5 Countries That ALMOST Existed

[@ayuyu4904]

*Burundi exists* Toycat: "Burundi just exists"

[@jacobhogan3208]

I had to do a school project years ago on Burundi so it holds a place in my heart.

[@stephen9381]

Jacob Hogan my relationship with Malawi be like: “a fellow soldier”

[@retf8977]

@@stephen9381 I have a Malawi shaped hole in my Malawi shaped heart... Iove Malawi for some odd reason

[@legendmk52]

It's nice to see that other people love countries for not much of a reason. I like East Timor like that.

[@UnitedKingdomOfAmerica]

I like Hungary because it's one of my ancestry countries

[@hemmper]

20:08 In a survey the French even saw themselves as being the most arrogant country in the world. So that's another level of arrogant, knowing you are and not trying to change.

[@SilvanaDil]

True, although a more recent poll showed that Indians have the biggest disconnect between how "great" they think their country is versus the reality.

[@Iramico]

hemmper well it makes sense .. their symbol is the rooster, the only animal that stands proud even when standing in shit .. at least that’s what one of my (French) teachers used to say

[@SilvanaDil]

@@Iramico - LOL! (My French teacher had a rather large ... bosom. Her nickname: Madame Beaucoup de Balcon)

[@SuperSMT]

They're now in a month-and-a-half long strike because they want to be able to retire at 52... even after already having some of the best workers rights / conditions in the world

[@Felishamois]

@@SuperSMT 62. It's 62.

[@edgelord8337]

The sultan of Oman lives in Zanzibar now. That's just where he lives.

[@ivandjurdjevic7463]

meta jay 404 r/commedycemetery

[@MoonLab_Gaming]

*History of the entire world I guess*

[@tipsgamez4447]

Maybe he discovered it when looking for another way to India...

[@titanfallsvlogs4898]

*i guess we’ll have to find a new wat to india*

[@Pugaroo85]

r/unexpectedbillwurtz

[@TheAttmaster9]

BoganVille, new holiday destination for the aussies

[@olympicegg6853]

Bruh

[@jeremyaugustine2838]

Is it just me, or will that be the first country to have ville in its name?

[@senhordoutorprofessormestr8629]

Bougainville

[@commemorative]

@@jeremyaugustine2838 Not sure it will be named after the island though

[@just_some_guy_innit]

LMAOOOOOOO

[@freehandclara4015]

Fun fact: Simon Bolivar (South American independence leader in the 19th century) wanted there to be a United States equivalent in South America

[@Batcow-1138]

With The countries of Venezuela Colombia Ecuador and Panama, thats why all except for Panama have similar flags nowdays

[@sammybeaver9130]

Brazil: Yes I know they are talking about the whole continent not just one country

[@AlejandroRodolfoMendez]

Basically José de San Martin say that he shouldn't be a big douche, so that's why there's a statue of him in New York. Basically Argentina kinda do that but give the chance to each part of the colonies to be their thing or join, instead Bolívar wanted a big giant thing and be on charge.

[@misterixray2251]

Think at the national team of football 🤤 (MSN)

[@EpicB]

Well, there was Gran Colombia. There was also the Federal Republic of Central America.

[@dudamonas2450]

One word for this channel: Underrated

[@raxu3660]

ok

[@mynameiswalterhartwellwhite420]

@@raxu3660 no u

[@HOVANA]

He has another channel which is much bigger

[@dudamonas2450]

I’m not talking about he’s first channel

[@rakhatthenut3815]

@@HOVANA namely THIS channel is underrated, not first

[@Synthetica9]

That jab at Burundi tho

[@theodo3655]

Hahahhaa truee

[@lefrancoisvincent9429]

Just remember 1995, Québec independence was WAY closer than any of those one, check Wikipedia on how it came close to becoming a country, even France was willing to recognize the independence😇

[@beu9245]

It really shouldn't say: 'Even France' it should day: 'ESPECIALLY FRANCE'

[@Unknown.Stonks]

True

[@lbgamer24]

50.6 to 49.4 or something like that

[@fel24thecat]

If Canada didn’t do shady things like spending much more money than allowed Quebec would be Independent today…I’m sad

[@fel24thecat]

@@JFK19637 As a quebecer i have to disagree with you one that one

[@agent_bedrock5844]

I never noticed Switzerland is keeping their long running record of neutrality going not joining the EU

[@endthisnonsense7202]

They are voluntarily part of the EU suburbs, the EEA, meaning the have to comply just as a normal EU member, but don't have the veto on regulations that normal members have. It is membership without the sovereignty that comes with real membership, sort of being colonized by choice. There is a lot of unease about that with Swiss citizens who actually understand full membership compared to EEA brings more sovereignty.

