Countries That Might Unite in Europe

[@General.Knowledge]

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[@CrumpetCraig]

The United States Of Europe and Belarus + Russia

[@ThijquintNL]

Ruthenian union between belarus and ukrain. Union between finland and estonia (because fins and estonians are like brothers in terms of ethnic groups)

[@MuffHam]

USA and Canada forming one country. As a Canadian we have allot in common. And the USA has allot to gain from such a union. I'm not sure what Canada has to gain.

[@mpaglanis]

Greece and Cyprus

[@tobyjohnson1239]

You should do, possible countries that could split (UK, Russia, Spain, USA, ETC.....)

[@sashaschutt3233]

Rebirth of the Roman Empire is more likely than Azerbaijan-Armenia union

[@MrTaxiRob]

what do you think the EU is? LOL

[@lebens3585]

@@MrTaxiRob holy roman empire of german nation 2.0 xD

[@tonysoldan]

Taxi Rob The Kaiser’s Empire v2.0

[@benpholmes]

@@MrTaxiRob A union of the European part only without any of North Africa, Anatolia, or the Middle East--that's what.

[@henkvermeer8652]

@@MrTaxiRob the EU is a would be,destined to fail

[@emirturkmen4524]

I don't think Armenia and Azerbaijan would unite anytime soon...

[@BazookaLuca]

The last time there was a Transcaucasian Union Georgia ironically was the first one to leave. Sources: Wikipedia and at ¾ of the video

[@dobg1410]

You’ve got it all wrong, of course they will... BUT IT WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE GRAND POWER OF AZERBAIJAN! SOON ALL THE CAUCASUS SHALL BE UNDER ITS POWER! GLORY TO AZƎRBAYCAN!!!!!

[@BazookaLuca]

@@dobg1410 XD

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Max Saas he’s a little confused but he got the spirit

[@SchmulKrieger]

They are both in whole different people to each other. O.o

[@zamolxis7414]

The languages of Moldova and Romania aren't similar. They're literally the same language

[@teobiquir1815]

Not really, the Moldovian dialect of romanian has a few more russian inspired words. But it's nearly the same

[@zamolxis7414]

@@teobiquir1815 yeah, but 95% of them are slang and the remaining 5% are also used in the northern sides of romania

[@PeterAuto1]

@@teobiquir1815 a popular definition for being the same language is Mutual intelligibility. If to speaker of 2 language varieties can understand each other they are speaking the same language. So if only few words are different it would still be considered the same language

[@antonisk.2165]

@@teobiquir1815 a dialect isn't a language

[@mihailupu5107]

@@zamolxis7414 more than 95% for sure

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

Azerbaijan-Armenia union? Tell me another joke that was a good one.

[@teodor4500]

Kosovo Indipendent

[@TheGentry000]

@@teodor4500 here is another joke "serbia was a victim during the jugoslav wars"

[@mythicalboy3600]

@@TheGentry000 Yeah a very innocent state which killed albanians just because they wanted more territory

[@sabakvetenadze6546]

Dont worry georgia will never unite with russias friend(armenia)

[@haselnussbraunschwarz1212]

@@sabakvetenadze6546 yes long life Georgia and Azerbaijan our ally against Russian and Armenian agression 🇬🇪🇦🇿🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇿🇹🇷🇬🇪🇦🇿🇹🇷

[@aeroplangelo]

To clarify, the Romanian and Moldovan languages are not ‘similar’. They are the same.

[@sebestyenpinter706]

That's like the Austrians (technically, South-Germans, with Bavarians) and Germans, they both speak "German" but they can't understand each other at all🙂

[@darth3911]

Sebestyén Pintér from what i heard Romanians and Moldavians can understand each other and many Moldavians have Romanian citizenships and the only difference in language is the Moldavians use some Russian words but still mostly Romanian words that’s why there called the same language

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@darth3911 You (the Romania Romanians) have more Bulgarian, German, Serbian and Hungarian words, but the Moldovans (in somewhere "Moldoromanians") have more Russian, Ukranian and Tatar words, and obviously Gaguzian

[@darth3911]

Sebestyén Pintér my point still stands they can understand each other also it’s only the most southern parts that use Bulgarian because of immigration and also they have absolutely no german in there words from what i seen english is more german then romanian

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@darth3911 Yes they can, but not in the easiest way

[@pixifee5008]

People in Moldavia and Romania both speak Romanian. The “language” Moldavian is just a political conception.

[@qnaoto47]

Yeah like Juzt 95% of their language is romanian and 5% is russian cuz ussr

[@nicolaeion-margarit2167]

Its 99%romanian and 1%russian

[@josephstalin6844]

@@qnaoto47 ye and the ussr deported romanians in siberia

[@pixifee5008]

@@animotiondesign Nope. These languages are distinct from each other. But Moldavian and Romanian are completely the same.

[@mihneavoinic8411]

Moldavian is 100% romanian, it just has some russian accents

[@komocity269]

Armenia and Azerbaijan : Have an "active" war General Knowledge : let's unite

[@happyfacefries]

Make love not war?

[@happyfacefries]

@Granddad Fleenstone I'm not saying that, I'm just saying he's optimistic. Really just an idea and nothing more than that and even he knows, but I don't think you're getting my comment...

[@xx-kn6ih]

@Granddad Fleenstone armanian only noob

[@xx-kn6ih]

@Granddad Fleenstone russia back on armanian

[@scottgrohs5940]

One of those three is Muslim-majority while the other two are Orthodox Christian-majority, if I’m not mistaken, so there’s that layer of complexity to address as well.

[@user-ox7yj3nn9q]

Me, Romanian sitting here with my Moldovan boyfriend, finding out we don’t speak the same language.

[@topsdaily_productions]

Question what do you think of the fact Romania's name is derived from Roman despite Romania being a country based in the Region of Dacia? Do you Romanians see yourselves as the successors of the Roman Empire or is it something else??

[@123danut456]

@@topsdaily_productions we are a combination between romans and dacians

[@topsdaily_productions]

@@123danut456 is that why the country is called Romania? Would you say your country is the closest continuation of the Roman Empire?

[@tuamadretuopadre2002]

@@topsdaily_productions we are descendents of Dacians, not Slavs or Latins, we got called Romania just in 1877 to get closer to the occidentals just to get their support in our indipendence war

[@topsdaily_productions]

@@tuamadretuopadre2002 okay now I think I'm getting it

[@tyronefox3528]

"Countries that might unite" "Oh by the way this video is sponsored by a war game..." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@hks4133]

That's how countries unite (and break apart - but we are not mentioning that here) ... by war.

[@Voidz3r]

Age of civilizations II XD ok no

[@Lusitania17]

*Oh yeah it’s all coming together...*

[@slave7022]

Lol no one said it would be peaceful.

[@abhabh6896]

come countries arent countries here but ok....

[@Tounushi]

I doubt Estonia would unite with the other Baltic countries. Hell, they'd have more cause joining Finland.

[@outerspace7391]

Finally someone mentioning this! Finland is by far the most realistic country to unite with Estonia

[@tmsupreme7763]

Estonia wants to join the nordic club

[@Tounushi]

@@tmsupreme7763 She wants to party with all the cute boys. Scandinavia and the World FTW!

[@tmsupreme7763]

@@Tounushi yeah true

[@antanassmetona4054]

@@Tounushi Finland is not scandinavian tho

[@markmh835]

Greenland could unite with Antarctica to become The Republic of Ice. 👍

[@craigmurphy1204]

Cool

[@jacobnrskov716]

No Denmark stronk no independence for greenland

[@SchwarzeSonne130]

@@jacobnrskov716 didnt your strong country fall in 6 hours to germany?

[@jacobnrskov716]

@@SchwarzeSonne130 didn’t yours lose 2 world wars?

[@SchwarzeSonne130]

@@jacobnrskov716 theoretically we also won ww2 we got rid of hitler and got more influence in europe than ever before ;) we also fought the whole world with some incompetent allies ^^

[@ricardofranco3173]

Albania and Kosovo: Unite Rest of Balkens: Alright lets choose teams

[@gegabit-]

As much as i would like to unite with my Albanian brothers of Kosovo i think it's a terrible idea for the stability of the region and for sure the world would not recognise something like that. To remember already are countries that don't recognize Kosovo, like Ukraine, Spain etc for obvious reasons.

[@albionrovers6018]

Bro if Spain recognise Kosova that's means they must accept bask republic, and Ukraine must be agree with indipendence of krimea, so they have their interior problems.

