10 More Countries Which Don't Exist Anymore

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[@General.Knowledge]

Which of these is your favorite country?

[@citruspongo2912]

General Knowledge i love your videos!

[@5handballer573]

Prussia I'm from Germany

[@Kathkere]

The Avars are pretty cool!

[@nanorepublic4200]

Czechoslovakia

[@AboutElegance]

Prussia by far! btw I love your work. (In future video search for the state of Crete. Between Ottomans and freedom from Greeks stood as a state for a bit.

[@Sparx632]

Tanzania’s name is pretty cool. It combines the first three letters of both the colonies that merged to create it, Tanganyika and Zanzibar then adds the common -ia suffix which tends to mean land. So it’s name is basically “the land of Tanganyika and Zanzibar”.

[@joaovictorhasse1630]

Woah dude, thx for the information. How did you learn it? It's rare to find useful comments.

[@Sparx632]

@@joaovictorhasse1630 I studied Tanzania's history at university, and it's one of the facts I picked up :)

[@honestlyhumanityjustneedst5780]

Hey, that's pretty cool!

[@BiteBolt_77]

In the Dutch province of Limburg we still call germany Proesen which means Prussia.

[@da_schnitzel]

I'm Dutch and I did not know this! That's awesome

[@BiteBolt_77]

@@da_schnitzel Yup but Proesen is mostly used by older people like my parents and grand parents. I sometimes use it as a 17 year old but Dutschland is more common for me.

[@limburgishmapping7166]

it must be a local thing because as far as I know they don't say that in Maastricht and Eijsden (the 2 places where I have lived/live)

[@da_schnitzel]

@@BiteBolt_77 I'm a basic Gelderland kid so I don't have any dialects/accent

[@BiteBolt_77]

@@limburgishmapping7166 I think it's more around Heerlen and Kerkrade. But Limburgs locally has so many variants.

[@potatojo9013]

0:54 Latvia-am i a f***ing joke to you?

[@thenotsookayguy]

Yes

[@General.Knowledge]

Lol my bad, forgot to mention the other baltic countries!

[@potatojo9013]

@Ian Teh KZbinr12755! i actually wanted to include estonia in the comment but the teutonic order was more Latvian so yeah

[@sovietspydamcapitalist1393]

Yes

[@JustAnotherNamelessGuy]

yes

[@donchristiealcuela7484]

There's more in Asia, like Manchuria, Sulu Sultanate, Aceh Sultanate and many more..

[@yoshikagekira4471]

Don Christie that’s because for most of history everyone in Asia hated each other and wanted their land.

[@lucaskincanyon7393]

「Z A H A N D O」 hell, it still does with Japan and China.

[@freddytang2128]

Manchuria? Are you going to also include every puppet state set up by Nazi germany as “countries that used to exist”?

[@user-ko9cj6vr6o]

Sulu sutanate is just in philippines

[@michaelw.t.9308]

And Kingdom of Malaya

[@BeWe1510]

I allways find it a bit confusing when people are calling the original Prussia the center of the Hohenzollern realms. This was never the case Brandenburg was the center allways. The only reason for Prussia becoming the name of the whole state is that the rulers called them self King in Prussia and later King of Prussia because King is so much cooler then Markgrave of Brandenburg

[@arleccio]

Gosh, thank you. I was slightly questioning my knowledge there.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

The sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now.

[@paulodebourgogne]

that's just where he lives

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@Tryvonix Nope, said Britain, governing them even harder.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@Tryvonix TECHNOLOGY'S ABOUT TO GO CRAZY!!!

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulaziz8242]

@@JaredtheRabbit No sir.. The sultan of Oman lives in Oman, and the former sultan of Zanzibar lives in the UK.

[@JaredtheRabbit]

@@abdulrahmanbinabdulaziz8242 You didn't get the reference, then.

[@ascenbach1]

The Venetian Republic/Empirr has a fascinating thousand year history. A full video would be worthwhile

[@ZarexianMapper]

You made a mistake. Prussia didn’t cease to exist in 1918. There only the Kingdom of Prussia ended. In the Weimar Republic the Free State of Prussia was also really powerful. The real end of Prussia was when the Nazis took over (1935 to be exactly).

