The 12 New Countries That Might Exist Soon

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[@ottoterask3771]

Bro i think your mic is giving up. This and last video seems to have the gain pushed up way too high

[@OregonQuake]

It's been awful for months! My earballs. terrible blownout mic or preamp or input maxed he needs New mic or better software

[@4X4StudiosHR]

Someone finally said. His videos are now unwatchable. He has millions subs. He sure can afford a better mic. Or move from a cave.

[@dansharpe2364]

@@4X4StudiosHR AI has no ears

[@acerIOstream]

His mic is clipping like crazy, yeah. He needs new gear.

[@JackSeries44]

Tbh he made a lot of work recently, man is probably on the verge of a burnout, hope he gets some vacation and take a step away from NATO propaganda, he's at risk of developping brainrot and make our ears bleed by the same occasion.

[@DanatronOne]

Can we hold a referendum on you getting a new mic?

[@tbraghavendran]

He may change it soon. So many comments on it.

[@jonlohrenz5446]

I think it’s just the input gain being too hot.

[@LaurensPP]

Dude. This is all Text to speech and it has been for a long time, approximately one year. I think it has been going unnoticed because it sounds pretty similar to Wendover Productions but that is actually a real voice over.

[@jonathan248]

@@LaurensPP What are you talking about? This is obviously not text-to-speech.

[@jr2904]

​@@LaurensPP this channel has videos from 8 years ago. He has a few channels, but he's organic. This video is overly loud, like Metallica's Death Magnetic

[@pauldaplayfulpanda3042]

"as history continues evolving with time.." has to be the most ChatGPT sounding opening line to a script...

[@Women_Are_Cringe]

You sure?

[@pauldaplayfulpanda3042]

@@Women_Are_Cringe no, just sounds off

[@Women_Are_Cringe]

@@pauldaplayfulpanda3042 Humans can make mistakes.

[@bandoo1882]

@@Women_Are_Cringeyeah that’s evident if you’ve ever watched this channel lmfao

[@Women_Are_Cringe]

@@bandoo1882 Why? Because they say things that you disagree with?

[@readyintrovertone5808]

I understand why Greenland is hesitant to become independent. They can travel anywhere and study anywhere in Europe under Denmark. Independence would be a mistake for the economy and the people living there

[@WREFMAN]

Independent.

[@pacotaco1246]

Theyd be able to more eaisly push towards a confident independence after getting guaranteed EU permissions/privileges before splitting from denmark

[@wawrzynieckorzen78]

Add to that security issues as ice melts and Russia expands into Arctic. As part of Denmark they are protected by NATO. IMHO present arrangement is perfect: Greenland has her authonomy and gigantic external support. Especially when your entire nation is of a size of medium town.

[@WREFMAN]

@@wawrzynieckorzen78 autonomy

[@Captain-Sum.Ting-Wong]

@@pacotaco1246 They expect to have their cake and eat it too...

[@CleberSantos-io9bk]

0:22 New Countries 4:00 🇵🇬 / Bougainville 10:08 🇫🇷 / 🇳🇨 New Caledonia 16:10 🇮🇩 / Western New Guinea 19:50 🇩🇰 / 🇬🇱Greenland 23:10 🇬🇧 / 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland 28:40 🇪🇸 / Catalonia 34:00 🇪🇸 / Basque Country 38:10 🇨🇦 / Quebec 41:50 🇹🇷 / Kurdistan 45:40 🇲🇱 / Azawad 46:20 🇨🇲 / Ambazonia 49:40 🇾🇪 / South Yemen

[@rambleroodle2369]

fckn legend

[@I682I]

thanks i love youuu

[@MeanBeanComedy]

Yeah, most of these ain't happening.

[@Lockfly]

Kurdistan is in more countries than just Turkey

[@Lockfly]

@@MeanBeanComedy As a Kurd it might be impossible but we'll never stop trying.

[@jaredhunter3629]

Bosnia: we want to go to the beach Croatia: No

[@therealtaco7328]

Bosnia actually has a seaport🤓

[@TorreFLoeckx]

​@@therealtaco7328🤓 = 😎

[@vitoanania6042]

It's actually Nooooooooooooooo oo

[@Itzarzky]

​@@vitoanania6042 clever

[@bababababababa6124]

Neum: 😐

[@braxtyn3328]

I really thought it was just me with the mic quality being terrible I checked 2 different videos to make sure it wasn't my headset

[@_Iseah]

It sounds almost like he is chewing food

[@Arcboltkonrad13]

Don't forget that Westminster (under PM Cameron) promised a LOT more to Scotland if they remained (more devolved powers, more subsidies, etc) and then IMMEDIATELY backtracked on them all.

[@229andymon]

Actually, the “Vow” was never detailed, so it’s extremely difficult to prove the UK government backtracked on anything. The Scots were asked to take Westminster’s word on “extensive new powers” on trust. That was a massive mistake by independence supporters, since it allowed Westminster to define what that meant. In effect it actually meant a short and sorry list of pathetic rubbish that didn’t correspond to anything most Scots expected. Lesson learnt..!

