Every Country in the World | A little something about each (pt.1, Reaction)

[@jeanackle]

I'm not German, nor specially familiar with it, but I'd guess the "not illegal to escape prison" would only mean that no extra time would be added to your sentence (or rather, no extra sentence added to your previous sentence). Pretty sure the police would still be lookinf for a fugitive and bring them back to prison, should they catch them. I think.

[@headhunter1945]

You have it exactly right. You will still be wanted for escape and apprehended if possible, but the escape itself will not increase your time in jail. That is, of course, not the case for any crimes you might commit in the process of escaping.

[@tarksurmani6335]

Also you would get extra time for all the crimes you committed while escaping, like killing the guard, stealing clothes etc.....You just don't get extra time for the escape.

[@albinjohnsson2511]

Yes, the law actually the same here in Sweden. However, in practice, people often commit other crimes when they escape (violence, threatening people, reckless driving, etc.).

[@idot3331]

​@@tarksurmani6335 I think it's possible to escape prison without killing anybody or stealing clothes. I don't know if German prisoners get parole like they do in the US, but 'escaping prison' can be as easy as just not returning from parole, and a lot of countries allow low-security prisoners to wear normal civilian clothes so you could blend in quite easily.

[@viikmaqic]

@@idot3331 Well if you escape prison without damaging property, injuring people or stealing something, kudos to you. But that will still be added on the sentence if it happens

[@frankiesanchez2319]

oh that's cute, an army that didn't have any deaths, but instead brought back a friend lol I love it

[@NoProtocol]

Very wholesome

[@larrysaenz8964]

That's my kind of place

[@JayM409]

Like the Pig war between Canada & the U.S. on San Juan Island.

[@JLTS76]

Swaziland is known as Eswatini nowadays

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you!

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@NoProtocol eSwatini means land of the Swazi, in Swazi.

[@unknown-unknown69]

@@TrashskillsRS Is. "" Swazi "" a language

[@TrashskillsRS]

@@unknown-unknown69 yes, its a tribal one, like the neighbouring Zulus in South Africa

[@thabangshomang8255]

@@user-eh3zz5jg9i That's why it was changed to eSwatini because of this confusion.

[@donaldnolan5272]

You are right about Swaziland. It changed to Eswatini in 2018.

[@NoProtocol]

That’s relatively recent, thanks Donald!

[@donaldnolan5272]

@@NoProtocol You're welcome. Keep up the great work. Your passion for knowledge is admirable.

[@TrashskillsRS]

To add to the list, Turkey rebranded itself as Türkiye at the UN and NATO in early 2022. While The Czech Republic wants to be known az Czechia and it is the official short geographic name since 2016 (similar to France that is officially The French Republic)

[@ravenward626]

A very large section of Canada was scraped under glacier back in the last ice age. They were like icy bulldozers pushing whatever they scraped up south; and then, when they receded dropped a lot of embedded material. There were a lot of eroded holes in the rock that the glaciers scraped over. In general at least. Makes for great cottage country in some places.

[@Griexxt]

As an explanation for why there are so many lakes, the same applies to Finland (and Scandinavia in general).

[@brettsimpson1505]

If I were to give a literary recommendation, it would be to study an atlas. Just look at it. Become familiar with it. I remember as a boy studying an old atlas long before I ever imagined that I would have the good fortune to travel. It filled me with wonder. I’m grateful for every country I’ve travelled to. Human beings are remarkable. So much beauty and diversity, and so much in common too.

[@mattsmith5421]

Me and my brother's used to do that as small kids, we had a huge atlas and chronicles of the 21st century although I think we just used to look rather than read for fun after carting it into the living room and laying on the floor.

[@davidcopson5800]

Does studying an atlas make you wordly?