[@RedPandaStan]

I have no idea why you keep on mentioning california for independence. The movement never really gained any support out of slight media buzz.

[@awesallemtheking2583]

I'm kinda uncomfortable with his strong knowledge of the u.s by 4 mins in

[@retf8977]

Long live the cali republic

[@lqenr52]

yeah exactly, no one actually took the California independence thing seriously, California is a huge part of American identity no matter how different it might be from the other 49 states

[@macekane]

Also, with the US constitution in the mix and revoking citizenship to those who vote no would never fly with the US.

[@paigey-poo4235]

It’s on their state flag and everything. They were really going for for a while. Now everyone just brings it up every few years.

[@cearnold]

whenever I watch one of these videos I end up with 15 wikipedia tabs open and a google maps tab open to a weird region of the world

[@_Abjuranax_]

The main problem with slavery and the Confederacy in the US is once you have a tiger by the tail, it is very hard to just let go without some very serious repercussions. Conflict over Slavery was almost guaranteed as soon as the Constitution was ratified, and every single US President up until Lincoln, did not want to be the one in office when the Civil War erupted.

[@jeremiahblake3949]

Lincoln didn't want ro be the guy who oversaw the war either which is why he took almost 2 years to propose ending slavery in the territories STILL REBELLING, it wasn't until the end of his term that he began moving for full abolition, ie once the war had been well won.

[@BeyondtheBlade]

@@jeremiahblake3949 Well, lets not forgett Lincoln didn't even finish the civil war because he, uh, got shot in the back of the head. But furthermore, while it is said it was over 'states rights' even that is a blantent half truth: The civil war did not start because the north tried to fight slavery or anything. Rather, is was due to the fact that the south was attempting to expand slavery and, and the north, realizing this would put them at a political disadvantage, said no. After that, the south literally started taking forts before open war had even been declared. It is VERY safe to say the south fired the first shots in the civil war in nearly all accounts.

[@jeremiahblake3949]

@@BeyondtheBlade of course the South started the war. And it was about the states right to safeguard slavery which they thought the North would end once free states were the majority. My point is that it was likely an overreaction since even the abolitionist president didn't immediately end slavery when the war started

[@frankskynyrd]

@@jeremiahblake3949 I mean we don't have slavery in the US anymore so it probably wasn't an overreaction. Not condoning their actions, just disagree that they overreacted to political/social events. I mean, they were kinda right in their fear that the US government would end slavery cause it did.

[@frozenpea1848]

19:53 ,, They're like our closest neighbor ." Ireland: Am I a joke to you?

[@cianmurtagh468]

shhhh the more british people consider ulster irish the quicker we end up uniting.....

[@Inseut]

Toycat hates northern Ireland confirmed 😔

[@Supreme_Commander-2007]

Don't you get the British? They hate Ireland because they know they can't take control of it.

[@lmiartegtra9412]

United Arab empire: is no Toycat: is yes

[@mikerplaysyt]

Toycat is always yes

[@badryaalamri3627]

Toycat is no cuz he is a bad kommiekat

[@ananttiwari1337]

@@badryaalamri3627 You are no

[@escapefr0mslender]

@@badryaalamri3627 really!!!

[@SaxandRelax]

Fun fact: Even though arabic is technically on language, people from saudi arabia can't understand people from algeria and morocco

[@Thedimensionalwarrior]

Yeah but at least we all know how to speak formal arabic

[@SaxandRelax]

@@Thedimensionalwarrior ofc

[@Mlmylji]

As a saudi, can confirm 🤣

[@greengreen110]

"things that have hapened in the last 100 years" * moves mouse over germany *

[@Supreme_Commander-2007]

lol

[@Jotari]

"It's seven people" Shows a picture of eight people.

[@graeme011]

In a picture of eight people, surely it is undeniable that there are (at least) seven people in the photograph. Besides, one of them could be an alien.

[@Jotari]

@@graeme011 Well if there's a possibility that two of them are aliens then it's not quite undeniable that there's at least seven people.

[@thyse35]

Those are giants and the people are to small to be seen

[@The_Alt_Vault]

What about the imperial federation, Intermarium or the Kalmar Union

[@lukedetering4490]

4:10 I'm no Confederate supporter, but I wouldn't say they were destined to lose. They had some smart generals and could overcome to barriers of being less industrialized. Had Lincoln not be as smart about his hiring and firing decisions and not utilized his technology like telegraphs and railroads correctly, the south could have made the civil war longer or even won independence.

