Controversial: Is The UK 1 Country Or 4?

[@quarkquark1]

Per your instructions, I just unsubscribed. Then I quickly resubscribed so that my house won't burn down.

[@clifffaceledge]

Toycat is yes.

[@cheebsgod]

That's the main channel

[@spaceinvader9464]

Dont worry, you still have a .01% chance your house will not burn

[@Paul_Lucas]

I only recently realised (in 2019) that the Netherlands is similar. The Kingdom of the Netherlands has constituent countries: Aruba, Curacao, Sint-Maarten and the mainland Netherlands. More bonkers: Sint-Maarten isn't in the EU but shares a totally unprotected land border with Saint Martin (French) which IS in the EU, I drove across it several times and was flabbergasted. PS: I was from Bedfordshire too, I lived in Leighton Buzzard until I was about 20. Leighton Buzzard of course never feeling truly Bedfordshirean as it got pushed out of Buckinghamshire in the 60s (?). Bedford is the better town out of Bedford and Luton btw.

[@Langharig_Tuig]

Fun thing. Our overseas territories are so complicated that we just don't bother trying to teach it anymore. It's mostly: "yeah, place so and so are related to us, kinda difficult, don't bother with it too much because in reality we do not have very close ties anymore"

[@L1ght_7]

I'm still mad about the fact that I was in a trivia competition where we had to name as many countries as we could that had land borders with France, and they refused to accept Netherlands even though I have BEEN to Sint Maarten before and crossed the border twice.

[@Paul_Lucas]

@@Langharig_Tuig Same applies to the UK! Most people haven’t a clue about our different presences abroad.

[@Paul_Lucas]

@@L1ght_7 Should have also said Suriname and Brazil to really blow their minds.

[@lumer2b]

Just to add to the confusion, “mainland” Netherlands is actually 12 mainland provinces and the Caribbean Netherlands(Bonaire, Saba and St. Eustatius)

[@brandonm8901]

tbf neither people from Bedford or Luton are wrong by saying the other is terrible

[@explorernate]

This is the correct opinion

[@ShayanSaqiba]

Let’s just delete them

[@TheXenomorphGuySMSE]

"Controversial: Is The UK 1 Country Or 4?" *talks about America for 30 minutes*

[@Corwin256]

This is the way

[@explorernate]

This is the way

[@easytiger6570]

This is the way

[@gustavosauro1882]

This is the way

[@mrkoala2824]

This is the way

[@roerd]

The subdivisions of Germany are usually called "states" in English to make things easier, but they're actually officially called "Länder" in German which literally means "countries". Though it's also common to call them "Bundesländer", i.e. "federal countries", to make things less ambiguous.

[@kugul1683]

I also think that per state in Germany there's a different level of nationalism, in Lower Saxony, there's significantly less nationalism than in Bavaria.

[@martychisnall]

@@kugul1683 Because Bavaria is Catholic, speaks Austro-Bavarian and doesn’t want to be associated with the Nazi version Germany.

[@fab7423]

@@martychisnall That doesn't really work though since the nazi party literally came from there and got big there.

[@xaverlustig3581]

@@martychisnall More like: Because Lower Saxony is an artificial territory created by the British in 1946, so it has no tradition of its own going back further than that. Whereas Bavaria is an ancient kingdom whose history goes back to about 800AD which people from there regard as their own. The only other current states with a comparatively long history as independent territories are Saxony (without Lower) and the Hanseatic cities Hamburg and Bremen. The rest were created at various points during the 20th century, the bulk actually by the Allies after 1945. If you look at a map of the German states from before 1933, it looks vastly different from the current one, whereas it'll be almost identical, except for some minor changes, to a map from 1815.

[@hanselvogis5142]

Lower Saxony has its own Low German language.

[@lizzyteryoshin3501]

"they're white so they're actually European, not American" has the same vibes as "Actually, we're all African"

[@Znjed0]

African=KARABOĞA KARABOĞA= Turk ∴ r/WeAreAllTurks

[@kevincronk7981]

Well I mean we are...

[@kevincronk7981]

@@Znjed0 how did you get african = whatever the hell that word is

[@my3dviews]

Are white South African's Europeans? Hmmm. Also, if a white South African moves to the U.S., do they become an African American? Hmmm. 😂

[@alessiobenvenuto5159]

Well then "native Americans" are technically asians that emigrated to america before the continents split

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

Minutes after you mentioned Bavaria being it’s own “country”, I got a work email from Bavaria about how they need stricter cookie laws than the rest of Germany… remarkable

[@l0rdzie117]

_Pastry laws are important for us German people, alright?_

[@teemum]

Can't decide whether I hope you're talking about Web technology or not.

