12 Different Ways To Divide The World In Half

The world is fascinating, and can be grouped into different groups that generally have similarities
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[@zak7338]

combining three great things: toycat, geography and cutting people in half

[@Name-iq8te]

Like the homeless!

[@sebastianhracek589]

Wait a minute

[@JaMorantBiggerArm]

@@Name-iq8te *hol up*

[@TheRealKingLeopoldII]

I prefer just cutting off the hands of people

[@kousvetkousvet4158]

@@TheRealKingLeopoldII oh.

[@jedrzejc7369]

"countries that are landlocked rely on their neighbours, if their neighbours agreed they dont exist, they wouldn't"- laughs in swiss🇨🇭

[@tomr7235]

Alao, Switzerland is unitary according to the map. Obviously rubbish!

[@svenbonne]

Germany is in!

[@banana_man_101]

swissch

[@shyasaturtle]

Schweizer?

[@maxkho00]

@@tomr7235 Yeah, if Russia is federal then Switzerland is certainly federal as well.

[@retrowave69]

"The UK never invaded china" There's a few opium wars that would like to beg your pardon.

[@gadierv9821]

@@Thejas_Gatty yes they were talking about invasion

[@panner11]

But he said invaded and not conquer lol

[@thisguy976]

@@panner11 "like the UK never invaded China but we did steal of of their ports".?????????

[@CrilderOfficial]

The east india company did because they wanted to sell opium to china causing a war so yes they did.

[@chloemakesvideos3889]

I think people forgot Hong Kong exists and was colonised...

[@Xaiff]

"Favourite British colony of Indonesia..." That was technically correct at certain point in history, but an overwhelming amount of time it was a Dutch colony. It's surprising to see Indonesia didn't follow Dutch driving custom

[@dylanmurphy9389]

its 100 percent correct so nothing to add, as if he doesn't know it was ruled by the Dutch smh

[@mariebrown4966]

My favorite maps are still, "countries in Africa to which I'd like Togo," and, "countries in Africa I have Benin."

[@rogink]

Mine's "when you Ghana go?"

[@Enafa666]

I Beninese and live in Benin lol

[@---bm5bc]

LOL and there neighbors

[@internetperson9813]

Countries that don't have flight service that I will rent a CAR to visit

[@fabianniestegge4105]

Countries im not Ghana go to.

[@vlogdemon]

“We didn’t invade China”. Toycat we sailed military ships up their rivers and canals, what do you mean we didn’t invade?

[@ibx2cat]

I'll send my military ships up your canal

[@outsidehistorian7436]

@@ibx2cat English Civil War, 1648, colorized

[@treasurefamting]

ibx2cat that's what he said

[@westiebus1559]

Lol

[@dezbiggs6363]

Exactly. They occupied amd sacked Beijing at one point.

[@rodrigomarolv]

I'd say this video is pretty Western-biased. Gotta keep that in mind when watching geography content coming from Western creators in general.

[@devrajsood5525]

Absolutely

[@Komnenos83]

How is it? and dont you have to do the same with non western creators, be curious?

[@BigMacc]

Creators in general

[@lore9828]

Not western, just Anglo

[@marco.trevisan]

@@lore9828 That's what I was thinking. Not western, anglo. Gabon isn't in the Commonwealth, so it gets confused with Equatorial Guinea (which isn't in the Commonwealth either).

[@TWMASTER200]

I do just want to point out that during the "developed vs undeveloped" countries map you say that Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore were given "exceptions" but all these countries are simply very highly developed and rich countries. The standard of living in Japan or Taiwan is no different to Europe and North America. They are fully developed countries with advanced economies and militaries and everything else you would expect of a developed country.

[@someweeb3650]

I'd argue that all of those are above North America and most places in Europe. Once you get to Malaysia then you can argue that it's worse than Europe.

[@BlockWorks]

Of course it had to be the anime fan

[@planefan082]

@@BlockWorks I absolutely hate anime but fully agree. I grew up in HK, travelled around to all mentioned countries a lot. They had a higher standard of living ten years ago than N.A. does now lol. Moved to N.A. around 7 years ago to be near more family. This place is alright but it's really depressing and sad tbh

[@rjlee-cc4xy]

@@BlockWorks it’s true though? i mean look at their gdp per capita, standards of living and education levels compared to european countries

[@Hiroheim]

@@BlockWorks what

[@cn7032]

Ummm toycat you went a bit too far with the halving, everything below you arms had disappeared. We get your meant to take risks in life, but cutting yourself in half is not one of them.

[@w00dhat]

*you're

[@RumblyChair4407]

Wood Hat *your

[@CaptainBalcon]

Nahh, that's just the webcam that doesn't frame all of his body. He just cut his legs off, the rest is still there

[@blufferfish0896]

Alex Coyle *you’re

[@aoaoaaoaoao889]

Alex Coyle ur*

[@jakehoganOW]

"not Thailand" literally insulting their king or any of his family members gives you five years in prison, even if you did it while not in Thailand. Also, Thailand's definition of insult is very very loose. I would feel like I'm in danger there...

[@maxwellli7057]

I'm not gonna comment anything, god save the king.

[@Picklericksin]

Yh they are a strict monarchy

[@ajayavsm7476]

Lemme check if I get into prison Thailand's king sucks!

[@ajayavsm7476]

yeah bro it worked the police are already at my door

[@UnQuacker]

@@ajayavsm7476 F

[@jonathanrouse36]

I love geography so much and I love every single topic that you cover. You also pack in A LOT of information within the time frame of your videos. You are the absolute polar opposite of the old school "lecturer" who drones at a snails pace and puts everyone to sleep. (what do you have for breakfast?) Thanks for sharing!

