cope and seeth

[@SomeGuy5555]

Country animals > countryhumans

[@naevithekittycat]

Nah

[@CubicFunYT]

Thank you Hoser for posting this video otherwise I couldn't finish my lunch.

[@fernit0505]

I think Spain has one of these best geographies at least in Europe. The Iberian Peninsula is really easy to defend, with the only land connection to the continent being the Pyrenees and fertile highlands in the center (the Meseta Central) surrounded by mountains. We also have some important river basins, like the Ebro and the Guadalquivir.

[@benjauron5873]

Spain definitely has a great position on the map, better than France, but it lacks the navigable waterways and arable land that France has. Britain has by far the best position in Europe, though. I think the thesis here is, want to be safe? Then be an island!

[@fernit0505]

@@benjauron5873 you are right about the navigable waterways, but not enough arable land? Have you seen La Mancha? It's literally a giant plain. Spain's terrain is perfect for dry-land crops, like cereals or the so-called "Mediterranean Triad", wheat, vine and olive. And with modern irrigation technics it is obviously possible to cultivate irrigated crops. In fact, the Arabs were the ones who introduced crops like rice or cotton 1300 years ago.

[@benjauron5873]

@@fernit0505 I didn't say Spain "doesn't have enough" arable land, I said it "lacks the arable land that France has." I'm sure Spain has great fertile land. But I'm equally sure that France has more. I can tell that just by looking at a map. I love Spain! Spain is great. I'm just saying it doesn't have as much farm country as France does. It doesn't mean it's any worse a country.

[@fernit0505]

@@benjauron5873 I know you don't hate Spain, I'm not saying that. And I guess you're right, Spain has a much higher profile than France, and although we also have significant plains, there are more uncultivable highlands.

[@Antarctide]

So easy to defend that they got conquered by Muslims for 800 years lol

[@darthbrandon3856]

Finland has some excellent geography. Due to most of the country being impassable forest, It is one of the easiest countries to defend in the world and it has long been coveted by the Swedish and Russian empires as a buffer.

[@morriskaller3549]

Norway and Sweden have better geographies

[@ffffff52]

it's also cold AF, not great for defending, atackign or living if simply going outside can kill you during good portions of the year.

[@VArsovski10]

lol, yeah, was about to say we need a video with the worst positioned ones also :P

[@eVill420]

@@ffffff52 actually it being so cold here is GREAT for defending. we are used to the temperatures, but the Kazakhs that Russia sends to take over have never seen snow in their life. a winter is nothing to write home about for us, death for an enemy. not to mention it's hard to keep attackers warm. besides, climate change is working for us to make it warrmer, that problem's resolving itself right now

[@sliftyy]

sweden viewed finland just as swedish as the rest of the country and considered it an integral part of it, it wasn't just a "buffer" to keep russia away from stockholm

[@NahIdWin995]

great video man keep up the great work

[@dkonscreen]

would love to see an extended video about new zealand!

[@Torus2112]

The Mississippi river system isn't one of the largest, it's by far the largest period. It has ten times the navigable kilometers of any other river system on earth.

[@senhox970]

Navigable maybe, but it's not the largest of all. The largest river system is the Amazon river system.

[@francogiobbimontesanti3826]

The Amazon actually has more potential. It just has a lot of waterways that is blocked by dead Vegetation.

[@tritium1998]

No it doesn't. You just like making up numbers.

[@Minecraftizawsom]

@@francogiobbimontesanti3826 how does it have more potential?

[@DanielCruz-ig8hm]

@@Minecraftizawsom u can go to 6 different countries including venezuela(the richest country in oil in the world),it connects the atlantic ocean to the brazilian interior and the richest florest in the world(amazonia), and the river is calm for navegation

[@piecry]

I like to think that Bulgaria's geography has to be among the top 10 best ones. Mountains, lakes, plains, lowlands and much more are to be found in its averagely-sized territory. It also has access to sea. In history, Bulgaria has been crucial to a lot of empires' success in trade and regional domination, and even to this day, if utilized correctly, its lands can feed the entire population, and have enough land left to also make exports and partially industrialize. Great video overall h0ser! Keep it up!