[@ricardofranco3173]

@@gegabit- True

[@agron_639]

@@gegabit- WTF are you talking man ? 😂😂 If Albania and Kosovo unite as one that country would be still called Albania and Albania is recognized by the United Nations. It’s just a solution for the future of Kosovo getting recognition or being as a part of a fully independent and recognized country 😎👍

[@lazargames7015]

@@agron_639 actually no about kosovo.....they aren't really recognized yet

[@hawksnebula1506]

What about Germany and Austria? Just saying EDIT: wtf how have I got so many likes jeez

[@inactive859]

There can't unite cuz of ww2 if they would unite we would probably see another world war

[@mapafilia]

Mom, I'm frightened

[@jacksonhardin4485]

Were no doing that again "winks at camera"

[@ariyanmaitra595]

Last time it went horribley wrong so no second time.

[@waelal-amri2161]

WWIII vibes

[@paydentaylor]

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[@jojogio6310]

and it's beautifull

[@wthiry]

apart from Benelux... true

[@stefangrobbink7760]

@@wthiry Belgian independance was not without violence, and I doubt the walloon region would like to join with the likes of the Dutch (or the flemish) Luxembourg though... I don't know.

[@ysbrandd]

@@stefangrobbink7760 think wallonia is the only one opposing it. So if wallonia gets independence or unites with France it'd be a real possibility.

[@axellor9836]

@@stefangrobbink7760 Wallonia might want to unite with Luxembourg, but Luxembourg wouldn't want to unite with them.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“Logic will get you from A to Z; imagination will get you everywhere.” ― Albert Einstein

[@realkekz]

Damn, that sure has a lot to do with countries that might unite in Europe.

[@bandvitromaniaios1307]

Yup. With imagination France controls Europe meanwhile in reality its a part of EU.

[@dragnarok4286]

@@bandvitromaniaios1307 with imagination eu is a union of democratic countries but in reality we will give power to chancellor palpatine and he will turn it into an empire XD Palpatine: In order to ensure our security and continuing stability, the European Union will be reorganized into the first European Empire, for a safe and secure society, which I assure you will last for ten thousand years. An Empire that will continue to be ruled by body and a sovereign ruler chosen for life. An Empire ruled by the majority, ruled by a new constitution!

[@bandvitromaniaios1307]

@Emperor Chaos *2 years later* Palpatine: The European Empire is soo great and unstopable- *knock knock* Palpatine: Whos there? USA: Its USA with big ships, guns and army. Palpatine: Okay? USA: Open your country, and lets the people feel the freedom!

[@TheRusty]

"Georgia, Armentia, and Azerbaijan could unite..." *Cut to map of how all three nations are full of separatist regions*

[@emilturangi7145]

NK is died 2 left Abkhasia and Samochablo region is under Russia.

[@davidthebuilder8702]

@@emilturangi7145 wait until Putin dies or Georgia dicides to change his side and then you will see a complete Georgia with Samachablo and Abkhazia under Georgian sovereign.... I know that Russians don't like to be in the Separatist areas , but just because the Kremlin wants , they're there....

[@HtoToTum]

@@emilturangi7145 which one has died?😅 There's no Azeri in Stepanakert

[@emilturangi7145]

@@HtoToTum Is there any sighns of NKR existing, saw no amenian flag there. It is just controled by Putin for now

[@HtoToTum]

@@emilturangi7145 look better there are many Armenian flags all over the place

[@hiskakun2276]

Irland-North Irland: I think it’s possible in the future. Benelux: Doubt it. With the current benelux deal they have, they are doing well as they are. Baltic union: Latvia and Lithuania can make sense, but Estonia is closer related to Finland, the languages are very similar. It’s unlikely, but my vote would be Estonia-Finland and Latvia-Lithuania. Romania-Moldova: Why aren’t they united yet? Makes nosense to be separated. I blame Russia for this. Albania/Kosobo: Sensitive topic. Not going to comment. Caucasus union: No way Armenia and Azerbaijan can be together. lol

[@Airbiscuitmaker]

Duchtman here. Benelux will never "re-unite" so to speak. Simply impossible and out of the question.

[@AlexGNR]

@@Airbiscuitmaker we might claim northern Belgium (Oost en West Vlaanderen) one day tho.

[@Airbiscuitmaker]

@@AlexGNR I respectfully disagree, Flanders (not the Simpsons' religious neighbour) is not Dutch plus the Flemish People rather yearn for a. a sovereign independent Republic or B. want to remain in the current state aka Kingdom of Belgium (wich not unlikely might become a confederation in due time). Plus if we aka the Netherlands want to claim any part of Belgium aka Flanders, that a nasty recipe for some serious violence. What happened in the year 1830 was definitely not without reason.

[@xXTheoLinuxXx]

@@Airbiscuitmaker it is very complicated, and the situation of 1830 does not longer exists (the king has no longer that much influence). But a lot of people from the randstad area have an attitude that most people from Belgium wouldn't like (and for a good reason, I don't like it either as a nothern dutchy). I doubt it if that would ever change.

[@jorenschoonbrood311]

I have to strongly agree with purscratchheadbutt here. Not only politic wise, but also in the mind of citizens, dutchmen are idd not flemish. There are flemish people who don't agree with dutchmen at all and the other way around. There are also people like me, a flemish man, who like flemish people for what we are and like dutch people for what THEY are. We might speak the same language, but our culture is already very different, also language is actually changing drastically. Our AN (algemeen nederlands/ official dutch) is almost the same as the dutch language, but we actually speak flemish in the way that we have many more and different words than the dutch people, also region dependant. The dutch really struggle to understand people from antwerp for example as far as I know and at some time, our languages will seperate completely. This is important because many people assume that, "because we speak the same language and we once were united, we should unite again". Thats totally not how it works

[@tschetatsch]

Most of those unions are actually wanted or at least logical (Romania + Moldova for example)but some like the Albania + Kosovo won’t happen without pissing someone

[@rezance9843]

@Killer Zap Tap in my opinion the best solution would be for it to become a self governing principality of serbia. Serbs get to say kosovo is Serbia and Albanians get to have their independence.

[@rezance9843]

@@justtakethename7383 how much does Russia actually care, are they even in some sort of a union?

[@rezance9843]

@Младен Станковић Not sure how much of an autonomy vojvodina actually has, but I'm sure that this is the only way for both sides to be happy.

[@owand5017]

The reason for this is because located in Kosovo there are most of Serbia’s most precious national/cultural heritage sites. The reason the Albanians are the majority there now, instead of what previously where Serbians is because a lot of Albanian guest workers moved to the area back in the day. So now the Serbians are the minority there.

[@vladimircc1953]

if Moldova reunites with us, then they probably would & should let go of Transnistria. why scratching your head with a few thousand sq km when you're uniting with 200k sq km country? Transnistria isn't even of romanian heritage

[@MikaelGymBro]

I'm sorry no offensive but Armenia and Azerbaijan's idea was so stupid. They are each other's number one enemy. They are technically in war and have been in war for decades, just last week they killed a dozen soldiers from each other

[@bahadrbaserkok3335]

Even Grekey/Turece havemore chance of forming than them

[@jakubpuchalski2583]

"Hypothetical"

[@LMMoss-oh2yc]

*Benelux becomes a country* *Germany: that's not gonna stop me and you know it*

[@baffledwaffle6319]

Lol

[@You-mr3lo]

Dutch and Belgian politics differ a lot. Belgium is used to compromise with Flanders and Wallonia, they are often hesitant if they disagree with something. Dutch politics is known for being straightforward, sometimes to the point of rudeness. they are pragmatic and not so patient with "evasive or denying behavior". You often see this in the country. Flanders is more conservative, so that the old cities remain in glory. ..but also a lot of decay takes place in the suburbs. this does not only concern the buildings, but mainly the roads and social facilities. The Dutch complain a lot. Because they are spoiled by the well organized political system. In the Netherlands, jokes are often made about the Flemish roads, while in Flanders there is a lot of laughter about the "agreedness" of the Dutchman.

[@You-mr3lo]

As for Germany. The Netherlands is Germany's biggest economic ally. The Netherlands is generally more critical of EU policy. He saw Great Britain as a major ally.

