Partially Recognized Countries of the World

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0:00 - Intro
01:21 - China & Taiwan
02.45 - Israel & Palestine
03:53 - Blinkist
04:58 - North/South Korea
06:01 - Cyprus/Northern Cyprus
06:33 - Sahrawi
07:28 - Kosovo
08:30 - Transnistria
09:33 - South Ossetia
09:54 - Abkhazia
10:32 - Armenia
11:05 - Artsakh
11:22 - Somaliland
12:02 - Summary
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[@General.Knowledge]

Are there any other countries that are only partially recognized? *Also if you want, check out the new video: **kzbin.info/www/bejne/m2jJd2h3ba-nfbM*

[@user-zp8yz9kn5w]

Hey the countries that recognise Palestine and/or Israel map is outdated, you should add a newer map.

[@abdikahin8843]

Somaliland

[@valencia_motorsport]

Donetsk People’s Republic and Luhansk People’s Republic

[@facund8]

The Patagonia. Independence NOW!

[@alexroberts771]

What about the status of Vatican City?

[@joeshar.]

Fun fact: 🇺🇳UN - 193 members 🏃🏻‍♀️Olympics - 206 members ⚽️Fifa - 211 members

[@SewerRatsarepeopletoo]

See what you are saying, but you can take 3 off the FIFA number - in the UK we have separate football associations for each of the nation's in the union. Naturally Scotland, Wales and Norn' Eire aren't separate countries.. yet.

[@lincolnlog5977]

@@SewerRatsarepeopletoo Yeah Northern Ireland is definitely on the way out in the next couple of years. It is Majority Catholic now because Catholics have essentially out bred the Protestants which does not bode well for British Control.

[@SakethCVES]

Mostly because of autonomous british colonies that are dependent on britain but have decent autonomy

[@lincolnlog5977]

@@spiffygonzales5160 All religions have different sects and denominations. Look at the Muslims they have Shia, Suni, and Ibadi that always fight with each other too.

[@lincolnlog5977]

@@spiffygonzales5160 You’re ignorance of what Catholicism actually is absurd.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

The Armenia thing kinda cracks me up. Pakistan: We're not gonna recognize them because we're buddies with Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan: It's fine, even we recognize them. Pakistan: Nah, fuck them! Azerbaijan: ...fine, whatever.

[@kakashi9557]

I'm Pakistani and we don't hate Armenians most of us don't even know about it . Our government is really bullshit

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

@@kakashi9557 Yeah, I figured as much. Most people only know Azerbaijan from Grand Theft Auto. "How the fuck am I supposed to know what they look like? You could be an Azer-bi-gina for all I know!"

[@rooh8258]

Honestly I'm Pakistani and no one cares about the Armenian-Azerbaijan war. No one has even talked about it our government is rubbish

[@ijlalrizvi9856]

Hell there is not even any state propaganda against Armenia by Pakistani establishment. Nobody even knows the word "Armenian" except from a few porn clips maybe. I'm sure they are humans just like us unless....

[@therealusman]

as a Pakistani I fully agree with the others in this reply section that our government sucks and that no one cares about the Azerbaijan-Armenia war

[@lukedav]

These diplomatic anomalies are so fascinating to me, great video as always!!

[@ethancooper227]

The visuals are so satisfying to look at, especially when you zoom out on everything at the end. Amazing video

[@c3phs]

The problem of the UN is that some countries don't recognize others because of self-interests, ideologies or either childish confrontations... (Edit: this comment is outdated and doesn't represent my opinion, it is also very populist, so this doesn't represent the reality at all.)

[@vivanovo]

Or because, you know... Kosovo is Serbian land and only exists so the Us and Albania have a puppet, PRC forcefully took control over the Chinese land, Northern Cyprus is ethnically and historically Greek/British/Cyprusian and turky has no right to it......

[@janwillemdewaard9032]

@@vivanovo it makes sense to me that kosovo (95% albanian ethnicity) is seperate from serbia (mostly serbian ethnicity). Can you tell me why you disagree with that?

[@ismailshahzad6368]

@@vivanovo Moreover, Turkish cyprus has a turkish majority and let's not even talk about Palestine and wtf happened there

[@jeandupond9605]

@@ismailshahzad6368 only after the Turkish invasion. Cyprus never ever was turkish. And Palestine is mostly the fault of egypt. If the UN partion plan was accepted (remember the Israelis accepted land made up mostly of desert and swamps unlike the land meant for an arab state), we could have avoided this conflict. Also it's often overlooked that Jordan was also part of palestine (making up the biggest part of it) and has a majority palestinian population but is ruled by the bedouin minority (somehow no one cares about this).

[@lincolnlog5977]

@@ismailshahzad6368 Turkish Cyprus is only mostly Turkish because they ethnically cleansed the area during the invasion...

[@plugthehammer4323]

I believe Spain doesnt recognize Kosovo because of their fear of Catalunya and the Basque region doing the same as Kosovo did and declare a unilateral independence. I suppose Gibraltar doing the same is a reason as well, since Spain also claims that territory.

[@elyesjomni7952]

* Catalonia

[@plugthehammer4323]

@@elyesjomni7952 Catalunya is correct as well, thats how it is written in catalan.

[@yochema95]

@@plugthehammer4323 however you are typing in English. So unless you are going to type kanji when speaking about Japan, your claim is a falacy and you should refer to each country in the English name or a transliteration if it is available. When speaking English, that is.

[@plugthehammer4323]

@@yochema95 Calm down, eat a snicker. English is my fourth language and I just wanted to write Catalunya in one of the languages I speak. What is your big problem with that?