[@nikolaganchev9836]

the comment i was lookin for my mission is over take care brat🇧🇬

[@TheOnlyPOOCH]

im guessing it wasn't mentioned just because its so small.

[@rimpak7748]

It's okay, nothing special.

[@pangolimazul6055]

Bulgaria has two big problems though. First, it's only sea access is through the black sea and that is very vulnerable of being blocked by whoever controls the bosphoros. Second, there is a very big mountain chain in the middle of the country that separate the country into a northern and southern part, so it isnt as great for defense

[@sydhenderson6753]

@@pangolimazul6055 Also the northern part of the country is vulnerable to invasion.

[@In_Our_Timeline]

again loving this whole national animals thing that your are doing man

[@redwoodpartisan2433]

I kinda prefer the countryballs but the animals are a more unique approach, so that’s good for his niche. I’ve grown on them

[@spaghettimon3851]

@@redwoodpartisan2433 Countryballs are so overexposed.

[@VArsovski10]

@@redwoodpartisan2433 I'd like countryballs if all of them were shaped like a cat also

[@Violet-os3vw]

Please make a video on Sri Lanka and it's future

[@Sixtixx]

future indian/chinese puppet state

[@straw_hat1579]

@The Philosoraptor become an indian state

[@arbe4326]

I believe that if Spain and Portugal were a single country and had gibraltar they would made the first spot in the list.

[@obsidianstatue]

The Iberian peninsula has some very arid land, not good for agriculture, the interior of Spain is filled with mountains, making logistics inside the country very difficult.

[@hosamelsayed5723]

The Muslims took it so easily tho!

[@rawsy4769]

@@hosamelsayed5723 They just took advantage of a civil war that was going on between two Visigoth candidates to the throne, so of course it's easy to take over a territory that was so politically unstable during that time, the same happened with the Reconquista, christian kingdoms took advantage of politically unstable muslim taifas to regain their territory from the Visigoth era

[@juice8431]

Naah bro US is too op

[@hosamelsayed5723]

@@rawsy4769 and the Spaniards took it back utilizing instability and Muslim civil war as well. What's your point?

[@jeremys1496]

Awesome video love the little animated pieces you added 🤣

[@theaverageitaliandon998]

Italy is actually a very good geography, mountains in the north that protect it from large movements of people from Central Europe, a fertile plain in the north ( pianura padana ) , many rivers, access to the Mediterranean and is protected by the sea on three fronts, there’s a reason the romans were able to thrive in the peninsula.

[@dennischan1349]

Italy is interesting because it used to be S+ when the Mediterranean was most important but now it's incredibly easy to trap them in just by blockading Suez and Gibraltar.

[@guida1480]

@@dennischan1349 Exactly.

[@costasge4]

Italy though has a serious issue in accessing the rest of Europe through land also has a huge coast to defend.

[@roenin]

Grey Wolf is the national animal of Turkey, bro. And I liked your idea of representing the nations via those cute drawings :)

[@danielbalder]

It doesn't seem that the animals are by national animal- but more an animal that is most associated uniquelt with the country. That's why the USA is the bison rather than the Balder eagle.

[@Robot3527]

Turkey is a cat country full of cat

[@jon6309]

Very interesting video! I would say an ideal settlement for a civilization or nation would be flat temperate land suitable for easy development of cities and agriculture but at the same time near large bodies of water capable of shipping large quantities of goods and services to other settlements! However when it comes to natural defenses some mountain terrains on the outskirts to provide a natural barrier and having a strong navy fleet also helps.

