The Youngest Countries in the World

In this video I talk about the youngest countries in the world! Meaning the countries which achieved sovereignty or independence, in their current form, most recently!
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[@General.Knowledge]

I think "the baby yodas of political geography" is the best sentence I've said in a video so far

[@thugpatrick]

Maybe maybe not

[@edavis3254]

It's either your best, or your worst

[@lw28]

Is South Sudan the disruptive adopted kid?

[@manshoe1738]

I beg to differ

[@eewag1]

General Knowledge it’s the worst

[@sevenus82]

First one to separate from Yugoslavia was SLOVENIA, not Croatia.

[@simonticar5996]

Yeah i was watching that part and went wait a minute that flag isn't slovenian

[@mattwakefield4147]

Also, he includes Kosovo as a country but it technically isn’t and shouldn’t be

[@sevenus82]

@@mattwakefield4147 He said that Kosovo is still recognized by only half of the countries and he did put a * next to the name on the list.

[@mattwakefield4147]

Simon Tičar why

[@thetruechaby]

He also forgot to mention the FYROM.

[@longliveplanetawesome3223]

My parents were born in Eritrea and lived there when they gained independence. My mom told me that, when everyone voted on whether or not they wanted to separate from Ethiopia, only TWO people voted against independence. And it was a mistake! They accidentally voted against independence because they were nervous! I think that's kinda funny.

[@coolcatcastle8]

lol so that means everyone should have actually voted independence XD

[@bottleize]

Well actually, 1822 people voted against independence, but 1,100,260 voted for independence so I guess it's pretty much just 2 haha :-)

[@nwoodz]

@LEILA NABZ Don’t forget north africa is entirely different than the rest of it. Those are arabs while the others aren’t. So uniting the continent isn’t really plausible.

[@frederickwilliams4727]

i feel like eritrea has a very small population the

[@darkhorse..876]

Wow! I understood, but...where life is BETTER?

[@Knez5T0V0]

"Croatia was the First one to separate from Yugoslavia" Slovenia: am i a joke to you

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Baby Yoda" is actually 50, believe it or not. During the last minutes of Czechoslovak TV, they played a song called Sbohem Slovensko (Goodbye Slovakia) where a man and woman who represented the Czechs and Slovaks. They're in a court filing for a divorce, the Slovak wanted it while the Czech was just chilling. Then the court favored the Slovak and a guy with a long beard came in with a chainsaw to separate the long arm that connected them together, which released Czechoslovak coins (to represent the currency's fall). They turned into children to represent that they're now young nations

[@robertpucovsky]

Is there a video of that

[@newtfigton8795]

Wow, that is extremely interesting!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

@@robertpucovsky Yes there is! Just search the song's title

[@happyfacefries]

Compared to how old he is supposed to be in the original trilogy, I'd say 50 is pretty baby for him

[@mathieuleader8601]

FACINATING FACT

[@erikkorenjak9737]

Slovenia was the first to get independent from Yugoslavia before Croatia did.

[@newzoran3624]

As a Serbian I confirm this si true 100%

[@user-mj9pe3xf9w]

I'm a Serb and I approve this is 100% true.

[@crushedoreos1361]

Memester Gangster nice

[@rexsclavorum]

Slovenia and Croatia declared both their independence on 25. June 1991. but Slovenia became the first one to be internationally recognised.

[@Talesfromthebottle1]

I aprove I'm from Croatia

[@monojakennedy_3758]

Hello from a South Sudanese🇸🇸

[@Tetromint]

Hi

[@meme-potentialsearch8010]

good country. Wish you peace

[@breadsqueezer3853]

Hello

[@Thejas_Gatty]

Hi from North Korea

[@marcopolo2395]

Czechoslovakia didnt gain independence from the ussr. They just ceased to be a puppet of them.

[@sovietmuffin501]

Marco Polo that’s kind of independence’s though, is it not? Because most British colonies were dominions, even more free than Czechoslovakia, and they still consider their independence to be when they ceased to be dominions

[@Psyk60]

@@sovietmuffin501 It's a technicality. Czechoslovakia was recognised as an independent sovereign state, despite in reality being a soviet puppet. But British colonies were recognised as being under British sovereignty, despite being mostly free to rule themselves in many cases.

[@sandernista6499]

Now theyre America's puppet states... how ironic

[@nonoobxdgd3149]

I am from Czech Republic, :D

[@martindurrer9044]

It's even more complicated. After WW2 the Czechoslovak communists gained gradually more control over state institutions (parliament, government, police, army...) and in 1948 they comitted a successful coup. In 1950's the red terror started (judicial murders, forced labour in uranium mines...) - people feard the communist government but the Czechoslovak polititians wouldn't even fart without an order from their "advisors" who came from USSR and who were the real rulers of our country. In 1960's Czechoslovakia gained more independence and in January 1968 even started some democratic reforms (e.g. abolition of censorship). In August 1968, however, the armies of Warsaw Pact (with the noble exception of Romania) came to stop the "counter-revolution" and to start the "normalisation" of the political situation and the entire society. This lasted untill late 80's when the regime lost its support from USSR and during the peaceful Velvet Revolution (17th November - 29 December 1989) even the control over state institutions.