[@parryplaguedoc]

Also if Lincoln didn’t make the war about saving slaves some time in the war, the European powers would’ve joined the CSA in the war.

[@tiaspalace6475]

Also if the confederates had better manpower and more supplies. They would have probably taken Washington. They got very close during the battle of Gettysburg.

[@thaddeuskyle572]

It could honestly be argued that the South lost as soon as they lost New Orleans in 1862, or at least lost in the west with that.

[@carlosandleon]

Basically if the winner didn't do the things they did to make them win, they would have lost? Imagine my shock!

[@guppy719]

The North had a much bigger population and was industrialized it was pretty much always going to win. The North really fucked up a lot of the early civil war with bad leadership. The Only way the south wins is with intervention form another country.

[@teaarmo]

Hello, thought I'd let you know. I found this channel in the last couple weeks and it's since become one of my favourite channels. I've been binging through the entire channel. Keep up the great work, happy I've found it

[@dudamonas2450]

Me too

[@maherhamadouch2005]

Why can't Africa be one country? *Gaddafi enters chat* *Malcolm X enters chat*

[@edgelord8337]

Malcolm X had nothing to do with Africa and Gaddafi wanted to be king of Africa.

[@maherhamadouch2005]

@@edgelord8337 Malcolm had everything to do with Africa, and Gaddafi was a Ba'athist, we are Socialist Republicans

[@rct3LP]

The same reason why Europe can’t be one country

[@RookCooks]

rct3LP Europe can’t unite because of ideology Africa however is different with Culture being the reason Edit: what i meant by different is the difference of reason why they cant unite

[@rct3LP]

KirbyFan3210 - and also thousands of different languages

[@makelovenotwarnoob]

I think that EU will become a federation. It might take another 10-20 years but we have no other choice if we, as europeans, still want to have influence in the world. I think the European Federation will be a great thing.

[@SilvanaDil]

In 10-20 years, the median age in Europe will almost equal the retirement age (unless you count Middle Eastern and African migrants).

[@maherhamadouch2005]

@Stacey Raven no we're not stupid, we need sovereignty over our lands, cos fuck a Euro empire

[@KenrickBrown75]

@@maherhamadouch2005 To be honest, your nation will have no sovereignty as a small, puny state. The only way to save your people is to unite with others. Take it from an American: a federal Europe will be a superpower.

[@Alto53]

@@KenrickBrown75 right. No sovereignty when it is it's own state? You don't know what the word means.

[@maherhamadouch2005]

@@KenrickBrown75 I won't take lessons from any American: 1 you began life as a colony, then began colonising other lands 2 the US is too diverse to stay as 1 nation

[@SonOfMuta]

"There WILL be an independent Bougainville" Not necessarily. If Papa New Guinea doesn't want to let them go, they won't.

[@jacktadema1692]

The UN will most likely intervene if they try to stop it, like they did with East Timor.

[@harsimaja9517]

They have formally agreed to honour the result. If they don’t the UN would step in.

[@eyesup4156]

@@harsimaja9517 the UN are a joke. What would they do

[@ancsuther]

@@eyesup4156 not related, but the UN wasn't made to stop all wars, it was to keep peace, not peace enforce

[@eyesup4156]

@@ancsuther Yes I know. That's precisely why it is a joke

[@TurtleMarcus]

I remember during the 2015 New Zealand flag referendum, everybody thought it was a huge waste of time and money, and a poll showed that more people were willing to discuss New Zealand becoming part of Australia, than were willing to discuss getting a new flag. So someday there might be the Commonwealth of Australasia.

[@chienbanane3168]

New Zealand should join Austria instead, that'll show them

[@Random_UserName4269]

@@chienbanane3168 Then finally unite the Kingdom of Australia-Hungary

[@AmandaHugandKiss411]

@@Random_UserName4269 that made my day 🤣🤣🤣

[@tealmer3528]

16:40 and uh Burundi exists

[@alexanderkono6369]

"All Arab countries speak the same language", I mean, technically yes, but also no.......

[@_Lunare_]

Just speak fusha lol

[@MarkDDG]

The Coat of arms of the Netherlands also has French on it. And our passport is in English, Dutch and French as well.

[@clancywoods7728]

Arabia: Unites Israel: **Laughs** I'm in danger

[@Supreme_Commander-2007]

Israel: *Sigh* Here we go again...

[@cheezychad8474]

It's actually very sad because a lot of Arab countries are now supporting Israel, so the hope of the Arab countries uniting to eliminate the neo-settler colonial state of Israel is gone.