[@RealLifeLore]

Yes, at 23:33, I say that James VI of Scotland became John (when it should just be James still) I of England for some reason. I don't know why my brain said that when I recorded this. Please ignore

[@therealtaco7328]

Huh

[@ValouroverFear]

Can you please slow down or try to enunciate individual words a bit? You talk way super fast.

[@MuhammadAhmad-db6sf]

Reallore Life is the worst channel in the world..!

[@therealtaco7328]

@@MuhammadAhmad-db6sf rage bait

[@macroxela]

​@@ValouroverFear I actually think he talks to slow which is why I speed-up his videos

[@foolzcat1761]

This mic quality is killing me, it's almost physically painful to listen. It sounds like something out of a 1980s soviet broadcast

[@communismisthefuture6503]

Didn’t even notice it. You people really love to whine

[@Konstantinos3631]

your lying you little crybaby

[@shengkunlin5658]

@@communismisthefuture6503I thought my phone broke, it’s very noticeable

[@communismisthefuture6503]

@@shengkunlin5658 no it isn’t

[@leandersearle5094]

I wouldn't go that far, but it is noticeable.

[@Fishtory]

@reallifelore what service do you use for your B-roll? I'd love to know. Thank you

[@doomsday2055]

O kıroistan haritasını dürüp, heveslilerinin dübürüne tıkamak için her an görev başındayız.

[@zameernizam3825]

This channel is perfect to watch while eating

[@dedmunwahking398]

That’s exactly what I’m doing

[@skeetrix5577]

exactly

[@loveinseattle]

I'm also eating. 😅

[@Antwon22]

literally just finished my last grape as I read this, only 2 mins in lmao didnt see the rest of the replies lmao, what yall munchin on

[@calebp6114]

Chicken sandwich 😍

[@ZeroToMidnight]

If this comment gets 1k likes I will send RLL a new mic 🎙️

[@GuyWhoHasAnOasis]

Who the FUCK is RLL

[@Gabriel-uu4jt]

​@@GuyWhoHasAnOasis unReal noLife lore

[@bradyr8261]

no you won’t bub

[@ZeroToMidnight]

@@bradyr8261 bet

[@OfficerPedroAlvarez]

you prolly wont but i appreciate the cause so ill give you a like xD

[@tejasbag5506]

Fun fact: Greenland is already a country. And so are Denmark and Faroe Islands. All three can't control each other and are part of the Danish Realm headed by the King of Denmark who is a constitutional monarch.

[@Women_Are_Cringe]

An autonomous region isn't a country.

[@frederikklitgaard209]

Fun fact: You are wrong in the context of this video. In other contexts you could be right, but "country" is a very loose term

[@nitramdanmark]

That is not fully true. The danish parliament (Folketinget) do have the power to change the laws in both Greenland and Faroe island because the constitution (Grundloven) gives Folketinget the power to change the laws in the Kingdom (Also the lastest constitution / Grundlov is from 1953, which is before either areas got Home rule). If you see danish laws passed in Folketinget, it would almost always end with the frase "The law do not apply to Greenland and the Faroe island"

[@givorsthomas4235]

Very interesting video but you could have also mentioned Corsica, or the Wallonia and Flanders situation in Belgium !

[@alsiniz]

Whats with the audio this upload? Sounds like the mic levels are clipping or compressed to death.

[@User-jr7vf]

It worked normally here.

[@acerIOstream]

It's been that way for a few uploads now, he needs to revise his setup.

[@wiiztec]

yeah mike sounds a bit overly bassy to me

[@galih8421]

i smell Practical Engineering scam, " if you want clear audio, subscribe to our patron account"

[@Booz2020]

Slava TSMC 🇹🇼

[@PipoVeVideos4097]

As a basque person i can tell you that independence is more impossible than ever. Although the main political parties here are basque nationalists, independence as an objective is hardly even mentioned. Basque people just want higher autonomy and care more about social issues like housing or healthcare

[@user-gu3nd7si5m]

ethnic basque people are dying out either way

[@pablos.reyero4511]

@@user-gu3nd7si5m ethnic? They are mainly iberian as all of spaniards, do not try to make them special when their dna is almost the same as the rest of spaniards

[@saulspanco854]

​@@pablos.reyero4511ethnicity is dna plus language.

[@jameslarkin4567]

@@saulspanco854so if they don’t have the dna then they are just culturally basque

[@AL-lh2ht]

I mean when you have max autonomy its like many of the benefits of independence and withot most of the drawbacks.

[@orderoftheyawgmoth]

23:42 That has got to be the most menacing looking church I've ever seen in real life. The outer darkness and the bright reds would make the church a fantastic video game dungeon - a place reeking pure evil.

[@CRISTIANORONALDO-th8kj]

Biji Kurdistan ❤️☀️💚

[@thetylersherman]

Great video, as always. Sounds like your audio track is a little too hot on this one, it's sort of peaking / clipping throughout.