[@markmh835]

One of the great things about collecting international stamps (philately) is that you learn all about these past, defunct countries and can actually own stamps from countries that don't exist anymore -- provided that they existed in the Postal Age since the 1840s. More people interested in geography should collect stamps.

[@CEKROM]

8:01 The flag has not the best colour combination. =D

[@dochatteras]

Would this be the only national flag with purple in it?

[@pina1679]

Joshua Fiebig there is no purple on it.

[@eelfriedrice8423]

Joshua Fiebig It’s magenta

[@soos1885]

Yea it's kinda "ieww"

[@Adu_tr]

Blue: Sky: Freedom, Purple:happiness, people's happiness, happy people Green: land: Nest, home etc...

[@johgu92]

Actually the holy roman empire ended in 1806, not in 1646...

[@marcelcostache2504]

It was not holy it was not en empire and it was NOT roman.

[@Ackii]

@@marcelcostache2504 at least say u got the quote from Voltaire

[@marcelcostache2504]

@@Ackii True my, bad it was Voltare and he was right, it had nothing to do with Rome, it was made up from small germanic principality

[@moep03]

@@marcelcostache2504 well mit actually never called itself an empire. Thats just its name because theres no british word for Reich and a Reich is simply a region someone rules over. I can call my on house my Reich.

[@moep03]

@CipiRipi00 Reich simply describes a place someone rules over. If a mole digs a tunnel and lives in it than its already his Reich and im pretty sure that he doesnt collect taxes down there :)

[@Potet50]

Sub to this guy, you learn sooooo much!!

[@Potet50]

@Nimetu ' it says much, fortnite kiddo🤔

[@mariobros6358]

It says much

[@mariobros6358]

Who else is from UK

[@satan1189]

Aadnethepotato yea you edited it lmfao

[@dimapudar2691]

Where is Yugoslavia???

[@General.Knowledge]

In a previous video!

[@dimapudar2691]

Oh. Sorry, I didn't see the other video. Also, thanks for the reply, I'm a massive fan of your content!

[@jasper677]

I wouldnt agree that the teutonic order was the predecessor to prussia... 1. the region of prussia was acquired by the ruling family of the kurfürstentum of brandenburg, which used it to declare themselves kingdom, what wasnt allowed for princes of the hre. 2. prussia is a highly secularised, protestant state in constrast to the fanatically religious teutonic knights 3. when prussia and brandenburg went into a personal union brandenburg was clearly the dominant partner since the shared king was from prussia and the capital of the kingdom of prussia as we know it was therefore never königsberg, but Berlin-Cölln

[@r.o.b8728]

no but the region prussia came from the teutonic order

[@jasper677]

R.o.b the region was there before, the prussian people were just the only heathens in all of europe, so the king of hungary granted the teutonic order the land to convert them

[@r.o.b8728]

@@jasper677 yeah thats what i said prussia started in the area which is the teutonic order

[@Rune-Thief]

@@r.o.b8728 No, what they said is the opposite of what you said. They said Prussia was there first than the Teutons were invited to rule it, what you said was that the Teutons were there first which is wrong because they went there to crusade against pagans already there.

[@r.o.b8728]

@@Rune-Thief did i ask?

[@mixererunio1757]

Teutonic Order was invited to Prussia by polish nobels to defend them from local tribes.

[@hussarski5508]

*Masovian duke, not Polish nobles

[@shapurthegreat8314]

Polish Hero Witold Pilecki Lol that hungerians killed and fired many slavic people in 9-10 century during hungerian raids of europe.

[@shapurthegreat8314]

Polish Hero Witold Pilecki But germans defeated them and changed their country. Also austrians. anyway it's not my point...I'm not european but No need hatred to judge somebody as evil and another one as angle. Every nation has it's own issues. Good luck.