[@TAILSORANGEs]

Empire of Toycat: Fantastique.

[@minhee7]

Don’t forget Canada in 1995 The 1995 Quebec independence referendum was the second referendum to ask voters in the Canadian-French-speaking province of Quebec whether Quebec should proclaim national sovereignty and become an independent country, with the condition precedent of offering a political and economic agreement to Canada. 93.52% of the 5,087,009 registered Quebecers voted in the referendum, a higher turnout than any provincial or federal election in Canada's history. The proposal of June 12, 1995 was rejected by voters, with 50.58% voting "No" and 49.42% voting "Yes".

[@joelfortin6634]

This. I'm still salty

[@inactive6200]

Portgas D. MinHee that’s a bruh moment if I ever see one

[@johioju5990]

california will never be independent

[@DerPinguim]

You could have mentioned how the south of Brazil (at the time, Brazilian Empire) actually became independent and started the "war of the Farrapos" (Guerra dos Farrapos), essencially like an American civil war.

[@Inseut]

Yes. It's way more real than California independent 😂 Mas que barbaridade, tchê

[@Inseut]

To be fair, Riograndense Republic got to be de facto independent from Brazil for some time, it was just unrecognized

[@robertwilloughby8050]

Anybody up for the Free Federated State of Yorkshire?

[@jackharan3791]

Yorkshire party for the boys

[@annymous-bz2xx]

YeeeeeAaaaaaah

[@alexpotts6520]

Anybody from Yorkshire who might be able to help me on this - why is "Yorkshire" such a strong identity marker? I find this particularly strange as the counties of North Yorkshire (rural, middle-class) and South Yorkshire (post-industrial places that haven't recovered from Thatcher) are very different from each other.

[@markcotton3481]

​@@alexpotts6520I think it's just because it's historic.

[@Skye_At_Home]

98%... If only 98% of the world could agree on everything.

[@pepp418]

"France, our closest neighbour. Closest ally." Ireland: *Cries in post-unionism*

[@3506Dodge]

To equate California's discontents with the U.S. and secession movements elsewhere is ludicrous.

[@guppy719]

There are no real secessionist movements at least in the actual states. Texas and California are memes and the Native Hawaiians who actually want sovereignty make up like 10% of the Islands population even if they all agreed.

[@louiethepitt]

Again the Central American Union is ignored...this is like the 5th video related in which you pass on informing the audience about that union and the plans to form one country... is this a trend or an agenda? is there any personal problem you have towards central America?

[@Alex-mr5ji]

louiethepitt maybe he doesn’t know you dumbass

[@solstice1290]

I looked around and I found nothing about a Central American Union that implies any recent efforts to form a political federation of some kind. So if I can't find anything about it while deliberately looking for it, maybe you shouldn't be so harsh about someone not knowing about it.

[@louiethepitt]

@@solstice1290 can you guys google? it is called "Central American Integration System" look it up on Wikipedia... The organization to unite Central America started in 1951 like 6 years after the UN started, and begun integration since 1991 under SICA...it has a Flag, integrated court system and a Central american high court, it has a Parliament with elected officials, it will soon have a unify passport, it has an economic integration system with a Central American Bank and a common market, it already has circulating common currency, join Armed Forces...it has 8 member states Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Belize and Dominican Republic. when joined it will have the 5th highest economy in the american Continent and full control over south and north american trade and full control over Atlantic and pacific commerce all passing by land or by the Panama Canal.

[@louiethepitt]

@@solstice1290 at the very least for what I know...living in CA for the last 5 years.... is that it is more realistic union and real union than the "French/British" union he talked about and some imaginary unions he has brought up like the "Celtic Nation"...lol...like come on guys.... not my fault the guy doesn't research... he has talked about potential countries, countries in formation, future countries, Federations, etc.... and he has never ever mentioned CA union... he once talked about "the country that existed for like 80 years and then separated" he did mentioned that "they were in plans to reunify" but it seems like he forgot about it and has not mentioned since. it has a common currency, very soon a common passport, a Democratic Parliament, join military forces, a high court system...like that is more real than the "celtic nation" or the giant "Eropean Union with russia" or the "UN Federation" come on guys!!!

[@hellsing8843]

that plan to unify started before the European Union, it has taken them more time but they will join, funny fact is that they were a country in the past called Federation of Central American States, and it had other names, back when it was part of Spain Empire it was called "kingdom of Guatemala" and later "General Capitany of Guatemala", it was also a State of the "Mexican Empire" for about 3 years.