[@mtaylorfoofa]

I thought I was just being sensitive lol

[@My_Lacrimosa]

It's not, it's youtube's new method of processing audio

[@garlandstrife]

AI made video.

[@Edyime]

Half of these definitely won't happen

[@jamespeterson1042]

Is it his voice, but ai?

[@jackbrown3985]

Next RLL vid be like: Why these 12 countries might cease to exist soon

[@ijoeysnake]

Lolol

[@RaifuEnthusiast]

​@@JonathanB138let's be honest the us would be all 12 lol

[@simorx580]

​@@JonathanB138lmao you wish

[@ijoeysnake]

@@JonathanB138 not too sure about that one bub

[@bluegold1026]

I would watch that. I'd put North Korea, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Russian Federation and the People's Republic of China on that list.

[@Benderadawi]

Bijî Kurdistan 💚❤️💛

[@user-mg1vv4ep7o]

Thanks for posting this on my birthday Surely one of my favourite topics 😊

[@Parallax3599]

By the way, what happened with your audio quality? It's sounds a bit blown out compared to your former work, and has been like this for a few videos now. Honestly it kinda sounds like youre talking over the phone and not into a proper microphone.

[@Jaymo00]

My Iphone recorded audio sounds better than this tbh

[@blakeistheking2]

my Samsung too

[@stefanjasper]

He’s using AI now, that’s how he’s been able to pump out these almost hour long videos like every week for a while. Can’t blame him for chasing the bag but the dip in quality is so bad.

[@frankkobold]

​@@stefanjasper the audio is awful, but to claim that it's bc of AI is just ridiculous oO What are you basing your assumption on? Guessing bc AI is a hype?

[@stefanjasper]

@@frankkobold Editing, audio recording, and scripting for videos this length is incredibly unrealistic for a week even with a team

[@matercan5649]

he's done it, real life lore is becoming watch mojo.

[@danijeljovic4971]

I gagged when I saw Quebec and the Basque country highlighted on the map

[@thexchox1554]

@@danijeljovic4971I’ll be beyond happy if Galicia gets independence.

[@danijeljovic4971]

@@thexchox1554 Turns out they talked about the Basque counry and not Galicia oops. Also most of them don't want independence afaik since economically it's just more proftable for them to be part of Spain

[@TorreFLoeckx]

Here before this comment goes viral 😏

[@Sailed_away]

Didn't got the reference

[@user-cu1se8jt4o]

I’m a Kurd I wish we are gonna be free one day !! ❤️☀️💚

[@user-te3bp1ch6q]

Öldüğün zaman görürsün

[@jam_mapster]

Love the video's. I also really appreciate the comparison videos you do. Is it possible if you can dedicate an entire video to explore the differences between New Caledonia and Vanuatu. It would be interesting.

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

Much of the history with most independence movements are like this.. 1. Minority group gets mistreated, so they want independence 2. Majority group cracks down and treats them even worse for wanting to be independent 3. Minority group wants independence even more because of that. Maybe people wouldn’t want to leave if you didn’t treat them like crap

[@ghju]

Greatly summed up. Although I feel like this calls for a 2.5 and a 4. 2.5. Majority group would have something big, maybe even huge to lose (resources, geostrategic positions, influence, diplomacy ties, you name it) and so don't violently hold on to the minority out of the sheer goodness of their heart; while citizens from the majority almost always cry about how they pay _fortunes_ (FORTUNES, I TELL YOU... even if the minority barely sees any of it usually) for the peasants in the minority without taking into account what the majority is gaining out of it. 4. The Majority and its citizens will spend an obscene amount of time all year long, for entire lifetimes sometimes, belittling the Minority and anything related to it, mock it, insult it, dehumanize it and wish evil stuff on it sometimes, all while reminding it how it costs them _oh so much_ but will laugh at and ridiculize any mention of independence or greater autonomy because, like every bona fide abusive husband, "you're nothing without me, what will you do anyway, you have nothing, you owe me, blah blah blah" but freaking out big time deep down when the wife talks about leaving.

[@raihanrusli2720]

Yeah if you based in on only known and accepted history. There is always a possibility that even the minority start the violence first, forcing the legitimate government to respond

[@raihanrusli2720]

Yeah if you based it on known and accepted history. There is always a possibility that the separatist are the one who start the violence first, forcing the legitimate government to respond

[@thedapperdolphin1590]

@@ghjuTrue. It basically just comes down to bigotry and illogical thinking. Even putting ethics aside, it’s more logical to strive for equality and integration from economic and stability point of view for several reasons. 1. The majority group tends to exploit whatever natural resource in the area at the detriment of whoever is living there because they just care about profit, but they fixate too much on short term profit. Dealing with the inevitable uprising is going to be a lot costlier and could cut you off from the resource. 2. Barring an entire region of segment of your population from opportunities will just deprive you of anything those people could contribute to the economy otherwise if they were given the opportunity to grow.