[@kevincronk7981]

Work email from Bavaria?

[@samalamma]

“Is China one country”cough Taiwan cough Hong Kong cough Macao

[@zylnexxd842]

Macao is 100% a part of China

[@yungstallion2201]

Cough, Tibet

[@FairyCRat]

Macau is China, no question. Hong Kong did have something going for them for a while, but now the hope seems gone. Taiwan though, I think they should be considered a country.

[@ipadair7345]

Thunder God Gragon Empire: what's this (ΗΙΝΑ? KZbin deleted my comment.

[@Henu_K]

And Tibet, Xinjiang, Inner Mongolia. If the communist regime were to fall, many of these provinces could become independent.

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

Naples used to be a kingdom. Fun fact our first king was from the same family as William the Conqueror

[@ToastieBRRRN]

What happened to the last Naples King?

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

@@ToastieBRRRN Unified with Italy, usually count those kings. The Dukes of Savoy gave up most of their historic land in France for backing as kings of the new country (leaving out quite a lot in the middle)

[@o-o2399]

was the first king of Naples not from the same family as the kings of France the Capet dynasty?

[@bosniencommie1202]

@Uncumbersome sardinia piedmount formed italy

[@dramageek745]

Forza Napoli

[@roger5059]

"We never say: is china 1 country (or multiple)?" +11115 social credits

[@maxgoldsmith9]

China isn’t a real country

[@chriswall27]

Don't put yourself down toycat, you have very insightful thoughts for a young man. If I ever see you I'll try my best to ignore you 😀

[@jamesdavey8675]

You're HUGEEER

[@chriswall27]

@@jamesdavey8675 I don't know what that means.

[@jamesdavey8675]

@@chriswall27 your body mass relative to height is laughably high, most of which is composed of fat.

[@fantasyfreddie7031]

@@jamesdavey8675 don’t be horrible mate

[@randomman8097]

@@jamesdavey8675 what ok you’re probably fat yourself or very self conscious because people who judge a lot normally worry what people think of them so if he is willing to show his face on his pfp he is happy with himself unlike you

[@veggiesupreme3556]

I have to say China being one country was not a good example

[@crouchc-1377]

Yeah, West Taiwan is complicated

[@kovnqwer]

Social credit -69000

[@PentaSquares]

maybe he should have given examples such as how Kosovo is part of Serbia /s, or how Palistine is a state within Israel.

[@treyshaffer]

Also thought it was funny that he mentioned Canada too since Quebec is legally recognized as a separate country within Canada. So even Canada is two countries.

[@apuldram]

China is an Empire?

[@MonochromeWench]

sporting team rivalries seem to be a great way to get people from nearby locations to really dislike each other especially if there are socioeconomic differences. Middle class vs lower class combined with football you're asking for trouble. Away from the location a sporting rivalry can then be a point of connection for people they can agree to disagree on local team but at least its not team from far away. The American redefinition of state seems to have lead to Australian states. Before federation the Australian colonies were not independent states but after federation they were called states probably because they became a similar political division as US states.

[@joewatson3386]

It’s true I’m from the out side of Bedford and we absolutely hate Luton for some reason

[@huddyboy9465]

Bit of a shit hole innit

[@alexpotts6520]

I'm also from Bedford. I really like Luton, but I wouldn't want to live there.

[@joewatson3386]

@@alexpotts6520 oh yeah Luton has never appealed

[@spacehawkreviewsvideos8262]

You need to explain “constituent surgeries”. Americans will think British MPs do brain surgery 🧠 on citizens 😅

[@ibx2cat]

That's what nationalised healthcare is right?

[@Cybernaut551]

You are 4 parallel universes ahead of USA.

[@LimaFoxtrot_98]

I emigrated to the United States and when I was at the immigration office, I put on my sign-in paper that I was from the United Kingdom. The guy at the desk told me to write in England instead, smh...

[@rhyleigh_calix]

The Native Americans is a "Indigenous American" thats a correct term, we use indigenous in our country if he has a blood of the first settlers(Polynesians+Malays) and not the term Native bcoz we or i also native-born in our country

[@jessegrove5456]

True, “Indigenous American” is more academically correct, but most these people prefer to be called “American Indians”. The term “Native American” was tacked on by politicians I believe.

