The Country That You Can Rent for $70,000 a Night

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[@adriancarpio7536]

Funny thing is, if you brought the maximum recommended accommodation of 900 people, everyone would only have to chip in around $78 a night, which is cheaper than most hotels

[@MaltaMcMurchy]

Hahaha where do I sign up? 😂

[@justfrankjustdank2538]

sorce?

[@imaginehavingpfp5779]

@@justfrankjustdank2538 um..... basic math?

[@justfrankjustdank2538]

@@imaginehavingpfp5779 i found no such scholar/research institute with that title

[@imaginehavingpfp5779]

@@justfrankjustdank2538 good point my man, you can claim victory

[@furiousroge3867]

New MrBeast video: RENTING AN ENTIRE COUNTRY FOR 70,000$

[@cardz8586]

I was about to say that

[@RiwenX]

Who?

[@fizzy4742]

RiwenX how do you not know who mr beast it

[@RiwenX]

Why would I know who that is?

[@Purplebruh]

it costs less than the golden pizza he ate, so he could do it rn if it was still an offer

[@greggazz4935]

I really didn’t understand how big 160^2 km was until you told me that it was like 160 times bigger than 1^2 km, cheers.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

Math is hard. 🤣🤣🤣

[@letao12]

For context, that's nearly 161 square kilometers.

[@greggazz4935]

letao12 wow the more you know

[@thewatcherinthecloud]

For your discretion, km^2 or km².

[@Yotanido]

@Dzhjakuras Alhysdaer I think he was poking fun at people making pointless "that's X times bigger than Y" statements. If you know how big a square metre is, it will still be hard to imagine what 160 square metres is. Similarly, if something says that's 300 times the size of a football field... you still have no idea.

[@DasIglu]

0:30 Me on essays trying to get to the word limit

[@ohaider123]

DasIglu His humour completes me

[@uh5169]

Lmaooo it really do be like that

[@DasIglu]

@@uh5169 It do!

[@had0j]

1:36 Me on essays not knowing what to continue with: (''which breaks down to _$98,432_ per capita, which is among the highest per-capita GDP's of any nation in the world. For context, that's nearly _$98,433_ per person.)

[@edgelord8337]

Imagine renting an entire country and using it to have the biggest party ever. That's something I want to do before I die for sure.

[@bw-leftturnracing7779]

I swear you're everywhere

[@Hoopergames]

Orgy**

[@willbutin2024]

yes. just yes

[@d3ds1r]

edge lord iran did that in 1971

[@damantioworks]

Bro call mrbeast, he will definetly do that

[@lancegideondiokno1774]

Bullies: you are weak Me that just rented Lichtenstein yesterday: go get him Bullies: wut Lichtenstein army: you heard the temporary leader CHARGE

[@eelsemaj99]

you realise that last time Lichtenstein went to war (in the late 19th Century) they could only find 70 people for their army... and came back with 71

[@Josh-ck9bv]

James Lee yeah but it’s only against one man

[@kelvinpang438]

@@eelsemaj99 yes so they would win against the bullies and come back with more men like they did before.

[@bruno6170]

Liechtenstein*

[@aaronhe6877]

Lichtenstein doesn't have an army, but they do have a national police.

[@FHL-Devils]

I'm honestly stunned that nobody took them up on the booking. 200k for three days of living like royalty seems the kind of thing that a ton of people (especially now in the age of influencers) would be lining up for a chance at.

[@fish_citizen]

The influencers cannot afford that.

[@nicolacruz3537]

are rooms available to stay tho for how many ppl and what do you do there

[@thatguy7091]

Imagine renting it and changing all street names to "that street"

[@aeiou644]

"hey dude, I'll meet you at that street."

[@brigoden]

There is, I kid you not, actually a street in my city called "That Street", it is next to "This Street", and "The Other Street"

[@shahul8222]

Aladdin street

[@freds_chess]

@@brigoden that is legit a thing.