[@TunaBear64]

19:09 Ukraine IDH: 0.779 Is considered First World Saudi Arabia IDH: 0.854 Is considered Third World This is very confusing At least my country Chile with an IDH of 0.851 is sometimes considered First World

[@desertchoclo2910]

Sabia q habria un weon q diria esto asi q no lo comente XDDD

[@renderproductions1032]

So there is a country in the world that only mines diamonds and not Iron, gold, lapis, coal, or Redstone? Woah.

[@IndustrialParrot2816]

speaking of mining plenty of countrys have long historys with mining: USA, Poland, Australia, and china

[@c0oldug273]

What about emeralds

[@renderproductions1032]

@C0OLDUG27 Are they in an extreme hills? Also getting emeralds from villagers is much easier.

[@knower1514]

J Smith the alps have lots of emeralds

[@renderproductions1032]

@Beardless Matt: Farming villagers is much more effective.

[@tomofthetomb]

Your face was covering NZ the whole time 😢

[@appleslover]

Wait.. there's such a thing?

[@kyedamant1323]

New zealand doesn't exist as an Australian looking at the pacific ocean I have never seen new zealand only water

[@anawesomepet]

13:32

[@annahimmel]

Who needs NZ anyways

[@infinitejinpachi]

Not like we were going to be an important part of any of the maps anyway so who cares

[@seBASStianMunoz]

Mfs really be dismissing colonialism as a reason for why colonized countries are not so developed, from the country that colonized them😔🤙

[@Komnenos83]

Hes correct though. In order to "underdevelope" something, Africa must have been developed before, which sure wasnt the case.

[@Venus-xj8bd]

@@Komnenos83 By today's standards most the world was underdeveloped at that time not just Africa.

[@Komnenos83]

@@Venus-xj8bd In comparison, Africa was higly underdeveloped prior to the 1880s already. Without colonialism africa would be even more underdeveloped.

[@Venus-xj8bd]

@@Komnenos83 Well, as a North African we were actually even more developed than you at some point of history.

[@suqmacoknbals4929]

@@Venus-xj8bd well considering the commenter @philopator was born in the 21st century, i highly doubt anywhere in the world was more advanced than his country considering he lives in modern day. if you meant it in a way meaning that at some point your country was more advanced than his at a matching time in history, you may well be right considering north Africa had held some of the most powerful nations. and about how "Mfs really be dismissing colonialism as a reason for why colonized countries are not so developed, from the country that colonized them😔🤙" i would rather live in a heavily colonized and British influenced country like Canada than somewhere that hadn't been colonized as heavily like the Congo or Nigeria. pretty sure quality of life is a lot better in the more colonized regions of the world, because although the British brought warcrimes with them they also brought government, infrastructure, mining, fur trading, fishing, logging, a railroad, currency and an army and navy for national security.

[@Cappy-Bara]

5:00 when it comes to why Britain drives on the left and everywhere else is on the right, well back in the day, the left side was the determined side because of some psychology of most people being right handed. Well when Napoleon rose to power and be wanted to ride alongside troops, he would be on the right side where they were all holding out their spears, swords, bayonets, etc and he changed the rules so everyone switched sides so he could have a little more distance as he rode by, and since France was occupying most of mainland Europe, it stuck. Well when cars were invented and they had to set in stone which side to drive on they went with the mainland Europe way, while Britain kept on doing it their original way. Note: America was a casual ally with Napoleonic France and still hated Britian for the revolution and war of 1812 so they sided with France just to spite Britain.

[@miitokii]

I love how the 2050 NATO map includes every country, even North Korea, except for Russia

[@fireeeeyisgone]

BAD RUSSIA. BAD. (jk)

[@pelinalwhitestrake3367]

Also Singapore and Christmas Island.

[@helpmereach1ksubscribersbe605]

Nato will destroy by China in WW3 😈

[@ilebillybobjoe]

@@helpmereach1ksubscribersbe605 no shit, their entire nation is made in China.

[@f9658]

Nato is literally formed just to unite against the Soviet Union. Now that Soviet Union is gone and the Russian military doctrine has moved towards being specialized in defence, NATO is just a useless alliance made by America to extend their geopolitical power in Europe.

[@kylelipp3170]

Britain started driving on the left so they could swing swords at their enemies when they pass by

[@graveperil2169]

thats what the world did its Napoleon that changed it as he was left handed then the US changed to show how independent they were

[@blufferfish0896]

Grave Peril the US just changed everything to be petty and be all “we are special and independent” they just up and changed the language so they could be special, very frustrating lol.

[@thiagooliveira7935]

Left was the original way... napoleon caused everywhere he dominated to change (but he didnt dominate Britain), and afterwards those nations passed their traditions to their colonies

[@skelet8337]

@@thiagooliveira7935 do you think that napoleon dominate every country except Britain

[@johnnyjoestar5193]

@@skelet8337 he did

[@Stoneeeeemo]

14:40 i mean, colonialism can still explain most of it, not because it made the blue countries richer necessairly, but because it made the red ones miserable, and that affects their future as a country in many ways

[@gilneanskizwiadowca3718]

Most of the red countries were poor shithole without civilization until the Europeans arrived.