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@yochema95 he is still correct.

[@nox.youtube]

love your channel, you've got great videos

[@laszlosoltesz3772]

I love your videos. Concise and BS free. Thank you.

[@sanexpreso2944]

Afghanistan is likely to join this list, not all countries will recognize Taliban rule

[@rosskata1650]

Are you an Aurelion Sol main?

[@sanexpreso2944]

@@rosskata1650 yes

[@javiersaneiro6412]

Afghanistan will be an example of a government that is not recognized, which is different from a country that is not recognized. Countries could recognize that Afghanistan as a country exists but not recognize the Taliban government as the legitimate government of Afghanistan.

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

@@javiersaneiro6412 Good points! So Afghanistan is most certainly a country, but one whose administration is disputed between the Taliban and the supporters of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. I guess this would make Afghanistan more similar to Venezuela or Yemen than any of the countries in this video!

[@user-to8wr4vv9z]

The West is clamoring about human rights every day! human rights! But they always pretend not to see that the United States is killing Afghan children, which is really interesting.🤣

[@mysteriousDSF]

Vanuatu: nah man, South Ossetia isn't a country Also Vanuatu: but Abkhazia sure is!

[@khvichakuprashvili6719]

No, it's more like this: Vanuatu: Sup dude. Russia: Sup. Vanuatu: Have you got cash? Russia: Yep, here you go. Vanuatu: That's only for one. Russia: Yep. Vanuatu: Ok, I'll take South Ossetia then. Russia: Oh come on dude, give me something here. Abkhazia is bigger in land and pop, take it. Vanuatu: Hmm, idk, I kinda like two words, I'm not into landmass like you man. Russia: I'll pay more. Vanuatu: deal. Russia: deal.

[@risannd]

Also Vanuatu: Free West Papua!

[@ASora-ox8fj]

@@risannd vanuatu is a country that likes to heat up other countries because it likes to support the division of a country, fortunately many countries don't really care about vanuatu if that country cares and they feel angry that vanuatu will disappear from the map

[@akbarwali]

Vanuatu imbecile country always jelous about Indonesia

[@AndreiBerezin]

Actually that's closest to the truth

[@cw405]

Well done! Thanks

[@AhmedHassan-yu2oy]

Thank you for more acknowledging.

[@ganymede0204]

Not surprise Taiwan is on the list, but I'm surprised by Taiwan occur on other members' part, LOL

[@Bluebirdz2202]

1:24 Taiwan is on the list

[@slayerofcrusadersandsmallh6404]

@@spiffygonzales5160 nah Taiwan American puppet

[@hwg5039]

@@spiffygonzales5160 Another keyword warrior with his self-righteous statement. Don’t comment on something you are ignorant of

[@MarcusBlueWolf]

@@hwg5039 Keep being upset you have to use a VPN to speak freely on KZbin

[@ripdippy6964]

@@hwg5039 stay mad

[@barumbadum]

Great video, as always...

[@thebettingstrategy3631]

Good content, love it

[@elijahyonker1458]

I guess the current taliban government of Afghanistan could become this soon.

[@fabulouscat3911]

Well that's a government thing, not a country thing. By that logic Venezuela also applies

[@goodguyyt]

@@fabulouscat3911 what logic

[@fabulouscat3911]

@@goodguyyt using government recognition rather than country recognition. A lot of countries also do not recognize the government's of Venezuela and Belarus with that methodology

[@prussian7015]

@@goodguyyt Some countries recognize Maduro as the true president of Venezuela while others recognize Guaido (who is backed by the United States) as the true president of Venezuela.

[@casualpaokfan]

@@fabulouscat3911 Venezuela is one thing, and Afghanistan and the talibans are another thing

[@MonsieurDean]

I demand partial recognition of Slaka and the Leen Republic.

[@themolepeople955]

Ok

[@RJDA.Dakota]

🤣

[@jackmartin424]

Sure

[@dawebberstein8625]

Where

[@PakBallandSami]

mr z is a sigma male

[@Dope_Francis]

God bless you man you give free knowledge that not many people have access too outside this app but in here they get it

[@slemur7358]

0:08 ah yes, 50%

[@bawicz0]

~50

[@am4kar]

For Israel, your map has to be updated to reflect the changing positions of: 1. UAE 2. Bahrain 3. Morocco 4. Sudan Where all four countries now recognise both states.

[@shayne-1880]

Also Bhutan and Indonesia

[@RandomZex]

@@shayne-1880 Indonesia? I think bhutan only

[@houzoud2416]

Only king recognize Israel in Morocco, nobody want to rent for Israel Embassy.

[@shayne-1880]

@@RandomZex Yeah sorry someone told me Indonesia too but I’ve checked and it’s just Bhutan

[@RandomZex]

@@shayne-1880 yeah it's ok

[@ahmedhz2279]

Imagine being born in a country and people tell you your country is not real

[@Mashfi23]

Can't even imagine

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

well that’s what we Taiwanese have to go through unfortunately

[@Mashfi23]

@@RandomVideos-re9ux Do you want Taiwan to be a separate country, or do you want Taiwan to be the rightful claimant of the entirety of China?

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

@@Mashfi23 the majority of taiwanese supports Taiwan being a seperate entity instead of being the real China. this is also the mentality of the current government as well. i personally am in support of defending our independence and being separate from China

[@Mashfi23]

@@RandomVideos-re9ux Nice I personally hope Taiwan can coexist as a separate country from China But UN disagrees (thanks to China 😑)

[@AdarshKumar-nj7rp]

A common theme with recognition of nations is the Western and Oceanic unity. Most of the time West Europe, USA, Canada, Japan and Australia present a united front. They seem to have a common policy and rarely have different views.

