America If It Was Made More Like Europe...

[@DrewDurnil]

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[@spartan6517]

Brittian has joined the chat

[@JJTinyEyes]

Now ik how britan got so powerful 😂

[@Charcoal-jn1lg]

PLZ

[@Charcoal-jn1lg]

I have World of Warships so funzies

[@295g295]

1:08 world of worship

[@aysenur6761]

Calling the Balkans Baltics is a certified Drew thing at this point.

[@rafabastos4609]

Lmao yeah

[@aamo3960]

I mean i think most Balkan people would prefer the Baltics. That’s how bad it is

[@Eatingwateratm]

@@aamo3960 I mean if they want to be next to one of the almost superpowers then yea I guess.

[@radkobashev8523]

@@aamo3960*No, the sun is a deadly lazer* (If you get the reference 😅)

[@aamo3960]

@@radkobashev8523 Hah i get what u mean😂

[@festusisfestive]

“China equals Britain” Taiwan: “you know, im something of an I R E L A N D myself”

[@n0rway630]

Nope

[@anonymouz8017]

@@n0rway630 Yes.

[@valeriobenedetti7791]

Except China is the based one between the 2

[@TheMegatron15]

Wow

[@RayFog1]

@@valeriobenedetti7791 *cringe

[@kingdomofportugal-brazil]

I like how Drew’s upload schedule is not affected by daylight savings. He used to upload 5PM BST and now 4PM GMT

[@damndanielthesuctioncupdan]

True

[@OGMagaro]

it’s always been noon for me. did daylight savings already happen in some places? it’s next weekend where i live

[@vunga8195]

do they have daylight savings in the US?

[@Ben45608]

@@vunga8195 we do but not in Arizona

[@mcbeclips7899]

@@vunga8195 duh

[@LEO_M1]

I think it’s called “Island” because in Icelandic that’s what the place is called; “Ísland”.

[@sebastianmadsen4592]

It’s Becuse. Is = ICE in norse and the norse People Discoverd it and the only thing they Saw was ICE so they called it iceland (Island)

[@at4na583]

In Macedonia we call it "Island" but it does not mean like island its just a name and we have "Ostrov" for "Island"

[@at4na583]

It may seem a bit confusing

[@capaldi4929]

It's called Island in German too

[@sebastianmadsen4592]

(In Denmark we Call it Island to)

[@MrAlsachti]

*Drew:* There are too many red and white flags, just divided by the middle. *Me, an Alsatian:* (°_°;) stay quiet, Jérémie, and nobody will notice you're there...

[@lucienlesel]

Ah tiens, un autre brezellois

[@Jordaniantrex]

Drew is slowly becoming chad every time I see him

[@communistindonesiaball175]

Hes revealing his true self!1!!1!1!1!

[@cezarpricop9471]

"Don't even get me starting with the Baltics"-Drew, October 31st 2021, pointing at the Balkans

[@ryofox493]

just a couple videos after saying he wouldnt mix them up anymore lol

[@joshgoh4798]

You can see how at 0:25 you can kinda guess how it's post Opium War cause the German Empire owned Tsingdao(city in Shandong) and them taking Shandong isn't rly far fetched It's not no no Germany, GB would have never allowed a no no Germany to have a colony after the Treaty Of Versailles edit: this timeline is sure weird

[@jjthefb_shitpost]

So Shandong is basically either the German Empire or the Weimar Republic in exile

[@martenkahr3365]

​@@jjthefb_shitpost Probably German Empire. Looks like a timeline where the first world war never happened.