[@DEV-qi1mw]

How he could not include india in it💀 Natural defence - Himalayas to north and north east, ocean to east and west , hot desert to west . Indian land features - plateau in central and south, fertile plains in north and north east , long beaches, Himalayan slopes in north eastern part of india, many rivers flowing though india , have islands in indian ocean, have glacier in Himalayas, have hot desert of thar ..🇮🇳🇮🇳🐘

[@BrokenGamerYT]

i love finding that new channel that i instantly make my favorite channel

[@Amirhossein81-k5f]

Thank you for sharing this information

[@s1l3nttt]

Missed Brazil on this one, it can easily fight for top 1

[@wp12mv]

China, US and India belong in the top (i especially missed India)

[@wp12mv]

The cliffs near the coastal territory of Brazil downgrade it's geography a lot for me personally. The Amazon river is great bonus, but the enormous Amazon Jungle is both good for defense and bad for development

[@bobodalasousupreme3812]

@@wp12mv hmmm india was not included

[@natalianewsome1387]

And only has direct access to one of the oceans that the USA geography is graced with

[@rodrigocoelho643]

Not top one,but maybe better than Ethiopia

[@Sceptonic]

I love the Shroom Ridge music in the background

[@Maison-K]

i think moroccos geography is underrated, The sahara desert to the south, the Atlas mountains to the East and The Mediterranean Sea to the north and the atlantic ocean to the west, the Atlas mountains are also a source for countless rivers

[@PulseX10N]

Love. Thanks I needed this.

[@steamBR1]

Bro calling a landlocked country a country with best geography

[@mrk5216]

Being landlocked is not always a bad thing see Switzerland

[@steamBR1]

@@mrk5216 for economical and commercial purposes, every landlocked country (except the ones with large River) have fucked up geographies

[@mrk5216]

@@steamBR1 true but there other advantages like Switzerland does need a strong army as it is surrounded by strong allies and they can survive rising sea levels

[@jasongranados5783]

Your videos keep getting better I’m entertained from beginning to end 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@spartanparty3894]

Geography is as good as the nation makes it. In another world, had the US failed, some may have pointed to its geography. It's malarial swamps in the south, as well as it's massive deserts and mountains in the west could be used to make an argument for promoting disunity and stagnating growth. However the US invested in Canals and roadways and Air conditioning and the like to bind the nation together and circumnavigate its weaknesses. Geography plays a big roll but geographic determinism is always a danger. Just look at Argentina.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

Also a weakness of US geography is prone to natural disasters

[@angadgrewal9324]

he added Argentina in here and it’s a failing nation

[@jimmymuthami7130]

Even if the US had failed, it would still have had the best Geography in the World. Even if the US failed, it would still border the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Geography doesn't matter about politics and all that, it is natural. Argentina, in my opinion has the second best Geography after America but has failed. That doesn't change the fact that it has incredible Geography.

[@thomasgrabkowski8283]

@@jimmymuthami7130 Shows that government, people and culture are more important in terms of building wealth than geography

[@chadnguyen6332]

@thomas grabkowski While yes the US gets tornadoes and hurricanes, the benefits of its geography far outweigh the costs. Japan gets natural disasters, mountainous terrain which is terrible for growing crops and lack natural resources like oil, but their geography kept them safe from invasions due to being an island surrounded by water. The US has the same geographic advantages as Japan but with plenty of natural resources, arable land, and huge navigatable waterways.

[@brugudel]

The UK did not leave Europe, it left the EU which is very different.

[@KaramanliSulo]

Ne anlatıyon la?

[@bazingacurta2567]

Great video, thanks bro! Keep on doing this

[@kj64gaming19]

Great video, ya hoser

[@BrandonSchleifer]

People actually really underestimate the strategic defensiveness of the northern border of the USA. In the east, the St Lawrence River and Great Lakes System form a natural defensive border - and even if you manage to get ships up the St Lawrence, good luck getting them past Niagara Falls. In the West, the Alaska/BC border isn't exactly defensible, but it's not far off, since simply retreating from the mainland would allow control over the remainder of the archipelago. BC/Washington is extremely easy to defend. The rest of the border is just straight lines through empty nothing far from the middle of nowhere. If either side invaded, the distance between the border and anything important is far enough to allow the defender to mobilize.