[@qwertyuqwertyu7481]

With which army? Germany's army is ridiculous, but so is the Benelux army

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Armenia and Azerbaijan? They hate each other, don’t see that happening. But I do see Romania and Moldova happening

[@bram61]

Of course my supreme leader

[@meowpoosaymeow]

Greece 🇬🇷 and Turkey watching your comment like: 👁️👄👁️

[@realone4993]

When I grow up I want to be a nuclear scientist for the great leader

[@te1327]

What about north and south Korea? They love each other. Of course you, the supreme leader would be the...well...supreme leader of this state.

[@dobg1410]

Of course Azerbaijan and Armenia will unite... BUT IT WILL BE BECAUSE OF THE GRAND POWER OF AZERBAIJAN! SOON ALL THE CAUCASUS SHALL BE UNDER ITS POWER! GLORY TO AZƎRBAYCAN!!!!!

[@georgiancrossroads]

I live in Georgia. The possibility of these three countries coming together is nearly nil. Even now during the pandemic Armenia might as well be another planet. Likewise Azerbaijan. When I told my Georgian friends that I traveled to visit Yerevan in Armenia last December, the almost universal response was 'Why?'

[@saguntum-iberian-greekkons7014]

Its a common question to ask why x person travels, it doesn’t mean anything negative

[@PoweredByLS2]

Well, why did you go?

[@shota2820]

კორონას დროს თუ წახვედი ერევანში და კორონა არ შეგხვდა მაშინ შენ უნდა თქვა იღბლიანი ვარო

[@beu9245]

Don't worry you can just send the American state in your stead they'll never notice the difference

[@Nikioko]

Yes. That's why Russia, Turkey and Iran can hold their grip on this region. Unlike the Baltic republics, the Caucasian republics work against each other. And among those three, Georgia and Armenia are more or less democratic while Azerbaijan is an outright dictatorship. And Georgia seeks a closer contact to the EU, similar to Ukraine, while Armenia and Azerbaijan don't.

[@endritloshi]

Legend says if u say 3 times “Kosovo” infront of a mirror at midnight an angry Serb will show up

[@idiosinkrazijske.rutine]

You do realize that "Kosovo" is a serbian word?

[@endritloshi]

Nikola Mirkov I got one!

[@idiosinkrazijske.rutine]

@@endritloshi You are wrong I have only love for you. I'm a little bit sad cause you're so frustrated though...

[@ascanioscarpati8538]

@@idiosinkrazijske.rutine With this logic, England comes from the Latin Inglaterra, France comes from latin, and Many other countries too

[@themartian4879]

@@idiosinkrazijske.rutine Did you ever heard about Dardania?????!

[@RLDPI]

Romania and Moldova don’t have a similar language,they have the same language,Romanian

[@mikehoot3978]

Spanish America also shares a language. Speaking the same language says nothing. It is always better small states cooperating than big mega-countries.

[@andresduques2013]

@@mikehoot3978 Latin America and Spain have little in common except the language. Romania and Moldova have a history together, Moldova is the one which actually formed the country, so there's no reason for them to be separated. Also, Moldova didn't want to be independent, like the American countries, they were taken away from Romania by the soviets by force, so your comparison is just silly, next time think before you speak, or at least investigate. Also, what the hell do you mean by big mega countries? Do you find 270000 square kilometers huge? Have you ever seen a map of Greater Romania? Or at least a map of current day Romania? Lol don't make me laugh

[@mikehoot3978]

@@andresduques2013 First of all thank you very much, you make me laugh too. Spain and Latinamerica(also called Hispanicamerica) don't have anything to do with each other???? hahahaha They were literally their colonies for 350 years. They have their language, their religion and their culture. Nothing! xD Romania in Europe isn't a small country. For me it would be ideal if the big countries were divided. Europe was much better divided like that. Big unifications led to nationalism and finally to 2 world wars. But it seems that history isn't your thing. I'm sure you are a Romanian nationalist.

[@andresduques2013]

@@mikehoot3978 damn you're really dumber than I thought. Yes, Latin America has the same religion and language as Spain, plus some customs inspired as well, but why is that? Because they were colonized!! Moldova wasn't colonized nor conquered by Romania (because it didn't exist until 19th century, there were two principalities, Wallachia and Moldavia) , yet they have the same language, same traditions, beliefs and history! Have you ever heard about Dacia? Not the car brand, but the historical region in Europe from the ancient times. You know what region was part of it? 90% of historical Moldavia and the rest of present day Romania. So it's only right they united, right? At least that's what MOLDOVA thought, that's why they sent the union proposal to Wallachia back in the 19th century and that's how Romania was formed. I'd say you're the one who needs to learn some history, I'm pretty sure you know nothing about Romania's past, yet here you are, commenting without having any idea of what you are talking about. And by the way, what nationalism? There's nothing nationalist about it, it's the desire of the romanians to unite with their fellow countrymen, a sentiment that is starting to grow on the other side of the Prut each year, so you can expect it to happen in about 30 years. And Romania still wouldn't be considered big for European standards, it'd be like half the size of Spain, and wayyyy smaller than its neighbor, Ukraine, which is the 2nd largest country in the continent. So, once again, you need to investigate a little bit more 😉.

[@mapleshade2913]

@@mikehoot3978 By far most romanians want unification, over 70% and In Moldova the numbers is almost at 40%, compare that to 1992 when it was lower than 10%. It's definetly going to happen, whether you like it or not.

[@callmeyourmajesty09]

Union of America with Russia is more realistic than union of Armenia with Azerbaijan

[@littleprincess8526]

😂😂😂😂

[@Liggliluff]

With a united Caucasus, the people would be called Caucasians, and that would confuse Americans.

[@MrJuwarra]

That would be so good. Not only Americans being confused, but they finally couldn't call rest of the white people Caucasians. I seriously dislike that term

[@scottgrohs5940]

😆

[@shutout951]

@Mallyoo More to your point, I have seen white on official documents several times since I last saw caucasian

[@hatman3445]

Americans are already confused when Georgian people say they are from Georgia the country.

[@darth3911]

Hat Man yeah funny thing is most americans don’t even now Georgia is a country they only know of the state

[@fabiomorandi3585]

A united Benelux is the political equivalent of someone remarrying their ex years after a messy divorce.

[@iordanneDiogeneslucas]

the EU : dont listen to him babe holy roman empire : its not what he said its the way he said it

[@casper6405]

@Sam Elsey as a dutchman I couldn't agree more Cause then Belgian problems would become our problems

[@jean-pierrelemaire2505]

One country BeNeLux can't work because of the different political cultures. The Belgians are regionlists and do wish a decentalised model of politics, while the Dutch model is very centralised. Even the people of Luxemburg would have difficulties with the Dutch model.

[@IBuildXP]

@@IndianTigress98 I'd rather kill myself if that happens, lmao

[@Notfallkaramell]

@@IndianTigress98 Now the question, becomes the german speaking part the 17th Bundesland or do they join the one they border with?

[@sergiocroitoru6964]

IN Moldova we speak Romanian In Romania also they speak Romanial the language is not similar its the same

[@longliveantarctica4939]

General knowledge: Let's unite Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Me as an Azerbaijani: Sorry but wtf???

[@dddbc_7207]

from georgia, i thinked same...

[@Ara0liver]

Stranger things have happened...and it really wouldn't be the first time. Plus unification would mean no more border disputes. It would also annoy Russia, Iran, and Turkey simultaneously, so that would make it worthwhile, no? 🙃

[@dddbc_7207]

@@Ara0liver and itay cause problems, because: Georgia is pro USA country, and Armenia and Azerbaijan are pro Russian countries, so i can't even belive what will happen

[@theetherealwatcher2953]

I'd sooner see Azerbaijan with Iran. And even that was unlikely.

[@theetherealwatcher2953]

@@Ara0liver stranger things have happened, and strange things tend to have short lifespans.

[@corneliuro7430]

România și Moldova ❤️❤️❤️🇷🇴🇷🇴🇷🇴

[@vaiyt]

everyone else: Belgium might break up this guy: united Benelux

[@denjo3131]

The problem is that a certain part of the (extreme) right flemish wing wants that Flanders become an independent country (thus also not with the Netherlands, eventually they see the Netherlands as an intermediate step). In the french part of Belgium there are similar organisations. But for me, I don't have any problem with Wallonia (I love the southetn parts of Belgium), it's more a political thing. Than I think it's better that the whole 3 countries unites, under the name of the United Kingdom of the Benelux 😁.