[@SemiHypercube]

yeah I was about to say that that's why "indigenous" is entering wider use because technically anyone born in the US could be considered a "native" American

[@jordanjames2956]

@@jessegrove5456 Yeah I grew up next to an Indian Reservation and went to school with the kids who lived there. They would insist to the teachers that they were Indians wanted to be referred to as such. This may not be true everywhere but it is were I grew up.

[@matertua2272]

@@jessegrove5456 We usually go by tribe, but American Indian is generally preferred in America, and in Canada, it divides into First Nations (all Canadian tribes other than Inuit), Inuit, and Métis (mix of european and indigenous). I personally generally go by tribe, but when I have to go by racial group I just use First Nations.

[@RubaiSport1]

3 if you are playing cricket: - England & Wales - Scotland - Ireland (Northern Ireland + Republic of Ireland)

[@Henu_K]

But 4, if you're playing football. Unless it's the Olympics, then it's just one.

[@_Shadbolt_]

@@Henu_K I think NI are allowed to elect for IE though. So it's more like 0.75 in the Olympics lol

[@PottsV1]

@@Henu_K well the Olympics is technically GBR + NI, rather than the UK

[@qix1703]

Republic of Ireland is a whole different country to the whole United Kingdom

[@TheLocalLt]

You made several GREAT points about Britain and America in this video which today too often go unsaid. Not the first time you’ve done this, thank you as always for your genuineness

[@xwave6958]

I'm liking this theme of controversial videos... keep it up!

[@littleredbull1140]

Got the thin out the crowd😂

[@dubl33_27]

If your bad transylvanian accent doesn't make me unsubscribe, nothing will

[@changus_khan]

I think the best term to refer to an independent country would be sovereign nation-state

[@davidroddini1512]

I agree. A state by itself or a nation by itself should be for smaller semi-autonomous regions within the nation-state

[@ornei2615]

I would say sovereign state instead. A nation can also be a group of people too, say the German nation, which does not align with a single country. You could also say something like the Kurdish nation too, which has no country.

[@vinniechan]

The UK is quite unique that without being a federal system Scotland and England keep their rather distinct legal system

[@free_boiling4502]

there are states that aren't nation states

[@BasicLib]

they don't need to be "nation" states. Some sovereign states are made of multiple nations (e.g the UK, spain and most notably Bolivia which is explicitly a plurinational state) Simply sovereign state would be best

[@modmaker7617]

UK is 1 country with the first level subdivisions are called countries and second level subdivisions are called counties (in England, Wales & Northern Ireland) or council areas (in Scotland).

[@Alex-ur3vt]

Basically. Ok: The Isle of Man

[@chadliampearcy]

@@Alex-ur3vt shhh... that's our secret..

[@rusticpartyeditz]

Scotland has counties. And administrative areas do not tie up with county boundaries. In NI we have councils which do not follow county boundaries.

[@Damo2690]

The 2nd level subdivisions are a total mess in England. A mix of unitary and 2 level counties, metro areas, parishes and so on. In Scotland only Unitary Council areas exist

[@Jimlaad43]

When people say "What Country are you from?", They actually mean "what sovereign state are you from?". The UK is a Sovereign State made up of four Constituent Countries. Therefore, although England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are actually countries, colloquially they are not the country people will ask for. Confused? Yes.

[@FOLIPE]

When people say Russia has countries inside itself, it's the same. It's one sovereign state but it has republics inside it.

[@thorthewolf8801]

@@FOLIPE I have never heard anyone say that. Weird because I am fascinated with russian culture.

[@theonesparrowhawk]

No matter where I am, when someone asks me where I'm from, I'll say I'm from Scotland: it's where I grew up and lived for most of my life. I identify much more with being Scottish than being British. There are very few people who would ask that question and not know that Scotland is part of the UK, so it causes little confusion and gives more information.

[@goha9218]

My deal is inside the UK then say England/Scotland/Wales/northern island Outside UK then you can say UK. I'll probably still say I'm from England since it's more specific

[@33m3c]

Scotland is a fucking country. Our people are sovereign. The UK is a political union.

[@Smileyreal]

One country with subdivisions, they simply refer to their divisions as "constituent countries" Many other countries do this too, as pointed out in other comments, the Netherlands and Denmark being notable examples, but they're always just one country.