[@cherylsemrau7100]

Thank you for the information.

[@abuanwp]

I love this kind of informative videos. Already subscribed in just few seconds watching it.

[@ratchetprime4683]

I’ve been wanting you to cover this for ages, another brilliant video! (I’m not done yet but so far it’s really good)

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@yousufkhan5787]

Oh hi Winston Churchill

[@Meftu]

Thanks for the bombs...

[@StreetDrilla]

@@yousufkhan5787 no its not the real winston churchill, he is dead.

[@StreetDrilla]

@@yousufkhan5787 i know that you are not the real cristiano ronaldo...

[@elijah-jajah]

2:34 Bhutan: YOU BOTH DONT EXSIST

[@Radek494]

I think you meant Nepal

[@noodengr3three825]

I have been to two of them. Taiwan and Transnistria and count them as countries visited on my goal to reach 100 . Transnistria is a charming place with good food and friendly people .

[@dynamyt3]

Transnistria is not a country. Russia messed everything up in order to have Russian influence in every former Soviet nation. Kaliningrad, formerly known as Konigsberg, was not wanted by Poland or Lithuania (or Germany) after Soviet Union broke down because they didnt want Russia messing with them. That little piece of land between Poland and Lithuania is mostly Russian populated. So is Transnistria. If Moldova is no longer a sovereign nation Transnistria has a legal right to become independent or join Ukraine or Russia... its written in the Moldovan Constitution... guess who put that in the Moldovan Consitution...

[@noodengr3three825]

@@dynamyt3 Funny you should mention Kaliningrad . In September 2022 I visited the Baltic countries. We got so close the Lithuanian border with it, 1/4 mile, that one guy's cell phone welcomed him to Russia!

[@al1sa920]

@@dynamyt3 so moldovans who were saying to people of Transnistria: "suitcase, train station, Russia" is a fault of Russia. Okay, and ukrainian fascists who were fighting for Transnistria hoping it would become a part of Ukraine is also a fault of Russia. Because there is just no way dissolution of the biggest country in the world would naturally lead to territorial conflicts, right?

[@salvatorevolpe7851]

Transnistria looks like a small USSR/soviet union/Moldovan SSR because of it's flag

[@soupisgood44]

you can't claim a Russian satellite state is a country just because you want to brag on your social media that you've been to 100 countries. Shame on you, people are suffering and people like you are supporting this for your own selfish reasons

[@nea7582]

The Western Sahara is actually different from the others. The land is controlled by the government of Morocco so there is no Sahrawi political representation. No sahrawi currency, president, ministers, etc. The other cases like South Ossetia, Abkhazia, Kosovo and so on have a political structure and control the land.

[@nea7582]

@@hamzabel5782 Can you tell me the truth?

[@nea7582]

@@hamzabel5782 This doesn't change the fact that there is no political influence in the territory unlike other examples in this video. The Moroccan government has the control of the territory economically, politically and militarily.

[@hadiox7087]

To have a country before even having international relations you need to actually control and occupy the territory and have a government structure wich you don't have,Western Sahara is just southern Morroco.The thing is that Algeria is using you to have a puppet nation over there.

[@nea7582]

@@hadiox7087 That's exactly my point

[@t.khattabi7727]

@@hamzabel5782 are you nuts? " UN nation recognized western Sahara as occupied territory since 1975"?? This is not true. Firstly, it was designated as a "non-self governing territory" in 1963 (NOT 1975) at the request of MOROCCO to end Spanish occupation over the Moroccan southern territories. No where does the UN say its "occupied" (foreign occupation there ended in 1975). Secondly, only 39 countries (out of some 194) currently recognize the "Sahrawi Republic", although that doesn't make this invisible desert republic real. The truth is what you call "Western Sahara" is governed by the Kingdom of Morocco almost in it's entirety, no differently than how Casablanca, Tangier, Marrakech, Agadir, etc. are governed, not through "occupation" as you baselessly allege. It was Moroccan before the European invasion of Africa and after, if you can't handle that then you can go bang your head against a wall.

[@FrostedMike]

General Knowledge: *Puts an Israeli and Palestinian flags in the thumbnail*. Daring today, aren't we?

[@spikespoke5446]

anything for angry comments to boost thr analytics

[@WatchOnYT]

Yup. Most provocative thumbnail seen yet.

[@Randomuser231]

let's wait for the "FREE _____ (emoji x100)" comments

[@WatchOnYT]

@@Randomuser231 I always laugh at them. Free Palestine? I want some! I want someee!

[@roei89]

@@WatchOnYT sir i would like to take 2 packs

[@Yagiz.Ozturk]

Nice vid

[@melvinmayfield470]

Excellent!

[@northwave4036]

Finally someone to make a good video of partially recognised countries!!

[@Solo-vh9fm]

The Israel/Palestine recognition map is outdated (UAE, Bahrain and Sudan now recognize both) Also I don’t think the US recognizes North Korea either

[@Jack209]

Yeah, Indonesia also recognizes them now.

[@taytsay1]

The US does recognize the independence of the DPRK, pretty unambiguously.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

Morocco and Bhutan too

[@theodorintfp3318]

@PotatoMan147 “Liberation”?? They have their own de facto state since 1993

[@Solo-vh9fm]

@@ExplosiveGriffin that doesn’t mean anything. South Korea’s leaders meet up with the North’s all the time

[@comviall]

I really liked this video. And it put my country in the video (Cyprus) ❤

[@alaricskjelver7014]

I kinda expected you to mention the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics in Ukraine when you were talking about all he russian backed partially recognized countries

[@viktorias63]

he only one who recognized these fake republics is North Korea. They're nothing but temporarily occupied Ukrainian territories that are run but Russian puppets and proxies, and will eventually disappear as Russia failed to invade.

