I always thought that Alaska was the largest 😭

What is the largest country subdivision in the world?
This might appear to be a tough question at first, but what I mean by this is what is the largest state or province in the entire world. Alaska might be a good first guess, but it quickly becomes apparent that this couldn't be further from the truth. As it turns out, Russia is home to the largest subdivisions in the world, the largest being the Sakha Republic, which is huge enough to be the 8th largest country in the world.
#shorts #geography

[@3_14pie]

Many people don't know how massive Russia is, in fact, Russia is so large that you can fit the entirety of Russia inside of Russia

[@oicmapper]

but russia is small we need a bigger country in comparism

[@artiomboyko]

The area of Russia is about equal to the area of Pluto

[@3_14pie]

@@artiomboyko I expected a country to be bigger than a dog, and it isn't even Clifford lol

[@shrkeusia]

@@artiomboyko Actually Pluto is the size of the country of Australia 🤓

[@elementoneutr0]

You can fit it into Texas

[@mistik_0611]

Fun fact: Sakha is also the largest autonomous republic (in terms of land area) in the world

[@marcinashuryk1109]

It's not fun

[@Freddy_Fazbear_and_Witherred]

​@@marcinashuryk1109 your life is not fun

[@marcinashuryk1109]

@@Freddy_Fazbear_and_Witherred did you say HAHAHA after reading this comment

[@Twert45]

​@@marcinashuryk1109 Its not supossed to be "fun"

[@ItalianCountryball11]

@@Freddy_Fazbear_and_Witherred XD

[@pappeskil7174]

"One of them being Nunavut" "How much if it can you pronounce?" "Nunavut"

[@CowboyZoom]

🤣

[@alahiri2002]

He used the correct pronunciation, while it is you who is describing the wrong one.

[@whothehellisthisguy7319]

irony of someone that makes fun of someone that mispronounce nunavut when they can't even make a single coherent sentence

[@Politography]

Maybe if Canadians stopped making the name of their subdivisions so fucking stupid, like Saskatchewan, then they wouldn’t have that problem.

[@Norsk-brodrister]

Hei

[@seregapanfilov20]

Sakha is the only region in Russia, that has 3 time zones

[@castleanthrax1833]

Now, imagine if Chile was oriented horizontally and not vertically? 😂

[@KtoTakovv]

​@yakkowarner5038 chilergentinium

[@FilipOrescanin]

Shaka is republic and russia have more

[@Epicvr803]

I knower they the biggest state is located somewhere in Russia

[@what6.]

i dont want nunavut

[@aaronmarks9366]

Siberia is an underrated region. Sakha/Yakutia has its own Siberian Turkic ethnicity, culture, and language, separate from the Russian one. It also of course has a large chunk of the Arctic Circle and the Arctic Ocean.

[@Onstyle316]

What is your opinion on cheese?

[@openalternative]

@@Onstyle316, cheese is good.

[@90skidcultist]

Me no like da cheeze…😗😗

[@Baller474]

And diamonds DEMONS

[@amhumanperson3592]

@@90skidcultist understandable

[@hiiambored1]

As a Canadian it hurt me so much how he said Nunavut as nunuvut

[@strawberrycow4007]

Glad to know I'm not the only one

[@user-hm1nc5jo5x]

ok

[@EndOfSmallSanctuary97]

It's not surprising that a Canadian is injured so badly over such a minor and irrelevant thing. Seems fitting.

[@arandomperson7914]

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 fr

[@indigodino3897]

@@EndOfSmallSanctuary97 yeah I totally thought the american's would straight up die after hearing that one of their states only came seventh, but I guess that doesn't actually happen because, and get this, its a joke.

[@SustainableRat]

As a Canadian, the way he said “Noonavoot” killed me inside 💀

[@Marche_Ottomane]

Lmao that's how it's pronounced

[@SSADO-]

Tbf I don’t think many people care about Canada’s provinces

[@EM-ic1yp]

That's how you pronounce it

[@EM-ic1yp]

​@SSADO- Of course, you live in the Arab World. You wouldn't give a damn about us.

[@EM-ic1yp]

​@@SSADO-Canadian territories*

[@92hyadav]

Fun fact about Sakha Area is almost the same as India and Population is less than Andheri. A small 5km x 5km region in Mumbai, India.

[@RadhikaBhardwaj-gk1yz]

💀☠️

[@aaradhayisgoodatgeography4628]

Jalva he hamara

[@Shadowcat561]

To bhai vo ladakh jaisa hain itni thand me koi human survive nhi kar sakta

[@Ashy_a]

As an Australian resident I’m surprised queensland made it and even more surprised Western Australia is 2nd

[@ms94]

Yeah it's weird to think about. Both Western Australia and Queensland are bigger than Alaska and the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales are bigger than Texas. Speaks how big Australia is and how it's not really divided into smaller states and territories like the USA.