[@The_whales]

Hawaii also provides a good naval base even if it’s away from most of America and are populated enough

[@ansan1600]

France has access to both atlantic ocean and mediteranian sea. Atlantic for global trade and mediteranian to trade with the old center of civilization of Europe and Middle East. It is also border to other most powerful countries in the world. It is at the center next to the UK, Germany, Spain, Italy in addition to Benelux region and the financial hub Switzerland. Only the slavic civilization is where France quite far from its proximity

[@jacopofolin6400]

Well all of Asia too

[@account-kc1gz]

atlantic and mediterranean 👍🏻

[@sanexpreso2944]

Colombia must be at the top, it is among the tropics and still has very varied climates, 70% of the world's paramos are in Colombia, including the largest páramo in the world, half of the country is covered by the Amazon, has the rainiest region in the world El Choco and one of the driest also the Guajira, it has almost every variety of soil and climate in the world, and even though it has the Andes and multiple volcanoes, it's not as seismic as its neighbors Ecuador and Peru.

[@Figue-]

How is the farmland in Colombia ?

[@lucasbakeforero426]

@@Figue- There is good farmland and due to its variety of altitudes you could theoretically farm most foods inside the country itself. One of the only problems is the fact that the Andes make transportation inside the country a lot harder.

[@MsMRkv]

It's actually 50% of the world's paramos. The paramos are only found in South America, and you can only find this type of ecosystem in some parts of Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and northern Peru.

[@Figue-]

@@lucasbakeforero426 Wow i didn’t know that. Apparently it has more fresh water reserves than the EU so if the economy was better iy would probably be one of the countries that will survive the best this century

[@cuddlemuffin.9545]

Being covered by the Amazon is a negative

[@AironSmieciowy-di3qy]

Great video!

[@quasur57]

To add to the UK, despite being so far north its incredibly temperate due to the gulf stream bringing up warm water through the atlantic which means that the climate is temperate year-round

[@jenkaah]

Surprised you missed Colombia. It is extremely diverse and the geography was so good that it led to it's own demise.

[@georgios_5342]

Greece also has a decent geography. It is very mountainous, with jugged terrain breaking it in two, but this has also proved important in defence (for example it helped Greece defeat the much larger and better equipped Italian army in WW2). Greece controls various small but inhabited islands and choke points, essentially dominating the Aegean Sea and the Eastern Mediterranean, while also its north and Eastern borders are fairly secure, due to mountains, rivers and sea borders instead of actual land borders. Greece has one of the longest coastlines in the world, and is a peninsula jutting south, which has always made it be able to project naval power outwards similar to Britain, without having to invest much in land forces. This is why Greece today has the largest commercial fleet in the world, ahead of countries like the USA or China. At the same time, after the fall of Yugoslavia, Greece has been left in an advantageous position when it comes to the rest of the Balkans, as it is the largest country in area, population and economy (if you don't count Romania). At the same time, Cyprus is a country that is closely tied to Greece, the only real problem there is Turkish occupation. And just as Turkey and Iran, Greece also stands at the crossroads between the East and West, and could effectively control ships passing from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean. Maybe it's not a top ten, but definitely and honourable mention.

[@hpsauce1078]

Greek geography was perfect for the city state political situation they developed, Greek geography certainly played an important role in giving Greek society the dynamism to develop many modern ideas (for the time). But the geography of Greece nowadays constrains the ability to create a unified nation or develop economically, Greeks have to spend far more than plain dwellers to develop national infrastructure due to its complex terrain

[@georgios_5342]

@@hpsauce1078 well you have a point there but consider also that, when you're a country always at most 120km from the sea, transportation, trade and irrigation are far easier than being a really isolated inland one.

[@Hession0Drasha]

No rivers of any size, exposed coastal population centers, dry thin soil. Mountains make building infrastructure expensive. Small, with a population too small to defend it unaided.

