Every Country in the World | Countries Explained ( pt.2, Reaction)

[@SeemsLogical]

Estonia fact: Estonia sang for their independence from the Soviet Union. The singing revolution as it is known, took place from June 14th, 1987 to September 8th, 1991 and also included Latvia and Lithuania where they would gather singing protest songs. Singing is a popular hobby of Estonians and most Estonian parents encourage their children to take up singing to honor their country's independence.

[@jeanackle]

Cool fact! I like that. Greetings from a double national of Switzerland and Portgual

[@wWvwvV]

7:29 Estonia facts: their government and general services is pretty much digitalized since decades. You can look up everything online. You can see your medical history, and you can watch who else is accessing your personal information. Public transportation in Tallinn is free.

[@the1madspirit387]

Czehia Slovakia and others from the austrohungarian empire were also overlooked which makes me sad

[@Nikolaj11]

To be fair, a lot of countries were used as stepping stones in these two videos, not just Estonia.

[@YuryVVV]

2:53 Fun fact: not too long ago Macedonia and Greece have finally settled their territorial debate which resulted in FYROM changing their official name into North Macedonia.

[@NoProtocol]

That is a fun fact! Thank you

[@TrashskillsRS]

It was finally agreed upon in 2019 after having been in conflict since 1991.. 28 years

[@nerminsnowhuseinbasic9340]

@TrashskillsRS not a conflict but a dispute, conflict happened in Rwanda or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

[@Senblch]

Estonia was the first country to implement online voting in national elections back in 2005.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you for this!

[@KarmasAB123]

I wish they hadn't XD

[@charlie7mason]

@@KarmasAB123 Why is that?

[@tyunpeters3170]

@@charlie7mason Life has just become too easy for Estonians 😢

[@KarmasAB123]

@@charlie7mason Harder to make it secure when you can't see who's there.

[@nakoreacts4795]

I'm from Botswana, a bridge was built connecting Botswana and Zambia called the Kazungula bridge, It was completed in 2021. And there are Afrikaans speakers here in Botswana too, mainly from the south western part of the country. I'm a native speaker and I can also understand some German because of it

[@Lightkie]

Ja da legst di nieder!

[@nakoreacts4795]

@@Lightkie I was blown away too when I could recognise some words when I heard German.

[@Lightkie]

@@nakoreacts4795 As a German myself, it's quite obvious, considering the ancestry of the languages. I highly recommend RobWords, like this video to easily be able to get an approximation of a German word if you know English (and vice versa) by swapping certain letters out, including some examples where Dutch is often between those two: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jJbFhI2ofdKmf5Y Would be great of Mrs No Protocol showed this, it's really eye-opening.

[@nakoreacts4795]

@@Lightkie I'll definitely check it out. I recently read somewhere about the connection between the mutual intellegence somewhat between German and Afrikaans. Germany is called “Deutschland” in German and “Deutschland” derives from an Old High German word which originally meant "of the people". This word actually did find its way into English, as “Dutch”. However, this became associated with the Germanic peoples with which the English had the most contact. This is why people from the Netherlands are called Dutch in English.

[@gertstraatenvander4684]

Try Dutch. Afrikaans is mostly a Dutch dialect (from Zeeland province, where they say 'ons' instead of common Dutch 'wij' for we) and with some nautical terms (kombuis is a kitchen on board a ship only in Dutch) and Maleis (Malayan as in Indonesian) like pisang for banana. Also a lot of Khoisan words. I'm Dutch and I can read Afrikaans, I've read some books.

[@mihneatotescu5868]

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia, and Ukraine were also glossed over and were only described as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Same with Paraguay. Also, Samoa has a good rugby team. Not really fair to compare it to top-tier teams like NZ and Ireland. Quick Romania fact: we have the largest brown bear (Ursus arctos) population in Europe (not including Russia). And, finally, a quick Romania and Chad fact: our national flags are almost identical, and this has caused a bit of friction in the past.

[@andreimordovskoi9192]

It's like watching someone with ADHD give a geography class presentation while they forgot the notes at home.

