The World's Strangest Borders Part 3: Enclaves and Exclaves

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The world has a lot of strange borders, and in this episode we look at some of the strangest ones yet: enclaves and exclaves.
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[@kotzos100]

I am from Cyprus and I live in one of those villages sourended by the uk base but you can pass from all of the territory without problems the actual army facilities are tiny compared to the territory,that was totally wrong please like it so he can see

[@nx6528]

no problem we don't care about that you think Cyprus is boring because YOU are not even living in Cyprus...if you born in cyprus you gonna live cyprus

[@antimatter_nvf]

Well, sea is the reason we love Cyprus! And if we ever get bored we can, you know, take a plane somewhere. Ever heard of Ryanair?

[@eballisticgaminglegend1282]

Cyprus is not boring

[@lidulkadut]

LOL nice try not gonna like

[@lidulkadut]

EpicPredator64 he said no offense, het you seem rude to him

[@andr3wtp]

You don’t need to use a boat to cross through Cyprus. You’ve always been able to just drive through the UK bases

[@DE_3D]

It’s not required. He said it’s the easiest way

[@theonesparrowhawk]

Driving is the easiest way, OP is right

[@jacobw7938]

you're welcome

[@bot_5786]

Maybe ask of OP lives there?

[@dexterhaxxor]

Interesting. Is it the same with Cyprus and Northern Cyprus? Can you just drive through the UN zone?

[@waistdeepinicywaves]

1:58 Actually, the UAE and Oman have free movement.

[@cookiedove659]

So no borders

[@RogersMgmtGroup]

I went to those enclaves in Oman/UAE in Dec 2019. There is no border controls at all. You have to pay attention to the different ruler pictures to even know you have crossed the border. Also, you can't really drive from Oman to UAE to Oman to UAE to Oman to UAE to Oman because the roads don't work like that. To get into enclaves you get off the main coastal road and drive into the area, then backtrack out.

[@saeedk6867]

@@RogersMgmtGroup yeah thats exactly what i thought. He just tried to make it more interesting and dramatic about the 6 checkpoints.

[@alejandromechina5959]

Are those countries Emirates right?

[@waistdeepinicywaves]

Alejandro Mechina The UAE is Emirates.

[@jifa17]

When you see strange borders, it is very likely that the UK played a role there.

[@ApaleutosMits]

British or Soviets were better in messing up borders,it is tough call

[@murpho999]

Yes everywhere they colonised they often left a mess and partition behind. Look at Ireland.

[@gooble69]

Yet if you watch the actual video you'll find it was pretty much everyone doing it.

[@solarnaut]

The more extensive your reach . . . the more extensive the side effects of your reach. B-) wiki: "The EMPIRE On Which The SUN NEVER SETS was used to describe certain global empires that were so extensive it seemed it was always daytime in part of its territory. ...originally ...Empire of Charles V, who, as Duke of Burgundy, King of Spain, Archduke of Austria, and Holy Roman Emperor, attempted to build a universal monarchy. The term was then used for the Spanish Empire of Philip II of Spain and successors when the empire reached a global territorial size, particularly in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. "It was used for the British Empire, mainly in the 19th and early 20th centuries, a period in which the British Empire reached a global territorial size. In the 20th century, the phrase has sometimes been adapted to refer to the global reach of American power. "

[@suryatejas3013]

@@murpho999 or the Euphrates and the Tigris plains (Iraq, Syria and Jordan)

[@muscovymapping8896]

Ok, so an Uzbek territory surrounded by Kyrgyzstan has an ethnicity of 99% Tajik? Stalin must have been really high on vodka when he drew that!

[@summergd]

@@yegorgribenuke6853 he died on 5 march 1953

[@84updown]

high on vodka

[@eliegbert8121]

He did it on purpose

[@luckybarbieri8533]

u cant get high on vodka bro

[@GastonBoucher]

@@luckybarbieri8533 In Soviet Russia you can.

[@exastrisscientia8656]

After drinking a lot of Vodka, Stalin got the idea: "Comrade generals, I'm gunna piss on this map and where ever the piss lands that's gunna be the new border."

[@terrencedouglas375]

That explains the drip drizzles of territory

[@truvonne]

Yap

[@lostmusic99]

😂😂😂

[@stuffinanutshell9418]

He actually did it in purpose so the *Stan* nations cant form a union and be a threat to moscow

[@higashitoshiyuki5609]

@@stuffinanutshell9418 yes

[@samuelmarkby2441]

Most of these situations can be explain as a group of guys saying “No! That’s our rock”

[@Dangur2]

They do

[@Jaykman]

"The reason that these exist, in two words, is Joseph Stalin" then proceeds to not explain what Stalin or Russia did to cause such borders.

[@azreal4633]

wooow applause to you, you watched the video

[@Jaykman]

@@azreal4633 Hey man with a little practice, you could too

[@marblecat779]

But he did explain it. Said it right here “Joseph Stalin”

[@vanillacake8221]

the reason is that Stalin wanted no opposition for his regime so he liked to break ethnic borders. basically africa but intentionally designed to cause turmoil and to prevent them from standing united against Stalin

[@apalahartisebuahnama7684]

@@vanillacake8221 Very nice of Stalin, usually he just remove the entirety of ethnic to somewhere else so they can just unable to fuck with him, Our Comrade the Great Joseph Stalin was truly genius *clap* *clap*

[@koninkrijkdernederlanden8711]

5:17 Well, that sokhs.