[@savioblanc]

I was shocked how large Australia actually was, when I started looking into it. It makes up 5% of the Earth's landmass

[@waitwhat69247]

WA has desert big enough to hide france

[@waitwhat69247]

@@ms94 theres no point making smaller states most of it is dry emptieness of red dirt

[@British_navy]

@@waitwhat69247 it’s not empty, most of Australia has small towns dotting save for central where it’s literally inhospitable, but yeah that is the reasons for the subdivision being like this, that and colonialism

[@yellotheepiko]

The way he pronounced Nunavut is a war crime in it self 💀

[@blakemercier473]

Bro ong these Americans

[@sikdarshams]

noonavoot

[@funworldtimes]

I hope I can pronounce Nunavut correctly

[@yellotheepiko]

@@funworldtimes its pernounced like "None of it" i think

[@heyo80]

@@yellotheepiko That’s how I pronounce it and I’m American

[@vitalyabotinok]

I didn't know that my homeland is the largest than any other subjects in the world. I proud to be Yakutian.

[@_bugra_7876]

We love yakut people from Turkey since they are turkic. İ was so suprized when i learned how similiar we talk.

[@vitalyabotinok]

@@_bugra_7876 Exactly, our numbers pronouncing is actually from 1-10 is same.

[@_bugra_7876]

@@vitalyabotinok we also have similiar fruit and animal names.

[@Uzbplov-qw8vv]

Turkic brothers and sisters ❤ love from Uzbekistan🇺🇿

[@DreamWalkerVl]

Ты гордишься тем, что границы Якутии очерчены таким образом, чтобы наскрести хоть какое-то население для того, чтобы считаться регионом для удобного управления? Типа, это просто политическое деление для эффективного распределения админ.ресурса.

[@Ratciclefan]

"you might think of the state of Alaska" US-centric moment 💀

[@troopl11]

yes

[@lilblondeboy4142]

Not really Alaska is pretty massive

[@nep6533]

Europeans try not to mention the us for 10 seconds (Challenge Impossible)

[@Politography]

Not even Americans would say Alaska.

[@makeshift_graveyard7893]

no one thought of Alaska. he only says stuff like that to make his videos longer

[@noisyfcks5443]

Hello there from Krasnoyarsk Krai Fun fact: Line between the most northern and southern points of Krasnoyarsk Krai(almost 3500km including Islands) is almost as long as country of Chilie and its almost the same as the line between Krasnoyarsk and Moscow, that is crossing 4 time zones So yeah, i used to fly 3000km to visit my native city and didn't crossed even the region border

[@joaquincarcamosaez921]

As a Chilean person is hilarious how you said "Chillie". It's Chile bro, but what an interesting fact you said:)

[@noisyfcks5443]

@@joaquincarcamosaez921 Oh, my bad My English is not that good lmao

[@joaquincarcamosaez921]

@@noisyfcks5443 don't worry, you don't have to know, we are so far away from each other. But you get me in the fact you fly 3000km just to arrive to your city, where do you live?

[@noisyfcks5443]

@@joaquincarcamosaez921 Minusinsk, dut my native city is Dudinka. Both are located in Krasnoyarsk Krai

[@user-de4mr7uk8d]

Далековато у вас там

[@email5023]

The Northwest Territories (Canada) was the largest sub-jurisidiction in the world until 1999 when Nunavut was split off.

[@bonaaq86]

​@@theEWDSDS which part of his comment implies he doesn't know that

[@email5023]

@@theEWDSDS Well of course. I was pointing out a piece of trivia of what used to be the biggest sub-jurisidiction until its division in '99. Maybe English is not your first language?

[@Adomip-vh4fe]

Nah bro it's Ukraine the largest region

[@Black_Bird_Red]

@@Adomip-vh4fe What it’s not even a region.

[@jayyvibing9539]

@@Black_Bird_Red Not yet (nyet). *Russian national anthem intensifies* /sarcasm

[@ryanfleming1010]

Dude used the Mercator projection 💀

[@NachoTaco112]

And

[@Randomdude112]

@@NachoTaco112 “and” 👦🍼

[@NachoTaco112]

@@Randomdude112 and?