[@Stoneeeeemo]

@@gilneanskizwiadowca3718 oh my god

[@nechyboi4064]

@@gilneanskizwiadowca3718 Damn, the level of ignorance here... 😂😂😂

[@gucxo627]

@@gilneanskizwiadowca3718 You are just wrong. India was actually one of the richest nation. Britain stole about 45 trillion dollars worth of money and stuff like gold diamonds(inflation considered) from India

[@gilneanskizwiadowca3718]

@@gucxo627 There were no country named "India" before european colonization

[@dereksgc]

"Who knows what's up unless you got nukes going on" is a surprisingly accurate statement

[@vihaandoesthings6290]

Andrew: Calls Jamaica a British Territory. Jamaicans: *Triggered*

[@gerrardjones28]

Also calls japan a british colony!

[@JH-jk3nm]

Gerrard Jones he was being sarcastic

[@Colin_Yote]

Nah *north America is a British territory*

[@gerrardjones28]

@@JH-jk3nm I couldnt tell.

[@vihaandoesthings6290]

Btw I'm not Jamaican, I'm just a Map Nerd.

[@Billy-xm6km]

“Ok what should the teams be?” US: EVERYONE AGAINST RUSSIA!

[@sammybeaver9130]

The only thing the US hates more than a healthy diet, Russia

[@milkshake834]

Sammybeaver 88 lol

[@milkshake834]

Billy lol

[@williewilliamson4882]

+China

[@wilyriley_]

The majority of Europe: Everyone against the US!

[@kyarumomochi5146]

I love how blue part includes all of balkans but not countries like Turkey china or united arab Emirates wich are WAY richer

[@OO-vo7vv]

Moreover, if you start to investigate some countries in Latin America are more developed than some in Eastern Europe such as Uruguay, Chile, Costa Rica and Panama.

[@nickohira1397]

Turkey is red that's so stupid 😑

[@kyarumomochi5146]

@@OO-vo7vv thats why that was stupud lmfao bulgaria on better wealth than turkey??

[@thingy9628]

This is because the map is based on the Brandt Line, which was made in the 1980s. Turkey, China and the UAE only became richer within the last 40 years, which means it isn’t reflected by the Brandt Line. The Balkans was richer before the wars as well. These are common problems when using a 40 year old map.

[@withy4045]

@@OO-vo7vv few countries in Southern Africa too

[@Kanelipullla]

16:30 Indeed, the history behind Helsinki Summer Olympics 1952 is pretty interesting case as it was originally supposed to be in 1940, but the WWII kinda made a change in the plans. And then there is that 1952 is like the early phase of the Cold War, so you can imagine how interesting it must have been try to organize an event like that😅

[@rann808]

Fun fact: In British Overseas Territories in North America, they drive on the left side of the road, but have Right-side style cars, as these are easiest to import from America

[@micayahritchie7158]

Really? I'm from Jamaica and we do not have right hand style cars. So it would be interesting to me if the overseas territories do, because I presume getting cars here would be as difficult as getting them to the virgin islands etc

[@TheLocalLt]

The American Virgin Islands drive on the left with right-side cars as well. As for the rest of America’s Caribbean possessions, Puerto Rico and yes, Guantanamo, both drive on the right. Navassa Island has no roads and its weather station hasn’t been used since the 90s. The American Panama Canal, ceded in 1977, formerly drove on the right as well.

[@alex_gaimar]

Also, the Russian Far East drives on the right side but has steering wheels mostly on the right because of Japanese cars.

[@natenae8635]

Micayah Ritchie In The Bahamas we have right hand side cars but drive on the left it’s a wierd mix in my earlier years i didn’t know cars had a specific steering side for the road laws I just thought it was random or preference

[@andyp2004]

for the unitary and federal states map, the purple means "PIRATES AHOY"

[@dukeradwardthe5th843]

the purple means no state

[@magentamappinganimation9532]

Duke Radward the 5th Pirates don’t make states anyway but i guess you’re right

[@forestcity4217]

Magenta Mapping/Animation, ever heard about the pirate republic?

[@johnpears9558]

@Magenta Mapping/Animation what about the Nassau’s republic and Somalia

[@riceman5174]

noooooooo, you cant just steal the world's cargo and stuff haha somalian pirates go brr

[@presidenttogekiss635]

To say Germany will ALWAYS be more influential than Brazil is a stretch. Brazil is poor now, but that's not to say it can't overtake germany at some point. If someone in 1850 said that Japan would have a larger economy than any European nation a century and a half later, they would be laughed out of the room, but behold, that is exactly what happened.

[@onionskin3254]

No

[@triplearielinfinite2]

14:07 if you ignore how west africa and China had the largest and richest economies in the world for several centuries before the 1600s. And conveniently, the nation's around colonizers are also wealthy, very odd

[@fercojurado9948]

This guy just spits all the unfounded claims with 0 arguments going for them, the most fascinating is the one that Thailand is a good place, literally a military dictatorship

[@krause6718]

he's just ignorant

[@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806]

@@krause6718 he's just britti-wait why am I hearing the brittish national anthem outside my house

[@krause6718]

@@HolyRomanEmpire962-1806 nos encontramos otra vez..

[@eduardof7322]

I mean Thailand is a nice place, but claiming that Thailand is the ONLY country in red where he doesn´t think he would be in danger the whole time and that´s why it should be considered a developed nation is straight up ignorant. Countries like Chile, Costa Rica, Seychelles or Uruguay are far more developed, democratic, and safer than Thailand (And even safer than most big cities in the UK). And many others like the UAE, China, Botswana, Turkey and Argentina may face some major challenges as they still on their way to reach full development, but they all still far safer than Thailand. Plus, it is not like safety is the only criteria to define when a country is developed or not. I think this guy really has a very black and white vision of the world.