[@diavolo007]

Nice copy and paste

[@putivuelta9428]

@@diavolo007 he just took this comment from another video to get likes. Pitiful really

[@dajuice4200]

I dont know how interested is science, physics and astrophysics, but i think you would enjoy the discusion on the topics covered in this video. I know the video is long, but maybe you could cover a topic you are interested in on your channel. I would love to hear your perspective.

[@Pestsoutwest]

Strange tangent: my father was at the DMZ in Korea at the end of the war to exchange dead bodies. His job during the war was frontline artillery, the guy with the radio calling out the locations.

[@2apocalypse-X]

its pronounced quh.tarr Claudius Ptolemy produced the first known map to depict the peninsula, referring to it as Catara. The map also referenced a town named "Cadara" to the east of the peninsula. The term "Catara" (inhabitants, Cataraei) was exclusively used until the 18th century, after which "Katara" emerged as the most commonly recognised spelling. Eventually, after several variations - "Katr", "Kattar" and "Guttur" - the modern derivative Qatar was adopted as the country's name

[@Van_Wilder]

I stumbled across your channel a week ago and subsequently watched quite a few videos. I find your level of intellect to be very attractive - absolutely love your analysis on all topics and especially the manner in which you articulate your thoughts and input. Oh and by the way, you have a gorgeous smile…it’s beautiful and quite infectious….greetings from South Africa.

[@Pestsoutwest]

I discovered you this year and you are one of my favorate new channels! thanks! P.S. you are a beautiful person in mind and body

[@ArtistJoshuaWeigand]

I've heard the arguments, but I've always pronounced it Kah-Tar. My brother was stationed there for a bit and that's how he pronounces it. I looked it up, and sadly the new Sultan of Oman (since January 2020) does not reside in Zanzibar. I would definitely reccomend Tom Scott, and Rare Earth KZbin channels, but if you have more time and want to get more in depth with a place check out Indigo Traveler. All of these channels just cover one place at a time. Indigo Traveler makes longer videos, talks to locals, and often makes multiple videos from one country if not city. I think you might find something enjoyable from each channel.

[@NoProtocol]

I’ll have to look at Indigo Traveler then, thank you Josh (: I’m currently reading the book you recommend in one of the previous videos by Malice. I’ll circle back when I finish up! I also pronounce it Kah-Tar

[@AndreLuiz-xf6el]

I don't know if you alrealy reacted to it, but the series of the channel extra credits called seminal tragedy its amazing, its about the weeks that lead to ww1.

[@Dude_Slick]

On the whole K'tar or cutter thing concerning Qatar, My son-inlaw served there for two years in the US Air Force, and he always used the K'tar pronunciation.

[@SongBillong]

5:01 I once read that Moldova receives fewer visitors each year than an average Tesco supermarket

[@michaelsmith-iu1be]

Estonia's capitol is Tallin. And one of my favorite KZbinr is from Estonia. Artur Rehi.

[@TheGabrielPT]

This is completely random but just thought that the first instinct of a french person pronouncing that would be as "Tall-uhn" lmao

[@panxtomate8822]

This was a treat today

[@compuguy24]

Enjoy the comments as usual! I like the variety of the content. In mentioning how people in history and emotions, I couldn’t remember but I found it. I suggest if ya haven’t already seen it a video by a channel called, Invicta-real letters from the Roman front line and their video on the siege of Jerusalem. Both provide a unique insight on the people and history and how not that far apart their emotions are from ours. Only difference being time.

[@charlesf2804]

I have now watched both parts of this video with you. I haven't studied geography since grade school, and many of these countries didn't exist back then or were called something else. I still have a hard time thinking of Burma as Myanmar (name change was in the late 80s, I believe). Thank you for this channel.

[@NoProtocol]

How interesting that, I’d be keen to see a list of all of the countries that changed names in recent history. Thanks for coming back Charles!

[@grumpyboomer61]

Africa in the 60's would render maps obsolete pretty quickly as countries gained independence from colonial rule. Names changed, and new countries were created.