[@ochoch9345]

Love these videos. Some suggestions for more countries that don't exist. Newfoundland & labrador, tannu tuva, Manchuria, Aden, Litva

[@meikoku9847]

"Liberia" *points to Ghana*

[@wannabehistorian371]

“Ghana. A country you think so little about, you didn’t realize THAT isn’t Ghana, that’s Liberia, THIS is Ghana!” Immediately reminded me of this gag.

[@maryomotayo6728]

People really need to stop correcting the smallest mistakes he makes. Like he does a lot of research, gets these maps then makes and edits all the videos, which gets tiring so mistakes are bound to be made. Can't you just enjoy the video?

[@darkshoalproductions]

I love these videos, they're very informative, and you do a good job talking about things I haven't heard about. I think that you could do a lot to help your videos by double-checking how place names are pronounced. It can be distracting hearing words in my head one way when reading them, while hearing it actually said out loud in a different way.

[@nate.2.2]

I didn't want to say anything. Coming from South Africa the way he says Lesotho vexes me.

[@markmh835]

@@nate.2.2 -- I know. It is not good to be vexed. Besides Lesotho, his pronunciation of Tanzania is very wrong. It is pronounced (by most people) as "Tan-zeh-NEE-ah," not "Tan-ZAY-nee-ah." It vexes me to hear it pronounced incorrectly. 😒 (= me being vexed)

[@nate.2.2]

@@markmh835 Did you mean the other way round? Because back in SA everyone pronounces it that second way, stressing the "zay" It's mostly pronounced the first way in America

[@GundemaroSagrajas]

I don't know exactly why, but I love hearing your voice. It's so soothing

[@rohitjain2411]

Awesome bro, You got a sponsor so early.....and that too brilliant. Congrats!!!

[@thijmenromer6381]

The flag of the united dutch Republic is orange, withe and blue

[@nate.2.2]

When you were talking about Lesotho you made a small mistake. It's actually "The land of the people that speak Sesotho." But a wonderful video as always.

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks for the correction!

[@christopherroa9781]

I recently watched a really good video by The Front channel about a bunch of Polish postal workers holding out for days against the german overthrow of Danzig. It was a huge humiliation to the Wermacht bc they got held up for so long by an unprofessional group of armed citizens and had to bring in artillery, machine guns grenades and flamethrowers to capture the post office

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulaziz8242]

There were so many countries missed in this video: Scotland Kingdom of Aragon Sultanate of Granada Kingdom of Hawaii Kingdom of Hejaz I love all your videos.. Thanks a lot for your efforts 👍👍👍

[@honestlyhumanityjustneedst5780]

Scotland? No, Scotland is still a country. It's located in the United Kingdom.

[@abdulrahmanbinabdulaziz8242]

@General What I meant is that it used to be an independent nation, called kingdom of Scotland.

[@syxepop]

General, let's say the proper term is SEPARATE SOVEREIGN COUNTRY... That would settle it nicely. And all of Spain is full of those small kingdoms that doesn't exist as separate, several of which have independence movements in various stages. That's also the state of Scotland today (ignited again because of the Brexit headaches).

[@Roca005]

Abdulrahman Bin Abdulaziz Federal Republic of Central America Rhodesia Ottoman Empire Mexican Empire Brazilian Empire The Confederate States of America Great Colombia The Greater Republic of Peru The Greater Republic of Central America The Most Serene Republic of Venice The Russian Empire Yugoslavia The Polish Lithuanian Federation And many more....

[@sirnoisyboy117]

@@Roca005 R H O D E S I A N S N E V E R D I E

[@mocj3295]

hey ho ooo...🤩 i like your channel and your videos...i often watch some of them and always excited that you explain everything clear and understandable...not like some others with a bad english and bad explanations without points and commas....👊😉.....keep it up ... i have some suggestions for you so that you can make some more cool videos...😜 The Channel Islands...Alderney, Jersey & Guernsey ....😁...but not so easy...there are some smaller islands like Sark and Brecqhou where the Owner whats an independence from Sark.. Svalbard & Jan Mayen, Bjørnøya, Moonsund-Islands (Hiiumaa & Saaremaa), Sokotra, Falkland-Islands, Tristan da Cunha, Ascension & St. Helena, Lord Howe, Montserrat, Galapagos Archipelago Tokelau, Pitcairn, South-Sandwich Islands & Southgeorgia, The Azores, Madeira, La Reunion, Laccadive Islands, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Turks and Caicos Islands, Martinique, Guadaloupe, Cook Islands, Niue, Wallis & Futuna, New Caledonia, Northern Kosovo, Vojvodina, Nagorno-Karabakh, South Ossetia, Kurdistan, Gibraltar, Palmyra Atoll, Kashmir, Jammu... I think with that you have some work and we get some nice new videos of you... greetz from poland ☺️