[@soulstr3ss]

People are sleeping on The Gambia --- but it's best left that way. The government and the people like to remain peaceful, they're also home to the original Jollof rice. There was a bit of political uprising a few years back but it was barely covered by the news. I do recall a few Gambians I know mention offering aide to nearby countries (mainly Senegal) when they were going through political issues as well. Every person I've met from there so far has been very mild mannered and they never once raise their voice. Love that little hidden gem of a country and its people.

[@marcushertz4434]

Yes the things usually needed to escape prison, like drugging the guard or smashing a window, is still illegal but if you can escape without doing anything like that the only thing that happens is that your sentence is paused until you get caught or return. There was a case in Sweden where an inmate escaped to keep his dentist appointment and returned to the prison the day after.

[@KarmasAB123]

The dentist didn't just cancel when he heard the news?

[@marcushertz4434]

@@KarmasAB123 Probably didnt hear about it.

[@nagaslrac]

The Indian Pacific crosses the Nullarbor. The Ghan travels from Darwin to Adelaide. ✌️🇦🇺

[@ahaaelamys3842]

You are going to make this planet better place for all of us ❤️

[@OfficialMeep]

yes you are right Swaziland is Eswatini nowadays.

[@DenUitvreter]

The Spanish Netherlands was today's Belgium, to distinquish it from the Northern Dutch Republic, which declared independence from Spanish Habsburg empire.

[@demonicrebellion6903]

A stellar video to unwind to after work, thanks for uploading it.

[@minnesotaman3]

The other interesting thing about the lake situation is that everyone has a different idea of what a lake is, I learned this recently when I moved to Wisconsin and watched the news the weather guy said technically Wisconsin has more lakes than Minnesota but Wisconsin counts smaller ponds as lakes unlike Minnesota

[@EliasBac]

You’re awesome 🙌 Love your reactions 🫶🏻

[@stephenmuirhead1838]

New to your channel, and "so much more to learn..." is what'll keep me watching. Wonderful stuff.

[@foasha]

Man I was waiting for Suriname to come and it was deadass the last country he mentioned 😭😭 nice that the video ended there 🇸🇷❤️

[@rhettboy1]

Yep, the Ghan crosses the Nullarbor plain (Nullarbor = no trees - not much lives there as the narrator says) and that perfectly straight stretch of the Trans-Australian railway track is the longest straight stretch in the world.

[@Dude_Slick]

I love your channel. I find you very interesting because you are so interested, if that makes any sense. Your wide range of interest is quite like my own, and very rare. I play a geography game online and know the name and location of every officially recognized country in the world. Not only are those around me not impressed, but they are completely disinterested. It's hard for me to imagine not wanting to know things. You are a breath of fresh air. Keep em coming, I'll keep watching.

[@baddnfluenz]

St. Kitts & Nevis was the 1st country to offer citizenship by investment back in the 1980s

[@hjermsted22]

I've been to Pt. Roberts. When I visited, I had to drive through a populated suburb of Vancouver to get to the border crossing. Once on the U.S. side, the surroundings were closer to what one would see if they'd driven into the mountains to a cabin or vacation home. Prior to the pandemic, Pt. Roberts had mostly Canadian home-owners and visitors.. so much so that the gas stations there charge by the litre instead of by the gallon.

[@Outsideplayer]

There is a land border between France and Brazil: French Guiana. It was made possible by a bridge over the Oyapock River. It took 20 years to complete the project, but it was finally opened to traffic in 2017

[@gkiferonhs]

I LOVE trivial factoids. Good post.

[@larrysaenz8964]

Cool thanks for sharing this hope your day is going great awesome historic sites and cities ljs

[@NoProtocol]

Hope the same for you Larry!

[@larrysaenz8964]

My sister grace did our DNA your not gona believe I'm 39% indidgious American 29% Mexican 18% Spanish 3% Irish 2% Levant 11% Basque and 1% Senegal 🇸🇳 imagine that been doing some research it's amazing thanks for your gracious reply your the best ljs I love history

[@larrysaenz8964]

Admire your heart and your courage to do what you do congratulations 🎊

[@larrysaenz8964]

And Portuguese

[@jeanalisson]

11:17 That is still true, but millions of people do live by the Amazon River. It's just more practical to cross by ferries and ships, though, because not only the roads aren't very good on either side, you can go anywhere by water anyway.

