Potential NEW COUNTRIES That Might Exist In 2025

[@General.Knowledge]

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[@eliasmarud2791]

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[@eamonahern7495]

I did the 23&me test and it came back 100% Irish with Southwest Ireland (where I'm from) being very close. It also said I have less than 2% neanderthal DNA.

[@Rastislav.Photography]

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[@jhaarbur]

Suggestions for a Part 2. I don't necessarily thing the following will actually become sovereign nations in the coming year, but I feel that they are worth at least mentioning. 1. Bougainville (I know you've talked about it before, but since this is the most likely one in the entire world right now, it is definately worth mentioning in this topic.) 2. French Polynesia (interesting because the major thing that is the issue with them gaining independence is simply the fact that the government of the islands is taking it's time for it). 3. Ambazonia and Biafra 4. Greenland and the Faroe Islands 5. Republika Srpska and Vojvodina 6. Barotseland 7. Székely Land I also highly suggest that since you are Portuegese, discuss the independence movements in the Azores, Madeira, and any other ones that exist in your country that most people probably aren't aware of. ***I'd also mention the special situations with Somaliland, Transniestra, Catalonia, and the push for a full declaration of independence in Taiwan. I'd also mention the specific back and forth circumstances for Scotland (or as I like to call it this regard, "Old Caledonia"), New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Murrawarri Republic (Australia), French Guiana, the Canary Islands, Other areas to note: Khalistan, Palestine, Republics in Russia, status of Northern Ireland, the East African Federation, East Turkestan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Hawar Islands (Bahrain), Balochistan ^There was supposed to be an independence referendum in the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia in the 2020's, but any updated information about it was difficult to find (at least the last time I checked).

[@LanceAbrams]

Weird to think that Rojava map is already outdated lol

[@MarcHarder]

Rojava (Java like the island of Indonesia but with a French accent), not Rohava, it's a Kurdish word meaning 'west', from Rojavayê Kurdistanê (Western Kurdistan)

[@Lockfly]

Why do people not pronounce the J like in Spanish lol 😂 Kurdish doesn't do that 😂

[@HassanUmer]

Bro pronounced Baloch as Balok several times too lmao. Zero interest in googling how to pronounce it, just wants to give generic facts

[@solosunbeam]

@@HassanUmer It isn't always easy to pronounce things from other languages and there are contradictory "pronunciation" advice videos online.

[@HassanUmer]

@solosunbeam no. Rojava and Balochistan are not pronounced Rohava and Balokistan in any source. And it's as easy to learn the right pronunciation as it is easy to regurgitate all the Googled info he posts as videos.

[@MarcHarder]

@@solosunbeam Neither of these names contain phonemes not found in English or break its phonotactics.

[@kingking268]

Rojava is one part of Kurdistan rojava means west which in the context of Kurdistan is the west of Kurdistan

[@najemhabash1126]

Free Kurdistan

[@bertieblagden711]

Stand with the people of Rojava in this trying time. 🚩

[@cevahirlacin9118]

gray wolves said no …you can take this no to the bank ..

[@Muhammadamim469]

ROJAVA❤️

[@ArmanRanya-z3x]

Kurdistan, Rojava ❤

[@NRubikk]

The Video starts at 4:19

[@Broþar]

Actually it starts in 0:00 or 0:01

[@RotneybotOfficial]

@@Broþar Nah, it starts at 4:19

[@microtubuleman3823]

So much for Rojava...

[@GalaksiZanabun]

Kurdıstan🇧🇴

[@_AstaLily]

Thanks for the cool vid! Some of these flags are epic 😁 Isn’t Bougainville moving towards independence? That might be 2027, I’m not sure

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks! I think it is yeah but since it's already a certain thing I didn't want to include it among these potential possibilities.

[@cristianogomes1910]

Saudações de Portugal mano 🟩🟡🟥 Continua com o teu bom trabalho!!!

[@chrisalex82]

Rojava is based

[@markmcdonald6039]

Greenland, New Caledonia, Basque Country, Western Sahara, United Korea, United Ireland, Taiwan, more interesting West Taiwan.

[@bluegold1026]

Don't forget Tibet!

[@PolnocMapping]

@@bluegold1026 It's "new countries that might exist in 2025", Tibet has no chance of gaining independence in 2025.