[@Randomdude112]

@@NachoTaco112 “and” 👦🍼

[@NachoTaco112]

@@Randomdude112 “I’m crying cause it’s a Mercator projection” 🤱

[@orochi1541]

As a western aussie I am proud

[@cHezzA72]

As an east Aussie I’m happy for you

[@-ehbv-]

QUEENSLANDER

[@auburncrescent]

As a fellow West Aussie, same here

[@paintingdreams290]

as a east aussie i'm just proud we made it on2 a list for smthn good

[@sickpapi1703]

as a non aussie, how do u survive on the eternal desert that is western australia

[@jackbradshaw8992]

For those wondering, Uttar Pradesh in India is the largest country subdivision by population

[@renskioku]

Those shit hold more people than Nigeria and Pakistan lol, almost as big as Indonesia by population

[@anshulbadhani]

I was going to comment the same. Only four countries have more population than Uttar Pradesh (UP) which are China, India, USA, Indonesia. Edit: Now Brazil and Nigeria are in the list too

[@Thetarget1]

@@anshulbadhani That´s crazy!

[@burnettn7]

Well yea millions would die and starve in Alaska and Siberia and desert Australia. Uninhabitable places are on this list. Nobody lives in nunuvut Canada

[@oicmapper]

​@@anshulbadhanieven crazier it combined with maharashtra has more population than usa

[@NotSo8]

States and provinces tend to get bigger in the more sparcely populated regions. Siberia is one of the first things that comes to mind when thinking of sparcely populated areas.

[@stevenlarson3316]

This was the comment I was going to make. The reasons to sub divide are more political than geographical. So large empty regions don't need to be split up as much. Antarctica being the best example of this. No one lives there permanently and it has no states.

[@gracelandtoo6240]

Wrong, a few hundred scientists live there permantely (there are multiple stations that are manned all year round) and it doesn't have states bc it itself is not a country. Countries like France and the UK have laid claims to regions of Anartica tho, like Adélie Land.

[@stevenlarson3316]

@@gracelandtoo6240 No one lives there permanently. The is a permanent settlement, but the scientist come and go. Google is your friend.

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

Siberia isn't a State or Province. Its a grouping of them. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Federal_District

[@shonenjumpmagneto]

@@stevenlarson3316 learn before you comment. Siberia is a grouping of Provinces. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siberian_Federal_District

[@BananaMaster24.]

You thought I’d pick Alaska? I immediately thought of Sakha.

[@taffingtonboathouse5754]

Yakutia is indeed massive

[@NickAndriadze]

Russia having a small piece of it large enough to be in the top 10 biggest countries in the world on its own is really fitting.

[@brazzo975]

No it's not

[@josephius]

Also good to remember that Alaska isn't actually as big as it looks on a flat map. It's just that countries at the top and bottom of the flat map get enlarged in what's called the Mercator projection

[@juppertan]

Same with Greenland. It actually slightly annoyed me that he used the Mercator projection to visualize the states' area.

[@Vincrand]

They are still big though. I don't remember the borders of the Russian oblasts. If I had to make a guess prior to watching this video multiple locations came to mind. These were Alaska, Greenland, Western Australia and something in Siberia. When you use true size of you can se WA is bigger than Alaska and Greenland, but it isn't by a large margin.

[@juppertan]

@@Vincrand totally, Russia is absolutely massive.

[@cheeseofglass]

@@Vincrand it's pedantic, but Krasnoyarsk and Sakha technically aren't oblasts.

[@Vincrand]

@@cheeseofglass yeah I remembered a bit after this comment that there are different terms for the regions depending on the level of local autonomy.

[@jeffthedoggo7990]

No one outside the US would ever think it's Alaska. I honestly thought it was Western Australia.

[@fcturner]

Can confirm. Are the Americans even taught there’s anything outside their borders?

[@ibraheemshuaib8954]

I am not American, and thought the biggest was Greenland, followed by Alaska

[@jeffthedoggo7990]

@@ibraheemshuaib8954 Ah, those familiar with the mercator projection will tell you that Greenland is in fact, not that big.

[@ibraheemshuaib8954]

@@jeffthedoggo7990 I knew that things on the map aren't the exact size as shown, but didn't think it would make THAT big of a difference

[@jeffthedoggo7990]

@@ibraheemshuaib8954 Grennland is very far north. It doesn't make too much of a difference for countries that are closer to the equator.

[@AndoCommando1000]

Australian here, grew up always knowing it was never Alaska because Western Australia was always the second biggest in the world. Australians actually think it’s funny how Americans think American states are big. They are usually small.

[@mayakuduwudu3299]

I’m Russian and I also have to admit how amazingly beautiful these places are. Some unique ethnic groups live there too. And from November to late April the northern parts of the region get extremely cold. Many days with -40C and sometimes as low as -50 or even -60C.

[@LordsUther]

too bad your barbaric people want more and more land

[@crss6846]

It's definitely a beautiful country in terms of nature.

[@nicoedel5606]

@@crss6846 not that much in term of mentality...

[@476233]

@@nicoedel5606 I think it’s important to remember the will and spirit of the Soviet people are not the same as their government. Even if it is in some ways, not all the individuals in the country are the same or support the same beliefs.

