Landlocked Countries

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[@General.Knowledge]

*_Leave a like for Mongolia's brave navy_*

[@retrotech6480]

They could learn how to swim with Skillshare

[@bubulunaidoo]

Ha

[@wilhelmii6221]

No

[@googlestore4830]

don't want to be a jerk, but the third most populous landlocked country appears to be Uzbekistan rather than Afghanistan.

[@omni-man3870]

Kosovo is Serbia.

[@cheydinal5401]

Maybe the Pacific Lake is just a landlocked sea, separated from the Caspian Ocean.

[@General.Knowledge]

Good point

[@georgemakrov6174]

Exactly ha! So.... Central asia russia and the caucasus arent landlocked! Suck on that , world

[@dylan__dog]

@@georgemakrov6174 I've never heard of anyone claiming that Russia, a country with one of the longest coastlines in the world, is landlocked

[@retf8977]

@@georgemakrov6174 boi, Russia has one of the strongest operating navies, and has access to not one, not two, but three seas and an ocean

[@georgemakrov6174]

@@retf8977 never said it is lol

[@AhimtarHoN]

Woah. Coming from Slovakia and living in Czech Republic for a few years now, I never realized landlocked countries are a minority

[@scolipede1549]

Ahimtar HoN if stayed in the same country: *CZECHOSLOVAKIA*

[@papapara2916]

You had a sea when you were in Hungary

[@pidzej7468]

@@scolipede1549 Czechoslovakia does not exist today

[@martincerveny2284]

@@papapara2916 Balaton is not a sea in any way :-D

[@majstter7420]

@@martincerveny2284 Uhorsko malo prístup k Jadranskemu moru, keďže doňho patrilo aj Chorvátsko. Hungary v angličtine znamená aj Uhorsko (čo je pre nás nepochopitelne ale to je už na inú tému). Súčasne Maďarsko samozrejme prístup k moru nemá, hoci Balaton sa tak občas prezýva.

[@AlexVideosmapper]

Whats the most powerful navy? -US -Russia -UK -China -*Mongolia*

[@y0urs03pic]

*SWITZERLAND*

[@sadpumpkinpie1756]

Vatican

[@marcopolo2395]

Greece

[@Platform123]

America

[@georgemakrov6174]

How about Antartica? The prnguins and their u boats will dominate the world. Jokes aside, did you know Antartica has a pornstar?

[@Jembonia]

General Knowledge: litereally does a 10 minute video on why the swiss flag is square General Knowledge, one week later: *draws swiss flag rectangular*

[@ruwiki]

😂😂😂

[@General.Knowledge]

Lmao, it's because the animation software doesn't have a square swiss flag, only rectangular. But also because I'm introducing Switzerland in order to talk about their navy, which *does* use a rectangular flag.

[@ruwiki]

@@General.Knowledge Switzerland does not have a navy, so the chances that they are using a rectangular flag is around 0 % - maybe you are referring to the Motorbootkompanie which belongs to the Genietruppe and is using a 2:3 Swiss flag ,,,, but idk, you are General Knwoledge (I hope(d))

[@Jembonia]

​ ruwiki The ships sailing the seven seas under the swiss flag have a rectangular one, too. If you are a swiss citizen you can even apply for flying the rectangular flag on your yacht. Check the "Bundesgesetz über die Seeschifffahrt unter der Schweizer Flagge (Seeschifffahrtsgesetz)". But this is not an excuse for you, General Knowledge, as you clearly stated "... the first country on our list, Switzerland" while the rectangular flag was getting drawn. You were clearly relating to the country, not the navy! Outrageous.

[@rares_ic]

@@ruwiki did you even watch the video

[@vlaamscherp]

"How many landlocks you want?" Liechtenstein: "Yes"

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

Don't forget Uzbekistan.

[@vlaamscherp]

@@RandomPerson-fg1jf Seems about right

[@bohemiandoomer44]

@@RandomPerson-fg1jf they should get married

[@Cjnw]

ree

[@vlaamscherp]

@@RandomPerson-fg1jf Good call

[@corvus8352]

*2:11* Italy's borders are wron- Mussolini: *Yes! They definitely are!*

[@r.i.pstudiogaming7087]

Not really. When ww2 san marino & vatican don’t exist.