[@YeenMage]

Thank you. A heartfelt gratitude for supporting us in Taiwan, but most of us Taiwanese don't anymore want to integrate 1.4 billion Chinese who have completely different mindsets (and brain*****ng). It's just trouble: We just want to live our lives in peace.

[@SeanSMST]

United Ireland ehhh, idk if it'll happen this decade. It'll always be controversial. The reasons for the divide go back to the 1600s, it's caused terrorism, guerilla war, civil war. It's a heavy subject and NI will likely split off from the united ireland in the future

[@General.Knowledge]

I didn't know about West Taiwan! How does it differ from the island as a whole?

[@antoniourbinasf]

North Yemen was an independent country during the cold war; it was fundamentalist Shia and backwards aligned with the US. South Yemen was more developed, Sunni but less populated aligned with the Soviets. The secular south took control of the north and unified the country until the fundamentalists took control of the government. There is a civil war right now.

[@dictiustecare]

Wrong the north dominates the unifed Yemen

[@stevetournay6103]

Trannslation: another of those examples of Christopher Hitchens being right...

[@mo.alaidaroos]

South took control of the north? Excuse me but in what alternate universe are you living in??

[@NP3GA]

Not exactly allied with the US. They had some Saudi influences and in fact the Saudis intervened more than once in the North Yemen civil war. But the US itself never had much interest in Yemen.

[@Akoden-ck7ix]

You got some of that right. It wasn’t the South that brought the country together

[@لقمانمنافی]

Biji KURDISTAN 💚❤💛

[@kaleabmehari2648]

Thanks for representing my region, Im from Tigray .... and I want to see Tigray as a country.... freedom shall be implemented !

[@samueltekola2377]

Hell na bro. You're stuck with us.

[@kaleabmehari2648]

@samueltekola2377 Brother, We will gonna see .....

[@PolnocMapping]

You forgot Biafra in Nigeria. Independence movements are currently waging an insurgency against the government there, and separatists have recently arranged an independence referendum, so we could very possibly see Biafra declare independence in 2025, something which they have discussed. (It has a history of seeking independence, from 1967-1970 it waged a war of independence against the Nigerian government).

[@YeenMage]

Hoping for the best in Biafra, they just want to stay away from the Islamists up north: but a unilateral secession will never work in international law.

[@ryboi1337]

And it's unlikely Biafra, ambazonia, or any other western Africa separatist movement will succeed

[@SirCapyTheSecond]

@@YeenMage im muslim and i agree

[@General.Knowledge]

I did a full video about Biafra a while ago! It's definitely an interesting case but I would say even more unlikely than these four. They might vote and declare independence again but they seem to be in an even more fragile position now than when they tried and failed the first time.

[@ryboi1337]

@SirCapyTheSecond why would it matter that you're Muslim. Islamists are different from muslims

[@Godfather2121]

Thanks dude. I am a kurd. Freedom for kurd and kurdistan.✌️

[@JulioOther]

As someone from Indonesia, West Papua's independence is going to be difficult because there's still a lot of infighting. Even if they manage to get their independence, it won't become a stable country unless they get the support of another superpower western country supporting them, but that's the thing. If America, Australia, or Europe support West Papua, Indonesia is going to become more pro-China, and that's something that the west doesn't want. Plus, this may be controversial to say, but I can see Indonesia normalizing its relationship with Israel to gain American support rather than letting West Papua go independent.

[@Dionaea_floridensis]

Agreed

[@Satria-lv8qk]

Yeah unfortunately, i really hope that our nation just treats our fellow brothers better

[@torpeboi]

Indonesia is first among equals in asean. A stable political climate there is crucial for the region. PAPUA and ARMM is more or less the same. PH is a unitary state like ID and maybe they can take a look on the BANGSAMORO formula- it is new, not perfect but so far so good. 🇵🇭🤝🇲🇨

[@unclekumars8246]

​​@@torpeboiindonesia to much tribes from asian look to african look which is papuan native. More than 1340 tribes you can imagine!? Many of those tribe seek independence like east timor, papua, aceh, those tribe doesnt look like an asian

[@Darkest_matter]

@@unclekumars8246 why does every small tribe want their own country? nationalism is cancer.

[@tng2057]

The last new country is South Sudan more than 10 years ago.

[@ZabawneGierki-ot3ts]

Kosovo is mostly recognized by like half of the countries.

[@archstanton6102]

​@@ZabawneGierki-ot3ts but because a seperate state in 2008.