[@SaladTosser9k]

You almost hit the nail on the head talking about the black population in the US. There's a reason why African-American is important, and different than person of colour, or black American. African American refers to someone who is of African descent, but not sure of what descent specifically, because of slavery. There is a ton of issues when you start to group descendants of slaves with the very wealthy, well educated immigrants say Nigeria or Kenya.

[@ibx2cat]

It's also why people who assume black issues in America are therefore exactly the same in the UK (where the latter group outweighs the former) are missing the mark by more than a bit

[@TimThomason]

A lot of that is hazy, though, because of the election and self-identification of Barack Obama (son of a Kenyan student and white American) as "African American" despite no slave heritage. People, on both sides, argued against the epithet, but it quickly became a minority opinion and also something picked up by racists to the point that "African American" might mean something more these days.

[@jmp9035]

Yes but if a recent immigrant is from as you say Nigeria or Kenya and they have American citizenship they are just as African American as Anglofied African Americans descended from the slave days as at the end of the day they are both descended from sub saharan Africans. The more controversial one in the U.S imo is not recognizing white Americans as European Americans as they are descended from Europeans either long ago or more recently. Why on earth are black Americans known as African American yet white Americans aren't known as European American? They are both immigrant groups just as one another.

[@hpatdh077]

Are you suggesting they should separate African - American descent denomination depending on their money? Their roots are still partly or completely African.

[@lachevre3998]

@@TimThomason also Obama is mixed raced. His mother was a straight white woman and his dad was a black man. How the media and everyone claimed him as a straight black man baffled me

[@Ja-uu9ep]

A lot of Scottish people think that England took them over like a colony and compare themselves to a colony, when it was a Scottish king that started unifying England and Scotland together and was king of both.

[@venmis137]

Scottish people supporting Scottish Nationalism and then pretending like they were "victims of English Imperialism" will never stop being funny.

[@11324atafrbrgrdbted]

2:00 China is one of the worst examples he could have used as Macau, Hong Kong, and Taiwan all exist too.

[@soupdrinker]

ONE CHINA ONE CHINA

[@11324atafrbrgrdbted]

@@soupdrinker Lol

[@jonathon5135]

When you try to be controversial you just end up making your best content.

[@zacevans1683]

Canada has actually solved the Native American argument you have by just not using that name at all. In Canada they are called First Nations, or just simply indigenous.

[@tuurehu3392]

In my opinion it's definitely four subdividions that are different from each other, but calling them countries is kinda weird since they aren't much more country-like than for example German or US states.

[@bleddynwolf8463]

their not soverign but i still call them constituent countries

[@Loguer]

@@bleddynwolf8463 which is a subdivision of an independent country.

[@bleddynwolf8463]

@@Loguer yeah countries within countries, or perhaps countries within a sovereign nation

[@gamermapper]

In my opinion, crown dependencies and overseas territories are part of the UK, even tho the UK says they're not. Sure they're not a part of the UK as a kingdom but they're part of the UK as a sovereign state, just as dependent territories.

[@thomasellingsen1755]

Why does england have a football team? Bavaria doesnt

[@jeandanielodonnncada]

🇨🇦 Canada does have this debate though! Usually with the word "nation" rather than country. In Canadian law, Québec is often called a nation (and not just by separatists) and so are many Indigenous communities which some times call themselves bands, tribes, councils and even nations.

[@nakedmongoose6837]

When I majored in Political Science in uni, I was tought that the the UK was one country that happened to have three autonomous areas: Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Since England does not have a devolved parliament, I think this is the most logical way of thinking about it.

[@corey2232]

Another thing about the terminology used - notice how you call yourself "British" even though Britain refers to that entire island (which includes Welsh & Scottish people), while others will refer to themselves as Scottish, Welsh or even English? How many people are claiming you should call yourself United Kingdomites or United Kingdomish? None. When someone claims they're British, we don't get mad, nor do we make them say they're "English" or "United Kingdomish." Yet for the US, we now want to call them United Statesian? Sorry, but that's just dumb. No point in getting upset either, as we know damn well no Brazilian is going overseas & then calling themselves "American"... no, they'll say they're "Brazilian" and be proud of it.