[@hi-sg5fh]

Koninkrijk der Nederlanden ba dum pshhhh

[@iamnotcyanxd5985]

sux

[@Wendoverproductions]

Fun fact: I've used both the first and second stock footage clip in this video in one of my videos (ok that wasn't that fun)

[@neske]

Wendover Productions Hi

[@scarface2771]

lmao

[@kickthesocc5973]

It was a fun fact. I hardly noticed

[@Gamepro2112]

Way to troll.

[@Nomad9657]

stfu and use non-retarded measurements

[@dystrophic]

I was so confused at 4:22 because it looked like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan were a peninsula and Kyrgzstan was in the ocean.

[@RRansomSmith]

Ok so it wasn't me then 😂

[@RRansomSmith]

He needs a different color for that

[@wayward4657]

A common rule in map-making is to never color land blue

[@cookiedove659]

Me too

[@cookiedove659]

Now I understand that

[@roryfriththetraveller4982]

i think this series has taught me that no matter how diplomatic current countries like to pretend to be, everyone is still petty as hell lol

[@hayvenforpeace]

Most people hate “the other.” Anyone with a different language, ethnicity, or way of life is viewed as a threat. This goes back to humanity’s roots as social primates in small kinship groups, similar to chimpanzees. There are a few humans who are not inherently bigoted, but most are significantly different than the “”norm”” psychologically (travelers usually lack this impulse, as we want to experience other cultures). I’m not sure what the solution would be, if there is one. Perhaps having rational AI make all major political decisions, to get around human in-group instinct?

[@sawbones9874]

2:15 Oman, that's a lot of border checkpoints.

[@servantofallah1698]

Areweed 😂 I see what you did there

[@NewGuyGamesTraveler]

Omanception

[@skywalker2968]

Areweed Badum tss

[@hafsazadjali5776]

Agree 😂 am from Oman it’s basically all an Omani land !

[@ammoniumammonide]

lol i live in oman and i never noticed that random part of oman inside the UAE

[@cup_check_official]

The worlds most important border: Privacy :)

[@appleapple143]

Tell Me This Apple! Apple for privacy against the FBI!

[@big-bonkin-head1034]

Tell Me This Telling everyone their business!!

[@alexwales8914]

My family have never heard of this border

[@tisisajay]

hey my channel is like yours sub 4 sub plz...i subbed you

[@sookai74]

Tell Me This 1000th like

[@DA87i]

Baarle-Nassau needs a video, each house along a road will belong to either Belgium/Netherlands and you might commonly cross between the two countries over 20 times within a few minutes just walking along the pavement

[@Princeofvenlo]

Same as a Sittard, it’s 15 minutes away from Eindhoven but shares borders with Belgium.

[@vixseboxse]

@@Princeofvenlo There are no enclaves in Sittard

[@Gabriponte01]

Belgium-Netherlands border in Baarle: am I a joke to you?

[@supremegloriouscomradestal5342]

I can’t draw

[@1tems]

:(

[@jimgolovan9350]

Loooooooooooooool

[@t_aikutsu]

*y e a h n o s h i t*

[@AirEyez]

you know what i accept that you cant draw. i know that feeling bro.

[@dr4876]

But I like trains.

[@mr_joni648]

I thought: Why did Whonder Why upload this twice? Then I saw, it was RealLifeLore :D

[@Skip6235]

Same! Haha

[@SooSkii]

Das große J you just made me realise thT

[@asb5781]

Das große J me too! Wtf

[@MrGregory777]

i have to say same here

[@SebastianTomescu]

*wonder*

[@anghinetti]

Campione d'Italia is an exclave of Italy surrounded by Switzerland. Although less than a kilometre from the rest of Italy, mountain terrain makes it a journey by road of fourteen kilometres to reach the nearest other Italian town. Because the telephone service in Campione d'Italia is operated by Swisscom, people in the rest of Italy making a call to Campione d'Italia must use the Swiss International dialling code, whilst people in Campione d'Italia making a call to the rest of Italy must use the Italian international dialling code.

[@BlueDiamondFalls]

Government: Stalin, how do you want to draw these borders- Stalin: *Y E S*

[@chuwyton]

No mention of Baarle-Hertog/Baarle-Nassau, the town who can't decide if it's Belgian or Dutch?

[@lillyie]

unlike the countries in this video, the people of those towns can freely move from Belgium to Netherlands without needing to be checked by border security because they're both part of EU

[@MsMarty07]

@@lillyie still, Baarle Hertog/Baarle Nassau will fit perfectly here, considering that none of the above mentioned countries have borders crossing straight through the houses or stores.

[@AidenR19]

No it actually belongs to Pirates! Captain black beard thatch and Edward kenway's friends!