[@archstanton6102]

​@@ShaheerSiddiqui90 the 2 territories annexed by Russia are not independent states.

[@archstanton6102]

@ShaheerSiddiqui90 OK, but hiw many of the luhansk people fled to avoid persecution and death? Easy to say the population wants independence when what they actually want is just peace.

[@AfrikaKorp42]

​@ShaheerSiddiqui90 The peace agreement Trump proposed still has them as semi-independent, rather than becoming Autonomous Republics within the Russian Federation like Crimea.

[@Kevin-fq3zh]

free tibet! free xinjiang!

[@johnstevenson22]

do NOT free xinjiang

[@MohamedRynx8]

​@@johnstevenson22 why not?

[@SirCapyTheSecond]

Free inner mongolia while at it

[@prasoonkumar8176]

Free tibet

[@MohdAdnan-g8z]

You mean free east turkestan

[@Kurdishboy2698]

Ela XWEDÊ, bi mafê navê mezinê pîrozê XWE bijî û Azad bike giştê Kurd û Kurduyeyê(Kurdistanê), biparêze Rojavayê û Rojhellatê û Bakurê û Başurê, XWEDÊ bixwaze! Amîn bipejêre❤☀️💚.

[@MarkNeugebauer-cr3pq]

It is amazing. I have heard your voice for years and now we know what you look like. Thanks. So much better.

[@AIeksejs]

As a Frisian, its still weird to me seeing stickers saying "From the Tjonger to the sea, Fryslân will be free" stickers around the province. the Tjonger 'river' being sort of the language border. I know we are culturally different but never really thought or knew about a serious independent movement. Ive heard some claims for the Historic 'Magna Frisia' region, And i think thats what the map in the start tries to show, partly. But i can never see the province of Groningen being part of a Frisian independence movement with the general hate many people there have towards us Frisians and our culture.

[@kingmaple9252]

Been watching since the Spain video in Fun With Flags, I think it’s the second episode, and it’s so cool seeing how much this channel has grown! Great job with the high quality in the videos, congrats on nearly hitting a million, good luck, and have a great day. (Sorry if bad English its my second language and im very tired)

[@najemhabash1126]

I am from Rojava❤

[@bertieblagden711]

Love from England stay strong

[@shiroblack5420]

You all, the Kurds and the other people of Syria must be free.

[@cevahirlacin9118]

Gray wolves are on their way to help them experience true freedom …

[@sedadtalhat7329]

Rojava😍

[@PanoramaYamin]

Thank's for your explan about My Countrie of west Papua. God bless you

[@mlk_aldarze21]

Im from Kurdistan rojava ❤

[@morgankw89]

Rojava is typically pronounced like "ro-zh-ava"

[@Philcoco]

Wow finally I see you!

[@idontknow6354]

Trust me Tigray will never break away from Ethiopia

[@princesmooth8302]

They have little reason to. Ethiopia isnt prospering so why would the even smaller Tigray nation? Everyone deserves self determination, but must always remember the price of independence.

[@crypton7572]

somaliland

[@kaleabmehari2648]

I'm Tigrayian , and trust me, we don't want to be part of Ethiopia, and we we'll use every opportunity to gain our independence....

[@StopTheLiess]

Yes we will. Tigray is stronger than the rest of Ethiopia and has faced enough genocide on civilians from Ethiopians

[@StopTheLiess]

@@princesmooth8302we will survive without the sabotage of Ethiopia. We don’t need that shidhole

[@angelscorpio5485]

What a nice and interesting KZbin channel and such as pleasant voice to listen to.

[@aliyousef2265]

Nice job brother 💛

[@jmyan2304]

I recently found out your Spanish channel. It was a surprise for me, which I’m from Latin America. It’s good news. Obviously, I prefer to watch the original language, but congratulations for that and hope you had more viewers and subscribers.

[@willgpb_]

His original language is Portuguese though, and he has no channel in Portuguese (which makes sense, he's from Portugal and most Portuguese speakers aren't lol)

[@Golden_Vex]

Bougainville with 100% change in 2027 left the chat

[@Gyokuro_Ch.4801]

He already made a video solely dedicated to Bougainville 2 years ago and made about countries that might exist in the future 5 years ago. In fact, 3 videos.