[@ghju]

@@thedapperdolphin1590 Personally speaking, the bigotry I don't really care about to be perfectly honest. Humans -- all of us, to various degrees, no exceptions -- have been idiots for as long as our species has existed so I'm definitely _not_ gonna lose sleep over whatever a stranger thinks of me, my background or how I live, what my values and traditions are etc. Let alone one who seems to have a miserable existence and complains about their own nation 24/7 🙄 Yeah, I'm a peasant and they're part of the civilization. Congrats? Idc, go on about your own life and let me be. Once shtf I hope they think about us when all they have to eat is their paper and digital numbers lol. What I do have a problem with however, is the illogical thinking part. Or better put, the hypocrisy. Because I think illogical thinking is more often than not just playing dumb, a cover for the absolute shame that saying "granted, I hate you, but I don't want you to leave though. We have too many benefits and advantages from exploiting you and/or controlling you to lose" would bring. Rare are those honest enough to own up to having that kind of colonial mindset and they never do it in your face, always online. In my specific context it would also be a case of "it would inconvenience me greatly to have to get a passport, obey your own voted laws and spend more for my next door holiday. Don't worry, we'll soon go back to loathing you for the other 10/11 months of the year, but for a short while we'll enjoy everything you have, make your locals' life miserable and still find a way to complain about it, about you and literally everything in existence". I mean, when they call your people's and ancestors' home their country's "🍑 tanning spot" during summertime and a "leech" place that needs "some serious beating from law enforcement" the rest of the time because there are graffitis calling for their departure (what can I say, we like street art 🤷🏻‍♀️) or reps so much as dare speaking their own language in their own assembly building, then rejoice when tragedies hit (including deaths) and make the news cycles, you know everything you need to 🤪 Luckily some still have a brain and some modicum or decency/morals and understand that letting us exist as ourselves would appease many, MANY things, but unfortunately they too, are the minority in their own way. Anyway, sorry for the tangent/rant. It's the politician in me lol 😆 I feel like many of us around the world can somewhat share some of these feelings being on the minority side, regardless of the specificities of each place. Every single one that has an independence desire is clearly not out of nowhere. And as you said, the more the majority reinforces that nuisance and its attitude of disdain and superiority, the more independence desires and movements grow. Anyway, have a good day/night wherever you are 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@hb3393]

Audio sounds a bit dodgy and distorted to me compared to usual..?

[@albertytube5547]

I guess he’s changing his mic

[@mike_tw3876]

Maybe AI?

[@mikeking9388]

Quak quak

[@bongusdongus2137]

@@mike_tw3876definitely, you can hear the telltale stutters and artifacts all over the video.

[@soundscape26]

@@mike_tw3876 Most probably. His own synthesised voice.

[@SaltyFrank1990]

I can't even imagine the amount of work that goes in the production of your videos

[@thejuror2009]

Seriously

[@JohnKpl]

Great research. Getting this much information is difficult. How do you do that?

[@teslantho]

Québécois french speaker from greater Montréal here. It’s absolutely true that support for independence amongst the younger generations is much lower, compared to the older, even though the mouvement never really died. But, as of right now, even if independence seems really unlikely since the movement lost its momentum of the 20th century, it’s an interesting fact that the highest polling party for the next Québec provincial elections is the pro independence party, the Parti québécois. I personally think that most younger citizens are relatively satisfied with the degree of autonomy that Québec has, so they just don’t really see the benefit. But I think it should be noted that it’s because of the older generations that fought for Québec’s greater autonomy from Canada that we today have this level of autonomy that most people are relatively comfortable with, notably with linguistic laws, immigration and judicial system just to name a few.

[@MJ-df9dv]

If Scotland and Quebec don't get independence soon, it will become a third world country

[@iansavard4489]

True! Personally I see the battle for our cultural preservation as mostly won. Now, instead of investing massive amounts of energy and ressources in independance, we should focus on keeping our beautiful french dialect alive and well for the future :)

[@teslantho]

@@iansavard4489 je ne pourrais pas être plus d'accord avec ton propos! 😁⚜️

[@etiennedaoust7397]

​@@iansavard4489Ya pas de futur pour le français au sein du canada. Ta juste a regarder l'état du français dans les autre province pour ten rendre compte.

[@davek303]

Don't give up! The rest of Canada would love for you to leave, so hurry up!

[@iranimilitantzifu7015]

All other non-recognized countries: we have military! Sealand: Uhhhhh, we don't.

[@th8me103]

I feel for the Kurdish people!

[@PSIponies]

No, they do. They have a helicopter and a shotgun. Roy Bates actually took Dutch mercenaries who invaded it prisoner one time

[@iranimilitantzifu7015]

@PSIponies well, that would be the least militaristic non-recognized country

[@PSIponies]

@@iranimilitantzifu7015 And yet they still successfully fended off a foreign invasion lmao

[@vicentetomas3649]

​@@PSIponies Be serious.

[@arbredelarevolution]

We will do it. live Kurdistan! Her bijî Kurdistan!