[@jakerocknic5918]

Bougainville has an interesting language called Rotokas, (just thought I'd mention it)

[@Inseut]

19:10 south america homogenous? Looooool even the Brazilian states are all too different one from another, imagine all the other countries. It's not because we speak mostly the 2 same languages (and a bit of French, a bit of Dutch, a bit of English) and we were colonized by the same people that we are homogenous.

[@Inseut]

i don't think i put the right timestamp here because KZbin changed its app and it's all weird but anyway

[@guppy719]

Its Homogenous compared to Africa or Eurasia

[@alahiri2002]

In comparison to other continents (mainly Asia and Africa), the Americas are significantly more homogeneous. That doesn’t mean there are no regionally distinct ethnicities, but these differences are nowhere near as pronounced as those in places like Asia and Africa.

[@parahandy9029]

France spent hundreds of years befriending Scotland, to irk the English - England/France wanted to be friends for all of 15 minutes in the grand scheme of history. Your little Englander view is humourous most of the time, but this video is 15 kilos of pish...

[@paulhartson1]

You implied California is it's own country! LMAO

[@paulhartson1]

Berkeley, California would be an independent country too FYI

[@paulhartson1]

California would annex Baja California if it could. Mexicans would hate that.

[@beyou1813]

@@paulhartson1 yeah ever heard of the border war?

[@shuggothgt2071]

My home was ALMOST a country, the United Nations just failed to recognize me :(

[@rustyshackleford234]

Molossia?

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

I came from school at the right time :o

[@artham94]

Plot twist: you came TO school.

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

@@artham94 At 1pm or something like that? xd

[@SilvanaDil]

Likelihood of some you mentioned: ind. Scotland (medium); ind. Catalonia (medium); one or more ind. Canadian provinces (low, but rising); one or more U.S. ind. states (almost zero).

[@naa5972]

Quebec is possible but another canadian provinces? how?

[@SilvanaDil]

@@naa5972 - Alberta & Sas aren't too happy these days; Trudeau's party doesn't have a single MP from either one.

[@lycian123]

i live in Spain and all the media outside Catalonia report that it is most definitely not likely to become independent in the short or medium term. The politicians who attempted a breakaway were convicted in abstentia. The rest of Spain will not allow the region to separate.

[@naa5972]

@@lycian123 Why aren't they allowing catalonia to secede???? Isn't that just colonialism at this point

[@tannerwilson4843]

SilvanaDil I would put 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 high.

[@schuwi4]

You make geography soo interesting. All those little tid-bits of information about different countries makes me realize how diverse a place the world actually is.

[@octavianpopescu4776]

Burundi exists... daaaaamn... harsh 😃 Let's say something nice about them: they have a cool flag!

[@matan2924]

7:30 what? No they don’t. Australia, usa and the UK also all speak the same language. Doesn’t mean they want to merge

[@edgelord8337]

When someone says east Germany they think of the nation. I think of Prussia.

[@billylauwda9178]

*PRUSSIAN GLORY* *I N T E N S I F I E S*

[@StarsManny]

Tasmania would be a great country! I know nothing about Tasmania and I've never been there, I just think they should be their own proud country.

[@robinsteens4172]

As a Belgian I can confirm that both sides are right, the brittish people as well as the french are arrogant :)

[@theducc3203]

I'm not arrogant :(

[@niensaddestofthesad8151]

La france iz ze land of ze hairy baguette and the UK is land of the stuck-up tea drinkers

[@Aarontlondon]

Maybe you should learn how to spell ‘British’ before you affirm that entire nations arrogant.

[@bruhtonbruhkkinson6848]

@@Aarontlondon they're talking about people from Brittainy, what the fock you mean.

[@Aarontlondon]

Velkayne of Lorvaesch Nojaeiro People from Brittany aren’t called ‘British’ or ‘Brittish’ you fucktard. Get your facts straight before getting involved in shit you don’t know

[@Alex-wg9bi]

Thank you youtube for recommending this channel! Idk why but I love all of these geography videos. Can you do one on overseas dependencies/Caribbean constituencies of European countries? There are soo many little islands and it's all so confusing yet interesting. Keep up the great work toycat!

[@HoodieProxyYT]

ooh 12 comments and 268 views... booganville is the best name ever

[@joshmiddlebrook239]

Speaking of the confederacy, fun fact: Robert E. Lee was actually related to George Washington. His wife was the great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, George Washington's wife.

[@unifiedhorizons2663]

damn our founder was grandson couldn’t win a rebelling

[@alahiri2002]

By your own words, that doesn’t make him related to George Washington. Only his wife would be related to George Washington (assuming he was the father of the line of children that Robert E. Lee’s wife supposedly descends from). There is a stark difference between having a distant family member and being related by blood.