[@penzlic]

Great video worth of binge reading of wiki on some of these countries

[@theman-yx7yu]

Technically, Abyssinia had been a Kingdom during the time of the (actual) Roman Empire.

[@melissasilva4493]

They are even mentioned by ancient greeks i guess

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great video!

[@richardshalla]

A few others you might mention in another installation could be Siam, Pomerania, Pomerelia, Newfoundland, Persia. Very good job with your posts.

[@ababa8283]

Good work. Thank you...

[@henryespinosa9283]

I’m kind of surprised that the Austro-Hungarian Empire (Austria and Hungary) and the Ottoman Empire ( Turkey) were not included among the states that no longer exist.

[@tobiastogerin3598]

Austria-Hungary was in part 1

[@phoenixcordova3497]

Not related but some kid in my apwh class thought prussia was the same as russia. Keep in mind this was an AP class

[@lucaskincanyon7393]

Surprisingly, this happened in my AP class as well...

[@Lidsterzachary]

Next time you do one of these mention how Newfoundland was independent

[@Lidsterzachary]

It was an independent dominion for some time before become a direct colony during the great depression

[@jacobhogan3208]

It was a dominion until 1933

[@bastiangalaz4580]

Peru-Bolivian confederation: Am I a joke to you?

[@jeroenboth167]

It would be interesting to see these come back

[@markmh835]

Three current modern countries that are made up of previous independent kingdoms, principalities, duchies, sultanates, etc., would be India, Italy, and of course Germany. And don't forget the "Papal States." And little Sikkim, whose last Queen was an American woman.

[@hussarski5508]

Great video

[@alfonsstekebrugge8049]

Should make a video on Neutral Moresnet. Wasn't exactly a country, but sure tried to be (establishing different language, issuing stamps at one point).

[@solosunbeam]

In your next video in this series (Even more countries that don't exist anymore), you should do The Kingdom of the Hijaz, the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland, the sultanate of Sulu, the Zulu Kingdom and the Kalmar Union.

[@zuikis121-]

The Kalmar union wasn't a singular state, they all had self control to a certain degree.

[@ashenen2278]

Wasn't Brandenburg a predecessor of Prussia too?

[@h96573]

Yes,they merged to create Prussia,along with Pomerania

[@skaf201]

@@h96573 Pomerania always polish

[@Rune-Thief]

@@skaf201 uh no

[@jestophersan]

What's the title of the song in the background? I think it sounds like a military march?

[@glorytotheaprdeathtotheufl7917]

If you do another one of these videos you could include some of the Anarchist territories like the Free Territory or the Shin Min territory in Korea.

[@tonyvu3235]

0:21 you mean devolving

[@martinkomarek4738]

I am glad that I am not only one who loves Prußia.

[@DefenderoftheOctoberists]

It’s Preussen

[@robertoalongi6680]

I suggest to add to the list the Free Territory of Trieste, which is a de jure state with a pending status

[@fduranthesee]

6:31 Liberia was colonized by the US

[@Psyk60]

Sort of. It was colonised by people from the US, but set up as an independent state rather than as a territory belonging to the US.

[@MD-tu6sn]

Liberia was established in 1822 by freed and free-born African-Americans who left the US, and Afro-Caribbeans who left the West Indes, in hopes of having a better life in Africa.