[@svlsvll8321]

The Republic of Türkiye will survive forever.🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷😉

[@beserman181]

@@svlsvll8321nope nothing is for ever

[@user-tj3to6ps9t]

​@@svlsvll8321It's dying bruv

[@Jessica-ul6me]

Dang, I needed this video before my last game of trivial pursuit 😂

[@FacterinoCommenterino]

Today's Fact: The longest wedding veil ever measured was over 20 football fields long, created in Cyprus in 2018.

[@nothyiscool]

How

[@chickenwarriorr]

Do your work or sleep? Because the only way you can post the instant the video is up is either you no life this or are a bot so which is it?

[@MrTristans80]

Americans will do anything to avoid using the metric system!

[@GM-xk1nw]

​@@chickenwarriorr That's a bot

[@domowomo2125]

​@@GM-xk1nwno he just has no life

[@nivajaranjit4322]

3:43 hey taiwan claims all of china as its own too

[@williamlee7672]

The outside world would never believe they. All they see are mainland Chinese invaders even though Taiwan KMT goal was always a none China under republic rule.

[@AL-lh2ht]

Only technically. In truth basically no one believes that. But if taiwan reneounces it its basically the same as declaring independence and china will respond with war pretty much immediately.

[@reillycurran8508]

Only because formally abandoning the claim would be seen as declaring independence, prompting an invasion from the mainland.

[@twojacksandanace3847]

Shhh, He'll get demonetized if he says that lol.

[@luki26_]

Not just china, but also the entire Mongolia 😄.

[@manassehmlux5580]

I really enjoy and appreciate your videos so much and thanks for that. Is it possible you do a video on the conflict in the east of DR congo?

[@Soufriere84]

If there's any country that SHOULD split up, it's DRC -- the east and south have absolutely nothing in common with the west in that Frankenstein's Monster of a country… also Zambia should get DRC's random southern extension

[@davidvilchez2209]

This is more my speed with educational information like this rather than so many videos as of late being about war

[@aaronjaye8111]

The SNP didn’t get a majority of seats in the Scottish parliament in 2021. They got a plurality

[@hmu05366]

Shame we didn’t get independence though! Tory shambles unfortunately lol

[@JasonCliftJones]

Also Sturgeon is no longer leader of the SNP, so her claims for the next election are largely irrelevant. She was replaced last year (and her successor just resigned)

[@thirstyserpent1079]

The guy in charge also just got booted out/resigned because he is legendarily unpopular and their coalition collapsed due to their alliance with the Greens, so any idea of working with the Greens is probably dead while the alliance with the greens came after they shit canned the previous pro independence people xD.

[@kloppite1967]

They’re also seemingly in free fall at the moment politically, with Yousaf resigning today and Sturgeon being investigated for fraud.

[@EthanBGamer1]

No, but pro-independence parties did win a majority of seats (SNP + Greens)

[@adamdickinson2894]

Why is the audio on this running at 1.5x speed? Not the first recent video with this problem either

[@bulldawzer5074]

I love how you pronounced Quebec right, and now "kwebek" like most others do

[@noelleggett5368]

Would those ignorant people pronounce ‘Basque’ as “baskwe”? Or Albuquerque as “Albekwerkwee”? Or ‘quiche’ as “kwychee”? Why can’t they at least be consistent with their stupidity?

[@noelleggett5368]

But he continued to pronounce ‘Anglophone’ as “Englophone” - or is that just a Philadelphia accent I’m hearing?

[@panadocoughsyrup]

@@noelleggett5368?… because we’re speaking English..? Not French? A different language? Why do you think we say cro-sant instead of kwahsoh 🥐? It’s not mispronouncing, it’s speaking English.

[@Z0eff]

Mic seems to be clipping badly or something else that creates a similar effect

[@agme8045]

I think it’s slightly sped up

[@mike_tw3876]

Could be sped up or he replaced himself with AI

[@soundscape26]

I think it's AI.

[@walyd1096]

Greenland is usually portrayed as huge geographic size , but its actual surface area is less than Algeria

[@Buoya]

Still huge and one of the biggest countries

[@nullc0ntext]

The levels on the mic are really harsh, could you tone them down a bit to make it easier to listen to? Thanks.

[@gabriellupisan7003]

Dude always comes clutch with good content to watch while I'm eating dinner

[@benpriest1418]

Are the videos sped up recently or something? And the mic sounds awful recently

[@soundscape26]

Starting to think it's AI. It does a really good job with one's voice if you give it a lot of data to work with.

[@jacob4920]

Boy, I gotta say. RLL's clever transitions from video content, to advertisement, at the ends of his videos, is a masterclass in how to catch listeners by surprise, before said listeners can stop the video. They catch ME by surprise every single time I watch these videos, and I consider myself one of the savvier "KZbin Ad Dodgers" on the internet!

[@mrpigeo]

reconsider, they’re extremely obvious

[@jacob4920]

@@mrpigeo Oh, once they start, I turn the video off immediately, because I know an ad when I see one. But the TRANSITIONS always catch me BEFORE I can stop the video! That's all I'm saying.