[@dinosauropiccolo742]

Il mio sogno da sempre

[@somesabatonfan180]

LegitEdit hey that looks like the border after WWI

[@sbevebren1642]

@@somesabatonfan180 Germany doesn't have Prussia so nope

[@dvd7800]

Eternal Flight it did

[@e.a1743]

Mongolia really had one of the biggest navies on earth. But they died in a tornado, twice. I am not even kidding.

[@dirktween244]

"Died twice" and still exist ? Quite a Navy !

[@Prororo]

Khublai khan legit got trolled on by Japan

[@Squirtle-xm6bi]

Mongol and Mongolia are two different concepts, don't mix it up. Mongolia original named Outer Mongolia or Khalkha Mongol, it is one part of Mongol, very poor and weak. And most of Genghis Khan's descendants live in Inner Mongolia, China.

[@ShoobydoobydooYT]

2:18 Slovenia has been absorbed by Croatia lol

[@Aprill264]

Shoobydoobydoo333 and Italy has the pre-WWII borders

[@General.Knowledge]

Lmao sorry, sometimes in order to get a map that accurately displays the location of a certain country I have to use maps which are outdated for other regions

[@guzelataroach4450]

Slovenia shouldnt exsist

[@ShoobydoobydooYT]

General Knowledge No worries! Totally understand haha just thought it was a bit funny. Still love your videos. Hopefully one day you can do the flag history of Montenegro :)

[@omni-man3870]

Kosovo is Serbia.

[@kacperwoch4368]

Living in a landlocked country is just like living in a big country but very far from its coast. Everything more than 100 km away from the coast is basically landlocked.

[@Kivikesku]

Yeah, and some of the landlocked countries are closer to a sea than inland parts of countries that do border a sea.

[@HellenicMapping]

Yeah. If someone lived in Moscow, have they ever been in the sea? Nope.

[@Zodamay]

Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua Cuiabá, Mato Grosso Iquitos, Loreto - What is the sea like?

[@austrianpainter42069]

@@Neqtunezzlike

[@yazid.b]

We all know *MONGOLIA* has the best navy and not USA, Russia or China.

[@LucyMusic1999]

Fun fact: Czech Republic has a small harbour rented in Hamburg, Germany. So we kinda are not landlocked country and have access to North Sea. 😊

[@user-zz3sn8ky7z]

Denisa K most landlocked countries do, for instance Slovakia has one in Poland and Austria has one in Slovenia

[@LucyMusic1999]

@@user-zz3sn8ky7z Great to know. Btw Poland is not a landlocked country.

[@user-zz3sn8ky7z]

Denisa K i know, i said (or intendet to say, my english is not perfect) that Slovakia has rented port in Poland, just like Czechia has rented Hamburg from Germany

[@LucyMusic1999]

@@user-zz3sn8ky7z Sorrry I misread it. You got it right. :-)

[@J3dstar]

Ye but its owned by germany even though its rented and can people go there or is it navy

[@yoyoman_blue6485]

Why is this in my KZbin recommend video section???? Only now?? i love it!!!

[@alexander1055]

this Video is not only a week old, even though I could swear I've already seen it last year, reupload maybe?

[@azatlq7020]

Монда да шул яһүдләр бар, ууу

[@redacted8479]

Lichenstein: how many countries are landlocked? Luxembourg: yes Vatican city: yes

[@ariellabriaga6481]

Philippines?

[@redacted8479]

@Finland is best ...

[@redacted8479]

yes Philipines is surrounded by water

[@lazarpetrovic720]

We dont have sea in Serbia but we have big Danube and Morava.

[@lazarpetrovic720]

Who we attacked?

[@lazarpetrovic720]

@@borissimeonov0 no you attacked us because of macedonia

[@lazarpetrovic720]

@@borissimeonov0 try to educate yourself.

[@lazarpetrovic720]

But in any case we have to be like brothers not enemies.

[@lazarpetrovic720]

Btw we`ve never lost war on bulgaria. Bulgaria lost on balkan wars when it attacked Serbia and Grece.