[@Taco_King00]

A United Skandinavia would had been intresting. With Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

[@tomasbindateplitzky928]

Well that existed, it was the Kalmar Union

[@megposting]

14:45 tbh as an albanian-american i wouldn't say albania was basically a puppet state, albania had varied foreign relations during its time as communist. they were allied with the ussr, but in the late 50's albanian dictator enver hoxha pretty much decided that khrushchev wasn't a real communist and just a revisionist, so they split with the ussr. albania then allied with china, but hoxha ended up thinking china was too accepting to the west and split with them too, pretty much leaving albania all alone until they got rid of communism in the 90's.

[@billieirish4369]

I agree, the Arab world is very vage they all have the same language and culture, but they’re geographically as well as genetically very diverse! Culture wise they have ties to their ancient ancestors as well. I mean take a look at Iraq (Mesopotamia) and Egypt (ancient Egypt), so that would culturally separate them as well. Who will be considered an Arab? Some one who speaks Arabic? But this way many people from all around the would be considered Arabs just because they’ve studied the language in school for example. That’s like saying everyone who speaks mandarin is now Chinese.

[@Sirtalksalotwithacrown]

The Arabian world might speak Arabic but some speak it in a different way, take the UAE 🇦🇪, they speak Arabic but it's way different than Saudi Arabia or syria, so it's interesting how Arabic works yknow

[@vaticinus]

There are about 7,000 languages still spoken around the world so technically we should have 7,000 countries in the world. Not only Europe should have the privilege of a country solely for one language like french in France; german in Germany. etc,

[@robsonwilianwinchester9726]

Not that much away .you said if you're not American the confederacy of north and south America are far away from you if you're not American . Some of your viewers are not only from USA or UK or NZ and Australia am from Brazil for exemple. So not only Americans maybe most of the viewers but not at all viewers. I'm not English native speaker too.

[@juliane__]

Lingua Franca is NOT a french phrase. The first part derives from Italian and the second part from Italian or maybe greek or arabic, meaning western europeans. You can just look it up in wikipedia. As simple as it is. Please don't state your perceptions as facts. peace.

[@chefzand6607]

I visited Nairobi back in 2018 and it seemed like there was a lot of Chinese influence and investment in Eastern Africa

[@taitai5462]

Do you know what I never should expect to see on headlines “ Saudi Arabia and Israel team up against Iran”

[@guppy719]

Shia verse Sunni

[@KommentarSpaltenKrieger]

It is almost like you are mixing up two different tendencies and are displaying them as the same thing. One trend is an increase in smaller and smaller nations; another one is an increase in federations and country unions. Both are, as I would say, the exact opposite of one another.

[@ItalianIrishguy]

The East African Federation is a terrible idea and joining any African nations together would be a disaster. Africa needs more countries, not less. The E.F.E. also doomed it's changes but adding on civil war stricken South Sudan into the fold. It will never happen and rightfully so. Congo for example has the problems it does because of the massive ethnic divides in the country and needs to break up. Yugoslavia like you mentioned is a good reminder of why joining countries together is a bad idea.

[@theshawshankinception1220]

Australia is a Continent. Oceania is a geographic region. Australia is a continent.

[@Mattis06]

Decolonization makes me happy and sad

[@paranoidrodent]

As a Canadian who watches and reads both French and English media and has no dog in the race, I can safely say that the British obsession with slagging France and seeing it as a rival isn't really mutual and hasn't been aside from the Anglo-Norman period and parts of the colonial era. British media (including KZbinrs) constantly slag the French while French media ignores the UK for the most part. It's glaringly one-sided and the only ones who seem to think this rivalry exists are Brits. The whole thing is so weird when viewing both sides. The French distrust the British (the perfidious Albion trope) but they spent long centuries focused on German-speaking powers (Austria, Prussia and especially the unified Germany). Britain was a threat to colonial possessions but it alone hasn't been a threat to mainland France since the 14th century. The Germans have been viewed as France's real concern for centuries. Today, you'll hear French political types and media bemoan Anglo-Saxon influence on culture and the world stage and such but they really mean the broader English speaking world and especially the United States. It's Hollywood and Washington, not charming little Brit shows or a sudden wave of tea-drinking, that they're talking about. Despite that, their core foreign policy for over 150 years has been obsessed with containing Germany, these days by keeping them in a strong alliance. The Germans are by far more important to them. The French aren't terribly focused on the UK and the stereotype of the Brits is mostly of boring, tradition-bound, stuffy yet insufferably contrarian people with awful cooking. In short, the French think the Brits are dull. I have never heard a French comedian ever bother to make a joke about the UK outside of Brexit (the Belgians, sure, Italians and plenty of others but never Brits) but British TV, film and even KZbin rarely resists a jab at the French (even the Germans get less grief). It's a bit like how Canadian comment on the US a lot but Americans just think Canada's kind of dull.