[@Fireblast2.0-j9j]

I love these vids

[@General.Knowledge]

Thank you! :)

[@XyperSkullNielson]

Amazing Video ❤❤

[@ellisanstee7720]

You have NOT watched the video in 15 seconds

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@Lockfly]

Wht do you pronounce the J in Rojava like in Spanish 😭 Kurdish pronounces the J like in English, saying it in Spanish is so random 😭

[@saadalameri]

South Yemen is more likely since they have been calling for independence since 1994, but I don’t think Northern Yemenis want independence they want the resources available in the south so independence is actually not in their best interest since they are 70% of the population yet most of the resources are in the South

[@willgpb_]

Although it's more likely that South Yemen declares its independence from North Yemen to keep their resources "safe", that would just cause Northern Yemeni population to migrate to Southern Yemen seeking for a better life

[@YldaAlmadi]

Free Kurdistan ☀️

[@mariajoaoferrazdeabreu150]

Great video as always. Love your channel!

[@AmorFati-n6q]

Bro, how can you forget Puntland?? Puntland is autonomous, 1v1 elections already occured and we have a military, police, parliament etc. etc.

[@BobBlevin]

Somalia and its autonomous regions deserve their own video 😅

[@livwake]

Puntland?

[@GBOAC]

Not to mention Somaliland

[@AfrikaKorp42]

Puntland just wants autonomy, not full independence. Somaliland (the former British colonial territory) does want independence and has some backing from Ethiopia.

[@redacted7060]

Puntland isn't planning to succeed

[@TimoDcTheLikelyLad]

How bout a vid about anarchist territories throughout history :).

[@bertieblagden711]

Rojava is in a way

[@Nebula_Kakapo]

oooh i love this idea

[@Kurdi_nationalist]

Rojavayê Kurdistan 🦅☀️

[@User-dyn]

6:43 Ethiopia is the one funding/that funded instabilities in Somalia so causing conflict in it is actually better for east africa imo

[@StopTheLiess]

Ethiopia is the problem or should I say Abiy and his comrades or whoever

[@Kurdishboy2698]

GOD willing Rojava, Rojhellat, Bashur and Bakur and Whole Kurduya (Kurdistan), in GOD's great holy name, Amen❤☀️💚.

[@novaesc844]

Inshallah

[@bxuzabc]

I wonder how likley itos to get Rojava now that asad is gone

[@GGbro20256]

Pretty likely

[@Knutwolf]

Cool that you appear on screen now, is that new? Other likely countries I’d like to hear about from you: Somaliland, Bougainville, Wales, New Caledonia

[@escmadeira]

Good video

[@lowwfeh]

How about the Bektashi Order, that country proposed by Albania at the UN!

[@ryboi1337]

He already made a video covering it

[@General.Knowledge]

I made a dedicated video about them a couple weeks ago!

[@carloldham8863]

Just realized you’re Portuguese for the very first time 😂 🇵🇹

[@blackwatertv7018]

There’s no way that Rojova wil get independence even though they should, the second one part of Kurdistan breaks away others will try to do the same. That’s what Iraq, Turkey, Iran all fear.

[@General.Knowledge]

True, it might encourage Kurds around them to do the same.

[@Mr-DNA_]

They already are independent. It's just a matter of recognition.

[@jameswinfield7642]

​@@Mr-DNA_ AANES have already said multiple times they don't want independence but a reformed syria under democratic confederalism

[@polishstick0609]

Kurds are like Poles in a way. We were partitioned and stateless for a long time, just like the Kurds. My nation took on the pressure of Russification and Germanization simaltenously. There were failed uprisings but Polish national identity survived. Kurds will get freedom as well in the future.

[@adamelghalmi9771]

@@polishstick0609 idk about that, the kurds never had a state since there was no need for it. recently it's come into play because of the napoleonic/liberal ideals of nationalism and such arriving to the middle east post colonization.

[@ImStevan]

2025? No. By 2050? Perhaps

[@TheUnavator]

I was not expecting this guy to look like an ancient greek god

[@LarzGustafsson]

Yemen should never have been merged. West Papua has the right to independence. Just like East Timor had.

[@fakhrifr7833]

Like Timor Leste? You mean 'feel to civil war', than Australia stool all of the resource, and still depanden to Indonesia.😂😂😂

[@dpr9921]

​@@fakhrifr7833 He's right on the Timor Leste part. TL was not a part of the Dutch East Indies, thus Indonesia has no right to claim TL

[@nikkusamagothique]

you forgot about French Guiana proposed to be independence from France to be called republic of Amazonia

[@antoniourbinasf]

In order to achieve independence, the population must support themselves and be the majority; the native population is a tiny minority so it will never happen. In addition, they lack cultural backbone and language. Vive le France.