[@villekuronen6242]

@@brigoden isnt that in canada

[@matteopiccini8937]

0:32 After closer inspection, the floor here is definitely made out of floor...

[@aryamanake4455]

Yeah he just opened up new dimensions to look at things😂😂😂😂

[@Daniel-vj9oq]

Liechtenstein needs money to grow their great empire, obviously. 🇱🇮

[@sirBrouwer]

Liechtenstein is the bank. they allow others to do the dirty work they just count there gold.

[@kaiseradolphushanshohenzol4064]

It's probally to invade the swiss but c'mon?

[@kgw72]

The Holy Roman Empire does not reborn alone! (seriously, they are the last "official" remnant of the HRE)

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

Fun fact: Prince Hans-Adam is the richest monarch in Europe. He's 5 times richer than Queen Elizabeth.

[@cirea3932]

🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮🇱🇮

[@Nexxarian]

You could either rent Liechtenstein, or you could get the Empathy Suite at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for $30,000/night more.

[@sigh.sy.s]

Doug demuro taught me that

[@tiberiuswolf8259]

The Empathy Suite, where their motto is "we don't give a fuck if you rent it"

[@andrewflanders262]

You're thinking of apathy

[@hassaan11]

You know that Bill Gates is Rich when you find out that he can rent AN ENTIRE COUNTRY for almost 4000 YEARS with his Net Worth...... I wish i was that rich.

[@RobertovBJJ]

He can just buy the country

[@lourencovieira313]

@@RobertovBJJ wait thats ilegal

[@lazergurka-smerlin6561]

Net worth is a bit iffy in how it works, but I get you

[@SpiralPegasus]

I misread "net worth" as "wet north" and your comment had dawned a lot of questions in my mind

[@reddd6916]

I wish we ate the rich

[@jamesallen4165]

"it often doesn't make much sense... much like Joe Biden" *Shots fired by the Half as Political KZbin channel*

[@wiawii]

People cant just stay on topic they gotta bring their political opinions everywhere.

[@emanuelgonzalez9786]

Doobiescoo1992, it was a funny joke.

[@wiawii]

Emanuel Gonzalez is it?

[@kinga6347]

@@wiawii yes it is

[@ancbi]

@@wiawii I think the topic is important enough to the maker of this video that he would risk losing a lot of his potential audience rather than keeping quiet.

[@paigemcnaughton6171]

ok, whos ready to get a group of 70,000 people, each pay one dollar, and have a sick party?

[@jacklonghearse9821]

Clever girl

[@ghostwave5252]

but it can only accommodate 900 people.

[@damantioworks]

@@ghostwave5252 900 people group with 78$ each

[@ghostwave5252]

@@damantioworks still a great deal.

[@ryanfarrelly4647]

Get me in

[@demonschnauzer1555]

Wait so there’s accommodations for maximum 900 people and it costs 70,000 per night. Theoretically if you just got yourself and 899 of your closest friends you could rent out Liechtenstein for only $77/day. I’ve stayed in motels that are more expensive. Imagine a high school senior field trip or something where they just rent out Liechtenstein.

[@richardmillhousenixon]

That would be badass, but when I graduated, just the cost of transport to Lichtenstein would have been about $700 round trip, and thats before you take into account the cost per night

[@ZeloticMemes]

899 of your closest friends

[@demonschnauzer1555]

@Zelotic wow, you don’t have at least 2000+ friends and 999 close friends? What a loser smh

[@imran_huseyn]

"If you were to make a tower stacking all of them on top of each other, it won't be very close to moon because it would fall over and lots of people would die" This is why i love HAI

[@deandre2680]

Same

[@daniyalkudrati502]

Whole world: omg coronavirus is gonna kill us!! Half as interesting: here's how you can rent a country

[@flavoursofsound]

Thanks goodness because this virus stuff is boring me now... to the point I’d rather have the virus than keep hearing about it

[@brosephstalin7369]

close to 420 likes

[@cy5434]

@@flavoursofsound Damn, you must be really tired now

[@antal4s]

@@flavoursofsound same

[@thecha4570]

Lockdown is so boring, I'm not gonna put any effort into it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/moLaZapvjMyLmbM Just click it for me

[@kalifern]

Yes, I would like to rent this here country for one week. *Country? Trivago*

[@Razorcarl]

Don't give them ideas

[@utsavpaudel1054]

😂

[@untilnow581]

$70,000 is a lot of money but not too much if you think about that you are renting a whole country. Edit: Thank you for the likes guys. I’m finally KZbin famous, even if it’s only from comments.