[@yasmingomes4860]

he really has a colonizer mentallity, I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed it

[@firmaneffendi2801]

3:21 as Indonesian, I can explain why we drive in the left hand traffic. We used to be a Dutch Colonies but prior to British Occupation (Yes, Brits once occupied Indonesia, see about Willem Daendels and Sir Raffles and its origin name of Rafflesia flower) we never taught to drove on which lane and every horseman drove without any specific lane rules (actually many motorcyclist in Indonesia today do the same unethic opposing lane driving). When the Brits came, they spilled their tea and tears their eyes after shocked to see how traffic jammed accumulated (even Jakarta had the worst traffic in Asean today lol) due to no lane policy, so they taught us to drive as they do in Britain. We started to drive in the left like a wise Englishman until Dutch comeback to Indonesia to reestablished their Dutch East Indies Colonies (by this time, Brits had been pushed into Malayan peninsula today Malaysia and Singapore). The Dutchy were thankfull to the Brits policy so they didn't need to waste their time in East Indies traffic and could had a dinner on time with their family.

[@Ha_haqiqie7]

Waw... Nggak ada yang komen? :)

[@pashauzan]

Wait, I thought it was due to the French invasion of the Netherlands changed the road system, except for the Dutch East Indies

[@freez.mp4]

i don’t care sorry mate

[@dylanmurphy9389]

As an Englishman, i got mad when you said people on bikes often drive in the wrong lane lol I think we hate a lack of order

[@skuarez]

But Serbia and Montenegro are both blue on the map, did the GDP map change or what happened? 9:13

[@broccolin]

I love that Ibx goes from Geography & Politics to Minecraft videos. That's when you know you are epic.

[@CyanWatercress4]

When he talked about “non-landlocked neighbors”: *Sad Uzbekistan and Liechtenstein noises*

[@danbradford7127]

Underrated comment

[@tgrgdv2621]

ShadowMC X they’re double landlocked, the countries that surround them are landlocked

[@mlgsty8880]

4:22 Toycat really be calling Jamaica "British overseas territory" Im fairly sure Brits have not started their empire again lol

[@LucifersTear]

Did you hear something I didn't? I didn't hear Jamaica in the whole video.

[@micayahritchie7158]

@@LucifersTear No he pointed at Jamaica. When he was talking about North American countries with left hand drive. He's not wrong. British overseas territories of the Americas do drive on the left. But Jamaica is the only orange country that was visible (being the third largest island in the Caribbean) and being a former colony they do drive in the left like all the other former colonies of the Caribbean. TLDR: He didn't say Jamaica, he pointed at Jamaica

[@itsme-sn5gi]

@@micayahritchie7158 He ment Bermuda WHICH IS IN THE CONTINENT OF NORTH AMERICA and IS a British overseas territory!

[@myowncomputerstuff]

@@itsme-sn5gi He was hovering over Jamaica though when he said it, since it's the only island large enough to be visible on the map. I know he knows it's a sovereign nation, but the optics of it were funny.

[@TheLocalLt]

The British actually still do have a bunch of possessions in the Caribbean but no longer Jamaica

[@kurtzz69k3]

I love how passionate you are about this

[@camilosaganias52]

Great video, very funny and interesting!

[@zeroyuki92]

Rather than loose definition of invading, I think you have an even more loose definition of "not invading" if you really count China as not really invaded by UK

[@thomasalberto613]

it's pretty obvious he is trying super hard to make the UK not seem that bad

[@Vitorruy1]

I could not believe when he said that, boxer rebellion? the opium wars?

[@nuubier8911]

@@thomasalberto613 I don't think that is the case, it is more likely just lack of knowledge. Don't assume malice where it can be explained with ignorance

[@thisguy976]

@@nuubier8911 Hmm I don't think it is a lack of knowledge in this case.

[@thisguy976]

@@nuubier8911 You can still have knowledge of something but choose to be ignorant of that.

[@TheGadgetPanda]

I was surprised by how many of those maps excluded South Africa.

[@straytonox1492]

the problem with South Africa is that there is Africa in the name

[@kornaes]

@@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5258 racism against the English 'settlers', I wonder why. 🤔🤔

[@dreadhead5719]

@@mypenisisunbelievablysmall5258 before 1994 it was the other way around

[@RiiftApart]

TheGadgetPanda South Africa, Brazil and maybe India are kind of in the same boat

[@ab-do7li]

tyrone 2 wrongs don’t make a right

[@gaurav_W]

You have some correct and some debateable views on things, still a very education video 👏

[@dlairth]

re: “We didn’t invade China” - many have already mentioned the Opium Wars in the mid-19th century, but the British were also part of an (8-Nation) alliance that marched on Peking (as it was known in 1901) 'to relieve' the Boxer Rebellion.

[@cadeh072]

12:06 You're obscuring my view! I can't see if the pacific islands have access to the sea.

[@fallenangel_899]

i don’t understand why he doesn’t put his webcam on the left side

[@cobinasaur]

@@fallenangel_899 Yeah, in the full world map he'd fit right in the Pacific without blocking land. But a lot of the time there's really nowhere the webcam could go without blocking something.

[@fallenangel_899]

@@cobinasaur Irs more empty on the left side though

[@jasonreed7522]

@@fallenangel_899 cobinasour was agreeing with you on facecam location on maps being better in the southeast Pacific near south America not on top of Oceania. But toycat also makes a bunch of other content and usually the lower right is a hole in the UI of games or he keeps the focal point in the center of the screen.

