How The World Will Gain A New Country In 2027 (BOUGAINVILLE)

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[@General.Knowledge]

Are there any other countries that might become independent soon?

[@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809]

Flanders.

[@subzero.cuber47]

Spain will never let go of Catalonia

[@LuigiLuigi728]

HONG KONG, TIBET, EAST TURKESTAN 🔥🔥🔥

[@PurPurDot]

I know it’s been a long time since it’s happened but once Western Australia wanted to be independent and so they voted to be independent as *Westralia* but the UK said they only wanted one Australia so that’s how there’s one Australia 🇦🇺 instead of 2

[@jonathancurran5366]

Tigray?

[@angusash7695]

Fun fact: the botanist got sick during Bougainville's time in Brazil, so his assistant, Jeanne Baret (his female lover disguised as a man) was actually the one who found the flower and named it after Bougainville!

[@novomundo7559]

Braziil?!!

[@Eldiran1]

@@novomundo7559 Yeah , bougainville va the first french to make a world tour . so he went to brazil first and the bougainville island after that .

[@DrSebby]

And she was later discovered, gang raped, and murdered. Such civilized folk back then.

[@wibbliams]

To be honest, it's a bit odd because it's so near to the Solomon Islands, but since it has a completely different history, it's good to see a brand new country.

[@AhimtarHoN]

Well, it's kind of like Trinidad and Tobago or Bahrain, but yeah, weird microstates are always interesting in this

[@GAZAMAN93X]

@@AhimtarHoN Trinidad?

[@AhimtarHoN]

@@GAZAMAN93X Yes, if you check it on the map it seems quite weird it's not part of Venezuela

[@RenegadeShepard69]

@@AhimtarHoN They were colonized by different countries that's the only reason why. Similarly to how Australia is trying to colonize this Bougainville project.

[@TheHedleyNicholasShow]

How is that odd?

[@jamesbednar8625]

Looks like "Geography Now" will have to do a special edition for this country!!

[@joermnyc]

He might have gotten to Zimbabwe by 2027… 😂

[@disembodiednarrator]

He’ll have to reactivate the channel

[@ChristianDoretti]

On the episode about Papua New Guinea he mentioned that lol

[@anubhavpal5782]

true

[@thekingmapper]

Yes

[@user-pv7vc9kp9k]

I'm unreasonably excited for independent Bougainville

[@GeographyNuts]

I have been reading about this couple of weeks ago, interesting discussions taking place in the country, I should say soon to be new country

[@mathewkelly9968]

What interesting conversations ? How theyre going to threaten Australia with Chinese bases to extort more aid from Australia ?

[@theblackryvius6613]

@Jee Wei king Sint Maarten is also a constituent country of the Netherlands and there’s a couple other territories you forgot about for America

[@jonnyminogue]

The French explorer came in 1768, not 1868

[@General.Knowledge]

It wouldn't be a General Knowledge video if I didn't get a date wrong due to a typo. Thanks for noticing! Apologies for the mistake

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Naming the island after himself" Alexander the Great: *Ah I see you're a man of culture as well* Also, Louis Antoine isn't from Bougainville. He was born in Paris, which was also where he died. He gets that from his father, Pierre-Yves de Bougainville. Fun fact, Louis actually managed to escape the Reign of Terror to Normandy where he retired. And when he returned to Paris, Napoleon made him a senator. He was also the explorer responsible for the first recorded settlement on the Falklands, Port Saint Louis. The French name he gave to the islands, Îles Malouines, is where the Spanish name came from

[@kangerooman5558]

Thanks

[@SantiagoGeffen]

Exactly, that South American archipelago was named îles Malouines (islas Malvinas, in Spanish) after the French port city of Saint-Malo. Actually there is an island named after Bougainville there, although in English it's known as Lively Island, but in Spanish is known as Bougainville Island (isla Bougainville).

[@danielch6662]

Alex is not so great. He only has cities named after him. No country.

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Bougainville didn't become part of the Territory of Papua and New Guinea because of distance. They were simply a part of German New Guinea, which the Aussies got as a result of WWI. This became the Territory of New Guinea, which was then combined with the Territory of Papua (which has been in Aussie/British hands since 1883) to form the Territory of Papua and New Guinea.

[@undergroundman1993]

Thanks Kim Jong-un!