[@nathanvantomme8448]

@@denjo3131 als je denkt dan de vlaamse kwestie alleen met (hedendaagse) politiek te maken heeft dan ken je je geschiedenis niet

[@SchwarzeSonne130]

@@denjo3131 Ost Belgien (Eupen-Malmedy) should rejoin germany tho

[@TsuVidzIRL]

@@SchwarzeSonne130 No, because there's too much french speaker there too now

[@SchwarzeSonne130]

@@TsuVidzIRL wrong literally visited 2 years ago not even french anywhere only german and eupen region even favors joining germany than independence if belgium breaks up malmedy is more for independence if belgium breaks up

[@neyte7313]

Okay, hear me out: The union of Sierra-Leone and Liechtenstein.

[@mikehoot3978]

Small separate states are always better than large countries. #Descentralize

[@bkgames2]

Sierra-Liechtenstein

[@haekarlos1156]

Sierrastein

[@mamfgdbln9892]

The way you put it it seemed like a Romania x Moldova unification is extremely unlikely but out of all possible unions you mentioned this is kind of the most likely. The population is more and more open to unification with each new pool and culturally, historically and ethnically the two countries are the same. Also, the Languages aren't similar but identical. American English and British English are just as 'different' as Romanian and Moldovan. I did enjoy the video but needed to point these out. :)

[@roromil2441]

It would be easier to do, but it is not likelier. Young Moldovans saw union with Romania as a way to become EU citizens and go work in the West. That was the main pull factor. But then in the early 2000s Romania started handing out its citizenship to all willing Moldovans. So the pressure to unite is no longer there. Most of the old Moldovans dream about the USSR, and the young ones were able to leave the country and follow their dreams abroad without first pushing hard for union.

[@mamfgdbln9892]

@@roromil2441 To this day is still more likely. The percentage of Moldovans in favour of a union is growing with each poll and Romania is still the more Westwenized country.

[@roromil2441]

@@mamfgdbln9892 PNL, PL, PUN and MPA are the only unionist parties in Moldova. They didn't even manage to enter Parliament in 2019, they had very poor results. The parties that are in parliament have two separate and entirely different agendas: joining the EU or being closer to Russia/joining its Eurasian Union. Union with Romania is not even on the table and it won't be any time soon. That ship has sailed.

[@mamfgdbln9892]

@@roromil2441 The unification is still one of the most likely ones (if not THE most likely one) over the long term. You talk about the parties in the last election like they can't change agendas or that popular choice doesn't matter. Ofc, they would rather not loose the power they have. Also, the unification could still a way/ some say the best and quickest way for them to join the EU.

[@roromil2441]

@@mamfgdbln9892 The popular choice does matter, but those parties and their unionist message didn't win the least share of the popular choice. Union with Romania is over, it's a non-existent topic. And Romania was the stupidest because it offered everyone Romanian citizenship, thus defusing any pressure toward union.

[@towerarm3607]

I feel like Belarus 🇧🇾 and Russia 🇷🇺 should have been on this list I know it’s less likely now that Belarusians are finally fighting for freedom but there was even a plan in place to unite the two countries and is still more likely to occur than a lot of other unions on your list

[@General.Knowledge]

I had it on the list but ended up removing it due to time. If I make a part 2 for Europe I'll include it!

[@SchmulKrieger]

I would say that Belorussians share more with Ukrainians than with Russians. Even the language and the Cyrillic alphabet is more similar to them than to the Russian.

[@klyhoriomuno4102]

Meanwhile Albanians and Albanians in Kosovo. Are literally same people. Not practically possible but hey🤔. A lot of us identify ourself as Albanians from Kosovo .

[@gotrefer6183]

@@SchmulKrieger You're right, Ukrainians and Belarusians understand each other, Russians very hardly understand ukrainian and belarusian language. I only scared that russian totalytarian regime might to start next war with Belarus in the future, that might happen soon, if there will be big protest during prezident election...

[@staszekr03]

@@gotrefer6183 As a Polish person i welcome change in Belarus, shifting away from russia. I'm scared we might end up with another crimea. My end goal for all this is for Belarus and Ukraine to join the EU. That's the political thing i want most, just complete freedom of movement between our 3 countries. I'm from eastern Poland and feel a strong connection with Ukraine.

[@zepplinsrls6368]

Absolutely, a country will be reunited in near future. SPQR

[@MolpPlom]

Ave Caesar!

[@andresduques2013]

ROMA INVICTA!!!!

[@morganangel340]

is called the EUROPEAN UNION

[@feetuber9162]

Didnt mussolini try that

[@morganangel340]

@@feetuber9162 not really... he never try to invade France or Britain... but Hitler did.

[@OvidiuZeicu]

Romania+Moldova is the most likely union in this list, sice there are no national, cultural, linguistic or international differences/oppositions. The language is not similar, is IDENTICAL (just with different accents). In both Romania and Moldova it's generaly seen as only a matter of time, international political context (EU) and, maybe, some economical context (as neither can afford the cost of unification at the moment). And we both see it and speak about it as RE-unification.

[@gerassimos.fourlanos]

During the short period Moldova was part of Romania, and during contemporary interactions, Moldovans have felt that Romanians look down upon them. Nowadays, when Moldovans visit Romania, they prefer to speak Russian amongst themselves, in order to avoid condescending remarks about their dialect. Similar is the case of Bulgaria and North Macedonia. There, too, they share history and language, and the old capital of Bulgaria (Ohrid) is nowadays in North Macedonia, but the two times when Bulgarians entered the territory of North Macedonia, they were first received as liberators but the humiliating attitudes of the Bulgarians changed that very soon. In reality, when you separate a nation long enough, it is extremely difficult to re-unite them again...

[@ferudunatakan]

Blame USSR for this.

[@emptytissuebox3966]

When he was talking about a United Benelux, the girl in the background shaking hands with a man had a robotic leg.

[@ConsciousAtoms]

"We are the Borg. Prepare to be assimilated"

[@ConsciousAtoms]

@A.random Eurasian I would call it a stocking image ;). Ok, I'll let myself out.

[@cookingwithmeandmom3071]

3:20

[@maboroshi1986]

As an Irish person. Reunification of some kind is almost a certainty. But it needs to happen organically. The GFA is a way for that to happen. There are a lot of institutional and economic reasons to not reunify. One big issue i can see is the change in governmental oversight and benefits. There’s a joke that “no catholic wants reunification. For three reasons. 1. NHS. 2. BBC. 3. DLA”. Those are all things the UK objectively does better than we do.

[@nicolacleary1757]

Why you dissing the rte

[@jimbomacers]

You are wrong with the economic reason, a United Ireland economy would grow by 30billion euro within the first 8 years. www.irishexaminer.com/business/arid-20388959.html?type=amp

[@cjon6898]

@@jimbomacers That's nothing

[@jimbomacers]

TreMor it may be nothing, but the economy increases, so yes it’s something!

[@cjon6898]

@@jimbomacers Hi if the Southerners let us keep our own devolved government I may be persuaded

[@23AlexandreJ]

"Any two countries have a higher than zero chance of uniting" Brazil and Japan: NANI?

[@theomegapyrope9715]

both are empire tier titles so there is a starting point

[@Oli1974]

For a start, there is even Japanese Bossa Nova. Listen to some tunes from Towa Tei for example.

[@DTD110865]

It seems more to me that if Romania and Moldova united, it would just be a Greater Romania, the same way that Kosovo being merged with Albania would just be a Greater Albania.

[@NZAnimeManga]

Love how you went nuts for the “sensitivity” of Kosovo but trampled all over Northern Ireland...

[@bledarlala6822]

@Llama'sLife nope Albania/Kosovo is more like 90% happening 😉

[@jossanecassar8683]

Bledar Lala Very funny joke, bud

[@mdza]

@@bledarlala6822 I don't think world powers would allow Albania and Kosovo to unite, it is still debated the independence of Kosovo not yet the uniting of a semi independent country that has ceded from a country that did not allow it to happen.

[@napster3075]

@@bledarlala6822 No it won't lmao. If it does happen it will cause an all out war.

[@napster3075]

@@mdza Technically speaking Kosovo is officially a fully international country. It's just that many countries to not recognize it and choose to "ignore" it being independent.

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

Germany and Austria uniting is far more likely than some of the ones that you mentioned.

[@SaintElmo303]

YESSIR

[@legoleviathan6411]

Anschluß Zeit, Österreich.

[@islanoliveira]

Last time this happened, it didn't end well...

[@tylerbozinovski4624]

@@islanoliveira Ahh, if only Hitler had stopped at the Sudetenland.