[@thierrypauwels]

Baarle-Hertog/-Nassau has more enclaves/exclaves than any of the cases mentioned in this video. I expected it to be No. 1

[@nick_nachu9278]

@@AidenR19 hippity hoppity your land is now my property

[@whydoievenhavesubs3317]

Laos: i wanna swim Vietnam: no u cant

[@QinPuyi]

was good :D

[@blockyhour4224]

Argentina: Hey can I touch the Pacific O- Chile: NO

[@juandavidortizsuarez9846]

@@blockyhour4224 bolivia: Please I want to surf Chile: N O

[@LuigiLuigi728]

Bosnia: I wanna swim Croatia: No you can't Bosnia: I don't care ( *Takes tiny bit of shore* )

[@KaiwunShowtime]

Ethiopia: Can I go swimming? Somalia: No way.

[@maarschalkvr]

the east most base on Cyprus is not as strict when it comes to its boarders , took a vacation there and rented a car its easy to drive trough to the villages and u wont be stopped

[@hanneken4026]

For even more intertwined enclaves and exclaves, look up the Dutch-Belgian border at Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-Hertog. It doesn't cause many day-to-day problems as coöperation between the two countries is good: even before the EU Schengen arrangements there was a Benelux agreement to minimize trouble at border crossings between Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.

[@AllThingsTrainsbyDrTesla]

In Cyprus you can easily pass through the british area as there there are no border control, there are highways and you can go anywhere in that british area, except the actual military bases in it, which are not that big compared to the size of the total area :) also there is a funny point of british area that is only a 2-lane road wide and it's the only thing seperating north and south parts, the only place where there isn't a UN buffer zone :)

[@eliasantoniou3096]

you got the Cyprus bit a bit wrong since Cypriots are allowed to go through the areas owned by the uk but they arent to go allowed to entering the military bases so you ca easily travel to that part of the Isle by car ps. im Cypriot so i know

[@comradedoge9644]

Elias Antoniou Πως θες να παν;

[@amybulger1758]

Elias Antoniou has

[@eliasantoniou3096]

opos panta i idia istoria lisi den tha vroune pote

[@Madshooter91]

Elias Antoniou do you like the uk

[@eliasantoniou3096]

Yeah got no reason to hate it

[@florianoberlander8670]

I've discovered a weird Border Situation at the Austria-Germany Border. It's actually some sort of Panhandle of Austria stretching into Germany and it's a little further north of Tannheim. I don't know, how this Border Situation came to be, but it would be interesting to find out. I hope, you are able and also want to put this in one of your videos.

[@MG42AA2WorldSuperCars]

3:55 that was actually Tacloban City in the Philippines after the freaking Typhoon Haiyan

[@sundalongpatpat]

Is it really???

[@bubblejam9546]

OMFG YES

[@josephstalin9318]

4:40 Damn Look at me

[@hujandrazz]

4:41

[@temkin9298]

Magnistalinficent borders and that interesting diffrent country, diffrent people exclave you did there. Truly Stalingrand levels of detail right there. It's quite uncommune to see such union of colors and famine of uncreativity. Now, this is Sputnik - 1 of art. Us congratulate us. I PUNder if you SAW TRUE my PUNtastic puns of pure FLAILness. I can't pun left. I failed, i now .

[@johnpaulabocad6941]

U suck

[@HNL99439]

4:42

[@milidevasia5533]

4:43

[@bijn1848]

*laughs in Belgian/Dutch enclaves and exclaves*

[@berndscheffler9437]

Büsingen am Hochrhein Municipality in Germany

[@seppemanderick497]

Hahaha ik ook hoor

[@Jamie.0187]

Robbe Sohier Zuid Nederland en Nederland!

[@lindemuller4547]

@@Jamie.0187 Grappig hoor, maar het blijft wishful thinking. België kan niet gesplitst worden op een bevredigende manier, en het is ook een slecht idee om Wallonië erbij te nemen. Ofwel moeten Frans en Duits officiële talen worden, ofwel moeten alle Walen vloeiend Nederlands kennen. Geen van de twee is eerlijk.

[@PatFeyenoord]

@@lindemuller4547 Belgie is gewoon geen land zoals net nu is. Verschillende talen, verschillende TV zenders, verschillende kranten etc. Vlaanderen past heel mooi bij Nederland in mijn ogen maar hoop voor ze dat ze eerst loskomen van die Walen wat veel Vlamingen willen.

[@omran172]

I thought Kyrgstan was water when he showed the map😂😂😂

[@omran172]

@Semitex stfu assadist

[@ege4414]

@Semitex its actually original syria flag

[@Anthony-uz5lo]

@Semitex you need to go to the vet. You got something wrong with your brain

[@lunrengthangaaronkilong7238]

😂😆

[@daviams22]

4:46 this Village is called barak and the Borders actually got extended further to connect it with the Mainland.

[@60secondsuccess39]

All I see is the work of a really drunk cartographer. I bet they are having a real chuckle right now.

[@christyknox8869]

Omgg, I just imagined that as a Santa Claus looking fellow, laughing like that never ending lizard meme 😂

[@obsessivelyoli]

RealLifeLore When your country has no land borders... :D 🇵🇭

[@carlosmagalhaes7109]

Gavin Herrera What does PH mean?

[@lordironhidex]

Carlos The Great its Philippines :3

[@jackphillips4020]

60 Second Success Your content is actually really underrated keep it up

[@davebournemouth]

There are more complicated borders, between India and Bangladesh, where the feeling is not too good, and also between Belgium and the Netherlands at a town called Barle Hertog, where almost every street and building is in a different country, but at least they are friends, its just kept that way because of tradition and tourist interest.