[@CHillon2828]

FUN FACT: The Salton Sea is the sea that GTA5's Alamo Sea is based on.

[@DiamondYoshi101]

CHillon CHegory So GTA V Could be in Palm Springs, CA instead of San Diego, CA?

[@TheLocalLt]

This is very obvious gta 5 map is clearly based on Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties

[@TheMikeytop]

the map you used in switzerlands drawing will cause war! 2:09

[@luckyyou6633]

Why?

[@freddyfatbear03]

@@luckyyou6633 Becouse Croatia and Italy owns Slovenia.

[@alexander1055]

@@freddyfatbear03 yeah, it should be owned by Austria, right?

[@freddyfatbear03]

@@alexander1055 No.

[@alexander1055]

@@freddyfatbear03 Yes.

[@Crashed131963]

.I live in Canada, we have 3 Ocean coast ,Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. But they're all 3,000 km away from me so I feel landlocked.

[@thatguyshawzy]

If your wondering why Bosnia hasn’t been highlighted, it’s because there is a tiny spec that splits Croatia in two, and lets Bosnia access the sea.

[@conlia]

Why does Italy still control Istria on the Switzerland map?Not only that,but why isn't Slovenia on it?

[@Gameflyer001]

Although countries like Austria and Switzerland are landlocked technically, they have free access to the sea via rivers which have been deemed international waterways for the purposes of shipping. The Danube for the former, and the Rhine for the latter. The same situation also applies for Laos, which would otherwise be completely landlocked but for the internationalization of the Mekong river on its border with Vietnam.

[@mcj2219]

In which country do do I live?? Tip: 50% Sea 50% Weed

[@markodancuo1870]

M.J jamaica?

[@mcj2219]

Marko Dancuo Jamaica is fake dude it just copied my country

[@mcj2219]

Another tip: My country is 50% under Sea level and Coffee shops

[@deeppatel3530]

Atlantis?

[@deeppatel3530]

No wait

[@NZAnimeManga]

Uhh... Where's Slovenia on your map at 2:10???

[@alexander1055]

you mean Adriatik Hungary?

[@ck7993]

everybody knows it doesn't exist

[@theturquoiseball1255]

It's palestine not slovenia

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Good video! Keep up!

[@sahilmalik9652]

Best vedio have alot information. Thnx

[@PietchRhum]

A lake is a step on a river, rivers go in, rivers go out... to finally reach the sea! A sea is when there's no rivers getting out. Like all the inland seas you mentioned, it can be super small, doesn't matter. A sea is the final destination of a river.

[@mikespearwood3914]

Did you just make that up?

[@PietchRhum]

@@mikespearwood3914 yes! ;)

[@nirfz]

@Arch Stanton He did, there are lakes with no visible river or stream or whatever to go in. And with some even to go out. (some get their water from underground wells, some are just ground water....)

[@dirktween244]

By this definition of sea, there is over 1,000 of them. (Likely over 10,000 of them.)

[@Markus_Abrach]

I like the music : One is the hymn of Zurich in Switzerland called 'Sechseläutenmarsch'

[@ascanioscarpati8538]

I literally watched this channel for a year and realized only now that General Knowledge is both Knowledge in General but the mascot of this channel is a general... so he is, infact, General Knowledge.

[@dirktween244]

A "disgrunted general" ?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

wow

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

wow

[@ikhlasng]

Hey, thanks for mentioning Liechtenstein. I completely forgot about that country. I've heard of it when i was a kid but somehow nobody ever mention Liechtenstein anymore.

[@dontwantnoalias]

Greetings from Liechtenstein 👋

[@pityuuuuu3693]

In Hungary(landblocked), the biggest lake Balaton, also called as 'the hungarian sea'.

[@jakobw4242]

There's one important thing you could have mentioned: The Danube, which goes through multiple European Countries, doesn't belong to the countries it goes through, it belongs to nobody to make shipping things to the landlocked parts easier

[@arnysimm9737]

I liked the video, very educational. One thing I just have to say: Czechia is not pronounced Szekia. Overall very good video :)

[@fabriziomariotti209]

I am Paraguayan and you actually pronounced Paraguay in the correct way! Awesome.