[@charlesf2804]

@@NoProtocol Related to this, there are a couple of KZbin videos from General Knowledge: one on how every European country got its name and another on how each US state got its name. They look interesting.

[@herpyderpy4366]

@@NoProtocol Interestingly (at least to me!), the name being either Myanmar or Burma can be a rather charged issue in that country and amongst the diaspora. It's not a case where people still calling it Burma are going to be inevitably frustrating the people from said country. It's not a neat division, but there is a somewhat rough split between supporters of the military dictatorships preferring Myanmar (rooted in distancing itself from colonial Britain IIRC, despite the fact both names actually have the same etymological root, simply splitting through different registers of the language originally), and the general populace of the country preferring Burma. As someone with a Burmese wife, I opt for ‘Burma’ given the sentiment of her and her family-though doing ensures exposure to many utterances of ‘um, actually’ and the like from people with no connection to the country flexing their knowledge. :P

[@Lightkie]

@@NoProtocol This video precedes the name change of Macedonia (FYROM) to North Macedonia in 2019.

[@Tresorthas]

1:30 Mauritania also changed its flag in 2017. It added red strips to the bottom and the top, therefore Jamaica is the only one remaining without red, white, or blue.

[@TreforTreforgan]

This channel is an awesome compass to some seriously cool stuff!

[@oliverbayley3509]

Greetings from Alderley Edge. Always pleased to hear more from your good self.

[@NoProtocol]

Hello Oliver!

[@TheScruffyFox]

Great video, I just found your channel recently and I'm really enjoying your reactions :) This guy either needs to double check his facts or proof-read his scripts. I don't know how many people corrected this but at 11:14, his Cameroon/Ghana fact about the World Cup was nonsense. They reached the Quarter Final, not the Semi Final. Morocco just became the first African nation to achieve the SFs in 2022. Still some cool facts in there though :P

[@MyBigMouth]

3:38 ...but that's just where he lives.

[@joseleivas6298]

The fact about Uruguay is wrong. It wasnt a dictatorship until 1985. There was a period between 1973 and 1985 where a civic-military dictatorship took place

[@toninov1480]

as someone from Iran, the number of ski resorts is the last bit of information that would've crossed my mind.

[@David-gr8rh]

You're literally an angel

[@DjVtheJESUSsouja]

Huge fact about Bulgaria ... we created the cyrillic alphabet and then shared it with Russia and other russian speaking countries .. so the biggest country in the world uses a Bulgarian made alphabet and many words are similar to Bulgarian

[@Robo34]

he was also with no facts about Slovakia. The castle in the movie Dracula was filmed in one of the castles in Slovakia :)

[@JayM409]

Paraguay's Navy is for patrolling its rivers. Bolivia's Navy exists because then once had a coastline on the Pacific, but lost it in a war with Chile.

[@raifthemad]

The Baltic Way (Lithuanian: Baltijos kelias; Latvian: Baltijas ceļš; Estonian: Balti kett) or Baltic Chain (also "Chain of Freedom"[1]) was a peaceful political demonstration that occurred on 23 August 1989. Approximately two million people joined their hands to form a human chain spanning 690 kilometres (430 mi) across the three Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which at the time were occupied and annexed by the USSR.

[@Robo34]

hmmm, about my country. Latvia has the 3rd oldest flag in the world . that would have been nice.

[@taurondur]

Just one remark..Serbia was never a part of a Austro-Hungarian empire! I think he confuse it with Slovenia (my country) which was,...

[@SeemsLogical]

Another fact about Moldova: It is the least happy country in the world. There is wide spread corruption throughout Moldova. It's common practice for Moldovan doctors to require bribes before they will even meet with their patients. And many of those doctors in turn bribed the medical board to pass their medical certification exams. But for the common folk they just engage in mafia work: weapons and drug smuggling, kidnapping, mercenary work... All pretty common career paths in Moldova. Many Moldovans wish they could leave but unfortunately they cannot afford to do so. So they remain there... Unhappily. But I don't want to only say bad things about Moldova so the one thing that they can be proud of is that the largest wine cellar in the world is in their borders: Milestii Mici. So if you're a wine aficionado it might be worth a visit!