[@crss6846]

@@476233 yeah, while the government is pretty shit I'm sure that many people that live there don't support them

[@mohmmedmoiz5226]

Sakha Republic is almost equal to the size of INDIA.

[@frozenturbo8623]

@@hereusername Bit like Russia, Been trying to get population while other more populated countries like Bangladesh wants to be underpopulated

[@s_lasgalen]

​@@hereusername the permafrost there unfortunately doesn't allow any major agriculture in the region so historically a larger population wouldn't be able to feed themselves enough to grow a larger number.

[@deusmachinima1189]

Although almost all of India is habitable while many larger countries have lot of uninhabitable land which is not suitable for living or farming.

[@asbest2092]

and is fully a desert(as benificial as a desert)

[@Askhat08]

Well, India isn't the biggest country on Earth.

[@tallo7545]

Fun fact: The Northwest Territories prior to the Nunavut Act in 1999 had a about a total of 3,238,000 km² (1,250,200 mi²) Surpassing even Sakha Republic's 3,083,523 km² (1,190,555 mi²) Had it not been for the Nunavut Act of 1999, The Northwest Territories in Canada would've been the largest Subdivision in the world.

[@Iambestforreal]

Yup!

[@klop4228]

​@Leo_Sigal11What's not true about it?

[@EthanCole2009]

I was just looking that up.

[@klampytoad]

Hello from Nunavut! I wish we’d get recognized more often, our food is good (for me anyways) .

[@biswanathchakraborty7478]

Thanks to this gem-man to inform us.

[@azik4924]

"Larger than Argentina and Algeria" Kazakhstan:😀

[@Astral-Time]

Me throughout this video : SIBERIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@thisq9829]

As an Australian and a Queenslander, I’m happy my state is part of the list. 😊

[@Yvng165]

Bruh canada doesnt even count its jus abunch of small lands stretched out

[@TheFnafster]

Same tho 🇦🇺

[@TheFnafster]

@@Yvng165 who said Canada?

[@Yvng165]

@@TheFnafster idk either person deleted comment or something ik i didnt say that fir no reason😂

[@Yvng165]

@@TheFnafster ooooh i said canda cuz thats what the vid was saying

[@PrinceRightyI]

Ah, the Sakha Republic, the place so cold people shave frozen fish and eat it as is. 🐟

[@kaintgetritedonetried]

South America gettin away.

[@Ggdivhjkjl]

Westralia voted for succession almost 100 years ago but London said Melbourne would have to approve it. We're still waiting for a response.

[@castleanthrax1833]

You're kinda slow in WA. Anyone else would've twigged by now.

[@jonslg240]

"Huge areas = few people.. because if they had more people there'd be more borders."

[@09EvoX]

Yes, there are 6 people in Western Australia.

[@ArcticWoofxD]

@@09EvoX even the capital city of Western Australia Perth is considered isolated from the rest lmao

[@jessez_fin5971]

@@09EvoX and -5 in Queensland.

[@Linda-bg5vd]

​@@jessez_fin5971😂 Around 5/6 million people in Queensland,mainly on the coastline

[@mercuryinyourwalls]

"you might think of Alaska as the biggest" only in the US lol my first guess was Sakha

[@rais1953]

Being in Australia my first guess was Western Australia at about 2.5m sq km.

[@Lord_Rowlet]

@@rais1953 same

[@TopOfAllWorlds]

Nah, they wouldn't even understand the question, and when they do they probably wouldn't answer unless forced, and even then I'd say at least a third would say texas.

[@spiritusIRATUS]

He's American who's main audience is going to be Americans who usually know squat about any other place outside the US, especially their archenemy

[@osheridan]

Ustatiens ☕️

[@mrantipatia1872]

Siberia 🇷🇺 wonderful region

[@_BiB_]

Это не регион

[@cahsantribatik6798nihnoss]

Siberia:hi

[@Space_core85763]

Sebiria is part of Asia, like south Asia, Middle east, etc. But it have his own flag.

[@gatochorando7043]

Bro i was 100% sure that the brazilian state "Amazonas" would be in this list

[@eliseoespera6965]

I think it belongs to the top 10

[@helbyhell]