[@regularsaver9726]

The Smart & The Dumb and it doesn’t make sense

[@OKANGUVEN99]

i mean if you can actullay house 1000 people. not a bad deal for a wedding

[@TheMajorStranger]

it's 70 000$ for a party of up to 900. That's 77.77$ USD per person. Not that much if you manage to find 900 people.

[@AHero26_]

Dude mr beast spent that much on pizza he needs to rent this country as a video

[@rawrthedinosawr9659]

exactly

[@kyletracht8276]

"Once accidentally invaded by Switzerland." Three times, actually. Once in '76, again in '92, and a third time in '07.

[@emmalilliestam1817]

Pro: Consistent pronounciation of Liechtenstein Con: Incorrect pronounciation of Liechtenstein Or are you truly talking about a place called Litchenstein? :)

[@sirk603]

Is it pronounced like-ten-Stein?

[@10nix_]

lick-tin-stein

[@Cubeforc3]

@@sirk603 More like Lee (german G sound here) tun stine

[@athirkell]

Emma's just saying that, whatever 'ch' pronunciation you go for, the 't' comes after it... Could be Leesh-tin-stine, Leeh-tin-stine, Lee-tin-stine, Lee-(throaty-cough-sound)-tin-stine, Leek-tin-stine...

[@eggsngritstn]

Horrible. And the capital is pronounced Vah doots, not Vuhdooz.

[@TimTams_64]

Mr Beast next video: I rented an entire country for a year.

[@jul7985]

3:57 That‘s Vaduz Castle. Gutenberg Castle is further south.

[@yaberwoocky]

literally unwatchable, but i thought the same

[@ArkansasAnimations]

2:28 I was not expecting a bill wurtz video to be mentioned

[@Pyliip]

If it accommodates up to 900 people it could end up costing only $78 per person per night which wouldn't be much for a very big wedding or corporate event. Liechtenstein is a great country that is a funny historical oddity.

[@Thewinner312]

Calling Liechtenstein an "actual, honest-to-goodness country" is a bit of a stretch though. It is mainly a tax haven, that's why it's GDP is so high.

[@flaetsbnort]

well, it's a sovereign tax haven

[@islandbee]

It's also recognized by the UN.

[@pedrogonzalez5590]

its*

[@ThePiotrekpecet]

4:41 wow a whole street named after me

[@nolongerusing7430]

Congratulations! A country recognized you and named a street after you to honor you for... something

[@mkunz-3548]

I literally once took the wrong exit and accidentally drove through it

[@kets4443]

Schengen moment

[@shanewshal]

"Much like Joe Biden" this got me

[@yerdasellsavon8099]

@@EvanAviator and true

[@CitizensCommunity]

Americans should have gone with Yang.

[@AbirInsights]

@@CitizensCommunity Trump 2020

[@shanewshal]

@B I G B R U H no

[@shanewshal]

@@CitizensCommunity yes

[@TheEgglet]

0:43 ah yes, logic

[@cedricye1767]

Me: *nukes Liechtenstein* UN: "Hey, you can't do that!!!" Me: Yes but I rented it." UN: "Oh ok" Edit: Some people don't get it's a joke, IT'S SO OBVIOUS!!!

[@TryingtogettoSubswithonevid]

You can’t actually cause any harm to something you’ve rented or the owner has grounds to sue you on

[@itachi2011100]

the deposit on that is going to be a bitch

[@cedricye1767]

@@TryingtogettoSubswithonevid Ik it's a joke, do you know what a joke is?