[@jjthefb_shitpost]

@@martenkahr3365 makes sense, I mean, the Russian civil War would still happen regardless, Germany could prevent the Poles, Belarusians, Ukrainians, and Baltic people from falling to the Soviets

[@joshgoh4798]

In this timeline I'm guessing that presumably after this event and at the start of WW1, the Germans won WW1, and signed the the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, gained Ukraine, White Ruthenia, Poland and the Baltic States and the Finns got liberated, and they wouldn't have supported the White Russians during the Russian Civil War, resulting in a Soviet Victory like in our timeline. While I assume that Germany did punish the French, they wouldn't have so with the British to get on their good side. The only actual problem with this theory is that the Germans would also want to annex French Indochina and China after WW1 so yea

[@joshgoh4798]

Meanwhile, another possible theory is that WW1 never happened; what happened was probably a Russo-Germano War which crippled Russia's Industrial sectors causing the collapse of Russia

[@aarona.aaronson9621]

"Random amalgamation of different languages and cultures... Crazy it even existed for as long as it did" says the US-American

[@KidKingdomHearts]

He’s right. We’re seemingly getting to that point of pressure for our country

[@Betterhose]

0:25 The German Empire had a harbor in China. The city was called Tsingtau. That is probably an extension of that. However, that would mean that there was no WW1 in this timeline, because Tsingtau was captured by the Japanese.

[@minnesotanfreedomist3147]

Maybe they tried to avoid WWI by partitioning china. Like a team building exercise.

[@Betterhose]

@@minnesotanfreedomist3147 They actually did something like that during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900. Britain, Russia, Japan, France, Germany, the US, Italy and Austria-Hungary all fought on one side. It's like Marvel Infinity War but with imperial countries. 😄 😄 Maybe the Boxer Rebellion in this alternate timeline was significantly harder to crush, so they grew closer together. Because we all know that a common enemy brings people closer together. Especially when it is a stronger enemy. Edit: There is a song about the Boxer Rebellion called "55 Days at Peking". What's awesome about it is, that each participating nation has its own version in its own language.

[@suleimansghk]

a Chinese beer company was named after tsintao

[@gurrrn1102]

Qingdao

[@jackin_it]

One second in and I’m already in a British wet dream. Lots of tea, and lots of opium.

[@frug6957]

True lol.

[@magicslave3066]

The video is a wet dream to you!

[@RayFog1]

As a Brit I confirm that I did indeed wet myself

[@magicslave3066]

@@RayFog1 😑

[@aceofspoons8382]

That's how we party!

[@emperorvader283]

“It’s almost like they designed this around rivers” I think it’s designed around Basins because that is a Major Problem For America.

[@cheeseninja1115]

finally a US state redesign map were the rightful Michigan clay of the UP is not taken away from us!

[@thatsaboat2882]

The cheese empire will still take it back

[@unholytrinity544]

why are you cringe

[@poland3318]

Finally

[@oscy7909]

Wisconsin loves cheese. Your username is CHEESEninja.what’s going on.

[@breakfast_food]

Missouri is not on Missouri

[@Yudentheepicboy]

I HIGHLY, HIGHLY approve of this new Drew upload

[@PurPurDot]

You haven’t watched It yet *._.*

[@Yudentheepicboy]

@@PurPurDot how do you know lol

[@PurPurDot]

@@Yudentheepicboy it’s only Been A few minutes *._.*

[@dude_1234]

@@PurPurDot ._.

[@Yudentheepicboy]

@@PurPurDot doesn't mean I can't make assumptions based on parts if the video I've already seen

[@christophermichaelclarence6003]

The Roman Empire sure love living in the coastlines. Monaco 🇲🇨 is like a Kingdom there.

[@ARTHUR_SMYTH_]

11:17 huh, this would make a great video game. It’s almost like there already is one

[@UncleWermus]

"I wouldn't say "Free" Tibet... more like just under new management"

[@gaffalstudios3617]

Me facepalming my way through the entire video as Drew misssunderstands every historical event

[@swedishbloke]

Iceland is island in swedish It’s literally the exact translation Is=ice Land=land/country

[@MoLauer]

Same in basically every germanic Language including icelandic (Ísland)

[@MoLauer]

Except English of course

[@lomikfc]

@@MoLauer of course

[@pedabozovicvii3945]

In serbian Is Island too

[@HF7-AD]

@@MoLauer English is the weird cousin of the germanics

[@leonardochapman4736]

I'm spending the night in hospital and am really not feeling good, but watching this video made me temporarily feel better

[@leonardochapman4736]

@@MvsicAdd7ct thanks

[@In_Our_Timeline]

4:38 this is the most cursed map i have every seen

[@novaandersson5642]

Czeck is in balkan

[@channelterminated6699]

Recheck the Holy Roman Empire again brother

[@kushagrasingh4157]

Bruh see Persia map

[@dude_1234]

4:22 ah yes, *baltics*

[@Liggliluff]

(5:10) No, it's because "is" is the word for ice in several languages, and the S in "Island" is pronounced.