[@emeraldsroses0524]

“Vanuatu, I think that’s a Pacific country.” Erm… yep, it is. Unless you were being sarcastic.

[@ASora-ox8fj]

vanuatu is a country that likes to heat up other countries because it likes to support the division of a country, fortunately many countries don't really care about vanuatu if that country cares and they feel angry that vanuatu will disappear from the map

[@quackplaysbrawl4055]

Damn dis man makes the highest effort vids for us.Thx mate :)

[@davldbradley6073]

G.K. WOW, VERY INFORMATIVE CHANNEL

[@DeltaHydrixian]

This is the first time ive seen you use countryballs. *Do more!*

[@leontrotsky7816]

In an alternative universe, this is a video where members of the public are asked to identify countries and end up being awarded half a point for most of them.

[@dhararry7929]

Took me a moment to get it.

[@Barneyfromhalflife1]

Virgin Communist: Recognizes the PRC Chad Democratic: Recognizes ROC Gigachad Bhutanese: Recognizes Neither

[@aalamahmad25]

Lol most "democrat" countries considers prc as china since they have money. They are virgins as well

[@nexmastercz5618]

The actual truth though is that communist countries recognize the the PRC because fellow commie, and capitalist countries also recognize the PRC because capitalism and monney (even though a lot secretly support or at least belive in the ROC more). Only a few nations have the balls to go against the big bully PRC. And then there's Bhutan...

[@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH]

🤣

[@noahburns6042]

Drew Durnil fan?

[@PowersOfDarkness]

Chad communist: simply mention taiwan as china to get westerners upset Virgin westerner: does not understand the complexities of the one china policy and rages out

[@mzadro7]

What program do you use to make your videos?

[@mathybt]

I don't really know why Romania does not recognize Taiwan. As I can see, at school kids learn about it. Maybe you got some information from the past years or decades. I understand the you cannot give the best data about some geography things, because its really hard to get informed about these kind of informations. Keep up the good work! Edit: Also the same thing about Kosovo.

[@Daniel_RO-TM]

while the region of Transylvania has a lot more romanians than hungarians (70 to 17%) , there is small place within Transylvania called Székely Land, thats why Romanian doesnt recognize such places in other countries.

[@YM.2185]

There is a football competitions called CONIFA It a world cup for unrecognized countries from all over the world I'd like to see a video about these interesting countries

[@phoenixschallert2720]

this sounds so interesting, I'd love to watch the next world cup. do you know if it's televised?

[@YM.2185]

@@phoenixschallert2720 i don't think you can They have a website to see the national teams of the unrecognized countries and their ranking

[@muhamadfaizal2006]

@@YM.2185 nak Sabah ke? 🤗🤭🤭🤣🤣

[@gamermapper]

They even have gypsies

[@user-sr3hi3fr7f]

I’m so happy for you to say it

[@darrinwebber4077]

I do watch your videos. I am subscribed. While I actually know all about the stuff you do videos on... It's nice to see someone other than myself have interest in these topics. Just saying.

[@ismantc1653]

Many countries have consulates to Morocco in Western Sahara, for example UAE or Jordan, which is pretty much recognition. In some cases they even stated publicly their support of Morocco’s claim and explicitly said this is the exact reason why they open it in the first place.

[@hadiox7087]

@@hamzabel5782 But the US 🇺🇸 doesn't👏

[@Zi._Mat]

@@hamzabel5782 germany stands with morocco bruh

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

Nice dream Western Sahara 🇪🇭 is not and will never be Morocco 🇲🇦 go cry about it

[@Zi._Mat]

@@hamzabel5782 nah bruh

[@funnyv6048]

@@hamzabel5782 The US have a consulat in Dakhla

[@JonJ1948]

3:18 This map is outdated. These days, Israel is also recognised by the UAE, Bahrain, Sudan, Morocco and Bhutan

[@strokey5284]

the video isn't really well researched, then...

[@Turki-il9lz]

It's wrong it says that oman recognizes the occupation but they don't and never will recognize the occupation of palestinian 😤😤😤

[@JonJ1948]

@@Turki-il9lz 1. They write "recognizes" 2. I don't know what you mean by "occupation of palestinian". Explanation please?

[@Turki-il9lz]

@@JonJ1948 you know damm well what I mean

[@JonJ1948]

@@Turki-il9lz Sorry Can you explain this term?

[@Mystulagylagat]

Thank you, and hello from South Ossetia

[@tamoghnopaik2746]

1:21 Funfact NOW a days India is One of the biggest Enemies of PRC(Mainland China) But in the 1940's when the PRC was Formed India was the First Country To recognise PRC as a Country

[@kuro50624]

Actually Taiwan has recognized Somaliland as a country

[@rdr_91]

And even Taiwan is a partially recognised state

[@HinduPAGANcowpissdrinkerRAKESH]

Taiwan is actually known by the whole world and lot os trade exists with taiwan but politically it’s contradictory

[@pegazin7196]

They established relations, and I'm sure they didn't explicitally say "we recognize SLand"

[@nam_1018]

@@pegazin7196 yes they did, on Taiwan's foreign affairs page, Somalia and Somaliland are put on two independent pages

[@pegazin7196]

@@nam_1018 ah okay

[@GeographyCzar]

Somaliland is the one that has always confused me the most. Why not recognize Somaliland? It used to be independent. At this point it has once again been de facto in existence for as long as it was part of Somalia. All that part of Africa is tribal anyway (below the highlands of Ethiopia, which are culturally distinct) so I see no reason to question the legitimacy of Somaliland.