[@craiglungren8703]

I think Puerto Rico had proposed to become independent from United States too, but I wouldn’t know what their full name would be called.

[@craiglungren8703]

If French Guiana becomes its own country in the future, then their nationality would be Amazonian with their full name being Republic of Amazonia! At that point, South America would have a total of 13 countries!! 🙂

[@archstanton6102]

​@@craiglungren8703 PR is split between those who want independence and those who want statehood.

[@CuppzGeo]

​@@antoniourbinasfviva la france a french corrected me bc i said le

[@AlfaNatun]

Papua is still Indonesian

[@amiruddinshahrulanuar8505]

nice 👍🏻

[@jw.06n]

it's spelled Rojava(not Rohava)

[@MosesWalker-r9c]

You should take a look at north east india & Myanmar. A lot of ethnics are gaining momentum for independence over there. Like Nagaland, Mizoram, Arakan, Kachin, Chin, Kayin people.

[@awesomearray]

I don't know about Myanmar and as a Indian from Nagaland, it's not like that more then 90 %population still with union of India. .

[@novaesc844]

Her biji ❤

[@bigdaddyeddy1252]

Free Kurdistan 🦁☀️

[@francishong7948]

9:11 “Syria has slowly regained control of their country’s territory” That aged well

[@stevetournay6103]

In the longer term, we are now looking at the probability of consolidation. Three huge empires: a Chinese one comprising Asia and (possibly) Australasia; a Russian one comprising the old USSR plus most or all of Europe; and an American one comprising the Americas and, maybe, for linguistic reasons, the UK and/or Australasia...the wild cards are Africa and (what will be the last really large more-or-less democracy) India, which I could perhaps see uniting as a fourth empire (and it would be the most democratic of the four). Sounds dystopian. And it is. But that is where we're headed in the next half century, unless quite a few things change dramatically.

[@willgpb_]

Brasil has very close ties to Russia and China due to BRICS+ so falling under an actual American Empire sounds pretty unlikely to me (Brasil already suffers the consequences of American and European imperialism though, but its tight connections with USA's rivals is helping Brazil out of that a little)

[@myriadYT]

Can you give me a link to the source of 1:34 pls?

[@X1Stormyy]

Kurds rahh❤️💛💚

[@Inkan1969]

9:10 Boy is that outdated now.

[@MotherDoomsday]

3:52 wdym by little bit you are muhammed salah

[@weamibrahim2146]

As a Syrian, Rojava has been renamed to AANES (Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria), as they in no way want to secede from Syria. They want autonomy for the Kurds from the regime

[@Lockfly]

Rojava sounds better

[@weamibrahim2146]

@@Lockfly I guess so, but AANES emphasizes its commitment to autonomy

[@Darkest_matter]

only for the kurds or like, can anyone go there? (like iraqi kurdistan)

[@wobeyneumann]

sounds good, i hope syria become a stable country.

[@weamibrahim2146]

@@Darkest_matter there's some restriction on movement between regime and AANES areas, but in general anyone can go there. Plus the area is probably majority Arab so...

[@hh-ws9mi]

KURDISTAN Rojava ✌️

[@Pero-zl4jp]

Your ancestry results just make perfect sense. Meanwhile I’m about 100% Eastern European on ancestry and everyone thinks I’m German

[@General.Knowledge]

I wasn't very surprised, yeah! Although the 30% Northern European was larger than I had thought.

[@Pero-zl4jp]

@ that is interesting indeed. That’s like one grandparent being Northern. If I were to guess you probably have all 4 grandparents had an ancestor from there that brought up the percentage.

[@lost_porkchop]

They change as more people from your area take them. Mine used to be all over the place, but now are just 99.6% Portuguese, which is what they should always have been.

[@polishstick0609]

East European ancestry? Not precise enough. I have Polish ancestry mostly

[@Pero-zl4jp]

@@polishstick0609 i said Eastern European bc my mom got small percentage of Russian and Baltic. The majority was specific and made sense but I just said Eastern European to represent the whole.

[@Avir_im]

Kurdistan will be Free☀️

[@jw.06n]

Bijî Rojava!!

[@PolecanePC]

I think the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is located in Tigray so there is no way Ethiopian government will let them go...