[@TONYALEMONS]

Thank you

[@Bhaalspawn84]

Coastal places are the windshield for the inland people. Greetings from most of the year cold but not so windy (inland) Finland.

[@LAarmenian]

Where’s Armenia at 3:17

[@alexander1055]

hahaha (F)inland

[@namenamename390]

Ok, pronouncing country names isn't your best strength...

[@picardas1638]

I pretty sure hes from Portugal so, yeah its probably very hard for him to pronounce some countries

[@howardthealien2606]

SanderLytes he is from German Guiana Spanish Kid

[@sanderlytes7419]

@@howardthealien2606 what

[@howardthealien2606]

SanderLytes don’t know the country German Guiana? Bruh learn Geography

[@sanderlytes7419]

@@howardthealien2606 i know about german guyana lmao i just was confused why you called me a spaniard

[@jamesharaldburrows3153]

Bolivia has a navy as well even though it is landlocked!

[@Indianenglishclasses1]

Incretible👍🏻

[@cheekibreekibree1025]

Since im from Switzerland and Serbia, which are both landlocked, I see almost no sea at all 😂

[@thom110]

Lmao imamo iste profilne 😂

[@thom110]

@@Donald_Trump_2024 Lol we have the same profile pics

[@thom110]

@@Donald_Trump_2024 Croatian 🇭🇷 It can be defined as Serbian 🇷🇸

[@mare1x2]

@@thom110 Nah its Serbian, it can be defined as Croatian.

[@thom110]

@@mare1x2 they're the same languages

[@SpotTheDot]

Vatican City: Smallest country Sealand: Am I a joke to you?

[@burgundygenevian1879]

Sealand isn’t a country

[@alannnosos]

4:33 sekia hmm good job

[@jackback70]

funny that you mention the swiss navy because my grandpa was admiral of the Bodensee fleet consisting of 3 boats xD

[@faktorraptor91]

I am from Hungary. We are also landlocked, but we have lake Balaton

[@mysteriousDSF]

Hell yeah the Hungarian sea. A great place for sailboats:)

[@novakadam339]

I wannabe be too nacionalist for 1 time so I miss Hungary cause it kinda land locked by itself

[@german_papuan]

nice video from 🇦🇹

[@Qball42]

The Great Salt Lake is a land-locked sea when compared with several of the others on this list.

[@adamdubin1276]

Switzerland has access to the Rhine River which is deep enough to allow the transit of small and medium cargo vessels from Basel in Switzerland to Rotterdam in the Netherlands and from there into the open ocean. so the usual disadvantage that stops access to ocean trade routes is mostly negated in the case of Switzerland.

[@zach2382]

Doesn’t matter

[@iammaxhailme]

I"d love a video all about lakes. I love lakes. I don't know why.

[@theannoynymous6128]

"The advantage of land locked countries:Cant be invaded by sea" Yeah tell that to afghanistan...

[@gigavirgin]

Im from Czechia and im happy here for swimming in the river :D I dont need a sea

[@afonsomarto6587]

"Vivo num país com muito mar" Português a vista

[@andremedeiros2991]

Pode ser brasileiro também.

[@zelkovas]

@@andremedeiros2991 é português kzbin.info/door/nD4jogYqIgUWY1ZYPU-Dewabout

[@afonsomarto6587]

@@andremedeiros2991 e portugues de certeza a forma como ele pronuncia nomes de lugares portuguese nao engana!

[@suzettezamora1803]

Hi malabo

[@J3dstar]

Hi

[@isaacbakan1295]

Nepal is actually a pretty big country. It just gets overshadowed by all the Giants in the region like India and Bangladesh. Kind of like Canada with the United States

[@mrhilla1438]

Isaac Bakan Canada is the 2nd Largest in the world with only about 10 million people more than Nepal

[@Korac_Mapping]

Bangladesh is not big. Did you mean China

[@zach2382]

Nepal is almost exactly in the middle

[@geethanm6127]

KZbinr general knowledge a big shout out to u .simply supper😊😊👌👍. Love a lot from India♥️♥️🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@limorlarea1322]