[@pegazin7196]

Go talk to the people living outside of the capital there, they'll give you a complete opposite answer to what public sites say lol.

[@kjul.]

Somaliland > Somalia

[@aslkbgh]

No one, absolutely no one in power wants to change the status quo in Africa willingly. A single border change in africa would lead to a domino effect unlike anything you've ever seen. Think about all of the local minorities/ interested parties that want to change the borders to their benefit, Somaliland is just one of dozens of cases where a border change is due.

[@zoro3618]

Most of the reason is that other countries don’t want succession movements and most people who are not from the Isaac tribe don’t like it. Because most of their clan is in Somalia.

[@Meftu]

Isn't basically everyone in Somalia independent?

[@zoharasido6064]

3:23 actually this map isn’t updated. Because since the map was created Israel signed on peace with: Morocco, Sudan, UAE, and Bahrain. So now this countries supposed to be purple.

[@RizzenRX]

0:16 WHERE DO I ADD MY NATION?

[@pablo2448]

Oh boy, I'm sure that the comment section will not turn into a war! Great video as always!

[@emib6599]

I can help with that. We can start with the fact that every country that want to join EU and NATO is currently losing pieces to Russia.

[@soul8938]

@@emib6599 how?

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

its kinda more peaceful than i anticipated

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@soul8938 So, you notice South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria? All of those are Russian-backed, and it's generally understood that a country can't become a part of NATO if Russia occupies a part of it. (I'm not saying that there aren't any legitimate reasons why some of the people who live there might be uncomfortable being part of Moldova or Georgia, for instance, but that's the geopolitics of it). The Russian invasion of Georgia coincided with a very public attempt by Georgia to join NATO. Although the video didn't mention it, the unrecognized states in eastern Ukraine sprung up under similar circumstances. Russia is terrified of countries on their border joining NATO, because it would (hypothetically) be much easier for NATO to invade Russia. To put this into perspective - half the territory that Hitler and Napoleon had to slog through to get to Moscow is no longer a part of Russia. If NATO wanted to invade (for whatever reason) they could probably take and hold Moscow much easier than anyone since the Mongols (NATO accounts for 70% of the World's defense spending, by the way) Also, if a country like the Ukraine were to join the EU, and they went through the sort of economic transformation (together with fully free and fair elections) that Poland, Czechia and Slovakia have gone through since the 90s, that would be very dangerous for Putin as many Russians would inevitably ask "why can't we have that here?" (It's a common belief in some parts of Eastern Europe that joining the EU is the key cleansing their countries from corruption - even as they are also often Euro-skeptic once their countries are in because they rather like a degree of independence. How well that works in actual practice is beyond me). I'm live in the US, but I've been reading about this sort of thing for the past 7 years or so. I realize this isn't a very good summary, but I hope this helps.

[@soul8938]

@@jeffbenton6183 Im not informed enough about south ossetia and the others you mentioned to give an honest answer about that but like i said i would fully support a people group who has been suffering under their current nation due to their culture ethnicity religion or whatever to fight for their right to self governing. What you’re mentioning is geopolitical moves by superpowers the way you described it they are mere puppet states of russia so no real freedom. Although im not a fan of russia at all i wouldn’t want nato invading russia…your comment seems like they want to spread democracy and freedom and the world has seen often enough how that ends.

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

I am Taiwanese and i support the one china policy, because yes, there is only one country of China, but also there’s also one country of Taiwan. both countries are completely separate and independent entities.

[@jeffbenton6183]

Sadly, the PRC doesn't see it that way. They believe that "One China" must include Taiwan.

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@zhengchen9405 Right, because they are forced to keep it that way. If they change the Constitution to no longer lay claim to the mainland, the PRC claims it will declare war, ironically enough,

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@zhengchen9405 uhhh... do you have a credible source for that, or are you just guessing? What you're suggesting is as insane as saying that the leaders of Cuba want to take over the US - its utter nonsense. How exactly would they take control?

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

@@zhengchen9405 which is absolutely illogical and impossible

[@henryaybaz7409]

Communist China and Nationalist China. Chinese is Chinese at the end of the day.

[@Amitdas-gk2it]

Interesting 👍

[@kevindevlieger300]

FYI. Vanuatu is an island nation in the east of Australia and above New Zealand. It is an officially recognized country. xD

[@piratizaslobodu]

General Knowledge: Partly recognized states Transnistria/Pridnestrovie: No one recognized me.

[@yodamaster445]

Its better that way

[@CIAinTaiwanAndUkraine]

@@timothysanduleac2703 doesn't Putin plan to "liberate" it? like he wants to conquer south Ukraine to form a link there

[@johntauren]

You mentioned IOC recognition of Kosovo, and now I feel it was a missed opportunity to talk about IOC members that aren't full countries in their own right.

[@VuleProductions]

Sorry for asking but what is IOC?

[@aleksajovanovic7488]

@@VuleProductions international olympic comittee

[@EpicB]

For instance, there's the Russian Olympic Committee or whatever it was called, because I guess the Russian Federation proper isn't allowed in. And the ROC is not to be confused with the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan, or "Chinese Taipei" according to the Olympics. And also I think there's a Puerto Rican team separate from the American team, and I imagine there are other teams similar to that too.

