10 Countries with the Best Geography

Geography makes or breaks a nation. Some places just have it easier than others when building a civilization and modern country. But who has it the best? Here are 10 countries with the best geography for making and maintaining your nation.
#h0ser #geography #top10

[@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

[@nathanwaterser8218]

@@meneither3834 Mexico city sitting at 2000 meters over sea level: Hello there (There are also some other cities like Puebla which are also at 2000 meters over sea)

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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 :)

[@joaoaugustoschiavottielloc5106]

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.

[@Noah.06]

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]

@@Noah.06 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??

[@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

[@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.

[@user-tg6ug6nc2o]

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.

[@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

[@Karlach_]

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.

[@Shvetsario]

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

[@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

[@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

[@Shvetsario]

113 fahrenheit

[@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 👎👎👎

[@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

[@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.

[@nathanwaterser8218]

One that is somewhat overlooked is Mexico While Mexico has some issues due to bad leadership, its geography isn't bad at all (it's kind of like Ethiopia's): You have Jungles in the South, Deserts to the North, Plateaus and valleys in the middle ,3000 kilometers of ocean on both East and West, and, if the Ocean wasn't enough, 3 Mountain ranges (Sierra Madre Occidental, Oriental and del Sur). Mexico would be a nightmare to conquer since there's basically only 1 logical route to get to the capital: Invade through the port of Veracruz and march to the capital. Even then guerrilla warfare is extremely easy in Mexico and can destroy any and all supply lines. It also has a decent enough agriculture, specially in southern and eastern regions. And the plateaus and valleys give a decent climate (temperate wet). Mexico's main flaw, as you had pointed in your video, is the disconnect from the water, but even then, it has amazing natural defenses and is suitable for human life

[@jds1275]

Their only real geographical weakness is the region bordering the Gulf of Mexico, which only the US could easily access and due to the Monroe doctrine no one else would even try to invade. Defense wise, Canada and Mexico are in the best positions to have guaranteed defense without any extra cost.

[@nathanwaterser8218]

@@jds1275 Exactly, The port of Veracruz is in the Eastern Coast and is the most developed port there. That's why I say the only way to invade Mexico is through there. But even then, tactics similar to scorched earth would make it less likely and more costly, because you still need to go up the mountains to invade the capital, so, in case of an invasion, the mexican army can blow up the roads in Veracruz and Puebla (a state in between the Capital and the eastern coast) and make it impossible for any modern army to get through.

[@obsidianstatue]

Being next to America and not be white is THE worst geographical factor on Earth.

[@superfinevids]

America did it in the 1800s but to be fair mexico was dealing with constant revolutions.

[@nathanwaterser8218]

@@superfinevids If Mexico was a stable country it'd be a very strong country and would have been able to repell those attacks. But it is plagued with corruption and instability.

[@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

[@PakBallandSami]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@3riarx]

1. Turkey 2. France 3. Argentina 4. Vietnam 5. United States 6. United Kingdom 7. Ethiopia 8. China 9. Iran 10. New Zealand As said earlier, the list's not in any particular order

[@ELVIS1975T]

The best country is at the top obviously 🇹🇷😎👍🏻

[@user-ue4fh5mv9s]

@@ELVIS1975T*worst

[@sargent4465]

Only your view...​@@user-ue4fh5mv9s

[@KhosrowSassani]

Bro said turkey 🦃😂😂

[@Iam_inevitabIe]

Dope bye

[@olajong2315]

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

[@Nitekom]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@user-vf2jy6wy1w]

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.

[@user-vf2jy6wy1w]

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

[@NahIdWin995]

great video man keep up the great work

[@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

[@danielmace69]

would love to see an extended video about new zealand!

[@NateTheOhioan]

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

[@PakBallandSami]

"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.

[@modelnanpresident]

Great video. Good to see you got a good sponsor man! Keep up the good work :)

[@Chningoftzartosht]

Thank you for sharing this information

[@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.

[@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

[@jeremys1496]

Awesome video love the little animated pieces you added 🤣

[@bazingacurta2567]

Great video, thanks bro! Keep on doing this

[@Sceptonic]

I love the Shroom Ridge music in the background

[@PakBallandSami]

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!

[@aegonii8471]

So what does this mean for their future

[@uzochiokeke4328]

@@aegonii8471 turkey will be destroyed by erdogan.

[@TempusEst]

@@aegonii8471 now there is no problem to farm but if the global worming get worse, somethings will not be like old

[@PulseX10N]

Love. Thanks I needed this.

[@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

[@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 ❓

[@CapzL]

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

[@Gadangadang]

You're pumping these out so quick

[@BrokenGamerYT]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@SevenSixty2]

The image of the Rocky Mountains on the left side is the Valley of the Ten Peaks at Moraine Lake, in Alberta, Canada heheh. It still fits the context though as the US and us Canadians share the Rockies via the 49th parallel.