7:33 It's a really big sea... and in Hebrew, we call it "yam Kineret" yam or ים means sea:)

[@saltynoodles2338]

Why can't a landlocked country build a boat, put it in any non landlocked country neighbor's port, and find a small island and claim it, then the island is technically a state/part of the country. So that means they are no more landlocked

[@J3dstar]

Territorial waters claim all islands allready and many countries do rent ports out

[@DaSpecialZak]

can you do a video on land locked counties/ states

[@matej_grega]

CZECHIA IS PRONOUNCED WITH "CH" ON THE START, GOOD LORD HOW MANY TIMES???!!!

[@alexander1055]

I call it Bohemia

[@randomcommenterheredontmin4390]

I call it "Tchekia"

[@demiwitch2898]

Google?

[@matej_grega]

@@demiwitch2898 beep boop?

[@user-zz3sn8ky7z]

Alexander now you angered moravians and czech silesians

[@MrJunker]

The Bálaton sea in Hungary is landlocked too.

[@nikonista167]

Every lake is landlocked

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@nikonista167 Some lakes actually have river connections to the open sea: Loch Ness in Scotland is one.

[@Gameflyer001]

Yes, I've passed by it.

[@RedPawner]

Mussolini's Italy has come back, Croatia has border areas from Bosnia, they have Slovenia. Nice map.

[@pacgac4466]

What is with the map at 2:05 ??? Italy has the Croatian part called Istra , and a part of Slovenia, that was in the 1918???!!

[@LevelComradeArthurMorgan]

Istria*

[@pacgac4466]

@@LevelComradeArthurMorgan we call it Istra in Croatia not Istria

[@LevelComradeArthurMorgan]

@@pacgac4466 k sry In Germany we call it Istrien.

[@pacgac4466]

@@LevelComradeArthurMorgan nice😉

[@freddyfatbear03]

@@pacgac4466 But it is Istria in English and Finnish too.

[@jayfawn8478]

Is that really hand drawing or just animation style from a program?

[@robbey43]

Join the amazing discord server !!!

[@drinkywinky1314]

2:12 wtf is the map Why does italy control istria and why is slovenia a part of croatia??

[@elkjaerthill3472]

As someone from Luxemburg i feel i bit offended that we wasnt mentioned... but only a little bit

[@TamimLB]

Sup from Durban, South Africa 🇿🇦

[@Marronii]

The Swiss flag is a square not a rectangle... Still awesome video!

[@bars3878]

4:34 Sechia 😀

[@mrburns805]

I live in a country that has 2 coastlines. However, I’m also in North Dakota in a city that’s about 40 miles from the center of the continent so I never get to see the ocean.

[@turtlevader]

You can get to the ocean from the Caspian. Rivers and canals.

[@Crashed131963]

Only counts if a 89,000 ton Container Ship from China can make the trip.

[@ayoubgourram9011]

As a person who lives in a country with sea and in a city on the coast... I really don't appreciate the beach that much though i love it and always go there... But it's just a matter of not really feeling the worth of something when it's always accessible and there for you.... People in landlocked countries and even cities within my country Morocco pay lots of cash to enjoy the sea while i can basically walk my way to the beach if i want to!

[@babafemiaduroja2221]

There is also Lake Chad.

[@hamzaebrahim5121]

( thanks for the video ). 👍👍😍😍😍😍😍👍👍👍🗺🗺👍👍💓💓👍

[@shacharbahir]

I've been to Lesotho & Swaziland

[@democraticturtle2564]

cool

[@Prororo]

2:58 Yeah man these guys are called the deadly 7 we don’t need no more

[@LUISTEX2099]

Bolivia demands that Chile return an exit to the sea. (Bolivia le reclama a Chile que le devuelva una salida al mar) The river Danube allows the exit to the sea to several European countries, such as Serbia and Austria (El río Danubio permite la salida al mar a varios países europeos, tales como Serbia y Austria). Djibouti lives on the merchandise that exports and imports Ethiopia (Djibouti vive de la mercancia que exporta e importa Etiopía)

[@aishathmanal2515]

I am from the Maldives and right now i am living in Kyrgyzstan which is a landlocked country surrounded by landlocked countries! itss so hard

[@sonja8958]

*Did you just draw the flipping Swiss flag rectangular?*

[@valhalla-tupiniquim]

I live inside Brazil in a state called Minas Gerais. We don't have sea. We travel to other states to go to the beach. I don't miss the sea.