[@SonOfMuta]

1:56 Swaziland was officially renamed to Eswatini (officially the Kingdom of Eswatini) in 2018

[@519djw6]

*As for videos, I recommend "Geography Now," whose mission is to cover every country in the world in alphabetical order, and in segments of about 30 minutes each. (My only complaint about it is that they skipped Taiwan, which is a de facto independent country.) As for books, I recommend "The Languages of the World" (2nd edition), by Kenneth Katzner, that lists every country that existed in the early 1980's and covers about 200 languages, including those spoken in the "Autonomous Republics" of the former Soviet Union. Unfortunately, the 3rd edition is riddled with mistakes. So, if you keep in mind that the USSR doesn't exist anymore, I believe that the 2nd edition is much better. (Although the 2nd edition is out-of-print, you can still buy copies of it from "independent vendors," via Amazon or other online bookstores.) As for literature or philosophy, I guess Wittgenstein didn't have much to say about the countries of the world! 🙂*

[@tonydataiga]

I've ridden on Ethiopian Airlines for 26 hours and it was amazing!

[@FewVidsJustComments]

when it ended, I searched for your part two, then looked at the upload date and saw I was just early

[@NoProtocol]

Just a bit early! I’m also keen for pt. 2 next week

[@samil5601]

I seem to recall being taught that Finland had something like 60 000 lakes, when I was a kid. Then they realised that Sweden actually had more, so they changed the definition of a lake and started counting puddles when it rains.

[@TheRealMirCat]

Now you can watch Animaniacs Countries of the Wold (song) and see if you can identify how many are gone or changed names. Edit for lakes: Top 10 Canada - 879,800 Russia - 201,200 USA - 102,500 China - 23,800 Sweden - 22,600 Brazil - 20,900 Norway - 20,000 Argentina - 13,600 Kazakhstan - 12,400 Australia - 11,400

[@TaikaApina]

For some reason that list is missing Finland which according to this video has 187 888 lakes. So I guess it would be #3 after Russia.

[@TheRealMirCat]

@@TaikaApina That's what I get for trusting the Internet!

[@alexroje4721]

Swaziland is now called Eswatini as of April 4, 2018. the only reason is that they kept being confused with Switzerland.

[@KarmasAB123]

Swaziland is now called Eswatini. Sorry if someone already said this, I haven't looked through the comments.

[@jillelliott8175]

Excellent reactions... Pls take an in depth look into Australia including it's amazing populated history which extended back 65,000 years up to invasion in 1786. We think you'll be amazed

[@Hiosho]

at 2: 55 that Bridge is leading from the Swiss to the "Church" the Church is Germany allready...i live 20km away from there.

[@warmhorizon]

Fun fact about Kiribati, it's pronounced 'Ki-ri-bas'. Every time he said it 'Ki-ri-ba-tee' I was like dude nah

[@h14hc124]

Another fun fact, until 1979, the Islands were known as the Gilbert Islands. The word "Gilbert", written phonetically in the local language, is spelled "Kiribati"

[@joga_bonito_aro]

German here, while it's true that it's not illegal to escape prison, there are of course stipulations. The biggest one would be that if you escape and destroy stuff or harm other humans, everything you have done will be added to your sentence. On the other hand, if you manage to escape without committing another crime and they catch you after the fact... legally speaking they can not extend your sentence.

[@GuitarOwnsDrums]

I think you'd enjoy learning about the Spanish Netherlands. The Dutch Revolt and subsequent 80 Years War was how the country truly became one, and it wasn't even really a monarchy for a good while.