[@rangerbobox1915]

Some part of me thinks that ibx is just doing this on his own and that someone else is secretly recording these and uploading them to this channel.

[@caligula2529]

TIto is pronounced Teeto, not Tyto

[@clashcookie721]

Serbian People: Why is Cosovo not on this list?

[@heidi7905]

der Führer maybe gonna be independent

[@TankMarko]

@Tomáš Staněk no it isn't

[@scepan5155]

@Tomáš Staněk It's recognition is decreasing. And they are not part of any international unions or alliances such as UN or Interpol and never be unless Serbia recognizes them or makes some kind of a deal.

[@petarmalovic7624]

@Tomáš Staněk There is UN Resolution 1244 which tells that kosovo is a part of Serbia

[@MasterFalkner]

i'm of the belief that if decolonization never happened from 1900 to the present there would only be 13 countries right now. 1. British Empire 2. Dutch Empire 3. French Empire 4. German Empire 5. Iberian Union 6. Scandinavian Empire 7. Ottoman Empire 8. Persian Empire 9. Soviet Union 10. American Empire 11. Chinese Empire 12. Japanese Empire 13. South Korea (with North Korea being apart of the Soviet Union or China)

[@BasicLib]

You either missed or recolonised way too many countries

[@bigchungis9000]

Craig

[@duckyshitatmc7103]

closest thing to a french-british union is brittany n normandy splitting fron france and joining the uk

[@SanLeMans]

21:00 as a french guy who grew up with both (didnt grow up in france) When I was younger I was like "why even french, english is way better and useful", now as an 18yo guy and quite patriotic, yeah it does hurt ;-;, french is still very famous and very useful but yknow- But as french citizen it is my duty to make sure my language and its culture spread and grows. Puis merde, j'ai réalisé que le français et en effet meilleur pour de multiple raison.

[@SanLeMans]

Stupidity is like jam, the less you have the more you spread of it. Un peut comme l'anglais en vrais mdr.

[@kazakhdude]

If Australia was a continent then its states will be the countries.

[@CommanderOfChicken]

0:07 fond memories of playing Malaysia on the NES.

[@ScyllaCinema]

quebec would have been a much better example than california

[@jaqwezyy4905]

37th

[@RolfanWYSI]

Is it just me or does ToyCat look like a british anime protaganist

[@themisterceapa1871]

Romania was not "basically a puppet state" of the soviet union. A split occured mainly due to ceausescu's ideology of national communism (a weird mix of nationalism and communism). Quoted wikipedia below in case anyone wants to read into it "After coming under communist control in 1948, Romania was closely aligned with the international policies and goals of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. But after mid-1952, when Gheorghiu-Dej had gained full control of the party and had become head of state, Romania began a slow disengagement from Kremlin domination, being careful not to incur the suspicions or disapproval of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin. Soviet troops left Romania in 1958, no Warsaw Pact troops were allowed on Romanian territory after 1962, and Romanian forces essentially quit participating in joint Warsaw Pact field exercises in the late 1960s. At the same time, Ceausescu announced that Romania would no longer put its military forces under the Warsaw Pact's joint command, even during peacetime maneuvers. By that period, the Soviet Union and Romania established SovRoms, which were the new tax-exempt Soviet-Romanian economic corporations that helped the reconstruction of Romania until they were dismantled in 1956: albeit, some lasted until 1975 with the main focus to assure Soviet access to resources like Uranium. In 1976 Ceausescu received Leonid Brezhnev in Bucharest-the first official visit by a Soviet leader since 1955. The final communique of the meeting reflected continuing disagreements between the two countries, as Romania refused to side with the Soviets in their dispute with China. In 1978, after visiting China, Ceausescu attended a Warsaw Pact summit meeting in Moscow, where he rejected a Soviet proposal that member countries increase their military expenditures. On his return to Bucharest, Ceausescu explained the refusal by stating that any increase in military expenditure was contrary to the socialist countries' effort to reduce military tensions in Europe.[13] Perhaps because of Ceausescu's uncooperative attitude, a 1980 Romanian attempt to secure supplies of energy and raw materials from the Soviet Union and other Comecon countries failed when those countries demanded world market prices and payment in hard currency. Nor would the Soviet Union guarantee that it would increase or even maintain existing levels of oil exports to Romania for the following year. Dumitru Prunariu and Leonid Popov with Leonid Brezhnev in 1981 The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused Romania to distance itself further from Brezhnev. When the UN General Assembly voted on a resolution calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Soviet troops, Romania broke with its Warsaw Pact allies and abstained. And one month later, at a meeting of communist states in Sofia, Romania joined the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in refusing to endorse the invasion.[13] During Yuri Andropov's brief tenure as Soviet leader, relations remained frigid. The wording of the communique following a meeting with Ceausescu in Moscow suggested that Andropov intended to pressure Romania to bring its foreign policy into line with the Warsaw Pact. The Romanian leadership appeared to suspect Andropov of pro-Hungarian sympathies because of his close personal friendship with First Secretary János Kádár of Hungary. Romanian disagreements with the Soviet position on intermediate nuclear forces in Europe also surfaced during the Andropov period. "