[@nick_nachu9278]

They fixed them

[@santoshd6613]

India & Bangladesh sorted it out under the leadership of PM Modi...

[@itzimperiumxvi2620]

S V D what was agreed?

[@santoshd6613]

@@itzimperiumxvi2620 Many of enclaves were handed over to other by each side

[@treyredmond670]

that would be nice. i could visit a friend in a different country.

[@sardorbek6399]

I live in Uzbekistan and this awkward an-exclaves wonder me too. Thanks for making video about those places.

[@noelschmidt1422]

I love this video. Thanks for sharing the info!

[@ultimusborussiarum9333]

And I though the Holy Roman Empire was a mess of borders...

[@EmperorSip]

LagiNaLangAko23 they had a kaiser so they are an empire in italy germany and belgium

[@Cheesemongle]

renovatio imperii

[@ultimusborussiarum9333]

#Voltaire :)

[@petergray7576]

LagiNaLangAko23 Definitely wasn't an empire. It was a collection of feudal estates and principalities that accepted a foreign emporer as their liege. Borders changed mostly due to intermarriage and warfare between the various ruling families, which led to the weird borders.

[@peterfox1380]

We can all thank Napoleon for fixing that huge chunk of mess. #makeconfederationoftherhinegreatagain

[@towelie374]

"I will build a great wall and nobody builds walls better than me"

[@bonjovi5311]

Towelie Here comes trump

[@abyssstrider2547]

Towelie trump the builder...

[@shafwandito4724]

Edin743 can he build it? trump the builder yes he can!

[@pablocanovas2779]

Sorry, Trump is late. Spain has the greatest wall in the border with Morroco.

[@ItsFunnyBone]

YOU'RE a towel.

[@onee]

Brief overview of who ruled Cyprus: 1400 BC-1000 BC Hellenic Cyprus 1000 BC-709 BC Ten City states 709 BC-631 BC Neo-Assyrian Cyprus 631 BC-570 BC Ten city-kingdoms of Cyprus (independent ruling) 570 BC-525 BC Egyptian Cyprus 525 BC-331 BC Persian Cyprus (Achaemenid Persian Empire) 331 BC-310 BC Nikokreon of Cyprus 310 BC-306 BC Menelaos is satrap of Cyprus (satrap = governor of ancient Persian empire) 306 BC-301 BC Antigonus rules Cyprus 301 BC-58 BC Ptolemaic Cyprus 58 BC-649 Roman Cyprus 649-688 Arab occupation of Cyprus 688-960 Roman-Arab Cyprus (shared ruling) 960-1185 Theme of Cyprus (ruled by the Byzantines) 1191-1489 Kingdom of Cyprus (ruled by the French) 1489-1571 Venetian Cyprus (ruled by the Italians) 1573-1914 Ottoman Cyprus (ruled by the Turks, Ottomans rent secretly Cyprus to UK for 50 years in 1878) 1914-1925 British occupation of Cyprus (UK annexes island during WW1) 1925-1960 British Cyprus (as a colony) 1960-1974 Republic of Cyprus (Greeks Cypriots decide to murder Turkish Cypriots, and Turkey intervenes under the Treaty of Guarantee) 1974-present Turkish Northern Cyprus + Republic of Cyprus (Greek)

[@Itsamecat]

onee BREIF OVERVIEW???? This is breif??? Oh wow that must be complicated

[@suzettezamora1803]

1 Oman 2 UAE 3 Oman 4 UAE 5 Oman 6 UAE 7 Oman

[@ehebwgusnshsjsns7414]

The 1960-1974 comment you gave is a extreme oversimplification of the actual events . Both sides did hottible stuff period

[@LaninDT]

The Oman/UAE situation is familiar to anyone who ever drove to West Berlin during the Cold War.

[@NazadYT]

You actually don't understand how long I've been waiting for this

[@mr.salimi563]

KKK (triggered)

[@O2RiDeR_]

IronBearYT - Growtopia & Minecraft! If u didnt u wouldn't actually care to comment

[@Ida-xe8pg]

the thing that i don`t like is that most of these types of vid are just a copy of others

[@arielbunin5892]

lol he's right

[@DerPeder23]

what about the borders of belgium? especially to the netherlands, there are at least 20 exclaves in and around a small city :D

[@GOATamania]

Family decides to go to Northern Oman from Mainland Oman After crossing 6 borders between UAE and Oman Wife : Honey i think i forgot to close the doors

[@jimyuyu9666]

😂😂😂

[@mk_57]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 That's niceeeee 😂😂

[@yenigi5139]

I've been on Agia Napa and Larnaka on Cyprus and you can literally just take a bus to the capital no problems there. Been also on the Turkish side.

[@DjilliAKG97]

3 things are certain in life: 1 - death 2 - taxes 3 - whenever i see a new RealLifeLore video, i'm immediately gonna watch it

[@TheHmd11]

We dont have taxes in Kuwait

[@cr4his]

I think 1 - Birth 2 - Taxes 3 - food 4 - A new lifelore video

[@JohnLuckPickard141]

Vanatice Long as abortion is practiced somewhere in the world, birth isn't always guaranteed

[@cr4his]

@@JohnLuckPickard141 haha

[@kylelinton6553]

I love your vids so much! They are incredibly interesting and infinitely informational. can't wait for the next one!