[@jbcb3378]

Do not send me 24 nukes in 30 seconds

[@Koala1203]

God bless our lovely homeland From mountain peaks to golden sands Land of the brave and land of the free The brave and the free Enfold her children in your hands Beneath the Southern Cross we stand One mighty Christian family Oh Bougainville, My Bougainville, Bless Bougainville. The smile of God upon her face The pride and joy of all the race She wears beneath her purple sheen Her mantle of green Today we pledge our love and life We'll stand by you in every strife Our own dear home, our motherland. Oh Bougainville, My Bougainville, Bless Bougainville.

[@oldmandoinghighkicksonlyin1368]

Get a new flag.

[@theglaze8927]

Your ok with your flag?

[@johnpauljonesisabadass8134]

Make a new flag lol

[@Catlily5]

I like the flag! What's wrong with it?

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

What's this now? The Bougainville National Anthem?

[@ORGANICsoulJAZZ]

Bougainville. Geography Now.... I can't wait.

[@dellaboca9737]

Lol since we will still be waiting for Zimbabwe in 2027

[@rolandhazuki8787]

I just scrolling the comments to find this 👍

[@xjdfghashzkj]

They should release the Bouganville video on April Fools Day for the rare double-bamboozle

[@dellaboca9737]

@@xjdfghashzkj 😂😂good one.. I've actually seen people do reaction videos to the April fools episodes where they look up the countries🤣🤣

[@josueveguilla9069]

Guess Drew Binsky is gonna have to go back to Oceania and visit his next country called Bougainville, then. His final was Saudi Arabia.

[@versusVSversus.]

I don't think he will complain tho 😉

[@dellaboca9737]

@@versusVSversus. 😂😂good one

[@worldtexmexjj82jr]

I think Luisito Comunica should consider a trip over there as well

[@elitecereal]

He will still own his record of visiting every country in the world, but I think he would go there anyway.

[@edhikurniawan]

This is the first time I'm hearing Australia and Indonesia actually works together to support a foreign government. I always know Bougainville as a flower name, bunga Bugenvil in Indonesia. Also it was where Yamamoto went down.

[@Gjeea]

Phones and computers will have to update the emojis to add the boungaville flag

[@korbinarnold101]

Been following this regions decisions since the announcement of the referendum in EARLY 2019, and still do to this day, thank you so much for making this video!!!!

[@modmaker7617]

Let's welcome the Bougainvilleans to the world stage

[@Fylnnn]

Agree with you Monacan

[@modmaker7617]

@@Fylnnn I'm Polish not "Monacan" (they're actually called "Monégasque" not "Monacan" but they find the term acceptable)

[@jrexx2841]

@@modmaker7617 How about Monacian? No? Okay

[@modmaker7617]

@@jrexx2841 That's a first I heard that one. Monégasque is correct and Monacan was used so much despite being incorrect it's acceptable.

[@pedromenchik1961]

Bougainville will gain independence from Papua New Guinea, which in turn gained independence from Australia, which in turn gained independence from the UK

[@subzero.cuber47]

I love your content because it's so uniquely entertaining and informative

[@sarcasmo57]

My uncle went there in the 1990s with the Australian army to build a whole bunch of houses and stuff for them. He says we have more bogans here in Brisbane than they do in Bouganville.

[@kf9346]

I love that you will take on the smaller, less well-known and more obscure topics and places to report on and do so respectfully. They are often the most interesting as well.

[@Podcast-Shorts2001]

Won’t we expect multiple more countries due to forshadowed and inevitable independence referendums

[@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809]

Flanders will probably become independent within a few decades at most.

[@RedAndBlackIDress]

@@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809 this surely can’t be biased

[@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809]

@@RedAndBlackIDress how did you assume I'm biased? My profile picture and username clearly show my unbiasedness.

[@LuigiLuigi728]

HONG KONG INDEPENDENCE, OUR ONLY WAY OUT

[@BinglesP]

Hope the big 3 of those(Palestine, Kosovo, and Taiwan) become fully recognized and independent too

[@mnic86]

A great video! Very informative! 👍👍😊😊 Keep up the great work!

[@tomstieve]

Thanks for the video

[@debrasmith4675]

Thank you so much for taking the time to teach me this!

[@lukedav]

Amazing video!!

[@OridaryBird75]

Wow! Nice vid

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great video.

[@imogendunstan3603]

how fascinating, i spent a year in the area and I had no clue about this soon to be country

[@legomattie3295]

Very interesting. Didnt knew this.

[@bradhafichuk]

This is amazing. Their country is only twice the size (in km2) than the city I live in!

[@peppermann]

Excellent!