[@michaelvonbiskhoff7771]

According to official statistics, 800.000 Moldavians(1/4 of Moldova's population) are Romanian citizens (they have Romanian citizenship)

[@fearfulsuggestion]

This guy “Armenia and Azerbaijan could unite” 3 months later Armenia and Azerbaijan go to war

[@jackin_it]

The only one of those I think is remotely possible is the Romania+Moldova union, and *maybe* Cyprus.

[@te1327]

What about ireland?

[@Natogoon]

Benelux is the most likely.

[@Dani-kx8jo]

@@Natogoon Many belgians would prefer to divide Flanders from Wallonia (and don't forget the Germans at Eupen and Malmedy), i don't think they would unite with the Dutch or the Luxemburgians

[@Natogoon]

@@Dani-kx8jo These petty little issues of ethnicity and language matter little to the people of the Benelux in the modern times. Borders are already non-existent in the region and almost everyone speaks English or German as a second language, or even French. As long as there is a financial incentive to unite, they can. And for the poorer French-speaking regions of Belgium, there is just that incentive. Only Luxembourg would have a reason not to unite because they would lose their tax-haven status. The Benelux is no longer in the 16th century. And neither is it Eastern Europe. Priorities and obstacles to unification have shifted from language and ethnicity to financial and logistical.

[@andreipop5805]

Not even that. Despite speaking the same languege as us and having the same culture, many Moldavians are still indoctrinated with the Soviet propaganda wich claims the Romanians occupied Moldova and the Moldavians are a separate ethnic group. Union in the following 2 decades is very very unlikely.

[@DJDedBeat]

I’m English and I strongly think there should be another Northern Ireland referendum. If they want independence, give them independence. If they want reunification, give them reunification, and if they want to remain in the U.K., let them.

[@darth3911]

Jon that’s the problem with north ireland the people there don’t agree on reunification or staying in the u.k. reason why is it’s cultural is a mix between Irish and english

[@DynamixWarePro]

I am from Northern Ireland and I don't want a referendum on Irish unity yet, although during Brexit I voted to remain in the EU as did more people from Northern Ireland than who voted leave and some have used Brexit as an excuse to call for a referendum since Ireland is in the EU and we won't be. However I find that isn't the right time since we haven't been out of the EU long enough to know how that changes things. However, I personally see myself as "Northern Irish" which is that although we have similarities to the republic of Ireland, we are distinct in different ways, and we have differences that separate us from mainland Britain also. I live on the east coast which unless you live closer to the south east, is closer in distance to Scotland than it is to the boarder with the Republic of Ireland and for various reasons, I often feel more of a connection to Scotland than I do the rest of Ireland. I could be wrong on this, but I have found that its often people who live in and around boarder areas that want a boarder poll for a referendum more. If a referendum was to be held, all the main differences in things like the economy, politics, services etc... there would need to be a plan to sort them out first and with anyone calling for a referendum, I haven't yet heard anyone say how those differences be sorted. Anyway I think there has to be a high majority of people in Northern Ireland that would have to vote yes to reunification as some have said if the vote is 51% or higher to unite, then that should be a reason to unite, but that is too close if its only just over half the population as that isn't the vast majority of people wanting it.

[@wishdumain]

I'm British and think we should have a referendum on Great Britain's independence from Dal Riata

[@RagingBulCorp]

Don Fatale how did you work that one out then

[@RagingBulCorp]

Don Fatale what map are you looking at, because the map I’m looking at shows a Northern Ireland and a Ireland, two different countries.

[@Aagaardable]

As a Dane I would like a unified Scandinavia. Denmark, Norway and Sweden.

[@bredevard]

As a norwegian, I don't agree with you

[@pacient555]

as a czech, i dont know

[@idk-mi1kl]

lol as a finn, I really hope that never happens because we would be completely left out and handed over to Russia

[@TheEminemOwns]

As a Norwegian i'd way rather have Finland or Iceland instead of Sweden. Dealing with the immigration problems of Sweden would be a pain in the ass.

[@Rebslager]

Who will unify with Sweden freely? :-D

[@nalulenert9001]

Coming from Luxembourg, I can assure you, that there is not even the tinniest chance of a joined Benelux. The 3 countries are as different as they get.

[@wtr3059]

Best chance would be a Netherlands-Flanders or a France-Wallonia, and even those chances are incredibly slim. Perhaps the Arondissement Arlon could join Luxembourg?

[@lasco9169]

As a walloon, i think it would be a possibility if belgium state explode. And to be honnest, it would be my ideal situation, more excited to a civilian of Benelux (or maybe great netherlands ? ) than wallonia joining France.

[@dutchman7623]

@@lasco9169 The cooperation between the BeNeLux members is so deep that they cannot exist without nor with each other. The Belgian dilemma on a larger scale. So in fact they are united without realizing they are. And it is their best interest to keep it that way, three voices in the EU saying the same... but they wont admit it.

[@notyetunfranked9363]

Well, I mean, Turkish Cyprus is only recognized by Turkey.

[@rode7916]

Regarding the closeness of Estonia and Latvia🇪🇪🇱🇻: There were different tribes and people living in today's area of Latvia. Latgalians, Selonians, Semigallians, Curonians (all four Indo-European Baltic tribes) and Livonians (Uralic Balto-Finnic tribe). More than 1/3 of this area was inhabited by Livonians. These people never really "died" away all together or something. Instead all of the five mentioned tribes melted together while (even nowadays) shifting their language to Latvian making up the modern people of the Latvians and leaving behind tons of Finnic features in the Latvian culture and language (both vocabulary- and especially pronunciation-wise). Today approximately 30 and up to 50% of all Latvians have Livonian descent. That is the reason why the genetically closest relatives of Latvians aren't only Lithuanians but Estonians as well. That's why I (as a Latvian) think Latvians are somewhat and should bee seen as a Baltic-Balto-Finnic nation/ethnicity. I hope we as a nation will revive this beautiful language and thereby enrich our outstanding culture even more and finally get closer to our forgotten Uralic/Finnic brothers of Estonia and Finland.

[@steyn1775]

*sees the united BeNeLux* *JA G E K O L O N I S E E R D B R O E D E R S !*

[@lucmeyer4012]

Benelux tip-top ❤️

[@Fylnnn]

But the Luxembourg get the control over benelux jk

[@lieselotschollier5107]

JAAA BENELUXXX

[@romanianisraeli]

Hopefully that Moldova might reunite with Romania in the future they both speak the same language, same currency and flag.

[@dianaveres9354]

Yes, will be a good hand coming from God.

[@sammynator5937]

I only realised today that BeNeLux is made from Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg...

[@Ok-oj5vu]

What did you think it was then?

[@sammynator5937]

Dabeast some random letters or language

[@olivierlarrieux8261]

Better is late...

[@wxanime2703]

;-; XD

[@AnAlbanianDude]

Be=belgium Ne=Netherlands Lux=Luxembourg

[@DrewDrewDrewDrewDrew]

“What if Armenia and Azerbaijan united” *softly* Don’t

[@bookmouse2719]

Does anyone know that at this time there's a huge war going on?

[@Fff-ek3qy]

@@bookmouse2719 btw azerbaijan won the war and liberated their lands from illegal armenian occupication

[@Elaine..yfghh-628]

@@Fff-ek3qy illegal? Nagoro-karabah and the rest of the arkasth republic speak armenian

[@baseballguy3741]

I’d like to butt in and say that though the Nagorno Karabakh people do speak Armenian but they are part of Azerbaijan because of the USSR creating bad borders to keep them from declaring independence with horrible borders

[@swordoftengri2676]

@@Elaine..yfghh-628 Because ethnic azeris expelled from there

[@primopar2742]

2:49 the pie chart shows: 50% against, 35% for, and 20% Nr. Which add up to 105%.

[@ekiwaka]

Had to scroll way down for this!

[@ConorMcgregor322]

@@mdoicescu where 130% of the population voted for Putin right?

[@jeaniquevangheluwe4345]

Albania and Kosovo are violently separated, but people want to unite because we are one blood and one language. In the early 20th century, Kosovo was forcibly separated from Albania, and families and tribes split in half. But I hope that one day we will unite in an Albanian state.🇦🇱🇽🇰🇦🇱🇽🇰🇦🇱🇽🇰

[@nikolainst5427]

Ye, Bosnia and Serbia together also!!!!

[@kirjoittajajoni]

Latvia and Lithuania are culturally way more connected to each other, while Estonia is clearly closer to Finland and other Nordics.