[@Rabid_Nationalist]

Toycat: Britain has never invaided China Opium wars: *ARE WE A JOKE TO YOU!?*

[@lawden210]

He addressed that

[@ToastieBRRRN]

What about the Boxer rebellion too?

[@perpotet4629]

@@ToastieBRRRN Not really a British invasion.

[@maxwellli7057]

@@perpotet4629 they occupied Beijing for a while I think

[@perpotet4629]

@@maxwellli7057 Your right they took Beijing, but it was not a brithis invasion in my opinion since the invading force was mostly Russian and Japanese.

[@Emily-qd9bq]

Interesting video, I enjoyed!

[@PuNicAdbo]

23:40 sadly 😥 you have kinda predicted the future here

[@jack_schiro]

Don’t you love it when we’re still using maps where South Sudan ceases to exist? *pre-2012 intensifies*

[@kayseek1248]

2:41 as an Australian, it can be really weird, especially in online events

[@franchufranchu119]

If companies changed discounts depending on location, we'd have summer sale and christmas sale at the same time

[@marianxendor3974]

Hell yeah, summer christmas gang! Greetings from Argentina, aussie boy! 🇦🇷🇦🇺

[@tobiaspurcell3563]

@@marianxendor3974 summer christmas is the best!

[@vargasmartin7143]

Summer christmas is shit, but well, i can't change how my country works 🇦🇷

[@ally-eb7xw]

@@tobiaspurcell3563 here on christmas day - it’s actually pretty cold this christmas

[@LuminantLion]

"These are non-aligned countries" But, Turkey's been a NATO member from the start

[@nickohira1397]

True

[@ironagentm544]

I love how when I looked into Minecraft, this guy was there, and now I’m interested in the world, and guess what, he’s there

[@sebacantera6659]

13:50 that map is so unaccurate. Many countries in the red part are even more developed than those in the blue part. Some South American countries are more developed and less poor than many countries in Eastern Europe.

[@fgkuv5232]

I havent been to south america but commies definitely have ruined eastern europe's economy

[@Miguel92398]

Funny that Australia is Global North, even though it is located in the southern hemisphere.

[@0cyb3r0]

@@fgkuv5232 As someone from Eastern Europe, the biggest economic ruin was in 1990 when the USSR dissolved and the entire country's economy shut down - the stores were empty and people lost their saving due to hyperinflation 🤔🤔 Ever since its lost 20% of its population to the USA and western Europe 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@fgkuv5232]

@@0cyb3r0 i am from eastern europe too. The soviet system was doomed from the start. All total state planned economies have either collapsed or were reformed. So we are both right i guess

[@0cyb3r0]

@@fgkuv5232 I could say the same about the capitalist system, except when it fails (1920s, 2008, USA stock market in March 2020) someone else is found to blame (China, Communism, the poor, the immigrants) and not capitalism itself. This goes for most areas in life, not just economics.

[@nikrai99]

Whilst I know we’re just here for fun, I can’t help but discuss this: I totally agree that of course not all “rich” countries stole wealth from the “poor” ones, but you can flip it on its head and say that the poorest countries are the ones that were most decimated by colonialism at a time when others were getting rich, whether by direct rule or indirect power. Like, I know you could argue the exception of countries like the United States and Australia, but often we are looking at the wealth of colonial settlers. Consider the wealth gap of African Americans or Aboriginal Australians and the colonial settlers and if you were to consider them alone a country, you might not have been able to class them as “rich” until very recently or not at all. Not because the rich stole their money but because they’re denied opportunities to make their own. TL;DR rich countries aren’t rich solely because they stole poor nations money (of course they didn’t all have massive empires), but poor nations are poor because they weren’t given the same chance to develop an economy (and sometimes are based on arbitrary borders drawn by colonisers that make it impossible to unite all the peoples!) due to colonialism!

[@josehernandez9565]

@@LordDoucheBags But you have war torn countries in Africa that are war torn because of different groups that were put together in one single country and didn't agree with each other

[@nikrai99]

@@LordDoucheBags I could've predicted someone would comment back with "but they built railways!!". Railways were built for enterprise, not for the love of the people living there. Railways may help to improve a country's economy but cannot heal social and environmental factors that hinder a country's growth. Don't believe an infantile narrative that any side was entirely good or entirely bad. Please diversify your arguments

[@I_hate_Vegemite]

Yep, if left alone a population of about 200,000 Australian Aborigines as the inhabitants of an entire continent would still be happily living a Stone Age hunter gatherer existence with all their knowledge shared by story telling.

[@jakeryan4545]

I think what he was getting at is all of the controversial reasoning of why the "global north" was able to colonize in the first place. From time immemorial groups as diverse as the Asyrians, Aztec, Romans, Mongols, Japanese, Han, Celts, Germans, English, etc. have all waged war to expand their territories and subjugate their neighbors. The question isn't that a conquered nation would suffer (that is a given), but rather why were certain countries able to dominate on a global level. In the "global north" the answers range from the extreme left (the "global north" was only able to dominate because Europeans were basically evil and were the only ones that wanted to dominate) to the center (geography, unique economic situations (desiring global goods), diversity of countries) to the extreme right (Europeans were culturally superior to other groups in terms of industry and adventure). The interesting thing is that both the extreme right and the extreme left focus on people (and morals) where as the center tends to focus on geography / situations / less "morality" good or bad.

[@LowellMorgan]

@@jakeryan4545 While I don't agree with the way you broke down the outlooks as being left, center, and right, it's worth noting that the cultures which have historically dominated the known world have shifted over time, almost "taking turns" and the recent Western domination may not seem as significant in the historical sense if we're trying to figure out if there is something "special" about white people. While the geographic theories of Guns, Germs, and Steel may not provide a unified field theory, the story of history itself might demonstrate that there is rarely a single cause to major events.