[@jonathancurran5366]

I wonder if they'll join up with the Solomons at some point in the future?

[@General.Knowledge]

It would make sense, right? They are in the same archipelago afterall

[@wibbliams]

@@General.Knowledge Who knows.

[@yushclayystaguan]

I'm guessing that would be the back-up plan if something goes wrong

[@danielch6662]

The mine alone when it was operating was producing 175,000 tonnes of copper and 18 tonnes of gold a year. At today's value, that is US$1.8b of copper + $1.3b of gold. The entire GDP of the Solomon islands is only $2b, though it has a population 2x that of Bougainville.

[@DrinkingStar]

I am glad you also mentioned the similarly spelled tropical plant. If you did not, I would have. BTW, I have a BOUGAINVILLEA growing in my basement during the non-summer seasons here in New England. I also have lemon, lime, orange and tangerine trees in my basement. I used to have a banana plant but it grew too big to take indoors at the end of the summer season/

[@jayrry]

new england?? did the queen drop a new england dlc or some shit?

[@donculotta1551]

Everyone is missing the point on why independence will not take place until 2027. That will give Papua/New Guinea and Australia time to go into overdrive mining the remaining (if any) copper and gold.

[@poiserosie6493]

Oh no!

[@markmh835]

Did you even watch the video to the end? It said the mines are closed.

[@richardwhitchurch1229]

The Panguna Mine has been closed since the start of hostilities between the BRA and the PNG Defence Force/Police Force combined forces were sent there after the blowing up and sabotage of a power pylon. The mine has been largely abandoned and the equipment ground to a halt and rusting. However there is talk of China moving in after their independence to resume mine operations but that will depend on who is in power at the time.

[@edwarddelacruz2161]

Can’t wait to visit

[@HindustanballAnimations1521]

Awesome

[@HindustanballAnimations1521]

Always the best

[@gerardjacquemier5137]

Excellently informative video, but please note that Louis Antoine de Bougainville arrived in the island in 1768, not 1868.

[@lorisperfetto6021]

Well you got this prediction right!

[@ianeons9278]

It will be the last episode of Geography Now

[@jonathancurran5366]

Barbs will have to pay a visit.

[@thunderbird1921]

Doubt it, another country could form at any time, heck if South Africa continues to blow apart we could see 3 new countries possibly just from the aftermath.

[@LuigiLuigi728]

Hopefully some day the world will gain a new country called the REPUBLIC OF HONG KONG!!!

[@chrisdooley6468]

I used to have hope for that but Carrie Lam and them have cowered to mainland China and all the major democratic movement members and financial backers have been locked up. What a complete turnaround from day 3-4 years ago. Makes me sad because financially they have the money to be independent and the backing of international community to help support their decision

[@saint4life09]

Nah, British overseas territory of Hong Kong.

[@General.Knowledge]

French Caledonia will be holding its 107th failed referendum

[@1984-XIXc.]

When I was a kid I thought that Hong Kong is a country.

[@1224chrisng]

Glory to Hong Kong! Revolution of our time!

[@thewhale9527]

Rooting for them!

[@conroyblood7464]

My grandad was a machine gun operator for Australia during the bougainville campaign, quite interesting event in itself

[@m-qubepro2531]

I use to collect coconut every morning for fuel making. not knowing that my father will one day got himself in trouble. He was wounded in a combat between the PNGDF, lucky we had fuel already that he was send to Honiara for medical treatment. thanks to the war we have learn a lot

[@operator9858]

I might have to watch The Coconut Revolution doc again after this...

[@cathalcolgan1126]

This is really cool New flag to collect New country to support at sports tournaments

[@97ddv]

2:48 Bougainvillea can also be found in Bolivia

[@roupenmagardichian1899]

Fun Fact: Bougainville already prepared its national anthem

[@hungariancountryball2928]

Cool!

[@HindustanballAnimations1521]

Yes

[@MapsCharts]

Nem annyira mint te

[@Arvinw1]

I can’t help a wonder what 2027 new year’s will be like for them (if they use the gregorian calendar)

[@Liggliluff]

The great question is what it will be called in each language. It's clearly going to be Bougainville in English, but what about other languages? The spelling is a bit awkward in some languages, so will it be adapted or not?

[@farmduck2762]

Locals call it Bogenvil. Locals wouldn't have had a name for the whole country. In places like Australia indigenous people didn't see the whole thing as an entity. They knew the land of their tribal/language group. Same in Bougainville. People on the southern end of the main island probably didn't even know there were other islands to the north.