[@duesen00]

Well yes but Estonians still are historically seen as Baltic. Also Estonian and Latvian cultures influenced each other

[@enemy1191]

Other Nordics? ... nope. Only close to one Nordic, Finland. Those other Nordics are Scandinavians, they don't want Estonian.

[@enemy1191]

@IdkGoodName Vilius and that's why there are multiple points of view why it can happen and can't. As he said, cultural influences between Estonia and Latvia. On a map they next to it, but Finland bit further away. Big part of history kind a same. But then Estonians feel more closer to Finns because they are almost the same people, same language family, etc. And the same thing with Latvians and Lithuanians - language, people, braļukas, etc. ... There are things that connects Latvians with Estonians, Estonians with Finns, Latvians with Lithuanians, .... Lithuanians with Estonians?? okey, there is this problem, that i really haven't heard that they would have some connection. Mostly only land/map thing, and multiple occupations by Germans and Russians, and fights for freedom. They really didn't had that much connection because there was Latvia in between. Latvia got it more from both sides. ... so mostly it looks like it can't happen.

[@duesen00]

@IdkGoodName Vilius I know, I am Latvian myself

[@itsKarlDesigns]

@@enemy1191 they dont want estonians? Whats that got to do with being culturally closer to nordiv countries? Idk why Baltics always get tossed in with Eastern Europe anyways. Estonia and Latvia are quite different than most of Eastern Europe. Latvia and Lithuania are closer linguistically and ethnically, Estonia closer to Finland... but in the end we are all BALTIC. Not Nordic, not Eastern European. No Estonian even cares to "be a nordic". Some people play along with the meme, but now so many foreigners actually think Estonia os desperate to leave Baltics and "be Nordic", whatever that even means. Its not cold war era anymore, where the iron curtain separates east and west, communism and democracy.. UN labels all of Baltics as NORTHERN EUROPE. Thats what it is. And no, Baltics wont unite into a one country. Thats just not happening. Pretty much all of this video is just pretty useless shallow research based bs. I dont think any of these will happen, least unrealistic ones would probably be Irish and Romanian ones, but even those I dont see happening in the next 20-30 years probably.

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

I'm actually creating countries in my free time because quarantine is pretty boring. I have created Benelux, a Scandinavian Union, a Baltic Union, United Ireland, a Transcaucasian Union, and an Iberian Republic. (I have created a lot more but I just mentioned the ones in Europe because that's what this video is about.)

[@giorgi2702]

What do you mean in create? Like in a game?

[@sarpbakrsoy8125]

@@giorgi2702 No, I'm just creating these "country profiles" on a Word document on my PC. Like, I write its population, its currency, its land mass, its flag, etc.

[@ifer1280]

@Granddad Fleenstone I've always wondered - is there still a relation between the Luxemburg province in Belgium and the Luxemburg state? Or is the shared name purely historical?

[@Dylan-ze6hw]

Granddad Fleenstone I am for the Union of BeNeLux, despite the diversity, making BeNeLux a regional power would be awesome

[@Take-aim-and-reload...]

*General Knowledge:* _"A united Ireland might be possible."_ *Ulster Loyalists w/ Shotguns:* _"You wot, mate!?"_

[@jackcarroll22]

The troubles starts again

[@fgconnolly4170]

is that supposed to be some kinda Irish accent? cuz that's not how they speak (that's how Australians speak)

[@diamondjolt]

Most of the unionists are dying off anyway lol

[@dan-860]

DiamondJolt you say that yet the Unionist vote has stayed stagnate while the republican vote has declined.

[@jackcarroll22]

FG Ó Conghaile or it sounds like some Londoner

[@myotherchannel2729]

Re Cyprus, a couple of decades ago I was on a bus in London and saw Turkish shops and Greek shops jumbled up in the same street. It struck me that Cypriots must be living together just fine in London and I wondered why this was easier than doing the same back home.

[@citiescape644]

I am from Romania and we consider our neighbors from Moldova like our brothers. Many artists and people în general come to Romania for a better life and we would like to be reunited. It's unikey with the big influence of Russia in Moldova, but we like the idea of a reunification.

[@ethan5719]

Did anyone else read that title as being a union of Ireland and Benelux together?

[@ConsciousAtoms]

Yup, I was a bit disappointed actually. It's madness, of course, but it would have been entertaining to watch.

[@Arbarano]

Yes, I did...

[@ethan5719]

@@ConsciousAtoms ikr now I want it

[@ethan5719]

@@Arbarano at least I'm not alone

[@gabrielcaramet3238]

Yrs

[@dogdamn]

When you're doing the Asia version of this video the Israel+Palestine will be tense

[@ecurewitz]

yeah, that would be quite the understatement

[@slimnotsoshady944]

Or DPRK and the south.

[@conlia]

China and Taiwan too

[@oliverleonard7730]

Not as much as the North and South Korea one.

[@slimnotsoshady944]

@@oliverleonard7730 literally what i just said

[@RandomLorence]

Moldova must unite with romania. In 1859 Wallachia & Moldova united and formed the "United Principalities" In 1918 Moldova-Bessarabia unite with the Kingdom of Romania, creating the "Greater Romania" Moldova has the same language of Romania so.... And if Moldova will enter, will actually enter European Union

[@cratima21]

"Din nou, doar tradus automat." In English it means --> Again, just automatically translated. Hehe. As a Romanian , I would like Romania and Moldova to be united.

[@teobiquir1815]

That's insane bruh

[@adamwnt]

Culturally and linguistically it would make sense, but they are far too poor and corrupt and many eu citizens me included wouldn’t be keen on such idea

[@pasdpasse439]

@@adamwnt Doar că ai uitat că 1/6 din populația Rep. Moldova are deja cetățenia română, LOL.

[@mister_grizzlee5105]

@@pasdpasse439 boss noi abia de reușim sa dezvoltam regiunile noastre dar dacă mai bagi și Moldova la mijloc o sa pierdem mulți bani pentru a face o infrastructura cât de cât decenta

[@69master9]

@@mister_grizzlee5105 Romania are cea mai mare crestere economica din -Romania- Europa (5,5%, comparata cu Germania care are doar 2%). Din 2018 salariile au cresut de la 500 de euro la 688 si se precizează ca daca pandemia va fi scurta in 5 ani vom avea salariile la fel de mari ca in Italia(putin peste 1000 de euro). Legat de coruptie...Portugalia si Italia sunt mult mai corupte. Romania imparte locul cu Ungaria(48 in lume) Iti dai seama ce economie in crestere vom avea cand punem mana pe sticlele alea de vin si 90% din pamant fertil? Mai ales daca punem mana pe vinurile destinate Rusiei pe care vom urma sa le vindem vesticilor pe mai multi bani.

[@dahamster97]

The census on identity with ppl saying they are 'Northern Irish' doesn't mean that they are advocating for a 'Northern Irish Republic', mainly just not identifying as Irish or British or identifying with being 'Northern Irish' first over being British or Irish or all three.

[@te1327]

Yeah ik, in sure most English people identify with being English or even their county over being British. This is also especially true in Scotland

[@galoglaich3281]

dahamster 97 the northern irish identity really means they don't really want to take sides,not saying that they are identity is not sincere,it is also regional identity but not really a national identity

[@MajorMuffins13]

te1 eh, not really, majority of people identify as both home nation and British. Doesn’t have to be one or the other. Kinda like how an Ameican from Texas identifies as Texan but American also.

[@shreyas__]

@Soda King there are countries small than NI

[@RHarrison1203]

Well actually, I am a real northern irish and I want northern republic ireland so... check mate dahamster97

[@adielblum4569]

Montenegro and Serbia have a high chance of unification at least more than some of the countries you mentioned

[@vladgogulancea345]

the two countries were united not longer then 15 years ago and they split so i can't see why they would reunit.

[@giorgi2702]

Vlad Gogulancea why did they split anyway?

[@vladgogulancea345]

@Llama'sLife it was a referendum for independence, not just a political decision

[@happyfacefries]

Did you watch the video? He said he knew not all of these things were possible

[@JONTHEWHEREHOG]

@@vladgogulancea345 A larg portion of montenegro self identifies as serbian, (i think like 30%), and with the recent issues with the montenegrin government, some peope want to be back under serbias government which i think is a bad idea because their government isnt any better hence why they left in the first place.

[@shmet]

3:25 the education of Belgium and Netherlands is a whole different system. The degrees do not have the same values in both countries

[@simonyakovlev8318]

Precies

[@dirkgonthier101]

There is a lot more cooperation in the Benelux than you say. For instance in the domain of defence. There exists an agreement between the three countries that one day Belgium has some fighters in the air, checking the territories of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourgh. The other it are Dutch fighters which do the same. And this is just one example.