[@georgios_5342]

@@Hession0Drasha this is not true man. Greece isn't small for a European country, and especially the geographic area which it covers (the land plus the Aegean Archipelago and the waters it controls) are close to the size of Romania. Also, Greece has a population of 11 million, despite having lost many of its youth as immigrants to Germany it still has one of the biggest populations in the Balkans. And I don't get what you mean "too few to defend it". Greeks were even fewer in the past and aptly defended their homeland because of good natural defences, pride and perseverance, even against much larger foes. In fact Greece was even smaller in the past and its people under Turkish rule, a country much larger and "stronger" but the Greeks still fought to liberate Greece and we were successful.

[@Hession0Drasha]

@@georgios_5342 Every country in the balkans is a small country. pride is irrelevent, in fact it's almost always a hinderance in achieving your goals. Water area shouldn't count for much, it's far less calorie dense/economically productive than land area and people cannot yet build houses on it. Isn't greece similar in size to serbia? And smaller than bulgaria? The greeks had advanced weaponry, and many allies in the balkans and arab countries against the turks. When the Turks have equivalent technology and gdp per capita, they would role over greece if the world would let them do it. International law/norms is why greece can defend it's maritime teritory, not millitary power. If Turkey/the UK/France/the US/Italy or spain wanted to, they could take all of the greek islands, patras, corinth, athens, thessaloniki. That is if it's just greece vs any one of them with no consequences. Most countries and people, would obviously cripple any country that behaved like that. Don't let your pride blind you to the realities of the world. Just because you want to believe that you are powerfull, doesn't mean you are. It also doesn't mean that power is even something that's worth having, beyond a basic deterrance. I mean look at the russians, so desperate to be powerfull that they accept terrible corrupt governance and a shitty quality of life. Like the only thing that matters is the abillity to be able to make their neighbours lives worse than their own. While infrastructure breaks, people won't have kids and no one on the world stage wants to emulate them, as they slowly slide into irrelevence.

[@TheLiamster]

I remember seeing a video a few years ago by “Brains4breakfast” on why America is on easy mode

[@simonwehrli5576]

RIP

[@joeyg5217]

nice vid bro keep it up

[@MakriaMicronation]

0:10 me explaining to my parents all the different types of villages in minecraft

[@suhritkanumuru6456]

Iran has a major flaw in its geography , Khuzestan which sits at south west of the Zagros mountains which blocks it from the rest of iran so its pretty underdefended and that's where Iran's oil fields are located

[@ShahStark]

It’s also swampy which was a major detriment to the invading Iraqi army so not really

[@suhritkanumuru6456]

@@ShahStark but iraq was still successful in capturing it. Although they were just too slow.

[@ShahStark]

@@suhritkanumuru6456 They we’re successful because it was a surprise attack and Iran had just finished its revolution. He tried again near the end of the war and failed. Has nothing to do with terrain.

[@suhritkanumuru6456]

@@ShahStark it wouldnt have been a suprise attack if not for the geography

[@ShahStark]

@@suhritkanumuru6456 it was a surprise attack because he didn’t formerly declare war..?

[@kevinelruler]

The Spanish defeated the British a few years later in Cartagena, and that was a victory absolutely devastating to the British fleet. Nobody talks about it cause it doesn't fit Anglo historiography though.

[@1oriss]

It wasn't game changing though was it. which navy went on to dominate the seas for centuries. the Royal Navy or whatever the hell they call the Spanish navy.

[@Jakub680]

@@1orissmate you couldn’t have sounded more bias at the end there haha

[@1oriss]

I'm British of course I'm bias.

[@Jakub680]

@@1oriss ah as a polish person. Spain wins in weather for sure. England made me depressed for 3 days

[@Faelen_furry]

For new zealand, you forgot to say that it has developped the best defensive weapon of all time : the bob semple

[@davidrodrigueztoro6512]

Awesome video! Could you make a video about Colombia?

[@themorningsky2632]

Thailand's geography isn't bad either. We have mountains, forests, seasides, and huge farm areas. Our borders are mostly naturally set. We may not have a long seashore like Vietnam, but that's why we are not affected by hurricanes or typhoons that much. We are also located in the center of Southeast Asia, where many roads and trains will pass through from north to south and east to west.