[@module79l28]

5:40 - Nice to see that you're up to date on portuguese affairs because this was a very recent decision. 😉

[@annoyingmouse1101]

I was born in America but my father was Sicilian and my mother Russian. It's interesting to learn about the word Guinea. That used to be a derogatory word used to talk about Italians. What's more interesting is Sicilians are more closely related to Northern Africa.

[@dulappen494]

I'd also guess while getting out of prison isn't illegal, your sentence is still the same. It just isn't an additional crime. So they'll put you back in for your old sentence when they find you.

[@sparkyfromel]

south Australia also has a half hour legal time they are big on the "dog fence " it's not for dingoes who are single or couple , it's for wild dogs turned feral and who hunt in packs

[@mikefufuffalo8487]

Fun fact: Stan translates to land. Also, Pakistan is the only acronym country. In Germany, of course killing a guard is illegal still, but the point of the law is, they won't give you any further charges for trying to escape, because trying to not be in a cage is human nature. It's also illegal to due the heil hand symbol so watch how you hail a cab! :p

[@kasongo-wewe]

World Geography is an amazing app to learn about these countries

[@NoProtocol]

Hi, thank you! I’ll actually be taking you up on this suggestion

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

LOL, imagine if escaping prison would actually erase your sentence. 🤣

[@hjhuber7929]

German here. Only the act of breaking out itself is not illegal. And the original sentence remains intact of couse - in other words: they find you. Austria and Switzerland have the same law.

[@gwaptiva]

Whereas it is not illegal to attempt to escape prison, it's just a technicality, because almost all ways to escape involve the commission of other other crimes (violence against guards, damage of public property, forgery of official documents, etc etc.)

[@clarktownsend8991]

lol, I thought i was the only one, i watch train videos more than plane ones. But I have alot of train trips to take now because of those videos.

[@NoProtocol]

I watch more train videos too. Mostly sleeper trains though! Venice-Simplon Orient Express is on the top of my list as far as how impressive it is, then the Andean Explorer, Rovos Rail... Yet, some of the Amtrak trips through the US don’t seem half bad either. I could chat this subject for ages so I’ll just leave it at: “You’re not the only one.”

[@clarktownsend8991]

@No Protocol Yes!!! That's the ones I watch also!!!! Kindred spirits!!!!. I get all excited when I see the dining cars and what the meals look like also the trains that have observatory cars. Let me stop I could go on for days about this but I'm taking a trip from Chicago to SF on the California Zephyr this year and want to take the cross Canada train next year from Toronto to Vancouver

[@NoProtocol]

The food is one of the top draws, for sure. Sometimes I skip to see what they ate then go back to watch the rest of the video. Wow, let me know how the Zephyr is once you’ve gone! I’ve seen a few videos on that one

[@jokuz9133]

I have never been out of ohio. I appreciate your channel

[@NoProtocol]

I’ve never been to Ohio. I’m glad you’re liking it Joe (:

[@NOxSPLOOSHxPLANE]

There is an interesting video on the Zone of Death which is the 50-square-mile area in the Idaho section of Yellowstone National Park in which, as a result of a reported loophole in the Constitution of the United States, a person could theoretically avoid conviction for any major crime, up to and including murder.

[@sulevturnpuu5491]

Visiting every single country of the world is only a matter of will. There is a British guy here on KZbin who visited every single country on the world without ever using a plane. Graham Hughes was his name I think.

[@SimonJM]

I thunk I knew pretty much all of the names (maybe one or two caused me a 'huh' momemt), but not sure I knew all tha facts! It is nice to have it pointed out how ignornat you are in such a polite, informative fashion!

[@ramazanaktas748]

Turkiye (formerly known as Turkey) allows golden visa, too, for 250k USD.

[@GramadinGG]

You have my favorite intros btw.

[@aleks19971997]

Hey I just wanted to stop by to recommend something. Ive seen you reacting to a bunch of history related videos so I wanted to recommend "The Mongol Destruction of Baghdad" by History Dose. A fairly short video which I liked very much.