[@clreex12345]

Kosovo je Srbija

[@dynamyt3]

@@clreex12345 Kosovo e Serbia! ❤ from Craiova, Romania 🇷🇴

[@milenko98100]

"Relationship between Serbia and Kosovo is getting better" while both sides rn have almost their full fighting capabilities on eachothers non-existent borders getting ready for the worst

[@mr.commenter7953]

Moral of the story: religion destroys everything. Return to monke

[@iliriandedvukaj9210]

All because you serbs don't accept reciprocity!

[@s.m952]

If the border is non-existent like your saying, try to get on the other side without changing your plate to Republic of Kosovo.

[@miloscvijanovic5295]

@@s.m952 Try getting on the other side without getting blocked by Kosovo Serbs :)

[@mig-29]

@@iliriandedvukaj9210 because reciprocity is when you get everything and I get nothing?

[@insertname9070]

Now we need an updated version with Listenbourg

[@user-me1gh9ez7y]

Your video is amazing, but I think you should explain even more each situation 👍👍👍

[@Patches2212]

The issue is, in many of these examples, a video explaining the situation in detail would almost immediately become demonetized, or worse, even cause the video (and channel) to be censored.

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@Patches2212 Fair. It's kind of hard to explain situations like these without unintentionally taking sides, or just saying "really *both* sides are terrible."

[@unusualhistorian1336]

Hey, General Knowledge what is up with your 50% chart at the start of your video? 0:03

[@Thebestbobbyboy]

He literally pronounces Kazakhstan on that and countries like that houses wasting our house to do anything that include maths or English

[@unusualhistorian1336]

@@Thebestbobbyboy Sorry what?

[@Frosty09720]

@@Thebestbobbyboy???

[@Thebestbobbyboy]

@@Frosty09720 I was explaining Halle, he pronounces Kazakhstan and the other STAN countries. Weirdly I get it his accent, but it just sounds annoying like when people pronounce Nike or Adidas wrong.

[@Frosty09720]

@@Thebestbobbyboy what does this have to do with the comment?

[@diablo55]

I believe Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine are also partially recognized countries now, at least by Russia

[@KiviNik]

No, Novorossija is part of Russia

[@soupisgood44]

You clearly don't know anyone from these regions, then. Because my friends in Luhansk don't want anything to do with Russia.. the country who has been bombing them since 2014

[@CVery45]

It’s not Ukraine it’s Novorussia

[@CVery45]

@@soupisgood44 It’s Ukraine that’s bombing and don’t turn it around. You don't have any friends there.

[@Velzar3]

6:36 Sahrawi is the nationality of Western Sahara, not the name of the country

[@angelmendez-rivera351]

No, Sahrawi is definitely the constitutional name. Western Sahara is just what English-speakers insist on calling it.

[@ricardoansantos]

@General Knowledge és um orgulho nacional!

[@bangscutter]

Makes a video about Taiwan, Israel and Palestine. The internet: *So, you have chosen death.*

[@Bikavin]

Twitter and 14 years old white girl:prepare for trouble,AND MAKE IT DOUBLES

[@donpeters2029]

What’s israel?

[@Bikavin]

@@donpeters2029 a small country located in the middle east

[@donpeters2029]

@@Bikavin I think you mean Palestine*

[@Bikavin]

@@donpeters2029 no,i mean israel,palestine was(im sorry to say this) "barely" exist

[@TaraTrip]

1983 for the bite of 83[since 1983 in fnaf 4]

[@w3aken]

With Ireland’s relations with Israel and Palestine, it’s actually a pretty big thing here. With the way that the UK treated Ireland over the many years of occupation, Ireland has a soft spot and a want to speak out about their opinions on the matter. Many people around where I live actively fly Palestinian flags outside their homes because of the parallel that can be drawn with British occupation. Ireland has also passed a bill in both sections of government that would recognise Palestine as a sovereign state back in 2012 but has not fully gone through because of some people in government wanting to make it a Europe wide movement, something a lot of people disagree with in Ireland.

[@Abey608]

nobody disagrees with ireland , they are doing the right thing and not being a slave of Western mindset , instead they actually have a opinion

[@shaharh496]

i really want to understand something if you can answer me that would be very nice. why would you support both side with a 2 state solution (if that is you opinion because I'm not sure) if one side doesn't even want the other to exist and is not willing to make any talks about the subject?

[@GearedGaming76899]

@@shaharh496 Your right, Israel does not want the other side to exist which is why you cannot reason with them

[@cartoonnetworkdude7145]

7:31 wow what a creative Flag

[@killermon117]

Sarcasm at it’s finest

[@the7screw]

What happens if they gain land? Do they just change the flag accordingly?

[@noahburns6042]

@@the7screw Well, that won't be happening any time soon! The Balkan region would turn into a warzone if any country attempted expansion.

[@noahburns6042]

It's one of my favourite flags, actually

[@the7screw]

@@noahburns6042 that's a fair point but global warming is still a thing, what happens if they potentially lose some land to rising sea levels?