[@diegocordova6731]

Man the video was excellent, important and interesting information with a little of humor also your explanation is very good congratulations greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽

[@memo.obregon]

“In red countries you feel like you always are in danger” you have no idea what are you talking about

[@manuelarestrepo6282]

He was kind of insensitive, idk

[@jarskil8862]

On certain point of view, it is true. Maybe not in China.

[@Komnenos83]

The red nations tend to be less tolerant and safe than the blue ones

[@Valkory]

yes my favorite thing getting cut in half in 12 different way

[@maxwellli7057]

Someone is gonna turn this into a weird kink

[@Lyenati]

Flapjackpants shh

[@bobbobby3123]

title should be 12 different ways to divide the world in 2, not half.

[@cyberm1037]

so disrespectful

[@bobbobby3123]

@@cyberm1037 how?

[@nycuba7478]

@@bobbobby3123 very disrespectful

[@frxsty2585]

Bob Bobby extremely disrespectful

[@anawesomepet]

@@bobbobby3123 BING

[@carrot2735]

toycats webcam covering new zealand is pretty accurate ngl

[@lenaz1178]

This is the most stampylongnose human I’ve ever seen without actually being stampylongnose

[@Manuel-gk3rv]

You should use the green shirt for every video tbh, it would greatly increase viewer enjoyment

[@archerdark7524]

14:04 So according to this map, is Moldova, Albania and Serbia more developed than Chile, United Arab Emirates and China?

[@speere8825]

Yes. Serbia is far more developed then south america. Not sure about moldova or albania tho.

[@archerdark7524]

@@speere8825 Haha! Thats simply not true! I am living in Serbia, and i know very well, that this country is at the same level as Moldova and Albania. I quite sure that Chile is much more developed than Serbia. See, Chile is the member of the OECD, and Serbia is not. So. . .

[@krotailen8025]

@@archerdark7524 Chile is not most developed than Serbia. Chile have a lot of problems (social and economical) like his neighbourds countrys, idk a lot how is the situacion in Serbia but i saw videos on youtube and dont seems that bad. Moldova is, maybe, worst than Chile or Argentina but Serbia is not

[@archerdark7524]

@@krotailen8025 Where are you from?

[@krotailen8025]

@@archerdark7524 Argentina, u?

[@kiyanhakim384]

I was expecting a sincere historical video but instead I get a man talking with the geopolitical expertise of a 12 year old

[@MeepyYT]

i could literally watch ur videos all day when im bored and thats not because they're entertaining

[@emadbu5]

14:25 when Ukraine and Moldova are blue, while the UAE and Qatar are red bruh

[@maxsenpai5107]

Yeah the rich Arab states should be covered in blue

[@jarskil8862]

@@maxsenpai5107 Nah. In Rich arab countries there are billionaire oil sheiks,, but majority of people live in poverty.

[@rofsrer]

@@jarskil8862 In Moldova also, but they don't even have oil barons...

[@joemiller947]

In Qatar you can literally be flogged, Moldova is stuck in the 20th century but Qatar is stuck in the 17th century. Even if they host the world cup. Human rights in the Gulf states are embarrassingly awful

[@spectre2889]

Ukraine changed a lot since the past 10 years so now it isn't what you think it is

[@milkshake834]

France: partly in the Southern Hemisphere because of overseas territories Uk: sad tea noises

[@maxwellli7057]

Surely because of the Falklands the UK would be on that list

[@milkshake834]

Flapjackpants I think it’s because of French Guiana. French Guiana is fairly big but the Falkland Islands and all the others belonging to uk are very small. Plus Argentina might get mad if Falkland Islands made the uk partly in the Southern Hemisphere lol.

[@Duke_of_Lorraine]

French Guyana is in the northern hemisphere. La Réunion island however is near Madagascar and is also an oversee department.

[@milkshake834]

Duke of Lorraine true lol

[@graveperil2169]

France considered all its colonies as France, The UK considers them separate countries that they control

[@gunnargervin1275]

You made a -kind of- quite accurate description/criticism/prediction in the end there...

[@AudibleFist]

My driving instructor told me it doesn’t matter which side you turn your head to check first, just make sure you check that side again before turning.

[@kuttispielt7801]

The last map is wrong though. Switzerland would still be neutral

[@randomotakus5078]

Trust me, Austria too.

[@0Leonx0]

@@randomotakus5078 What a radical change for Austria

[@Wasabi00009]

Colonialism defiantly had an effect on why some countries are richer and some are poorer. The argument that Eastern Europe is included doesn’t make sense as Western Europe is a lot richer than the east. Plus it wasn’t that long ago the northern countries have had a lot longer to build their wealth. Some countries haven’t even been independent for 100 years yet

[@danielscanlon7628]

That part of the video kinda rubbed me the wrong way. Wealth can be a very misleading way to characterize countries and comments from someone living comfortably in a country with a long history of colonialism, attempting to disregard the damaging effects of colonialism and mercantilism, just don't sit right. Wealth is largely an outcome of predetermined socioeconomic circumstances, not a choice.

[@Wasabi00009]

Daniel Scanlon couldn’t have said it better myself

[@solehsolehsoleh]

What do they defy? Oh you mean "definitely" not "defiantly"

[@Bogfrog1]

I’ve noticed that a lot about Toycat: the unintentional glorification of colonialism (especially that of the British). And while sometimes loving ones country can be charming it can also cast a shadow over the terrible things that such countries have done. Personally I prefer GeographyNow for more unbiased geography vids. I don’t hate him, I just don’t like certain subjects to be overlooked.