[@zafrylaiman8695]

@@cedricye1767 a bad joke

[@TryingtogettoSubswithonevid]

Cedric Ye I was just stating the obvious

[@justsomerandombirdwithinte5896]

Lichenstine: **takes their Airbnb down** Me: NO! THE SACRED TEXTS!

[@someonesomewhere8065]

haha "Lichenstine" *Lihtenštajn

[@justsomerandombirdwithinte5896]

Someone Somewhere sorry bro :(

[@Bradificus47]

*mmmmmm* That pronounciation. I dont think i could do any better

[@justsomerandombirdwithinte5896]

Bradificus sarcasm? really bro?

[@_thisnameistaken]

Stalin? Why do you want to buy a country?

[@yourmom7748]

"Rather impressive economy" is probably the biggest understatement of this year. I live at the border to lichtenstein and I'm not exagurating when I say that people who don't drive expensive mercedes or bmws are the minority there. And don't get me started ob their houses. But then again, if I could have the salary of swizerland with even fewer taxes and the country next to me had the prices austria has, I'd be swimming in money too.

[@maythesciencebewithyou]

The Prince of Liechtenstein is also the richest monarch in all of Europe. His net worth is estimated to be 5 times more than that of Queen Elizabeth.

[@not_realy_real]

​@@maythesciencebewithyouwho is now dead

[@andrewbaumann7730]

Jeff Bezos could've done this for 5000 years. for him, a year of this is "easy"

[@Bradificus47]

Im actually wondering if you did the math.

[@Brrrrdmn]

@@Bradificus47 yes he did. Or he guessed extremly good (i did the math)

[@snail123O]

inb4 angry liberaterians/"an"caps typing

[@LemonbreadSC]

That's also negating his constant money stream from Amazon.

[@yoavhofstein3658]

imagine being a small country with only 5.3 billion dollor gdp (this post was made by the vatican gang)

[@lapeez2277]

1:43 thanks i didn't understand the "per capita" part until you said that.

[@jamesallen4165]

I think you might've been taking this one a *little* bit seriously, Half as.

[@assgoblin3981]

Half ass*

[@brookeking8559]

Half as Serious

[@Shonicheck]

3:13 so you are implying that i would be totally allowed to enforce laws that would prohibit not wearing a small hat? Or perhaps a law that would require every citizen to quack as a greeting? Man, possibilities are truly endless!

[@melvinsantak8619]

HAI: "Lichtenstein didn't let women vote till 1984" Switzerland: "Hold my Beer"

[@sh4dy832]

On Federal level, it was 1971 actually (still nothing to be proud of). We don't talk about the Canton (~state) of Appenzell, that voted against it in 1990 and ultimately had to be overruled by the state in the same year...

[@jaffacakenjoyer]

Wyoming:Tf New zealand:Tf

[@ItsMylo]

2:18 best line in the video

[@awwastor]

Thank you for putting all the values in context. It was really helpful! Who would figure 1km^2 is 160 time smaller than 160km^2

[@b3108]

@3:35 “500+ bedrooms and bathrooms” for “450-900 people”. Hang on... there may be MORE bedrooms than people???

[@bmjv77]

I've been to Liechtenstein. It took me an entire 20 minutes to drive the length of the country on backroads.

[@Panzerfan93]

0:59 much more than just once, we also shelled them on multiple occassions just to remind them of who's boss

[@sh4dy832]

more like, once a year

[@neopolitan1461]

But wait, if I rented Lichtenstein and changed laws, couldn’t I make myself the permanent leader?

[@jessesalomon2405]

The Title Should Be "The Country That You COULD Have Rented For $70,000 A Night"

[@lonelyPorterCH]

Yeah, I know lichtenstein, we once drove through it, when we went to germany, its right next to my homecountry^^ (Switzerland)

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

0:58 "...was been invaded one time by Switzerland..." Me: Excuse me! It was invaded 7-8 times (mostly false berings), got hit by a shell with a forest fire after that and a accidently built outpost by Switzerland!!! (And no I am not a boomer just a german who found that out!)