[@leilajolie5530]

Morocco is inhabited by several different ethnic groups but which are all of Berber origin, there are the riffain, the chleuh, the zayane, the Saharawis, the Arabo-Berbers, I am chleuh-saharaoui..... the problem of Morocco is that it was colonized by 2 different countries, Spain and France, they are shared a country of 1200 years of history, in 1959 Morocco takes its independence from France, Morocco claims Western Sahara but Spain will not leave, in 1975 Morocco made a pacifist march that was called in Morocco the green march, 350,000 Moroccans and 40,000 soldiers headed for the Sahara to put pressure on Spain which ended up leaving like thieves giving itself the keys, Morocco settled in the Sahara and the Sahara became Moroccan, through a territory occupied by the polisario..it is algeria which finances and arms the polidario, they want to create the R.A.S.D (democratic saharaoui arab republic) while the ancestors of the saharaouis is the berber sanahdja tribes,and it is they with the chleuh tribes who will build marrakèch the capital of the dynasty of the almoravids ..... the colors of the flag of the SADR have nothing to do with north africa, the star and the crescent of moon on their flag has nothing to do with the Moroccan Sahara, the star and crescent moon on the Algerian and Tunisian flag refer to the Turkish Ottoman Empire, Morocco was never an Ottoman conquest. ... in short, the Sahara is Moroccan and we got it back in 1975 :)

[@adam-kl2bv]

@Justin Y. Bro shut up only morrocans lives an western Sahara the government not the people regonise Israel is. Country

[@its.galactic]

This problem will never be solved. Where is absolute dictatorship when you need it

[@zak8274]

@Justin Y. where you from?

[@BareKragujevdza]

Fun Fact: Kosovo is the part of Serbia, not state, check UN list of states.

[@lukedoesbutter]

Ask kosovo

[@user-fp7jz4ot6f]

1 very important thing: you included almost fully recognized countrys with caountrys that have just 3 other countrys recognize them

[@the_mess_of_meff]

Some breakaway state: declares independence Russia: *it's free real estate* recognize it

[@the_mess_of_meff]

I understand that not all of them are recognised by her, it's a joke People are just stupid sometimes, so I'm writing this

[@easytiger6570]

It's actually the other way around

[@the_mess_of_meff]

@@easytiger6570 well, she recognises both Palestine and Israel, Transnistia has some aid (?), South Ossetia and Abkhazia are recognise by her, informal relationship with Taiwan counts kinda Not recognized from this video are only Kosovo, Somalia, Morocco's situation (can't remember the name) and Turkey's side of Cyprus I don't know about Transnistia situation a whole lot tho, I just basing it on this video Also thanks Neil Bowman

[@the_mess_of_meff]

@Neil Bowman oh great, thanks It's just easier for me to write in Cyrillic, don't worry

[@easytiger6570]

I mean that first Russia: *it's free real estate* And than some breakaway state declares independence

[@sanilsasidharan7507]

Do video on overseas military base of different countries it will be great

[@danielharvison7510]

Except that we all know in advance that it will be the U.S with an overwhelming majority there. They've basically got a military presence all over the place, it's a bit of a joke as far as I'm concerned. Also, I don't like the fact of Pine Gap, and I don't like that U.S Marine base in Darwin. Think about it, if you had foreign military running around your country, would YOU be happy?

[@Norman_Lazarevich]

Dude why is that pie chart in the beginning not equal halves considering the yellow part is already 50%?

[@BinglesP]

7:35 I got that sneaky reference on the left there!

[@anurdaburmancitizen]

2:45 exactly they should be in the china and taiwan chapter lol

[@tinypenguinhk]

11:49 Correction: Somaliland is recognised and has official diplomatic relations with the Republic of China (Taiwan).

[@flexexo9661]

Stop the cap

[@mohamedmowlid4781]

@@flexexo9661 it's not a cap.

[@ademaalikh.1461]

It has relation to the Republic of chine 😂

[@sultan_alaeddin_keykubat__]

@@flexexo9661 it's not cap

[@animasyonYT]

6:21 Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic is not an Puppet they have Their own passaport, Their Own Country, Their Own Foods, Their Own Bank, Their Own Millitary and everything needs to be as an country.

[@andreas2291]

They are a puppet state controlled by turkey, that's why no one else recognizes them. It is based on an illegal occupation, it's not a country

[@animasyonYT]

@@andreas2291 an country is country. it is not an Puppet State if it was puppet Then why is it have Their own President and Their Own parties. Also i want Peace on Cyprus too. maybe United States Of Cyprus. We are not reason Cyprus Split it is because of Eoka-B Attacked To Turkish Cypriots And Turkish Armed Forces Helped to Turkish Cypriots everyone lost their homes. And it is all started because of UK and Ottoman Empire Wrong Policies. Ottomans Traded Cyprus for Defend Their selves from Russia Then At WW1 brits Annexed Cyprus everyone Wanted İndependence Turkish Cypriots And Greek Cypriots. Then Cyprus Republic Created But Coup De'tat happened by Greek Terrorist Group Called Eoka-B killed Cypriots. Then Turkish Armed Forces Saved Turkish Cypriots. But i also want Peace on Cyprus. They need to unite again no Greece or Türkiye. They need an Free Republic Maybe Like United States Of Cyprus.

[@leothesoldier]

about Balkan Countries, Republic of Kosova recognizes Taiwan's independence since 2008 :)

[@T.h.w.T]

These partially recognised countries should make a sort of committee of union of some sort. Mabey help each other to conquer the places they are declaring independence from/separated from.

[@nam_1018]

Actually there is, check out Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization

[@fabulouscat3911]

@@nam_1018 funny thing is that the "countries" in that organisation are so corrupt, that not even other unrecognized countries like somaliland and taiwan want to recognize them the only exception being western sahara

[@nam_1018]

@@fabulouscat3911 ikr that’s why I feel like its quite useless, it only exists to clarify they are independent countries

[@WatchOnYT]

I want to see an Israeli-Palestinian collaboration of some kind. Should be funny.