[@HTH-uz6ze]

This seems like a throwback to your older videos before you mainly started to focus on geopolitics.

[@Naruto1999cool]

Im blown away by the quality and length everytime, keep up

[@JohnSadler-px4nx]

Imagine if when you made that comment before watching the whole thing and then continued to watch it just to see the quality become garbage right after😂

[@deflatedsquidward8572]

@@JohnSadler-px4nx I think he meant the quality of it at 0:01

[@jordanjones4605]

@@deflatedsquidward8572 I mean to be fair the first second of the video is peak youtube content right there💯

[@Exoamylase]

that's what she said

[@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female]

​@@Exoamylase I'm very sure you aren't speaking from experience.

[@Huminahumina465]

Honestly I would include south Nigeria. They’re constantly being used by the Islamic north since the leaders are usually islamic. And they already had a civil war of north v south

[@zephanoah2510]

Biafra?

[@herisruns]

biafra got absolutely obliterated last time they tried. i think they learned their lesson. nigeria is a significant enough country that the great powers will chose sides and give support to whichever side they think is going to win, but nobody thinks for a minute that the nigerian government to play by european standards of humanitarianism

[@Huminahumina465]

@@herisruns yeah, and being a significant country there’s likely plenty of countries that wants it to fail. Like the DRC

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@Huminahumina465 No one benefits from it failing.

[@Huminahumina465]

@@AL-lh2ht France, other countries built around oil like Russia, jihadists, the south that is killed constantly by said jihadists

[@4nxy]

Your voice is super compressed in this one, nearly distorted :0

[@weksauce]

That's not what "begs the question" means. That "raises" the question, sure.

[@thejuror2009]

Preach!

[@Viperey2]

Some notes on Catalonia/Basque Country: + In Catalonia there were two call outs for a referendum in 2009-2011 and 2014, but the legal body was watered down along the process. + Part of the boost the independence movement got in Catalonia was due to the crisis. Cat has always been a left-leaning territory and the capitalist crisis of 2008 (2010 onwards for Spain) shook the arena. Artur Mas saw his right wing govt in danger both due to demonstrations and corruption investigations, so, he pushed for independence as an escape strategy. + The autonomy setups in Spain are not exclusive to BC/Cat, every region has one. This was done in an attempt to avoid those regions from feeling special and claiming further rights in the future. + The only region with a historical legal right that rules over other spanish's laws is Nafarroa/Navarra. For instance, they collect their own taxes. This partially explains why Euskadi/Pais Vasco also has the capacity to collect their own taxes. Yes, the naming is confusing. Basque Country / Euskal Herria = Navarra/Nafarroa + Euskadi/Pais vasco + Iparralde. + Elections were just held in Euskadi a few days ago and pro-independence parties got majority, but both did without explicit calls to referendums in a near future. (Not a critique, both parts of the videos are neatly documented, but there are some small nuances that are hard to know and put in context from outside).

[@Booz2020]

Slava 🇹🇼

[@ruy123ofserenity]

Gora euskadi!

[@josepd.7629]

By the way.. what (or who) dictates who has or not rights on anything? Catalonia had its OWN PARLIAMENT and institutions, which of course were banned by the spanish government more than once throughout history. And the reason why there was that new uprisal of separatist movement in Catalonia was because of the nasty behaviour against Catalonia by the right-winged Popular Party, in power at that time, which again and again did everything to undermine Catalan institutions, culture and economics. One of the main problems being the clear intention by the Madrid government to suppress the Catalan language from schools in Catalonia, and even changing the official name of it in the Catalan-speaking area of Aragon from the original and accepted name "Català de La Franja" (Aragon's' Strip Catalan) to "Lengua Aragonesa Propia del Área Oriental" (LAPAO), which is simply a ridiculous attempt to terminate the Catalan language in that region by simply changing its name in official records. Sooo democratic!.

[@zch7491]

The more you know 🌈

[@BakingAndGhibli]

Great info, thanks for the inside scoop

[@theeanup]

Did you change your mic?

[@saagisharon8595]

he always has that problem

[@alastairthegreat2887]

​​@@saagisharon8595It seems worse than normal Edit: checked a prior video and the audio definitely sounds much worse this time.

[@Ar1AnX1x]

the sound quality is low

[@agme8045]

I think they sped up the narration, it probably was too long

[@soundscape26]

It may well be AI... it does a really good job if you give it enough of a person's voice to work with.

[@fethullahspolyglotdaily3999]

KURDİSTAN❤️❤️

[@kabogaseitsiwe841]

I've learned a lot from this channel more than i did as a student

[@stevenbingham4828]

Any chance of getting the background music playlist?

[@TheOnlyWally]

Your videos are excellent as always! Just a heads up, for the past few videos, your mic quality is getting worse :( sounds like the gain or compression is extremely high.