[@VraccasVII]

In Ordnung Explodierer

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

@@VraccasVII goddamnit! (Wait why explodierer

[@someonesomewhere8065]

Oh so the swiss technically declared war?

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

@@someonesomewhere8065 no. Switzerland sent Apologies before the monarchs (last one in europe) even noticed the "accidently invasion" from the swiss. Lichtenstein is under protection from Switzerland too because Lichtenstein don't have a actual army since it's Independence after WWI.

[@EveryonesFavoriteEnby]

Ok German

[@rbd5868]

You can rent many more trains in italy for that much money P. S. I'm not kidding btw

[@zafrylaiman8695]

Country>>>Trains

[@cocainecowboy_]

@@zafrylaiman8695 trains>country cause you can actually profit from them and make it back sooner or later

[@captainnihilo445]

Kerchew but you can’t print your own money that way now can you

[@aadvaithmandampully3279]

Mom: What hotel are we staying at? Dad: Lichtenstein Mom:Ok..Wait WHAT?!

[@cj01son54]

if the minimum stay is 3 days, for $210,000 and the maximum accommodation is 950 people, that's only just over $220 per person, which is arguable better than most American hotel stays for that period of time. I'm surprised nobody took up this offer.

[@redenginner]

25 million dollars to rent out an entire country for a year.... If you have a billion dollars lying around you can pretty much own it for 40 years.

[@arsenique6478]

Liechtensteiner here, please don't compare us to Joe Biden. It's less offensive to just not even show us on your maps.

[@doftos]

as a liechtensteiner i agree with this

[@ichdu8951]

does this actually happen?

[@doftos]

@@ichdu8951 wdym

[@arsenique6478]

@@ichdu8951 Oh, yeah. A lot of maps just show us as part of Austria.

[@ichdu8951]

Эдельвейс that’s weird and just totally rude

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

You know there is a old book called the “A kingdom for sale” this sort of reminds me of that but you have to rent it

[@jdd109]

HAI: 60 miles squared is 60 times 1 mile squared. Also HAI: no need to thank me

[@Jaketheaxman]

If only it still were rentable... MrBeast could do a sponsored video where he rents a country.

[@anmoldaglaik]

Great now Elon must be on his way

[@JojoWolfcat]

3:54 That is not Gutenberg Fortress, that is Vaduz Castle.

[@VortexCoww]

Liechtenstein: You can legit rent us! Mr Beast: Allow me to introduce myself

[@samkirrin9776]

So I had gone to Europe in one of those group tours ya know the ones which were always rushing. Anyway we rushed so much we had extra time, so the tour guy was like let's go visit leichenstein. It was like a town,broken roads a bit run down but the people were nice. They took our photos in old english outfits. It was fun. They are quite dependent on tourism

[@gigagurke7364]

You just called the country "Dead Body stone" in german

[@Visitminecraft]

Wendover: you can rent a country $70,000 Me: My wallet

[@certifiedyaminspector-dadd6224]

$210,000

[@Legomaster-jv8ll]

Liechtenstein has always been that one country you treat like a child using their imagination. Like “Look! I’m a country!” “Sure you are, champ!” I have no problems with it, nor do I care one way or the other. I mean, they literally sent 80 troops to fight in the Austro-Prussian War, and came back with 81, because they made a friend along the way.

[@foremanhaste5464]

I found on wikipedia that they did send 80 people, but didn't engage in any fighting. Did they seriously come back with 81 people? Because that would be some serious "Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting" level military know how.

[@jacobkrueger1022]

That stock footage of the wine pouring in the glass was super satisfying

[@g-rated3514]

It is also where Sir Oric von Lichtenstein comes from! And Heath Ledger played a guy who pretended to be that guy

[@Vincent-gt4tz]

0:35 the more you know

[@ravenlord4]

Liechtenstein should start digging out underground levels so that it can be measured by volume instead of area.