[@josephmadden7865]

Bedford and Luton arguing between each other is like arguing which lung you’d rather collapse

[@pewp_tickalar]

The "native" in "Native American" refers to ancestry, not birthplace. All "(x) American" terms work this way. Italian American, African American, etc

[@hugoyu2001]

7:01 “No other countries get away with something so confusing” China, Hong Kong and Macao: Are we a joke to you? True story: One of my friend from Australia planned a road trip from Hong Kong to Guangzhou not knowing mainland China uses a seperate drivers license and do not accept license from Hong Kong without application prior

[@joanlapeyra]

7:36 As a Catalan, let me explain. Catalonia does exist but it's not a sovereign state. What is Catalonia? - Officially, an "autonomous community" of Spain (concept made up in 1978) - A "country", informally speeking, according to many Catalans - A "nation", idem, and according to the Catalan parliment, but disagreed by the Constitutional Court - A "nationality" (whatever it means) according to the Spanish Constitution. No one knows what it means, it's just a compromise made up when the Constitution was written (1978). So, as you can see, in Spain there is also the debate of what is a country. And it's not just Catalonia - other regions have the same issue, such as: - The "Valencian Country" or "Valencian Community" - The "Basque Country" or "Basque Autonomous Community"

[@boldisordorin9010]

Let's take it to the next level: the name America comes from an european person. The native name of the continents would be something else

[@joshuabruce9599]

In terms of rivalries inside counties, I definitely agree. In Suffolk (where I'm from) there's a rivalry between Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds. But there's also a rivalry between Ipswich and Norwich as part of the larger rivalry between Norfolk and Suffolk. That being said, I reckon we'd team up if Essex tried starting some shit.

[@Lord_Skeptic]

England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are called constituent countries

[@zeged34]

They are not sovern so no the uk is one country

[@Lord_Skeptic]

Do you know what constituent country means

[@teddyroosevelt2838]

6:00 are you sure about that? Most Scottish people will say they are Scottish while on holidays

[@rusticpartyeditz]

But they are citizens of the UK. Scotland has no meaning once you leave the UK.

[@emgames89]

When it comes to internal (joking/dumb) rivalries it's 4 countries "Go Wales, England Sucks!". When being faced with outside threats "Go United Kingdom!". X controversy happens within England. "That's nothing to do with me, I'm Welsh". England solves world hunger "Look how great the United Kingdom is, we solved world hunger"

[@yungstallion2201]

Thats so true😂 I want independence for Wales but we cant ignore our shared culture with England and Scotland

[@eVill420]

yea it be like that

[@treyshaffer]

14:55 If you are a diplomat and get a license it'll say "United States Department of State Driver's License", but piggyback fun fact, DC had to change its license from "District of Columbia" to "Washington, DC" because there were too many cases where TSA agents thought "District of Columbia" residents were foreigners.

[@hkgehts9061]

That's so dumb on so many levels😭 but as a virgin islander, it's happened to me too

[@thefareplayer2254]

9:33 How to offend everyone on the left and right, all at once.

[@smoothcriminal5650]

2:02 Bro there's a huge debate about whether China's 1 country (PRC), 2 countries (PRC + RoC), or 6 countries (China, Manchuria, Mongolia, Tibet, & East-Turkestan).

[@toad4421]

"I hope you unsubscribe" _Proceeds to subscribe harder_

[@stiltongruyere9691]

Layers of government are strange. Feds: “That plant is illegal!” State: “Nah, it’s fine. No worries.” County within said state: “That plant is illegal!!”

[@thatshinyespeon3842]

I love how he answers random questions we all have thought of 😂👍

[@UwU-ok2jr]

14:09 so if the US was tryna imply that it was a bunch of countries united as one does that mean the United States has the same situation as the United Kingdom?

[@maximilianarold]

"You shouldn't kill this man so that we could stay at 69 cities" He said it as if it was the only reason not to stab this dude

[@wordsmith451]

It is, though.

[@cptmarcus]

Not offended, but not subscribed. The fact that you had the genius idea of doing this, I am subscribing

[@CreepersNeedHugs]

Toycat: "One countries or four countries" Grammarly: **shatters into tiny shards**

[@Kevin-kf9ct]

Two points - firstly you should check out Transylvania and Romania in more depth. Transylvania used to be Hungarian but was annexed to Romania by the treaty of Tianon. Large amounts of the rural population is still segregated by ethnicity (there are Romanian and Hungarian villages - and then there's the Roma). Hungary and Romania have nearly gone to war over on several occasions (and in fact did in 1919) and it was only kept repressed by the Warsaw Pact. It's quite easy to buy (modern) maps in Budapest of Greater Romania that include Transylvania. Secondly only the English get confused by the England/UK thing. In Scotland it's quite clear we're Scottish - there's just an occupying power here too.