[@x-pizza1004]

These strangest borders videos are very cool I love them

[@aryansatvati4161]

It was very interesting thank you for making this video🤔❤❤

[@brankojakovljevic3611]

There is also a weird border between Croatia and Bosnia.

[@SantomPh]

There are plenty of border crossings that are invisible on the map, being reserved for locals and farm animals.

[@GDRAFPilot_]

@Kevin Ma Croatia: Kay fine *gives a small chunk of land*

[@FiorixF1]

The mythical village of Neum ❤

[@subagaming2075]

As a croatian, i agree

[@pyroshrimp4073]

and the tail thing in bulgaria

[@tamastag]

Wow. That was crazy. Nice vids.

[@David_Fellner]

This one reminds me of something I learned from George Carlin. Mongolia used to be split into two countries, Inner Mongolia and Outer Mongolia. And each of these had an inner and outer region. So, at some point, there existed places called Inner Outer Mongolia and Outer Inner Mongolia. "I enjoy picturing the road signs around there, and all the people making wrong turns." ~ George Carlin (paraphrased)

[@AbudBakri]

Damn the *Stan* countries have so many problems, it's not even funny now.

[@mayankabrol9380]

Salterino Kripperino you are an idiot

[@ElfRulerr]

You should see the borders of Kekistan.

[@TeddyKrimsony]

Kekistan has no borders

[@aurelia8028]

why do i see you on so many videos Dr.StickFigure?

[@namingisdifficult408]

Magnus Juul he is ubiquitous

[@CLHSkates]

I love how you are actually putting time into informative educational videos instead of just making click bait

[@teun8735]

Interesting :), Look at baarle-hertog in the Netherlands/ Belgium for another crazy set of enclaves.

[@DaijDjan]

"The world can be quite a mess in some places." Yeah, that sums it up nicely ;)

[@SangoProductions213]

Oh god. I'm getting flashbacks to EU4. #EndTheBorderGore

[@obsessivelyoli]

SangoProductions213 A hundred countries all squeezed inside Germany, Burgundy in two, then when Austia takes it they have 3 enclaves, and then Venice with its arm cut off in Dalmatia, Teutonic Order with a little enclave beside Brandenburg, Provence also has two different territories, and with the new DLC Japan is a complete mess...

[@rikashey9458]

You mean CK2? EU4 doesn't really have bad border gore. CK2 is just horrid.

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Two words: Voltaire's Nightmare

[@stultus2172]

Stellaris border gore can get quiet nasty too.

[@edi0157]

I dont play EU4 but i play Stellaris though and those borders can be a mess too

[@ginas1s551]

Kyrgzstan citizens: "Please let us leave" 😭😭😭 Kyrgzstan government: 😠 No!!! "We really need you there guys..." 😔😔😔 lmao

[@derpyherpy3773]

I actually wonder what life is thete

[@sempre8135]

The real question is: why? I mean, why is that tiny territory so valuable?

[@AdamOnPCGaming]

@New England woooosh

[@polarninjawastaken]

I don't know what to say considering I am Kyrgyz...

[@kennycai8695]

Not so pleasant if the Uzbek military looks at them suspiciously. OK, I get it's the Fergana Valley and all three countries want a foothold there, but come on, the citizens deserve something to put up with a potentially hostile military presence.

[@Amberleen_the_Light_Eevee]

They are all like: "Mine mine mine mine mine mine mine!!"

[@luck3949]

4:10 I've been to that right exclave of Southen Cyprus in Aya Napa and Paralimni, and I traveled there by road from Larnaca. I didn't even notice the UK teritory. I don't remember the exact year, but it was approximately 2014. So it is (or at least was) travelable by car. I've been to North Cyprus as well. There is a border, but it doesn't take long to cross it, maybe 10-15 minutes to process all the documents. It's very sad what Turkey did there. Famagusta is a ghost city. A taxi driver from Southern Cyprus, who agreed to make a guided tour for us to the North Cyprus almost cried when we were passing by his ex-home, occupied by Turkish family.

[@TheEatmaca]

As far as I understand you only heard one side of story, but there is another side too. Before the military operation, Cyprus was not in peace at all. There was a civil war between turks and greeks. And greece was supporting greeks in matter of money, weapons etc.. There were a lot of Turkish villages burned, womens get raped, children get murdered. The list keeps going on. Finally, after several warnings about stopping the genocide, Turkey started a military operation and saved his citizens. To sum up, Greece wanted a greek island on Mediterranean and to do so started a civil war. Turkey did not allow its citizens to murdered and started a military operation and take half of the lands. And to your knowledge, nothern Cyprus has absolutely no benefit fot turkey at all. In fact Turkey spending incredible amount of money to support their economy cause they have no other income..

[@afrocyberdelia]

Now l understand better why the Turkey and even Bulgaria are so agressive against Greece and british coalition....

[@maninredhelm]

What's the explanation for why Turkey didn't bring the remains of their important historical figure inside their own borders, but instead left them a couple hundred meters outside?

