The WEIRDEST countries that used to exist

[@GeographyNow]

If you're wondering, this video was uploaded at a weird time because I am currently sitting on an Ayvan in Uzbekistan 700 meters away from the Registan square ready to get footage for the #Uzbekistan episode and this was literally the only time I had enough Wifi to upload. Thanks for your patience. Stay tuned.

[@rhizoid1170]

I’ll watch your videos any time of day lol

[@theClassicsaddict]

doesnt matter, Ill still watch it!

[@brunnomenxa]

This explains

[@STORYSEEKER1]

Niceu

[@IsaacDeAlencar]

Another -stan country always good to see it

[@boomscholock]

This should be a series, there are so many weird extinct states and micronations that Paul should cover. Rose Island, Kongsi Republic, Republic Of Pirates are great examples…

[@ForaNakit]

Free State of Fiume, in today's Rijeka, Croatia. A weird little country that existed for 2 years post WW1

[@SoapheadPog]

There was a port city state in Croatia that used to own Goa, India

[@aaronpandey]

wth @@SoapheadPog

[@aaronpandey]

btw dont report

[@adrianhiisssthecat3795]

I watched Rose Island in Netflix

[@evanstevens5373]

Fun fact: Richard Feynman, one of the world's all-time greatest theoretical physicists, took an extreme interest in Tanna Tuva after receiving one of their postage stamps. In his waning years, he made it his mission to get to Tanna Tuva- a mission made extremely difficult by the beginnings of the Cold War and his being an American. A book- Tuva or Bust! - was written about his adventure in 1991.

[@MikeCohenSF]

I was just going to mention this. I read that book and enjoyed it. I also collected stamps as a kid and I loved the stamps from Tannu Tuva which were interesting shapes.

[@seanmcloughlin5983]

I saw a video about the Bottleneck “free state,” and how it’s kinda heartwarming that during this era of German political upheaval where everyone was trying to take power by force This small Rhenish community gained autonomy didn’t want it and got it purely by accident and had the humor to recognize the absurdity despite the precarious situation they found themselves in.

[@samsmith2635]

I live across the River from Lorch in Bacharach. Fun Fact my Great Grandfather was in Koblenz in the US Army. The volk of the Middle Rhine Valley are awesome and pragmatic.

[@martinaltmann4031]

Germany has more of these weird shortlived states to offer, such as the "free socialist Republic of Schwarzenberg" in the Oar mountains (present day Saxony) 1945, and the second Polish state of Maskow, 1945-1948, located in the town of Haren an der Ems, in the Emsland in present day Lower Saxony, actually very close to the border ... not to Poland, but to the Netherlands.

[@y-europe6841]

Funny thing about Tannu Tuva. In the strategy game "Hearts od Iron 2" this country existed and in the unpatched version the game mostly crashed if you invaded it.

[@silverfishofdoom1312]

It’s in hoi4 and the greatest meme, you can form Siberia as tannu tuva

[@Taalul]

@@silverfishofdoom1312world conquest as tannu tuva

[@FentnyI]

Tannu Tuva was OP

[@z01t4n]

I've definitely heard of Tannu Tuva, and that's not even the strangest of the small states that were eventually absorbed into the USSR. Carpatho-Ukraine declared its independence from Czechoslovakia in 1939 (just before the Second World War) and existed for a single day before being occupied and annexed by Hungary.

[@WhizzKid2012]

It was not a day but a few hour.

[@Jeffreypennings8]

You should check Neutral Moresnet a country in Europe that existed from 1816 till 192, where even Esperanto was one of the official languages.

[@RepublicOfChebokstan]

He already did

[@NovikNikolovic]

That's in his old video

[@adrianvannorsdall6441]

You’ve built a fantastic channel Barbs, Very thankful for quality content

[@rkt7414]

I always think it would be cool of "countryless-peoples" got their own countries. Kurdistan, Hmong, etc.

[@SpicyCheeseAltHistory]

What’s Hmong

[@wile123456]

When they are oppressed they really do deserve their own country, or democracy gets stronger in the current country where they have people in power to represent them, but most of the time that isn't allowed, especially for the kurds.

[@hatinmyselfiscool2879]

​@EverythingILIkeIn1Channel hmong is an ethnic group in south east asia and are, if you can call them that, the original inhabitants of north thailand aswell as big parts of Myanmar.

[@SpicyCheeseAltHistory]

@@hatinmyselfiscool2879 thank you

[@Ironbanner12]

Roma?