[@FOLIPE]

No, you see, occupying is what the British did in Iceland during WW2. What you guys have in the UK is just different regions being unequally represented in the national level due to huge disparity in population, but the union was not forced upon Scotland from day one, and they always had representation. Scotts can decide they want to leave the UK, but that doesn't mean one can rewrite history to suit that narrative.

[@Kevin-kf9ct]

@@FOLIPE That's what the English always say to justify colonialism and only the English think that's true. As Burns wrote: We were brought and sold for English gold.

[@magneticchaos1483]

As someone from Bedfordshire, I can confirm everyone hates Luton AND Bedford

[@295g295]

10:30 - In Canada, the term, 'First Nations' people is used.

[@fleursdelilas9487]

The one thing I want to understand: why do those 4 "countries" have separate teams in the FIFA worldcup??

[@nathanaelsadgrove]

FIFA doesn't decided who is a country or not. The world cup is competed by FIFA's member football association. Usually football associations represent a country but not always.

[@Psyk60]

@@nathanaelsadgrove FIFA does actually have rules about what they count as a country, and according to the definition they use they aren't countries. But you're right that football associations don't always represent a country (in the sense of a sovereign state). They have a special rule for the UK that allows the four "British Associations" to be members in their own right, despite not fitting their definition of a country. There are other exceptions too, but this particular rule applies to the UK only. The reason for this is that association football started in the UK, so the UK countries have always had separate teams.

[@fleursdelilas9487]

@@Psyk60 makes sense. But that feels a bit unfair to the other countries, since the UK gets virtually four times the chances to get in the world cup

[@natenae8635]

Bermuda 🇧🇲 and the Turks and Caicos 🇹🇨 get their own teams so yeah FIFA is not a good standard.

[@traebonay5928]

Im gonna say the uk is one country england and the rest are territories

[@DeamLinX]

In my opinion it's 5 of them (Scotland, England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Isle of Man)

[@Noah-hx9oi]

And Cornwall since they have their own language

[@crusingcapybara3273]

@@Noah-hx9oi no cornwall is a county its part of england it aint a country

[@Craicfox161]

Isle of Man isn’t part of the U.K.

[@Psyk60]

If you're going to include the Isle of Man you should also include Jersey and Guernsey, and probably also all the Overseas Territories. So it would be more like 20 countries.

[@rusticpartyeditz]

@@Psyk60 The Isle of Man is not part of the UK. It is a Crown Dependency, a possession of the Crown. As are Guernsey and Jersey.

[@JennaGetsCreative]

I'm Canadian, so I'm not 100% sure the USA works the same, but our driver's licenses are also issued by the individual province or territory BUT if you move and you prove your new address, your new province or territory just re-issues your license at the same level. You don't have to re-earn it. I got my learner's permit when I lived in British Columbia and I did not have to re-sit the knowledge test to get a learner's permit in Newfoundland. I just had to pay a renewal fee to get a Newfoundland ID card that said I was a learner. Now that I have a full Newfoundland driver's license, if I were to move I would just "renew" it in the new province to get a local license card with my new address on it. As long as I live in Canada I do not have to be re-evaluated for driving now unless I lose my license for medical reasons and want to re-gain it, or want to continue driving after I turn 80 (at which point I believe it's every 2 years.)

[@arnabbiswasalsodeep]

Like I said in the community post: I honestly consider UK to be 3 countries, England being the main one and Scotland & Wales being vassal countries. Northern Ireland being a part of the previously vassal Ireland with not a complete separation from the colonial/Empire era

[@taffyducks544]

How are they vassal countries?! When England doesn't have a seat at the UN the same as the others. Clueless!!!

[@rusticpartyeditz]

The word vassal is imflammatory.

[@chloeellis1053]

I clicked on your main channel for the first time, was so surprised to see you also play minecraft, I only found you through geography!! Love that you do both :)

[@Qwertytsuna]

ibx2cat: "I hope that I'm offending you so you unsubscribe" Me as a lurker since 2016: subscribes.

[@EvanEscher]

It's weird, if you ask an American where they're from, they're more likely to say "the US" than the specific state, but if you ask a Brit where they're from, they'll say "Wales", "NI", "Scotland", or "England"

[@Yes-gu2wn]

more... Northern English independence gang!

[@modmaker7617]

Na. Give independence to all of England's ceremonial counties.

[@DeKevers]

Yes please this benefits everyone

[@rohanhalle580]

@@modmaker7617 Balkanisation Intensifies

[@cann0708]

@@rohanhalle580 a bit of balkanisation never hurt anyone.....right?.......right?