[@colinmenzies2118]

I've been really enjoying your videos. I was disappointed that this only spoke of the UK and not Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales. If anyone needs some Scottish facts, let me know :).

[@LaoWatsonSmith]

0:30 so they’re off here on the Namibian/ Zimbabwe/ Zambia border. And they didn’t mention Botswana They, plus Botswana all meet at Kazangula, the world’s only ‘Quadripoint’ (4 countries border). Until the 90’s it was a 5 point with Angola too … but Angola’s border was moved a few km upriver for some reason Source : I live there 😊

[@demonicrebellion6903]

The Sao tome and Principe portion made me curious about their wildlife, and sent me on a minor wormhole seeking knowledge about them, which I'll likely continue later. As far as Estonia facts, I don't really have any, however, I did meet someone from there that was selling Educational text books door to door in a city in Texas.

[@Robo34]

Estonia - wife carrying - As the name suggests, husbands pick up their wives and race several hundred metres with their better (and clearly wiser) halves upside down on their backs, with her legs over his neck and shoulders

[@fifi23o5]

Pachelbel's Canon in D in background. Nice choice.

[@jeanackle]

If I'm not mistaken, the Interpol doesn't actually have any jurisdiction anywhere. That's because it's not an actual law enforcement force, but rather a sort of contact point between the law enforcement forces of the several countries. Thus, joining it or not is completely up to each country.

[@Userdiediedie]

I think Estonia is the least religious country in Europe, possible in the world

[@SongBillong]

Yeah, it's either them or the Czechs. Depends on the source 🙂

[@kobuslab1]

Stoked for this one! Thank you for the super fun content 🫰 Been exposed to soo many interesting topics

[@NoProtocol]

Hey, thank you too!

[@BalaAnga]

As of Saturday 25th February 2023, 09:43 NZST; 1 Kuwaiti Dinar is the equivalent of 137,820 Iranian Rial.

[@bianfastiegelbockfabianboc9797]

All geography now videos are gold. Since i am from Germany i recommend the germany video

[@ThePittsburghToddy]

This was fun!🖖🏼

[@NoProtocol]

I thought so too

[@PaneShaynter]

I like Pachabel in the background. Most likely the most beautiful violin ever

[@SongBillong]

3:10 Greece and Macedonia argued about this for years, so the latter is now called North Macedonia

[@kayzeaza]

That’s just where he lives

[@Aoiichi]

it's not " sociology " but check out David Ian Howe's channel. It's about Anthropology. Start with one of his latest : History of Dogs.

[@NoProtocol]

I’m not familiar with this channel yet, I’ll check it out! Thank you

[@decomcgurk]

Estonia has the highest number of supermodels per capita.

[@SporkRevolution]

When was Denmark? I missed it? Was it in the first video?

[@no_just_relax]

Antigua and Barbuda resident here 🇦🇬 we also have the best looking flag in the world

[@PatrickMersinger]

Happy to be first. Enjoy your channel very much.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you Patrick!

[@TheGabrielPT]

Die Antwoord, very 'freeky' group (those who know, know)

[@YuryVVV]

Yaaay just watched part 1 today. Question: you can go to any of the countries mentioned in this video right this very moment, which one do you choose?

[@vonlobo]

Hi from Slovenia 🤘🇸🇮 you have 2 videos on that chanel about geografy ;) Ps; there is country Somaliland too, but they are not legal.

[@lazyboii49]

History of the world I Guess Goated Video 📹

[@stopthatluca]

The Sultan of Oman lives in Muscat, Oman. Tanzania and Oman used to be the same country - I think

[@abdul-medzidrasidagic2299]

Bosnia and Herzegovina is beautiful country with 3 presidents. It has last remaining jungle in Europe as well.

[@NoProtocol]

Thank you for the fun facts Abdul!

[@janariviik2634]

"Our last two EU members are Estonia and Ireland". Slovenia: "Am I a joke to you?"