[@Cadmann778]

If you ever do another one of these you should look up the "Italian Regency of Carnaro" that was established in the city of Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) after WW1 by eccentric poet, war hero, and general lunatic; General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso. The city was supposed to have to Italy after the war in the agreements to have Italy enter as an Entantee power, but meddling from Woodrow Willson promising it to the new Kingdom of Yugoslavia to act as a main port city for the nation (the city had a slight Italian majority population with other Yugoslav ethnicities making up the rest of the population). D'Annunzio's plan was to originally take over the city with his army of volunteer veterans and have the Italian government annex it immediately, but due to other issues such as the occupation of Turkish Adalia, and interfering with the Greco-Turkish war they had no intentions of getting into another international political mess. So he ended up declaring an independent state, wrote a syndicalist constitution, then suspended elections, declared himself dictator, became the first state to receive recognize the Soviet Union, engaged in state run naval piracy and drug running, and eventually was invaded by Italy under the Treaty of Rapallo with Yugoslavia to establish the also short lived Free State of Fiume. Mussolini took a lot of inspiration for his doctrines of fascism from this brief experiment in political theory, and it's one of the most influential nations of the 20th century due to that, but barely anyone has ever heard of it.

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@cassiephipps7449]

Check out the KZbin channel “used to exist”!!!

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Macho Italian writer Gabriele D'Annunzio wanted the Croatian port of Fiume (Rijeka) to become part of Italy after World War I. But the Great Powers gave it to Yugoslavia, so he went in and seized it, setting up a rogue state that lasted a year. That must have been pretty weird too...

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@timwinterhalter5233]

check out Red Flood. it's a world where among other things, WW1 went much worse for everyone involved and the Fiume Experiment really took off

[@cassianoneto1553]

Trindade’s a funny case, it randomly became the stage for a naval engagement between Britain and Germany during WW1. I usually think of it in relation with the Falkland Islands dispute between Britain and Argentina. Would be really easy to have a similar thing there between Brazil and the UK, but Brazil managed to enforce its sovereignty in the island and nowadays its not disputed. It has also become quite valuable recently as it extends Brazil’s EEZ far beyond its coastline, being part of the so called “Blue Amazon”.

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@MM22966]

Okay, but it's an ocean. You can't chop it down like the green Amazon.

[@EpicgamerwinXD6669]

I really hope you get to talk about Karakalpakstan in the Uzbekistan episode!

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

You should do a "partially recognized states" episode where you give some of the details in brief that you give for the rest of the countries.

[@noodengr3three825]

Like Transnistatria. Which I visited in Sept 2019.

[@CustardCream515]

As a teacher I was very happy to hear the geography cover teacher using one of your videos as an introduction to their task. Heard the jingle through our wall and it was in my head all day

[@davidebaso6994]

Please Barbs, do regions of Italy explained. They're so diverse from one another it would definitely be a great video

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@bebus6884]

Fun Fact: Every single country mentioned in this video is mentioned in the amazing book "An Atlas of Extinct Countries" by Gideon Defoe. Literally EVERY SINGLE ONE. Furthermore beat by beat nearly every point is mentioned is basically just a rewording of the entries listed in that book. This is nearing on plagiarism.

[@brivetteebanks-lynch3149]

he even made a video on that book too

[@HistoryHustle]

Love short-lived states. Haven't heard of most of them you presented. Cheers!

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@taimunozhan]

What about the Republic of Rio Grande, which split from a large Latin American country for a time but was eventually reincorporated into it... except that happened twice, in different places: there was a Republic of Río Grande in Mexico and also a República Riograndense (also known as Republic of Rio Grande) in Brazil.

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@theconqueringram5295]

Another example would be the Republic of Cospaia. Located in the hamlet of Cospaia, the territory came into existence when the territory was left out of a border treaty. Since no country was aware of this, the Cospaians decided to make their own. It existed from 1440 to 1826.

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@saadelansari4621]

Morocco wasn't given its independance, Morocco won its independance and fought for it.

[@smiley-hugs]

The better help sponsorship was so disappointing :(

[@crono_digger]

Why

[@fringeflix]

Your shirts get tighter every video!

[@tim..indeed]

Free State of Bottleneck was always part of Germany. It called itself 'state' like in the same sense as US states. Bavaria also calls itself 'Free State of Bavaria' while being part of Germany.