[@thetrain47539]

Lol. Belgium contains 4 cultures already. Now try mixing this with Luxembourgish culture and Dutch culture and you have 6 cultures in a single nation where there would be a dual monarchy or one monarch would have to relinquish their crown. Never going to happen....

[@littleprincess8526]

@@thetrain47539 He's not talking about uniting them, he's saying that those countries are already united in many things, which is a fact.

[@thetrain47539]

@@littleprincess8526 "I missed the point but I'll throw in my cent anyways" you

[@FragLord]

@@thetrain47539 4 cultures? Which are those fam? Flemish, Walloon, German and? Please don't say Brussels or i'm going to shit a chicken... Also the Germans are integrated into Walloonia and all of them speak fluently French. All 3 cultures are actually very similar with some minor details here and there. Also the next heirs of Belgium and the Netherlands aren't married yet. Maybe we could unite the houses and they could become the first lesbian heads of state in the world. Now that would be a real compromise. If you would ask me, fuck the monarchy. The Belgian monarchy are the descendents of Leopold II. It's like having Hitlers grandchildren for a king. No thanks. Vive la republique

[@CaptainAhab117]

I imagine Russia would do almost anything to prevent a united Transcaucasia that may want to join the EU, or god forbid even NATO.

[@CaptainAhab117]

@@igorfoxly2555 That was implied.

[@kingdomoftransylvania5744]

that would be nice giant country in both asia and europe thats in the EU and NATO

[@TitusRex]

I think the biggest union that can happen is the EU actually becoming a United States of Europe

[@qupp75]

Exactly. That’s what we should focus on, not all this speculation on what is in effect just larger nation states.

[@Dylan-ze6hw]

qupp75 a united EU state would be really wild and wouldn’t really work

[@Cylle]

good luck dealing with 50 dif languages xd...

[@elonion]

@@Cylle Well China have hundreds of languages and have had for centuries but still i one country. So a EU as a federation with smaller languages inside should be possible. Knowing multiple languages are a thing that most europeans are familiar with so having a local language and another for use at the federal level should be doable.

[@gaelfortier2668]

@@elonion China is an autoritairian country that imposes the learning of mandarin and chinese communist values... the EU is much more diverse in terms of culture/language than the USA (1 main language, english, with small amount of spanish and french) and it has democratic states unlike china... to me, it seems literally imposible to do.

[@JimyDylan]

I watch because, from the thumbnail, I thought you were proposing to unite ireland with benelux en was very confused

[@stefanvladstanciu771]

Russia won't allow a united Romania, it would move the NATO border closer to it.

[@maninredhelm]

The thumbnail made me think the video would be about Ireland joining Benelux. I think if you combine the Irish with Amsterdam, you have to call the new nation "Craicland."

[@darthvader5830]

Hahahah thats actually really smart hahahaha

[@69master9]

Here for Moldova and Romania- Next time please use more information. Romania already had elections to unite with Moldova and it was approved by 90% of the population. Now they have to have a referendum and we unite. But what is bad is that the percentage of unionists chose to renegade their moldovan documents and opted for romanian nationality and i think only moldovans and minorities with moldovan etnicity can vote :(

[@superstrongr]

Moldova is Romania 🇷🇴 we are the same people, we speak the same language and the vast majority consider we should be one nation.

[@vjflow749]

Probable unifications: Romania and Moldova(without Transnistria) Ireland and N Ireland Serbia and R Srpska Albania and Kosovo Croatia and Herzegovina Bulgaria and N Macedonia Possible unifications: Switzerland and Liechtenstein Germany and Austria and Luxembourg and S Tirol Valonia and France Flanders and Netherlands Denmark and Norway Finland and Estonia Andorra and Catalonia Galicia and Portugal Italy and San Marino and Vatican and Monaco Greece and Cyprus

[@greatmapper187]

R Srpska is forever heart of Bosnia you idiot. Only Serbia can unite with Montenegro but with R Srpska,never.

[@greatmapper187]

Greetings from Bosnia

[@paulgeorge1699]

Great Mapper hah u r brainwash

[@mzzmsmz]

Hi where is Valonia ?

[@anvagesi5522]

Macedonia and Bulgaria are completely different, but I see ur probably to much of a hypocrite to realize that!

[@pixifee5008]

Also a fusion of Switzerland and Liechtenstein sounds very likely.

[@Nicky_Savage]

Doesn't sound much neutral

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

Oh boy, who's ready for the comment war? I've got my popcorn ready

[@bokibo87]

Get your Coca Cola ready too.

[@MK00040]

hello

[@ThatGuy-he6lc]

Avery the Cuban-American you are absolutely everywhere... ISP’s videos, these...

[@wojtekpolska1013]

3:29 actually thats kinda interesting with the police thing, since in europe physical borders dont exist (you can just drive trough) you can find videos on youtube where police during a car chase crosses the border and chases the suspect together with police from another country. i think in the video i saw it was german police driving into the netherlands, tho i dont remember for sure

[@missmaddy]

Romania and Moldova are most likely, as they were United in the past, same language, same history and same culture and they are literally political movements fighting for Great Romania. ❤️💛💙

[@sebestyenpinter706]

It's impossible, beacuse the minorities don't wanna be a union

[@missmaddy]

@@sebestyenpinter706 that's not the case for Romania's minorities but Moldova's one are a little bit more complicated, many of them don't view themselves as moldovans, because they moved there one or two generations ago.

[@sebestyenpinter706]

@@missmaddy Yes, you're right

[@ProductofWit]

Five languages of the BeNeLux being Dutch, French, Frisian, German and Luxemburgian.

[@masterofdisaster3338]

Bernharde Jep, Luxemburgian. Only true Luxemburgers speak Luxemburgian.

[@ProductofWit]

@@IndianTigress98 And Walloon, but it isn't spoken that often anymore and only by elderly. And I think I agree.

[@VenatusUprising]

But... But... If Benelux united we will lose the only remaining duchy.

[@MK00040]

@Granddad Fleenstone there is no "belgian" language

[@driheart]

@@MK00040 When I read that, I got confused somehow, then I realized "Belgian?! " Lol

[@Dylan-ze6hw]

Granddad Fleenstone under the dutch we kinda already have that but everything is working fine

[@danseremet]

The bit that is currently the Republic of Moldova is only part of the medieval principality of Moldova. The region is known as Bessarabia, a name given by the Russians. It was in the Russian empire from 1812 until 1918, then in Romania from 1918 until 1944 (not 47). Russian influence is quite high because it was in the USSR, though it's losing out over time. Also as others have said, the language is the same, not just similar. Even the Bessarabian accent is very similar to the one found over the border in Romanian Moldova.

[@Rockstone1969]

4:22... it would actually have 6 official languages. Three in Belgium (Flemish/Dutch, German and French), Three in the Netherlands (Dutch, Frisian and Papiamento) and Luxemburgish. Assuming Flemish and Dutch are the same, you get 6. If not, 7.

[@dutchman7623]

You forgot English! English is spoken on Saba and St Eustatius, and an English mix on St.Maarten.

[@angusdorset7816]

Someone who thinks Irish unification is likely clearly hasn’t taken a trip to Belfast. More union jacks in that city than there are in the entire rest of the U.K..

[@darth3911]

ecky1965 it would indeed unless north ireland became its own republic it will stay part of the U.k.

[@darth3911]

ecky1965 that’s exactly why they will not leave the U.k. they would rather be independent then part of ireland and there part of the U.k. now so why leave unless the u.k. has a economic crass

[@riof.7947]

But there is also Irish flags

[@darthvader5830]

@@riof.7947 not so much anymore. The people that identify as British in the north feel threatened by the thought of reunification so they go all out with union jacks. Irish people in the North don't feel as threatened as they have support from the Republic.

[@riof.7947]

Éamon De Valera They don’t feel threatened because only 20% of the population want reunification, they just fly them because they are very patriotic. Also there is lots of Irish flags, not as much, but there is a quite a bit.

[@itspimozz4762]

First of all i want to say hello to every single person on the earth peace and much love from Kosovo/Albania!

[@CrazyInWeston]

The auto subtitles were in Dutch but it put so many English words in there, I could sort of understand it.