[@alskjflah]

After generations they were just known as the Sultans of Zanzibar. However in 1964 the last Sultan of Zanzibar Jamshid bin Abdullah relinquished his sovereignty and title of Sultan and moved to Oman and is still alive but not a Sultan.

[@JohnDoe-xz1mw]

The "And all of those used to be austria" was a bit of a cop out, i mean as an austrian i still think they are all austria but i don tthink they agree :P

[@Bin_hood001]

I guess this video is old. Nigeria's current population is about 219 million. 70% of which are under 30yrs of age.

[@golyno]

Well that Cameron fact was wrong, for it was quarterfinals not semifinals and now we can say that Morocco can hold this candle

[@wWvwvV]

11:40 Hammock in German = Hängematte (hang mat). I've read somewhere that Hängematte is not a German word, but a loan word. Now, I think it's Hammock that's the real loan word.

[@NoProtocol]

Let us know if you find out!

[@greenman4946]

It originally came from the word ”hamaka”, which is a Taino word from the West Indies.

[@brentandvuk]

Thanks!

[@brentandvuk]

OK here is a recommendation kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmOqnqd4eLt7sLs history scope, has a great video on the break up of the Soviet Union. He is funny, you could do a video when he goes through the Eastern Europe. Additionally at 3:20. He goes through a map, watch that, too funny

[@NoProtocol]

Hi! I think you’ve left a link but I can not see it?

[@brentandvuk]

Hey is the channel. youtube.com/@HistoryScope

[@brentandvuk]

Here is the video again, break up of the USSR. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmOqnqd4eLt7sLs

[@NoProtocol]

Ah yes, you gave me a video from this channel last week that I was watching about Africa. I’ll check out some more, thank you!

[@THErealOGse]

The History of the World I Guess video lives rent free in many of our minds. Lol

[@korabmustafa8339]

let me give you another fun fact, Kosova (the actual country, obviously not part of serbia since ‘99), is the only Europian country to be surrounded by it’s own native people on all borders, meaning there is Albanian native speakers living immediately south, east, west, and north of Kosova. (Montengro, Macedonia, Albania, Serbia) or more in detail the Albanian majority cities of (Ulcinj, Shkupi, Kukesi, Presheva/Medvegja/Bujanoc/Tetova).

[@NoProtocol]

Thanks for that Korab!

[@TheGabrielPT]

There is actually a concept of making Albania and Kosovo a single country

[@tahafad]

11:15 Cameroun's "fact" is wrong they were the first African country to make the quarter finals of the world cup not the semis however Morocco is now the first African country to make the semi finals we just did that in the last world cup in 2022 :)

[@KAKUN_DESU]

Hey! Can you react to "The Man Who Killed Millions and Saved Billions" ? I would love to hear your opinion

[@btraven7536]

I think you're right about moving on.

[@ataquesalvaje2553]

In Honduras it rains fish in Yoro

[@NoProtocol]

Well that is interesting

[@Robo34]

please react to Latvia and Lithuania :) Geography now :)

[@Irishguy1420]

Ireland is also the wettest country in Europe and totally unrelated…. The dude used in my icon “Dustin the Turkey” had a chart topping song called “32 counties”. ✌️ ☘️

[@Silviola824]

Wow, surprised to hear you say Ometepe (in Spanish no less), nobody knows anything about Nicaragua lol. Cheers from a Nicaraguan!

[@panxtomate8822]

pretty sure she said she is Nicaraguan in another video a while back

[@Silviola824]

@@panxtomate8822 what! Cool missed that, thanks for letting me know

[@KarmasAB123]

"Whose capital has perhaps the best name in the world: Ouagadougou." Nah, the best is Addis Ababa. Love the rhythm.

[@Julebstube]

...Try Bander Seri Begawan

[@KarmasAB123]

@@Julebstube Oh, that's a good one.

[@kjgotthebounce5633]

Saint lucia fact was just its flag. Wow

[@bipolarewok]

So Macedonia is basically the "artist formerly known as prince" of countries?