[@andrefasching1332]

thats not true. Bavaria calls itself Free state for a different reason. It is still an integrated part of Germany. The Freistaat Flaschenhals refused to be incorporated into any larger entity. They were politcally and economically independent from germany with made them a de fakto independent nation. the de jure situation is irrelevant in this case

[@SM-zt5ml]

The bottle neck is very interesting. I wasn’t far away from that recently. We Germans call it “Flaschenhals” which is bottle neck in German 🇩🇪

[@ayu-fq4xm]

You should cover the State of Hatay, which existed for only like a year but it had its own parliament and government. Even today Hatay is still very distinct from the rest of turkey because of its syrian heritage, even to this day people in hatay speak arabic, wether they're turkish arab or kurdish

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@Sawdust_]

thank you for the wacky geography stuff Mr. Geography

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@samehhisham86]

@Geography Now small correction: the city "Mainz" is pronounced as "mines" in english

[@doppelplusungutmensch1141]

Just a small thing for you, as you seem to be interested in other cultures and languages: The digraph "ch" in the German language has to different pronunciations, either like the "ch" in Scottish "Loch Ness" or like... well, a sound that's not known in 95 % of all languages in the world, somewhat like the "h" in "hue". But "ch" is never ever pronounced as in English. The latter is the case for the village "Lorch". It's pronounced with a hue-like h at the end of the word. Your pronounciation (with an English ch) would be written as "Lortsch").

[@thefirstdivision_main26]

Hai barb. I'm from Malaysia. Next maybe you can talk about the Kingdom of Sarawak 1841-1946 & the modern state of Sarawak 1963🇲🇾

[@eltontan4340]

Sarawak history was so fascinating, wished more people know about it,a Southeast Asia kingdom established by a British explorers that lasted almost a century.

[@juliusnepos6013]

James Brooke!

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

​@@eltontan4340singapore: south east asia kingdom established by a chinese explorer.

[@eltontan4340]

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 established by Chinese?correct in some ways I guess,but explorers?I’m don’t think Lee Kuan Yew is an explorer though.

[@greatwolf5372]

The story of the White Rajahs of Borneo is so fascinating lol! Just a random white dude becomes a king in Southeast Asia through diplomatic and military shenanigans.

[@9EscFan5]

If you mentioned a mountain fort, fully surrounded by a single country, it'd sound weird... but that's basically what San Marino is. One of the weirdest existing countries (but nothing beats Belgium)

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@seed_drill7135]

Any weirder than Monaco, which is essentially an independent Harrah's Casino?

[@CatFish107]

​@@seed_drill7135Monaco at least has a port.

[@MagnificentlyHighAlien]

The Vatican?

[@dominicperez3777]

Ah yes, everyone's favorite HOI4 nation: Tannu Tuva 😤

[@silverfishofdoom1312]

You mean the Siberian tiger right?

[@petermorin6741]

This felt like an April Fools episode tbh

[@titan1286]

I’m pretty sure everyone knows about Tannu Tuva just because of HOI4

[@Brawl_stars_enjoyer52]

4:39 in family guy there was a episode with Brian asking “what was it on the other side” stewie said something along the lines of “Jesus was Chinese his last name was hong, Jesus hong” referring to hong Xiuquan and how he was a supposed brother of Jesus

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

Tuva is the ONLY one of these that could be considered a "country". That and Taiping are the only ones I've heard of.

[@silverfishofdoom1312]

Taiping was also called the heavenly kingdom

[@miscellaneoussarnian5282]

talking about “countries that used to exist” is kind sort of too-soon/topical since Azerbaijan has just wiped Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh off the face off what maps they were on

[@juliusnepos6013]

Damn

[@o_s-24]

But Artsakh was not "weird" so yeah

[@JackParker-ev6me]

🇹🇷🇦🇿❤️🇮🇱 🤜🇦🇲🇵🇸🇮🇷🤮🤮🤮

[@rhizoid1170]

TANNU TUVA MENTIONED

[@nhanbui2707]

I love their anthem

[@Poyo494]

Sponsor is probably my favorite here, it's history is so detailed.

[@owenofhb8319]

I remember that one video you did on the Atlas on Extinct Countries book, similar to this video. I got the book, it was really good.

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@jmy9595]

Mainz, Germany-I studied there-is pronounced “Mine-ts” (one syllable), not “Mains”

[@wildsurfer12]

11:46 Maybe one of the wisest lines you’ve ever said barbs. I suppose the invention of social media has made the crazy more frequent and closer to us.