[@solid7468]

Turkey has a history of claiming Syrian territories

[@withche07]

maninredhelm turkey has claims on northern syria and iraq where heavily populated by turkmens. that's why. I am Turkish, btw. (It is one of the reasons that Turkey intervened into Syrian civil war)

[@solid7468]

withche07 Are these claims legal as would Turkey fill a lawsuit in the international court of justice? Does Turkey have legal proof that these areas are Turkish?

[@withche07]

Adam Madi Definitely no. It is just similar to Russians in Crimea or Turkish Cypriots: These areas are not homogen I mean yes there are lots of Turkmens especially at some cities but there are also arabs and kurds. So claim is all matter of diplomacy. I mean Turkey currently holds chunk of lands but their plan is just to throw assad away. not seperating country right now. I just think that usa and russia wouldnt want another country. So it is all about diplomacy: "look we have turkmens there so we dont want assad, either throw assad away or we wont go away" like poker game

[@solid7468]

Why did the the Treaty of Lausanne include hatay within Syria and does Syria have a legal claim?

[@yeow9599]

"LOL No"

[@IvyAltdrachen]

Yeow - Simplistic Gamer Ayyy I remember you! Your a dancing line/rolling sky channel. I'm subbed

[@Nugcon]

Gotem

[@vgamerul4617]

@@Nugcon ok

[@Nakutnyi]

You forgot about the Bosnia and Herzegovina-Croatia border along the Adriatic Sea. That looks really odd.

[@serhiyboyko173]

Thanks for video. It is very interesting.

[@peileii]

Surprised that you didn't include Baarle-Hertog in this video. Then again, it probably deserves it's own video.

[@txawv1923]

"Turkey: "LOL NO"" :'D Got me

[@ravshanhusenov1178]

Yep it is true I live in Uzbekistan and we had some military conflicts with Kyrgyzstan

[@xanshen9011]

@Sharifjon Olimjonov Sorry to hear that bro, Im Kyrgyz. Hopefully we can find peace between the 3 countries and prosper together against the true threat CHINA.

[@greggv8]

You could have covered the only recently solved mess of the enclaves mixed up among India and Pakistan, some of which were like the one with the UAE and Oman. The two countries finally agreed on land swaps to fix the problem.

[@filipfilip1507]

I think it was India and *Bangladesh*

[@alexlagoa9084]

He made an entire video about that

[@Aprill264]

You forgot about Baarle nassau, a Really messed up enclave of Belgium in the Netherlands

[@940steel]

Thumbs up for RealLifeLore's great work on every video! :)

[@FewVidsJustComments]

0:21 "lets talk about turkey, and by that i mean this rectangle" i have never heard turkey summed up so well

[@FiorixF1]

Italy: - Has an exclave inside Switzerland (Campione d'Italia) - Gorizia is in Italy and has border with Nova Gorica (New Gorizia) which is in Slovenia and the border is just a line drawn on the ground - Trieste was jumping between a country and another during the century and now it belongs to Italy giving it a strange shape to the border - It contains two independent micronations (Vatican City and San Marino)

[@maxvanhoutte6504]

in my country (belgium) you can wake up in the netherlands and shower in belgium

[@SelwynJ33]

A couple of odd borders you might like to explore in your videos - both concerning the Netherlands. The better known one is the towns of Baarle Nassau and Baarle Herzog, which are a mad patchwork of Belgian and Dutch land. The second is a real oddity though, and a great trivia question: where is the border between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and France? The answer - on the Caribbean island of St Martin!

[@rileysnowflake]

I like how turkey said "LOL No"😂

[@Someyone1085]

Wow nice explaination

[@remyblas]

If you plan on doing more of these, you should look into Croatia, specifically the border with Bosnia in the southeast of Croatia. There's a small panhandle of Bosnia that reaches the Adriatic Sea and separates a whole area of Croatia, but that access to the sea is almost completely surrounded by Croatian peninsulas and islands. I believe Croatia gave that area to Bosnia during their war with Serbia, but actually that whole area is full of historic borders from when it was all Yugoslavia, so I'm sure there are plenty of bizarre borders around there. Not to mention people that consider themselves from a nationality that's not the country they actually live in.

[@JonJunoify]

Why did they move the body to a part of Syria closer to the border rather than just moving the body INTO TURKEY ITSELF?! It's like they want to have to go back and get it again...

[@kinga6347]

😛😛😛we are wierd 😛😛😛

[@bcubed72]

More realistically, why didn't Turkey just exploit Syria's weakened state to annex the handful of KM into Syria to simplify things? I mean, everybody else is fighting in that country; may as well add another belligerant...if they agreed to kill enough ISIS, the world might look the other way...

[@Supermario0727]

JonJunoify Because Turkey wants to claim Syrian lands. Turkey is one of the biggest bullies. They are responsible for numerous disasters and issues across Europe and Asia.