[@fab199105]

I like your videos, but as a Dutch person myself, i found the part about the benelux a little too reductive and simplistic. there is a long history between european countries and this is impossible to explain in 2 minutes. I'll try to explain it in a nutshell anyway;): The merger of the Benelux is highly unlikely, the Benelux was created as a peacefull sollution to make it easier to interchange services, goods and people without extensive border patrol and allowed regulated taxes for those services within those countries while still remaining their own seperate countries, and was the basis for the EU as we know it today. Though the most recent discussion of Flanders (the dutch speaking area of Belgium) started to flair up since the beginning of the 21st century due to Belgium not being able to form a propper federal government. (which to this day hasn't happened, but due to the pandemic they formed a government, but mostly just on paper, to handle the crisis.) The most recent articles i can find about The Netherlands and the Flanders part of Belgium merging are from 2016/17 . both for and against the merger. The reasons why this merger would be difficult is because : 1. the dutch and belgium mentality is vastly different, dutch are known for being direct and informal on most aspects of their life. where as people from Belgium are more indirect and more private (induvidially) minded. 2. The people from both countries have a love/hate relationship with eachother, something that remains from the dutch/belgium war that resulted in belgiums independence. 3. all three countries have their own royal family, the Dutch have "The house of Orange" with King Willem Alexander and Queen Maxima. The Belgium Monarchy has King Phillippe and Queen Mathilde. And Luxemburg is a Grand Duchy and has Grand Duke Henri as their head of state and related to the Dutch Royal house of Orange-Nassau. A grand duke is a royal title, but lower in rank than a King or Queen. Alltogether this might cause unnessesary friction between countries about who would be the official head of state of the merged Benelux. 4. The French speaking part of Belgium (Walonie) are mostly opposed to the idea of becoming part of The Netherlands, and would rather be part of France, meaning that Belgium could be dissolved all together. P.s. the map shown at 4:40 is not a map of languages but a map of dialects, the following link shows the image used in the video and shows two more maps showing a more general bigger dialects map and one that is more specific. nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talen_in_Belgi%C3%AB#/media/Bestand:Languages_Benelux.PNG

[@Thomas-gs8ug]

Hey I'm Belgian from Wallonia. And you're completely wrong about us and France. Us speaking French does not mean that we feel like French. We feel mostly Belgian and we got nothing against Flemish people as we are the same apart from the language. I learned myself Dutch and German and I also speak French and English. So the problem might not be the languages. I like the way it is now and I would not like a united country in the Benelux because it would simply means go back to the old Netherlands and we don't want that anymore even if we love our Dutch cousins I don't feel like a country of us three would fit but I quite like this idea of mini Europe between us

[@Thomas-gs8ug]

Hey I'm Belgian from Wallonia. And you're completely wrong about us and France. Us speaking French does not mean that we feel like French. We feel mostly Belgian and we got nothing against Flemish people as we are the same apart from the language. I learned myself Dutch and German and I also speak French and English. So the problem might not be the languages. I like the way it is now and I would not like a united country in the Benelux because it would simply means go back to the old Netherlands and we don't want that anymore even if we love our Dutch cousins I don't feel like a country of us three would fit but I quite like this idea of mini Europe between us

[@lantredasphodele5858]

Nope the french speaking part of Wallonie is NOT willing to be assimilated by France. The ratachist movement is so small that it may not even exist that it would be the same. As a wallonian I would largely prefer to give up my native language and make compromise with the flemish to be more united. In the it's more of a "anything but France" state of mind

[@nugget3084]

I as a dutchman would be down to unite Benelux Hell, uniting with the flemish would be awesome too

[@CaptainTerrific09]

I think we’re missing Austria-Hungary here

[@florallyclover]

2:17 - the people of Northern Ireland aren’t ever gonna call themselves British unless they migrated from England/Wales/Scotland, because Britain is the name of the island of England/Wales/Scotland

[@bernardow9829]

People asks why Portugal is not Spain , but the real question is , Why Spain is not Portugal ? Im from Portugal btw :>

[@O_Tucano]

olá

[@bernardow9829]

@@O_Tucano oii

[@jppt24]

@@dreuvasdevil9395 Bigger doesn't mean stronger

[@jppt24]

@@dreuvasdevil9395 If Spain was stronger than us, we wouldn't be independent.

[@jppt24]

@@dreuvasdevil9395 No, but their neighbors didn't try to conquer them.

[@MichelleCatlin]

It's a lot more likely that The Netherlands and Flanders unite as a country than the Benelux. The Dutch and Flemish have a similar culture and the same language, where as Benelux would just be a mess. Even Belgium alone is already unable to form its own government due to seperate language speaking regions.

[@robbefertein2918]

Agreed belgium is a mess. But a union between flanders and the Netherlands is highly unlikely seeing that we flemish don't like Dutch people enough to form a country with them

[@vanpeursus]

@@robbefertein2918 overdrijven is ook een vak.

[@prion42]

I wonder if the "Dutch war against the sea" would remain a national priority in a United Benelux

[@ifer1280]

@@robbefertein2918 I would say that the Flemish like independence more than they like the Dutch. The Dutch on the other hand love the Flemish.

[@nielsdecoene2925]

Belgium isn’t really unable to form a government because of language problems but more because of political parties who polarize people. A lot of countries are multilingual, here it is the particracy that’s tearing our country apart

[@hangingwithmygnomes2067]

I think Azerbaijan uniting with Turkey is far more likely than uniting with Armenia and Georgia.

[@ffarkasm]

How about Azerbaijan and Iran? I think it is more likely due to religious reasons. Azerbaijan and Iran are Shia while Turkey is Sunni.

[@teksinsahin2449]

@@ffarkasm Sectarian differences in Islam are not so much as in Christianity ( orthodox, protestant and catholic ). There are only minor differences...

[@hangingwithmygnomes2067]

@@ffarkasm that might happend, although I don't know much of Iran to say anything

[@ffarkasm]

@@teksinsahin2449 ye, but I think Iran hates everybody that is not Shia. Especially Saudi Arabia.

[@longliveantarctica4939]

@@ffarkasm Why do you think Azerbaijan and Iran should unite? Only due to the religious reason?

[@theillyri8339]

The unification of Kosova and Albania is the most rational, but at the time it's challenged from Russia and it's allies for some reason . Balkan dominance from external world powers seems to include small countries in the Balkans even if we're talking about the ethnic countries of the same ethnicity and language with not a single reason to not be united .

[@monstermapping7209]

A second Swedish-Norwegian union is pretty likely aswell, Sweden gains norwegian oil money and Norway gains economic stability from swedish industry. The also have very simular languages and culture.

[@keighlancoe5933]

Nah, Norway is pretty anti-EU and they view the Swedes as kinda wacky left-wing nutjobs. They don't want all the immigrants Sweden keeps letting in either

[@ixyyearis5099]

If Sweden and Norway go together, Denmark would also have to join But for Norway, the Swedes would dominate too much so a union with Denmark would be more likely, you know Denmark and Norway were united until Sweden took Norway by force, and the Norwegians themselves didn't want the union with Sweden, and voted to leave it in 1905.

[@monstermapping7209]

@@ixyyearis5099 No, Denmark and Norway would never unite, what would be the benefits of that? And you know, Norway didn't want to be united with Denmark. During the early 1800s when Sweden took Norway they did not want to keep being danish but gain independence. Learn politics before expressing yourself.

[@monstermapping7209]

@@keighlancoe5933 Yes the EU is probably the only thing keeping this from happening, sad thing 53% of Swedes wanted to join and 47% of Norwegians. That tiny tiny difference seperated the two states.

[@ixyyearis5099]

@@monstermapping7209 I never said they wanted to be United with Denmark, and even if there are more benefits uniting with Sweden, the Swedes would definitely dominate since they have a much larger population, so if a union happened, the Swedes would likely have all the powers.

[@arturoalvarezdelatorre9366]

General knowledge: *Baltic united state* *suicide squad has entered the chat*

[@nolader28]

True

[@themisterseal]

Nice one.

[@dracodistortion9447]

26+6=1 ÉRIE GO BRAGH ONE ISLAND ONE IRELAND 🇮🇪✊🇮🇪

[@Waterford1992]

See the quality of life in the north decrease massively when they leave the 6th richest nation to join the 32nd

[@teobiquir1815]

So i was wrong saying that 26+6=32 ??

[@teobiquir1815]

So i was wrong saying that 26+6=32 ??

[@dracodistortion9447]

@@Waterford1992 first world issues

[@themorebike880]

@@Waterford1992 then you realise that 32nd is still wealthy and that most that wealth is in england..