[@Syria_Free_Palestine_will_too]

No, it is located in Benishangul-Gumuz a little bit south.

[@bluegold1026]

I thought it was further south, down in Ethiopia proper.

[@PolecanePC]

@@Syria_Free_Palestine_will_too ah ok thanks for info :)

[@General.Knowledge]

Either way they definitely won't want to seem them break away.

[@ftsunion8365]

​@@General.Knowledge Tigray never wanted to breakaway, the breakaway movement started during the war in 2020 that started due to political issues between political parties, but not for indipendence. The dam Is in benishangul gumuz region not Tigray. Also Tigray Is a small region in North Ethiopia with few resourses and arable Land, landlocked by eritrea and other ethiopian regions so why would they be indipendent? Its all about the conflict in 2020 wich caused hundred thousands victims and then the diaspora movement in the west sponsored indipendence movement. The head of tigray governament getachew reda signed a pretoria deal with the governament to make peace and disarm TPLF army

[@TrystraXyz]

Regarding Algeria All the tribes declare that the tribes are completely subordinate to Algeria There is no movement demanding independence The movement you mentioned is a group created by French colonialism and they are not Algerians

[@WardR3]

2 months ago i subscribed to this channel and now I'm gonna correct my mistake

[@OctavioOrtiz-q4f]

Could you do a video on how South Yemen was the only communist country in Arabia

[@Lisbonese]

Rojava is not pronounced like “Rohava”, use the Portuguese J.

[@andred7684]

"Ora pois pois ora pois pois ora pois pois"

[@ZogamRadio]

Can you also talk about Zoland?

[@UK.KennyBrown]

Ancestry is the best DNA test

[@ThawZin-t1v]

Free Arakan and Free Myanmar and Free Kokang and Free Shan and Free Wa and others 😊❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@emikomina]

idk why this guy started plastering his face in all of the videos and thumbnails all of a sudden, it was much better without it. Lemmino, CGP Grey, and countless other knowledge channels have done it and are still successful

[@EuskalMetalhead]

Freedom for the Basque Country!

[@elecro-bolt1721]

My geography nerd is so fricking HANDSOMEEEEEEEEE❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Emmanuelmatu]

Dude you do look like Mo Salah! The Egyptian King!!! lol

[@matthiasarran270]

I dont know if its a new feature, but I like the wavy flag effect.

[@StopTheLiess]

Tigray ❤💛

[@jhaarbur]

Suggestions for a Part 2. I don't necessarily thing the following will actually become sovereign nations in the coming year, but I feel that they are worth at least mentioning. 1. Bougainville (I know you've talked about it before, but since this is the most likely one in the entire world right now, it is definately worth mentioning in this topic.) 2. French Polynesia (interesting because the major thing that is the issue with them gaining independence is simply the fact that the government of the islands is taking it's time for it). 3. Ambazonia and Biafra 4. Greenland and the Faroe Islands 5. Republika Srpska and Vojvodina 6. Barotseland 7. Székely Land I also highly suggest that since you are Portuegese, discuss the independence movements in the Azores, Madeira, and any other ones that exist in your country that most people probably aren't aware of. ***I'd also mention the special situations with Somaliland, Transniestra, Catalonia, and the push for a full declaration of independence in Taiwan. I'd also mention the specific back and forth circumstances for Scotland (or as I like to call it this regard, "Old Caledonia"), New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Murrawarri Republic (Australia), French Guiana, the Canary Islands, Other areas to note: Khalistan, Palestine, Republics in Russia, status of Northern Ireland, the East African Federation, East Turkestan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Hawar Islands (Bahrain), Balochistan ^There was supposed to be an independence referendum in the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia in the 2020's, but any updated information about it was difficult to find (at least the last time I checked).