[@RandomVideos-re9ux]

but then countries such as Taiwan don’t want to fight with the country that claims it. Taiwan doesn’t want to cause conflicts while China keeps looking for opportunities to start a war. Besides, Taiwan’s mentality is that it is already an independent country (factually is) so the people don’t think that there is a need to emphasise that by starting a war

[@Yamamotoseto]

I’m Taiwanese. Now we don’t care about being the sole heir to China. Now we just want to be Taiwan. We want to recognize China as China and we as Taiwan.

[@jeffbenton6183]

And oddly enough, the PRC will declare war if you formally declare independence and claim nothing that you don't already own (if I understand the situation correctly, I may not). That really sucks.

[@shawnv123]

@@jeffbenton6183 yes that’s true

[@shawnv123]

if you guys declared independence that would start a war lol

[@kuuroda]

taiwan dos not exist it is the republic of china

[@yu-liangchu2741]

I think Republic of China is just a part of Taiwan

[@ok.-ok.]

That chart at the beggining is so accurate 😂

[@chelsea_offical]

good video

[@mago172severo8]

I really like ur videos! I loved the one on which u talked about what would happen if Spain would split up. You really do a lot of research because as a spaniard, I can assure everything you said was true. Greeting from Madrid

[@Anonymous-st9el]

I love Spain! From Mauritius 🇲🇺.

[@c3phs]

🇵🇹 Nuestros Hermaños 🇪🇸

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks! :)

[@nabildovanipapir306]

It's adorable... 7:31 *kOZzOvoU* Man it is The autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija or Косово и *Метохија*

[@R0DBS2]

My birthdate is 31/7 ._.

[@nabildovanipapir306]

@@R0DBS2 Ó╭╮Ò

[@_braileanul]

@@nabildovanipapir306 yeah the autonomous province with its own government flag anthem a different people a different language different religion different currency which has not been under serbian control for 30 years :D

[@ofrikalif4938]

3:19 countries who support Israel: USA, UK, AUSTRALIA... countries who support the palestinians: IRAN, SYRIA, NORTH KOREA... "tell me who are your friends and I will tell you who you are"

[@lukedoesbutter]

Guilt by association is a fallacy.

[@AmokS07]

I live in Sahara, I am Moroccan. We have the full map. We say “Morocco from Tanger to Algouirra ”

[@hadiox7087]

I'm crying tears of joy😢😌🇲🇦

[@Samual.adis.Najmani]

In you're twisted dreams

[@AmokS07]

@@Samual.adis.Najmani كاتعيش فالعيون ولا غير شي جزائري عاوتاني؟

[@marco3829]

@@AmokS07 بغين غنفهم مال الجزائريين مع الصحراء هير كارهين المغرب حتاش الجمهورية الصحراوية اصلا معندها دخل بيهم

[@daviroza4700]

You will say a fart 🤣🤣 Western Sahara 🇪🇭 is country

[@markgarin6355]

But weren't included in the other three lists?

[@jshagarwal6778]

Your video ate very informative

[@damndanielthesuctioncupdan]

the video is eating very informative?

[@Mr_Blah]

I cant believe he would do this to very informative

[@damndanielthesuctioncupdan]

Mr Blah oh nooooo

[@whitemoses7913]

I enjoy eating information.

[@Cruising_On_Lake_Havasoma]

@@whitemoses7913 Tastes great, less filling.

[@veryblocky]

You should go over the story between Armenia and Hungary, and why Armenia revoked relations. It’s an interesting, yet disturbing one.

[@BallMuncher555]

What is the reason?

[@veryblocky]

@@BallMuncher555 I don’t know for certain, but I’d assume it’s to do with when a diplomat from Armenia was murdered by one from Azerbaijan at a peace conference in Hungary, and Hungary just sort of left him go.

[@Supaawesomeification]

@@veryblocky they were soldiers studying in a joint international program. The Azeri formulated a plan to hunt down the two Armenian soldiers because he was a racist monster. To put it more diplomatically, he wanted to avenge the Khojaly massacre from the first Artsakh war… which was already “avenged” but that’s a different story. Anyway, he bought an axe and found the Armenian soldier (who was not even born during the first Artsakh war btw) asleep in his bed. The Azeri chopped him to pieces in his sleep. Then he hunted down the second one but was caught and arrested on his way to the second Armenian’s room. Hungary had the Azeri soldier in a prison… but then extradited him back to Azerbaijan where he received a hero’s welcome. He was awarded “national hero of Azerbaijan” or something like that, got a free apartment, and years of back pay for the time he spent in prison in Hungary.

[@Supaawesomeification]

Google Ramil Safarov to read about it

[@AVV_Beats]

And yet Azerbaijan is a country which hosted Euro 2020 football matches and a grand prix. No matter how heinous your conduct, how questionable your government, bribes can make everything better.

[@Gray_ninja]

I have 1 question. Why "West sahara" shown with claimed territory while Republic of China shown only as Taiwan?

[@osamintv6135]

Since the USA's recognition of Moroccan sovreignty over its Sahara many other countries have joined, mainly from Africa, the middle east and south America. Morocco also normalized its relations with Israel so that map I think is outdated

[@uranium235azure3]

You forgot the best part . Taiwan recognizes Somaliland as an independent country .

[@mohamedwaititi6192]

Somaliland what is that?

[@daviroza4700]

😂😂😂

[@justsomerandomguywithanime7369]

@@mohamedwaititi6192 country in Somalia

[@realazduffman]

Partially Recognized Countries of the World -- good name for a band!

[@maxzakh2284]

Maybe you can make part 2? You forgot some countries like Crimean Republic, Donetsk and Lugansk republics, Curdistan, Syrian Curdistan and Djubaland.

[@TheMightyRoast]

Vanuatu is a tiny country in Australasia and is considered an island.