[@UTKETCHUP]

Someone already did a video on it But hey I ain't complaining Good job

[@larrydale5733]

Ahh Bougainville, a place I heard about almost daily during Marine Corps boot camp. It was one of 5 key battles of WW2. BOUGANVILLE, IWO JIMA, GUADALCANAL, OKINAWA, TARAWA!!!!

[@obey2263]

Craaap.. I just guessed every single country in the world on sporcle.

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

As a gardener I can think about nothing else but the plant 😅

[@csabakis4214]

A sidenote - you surely meant 1768 NOT 1868 (seeing the style and clothing of the picture of de Bougainville, and I recalled he was a 18th century explorer) - I checked upon the facts quickly -> the existence of the island was already known in the 17th century (dutch sailors), more precisely described by english and french explorers in the 1760's, eventually credited and named after d. B ... it was awarded to Germany in 1886, according to the agreement between GB and Germany ... etc.

[@user-pf8qx8pv4l]

Yes, maybe they will find freedom. But we all know that from 1989 to 1991, 15 new countries appeared in the world, instead of one USSR. In some newly formed countries autonomies have appeared, which will probably also gain freedom. There are already unrecognized states. There are many such territories that may want freedom. Author, can you make a video on this topic? Think it will be interesting.

[@towaritch]

There are already too many independent Territories it seems the more humanity is striving for unity the more local nationalism is increasing for me it's contradictory and it shows how much mankind is a weird species

[@Tdelliex]

@@towaritch yeah we're dumn

[@ianstobie]

You could probably get five or six out of the USA. And two out of the present UK is quite likely. Spain? That split will be resisted.

[@towaritch]

@@ianstobie yes maintaining a unitary country is specific to Latin countries I don't see Italy France or even Latin America 's countries splitting up.

[@ianstobie]

@@towaritch Yes, interesting. Belgium a prime candidate for a split, but the Walloons would join France if that happens.

[@williamdavidfrancavilla7388]

Welcome to Bougainville. Our army is called the BRA and it’s all downhill from there

[@landonbarneyteamseas7756]

Now Drew Binskiy has to visit Bougainville and maybe Greenland too!

[@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809]

Could you make a video on Flanders?

[@yoavboaz1078]

r/usernamechecksout

[@General.Knowledge]

Yes!

[@flemishnationalist-prayfor9809]

@@General.Knowledge thanks!

[@frisianprideworldwide]

@@General.Knowledge or frisia

[@rocklob069]

Geography Now is gonna have to backtrack a bit...

[@BiglerSakura]

Finally, in the essence: if you don't understand the reasons or factors behind whatever event or process - look where the money is and where it goes.

[@ahorrell]

Good video! The way you structured it, however, took the emphasis off of the mine. The mine was basically the reason for the conflict. Some groups gained from the mine, some groups lost (esp their fishing ground). THE question for the new Bougainville is - do we re-open the mine? And if they do, how do they ensure the money doesn't just disappear out of the country, like in PNG and Timor?

[@robertpristupa6816]

The way Norway approached the development of their offshore oil industry would provide a beneficial model for copper mine development that would benefit the local population.

[@hiemsaustralis]

hi, how did Norway approach offshore oil? @@robertpristupa6816

[@Icebear126]

I think many people forget "chuuk of Micronesia" chuuk independence referendum In March 2022

[@Santiago-bk1gi]

Hi Gen. Knowledge, keep up the awesome work, just for the record, the bougainvillea is native to Colombia as well, I am Colombian and live here in Col, there's even one at my grandma's house, it's possible it may be found in all of South America, anyway, just wanted to make that clear no hate or nothing like that, nobody's perfect, you have great videos, again, keep it up, peace.

[@HairyGhostbear]

You haven't mentioned anything about what the capital is/will be

[@ranchocommodorereef]

I wonder if there will be a new country before 2027.

[@rifisnotmorocco]

Nice ..

[@jeffsanders1609]

Another question is if Queen Elizabeth about to gain a new title for the first time in decades? She is still the Queen of Papua New Guinea as it remained in the Commonwealth, just like she’s still Queen of Canada and such, so when Bougainville becomes independent will they name her “Queen of Bougainville” as a Constitutional Monarch or not? It be the first time in decades the British Crown actually gained a title so it be interesting to see

[@sydhenderson6753]

Well, not now, but maybe King Charles will.