[@kaloarepo288]

The concept of independent sovereign states is a recent one -from the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 -I think -many of the areas included as countries were actually territories ruled by particular dynasties -e.g. the Habsburgs in central Europe -they accumulated regions like a property investor accumulates houses(often through marriage in case of the Habsburgs)Islamic states mentioned also were dynasties -usually named after the founder of the dynasty who often went out to create empires -e.g.Aghlabids who started in north Africa and spread to Sicily and the Ottomans started by Othman that went on to create the huge Ottoman Empire.Other examples are the Plantagenets -the dynasty from Anjou,France that went on to accumalate an empire that included half of France plus England,Wales and Ireland.The Hohenzollern dynasty that created modern Germany(The second Reich) started off in south west Germany spread to Nuremburg then to Brandenburg,then east Prussia(Kaliningrad) then went on to create modern Germany following Franco-Prussian War.

[@kabeerthehistorian7445]

You didn’t mention Yugoslavia

[@General.Knowledge]

I mentioned them in a previous video!

[@kabeerthehistorian7445]

You are one of my favourite KZbinr

[@ludicrousfunone5705]

LMAO Tan Zany ah !!!! Tan Zan knee ah is how it's pronounced. Then you pronounced it correctly at the end of its section. Lol. Excellent video

[@lewatoaofair2522]

The official language of Lesotho is called Sesotho, and the people are called the Basotho. Also, "VersailleSSS?" You don't pronounce that last S.

[@psychofury6485]

Or the lle lol

[@turkoositerapsidi]

Why it has it then?

[@psychofury6485]

@@turkoositerapsidi no clue, its french. I have no idea why they have so many silent letters in their words.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

@@psychofury6485 Do yo kno why englandspeak has silent E:s in: are have done more?

[@psychofury6485]

@@turkoositerapsidi nah sorry, i honestly have no idea what is up with silent letters. Maybe the alphabet used to be sort of like japanese (how each letter is paired up) and they only wanted the sound of one of the letters? Not sure tho lol

[@flikflac2669]

8:46 last time I checked, Sicilia was an Island.

[@hashar9593]

and Bosphore existed

[@simonuser]

King Wilhelm I refused to sign the treaty of London for 9 years, in which Belgium was already independent. But only after a few things in the Treaty of London were changed he finally decided to sign it. I think it’s hilarious

[@danemhaonam156]

Champa and S.Vietnam

[@ohhoonhoon6376]

Abyssinia:hello Ethiopia:what are you doing here?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@elbowlicker4321]

Nobody knows about galicia Who was a nation for 6 days

[@Rune-Thief]

Which one?

[@tongyaozhang2580]

Please cover Neutral-Moresnet in one of your next videos. This is a truly bizarre one, it only existed for some years due to a wrong demarcation between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.

[@Kexkrummel]

Unfortunately you forgot to mention Luxembourg being part of the United Netherlands and also splitting up as Belgium left. 1839 is still today the year, Luxembourg sees as the birth of Luxembourg, even though it was technically still under dutch rule for a few more descades

[@ArnoutVI]

I wished you had talked about Katanga.

[@KamepinUA]

8:30 Top 10 Anime Deaths

[@matacust.wizard1033]

At 6:21 you pointed at Cote D'Voire and Ghana, rather than Liberia.

[@ThatIsInterestingTII]

very interesting

[@everardoreynoso739]

When this video ended my power came back on =)

[@michaelw.t.9308]

Before we had the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Now we only have the United Kingdom of England, Scotland and North Ireland.

[@milo1862]

10:07 fun fact: freddie mercury was actually born in tanzania!

[@saraloosman9980]

In the Netherlands a province called Friesland used to be a country

[@floptaxie68]

As a Cuban I didn’t know there was a Kuban country.

[@thing4201]

Yugoslavia:Do I Look Like A Joke To You?

[@louiseogden1296]

Lesotho is mountainous and so it might have been communication and transport problems.

[@seroujghazarian6343]

There was also a free city of danzig during the napoleonic wars

[@michalnajdek8177]

"Danzig" poles-did you mean gdansk

[@syxepop]

Michal Najdek - Gdansk, PL is today's name for the city (was taken by PL after WWII). Became famous for being the seed of the "Solidarity" union / movement that was instrumental for dethroning the Marxist regime in PL and throughout the former "Iron Curtain". Its' leader became the first elected President of a democratic PL.