I'm Sakha and I would like to answer the most popular questions here: 1. The Yakut language is part of the Turkic group of languages, but due to the remoteness from the main group, our language is not very similar to the rest (we have similar numbers, some words and the basics of word formation). Also, because of our isolation, our language is similar to the ancient Turkic. 2. On the territory of modern Yakutia in the 16-17 centuries, a huge number of nomadic tribes (Evenks, Evens, Dolgans and others) lived. When our ancestors came from Central Asia and settled here, mixing with these tribes began and this is how the modern Yakuts appeared (the historical theory of the appearance of our people) 3. We are pagans. Our world is divided into three levels (1. The upper world, in which our gods sit at different levels. 2. The middle world is the world of people in which people live in harmony with nature. In the middle world, ichchi (spirits of the forest, spirits of rivers, spirits of mountains, etc.) 3. The lower world is the world of evil spirits (abaahy) And there are also guides to these worlds - shamans, they can be both women and men. 4. By nature, the Yakuts are very isolated from each other, in the old days each clan lived in a separate area, I believe that this has survived to this day, since the republic is divided into 34 districts and they are all very different, in each of them there are people look different and speak different dialects. 5. In the 17th century, Russian Cossacks came to us, who discovered new lands to the east of the Ural Mountains. At this time, the Yakut clans were moving towards uniting into a single state under the leadership of the head of a large and influential clan. Russian conquerors came, began to demand yasak (fur tax), most of the clans did not want to obey and fought back. The Russians exterminated men, took women and children prisoner, burned villages. They did a lot of terrible things, but history is silent about this. Despite the fact that the Yakuts had a highly developed metallurgy, they still lost and were forced to pay yasak for several more centuries. 6. In 1982, our Republic had its own constitution, its own president and local parliament, but a few years ago our constitution was taken away and the post of president is no more. 7. In Yakutia (as well as in Siberia as a whole) there are a lot of minerals: diamonds, oil, gas, gold, silver, even uranium), but according to the stupid laws of our country, "everything that lies underground is the property of the state." All these resources are extracted by Russian companies that pay taxes to Moscow, therefore, from these resources, the republic receives only that its beautiful virgin nature is spoiled by mining companies. Oil is sold to Europe, gas and timber to China, diamonds will soon run out. 8. About why Yakutia did not separate from Russia and whether it should calve. I will say this, about a million people now live in Yakutia, half of which are Yakuts, and the other half are Russians, Ukrainians, Kyrgyz and many other peoples who have been living here for a long time. And this is very little. Yakutia has no army, little money and no opportunity to become a full-fledged country right now, because nothing on our land belongs to us now. So I think it's impossible. At least for now. 9. About the influence of Russians on our culture. After forcibly joining the Russian Empire, the Yakuts were forcibly baptized, and then given Russian names and surnames. The Yakut alphabet was changed to Cyrillic. In general, the great influence of the Russian language is noticeable, in our language there are many borrowed words from the Russian language, altered in their own way. 10. Yakutia (also Siberia and the Far East) was a place where various criminals were sent, as well as political exiles, etc. Many very educated people were sent here, whose views did not coincide with the main ideology of the country, and these people were engaged in the education of the locals, wrote a lot of works here and greatly helped the cultural development of our region. 11. From the end of the 19th century, the active formation of the Yakut intelligentsia began. But with the advent of Soviet power, repressions began of local politicians, writers, and in general of all influential people who could form opposition views or insist on sovereignty. Most often they were accused of espionage, since at that time there was an active intervention of the United States, Japan and China in the Far East. In some years it was even forbidden to speak the Yakut language. 12. Previously, the territory of the republic was much larger and included part of the nears regions and even had access to the Sea in the east, where there was a port through which trade with Japan took place. I would glad if it help you)

[@rdltm]

You don't own any riches under the ground because these are spoils of war. The Russians won, so they own it 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

Pushing american propaganda under a guise of "I'm sakha" sure thing bro, no real yakut talks like that.

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

​@@rdltm This idiot just assumes that Russia is just as bad as USA.

[@user-qx8kf3st8t]

Короче ты националист, мы поняли

[@user-ez8le1rp3x]

@@user-qx8kf3st8t That is if he has a nation. This guy is a 100% american.

[@user-mj3br9fp6t]

Fun Fact: InDrive is an international passenger transportation service, from the Sakha Republic(Russia)

[@thehonestguy9654]

"You might be quick to think of Alaska since it's the biggest in the US" that's such an American thing to say

[@oscaruseche2286]

Actually, many Americans think the biggest state is Texas

[@terrybeardsleyii8878]

I didn't think it was Alaska an I knew that in 1990 an Australia is a beautiful country. I remember writing too that Countries leader in High School. Terry Berry. Yea it's funny name because it rhyme's. Lol

[@NotSomeJustinWithoutAMoustache]

​@@terrybeardsleyii8878what

[@vihailevagi]

That’s such a non-American thing to say

[@EM-ic1yp]

You guys are the only people who would say that

[@USSFFRU]

People underestimate how gigantic Siberia genuinely is.

[@TheBarser]

Do they? I actually think people overestimate it because og how it is portraited even bigger than it is on most maps

[@USSFFRU]

@@TheBarser Sometimes its overestimated, sometimes its underestimated. There are few people that are aware just how massive Siberia's Republics and Siberia genuinely is.