[@klaatoris]

Great news for Drew Binsky! His journey isn't over.

[@danikopter_lp]

Lmao

[@jarink1]

If we get to 200 countries, does the Earth get an achievement on Steam?

[@Mashfi23]

There are already more than 200 countries in the world if you count in that way 195 is the number of UN members and non-member observers, not the number of actual countries

[@Tdelliex]

we already reached a thousand in the middle ages with africa and the hre each consisting of a about billion countries at that time.

[@graceantonio3573]

Wow...😃 THANK U🙂 GOD BLESS U😇 MAY GODLY WISDOM LIGHT & GUIDE.

[@joshuawaldorf9559]

Congratulations to a new country.

[@atriox7221]

I always feel deeply disappointed in bigger nations governments when small regions vote to become independent, it typically means the bigger governments have failed, they haven’t cared for the land and its peoples, they probably stripped it of resources if any were found, and it’s probably an overall positive for it to be free, but if government like Australia’s had really cared about its northern islands and treated them better (something they nearly do to any of their land tbh), regions wouldn’t be needing to split up so often

[@robertofratello5203]

Independence is usually for cultual/ethnical/geographical reasons, not only for economical ones. And island nations are so remote that it's almost impossible for them to be assimilated in other cultural identities. Usually those aren't rich countries, and people there spend the whole life in the same island/archipelago (with maybe some rare vacations for the upper middle class). People in different island have a completely different culture, and speak different languages.

[@allancrev]

Tf u sayin

[@ddwkc]

Dunno I grew up the end of Cold War. Lot of countries formed during 90sto 00s.

[@shevandaalfaridzi4167]

South Sudan will no longer be the youngest country since Bougainville will exists as an independent country.

[@temistogen]

Hope they can sustain themselves.

[@General.Knowledge]

They apparently have some autonomy already, but most State offices likely exist with funding from the central Papua New Guinea government. Hopefully they can make it work on their own

[@user-mj9pe3xf9w]

Верујем да хоће, с тиме што већ толике много мање острсвске нације тог региона попут Науруа или Кирибатиа оспевају да опстану. Један могући проблем је подизање нивоа мора.

[@thegovernmentoftajikistan7841]

SUS tain

[@Tdelliex]

I doubt they can

[@batissta44]

Join Solomon islands as a autonomous region

[@deepachauhan949]

I'm actually liking the name of the country. More like a name of a city.

[@alexl9012]

Interesting.

[@ZBisson]

Might as well recognize it early

[@setyawanhartono7811]

Bougainville: **Become a country** South Sudan: Finally, A worthy opponent!

[@maxwalker1159]

cool

[@TRDPaul]

Good for them I guess, I wish them the best of luck

[@thelogxd8812]

GO BOUGANVILLE!!

[@Leo-uu2up]

0:12 +4000000 social credit

[@canisius04]

Admiral de Bougainville lebte von 1729 bis 1811. Er hat die Insel Bougainville 1768 entdeckt, nicht 1868.

[@tauceti8060]

Will they have there own currency to and will they recognise Taiwan or China?

[@General.Knowledge]

Good question! It's interesting how there are always a few key international issues that every country has to decide on. It reminds me of the Unaligned(?) movement during the Cold War, composed of countries which refused to take part in choosing one of the two sides

[@mathewkelly9968]

They will recognise China , then threaten Australia with Chinese bases to extort more aid money as they have 0 industry, 0 farming , 0 education , 0 infrastructure ,0 healthcare , 0 everything and will depend on foreign aid .

[@x999uuu1]

@@mathewkelly9968 are you ok dude

[@user-iu4se2ps7d]

Interesting name

[@michaelchristman2329]

I thought that thing was the Master Control Program.

[@Okiedog1]

Good luck to 'em.

[@Flattithefish]

Guys only 3 more years let’s go 😮

[@ticktock8800]

I like Bougainville and South Sudan

[@HUNVilly]

Is this a reupload?

[@savannadawkins7532]

Watch “the coconut revolution”

[@glitchcomm002]

I would have went for a flag with a bougainvillea flower. lol.

[@akarshpandey6135]

6:00 BRA lol

[@br4804]

There is 197 countries atm 2022

[@petercroves8562]

back during the 2018 Woodstock election, i said this would happen

[@cyberinvasion4161]

Wait how do you know that country will born in 2027

[@calie-annecaz5474]

Omg I thought they meant like boganville like where Bogan's (Australian metal fans) lmao 🤣 i was so wrong