[@Bogfrog1]

Also Toycat, with so much evidence of the scars of colonialism: the grouping of hostile groups and the separation of wealth and people, you can’t just write the reason off as lazy

[@ihexrt]

He really called Jamaica a British overseas territory

[@planetdestroyer1111]

I mean, it was at one point. I think that's what he was referring to. After all, it's still a member of the Commonwealth.

[@storgall]

last map hits differently now

[@neverletmego6414]

“We didn’t invade China” laughs in 1st and 2nd Opium War

[@yooooskheuduabdwkkq247]

Yeah

[@patrickmartin3322]

That money thing does actually sound like something Massachusetts would do.

[@AM-du7si]

Massachusetts representing!!!!!

[@AM-du7si]

By the way, a great state, you all should come if you can. Although CoViD-19....... Whatever.

[@benpholmes]

Strangely, they do call themselves the "Commonwealth of Massachusetts".

[@eltonmateusnevesneves]

Paraguay and Bolivia: yeay, we weren't invaded by britain Brazil: fine, I'll do it myself

[@TheSmileMile]

I want to say that in Japan, driving on the left is a hold over from samurai times, because they wore their sword on their left hip, and drew it with their right hand, so if they were attacked by someone coming towards them on the road, they would be better positioned to fend off that attack. I've heard something similar for the U.K.

[@milkshake834]

Toycat: there’s 60 million ppl in uk Other 7.5 million ppl: am I a joke to u?

[@GeographyWorld]

Maybe he's saying that Scotland and Northern Ireland aren't part of the UK!

[@jacobarmour6325]

Ok

[@weldin]

mumbo for mayor I like your username

[@formeraccount1529]

Cinestar Productions spammer

[@milkshake834]

Mzak1212 spammer

[@tamu7243]

Ah yes, Jamaica, my favorite British oversea territory

[@micayahritchie7158]

Lol to be fair, none of them were actually visible

[@TheLocalLt]

Used to be, there still are a bunch nearby

[@micayahritchie7158]

@@TheLocalLt actually they were a crown colony never an overseas territory, the colonies that didn't belong to the crown became overseas territories

[@francescoboselli6033]

5:00 as an Italian I remember this problem when I visited Dublin during a school trip. Fortunately in many mayor intersection, with pedestrian crossing, they put on the road "look to the right" as a reminder for people from others countries 😂

[@GavinLepley]

I need a geopolitics channel in my subscription bar, so here's a new subscriber from the United States!

[@tlowry6338]

15:08 ah yes the incredibly safe country where you can get a life sentence for insulting the king

[@ibx2cat]

or defacing the money lol

[@marco.trevisan]

Authoritarian and safe are different concepts. The US is not authoritarian, you can say whatever about the president, but let's see how safe Detroit is...

[@bvd_vlvd]

@@marco.trevisan it's pretty authoritarian but it's still a republic. *Throwback to drump facis memes which apply to all modern US presidents*

[@kennywelter9886]

Then dont insult him

[@coolconnor7235]

Everbody: What is Pakistan's and India's border? Google Maps: Tom shrugging his shoulders.

[@Flash4ML]

*laughs in Kashmir*

[@2boysyou2be]

Yes, it is disputed

[@Flash4ML]

@Jumbled Echo no, I actually live in America. Not all of us Americans are bad with geography :D

[@thecatwhoasked2417]

“North Korea is not on the map I wonder what they did to be different to the southern neighbour” 8:39

[@alaakalaf21]

That thumbnail was the most accurate one I've ever seen.

[@vrpatel73]

Man he is flexing a lot about being a brit

[@luisramos123]

"Portugal is the eastern Europe of western Europe" ouch Toycat, that actually hurt... (but sadly you're absolutely correct).

[@carlosmagalhaes7109]

*TRIGGERED* Portugal may be the poorest country in Western Europe but it's a lot richer than most countries in Eastern Europe.

[@MarianBuraga]

I don't know why Eastern Europe should be an etiquette for pejorative interpretations. It is a wonderful part of our continent, rich in history and culture, diverse and, most important, with tough people that proved they can get up after half a decade of communism. I'd take it as a compliment.

[@Luis.A.Angeli]

Poha Portugal vocês roubaram o nosso ouro e agora somos um país pobre de 3 mundo...

[@imdone8442]

@@carlosmagalhaes7109 You know that actually a few Eastern European countries are wealthier now in terms of GDP per capita/ income than Portugal?

[@carlosmagalhaes7109]

@@imdone8442 Yeah

[@Sjejebrbfushsvdheieve]

If your driving from a county that drives on the right to a county that drives on the left, how does that work?

[@telotawa]

>colder country leads to more success >singapore, australia

[@PadecMaybeReal]

"Thailand should be an exception." *sad Malaysian noises*

[@jenniespankedmybigasstheni9211]

ikr, Malaysia is richer than Thailand tbh, look at Malaysia’s GDP per capita is higher than Thailand’s, and Malaysia is absolutely safer than Thailand, Malaysia issa 2nd safest country in southeast asia after Singapore.

[@planetdestroyer1111]

He might not have been to Thailand. He was referring to nations he's been to.

[@norielsylvire4097]

That map is crearly very dumb. Ukraine and Moldova which are in Europe are quite poor, while other countries like Saudi Arabia and UAE have more money. This is coming from a Romanian (right next to Moldova). This map is dumb af.