[@sharkfinbite]

@JonJunoify I came across this story before. I forgot most of the details. If I remember correctly it has to do with the person's wishes of where to be burred, or the decision of the people deciding where to bury him. The man wanted to be kept in that spot. However the conflicted started and the Turkish government asked questions of concern to the other nation's gov. of safety to the site. They didn't give much answers. They asked permission to take the guy for safe keeping until things calmed down but they still did not get replies back. The Syrian government leaders are... difficult and they can easily get irritable. So my guess Turkey did a tactic of grabbing the person after telling them they will if they did not get a reply without their permission or the other government shown signs of not being able to keep the site safe from possible danger coming closer to the tomb that could wreck it and move him to a safer area. They did not move him into Turkey because they wanted to avoid it turning into a big international incident where they get accused of stealing a important figure from another country side. I know what you are thinking right now. How is it stealing if he is technically on their land already? The person if I recall was a joint shared national figure. He was suppose to be managed with cooperation with another country. He is kind of similar in situation with Lafayette. Lafayette loves France and wishes to be buried there. However he also stated he would love also to let the soil he is in to be from America. The U.S. would later replace the soil he sleeps in with its soil thanks to French permission. If either one tried to grab and mess with his grave it would be seen as an insult and lead to an international incident. It's all thanks to the circumstances of his historical significance towards each country and how he and the two nations wish to bury him. This is probably the similar situation Turkey has to deal with except the location's leaders are a lot more fickle and the surrounding location is extremely dangerous. The tomb was actually very close to the danger zones or flat out in the danger zone of a lot of fighting and crazy people during this time. They did not felt like the government at the time was doing enough to keep the area of a few Turkish guards and the site safe and decided to move it away from the danger zone. The location they moved it is literally a temporary one. They will move it back once everything dies down. It's not so much a land grab like some of the replies are claiming. It's just trying to protect what little they can of the remains and the site as possible. They know it is not how it should be handled but again... the other side was having problems keeping the area around it safe and was having problems of its own. There's no dang way it could have watched over it and thanks to the conflict the people would not care if they damaged it or not. It was either let it be shot up to hell because of the current problems going on in Syria or grab what they can and move it to a safer location with the possibility of angry letters being thrown at it. I think most people would have done the same thing in their situation. When saying this do not interpret this to mean Turkey never does tries to bully or try to make land grab claims. They do have territorial disputes with others. It's just that... this situation I get a gut feeling it isn't a land grab or another case of them bullying. I think they are just trying to minimize any possible danger to their historical figure's remains and tomb as well trying to avoid letting the situation erupt with more public outrage regarding this figure. They probably trying to avoid as much outrage from their own people along with the local Syrian government and its locals too. Turkey can't really... just let the site get possibly wrecked when the other government is so busy with its own issues to manage protecting the area around it for them. They are quite possibly doing them a favor by doing this. It might be preventing Syria from having a increase surge of outrage from people in Turkey being angry the conflict in their country damaged their important figure and grave. It is already having to deal so much as it is. It doesn't need more angry hot heads right now because of the conflict.

[@turkeangames9269]

@@Supermario0727 thats why turkish people say ''only the turks are friends of the turks'' believe the propaganda of your goverment and so will i friend the world isnt a true place in turkish schools they try to make turks stronger than they ever were some asshole even saying ottomans lost because germans gave up lmao how stupid is that im pretty sure what you said is propaganda ''but i researched from google or any other source'' who made the source? one that hates their country? loves it? either way no one can know what actually happened but god and you people just hating the turks for that is stupid and try to live as fellow humans not enemies so delete your comment rethink what you typed and maybe you'll have a better life (also on the genocides yes i agree turks did kill some armenians but as im told from bigger people it was defensive or they rebelled i hear both so often i have a neutral opinion on this. also french did many genocides too before they recognise the armenian one recognise yours france :) ) have a better life after reading this don't hate fellow humans just because you were thought to live like we(they) are the same as you no person is more usefull than any other person

[@cecileplunet2072]

This video is awesome

[@agalah408]

The state of South Australia is in a time zone 30 minutes offset from New South Wales. But in that SA. time zone is the city of Broken Hill, a South Australian city that maintains a NSW time zone. Spooky!

[@Blewberry02]

Strange borders - North Korea Legend has it that Kim Jong Un has a small patch of land near the North Korea-China border. In that land is 7 tons of cheese for Kim's cheese fetish.

[@OsuSweet]

Mr. L we must call him king kong yun

[@mr.salimi563]

But what if North Korea gets nuked by that pesky United States of America (if, let's say Kim Jong Un had a war boner and decided to nuke Alaska, Hawaii or the Pacific west coast)and his cheese storage gets raided or something by China and then Xi Jinping feeds it to his communist party?

[@maryb9942]

Lol I Don't Live In US I Live In UK

[@MrKmanthie]

Golden Bullet05 ...fuck that. Call him a piece of shit psycho!

[@ldseoru3932]

Wtf?! 😂😂😂

[@CloudyCartoo]

What about Baarle-Nassau? I heard that place has lots of enclaves and exclaves

[@thierrypauwels]

Yes. More than 20.

[@stephenrichards8370]

The easiest way of getting from South-East Cyprus to the rest of Cyprus isn't by taking a boat - it's just by driving down the motorway. Although you're technically driving through the British Sovereign area, there are no border fences or even signs. It's completely seamless.

[@theunknownstuntman4010]

Well done for not tripping over your words with the amount of times you had to say Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in those last two entries

[@alliinase9076]

His pronunciation is a lot better than his spelling, lol :9

[@ignemuton5500]

thanks joseph, geopolitics would be boring without you

[@AdolfHitlerMemeLord]

I'm from southern Cyprus, in my country to get fish and chips you have to go to the British military base near Larnaka. (Not even joking)

[@PBMatNight]

I thought you were Austrian.