[@modmaker7617]

@@rohanhalle580 I got an idea. Let's give every settlement (village, town, city etc) independence.

[@blumoogle2901]

This video makes me wonder about a list of terms for all the 1st level subdivisions in sovereign countries. Kingdoms, Principalities, Empires, Emirates, states, provinces, lander, duchies, viceroyalties, counties, ridings, viscounties, shires, etc. A lot of these are named after historical royal or noble titles of the executive of the area.

[@AnimeReference]

Have you gone back and talked to an employer about a contract being unfair? It blows up every time. The way to go is to just sign it, and then quit when they take advantage of the unfair bit.

[@ibx2cat]

Might be fortunate that I have enough leverage not to sign any bad/one sided contracts lol

[@tdrm]

I've always had success changing the contract, but that works only when you are willing to walk away. If you are forced to accept whatever contract, then of course the other side can abuse this.

[@TheJohn_Wayne]

I’ve been watching for months without being subbed, but today is the day I sub.

[@goblin3784]

ive always seen it as 3 countries and a territory idk if thats accurate or not

[@rusticpartyeditz]

Country as in constituent unit. Not the inernationally recognised definition of a country.

[@ToastieBRRRN]

Seems like that the last part of ibx2cat's video is ironic about the murder of the mp because didn't he cover a video earlier this year comparing of how rare UK politicians have been assassinated compared to US Presidents and was talking about mortality rates of politicians in other countries. Since he was covering the Haitian President's assassination?

[@ibx2cat]

I did in fact

[@adamzinho.1]

I believe under UN terminology the UK is described as 2 countries ( Scotland and England ) 1 Principality ( Wales ) and 1 province ( Northern Ireland ).

[@nicodesmidt4034]

Principality got changed to country some years back

[@osiand9328]

Wales is no longer a principality

[@nicodesmidt4034]

@@osiand9328 that’s what I thought too

[@rusticpartyeditz]

No. Under UN terminology, the UK is one sovereign state/country. Scotland, England, Wales and NI are sub regions. They ceased to be countries or whatever on union.

[@nicodesmidt4034]

@@rusticpartyeditz as did all EU member states ?

[@ryanscotts9633]

I have subscribed you for these kind of controversial things.

[@DeKevers]

I’ve been watching you for 7 years… still making amazing content.

[@igorsmihailovs52]

Can we revel in the fact that the poll option "3 countries" won 3 times more votes than the option "1 country"?

[@sebastijan5894]

The only valid reason to consider them as seperate countries is the ability to insult the English without offending the others

[@lucialittle6493]

wales, scotland and nothern ireland have a different culture and their own languages. historically until the 1700's it was never 1 country.

[@Starguy256]

2:02 Says the guy who made a video about how there's 4 Chinas🤔

[@RobDEV]

I wanna see the statistics if you gain or lose subscribers from this video later.

[@BrianH1313]

Nice. Interesting rants. Oh wait, if this isn't a channel what have I been watching? Am I now in an alternative dimension?

[@nApucco]

*Joke is on you!* A controversial video means more comments, means KZbin will promote it more, means more new people will see your face. You can't escape the spiral to fame. ;)

[@renderproductions1032]

*turns off comments*

[@ErdTirdMans]

Just to spite you, I subscribed. (Actually, I always assumed I was because the algorithm doesn't waste a second recommending videos given that I click and fully watch every one of them the first time they're fed to me)

[@jasertio]

You were absolutely based on this video

[@geronimodk]

I've been following you for a while now and I ONLY know you for your second channel, I've never seen the other! ...until now... Yeah for me the geography definitely pulls me a lot more than Minecraft! ;-) Geography is probably more of a niche than Minecraft, but then again I think there is billions of Minecraft videos out there while geography probably has a lot less material, that's probably why you're doing so great on this channel. Keep up the good work!

[@blackchrysler]

It’s 1 country with multiple nations/kingdoms inside it

[@Loguer]

Why would UK be special? Everyone has subdivisions

[@rusticpartyeditz]

@@Loguer But we call our subdivisions countries. To be special.

[@Kameliius]

I've been subscribed to you for years now and all I got to say is "you're welcome toycat!"

[@cbhorxo]

My favorite British constituent country/region is Scotland. What is yours?