[@videogage]

not sure if you've noticed but the gain on your mic is very high and makes it sound pretty low quality

[@iliagorev1819]

Noticed something interesting,. 28:23, there's a Scottish flag next to the flag of the People's Republic of Donetsk. Also, judging by the road sign, the photo was made in Donetsk or somewhere in the vicinity. That said, either it's a crossover between PRD and Scotland that I never knew existed, or the people who put up the flag have got the colouring wrong, because there's Andreevsky Flag - a flag used in Russian fleet - that looks exactly like that, but the colours on the latter are inverted - the cross is blue, and the rest is white.

[@LoisoPondohva]

It's the first. It's the DNR demonstration in support of Scottish independence in 2014. It was a one-time event that brought in a total attendance of around 50 people.

[@leatfingie4760]

This man is the reason I'm so good at yapping in my essays

[@zousisargiris3370]

Does the algorithm now favors longer in duration videos because lately all these channels produce videos more than 40 minutes ?

[@morkusmorkus6040]

Good

[@osasunaitor]

True, I've noticed the same

[@nicielunar542]

Indonesian here, i don't think West Papua will be independent for several reason. 1. West Papua independence movement or 'OPM' is divided into various factions that have their own personal goals, each faction wants itself to be in charge of the entire island, making full-scale organized resistance against the TNI almost impossible. 2. Indonesia will not allow its islands to become independent because Papua is part of Indonesia's sovereign territory almost the same as Alaska is part of USA, there is not a single Indonesian politician who is crazy enough to commit political suicide by supporting the second referendum in West Papua. 3. The movement is not very popular with the Papuan people anyway, especially Papuans who live in urban and coastal areas, only those living in the highland and inland areas supported the independence movement, and their support is decreasing every day because OPM is constantly raiding small villages and towns in search of food/supplies to fuel their operations.

[@ezrathegreatconqueror]

as an American I agree with you

[@joharimohdsalleh457]

Acheh Maluku Papua

[@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female]

Indonesia is an imperialistic country.

[@Ozzy08018]

Glad to get this from someone whos closer to the whole thing.

[@Sigma_Male_Anti_Female]

End your imperialism

[@joshygoldiem_j2799]

FUN FACT: The El Clásico football rivalry is highly politicised, with FC Barcelona equated with Catalan separatism and Real Madrid with Spanish unionism.

[@zch7491]

Kurds got the short end of the stick at the end ww1

[@Aspectclick]

Looks like your wife made the same mistake

[@ir6plans60]

Time to buy a new mic my guy

[@williamlloyd3769]

As of April 2024, the strongman leader of Chechnya appears to have serious medical issues so who know what will happen in that area?

[@zebra1327]

Most likely one of his insane sons will take over and be Putin's new lapdog, just like Prigozhin's son who took over Wagner after his father's totally accidental death

[@peterj5106]

Is that Putin's soldier? Can't remember his name.

[@ced1244]

@@peterj5106 Ramzan Kadyrov

[@peterj5106]

@@ced1244. Cries like a little girl when Putin is giving speeches. Same dude?

[@Women_Are_Cringe]

What a clown. Free Chechnya.

[@dombrik81]

Hmmm, where did you take the video at 28:20 from, with Donetsk separatist flag along with the Scottish?? :)

[@SupremeChalupaSnoke]

Tuareg music is awesome. They’re legendary guitarists and Desert Blues as a genre has been gaining steam 🎸

[@RR-gp3qy]

Hey dude. Just a heads your mic sounds like its in need of a service. Great vid

[@capnstewy55]

It always amazes me when people boycott a vote. Unless there is a required quorum it is essentially a guarantee of your own defeat.

[@SuperVladamere]

Their boycott meant nothing. The numbers still doesn't make it likely they would have had enough votes to vote independence.

[@panadocoughsyrup]

The goal is to ensure that the vote looks as unreliable as possible so a possible referendum can held again at a later stage. Or in a different case to imply that the issue is irrelevant. Variety of goals depending on the situation

[@Mzlmkurdi47]

Bijî Kurdistan✌️

[@oscargirin]

😂😂😂😂

[@Mustafaaaa697]

It's a perfect comedy movie scenario,,, but I couldn't see free Texas in this movie.

[@sauce_aux]

I would love to edit your dialogue tracks or consult.

[@oBlasterBox]

3:15 did anybody notice Vietnam's flag being upside down?

[@klopsjoker3928]

You have a keen eye

[@xijinping880]

the countries flags are being viewed from behind lil bro

[@tommystalin6760]

I hope rll do more video like this than video focus on war/conflict. Miss the old rll which focus on "what if", space, visualization.

[@mahsuntedik9368]

41:45 dakika'da Kürtler ❤️

[@stratm]

For those unaware: The French hostage rescue mission is known as the ‘Ouvéa cave hostage taking’

[@TheHalfSum]

video idea: US states or regions most likely to declare independence

[@user-ps2sy8yg8h]

America will never be divided

[@ki1631]

if you would have any understanding of military power then you would know turkey will never give up an inch of their land lmao

[@rderouck]

I'm surprised Flanders isn't included.