[@Emperordgualica]

For that last one, the war was called the Toledo War. It was a border dispute that Ohio won, and as compensation, Michigan got the upper peninsula.

[@Juho.S.]

5:12 Island means iceland in English since in Swedish, Norwegian and Danish "is" means "ice" (and "land" is "land").

[@lukebaker5460]

New Holland was 1600’s Australia, for your knowledge.

[@oofbruh6149]

4:23 ahh yes the devided nation of the Baltic

[@dude_1234]

Ikr

[@georgios_5342]

11:25 thick Empire of Hellas you got there

[@braydenwilliams5717]

I wouldn’t mind the alternate history of the Americas

[@fristicuffs9847]

As a Texan, Texas originally owned New Mexico and a sliver of Colorado, I could see them with Louisiana and maybe Oklahoma and Arkansas but they would def have New Mexico and more besides their sliver of Colorado (currently unclaimed), and would def try to get southeast Louisiana, seeing as it is a very fertile and important land.

[@stivcz]

Fun fact: Czech word for Iceland is Island.

[@H1ydra]

2:34 i think florida and cuba would be the newfoundland and labrador of the USA

[@aethyrial3856]

5:15 -ish From what I know, it's not actually each language's translation of 'Island'. Rather it was each language's calque for 'Ice Land' which is commonly 'issland' or 'island' (pronounced like how it looks)

[@JaredtheRabbit]

You said “Baltics” instead of “Balkans” on that Austro-Hungarian map.

[@Jay-629]

he’s been doing it for years, just ignore it

[@teamcanaloficial8358]

2:55 the Americans were the ones to help the Texans rebel against mexico, the Texans alone wouldn'tve been able to get independence from Mexico, which means the British or maybe even the Canadians went to war with Mexico or/and helped Texas get independence

[@turtlebutme7103]

It wouldn't be the war thing it would likely play out very similarly to how it did historically with random volunteers going down south to fight without direct govt. armed intervention.

[@turtlebutme7103]

Oh yeah for that map to work a bunch of either canadians or british colonists would have had to migrate to texas and hold similar political values as early 1800s americans.

[@hilmust6278]

Day 56 of asking Drew to react to the Zambian anthem

[@netheritepickaxe8579]

Congrats on closing in on 1m subs 🥳

[@VitalVision_12]

I have a recommendation for a free game on steam. It's called War Selection and you have your own civilization and have to go through the ages (stone age, iron age, industrial revolution) and you have to fight somebody else. I think it would be cool to see you play it. Thanks, drew.

[@kingdomofportugal-brazil]

5:25 Iceland in Icelandic is spelled Island. But the s is not silent

[@user-nk5es9iy8i]

Same in Scandinavia.

[@Daisemiin]

Not designed around rivers as boundaries Drew. the Illinois border is exactly the rivers on each side then a straight line separating it from Indiana. They carved a chunk out and gave it to Missouri.

[@thatrandomguyontheinternet2477]

‘The Dutch took a chunk of South Africa’ Every Dutch/South African: TRIGGERD

[@SpaceMonkeyBoi]

Drew: "oh, I'm afraid my beard will be quite operational when your friends arrive..."

[@lunariousmoon]

Drew keeps his consistency, 6pm GTM+2 and with no DST in my country

[@damndanielthesuctioncupdan]

Since the switch of DST, Drew Durnil now uploads at 4pm for me until his area switches back

[@inesmachado1]

Drew, stop calling the Balkans the Baltics, you have done it atleast 1000 times now.

[@londonalicante]

Swiss thalassocracy... The technology that enabled them to take over the seas was the alpenhorn. Combined with a pre-electric morse code it would have been a formidable means of communication.