[@TheBarser]

@Soviet Union Mapping maybe if they never looked on a map. But it is usually skewered making russia appear even more massive than it is, and africa small. I would say many people underestimate the size of africa

[@Vincrand]

@@USSFFRU I'd say my geography knowledge is above average due to the amount of map games I play and quizzes I take, but Russian oblast (and such) borders is something that I and most people never learn. Probably only Russian citizens, geography experts and people that are just very interested in the country, cultures and such. In Siberia there are 2 huge ones, but also multiple smaller ones (still bigger than a lot of countries, but not close to the size of Alaska).

[@USSFFRU]

@@TheBarser Ah thats also fair, Besides how massive Siberia is, alot of people would be surprised to see how massive nations like Algeria genuinely is.

[@w8363]

Welcome to Yakutia.

[@nathanpfirman625]

Bro really thought that Alaska was the biggest…

[@AussieBall_Animations]

Proud to have the 2nd largest state. Although i don’t live there💪🇦🇺

[@salamanderxrs7587]

We must be alert of the Perth walkers

[@gussymcrae6918]

@@salamanderxrs7587 So true

[@tgburn6984]

​@@salamanderxrs7587 why

[@scientificagent]

Overproud Australian

[@sambros2]

I'm from WA

[@ccktravis4128]

this is honestly one of the best channels on youtube in terms of editing and content

[@quickthinker9697]

Australia and Russia are playing in a different league. 😆

[@user-fb2eb5fe8w]

Russia: suprised?

[@krisbarr5663]

You can't just drag something from the north and drop it onto something further south and get an actual size comparison. It's the Mercator Projection. It's a 3-d shape projected onto a 2-d space. Areas in the extreme north, like Alaska and Greenland, appear much bigger than they actually are.

[@edsonfilho9429]

Dude, he’s using the actual land area for comparison, not some visual size bullshit

[@krisbarr5663]

@@edsonfilho9429 Dude, no he's not. You need the area of 2 entities for a "comparison". He only gave 1, so you are wrong. He is literally dragging lands masses from the north section of the Mercator Projection onto land masses further south, which are smaller by design, and saying "look how big it is in comparison". He is literally doing a "visual size bullshit" comparison. That's the whole point of the Mercator Projection. Dragging Alaska onto the main area of the US does not give you a true comparison. And he certainly did not give the area of the US as you claim.

[@boarbot7829]

@@krisbarr5663 there is literally no “dragging” in the entire video. Wtf are you on about?

[@krisbarr5663]

@@boarbot7829 What is humanity coming to? Some kind of mass stupidity/insanity? About 20 seconds in, Alaska is literally dragged onto the rest of the USA as a visual size comparison. Are these people for real? I'm not going to respond to any more of this insanity. There are people out there curing cancer and planning how to colonise Mars, and these windows lickers are struggling to understand what is going on here? Next you'll be telling me that there are no maps or countries in this video, and it has nothing to do with geography. Honestly, is this some kind of low-brow trolling attempt? Or are people really this nuts?? /FACEPALM

[@boarbot7829]

@@krisbarr5663 to be completely fair, I missed that.

[@fleunteur]

Sakha republic : a subdivision that have similar land size with India California: a subdivision that have a similar economy as India Damn these state literally comparable to India despite their small population compared to India They (Russia and US)definitely deserve a superpower title

[@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143]

No disrespect, but why are all Indians overproud (I made that word up)?

[@criffonn1962]

I mean it's easy to understand why. Siberia is huge as shit and because sakha republic has basically no people the government can make a bigger subdivision with low people which is easy to govern. The Indian economy used to be the highest is the world along with china. It controlled 1/4th of the world's wealth. But since the 1700s instability and British rule downright destroyed the Indian economy. And post independence the Indian economic management was shit causing little growth. The Indian economy did not open up until the 1990s and it has been one of the fastest growing economies in the world. California has the silicon valley and is an economic hub and several years of proper economic management and resource efficient governance made it rich as shit. Looking at this it's not a surprise how comparable these subdivisions are to India.

[@gururaven]

Russia isn't a superpower though

[@fleunteur]

@@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143 tbh, yes they are, and also delusional, it's kinda annoyed me a little bit tbf

[@OmoriSupportsPalestine_143]

@@fleunteur same

[@Ric9hardify]

The amazing thing about the US that nobody thinks about is how long it actually is. There is the length of the lower 48 and there is the length of Alaska and it’s island chain, then there is the total length of Hawaii with all its islands.

[@Milano-qj1xu]

9th kazakhstan:🗿 are you kazaphobic?

[@fromtunisiaongod]

Great video! Great editing! Amazing KZbinr!