[@19frits74]

The state of Neutral Moresnet is worth making a short video about

[@vinnalls375]

For an idea of what Tangier was like, read Let it Come Down by Paul Bowles.

[@kalabuk1678]

4:45 Tianjin and Nanjing are two entirely different cities in China. They are the 11th and 41st largest cities in the world. The Capital of this kingdom was Nanjing. The reason for the confusion about the name is that 南京 was romanized as “Nanking” in the Postal romanization system, which was the most common system for Chinese place names in English between the 1890s and 1980s. (Although the postal system was common for place names, the related Wade-Giles romanization-which incidentally is based on the Nanjing accent-was used for other transliterations, such as people’s names). After the 1980s the pinyin romanization system was being adopted all around the Chinese-speaking world (that’s how we get “Nanjing”) and yeah, it’s pretty much the best system we’ve got, for now at least.

[@lan6139]

the Taiping renamed Nanjing to "Tianjing" 天京 during their occupation of the city

[@2763.j]

Honestly, Im impressed! I have learned so much about these historical nations.

[@patrick7932003]

Zero hour gang 💪

[@leslieadams2580]

Here

[@Hauwtsauce]

Hi

[@yashuwu09010]

Hello there

[@tedhubertcrusio372]

Ooooohhhhhh

[@1n4li5]

ello

[@Enric.]

I think Tuva doesn't fit the list because it isn't weird. The Russian Empire was massive and multiethnic, Tuva is one of the many countries that became independent after it just like Poland, Estonia, or Uzbekistan. Among all those countries Tuva was culturally the most distinct as it was a Buddhist nation culturally closer to Mongolia. The only reason why it's in this list while the others are not is because it did not manage to survive, but I don't think that makes Tuva weird.

[@ondrejsacky3652]

Austria-Hungary was definitely one of the weirdest on many levels.

[@itsatticuss]

morocco spotted edit: TANGIER TOO? bro my hometown less goooo

[@aniketshelar1200]

This story's so weird that i thought its a April fool episode..😂

[@Justin-ee1mv]

Let’s go Tuva mentioned

[@faenethlorhalien]

Those are actually good and rare. Good research work there, Barbs.

[@therongjr]

I once visited the Maritime Republic of Eastport. The crabs are good there.

[@nikolairau9841]

That's so badass. Thx so.much. we need more about it. Greetings from LA

[@badrdakir2749]

i'm moroccan and this is the first time i hear about this so thank's for the information.

[@jonathanbyrdmusic]

Can’t believe all those people got left in the Lorch.

[@owhboi]

Thank you.

[@stronkstream7791]

Staying up late at night was worth it

[@jeffreydeeds9225]

Zoiks! I had not heard of any of these! Great vid, mate.

[@MountCOBI]

That's the episode I've always wanted to see

[@setzuuna6714]

hey there are republic state that appeared in history like Ezo Republic and LanFang Republic, it's maybe a great idea to add that country

[@silverfishofdoom1312]

Wasn’t lan fang the Ming puppet state on Borneo?

[@solsolsolomon]

I really hope this mentions French Albania (Korçë)

[@solsolsolomon]

Also from WW1 Shenanigans

[@seppokuusinen8595]

Great video, very interesting stories!

[@devingiles6597]

Hey, Geography Now. In a future Filler Week video, can you please explain the states of Mexico?

[@ayoubmarine]

Hi. While talking about Tangier International Zone in the kingdom of Morocco you omitted to talk also about the Rif Republic which existed also for a few years.

[@alexandrufrateanu]

Nice video, Barbara!

[@2x2leax]

I consider this video to be the second part of Extinct countries you may not have heard of! (Geography Now!) which obviously was uploaded by this channel.

[@Palestine-girl]

Please read this The Isra" li occupation, a fact even acknowledged by Israel's, traces back to 1948 when the Balfour Declaration of 1917 pledged support for a Jewish national home in Palest* ne. This historical context is essential to understanding the plight of Palest* n* ans. For over TO years. Palest" n" ans have endured displacement, restricted movement, and lived under harsh conditions. The term "apartheid" aptly describes the segregation and discrimination they face in their own land, marked by numerous Isra* li checkpoints. Despite countless peaceful attempts, oppression persists, leading to further land loss and human suffering. It's important to note that Ham" as, often a focus of international attention, emerged as a response to active resistance against this enduring injustice. If you trying to feel sorry for Israel's today & hope you felt sorry for Palest* n* ans for the past TO years Give the people their homes and country back.