[@lawden210]

2:07 Missed opportunity for a quadropoint

[@georgios_5342]

6:03 formerly Byzantine. These are the Latin crusader states formed by the 4the Crusade.

[@SilentObserver12]

The swiss discovered Noah's Ark in the Alps.

[@ETB3341]

Glorious Tannu-What lives on!

[@byrontheluigifan72]

As a Missourian, I like seeing my homeland the biggest on the thumbnail.

[@luzifershadres]

5:35 the german empire was created in 1871. This map shows 1863.

[@niekhofman428]

That’s right Drew’s gonna upload one our earlier now.

[@alvin8735]

5:12 in swedish it’s called Island instead of Iceland cause, Ice= is and land is land. Så it could be because of that…

[@DarwinskiYT]

I like how drew just doesn’t acknowledge that at 3:39 Canada owns Greenland

[@RendraNadeViro]

4:24 drew ask how indonesian have thousands of culture and islands but still stand together

[@aidenkennedy3044]

World of Warships is becoming the new Raid Shadow Legends I feel like

[@WiIdDuck]

Mississippi annexing Tennessee and Arkansas is a dream come true

[@nose-vm3gu]

5:14 actually, in spanish it's called "Islandia" and it literally means island

[@user-nk5es9iy8i]

Maybe its because Iceland is spelled "Ísland" in Icelandic and "Island" in Scandinavia, and other languages perhaps just assumed that it meant an island or the island. In Scandinavia and Iceland an island (a landmass in a ocean) is called Ø/Ö/Øy/Eyja, and all have the same origin.

[@dragoncountryballs5204]

Its not, im spanish and island is isla

[@user-nk5es9iy8i]

@@dragoncountryballs5204 Only place I can find that calls Iceland "Islandia" is Poland.

[@nose-vm3gu]

@@dragoncountryballs5204 wn islandia, isla y landia, isla es isle y landia es land.

[@serbianrailfanning967]

Fun fact: Netherlands means Low Lands, that's why they have floods. The country is lower than sea level almost.

[@johnvance882]

The idea that Mississippi would inadvertently become one of the most powerful states by single handedly holding the entire Mississippi River is amazing lol. Not only having just Jackson, MS but also Memphis, MS, New Orleans, MS, St. Louis, MS and Little Rock, MS.

[@beybladerkid5489]

5:09 that is one of the most beautiful sights I've ever seen a world without the UK.

[@duhbigweiner665]

I like how in the redisign of America they kept the four corners

[@kirstyrobson4046]

fun fact - liechtenstein was once accidently invaded by [neutral] switzerland

[@loganwest4087]

Drew we need a murica plush

[@realdrysoda]

4:22 "Baltics" _Sir, you've gone into uncharted territory_

[@johantoma3076]

"Is" in most nordic languages just means ice, therefore island = iceland.

[@philippplayz]

in german it is also island but is doesn't mean ice

[@CodyLan]

Funny thing Drew, in 76, you can actually Fight Mothman, you just gotta nuke something

[@eonsprite6109]

2:23 thank god im now apart of maple syrup land

[@lucashawthorne8105]

Michigan’s identity involves the 2 peninsulas, I don’t know why we have that but I would hate to lose it

[@ocgdroopy]

I like it how the East of the us on the thumbnail is actually normal

[@matthewbentley1236]

That devision of china is actually based upon the spheres of influence in china just prior to when Europeans where considering carving it up similar to africa, this was only stopped the the words of amerians that wanted a free trade area for china, and Brits that though it would be too expensive. Also British navy at the time had the policy of having a navy twice the size to the next 2 largest navys combined.

[@ragnaroni]

It is Imperial Germany, their territory is where they had their own Hong Kong which was called Kiautschou.