[@joeyg5217]

nice vid bro keep it up

[@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 👍🏻

[@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.

[@user-jc2wc9nu3e]

Turkey is a cat country full of cat

[@davidrodrigueztoro6512]

Awesome video! Could you make a video about Colombia?

[@isak6202]

It feels like the common grey sparrow(in norwegian Gråspurv) is everywere. From thailand to norway and even iceland

[@MrLeemurman]

Country Animals > Countryballs

[@luanasari5161]

no

[@MrLeemurman]

@@luanasari5161 Cope and seeth

[@SomeGuy5555]

Country animals > countryhumans

[@jasongranados5783]

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

[@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.

[@flyingforfreedom5679]

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

[@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

[@sliftylovesyou]

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

[@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.

[@carteradams43]

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.

[@carteradams43]

@@T.Hebert tell that to the romans

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@kj64gaming19]

Great video, ya hoser

[@atomicluminos7320]

Nice to see Shroom Ridge on the background.

[@CasualScholar]

Seriously underrated channel!

[@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.

[@OriginalKarasu]

0:01 brooooo zelda mm astral observatory music

[@Litherally]

I Think the Czech Republic has also some good geography, since it's shaped like a bowl (mostly) and then the Carpathian Mountais to the east.

[@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

[@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🇧🇬

[@CapzL]

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.

[@BasePuma4007]

The rockey mountain image you used to depict the US rockies was actually a lake in Canada 😂

[@KaijuPictures]

New mic. Nice. 👍

[@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

[@unnamedshadow1866]

10. Desertification and the Damming of the Euphrates and Tigris are turning things around though. Now Turkey doesn't have enough land to cultivate the increased size of their population, they now rely on other countries for food exports unlike the past. Also they have their own migrant problem of their own.

[@theemperor3557]

Nice video ❤

[@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

[@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???

[@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?

[@RafaelLima-hg8kz]

Excelent video

[@ProfesionalVideoWatcher]

Cameroon 🇨🇲 has very thing you can think about It's called "Africa in Miniature" for a reason No matter what climate you are looking fore(except for snow fall) ,geographical features, topography ranging from Desert climate all the way Down to volcanic mountains to flat lands to hight grass lands ,to tropical ra8n forest can be found in Cameroon 🇨🇲

[@brugudel]

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

[@4.P_11.G]

Ne anlatıyon la?

[@jenkaah]

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

[@dimokratisnt3637]

Can we see a video with top 10 wrist geographies?

[@Voratrix]

nice background music 🚗🕹️

[@TheLiamster]

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

[@simonwehrli5576]

RIP

[@lippi2171]

I've never heard of the country of Sponsor! Must be pretty good if it made it to the list

[@chrisk5651]

France did gain Alsace whose boarder is the Rhine so they partly expanded to the Rhine but the Rhine is not that major of a barrier and did not stop the Germans in either World 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.

[@eduardpeeterlemming]

Countryanimals was very intresting

[@fryhyh]

When you said the UK is rainy, I looked outside and its sunny. Damn

[@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.

[@praisebegamecocks]

The US didn't try to invade Vietnam. The North invaded South Vietnam and we fought a defensive war with the goal of status quo antebellum.

[@dacianwolf3350]

I think Romania might fit in the spot,due to Carphatians and a very big amount of control over the danuble,fertile plains in the south and basically a bybass between the Balkans,Eastern and western Europe.

[@keelingbarrie3319]

Dude for the mountains part in the USA you used a picture from Alberta Canada. Moraine lake

[@keelingbarrie3319]

And sorry for the inconvenience there, I’m just a patriotic Canadian fellow. Absolutely love your channel though dude, one of my favourites consistently

[@PakBallandSami]

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

[@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

[@hpsauce1078]

Appreciate the Majoras Mask music, very nifty

[@TheMisterDx]

good vid bruda

[@edgarandre5216]

definitely in Mexico we have one of the best geographies cause here the Aztec civilization was signed the climate is ideal to harvest all fruits and vegetables. we also have sea on both sides of the country and our territory was from the south of the U.S. to Central America. the climate is always temperate. except California, New Mexico and Texas so nobody lived there.

[@juice8431]

Mexico city however is in a very shitty spot

[@anonymoususer8895]

California, Texas, and New Mexico are NOT part of Mexico. And Mexico is fighting (and losing) a war to the cartels. None of the countries on this list are involved directly in a war.

[@gustavosauro1882]

I think Brazil also has an awesome geography

[@dan.b1989]

Romania: Mountains, hills, plains, plateaus, valleys, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, caves, swamps, forests, the Danube delta, the Black Sea + its seaside, parallel 45° north (great latitude and climate).