[@ravenward626]

"that's just where he lives."

[@heh9392]

Macedonias new name is North Macedonia

[@BrazenNL]

I'm just thinking, turning on subtitles might not be a bad idea. You might have a lot of viewers that are not fluent in English.

[@JoseHis-zj7ds]

i asked u before for Geography Now! SYRIA thanks

[@Juicy_Joey]

Wrong numbers on the Nigeria fact. It's closer to 200 million. I wonder why our Population is the most interesting thing about us. Added fact: Our presidential election is this weekend, on Saturday Feb 25th. Hopefully we get it right this time.

[@robbpatterson6796]

8.35...Nowhere even close. Us from Wales have by far the greatest flag in the world. A dragon on a green and white background makes every flag look like a turd on a brown background. We may be a nation overpopulated by sheep but we have more passion in our tails than most people have in their own body

[@mikefufuffalo8487]

I could be wrong, but doesn't Estonia have a law where they believe in free education for anyone and will therefore give anyone, even foreigners, a free university education?

[@Julebstube]

Danish Legend: The Danish flag fell out of the Estonian sky

[@jakegargiulo5101]

Woo Jordan.

[@badboi697]

You are ASMR personified

[@DerekDominoes]

Interesting video but that guy needs to brush up on the pronunciation of several countries. That said, I'm impressed that he pronounced "Ouagadougou" correctly.

[@sandroh7573]

Our country (🇬🇪) is best explained by sharing the name of a place with the Solomon Islands and Jamaica?? How about: Georgia is the birthplace of wine. Or Georgia in the 12th century had a female regent that was so powerful, they gave her the title of king. 2nd country to adopt Christianity? One of the earliest pre-historic human settlements in Europe (1.8 million years)? Worlds most terrible dictator (although I wouldn’t mind that one being left out), Rose Revolution, etc. There’s too much to mention and the fact that none of these were mentioned is so underwhelming😔

[@deron2203]

Oman still got a sultan but I don't think he's chilling in zanzabar 😀

[@MLWitteman]

The episodes of the Netherlands by Geography Now! is pretty old. And sadly inaccurate at times, but is compensates in being really funny.

[@NoProtocol]

I’ll have to be on the lookout for something recent about the Netherlands then!

[@MLWitteman]

@@NoProtocol Holland vs the Netherlands by CGP Grey, could be a nice starter.

[@Lightkie]

@@NoProtocol You will find a lot of corrections for all the Geography Now! videos. One of those channels that are more geared towards entertainment than accuracy. I feel like RealLifeLore also focuses more on visuals than facts, sadly. I vouch for CGP Grey though, he's the GOAT.

[@module79l28]

I'd suggest Geography Now! - Portugal but probably many of the things they talk about there are not new to you. 🙂

[@NoProtocol]

I’m still curious though! It’s a good idea

[@module79l28]

@@NoProtocol - Well then, if you decide to do it see if you can spot the incorrections, there are a few there. 😀

[@TheGabrielPT]

Já lhe disse para ela reagir a isso, já deve estar apontado na lista dela ahah Inclusive está a aprender português, portanto o timing é perfeito

[@wilgarcia1]

One of my Israeli friends said Oman is pronounced Aman. First letter is A like apple.

[@amrallahhurricane4891]

the accurate Arabic pronunciation for Qatar is closer to "cutter" and because you don't have "qhaf" letter in English, you replaced the "gha" sound whith "ka" sound. All that aside, countries names change from language to other ..for example...in English you know "Egypt " using the mentioned name, yet in Arabic it's a totally different name. We call it "messrr" which has different historical background than the English one or to be more accurate the Latin name. So debating about Qatar right pronunciation shouldn't happen. Cuz American Qataar is their way of making sure the name Qatar is not "cutter" cuz English doesn't have Arabic "ghaaf" letter.

[@moonshinethics]

0:26 I should have know you would know The Answer

[@wWvwvV]

Die Antwoord. They speak Africans. I think Namibia was more German occupied. But now I made a fool of myself as it seems to be Africans also in Namibia. But cool band.