[@WaterBurner_]

in 7th grade social studies/history(Texas history) we learned about 4 regions of Texas lol

[@martinazanotti1963]

One hundred and twentieth day of asking Drew to visit Northern Italy

[@stefanomartello3786]

The ethnolinguistic map of austria hungary shows less Italian speaking areas then what would have been at the time. The whole Trentino (southernmost part of austro-hungarian Tyrol) was basically ethnically italian (the german name itself shows it: was called "welschtirol" in german, literally "foreign (part of the) tyrol", due to the majority of italian speaking population). Also on the istrian peninsula there was a vast majority of italian, slovenian and croatian population rather than, as showed in the map, german.

[@TheNecropolis20]

Tibet , Bhutan and Nepal Protectorates / mandates ruled by GB / UK , the Raj was a South Asia Empire or federation of countries. .. South east asia is divided between british and french in 1936 to 1950s WW2 and Vietnam war and cold war times here . MOSTLY 1936 to 1950s is played.

[@Force2reckonVods]

Drew, we have a bridge from the LP to the UP. It's OURS FOREVER MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAA

[@starfrostftt7855]

As a Missourian I am happy that we have lots of land and are not forgotten as we have been

[@greenyoshi888]

Because the entire point of the European made US map was to have no straight or normal boarders, Michigan stayed exactly the same, which the nonsensical 2 peninsulas (Which being a Michigander, I highly agree with).

[@natethegreat5968]

Drew please stop calling the Balkans the Baltics. I beg you

[@jackyhe3192]

That first map was perfectly realistic if China was colonized the the 1880s to 1920s

[@lukat005]

7:58 Drew until ww2 the orange dutch vlag was the vlag of the royal family but the nazi-party of the netherlands declared that to be their vlag. so now it is assosiated with the nazi-party

[@BrycanDMeer]

The map around 5:15 shows celtic on the british isles but wouldnt it actually be called gealiga if the invasion never happend

[@ihatemotionblur_3255]

it would be pretty much impossible for britain to conquer the entirety of china, even though they conquered all of India, the subcontinent was made up of over 600 princely states under the british monarch who had extremely high autonomy.

[@joeexorcist2319]

Drew u know that in other languages that Iceland is island, you pronounce it ees land

[@defatsvagerumdyr]

5:23 is means ice in Skandinavia and land means country

[@Knownthingg]

The fact that Drew doesn't know what Monaco is is quite shocking.

[@TheDiloEmpire]

14:04 Drew if you keep talking about giving the U.P to Wisconsin I will make you resemble a map of the H.R.E

[@marxmaiale9981]

Most of Michigan's Upper Peninsula was won in the Toledo war (MI vs OH)

[@James-ep2bx]

On the thumbnail map, pretty certain some in Texas and/or California would disagree with Texas being split up, and/or California not

[@popcorvies]

Monaco has reclaimed land. The ones in the 1300's, 1400's, and some in the 1600's 5hey have reclaimed already.

[@muckyesyesindisguise3854]

I just hyper advanced humanity in 10 seconds by making a material that can phase through itself, sadly it can’t make any creases or it will disintegrate.

[@kristophersurma6459]

The irony of the only change made to Indiana being the removal of its 2 natural boarders is painful

[@thomasfrazier7861]

America has natural borders?

[@kristophersurma6459]

@@thomasfrazier7861 more than a few though we have more arbitrary ones that’s true basically if it’s not a straight line on the map it’s probably a natural boarder

[@thomasfrazier7861]

@@kristophersurma6459 I was joking

[@thomasb7237]

The Brits taking India and most of China. What a major population buff!

[@michaelweinacht7811]

On the US map they can get rid of the MN-IA straight border by tracing the Minnesota river that goes through southern MN.

[@alexanderwoods3951]

Monaco is actually doing what the Dutch are doing Taking clays from the sea

[@malwal]

In sweden Iceland is called Island because ice = is and land ≈ land. Bonus fact: The english word island in swedish is just Ö, a one letter word!

[@ABtheButterfly]

the reason why Russia sold Alaska to the US and not Canada is that when Russia sold Alaska Canada was still technically under British rule and Russia and Britian weren't on the best terms and US and Britian still had a bit of small riviral, so Russia sold Alaska to the US fun fact Before selling Alaska to the USA, the Russian Tsar proposed selling it to Liechtenstein, but the offer was rejected