[@Epic24123]

How about Italy? it's surrounded by either water or mountains, has a warm climate that allows for farms and cities to be easily constructed, and has a series of mountains that would make conquering it a bit of a pain (unless mussolini happens to lead it)

[@vincenttt8289]

Nah, it can easily be invaded from the interior should the Vatican or San Marino want to expand.

[@T.Hebert]

They’re defensible, sure, but they’re pretty much trapped in the Mediterranean.

[@Epic24123]

@@T.Hebert tell that to the romans

[@RealPersonGuyDude]

"Can you think of another animal with this much variety in geography?" Biology nerds: *Inhales*

[@lumpstergash2380]

Chickens. I swear I've seen chickens in the snow and I own chickens in the desert. Chickens are everywhere

[@kristianschuff1723]

@@lumpstergash2380 that's thanks to us though

[@lornariveral7313]

mosquitoes and ants: hold my beer

[@theemperor3557]

Nice video ❤

[@harismalsundawi3761]

Indonesia is the most strategic country in the world geographically and astronomically because it is located between two oceans and two continents which is traversed by the world's busiest international trade routes, the Malacca Strait, the Sunda Strait and the Lombok Strait. . Indonesia is the center and key in the Indo-Pacific as a counterweight to the world's great powers. With a vast sea area, tens of thousands of islands, thousands of rivers, hundreds of volcanoes, hundreds of ethnic groups and languages, Indonesia is blessed with abundant natural and cultural wealth as a crossroads of culture and civilization since thousands of years.

[@Z01Xy]

yeah I guess, maybe just out of these top 10.

[@ayahpinkofficial2769]

And Have the most Natural Disasters that you can found on Earth...💀

[@4011Harry]

Japan could also be up here. Similar to England, slightly offshore from economic powerhouses (Western Europe, East Asia), got many different temperaments, very mountainous. It's not the absolute best (see Earthquakes here), but there's a reason why it rivaled China, the most powerful country in the world for millenniums, and one of the few countries to never have been invaded.

[@wp12mv]

What do you think about India?

[@migueldossantosgalvao9250]

Japan Geography sucks. Technalliy Well, Japan lies in the middle of 3 teutonic plates, so there is a lot of natural disaster that occur on the nation.

[@7rock7]

I’d say it’s probably not top 10 cuz they have no connecting rivers and they don’t really have much useable land due to the mountains, which also serves to separate the population center and makes expensive infrastructure more necessary

[@fernyrespi8109]

japan lack natural resources

[@bobodalasousupreme3812]

the two comments was missing. drn yt sort it again for no reason

[@birisuandrei1551]

Imagine an USA Island, that's probably peak border security. But to be fair USA is already invincible anyways.

[@flyingforfreedom5679]

You worked hard for the video . Love you bro. 💜

[@matthewescamilla123]

Fun fact about New Zealand: due to its isolation from the rest of the world, it was the country that recovered from the COVID-19 Pandemic the fastest. The virus was dealt with and life went back to normal in New Zealand as early as February 2021, while the rest of the world was still in shambles.

[@armanfrancis1786]

Well yes but actually no. At first we did really well and life did return to normal, but the omicron strain took down the whole country, with about a quarter of the country being infected at any given time.

[@vexisvibin]

Also partially because of very early lockdowns and high vaccination rates

[@Schlesticle]

Australia is probably one of the hardest countries to take over it’s probably impossible 1. 1/3 of the country is very very hot desert similar to the sahara with very few people inhabiting it 2. isolated population centres Adelaide, Perth and Alice Springs are very isolated Perth and Adelaide have over 1,000,000 people in them and they are thousands of kilometres apart and alice springs is in the middle of the steaming hot outback 3. Alliances, Australia is currently allied with the United States the dominant superpower and they have close relations with many countries in the region such as Japan, South Korea, Thailand, New Zealand and Taiwan gives australia very strong allies ready to come to Australia’s immediate aid 4. The forests in the northern part of australia there is rainforests such as Kakadu park which is very hard to invade (ask vietnam) 5. the control australia has over the mining industry, australia produces the most iron in the world and the second most gold and makes large amounts of Uranium Bauxite Aluminium Magnesium and copper 6. ITS A ISLAND, Australia is technically the largest island in the world making it difficult to invade without a world class navy 7. the east holds the major cities such as Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane and Sydney so urban warfare would be incredibly difficult to wage 8. the Australians have huge farms that produce heaps of food so it wpuod be hard to starve them