[@robezy0]

"Landlocked nations are generally less connected." Switzerland: Is the most globalized nation in the world lol

[@JH-jk3nm]

there are exceptions to every rule in geography, but due to history landlocked nations are generally more turned off economically

[@vihaandoesthings6290]

@@JH-jk3nm true that

[@danielbishop1863]

That's because France, Germany, and Italy decided to play nice with them. Other landlocked countries have less friendly neighbors.

[@antovador]

Switzerland the only landlock nation to have navigators to compete on seas worldwide.

[@skyfallrao2095]

It’s just because they got banks for countries to store money and have mountains protecting them lol

[@mattmccarthy6878]

as a new zealander your head being in the way was quite frustrating

[@aidanblakie]

his head just covers new zealand the whole time

[@UnknownRager96]

Day 1 of asking Toycat to sit there for 20 minutes not talking on his phone browsing reddit

[@phil6217]

2020 NEEDS THIS

[@ssun9074]

Toycat: Watch this video a second time Me, who fell asleep watching this video the first time and came back to watch the whole thing : Already ahead of you

[@Ishisah]

I like how you think--very entertaining and I learned a lot, thanks👍.

[@meneither3834]

11:45 the UK completely invaded China. The British troops took Nanjing.

[@carlosandleon]

Imo they should retake it today

[@toastytoast9800]

Nanjing is shanghai now i think, its a city of 30 million people, kinda hard to control

[@attilaedem101]

that map use the "invaded" definition very losely considering not a single British soldier entered into the Hungarian part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during WW1 (despite the Hungarian government outright asked british or french soldiers to separate the hungarian and romanians from each other, because the romanian violated EVERY single resolution) and Hungary still count as "invaded" - and beside that instance we can count only tourists as "invaders".

[@samohtt]

@@toastytoast9800 nah they are still seperate cities to this day

[@speedy01247]

@@toastytoast9800 nope, shanghai is a different city (HOI4 player, I would know this, its one of the places Japan likes to invade the most)

[@brokenbutler]

4:23 Did he just call Jamaica a "British overseas territory"? Screams in Reggae

[@siddharthiyer7244]

I DON'T LIKE REGGAE I LOVE IT

[@thequraininstitute6618]

15:04 Qatar 🇶🇦 Bahrain 🇧🇭 and Kuwait 🇰🇼 ( my home) are safer then most Western countries 😗

[@Dondraper87104]

UAE as well

[@withy4045]

And even many countries in Southern Africa

[@keito0136]

Me on a school trip to London: HOL UP THAT CAR IS DRIVING ON ITS OWN... oh wait, yeah, the other side

[@adamh2900]

13:57 This map is BS, the poorest countries in Europe are included with the economically developed countries but the oil rich Gulf states are not

[@The98597thMark]

It depends on perspective and what the map was trying to convey I guess. Yes if you're just comparing to the GDP per capita map, it's very much less exact and western-biased. But there's other economic indicators besides raw $$$. e.g. Saudi Arabia may be a very wealthy country but its economy lacks diversity and isn't (yet?) structured for long term success. Many eastern European countries are the opposite, their economies are relatively stable and industrialised and not going anywhere. They're just not rich. But yes I do think they've taken these principles and then approximated them to be vaguely racist 😬

[@Juipukka]

@@The98597thMark This. Countries like Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar may be rich in cash, but that's only because of oil.They all have terrible human rights, and their main income is oil which won't fund them for centuries.

[@gamermapper]

Also so-called "Taiwan" is there but not China. China is the richest country in the world while Taiwan is a breakway state that's basically pointless at this point.

[@gamermapper]

Also, Cuba is way more developed than America.

[@caltheodore4201]

Totally agreed!

[@haikalabbas9539]

10:16 The Maldives is politically part of Asia, not Africa. Although to be fair I think you were trying to say Mauritius anyway.

[@alanandrade2083]

Haikal Abbas He meant Réunion, did he not? The three islands that are in the Indian oceans which are higher in GDP are Maldives, Seychelles, and Réunion, I think. Mauritius is probably poorer than Réunion.

[@haikalabbas9539]

@@alanandrade2083 The three blue dots in the Indian Ocean are (from north to south) the Maldives, Seychelles and Mauritius. Reunion is an overseas department of France so it doesn't really count as a country in itself and is therefore not represented on the map. Mauritius actually has the highest GDP amongst that group by a fairly large gap, even including Reunion.

[@alanandrade2083]

Haikal Abbas Oh okay, that makes sense. So, those four islands have a higher GDP PPP than most of Africa. Réunion is just a territory of France, so it does not count as a dot on the map, huh. Understood. You were right, then. Sorry and thank you.

[@haikalabbas9539]

@@alanandrade2083 Reunion does pretty well if you do want to factor it in, its a bit behind Mauritius but it still does better than either Seychelles or the Maldives. The thing is that this holds true for most small island nations anyway, they have plentiful resources but a relatively small population size so GDP can be dispersed across fewer people, thus PPP will naturally be higher than say a country with the same amount of resources but a much larger population.

[@MrTimstaaa]

Great video. On the topic of which side of the road each country or region drives on, did you know that back in the horse and carriage days just about most of the world drove on the left ? But for some reason some of them later converted to driving or riding your horse on the right. I've lived in different parts of the world and the left is better.

[@mulletreedy1382]

Toycat: Points at Jamaica Also Toycat: Some british overseas territories in North America on the left

[@jacobihart7924]

2:59 “It’s funny when Americans say we drive on the wrong side of the road” 3:58 (Close to a minute later) Proceeds to say they drove on the wrong side of the road. (Being the left side)