[@inaki2321]

Omggg were is Yugoslavia!?!?!

[@yeahhoo86]

This channel has two previous videos of countries that no longer exists (the title of this video hints that there previous videos on the subject), I bet it is in one of those two videos, if I'm not mistaken it is the first video, search the channel for them.

[@General.Knowledge]

@@yeahhoo86 Yes it is!

[@inaki2321]

Ok thanks

[@sovietspydamcapitalist1393]

Broken between Slavic countries in the northern balkain region

[@gustav4897]

0:11 look at Indonesia

[@Sun-vc3dr]

good I ALREADY KNEW THIS COUNTRIES

[@atzedegroot9393]

Mamma Mamma Flikker op dan!

[@dimapudar2691]

Then don't watch the video why you mad bro

[@wannabehistorian371]

Good for you.

[@dragonrykr]

Article 100 > Article 13

[@dovrosenschein147]

What about Khazaria? Khazaria was also a kaganate in the Caucasus, whose rulers converted to Judaism in the 9th century. They were beaten and conquered by the Rus by the 12th century, but for a time they were, at their peak, the largest Jewish country in history (only to be eclipsed by Israel a few years ago).

[@andrewmay3001]

Why did you list Bremen at all when it continues a part of Germany?

[@Antichupius]

“Free city” significa uma região autónoma ? Ou e outra coisa(translated to portuguese)

[@apersonontheinternet7607]

Sim, significa região autônoma. Traduzido literalmente, significa "cidade livre".

[@davudbe8719]

Do Baden please

[@nirmakov892]

Next time do Swaziland

[@drdestrukt1367]

Yeah the name Prussia was from that province but in reality it was Brandenburg that owned Prussia. They only called themself Kingdom of Prussia so that Poland won't make any claims to there Land.

[@deadlive3212]

DrDestrukt it is called Kingdom of Prussia after 1701.

[@LHS_Shadow]

5/10 this time. 15/30 total. 50% is okay.

[@stormcup2920]

Lesotho is pronounced Lesutu. A very mountainous country inside SA. Basically - they submitted to British rule so the Brits let them alone, also there is nothing there anyone wants - just mountains. It is cold and difficult to get into, the the British was relieved I think not to bother with them so they just let them have their little spot above the clouds. Little bit like the smallfoot movie. ;)

[@LaemRinkee]

The Duchy of Lorraine could have fit in that list. Maybe in a future video?

[@b95gshawn]

have you had The Southern Cameroons

[@decem_sagittae]

Make more of these videos

[@thathistoryiscoolguy]

Do a another vid on this

[@HolyShitNew]

Prussia ❤️

[@hamzaebrahim5121]

( thanks for the video ).👍😍😍😍🗺🗺🗺🗺

[@masturamanticayan397]

Moroland in southern philippines. Existed for 3 century annexed by the philippines in 1945

[@thevanman7261]

then a day after this video all these countries reform randomly

[@lhpoetry]

Prussia was located in what is now Poland and Lithuania...*looks at map*...that's like all of Latvia besides Liepaja and most of Estonia also...although those borders changed with very wars with Sweden and the Russian empire.

[@mergenmunkh7691]

I have a idea: Tannu Tuva it was between Mongolia and the Soviet Union

[@ff_crafter]

Why the sound is so quiet?

[@General.Knowledge]

Good question! It sounded normal in the editing, I'll double check it on the next video

[@Iomhar]

Actually, the people of Lesotho are Basotho and the language they speak is Sesotho.

[@fikimniit]

Do top 10 countries that might dont exist soon

[@patriciapalmer4215]

Wasn't Bremin where The Pied Piper story originated ? The Pied Piper of Bremin ?

[@cadi6487]

Do a video about not recognised countries

[@General.Knowledge]

That's a good idea! I'll add it to the list

[@artilire]

The 7 emirates The 50 states of America Idk any others Maybe the 8 states of Australia?

[@mrpiggy7663]

My grandpa thinks Yugoslavia still exists