[@SonOfMuta]

3:23 If they catch you they put you back in prison but escaping is not a crime and you do not get any additional charges. Sweden has the same policy as Germany regarding prison escapes

[@blackeagle4700]

great video, I live in Canada and I didn't know we had that many lakes.

[@Ithoughtthiswasamerica]

There’s more than we can even count, some estimates have us at millions

[@GwamperterGrantler]

Yeah you’re right. You have to escape without committing another crime. Killing a guard? Would not recommend 😆 even if you escape with the inmates clothes it could be theft or if you damage something it’s property damage and all of it is added on the sentence if you get caught again. And even if you will be able to escape completely clean you’re not a free person. You just don’t have to do extra time if they get you again… as far as I know and can describe it with my english Greetings from Germany. I really love your videos 👍🏻

[@damirdraskovic2553]

Yes, there is a catch in that "it's in human nature to try to escape prison" thing. You won't be punished or brought back only if you escaped without doing any harm to anybody, and if you don't make any material damage.

[@tornoutlaw]

Oh, you will be brought back if caught, but you won't receive additional jailtime/punishment, because escaping prision isn't an offence. You still have to sit out your sentenced time though.

[@demonic_myst4503]

Basicly turkey invaded cyprus so often in history that modern turkey in the 1900s decided to anex a portion of cyprus whwn it got independence from briatin (mostly down to the argument that due to its history many citizens in the region who are turkish have ancestral roots there

[@oliverbayley3509]

Greetings from Macclesfield.

[@NoProtocol]

Greetings Oliver

[@delmaticodsh5281]

I like you videos about maps

[@mskylight]

Hello from Croatia !

[@happyslapsgiving5421]

No, it's not true that nobody lives around the Amazon river. I've visited Manaus in 1990, and it was already a big city. Wikipedia says its population is 2.6 millions of people... which is the same as Chicago.

[@SonOfMuta]

11:53 Indonesia has TWO of those islands. The other is Borneo

[@rhettboy1]

That factoid about Canada is wild

[@lorkantheone2350]

About the German thing. if you escape prison, your sentence isnt deminished. You just dont commit a crime by escaping, leading to a higher sentence. But, if you commit crimes while escaping, this crimes are sentenced. The difference to the USA is, that in America you commit a crime simply by escaping, no matter how you did it.

[@matshjalmarsson3008]

Sweden: Largest amount of islands in the world. Norway: Second longest coastline in the world, second only to Canada

[@craiglalumiere6852]

Canada also has a:30 time zone (Newfoundland)

[@h14hc124]

So does India (+0530)

[@grizz22604]

Canada does paid visas for some parts of the world. or at least did the last i checked a few years ago

[@Ezwork21]

Nice hoodie!!! Is that Golden Boy boxing hoodie? As in Oscar De La Hoya?

[@Joker-yw9hl]

Oh wow I recognise the Trek Trendy guy. Trying to remember what I must have watched from him before. Maybe something related to trains

[@NoProtocol]

I like his channel a lot

[@DarrenYoung-vd1ry]

Switzerland has actually been removing explosives from those bridges as early as 2014. As far as lakes...you'd be surprised at the mud holes classified s lakes. But water has interesting statistics...like you're never more than 6 miles from a body of water while in Michigan.

[@Griexxt]

The Netherlands once being called "Spanish Netherlands" is incorrect. The "Spanish Netherlands" were the parts of the modern day Belgium, Netherlands, Luxemburg and France, which were under Spanish rule after the Dutch Republic rebelled.

[@punchthedog]

Swaziland is now called Eswatini.

[@fw4568]

What is there blinking in your sweatshirt?

[@anonymous.nobody]

A more interesting fact for Papua New Guinea would be that there is over 800 languages there, about 12% of the total worldwide, slightly larger than California .

[@josephphillips7052]

Please do a reaction to time lapse of the entire universe. Also time lapse of the future a journey to the end of time. Also the secret history of the moon.