[@coolcapybappy]

This deserves more then it has

[@redastrachan8978]

🚩*than

[@coolcapybappy]

​@redastrachan8978 shush you ELA fan

[@Cragpot101]

"Krazoyask cry" got me dying💀

[@MexicoBall-tt5ju]

The fact that the 3rd province looks like green land 💀

[@blakemollett5501]

Pov your American and thought it was Texas. 💀

[@rapaccess5863]

Thanks for mentioning Algeria 🇩🇿 😊! Would like some videos about that country plz ☺️

[@Hash-6624]

Bro said”noo noo voot”

[@ArchivesCDBoff]

Québec is the 9th largest subdivision

[@HahnJames]

I didn't know that the Sakka Republic was that huge! Now, I have to go find out more about it.

[@Spacemongerr]

I can get you started with this, it is written Sakha and is pronounced Sahha, with a kinda throaty H-sound

[@ApertureScienceShip]

As a yakutian, your pronounce is killing ke

[@laserliar8721]

​@@ApertureScienceShipdoroobo djilus haiyuu syljagyn. A tak sakha siritten min ere bu kanaly koror etim dien sanaabytym

[@stephenrobinson1944]

For my American friends, most Canadians call Nunavut “none-ah-vet” no one really says “noon-a-voot”. At least where I’m from I’ve never heard it

[@Black_Bird_Red]

I hear it all the time for where I am in Canada.

[@Nn-3]

Where I'm from we pronounce the "u" with the same vowel sound as the "oo" in foot.

[@andycockrum1212]

Another dude under another comment is from Nunavut and he said the guy in the video said it correctly

[@Maak920.]

It’s Nu-na-vut means our land for Inuit’s

[@XTSonic]

Pretty sure no one says "Sakka" either for the Sakha Republic lol

[@Adelie_france]

10.Quebec 9.Amazonas 8.Xinjang 7.Alaska 6.Queensland 5.Nunavut 4.Greenland 3.Krasnoryask Krai 2.Western Australia 1.Sakha Republic

[@CristianFrancescoDepalo]

Only an average United States citizen would be able to think to Alaska as the biggest subdivision inside a Nation.

[@SjuniqueAnime]

Avarage South American🤡

[@CristianFrancescoDepalo]

@@SjuniqueAnime What do South Americans have to do with it?

[@Mili-bedili]

No one in the US would think that either. The dude in the video is just saying that for filler.

[@TheFinnishcountryball20]

Before 1999 Canada had the largest division because Nunavut and the territory to the west were one before A vote split it in 2

[@mrs.dr.spencerreid3992]

I love videos where I learned something!

[@abcd-rm9ln]

Intellectuel.

[@rijoshpaul6378]

America:we have the biggest subdivision in the world. Russia:hold my vodka

[@user-gc6jt4kz7m]

Highest population by state/province of a country is Uttar Pradesh, approx 26 crore population.

[@chri-k]

interesting

[@noelxlk]

wtf is 26 crore

[@chri-k]

@@noelxlk crore is somehow supposed to be hundreds per square mile. Or in understandable terms, the population is around 1000/km^2

[@abhijit_mishra]

@@noelxlk 10 million is 1 crore ...now do the math

[@RK-cj4oc]

​@@abhijit_mishraThen just say the million number. Morons.

[@nevenstanojevic3699]

Bro said “nunavoot” 💀

[@OrangePanda007]

Amazing video, I learn something new every time you upload! Would be better with subtitles tho…

[@vladof_putler]

I knew it would be some Siberian territory in Russia. Why would I say Alaska it's so random?

[@code8825]

There are countries that exist outside of the USA? - average American. Honestly I thought California or Texas was bigger than Alaska, so I’m certainly not an expert in geography or anything. But I guess for Americans who know a lot about their own country and not a lot about others, they’d think of Alaska since it’s their biggest state.

[@iJaxy10]

Alaska isn’t really random Tbf it’s absolutely massive lmao

[@SmolTerribleTornado]

Canadians be like: let pingu name this place

[@utvpoop]

Alaska is usually stretched on the maps so you can't place it upon the rest of the US that easily

[@LambdaCreates]

I used to think of Alaska, until one day I was just wandering on Google Maps, and was shocked to see how huge was the Sakha Republic.

[@willie417]

where it's just a - 58 to a -29 degrees

[@ErenYeager-ho5xb]

​@@willie417 and like 15 people live in the entire republic

[@Vincrand]

@@ErenYeager-ho5xb which is more than either of the Dakotas

[@sp_ce.]

I believe you adjusted wrong for the Mercator projection when comparing Alaska to the US

[@yahya_makes_vids]

Love your video's Man

[@AlexLeafy]

Only an American would think it's Alaska lol

[@mounaomrania8335]

This guy is better than our géographie teacher

[@Erik-cw8gl]

He's an American (USian), btw.