[@Tanvir_Ahmed_Earth]

Ireland

[@cbhorxo]

@@Tanvir_Ahmed_Earth Do you mean NORTHERN Ireland?

[@Tanvir_Ahmed_Earth]

@@cbhorxo no

[@cbhorxo]

@@Tanvir_Ahmed_Earth But IRELAND isn't a British constituent country.

[@Tanvir_Ahmed_Earth]

@@cbhorxo I know

[@thescottishphantom8692]

10:32-10:51, I think the reason it’s offensive is cause it’s one of the common items they are known for, which is less a physical attribute and more of a common item they are associated with. So calling them Feather Americans is sorta like calling people of the Muslim religion “Scarf people” or “Hijab People”

[@leo-xo7uc]

Maybe 5 if Yorkshire ever get there independence

[@Lashb1ade]

Is Trinidad and Tobago 1 country or 2 countries?

[@Nintentoad125]

For me theyre all too different to be one country, although I do know that they are 1 offically

[@DB-ux9lu]

What's your criteria for considering places "too different"?

[@Nintentoad125]

@@DB-ux9lu culture, languages and physical geography (although the UK is pretty similar all round for physical georgraphy)

[@thorthewolf8801]

Is russia more than one country? Believe me, people in the european part, especially moscow are vastly different than those in siberia

[@rusticpartyeditz]

Many US states are like different countries.

[@HannahHäggAutisticTransWoman]

Grater London is a county and not a city apparently but there is a city of London and city of Westminster inside of Greater London which doesn't make sense.

[@terryomalley1974]

The whole issue around calling someone a native is easily resolved if you borrow the distinction we use in Canada in order to identify those with Aboriginal ancestry and those with European ancestry. So, we call a white Canadian who was born here a native-born Canadian. Conversely, we call what used to be referred to as "Indians", just Natives.

[@saiaoisan]

That's not a solution at all. The term native by definition means native-born, and obviously someone who is native-born is also native; the terms are interchangeable. You're just using different terms that mean the same thing to describe different people.

[@terryomalley1974]

@@saiaoisan I'm simply informing people of the terms used in Canada to distinguish between Indigenous people and Canadian-born people of European ancestry. If you have an issue with it, take it up with the federal government.

[@saiaoisan]

@@terryomalley1974 Why would I want to go to the Canadian government when I'm not even Canadian myself? I am merely saying that your claim that the Canadian identification system "resolves" the Native naming issue is nonsensical because there is no difference in meaning between the "distinguishing" terms.

[@senbeiboi4511]

​@@terryomalley1974 I find it interesting how in the US and Canada people stopped using the term "indian" in favour of native american while here in Brazil not only do white and black people refer to them as "índio" but the natives themselves use the term, which gets a little confusing because the term for someone from India is "indiano"

[@terryomalley1974]

@@senbeiboi4511 Probably because political correctness isn't as bad in Brazil as it is in North America.

[@Minej_Mosuris]

In schools over in my country (Slovenia) they could not be more confusing over this topic lol... Because in middle school, we were told that the UK is the combined name of Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland and England, and they each have their own seperate capitals... But then when I entered highschool, the teacher asked something along the lines of "what is the capital of the UK?" and while I knew the answer, It still confused me, because for me it was like asking "what is the capital of Europe?" or "what is the capital of Asia?" just didnt make sense to me

[@Craicfox161]

I’d say the U.K. is one country made up of 4 nations/kingdoms

[@ramuk1933]

I do not feel any connection at all with the country, state, or city that I live in. It's not a bad country, I just feel removed from the nebulous organism that is the country in which I live.

[@TinyBearTim]

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[@AleksZhelyazkov]

I also love the fact that when you look up what a US state governor is it will show you that it is a 'head of state' (the state's main person = head). However, the term 'head of state' is usually used to describe presidents of countries (the country being also reffered to as 'state').But a US governor is not the same thing as the US president, although they are both technically 'heads of state'. So that's also pretty cool that you can define these two in a different way. As always - great video toycat!

[@ossoace]

Controversial opinion: The UK isn't one countries

[@rusticpartyeditz]

One sovereign state/country (as defined internationally). The four constituent units ceased to exist on union. They are just historical regions.

[@AdamJonGillard]

great Idea bro. way to clear those folks out of your audience you don't need them we don't want them ether. I'm here for the maps and how you break things down. love your videos.

[@closmasmas9080]

“Aboriginal” is a better term than “native” when referring to Amerindians

[@mellohi139]

1:49 "*One* of the world's largest economies" :)