[@mattybuu4910]

In many countries it's not illegal to escape from prison, but most of the acts that lead to escape from prison are illegal on their own. Also, if they escape with prison clothes on, it's considered theft.

[@nestie11]

i was distracted the whole time by the blinking light to the left of your neck, is that like a microphone or something, please i need to know

[@SonOfMuta]

11:25 Cabo Verde

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Yeahhh Italy and Australia

[@Aztv-z3c]

I saw Portugal ended their golden visa today too smh, time for a new destination. I’ll still visit though.

[@NoProtocol]

Literally today it was announced, odd timing for me to mention it

[@find2hard]

Literary recommendation for you: Around the world in 80 days by Jules Verne.

[@FewVidsJustComments]

"Kenyas northern neighbor is Somalia" Ethiopia: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@alexandrorocca7142]

Yep, you can't escape German prisons without adding to your sentence when you're caught again, but only if you don't cause harm or extensive damage. Switzerland has now removed those explosive charges since the threat of a land invasion seemed an unlikely scenario. And then Russia invaded Ukraine.

[@KarmasAB123]

2:20 Does the Caspian Sea count as "land" now?

[@freudsigmund72]

If I can make a litirary recommendation: Man of the world - book one of the odyssey expedition by Graham Hughes He made a trip to all recognized countries in the world without flying.

[@t0n0k0]

In Germany a prisoner can earn weekend leave for good behaviour

[@stephenrobinson8244]

Basicly in Germany if you escape, they will try capture you but won't add time to your sentence

[@sahomg]

swaziland was actually renamed to eswatini in 2018 :)

[@EdgarTheOgre]

You should check some videos on jails and prison systems around the world. You will be amazed.

[@mn6547]

Wasn't the US doing golden visas for people from China who were heavily investing in properties here? I remember seeing something about it "ending", but it might've been an unofficially granted thing

[@charlesf2804]

May need to re-watch this at some point. The narrator moved quickly (necessary, all things considered), and being a bit unfocused as I just got up not long ago, I didn't catch all he said. If I'm going to spend time on KZbin, I think this is the type of channel to spend it with. Good video selection, and I'll keep an eye out for part 2.

[@schnitzelmoerder83]

5:40 I am pretty sure Malta has those too, I think you have to invest 500.000€ into Real Estate

[@barruman3145]

There is a rumor that Canada has over two million lakes, but according to McGill University 879,800 is the true number. It has the largest lake area in the world though.

[@nicolasrenaud6875]

Hmmmm, well from what I read, in the province of Quebec alone it is estimated that there are with much confidence more than 500k lakes, with some researchers claiming that it's closer to a million than half a million. Anyway, even if we say there are barely 500k lakes up there, I don't quite imagine well how there could only be 300-400k more lakes in the rest of Canada, although I think it is known that the province with the highest number of lakes is Quebec.

[@kayzeaza]

I only really became aware of The Gambia is 2016. Their leader had been ruling for like 22 years and lost an election. Then he tried to declare the elections void. And then the whole country was invaded by some West African coalition.

[@Dude_Slick]

In 2018, Swaziland was renamed Eswatini.

[@Underlatsas]

you are awesome

[@aidanm5578]

What annoys me about react content is that, often, they rely ONLY on their reactions. Then much like a long-winded article, they explain or talk about basic concepts to pad time. This is the one reactor where I have EVER learned something from. Actually reacting with fruitful comments, and often pre-saying what the video does - as a show of knowledge. Hopefully this channel shows the viewers of other react channels that yes, it can be better. Sometimes the grass IS greener.

[@CharlieSmithv2]

I agree! i hate typical React content, or worse when creators react to reactions.... feels so bottom-feederish. However, No Protocol doesn't rely on just being a pretty face and actually has something between ears. Always enjoy how her comments are thoughtful and can provide her own insight to the conversation.

[@black.sasuke.uchiha]

If 😊you’re into history I would check out Vlogging Through History, he does that as well😄