[@nolesy34]

They dont need to be invaded they have their own war.. the drop bear the house spider and the emu are all enemies of the Australian people

[@Schlesticle]

@@nolesy34 they our allies

[@nolesy34]

@@Schlesticle i suppose they could.. in times of crisis be united to form a crack paratrooper team, dropbear springing on troops kamikaze style ripping heads of Spiders infiltrating special areas stealing plans and making a mess of sleeping quarters While emus charge into battle lines in huge formations similar to roman legions but on steroids

[@Schlesticle]

@@nolesy34 the spiders will take out the enemies using stealth The kangaroos and emus will be fighting on the front lines while magpies will be dropping vegemite grenades and the koalas will be reinforcements while jellyfish and sharks will be pur navy

[@nolesy34]

@@Schlesticle the true force of nature Dont forget the bush ants providing much needed scouting and soldiering

[@manuelmartins1967]

The USA is by far the best place for civilization to start. Not only does it have natural defenses and the basic natural resources of water and farmland, it also has a fuckton of mineral resources: From the coal in Appalachia to the oil in Alaska and the Oceans to the natural gas in shale rock, to the mineral reserves of the rocky mountains, the US is basically the most self sufficient country on Earth.

[@PaulAllen6304]

US covers more 1/3rd of an entire continent. In an area of that size, it's certain they would have everything. Whereas countries like Vietnam are small yet more compact. In the long run, empires succeed only in such places. Large empires disintegrate easily

[@flierfy]

Self-sufficient, my arse. The USA has the largest trade deficit on this planet.

[@manuelmartins1967]

@@flierfy Well yeah, it's also the biggest economy so I would expect that. The thing is what is currently being outsourced to China for example, can be produced locally in the US for much more, but it can. In a globalised economy no country could resist better than the US, because *if they want* they can be self sufficient on almost everything apart from shit like niobium, cobalt and tantalum, which are only found in certain countries.

[@Christian_Sannino]

For me: 1) Ethopia 2) India 3) France 4) Italy 5) Spain 6) Turkey 7) Brazil 8) Venezuela 9) USA 10) China

[@tiburcio2889]

And Argentina?

[@Christian_Sannino]

@@tiburcio2889 Argentina is 14

[@RafaelLima-hg8kz]

Excelent video

[@willmorris8198]

I think Egypt also deserves to be mentioned just because it controls both the Nile delta and the suez canal (giving it great leverage over international trade), it's basically surrounded on all sides by desert making it very hard to invade, and it controls the only land crossing into Asia from Africa (The sinai peninsula). I think its only weakness would be its lack of farmable land.

[@JpLincoln-g3g]

He’s just doing top 10

[@yunusatir]

I think Indonesia should be one of the top 10, Indonesia borders 2 Oceans and 2 Continents, especially the Malaya strait, it also has really good natural defense as its mostly made of islands and is mountanous in some part and pure jungle in the eastern part, its also pretty cursed due to the natural disasters ig

[@darthyodrus]

yeah bro, we just gotta spread the population and make the other islands getting on the spotlight too

[@yunusatir]

@@darthyodrus Truu that

[@mmjj7685]

India has one of the best geography in the world two. Almost all types of terrain are in India, it has great rivers that provide irrigation to their farm lands. India has great natural defenses too, the Himalays in the north and the Indian Ocean on three sides. Bangladesh is pretty good too, fertile lans and big rivers for irrigation and navigation.