[@berttorpson2592]

I love the absolute DRIP of sarcasm. Amazing work

[@EricNorcross]

dropping Long Beach barres makes this the best HAI video.

[@legendmk52]

Լiechtenstein had one of the best pizzas I've ever tried. 100% would reccomend

[@makouras]

Non-Liecthenstein related reasons are among the top ten reasons for marriage call-offs, I hear.

[@MarimbaMaurice]

I love the roasts in these videos 😂

[@jul7985]

Went there during a skiing trip in Switzerland. It‘s very beautiful.

[@DiggityDaws]

0:20 HA!

[@robs4706]

0:15 If I comment that I get cancel cultured.. but glad to know that other people can also see the truth.

[@gregd806]

These Videos are Getting weirder and weirder with humor... Keep Going!

[@magicjinn]

3:57 quick Westworld reference

[@waterunderthebridge7950]

Huh, that’s like the price of a good-ish new car

[@lkmilo]

1:31 I have the same calculator

[@cocainecowboy_]

ok?

[@lkmilo]

@@cocainecowboy_ well, it looks the same but it's orange, not white

[@okovermekeamglight4563]

do you know where i could buy one?

[@ladenbinosama2776]

That's so totally 100% no kidding interesting

[@lkmilo]

@@okovermekeamglight4563 we probably don't live in the same country but the name of the calculator is "Sharp EL546XWBH Scientific Calculator", look it up

[@LMacNeill]

There's a hotel room in Las Vegas that costs $100,000 per night to rent. (The "Empathy Suite" at the Palms Casino Resort, in case you're interested.) So, really, renting an *entire country* for only $70K per night is a bargain! ;-)

[@Captkunmmy]

I almost died when he called snoop a grass enthusiast 😭😂😂

[@ScarHead777]

The fact that you said the name of the country so many times and that it was severely mispronounced every time gives me the right to sue for torture, because it was 🤣🤣

[@tycboi]

"much like joe biden" that joked aged well

[@Edgemaster72]

well now I'm going to need you to put a bill wurtz reference into all future videos since you mentioned History of Japan

[@eliasboo]

0:26 Vatican: *Am I a holy joke to you?!?*

[@SundadeGaming]

“Which doesn’t make sense, much like Joe Biden” 😂😂

[@mobiletaskforceunitepsilon3733]

why is there no option to buy?

[@oofster15]

I’m adding this to my bucket list

[@deloptin545]

If it was still up I was seriously considering renting it and naming a street in *your* honour.

[@KarlssonF]

"evil murderous robots" you mean "good murderous robots" right?

[@mynameisHothead]

Me: I love this channel Half as Interesting: Joe Biden joke Me: I love this channel even more

[@happycamper4734]

Renting Liechtenstein sounds really fun! It's a pity it costs 70000 dollars.

[@kevins3821]

Me: "So, what kind of place did you rent?" Billionarie friend: "Yes"

[@rbnbj]

It's basically our slave :') (I'm Swiss🇨🇭)

[@sZenji]

so zsäge joa

[@xaviersaavedra7442]

best.of.r6 I thought it was a buffer state between you and Austria.

[@sibulu2878]

Üses chlises gschwüsterli😌

[@Stinger913]

Been to both very beautiful

[@nost_xlgia2970]

narrator: **repeatedly mispronounces Liechtenstein** me, an h̶e̶t̶a̶l̶i̶a̶n̶ intellectual: **inhale** *W R O N G*

[@andrewchristiansen8311]

0:18 You're officially the cool kid on the block. You won the internet lol

[@joshuariggleman4791]

Seeing the entire history of japan video on this video makes me so happy

[@TheReal7seas]

I'm Boe Jiden and I message this approve

[@R4de]

Lol

[@-Arya]

51 views 51 likes noice

[@michaelsonner1240]

Once accidently invaded by Switzerland? This happened so often, that at some point they must wonder if these are accidents at all ^^

[@Aintnowaybruh69]

Just gonna add this to my bucket list