[@nirfz]

0:41: we hide in the mountains (ok not true for some LL Countries) But really from all film evidence i've seen, all giant monsters are comming from the sea (*cough*Ggodzilla *cough*) So we are quite safe. Also you forgot to mention the benefit Switzerland and Austria and some other LL countries might have in the future: if the sea level increases, parts of countries with coasts might get below sealevel. We are quite safe here...even if it would rise by 100m we would still be on the dry but way closer to the sea i guess ;-)

[@DiamondYoshi101]

Some countries naturally have a sea. Some others fight for their beach. Some don’t have a beach. Some lost their beach. But one fought the ocean for a coast and won.

[@vovvovson2557]

2:26 I guess Italy took back istra.

[@alexander1055]

what do you mean took back? if anyone can take it back it's Austria

[@vovvovson2557]

Alexander Italy owned Istra from 1918 till the Second World War. However yes Austria owned it before the aftermath of ww1.

[@simpletoast708]

“how do you survive a giant monster that is only afraid of water”

[@setoko3189]

Huge Ender man??

[@isaacbakan1295]

Honestly I think we need more categories than just developing nation. Most nations in the world are developing nations. The only ones that aren't would be the US and Canada, most of Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and some countries in East Asia and the Middle East, and mabey Argentina and Chile. And the majority of the developed nations in East Asia and the Middle East are have quite small populations. Developing nations include all of South Asia, Africa, and Central Asia, China, most of the Middle East and Southeast Asia, much of Eastern Europe and the Balkans, and most countries in Oceanea. But the majority of the world by far live in developing nations and there is quite a bit of range of wealth amoung them even though they are all in the same category.

[@himanknight9145]

Hmmm very interesting

[@aoore_8332]

2:11 yea I’d like Italy to be like that

[@madtingz2288]

Interesting

[@kul3719]

4:32 "Zeckia" ? cmon bruh

[@barnabasborsodi-nagy5646]

I live in a landlocked country and I can't imagine living near the sea. It's strang that you can't see the other cost. And no goods aren't more expensive than in other countries (maybe beacuse EU?) I don't think it has any disadvantige to be land locked.

[@Crashed131963]

I live in Canada, we have 3 Ocean coast ,Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic Oceans. But they're all 3,000 km away from me so I feel landlocked.

[@AshishPanthee62]

But bro neighbours also should be nice

[@trentauno6230]

Damn dude...what map did you use at 2:12 .... "Italy annexed Istria (part of Croatia)" It's from 1910?

[@yeonu4887]

Uzbekistan:A landlocked country by landlocked countries. *inhales* BOIIIIIII.

[@radio_marco]

Dont vorgt -Schwitzer country of- -Liechtenstein

[@AshishPanthee62]

I wish nepal was in europe So much understanding among countries but unfortunately we can't change neighbour Being landlocked is itself misfortune for us

[@argon3547]

I am from Slovakia landlocket but if that monster atacket i Can hide into Danube xd

[@alexander1055]

just swim down the Danube river and you will end up in an Ocean, no problem

[@Austrian_Butcher]

"Switzerland is the exception to this rule" *Angry Austrian Grumping*

[@roopamjha1296]

Land locked Nations :*exists* Island Nations:shame

[@max_lucky9364]

Imagine the struggle of these ppl that need to go to the beach in another country every year

[@mikenc333]

LOL I'm a brave navy lol I'm in Mongolia nice to meet you!

[@HaristheBosniak]

Bosnia: **isnt landlocked** Everyone: *WAIT THATS ILLEGAL*

[@kristofbarta8712]

Jordan: *Hold my beer*

[@J3dstar]

2:05 slovenia feeling a little different

[@mr_joni648]

2:10 what happened to slovenia on the map?

[@MarxHaha]

2:12 what happned to slovenia