[@bullymaguire14]

Uhmm if only India had better relations with its neighbors countries then it would have been perfect

[@mohammadazam4912]

Nah maybe because of the chicken neck, that vulnerable part of our country

[@lucianoosorio5942]

Italy, Spain, India, and Greece: Are we jokes to you?

[@soliwan1932]

Love this guy :)

[@Zethonring23]

New Zealand's geography is so remote it's basically the best country to live in a doomsday scenario, in the case of a nuclear war in Europe or economic collapse due to global warming, Kiwi's will be the best off for longest, which is why a lot of billionaires have been buying up land there and building underground bunkers.

[@AE.Gamingg]

egypt ould be great since their main agriculture and citys are on its center of the nile river which is sorrounded by desert whic is very hard for logistics of the enemy army and airfield

[@natalianewsome1387]

The problem with Egypts geography is also one of its greatest strengths Egypt lives and dies with the Nile yet Egypt doesn't control the entire Nile Delta and Ethiopia are building dams on the upper part of Nile showing that Egypt although one of the only natural countries in world also has some very big weaknesses

[@mnbvmnbv7934]

Being that centralised along the nile river is also one of its greatest weaknesses, in the sense that an invading power would only need to find a way to cross the surrounding desert and take over the main population centers around the nile plains to conquer Egypt. This is why Egypt has been subjugated quite alot throughout its history.

[@FG-cc3qk]

One of the weakest imo. Just block the Nile and they'll all disintegrate.

[@behroozkhaleghirad]

Next video do the top 10 worst geographical countries pls. And thanks a lot for calling "Persian Gulf" with its correct name 🥰

[@cudanmang_theog]

Canada and Australia are also should be in list for having good geography too.

[@rimpak7748]

90% of their land is inhospitable, size isn't everything.

[@princejha5185]

@@rimpak7748 yes that's why there is only nearly 3 crore people only in Australia and all of it's major cities are on the coast .... Melbourne , Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide..... Perth also I think.....

[@ozi9059]

Both of them are terrible they have so much cons definitely not top 10.

[@hosamelsayed5723]

Not to mention Russia should be number 1. The video maker is literally on crack to position France and New Zealand but not Russia or Canada!

[@rimpak7748]

@@hosamelsayed5723 Defense is not the only criteria. France is way ahead of Russia in terms of weather and agricultural output per capita. France was more populated than Russia before the industrial revolution.

[@alekboi4016]

Good video, I think natural resources is a big factor to though in winch case the US should probably rank a tad higher and Australia should also be one there

[@DavidM_10]

Anyone who's played Assassin's Creed Valhalla can see how good England's geography is for supporting life. It's largely flat, with water and greenery *everywhere.* And, yeah, having what is essentially a giant moat around Britain is a great natural defence which paid off big-time in the second world war, helping to keep Britain free. Also, there are no deadly animals, and it doesn't get dangerous weather. Literally the only drawbacks are that the weather is a bit gloomy and it's not a huge country.

[@jdredwine7224]

I say Colombia has great geography. No control over a major river, but access to the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf, plus the biggest cities are all in the Andes mountains and the Amazon protects the south and east. Will be hard to penetrate Colombia. Plus they can grow food year around. Mexico also has good geography for similar reasons.

[@juanjimenez-ws9fx]

The Magdalena river crosses the heart of Colombia and is fully controlled by them

[@jdredwine7224]

@@juanjimenez-ws9fx but only about 205 miles is navigable although there are plans to add 410 more miles of that as it is favorable to navigation. The Mississippi benefits the US because it is completely navigable without any engineering and goes from the Gulf to almost Canada. A Canal opened it up to Lake Michigan. Colombia would benefit with a great navigable river going it's entire length. A much improved freight railroad would help too going from ports in the river to places not able to be reached by the river.

[@anonymoususer8895]

Mexico is at war with cartels. Colombia with guerrilla fighters. None of the countries on the list are directly at war like Colombia and Mexico are.

[@atrece13]

​@@anonymoususer8895video is about ongoing conflicts or geography???