[@annymous-bz2xx]

Onion Guy shut up

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

Did anybody notice, that a part of his pullover was transparent? xd

[@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711]

Säulenfisch [Bearn] it’s called a green screen

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

@@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711 I know, what a green screen is and that the piece of his pullover I was talking about is in reality green. So yeah...

[@friendlyoldpieceofapoppedp711]

Säulenfisch [Bearn] ok

[@SomasAcademy]

~17:25 Australia technically IS a continent, though the continent of Australia includes the country of Australia, the Island of New Guinea, and the islands in between, not just the country. Oceania is not a continent, but is rather a geographic region which includes the continent of Australia and a number of surrounding islands. I know, stupid, but that's the way we officially break things down in the Anglosphere.

[@tealkerberus748]

Soma Hanikeri the continental plate of Australia also includes India. But I don't think that stops us being a continent in our own right. There's a lot of sea bed between us and them!

[@SomasAcademy]

@@tealkerberus748 Actually India is on its own plate. The Australian plate only includes Australia, New Guinea, the north island and part of the South Island of New Zealand, and the smaller islands in between those landmasses. You are right that tectonic plates don't define continents, though; Europe and Asia are considered different continents, but they mostly share a plate, and India and Arabia are each on their own plates, but are considered part of Asia.

[@JennaGetsCreative]

Yes, actually, we do want to talk more about the UK's status in Europe! Lol.

[@tealmer3528]

7:04 a 50/50? Nope.

[@jpaior]

Bow ghan ville

[@cartoonsforall6469]

Toycat: there is 190 2,4,6,8 countries UN’s 193:Am I a joke to you

[@aaronpowell9891]

*Vatican city left the chat

[@SonOfMuta]

My dude said "look at Hong Kong" when talking about future independent nations 🤣

[@bvd_vlvd]

It's evolving, just backwards

[@Accountfrfr]

When south sudan leaves Sudan and then tries to join a new nation XD

[@phwaedih]

1:00 One Hundred and Ninety... 2 4 6 8 who do we appreciate? *toycat*

[@nathanwinter863]

Would be cool to see another video like that

[@realmless4193]

Who watches toycat 2 more than toycat 1 like me?

[@FannomacritaireSuomi]

Scotland and Catalonia should exist. End of discussion. They bring so much more cultural and linguistic diversity to Europe.

[@Nick_the_antzzzz]

If that happened Wales would follow close behind

[@rustyshackleford234]

Yeah sure make Europe’s boarders even more confusing.

[@tealkerberus748]

Bougainville is am "oe" sound, not an "oo" sound.

[@BeardedSkunk]

Lingua Franca es Latina no Franca

[@btg7760]

Imagine all the slavs in one country and all the Germans in one country and all of them had this massive war

[@compatriot852]

The confederates were actually very close at times to winning the war While the union had a larger military (not better), most of their troops were poorly trained and equiped to deal with Southern terrain with many northerners getting ill from the intense heat, disease, etc. They also had an issue with multiple incompetent generals. The South on the other hand had a smaller, but more skilled army with top tier generals like Lee, who singlehandedly turned many battles.

[@angryyordle4640]

Everybody in western europe mocks the french, but is secretly buddies with them. Not just the UK.

[@angryyordle4640]

Oh god, if Bougainville becomes independent that means chaos for Papua New Guinea. The rest of the land is extremely poor and Bougainville used to be responsible for a lot of the economy.

[@dawidblachowski]

Don't forget about Republic of Upper Silesia, that almost come to existence in 1918

[@geographyRyan]

and... uhhhh.... Burundi exists....