[@friggincanvee]

Stupid sexy Flanders

[@eugenezandberg8057]

It will happen when pigs fly

[@joelloydhiggs8515]

Jakarta to Jayapura is actually more than 1000km further than London to Armenia, which is even more insane 😳

[@carlramirez6339]

Still nothing compared to the distance between Paris and Noumea or Papeete.

[@jhrdailies]

The new Nusantara Capital will definitely equalize everything throughout the distance ;)

[@PlaaTable]

Why is the audio so fucked up?

[@captainbrainius6273]

Bougainville is the only one here that has an actual chance of becoming its own country.

[@ChiefG234]

I like that you said “South Sudan is the newest independent country and member of United Nation at least for now” because the Nuer people are now seeking to declare Rol Naath or NuerLand/Nuer Nation in English as sovereign nation-state. South Sudan is likely to break up into three countries, Rol Naath which is Nuer nation, Equatoria Region and Bhar-El Ghazal which is the Dinka land. South Sudan is a region comprised of different nations and these nations now seeks their own independence.

[@willsmackyahsmith9796]

Thanks for the clarification and confirmation. I just wrote a similar thing but in simpler terms. You’re correct.

[@kurdawa714]

Her biji Kurdistan 🇹🇯

[@liamswansea311]

Scotland ain't going anywhere any time soon. The SNP are in complete chaos with there leader just resigning after only a year in office. Along with this there's a very good chance Labour take the most seats (in Scotland) in the upcoming general election. If that does happen then the SNP would lose there own de facto referendum.

[@liamdavis2387]

So silly that he uploaded this video TODAY, when Scotland fell further away from independence than they've been in decades. I think there are multiple US states more interested in independence than Scotland atm.

[@european-one]

The idea labour get a majority in Scotland is fanciful. Though I am certain SNP will lose quite a few

[@tomk8729]

Totally correct. The Scottish segment is nonsense,

[@tomk8729]

@@european-one Neither have a majority of votes, but the first past the post system unrealistically boosted SNP representation once their support reached a certain level, and will punish them similarly on the way down (which is where they are headed). It's far from unlikely Labour will win a majority of seats.

[@renerpho]

@@european-one Recent polls have Labour about 3% behind in the constituency vote (and quickly catching up), while the two are head to head in the regional vote. I don't think the idea of a Labour majority is "fanciful".

[@thenuke4195]

Can you do a video about country that might disappear

[@shleaumeau7740]

Maldives 😢🌊🌊🌊

[@european-one]

Myanmar, Ethiopia, Russia, South Sudan are all posibilities.

[@AL-lh2ht]

@@european-one yea myanmar is going to balkanize hard after the civil war.

[@saisyuumaho]

menacing comment from someone with this name and avatar

[@PeruvianPotato]

Myanmar is probably not going to survive if I'm being 100% honest.

[@Kinowolf]

No Belgium split/partition? Can’t miss that gem!

[@LayneSadler]

thanks for the great videos, man. i think there's an opportunity for a video that provides an overview of Central Asia (north of Afghanistan). How they came to be, how they get along with each other, corruption index rankings, where the real power (if any) resides in the region, geography (Aral Sea), natural resources, new silk road and modern influence of china/russia.

[@Tzumaoable]

3:40 Why only point out PRC claiming ROC and not the other way around? Their stance might be shifting more and more, but officially the ROC still claims all of China. 28:20 That's not Scotland my man Also fix your mic please

[@soundscape26]

No mic problem, he's most likely using AI.

[@amsalkhan4754]

All proposed countries timeline 1) Bougainville 4:00 2) new Caledonia 10:08 3) west Papua 16:08 4) greenland 19:54 5) Scotland 23:08 6) Catalonia 28:44 7) the Basque country 34:00 8) Quebec 38:16 9) Kurdistan 41:48 10) azawad / tuareg 44:56 11) ambazonia 47:30 12) south yeman 49:39

[@kurtpunchesthings2411]

Irish love for Scotland Catalonia and Basque Country

[@ukaegbueni2035]

BIAFRA Nation Is Here

[@_Solehudin]

You forgoten kashmir

[@nickfleece5562]

Cook Islands and Niue not being included in here is wild. They’d be tied for 2nd only to Bougainville I’d say (and could easily be in 1st)

[@alolanjojo8153]

How is it legal to use a VPN to access blocked websites?

[@OneFeatured]

Your mic sounds different than usual

[@btdisalvo88]

Holy audio issues

[@itsvmmc]

Bougainville sounds like the ultimate hellhole

[@riggs20]

Thank you for this video, but could you slow down the narration to normal speed?

[@lisasweeney8158]

I slowed it down to 75%. Sounded weird, but I love the maps.

[@riggs20]

@@lisasweeney8158 Me too, but it makes him sound slightly drunk. I’d guess he speeds it up by about 10-15% to get more info crammed in. But it’s hard to keep up. He’d be better off cutting out some content and playing the narration at a more palatable rate.