[@Oshin-kf8wo]

Adolf Hitler Your country Republic Cyprus not northern and southern

[@koninkrijkdernederlanden8711]

Adolf Hitler Do you know in which part of Cyprus I can get some sauerkraut with Bratwurst?

[@ioeuropaganymedkallisto7204]

Adolf Hitler no real Cypriot would say that he is from "southern" Cyprus. You're a fraud, now piss off and go back to hell, Hitler.

[@ehebwgusnshsjsns7414]

@@ioeuropaganymedkallisto7204 yeah wtff

[@CopperKettle]

Very interesting, thank you

[@eliletts5158]

Wow!!! Those are some bazar boarders indeed!!! 😯

[@RoeldeB]

Have you ever heard of Baarle-Nassau / Baarle-Hertog. That has very strange borders.

[@MasterOfCydonia]

So @RealLifeLore, you made a slight mistake. I have been to Cyprus and, although you are correct that the two nations, and British Enclaves, exist there it is likely that the two halves will unite in the near future. The Greek Half knows why the war against Turkey started and they are very humble about it. The Turkish side understands that a United Cyprus is stronger than a disjointed one, so once they work out the legal and political kinks, they will likely reunite in a single nation with a mix of Turkish, Greek, and British Cypriots. Also, since English is the second most spoken language in each country, respectively, it will likely become the language of Diplomacy between the people so they can easily understand one another.

[@MasterOfCydonia]

Oh you should go, it is a beautiful country, and very safe. The Turkish side is much more developed, with a lot of big cities all across the island. The Greek side is much more relaxed with a couple large cities and an innumerable amount of hamlets.

[@withche07]

RÆX There are lots of hotels, casinos and universities in Turkish side. but you cant find things like, starbucks or mcdonalds cause of global embargo against it

[@MasterOfCydonia]

Again, why they would need to work out the legal and political kinks before they reunited.

[@eballisticgaminglegend1282]

I’m Cypriot and everyone know English in the south side

[@ogunkovan]

i think after reunite of greeks and turks, they would close down english military bases in the island. also i always dreamed about turks and greeks would have a small union with a name like "agean union" in the future. it will have different statutes than normal countries or unions but this will fix all problems around agean and cyprus. just think about that, it will include all islands in the aegan sea + cyprus and a few privileged cities such as thessaloniki and izmir or so. the people who live in these territorites have a some kind of an id of agean union and they must speak either greek + turkish, greek + english or turkish english to live in that union. these union would be print billions of dollars from tourism. just think about that.

[@eliegbert8121]

You forgot the small splotch of land where Captain Cook is buried in Hawaii that belongs to the UK

[@eliegbert8121]

@@insulam821 yup

[@amjad5948]

Thats completely lol

[@pd4165]

And the JFK memorial at Runnymede, which is US owned (where the Magna Carta was signed).

[@docjanos]

The section about Cyprus is overstated. The only border that is actually controlled is that between North Cyprus and (Greek) Cyprus. The UN buffer zone has no role on the ground. The UK bases act like many military bases anywhere in the world. The sensitive portions are closed to non-employees but everyone is free to drive around on the roads that pass through them. BTW this is much the same as with the various oddball exclaves and enclaves on this and some other videos. One country may have de jure ownership but in every practical sense they function as part of the other, and in no cases are there issues about duties and border checks.

[@larsb2999]

have you heard of the borders in baarle in the netherlands and belgium?

[@Spooksandooks]

Wow, this restores my faith in people!

[@NA-vd9rt]

Spooksandooks 😃

[@kostam.1113]

I actually lost faith in people, just seeing how dumb some borders are.

[@impalabeeper]

And people say we should return to the nation state model but that is because they haven't seen these dumb borders... I'm glad I live in the EU.

[@hamzahaytham3940]

1:45 Just to make it clear, Gulf Country citizens have the free to move in gulf area, so you’ll just present the passport only. Although I am not sure if they actually ask for passports or something because I didn’t try to go to it...

[@markmeyts5272]

take a look at the Belgian enclave of Baarle Hertog in the Netherlands. There are dozens of them, and within them, there are dutch enclaves. In addition, to the West of Baarle Nassau is a small field, enclave of Belgium in the Netherlands. And for good measure, to the South, a dutch enclave in Belgium. Crazy.

[@Kacper_C]

It's a treat whenever I see your new upload :D

[@NA-vd9rt]

Kacper Cyprowski same Here 😎

[@PolyGenre]

5:31 And look at Sokh's panhandle.

[@pascaldebuyst7751]

Probably the most bizar country borders are in “Baarle”, a small city. Within the Netherlands there is Baarle”Nassau who has about 26 enclaves of Belgium, with within those Belgian enclaves, about 7 emclaves of the Netherlands. Borders are passing through houses, so some people live and sleep within their own house in two different countries. I guess this is the most weird border situation in the world !

[@nlpnt]

Are there any national co-enclaves? That's where two separate entities side-by-side are together completely surrounded by a larger entity. You can travel between them but not anywhere else without passing through the larger entity. Probably the best known co-enclave is at the municipal level, Beverly Hills and West Hollywood, California, sharing a common boundary but together completely surrounded by the City of Los Angeles.