[@Akoden-ck7ix]

Papua New Guinea and Bougainville are finalizing the process for Bougainville Independence. It will be a country soon

[@sir.Nick2]

I'd love to see Greenland or South Ossetia Also one thing in the map from the start that caught my eye was Hokkaido, I'd love to see Hokkaido in such a vid

[@parmentier7457]

I am Dutch, but my father was born in the 60s in Dutch New Guinea. I am not pro-Papua or anything like that. What I do know is that Sukarno hated the Dutch so much, that he also wanted to incorporate Dutch New Guinea into Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and Dutch New Guinea (Papua) were two different administrative entities. But Sukarno wanted all the areas that the Dutch had colonized and to continue this under the Republic of Indonesia. But how come my family is from Dutch New Guinea? That is because my family is mixed race and my other family is Moluccan. After the independence of Indonesia my family was banished and Dutch New Guinea was to become the new country for the Indos (mixed race), Chinese, Moluccans and others. Because the Dutch government did not want to transfer us to the Netherlands. It must also be said that not all regions in the Indonesian archipelago wanted to belong to the Republic of Indonesia, such as the Moluccas and Aceh. Anyway, eventually Dutch New Guinea was transferred to Indonesia under false pretenses and my family migrated to the Netherlands. Between 1950 and 1963 about 350,000 people migrated from the Indonesian archipelago to the Netherlands. Currently there are 2 million people with an Indonesian background living in the Netherlands. But if I may give an opinion about West Papua, it is that ethnically, linguistically and culturally it does not belong to Indonesia. But it is part of Indonesia now, so I hope that the Indonesian government can make Papua prosperous in the future.

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

if every ethnicities in indonesia become independent, there would be more than 700 of them.

[@KVUAA]

Lol there are 1300 ethnicities and 700 native languages here, so who you really count as belong to "Indonesia"? 😂 Indonesia is just a national identity not some ethnobased identity like you have in Nation state Europe

[@crimsoir3543]

As someone who lives in Indonesia, it is quite the controversial topic. Whenever we talk about it, it can be difficult or even scary. As there are lots of problems in that island, ranging from prices to even human rights. Recently a large chunk of the trees will be chopped down for palm oil productions, which angered the locals as they have a connection to the forest. A lot of Indonesians oppose the idea of it gaining independence, however there are a few people who began to recognize the issue and start to think differently than what the gov intend to. This situation is honestly quite messy; I discussed this with a friend not too long ago, they're also torn about this. The independence organization committed several atrocity but also the people in charge are just as corrupt and atrocious. If you ever wondered, was there a point in time where Papua would never be part of Indonesia? There was. The first Vice President of Indonesia, Muhammad Hatta, opposed the idea of incorporating them as part of the republic. As he believed that they're ethnically, linguistically and culturally different than most other ethnic group here. But the rest didn't agree with him as they want to unite the entire Dutch East Indies to be succeeded as Indonesia. I wish I could talk about this more honestly, it's an anxious convoluted problem in the back of my head. Anyways, thank you for stating your opinion :)

[@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072]

Yes. Thank you for your last words. If West Papua isn't as prosperous as it should be. I, as an Indonesian, am not hesitant to demand our central government to let go of West Papua.

[@crimsoir3543]

@@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072 Im glad to know that im not the only indo here to be open of it's secession. I believe they have the right to govern themselves and make use of resources from their own land. I've seen a couple footages of how they're not treated right by the central govt. I wish i can discuss this with more indonesians, it can be overwhelming or even scary to talk or even ask about this

[@luiscamacho3692]

7:19 That just looks like the flag of humacao, Puerto rico

[@archyarchfiendx2938]

Free West Papua!

[@rezafaisal1244]

In your dream 😂

[@stingertopia3169]

​@@rezafaisal1244 at least they are dreaming big and for people to have a better future. The hell are you dreaming for, another steam sale?

[@Wapack]

And bro was never seen again

[@9delta988]

One man, one vote!

[@worlds3061]

@@stingertopia3169 A better future? Yeah, like for example, many Papuans can go to Universities? Join the police force and army? be a state officials? Artists? ect. Hell check out who's our current Human Rights minister is.

[@ree-man3508]

Bro's DNA is basically just the western Roman empire 😂😂

[@X1Stormyy]

9:15 aleppo💀

[@myriadYT]

What application/website did you use to achieve that flag wave effect?

[@TheGribblesnitch]

Couple things about west papua - though my words should be taken with many grains of salt The bird's head peninsula in the north has always been it's own separate province, even west Papua was just Irian Jaya and is usually not included within the west papua indipendance movement. And as I have mentioned, only recently was papua separated into 6 provinces, it was previously one province called Irian Jaya, however it's separation has highlighted that the desire for independence varies regionally, so an independent state would, most likely, not be the entirety of west papua. It's also worth mentioning that the intentions of the new provinces are for being able to better aleviate the problems faced by papuans, however I am no authority on wether or not that may actually come to fruition. Terima kasih