[@WeyounSix]

Alaska is indeed huge, but people forget that the Mercator projection of the planet makes it look majorly stretched

[@Greenpasta1]

I knew it was one of the Australia states, also finally Australia is included in these types of vids!

[@andrewtate1068]

Turkey is the largest province of Greece 🇬🇷🇬🇷🇬🇷

[@mamoruhikari9414]

Greece is gonna be the smallest country in the world soon 😂

[@dudefromthemusicclub]

In your dreams

[@WhyWasntIBornInTheMiddleAges]

@@dudefromthemusicclub *In reality

[@mkneriahosborne]

Maybe a standard Turkey 🦃 but never Türkiye 🇹🇷

[@komutanlogarr.]

Turkish City konya bigger than Greece

[@multilingoman8188]

This is brilliant. Thank you very much indeed. Greetings from a British geography enthusiast :-)

[@savlatjonavazov8616]

As a Canadian I did not know Nunavut was bigger than mexico

[@elhuevon384]

But the mexican territory is much richer and warmer with acceptable temperatures than nunavut

[@DarrylErickson]

@@elhuevon384 yeah ok?

[@elhuevon384]

@@DarrylErickson a xd

[@lmaousack2993]

@@elhuevon384 "bUt AChUaLlY CAnaDA is RIcher Nicer ANd moRe BeTTer tHaN MEEHICO" what is your point? this is comparing land size not economy and landscape and if we were to compare that, it's sad how a whole country needs to be compared to a single province

[@elhuevon384]

@@lmaousack2993 maybe canada is better economically, but mexico has a better climate and culture

[@slic3y68]

Bruh I'm in western aus

[@angusthompson2110]

L perths a hole

[@slic3y68]

@@angusthompson2110 hey I could be in darwin

[@razahassan8755]

​@@slic3y68Isn't Darwin in the North Territory?

[@TheUltimateSolo1]

same

[@slic3y68]

@@razahassan8755 yeh

[@miguel562]

Amazonas(Brazilian State):i am bigger than Alaska

[@MrNosfaratu]

This is the equivalent of learning geography yesterday.

[@davidmurphy2903]

Glad to see two Aussie states right up there 🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@HailAnts]

You can't just lower Alaska's outline down to the lower 48 like that. It's a Mercator projection map, which means size is distorted depending on the latitude. Alaska is big, but not that big..

[@nicholascuevas7447]

It is that big when placed over the us area he probably use a program that adjusted the size of the image for projection

[@PatrixxYT]

The Krasnoyarsk Kai looks like another Greenland ngl💀

[@notak4046]

Fun fact: if Sakha were independent, it would be the 156th country in the world in terms of population, slightly more than Cyprus (Cyprus 918,100 vs Sakha 964,330).

[@AaaAaaaAaadLOL]

Sakha republic has 1 million people now

[@iloveallah5960]

Him: Nunuvut Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis: *Enough Internet for today*

[@mikhailshishin5701]

I don’t get it can u pls explain

[@blazingbeast3214]

@@mikhailshishin5701 The word 'nunu' means d!ck in hindi, urdu and bengali (India, Pakistan and Bangladesh).

[@user-dj5ym4vj7u]

​@@mikhailshishin5701 it doesn't makes senses

[@darthsorosious3985]

Lmao

[@lautheimpaler4686]

Its nunavut. We have functional ears.

[@John-ev9br]

As an American, no, I did not think it was Alaska.

[@strodion2105]

As a Russian, yes, I did think it was Alaska

[@MrAlirezakazemian]

Amazing content

[@pending-name.]

The button isn’t red, so I don’t have to 😂

[@viniciusdomenighi6439]

In Brazil, the state of Amazonas has 1,570 million km2And the state of Pará has 1,250 million. At the time of the Empire, the two states were unified having the size of 2.8 million km²

[@funworldtimes]

I hope I can visit Brazil soon, especially Recife

[@qolspony]

Russia is MASSIVE. It is about half the size of South America, a continent.

[@augth]

It’s actually about the size of South America. Roughly speaking, you add France to Russia and it gets as large as South America

[@qolspony]

@@augth Wow!

[@myrkovich]

It will be smaller soon, as we Yakut Sakha get our independence from racist nazzies russians

[@myrkovich]

@Rýgon | 希亜万壱 Pluto is not a planet dude

[@FGESLAIN]

Russia is not a country it’s a federation. Siberia is colonized by Russia to exploite its natural ressources.

[@SHR1MPIES2024]

Sokka Republic from ATLA

[@SpacyAngelo]

I thought he said "Sokka" in Avatar the last Airbender 💀💀