[@eltontan4340]

Around the same time as The Taiping heavenly kingdom,there was another anti Qing rebellion happening at Yunnan province by Hui people(chinese Muslims) who were facing prejudice by the manchus,revolt against the Qing and create a state called Pingnan Guo,their leader Du WenXiu built several mosque and adopt Arabic and created the first Quran copy in China, after taking over the capital city of Dali,WenXiu called himself Sultan Suleiman and proclaimed the Islamic Kingdom of Yunnan/Dali Sultanate. Unfortunately the rebellion/kingdom was defeated by the Qing after several years,WenXiu tried to sought assistance and support from the British but was declined help.Du WenXiu tried to surrender in hope that the residents will be spared but instead the people were massacred by rhe troops and WenXiu was beheaded.

[@beans6269]

If you do another one of these you should mention the state of Jaxa. A polish kingdom in northern manchuria during the mid 1600s that fought against russia and china.

[@Jkkooku]

So early to watch this barbs

[@leoaso6984]

7:33 "Basically, it was the island of a spoiled brat" "James Harden Hickey" There's a joke in there somewhere...

[@wendybrown4661]

The Tuvan and Buryat anthems are incredible.

[@christophhanke6627]

2:15 i am german and never ever heard of the "Freistaat Flaschenhals". What are weird and kinda stupid thing to do xD But it fits size-wise to what states looked like in the HRE

[@Reptain253]

It's so cool to see my hometown of Koblenz being mentioned here. What a cool way to wake up to! :D

[@marcs-mc]

Someone remembers when on 2017 our president of Catalonia declared independence from Spain to just say *JOKE LOL* seconds later? We were unilaterally declared a country for like 8 seconds. Was cool.

[@philcollinson328]

A very interesting vid thanks. I still doubt you had any liquid in that mug :D

[@estebanmondragon6726]

You forget the greatest "fictional" kingdom of all: the Kingdom of Redonda. The same history of the Principality of Trinidad, but ruled by a writer king and many artists with nobilities titles

[@isaacbobjork7053]

I hadn't heard of Limberwisk before this channel!

[@am17frans]

Feels like most ppl know about Tuva these days, as the present (22:39 CET 23/10/20) russian defence minister is from Tuva.

[@itryen7632]

What about Jaxa? Wasn't that a polish-speaking country in... Manchuria?

[@eclat4641]

Love stuff like this

[@DarkPsychoMessiah]

Knew about Taiping and Tannu Tuva, didn't know about the rest

[@RobinHood-tw4se]

After Barb covers ever country, he's gonna do every past nations, like the Roman Empire, Persia, etc.

[@aaronholcomb237]

During Apartheid, South Africa had "countries" called Ciskei, Transkei, Bophuthatswana and Venda. They were not recognized outside South Africa but appeared on maps and had their own flags and capitals.

[@1view995]

Love this content 🤩❤.

[@ImXuanCallmeJerry]

I love this, I want more

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Amazing video.

[@kubamoe]

Just seeing my Home town Montabaur in this Video makes me happy

[@Hahndrei]

Barbs: "If you're not a person that likes to learn things then I don't know why you're here." 🤣

[@bundayeti]

The Tuvan national anthem slaps for real

[@muhammadhabibieamiro3639]

Do more video like this

[@ortizandy87]

Geography is everything

[@Rxcvv-rn8gw]

Imagine getting mocked in the media at that time 🤣🤣

[@philibertyt2844]

Suprised Tuva was there bcs basically every hoi4 player knows abt it

[@silverfishofdoom1312]

I was surprised he didn’t mention aussa

[@Nikiboo32]

kinda weird seeing better help sponsorships again after they got exposed for not hiring real therapist back in 2017 or 18

[@HarvestStore]

Great Video.

[@EJBelge]

Tianjin and Nanjing are modern names of 2 cities in China. They are formerly called Tientsin and Nanking. I dont know if i just misheard your pronounciation on the Taiping portion of this video. I hope I am right.

[@Qiyunwu]

Tianjing 天京 was what the Taiping called Nanjing during the rebellion

[@flyingdreams5005]

He said Tianjing and you are referring to Tianjin...😅

[@Ifoundnohappinesshere]

Man produces a more in depth fun fact video ever

[@dunkelgoldig9689]

This could have easily been an april's fools day episode 😅