[@thugpatrick]

I can't stop finding a baby Yoda meme everywhere

[@eewag1]

qwerty 000 yeah it’s annoying

[@solehsolehsoleh]

The problem is, it's not even funny nor interesting.

[@mazuat648]

deal with it.

[@jaco5892]

@@rattfish no u

[@mazuat648]

@@rattfish no u

[@TriviaNight]

Another great video! Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

[@2naaa_]

This baby Yoda reference isn't going to age well

[@Arristuff]

Yes baby Yoda is actually 50

[@jakkakasunset5485]

@@Arristuff Oh... Does he consent?

[@addozzo]

Krakka Jakk711 what the...

[@Phoenix_The_HeroHater]

Krakka Jakk711 are you thinking of smthng r smthng

[@kwayyernorge7436]

Yes

[@matooo6544]

Hey man great video! I'm glad you finally pronounced Czechia right!

[@someczechguy]

Matěj Gorniak czech republic

[@stantorren4400]

DULA PEEP that’s the offical name. Czechia is just the shorter name. No one calls Russia the “Russian Federation”

[@Hiro_UK]

First of all Croatia wasn't the first to separate from Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia didn't gain indipendence from USSR, also Slovaks didn't fell under the rule of Czechs during the Soviet rule. It was a federation. I like your videos but I think you need to do alot more research before making videos in order for it to be more accurate.

[@kiluu9076]

10:45 and Serbia started existing in 1180. Year, wtf??? Why he put Serbia in 2006

[@theperfectmix2]

Kiluu *current form*

[@user-ju4nh3yh8g]

@@kiluu9076 1180? Bruh much earlier, first Serbian principality was in 7th century

[@user-ju4nh3yh8g]

@@kiluu9076 and he explained why he put it there.

[@italiancalciosupporter8197]

He said that Czechoslovakia changed their government from communism, not declared independence from them

[@captainbean1264]

New country : **exists** USA : Looks like you need recognition!!

[@Apfel99]

Palestine: What about me?

[@fearlessanomaly1710]

@@Apfel99 Palestine > Israel

[@kuocdo1938]

@@Apfel99 Palestine land has been occupied by Israel,not independent country.

[@JamesofQPR]

Extremely interesting thank you!

[@JamesKerLindsay]

Another very interesting video. Thanks Not sure we can be 100% sure Bougainville will become independent - although I think on balance it will be the next UN member. By the way, in case you’re interested, I just posted a vid on why Republika Srpska (part of Bosnia) certainly won’t be independent any time soon!

[@archstanton6102]

While I agree it is not 100% sure for Bougainville, it does seem very probable. The question remains is how this impacts Western Papua claims for Independence?

[@Terrus_38]

Oh, hello Mr. James!

[@happyfacefries]

98% vote I think is a pretty freaking sure bet

[@Rabid_Nationalist]

I think Bougainville will be independent

[@princevesperal]

The results of the Bougainville referendum are not contested on either side, and the parties have agreed to work together on a schedule to make independence effective. I suspect the global pandemic might delay the completion of this process, as governments are kept busy by the crisis, but there is no opposition by the parent-State to this secession so it should happen sooner rather than later.

[@GavinLiuranium]

“Armenia (1)” Kazakhstan: Is my European clay a joke to you

[@patrod2327]

Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

[@GavinLiuranium]

@@patrod2327 I know right...... but then that's interesting, since Pakistan doesn't recognize Armenia as a country then what do they call the land that Armenia is on? Or mark Armenia as a territory instead of a country, like how China does to West Sahara?

[@patrod2327]

@@GavinLiuranium From what I understand, in Reality it Exists, but by their Laws, it doesn't. Same goes with those other Countries. Countries might be the better Term as opposed to Sovereign state, they are the Undisputed regions and the Term is Superior, e.g. Denmark (State) owns Greenland (Country).

[@CrumpetCraig]

@@patrod2327 what does armenia look like on a map to pakistan?

[@GavinLiuranium]

@@patrod2327 Maybe, that makes quite some sense

[@saulenfischbearn7470]

2:22 Slovenia*

[@Thrlta]

I'm as old as Timor-Leste. I like that country from what I've seen so far.

[@Thrlta]

Uup nevermind they're afflicted with an inferior mythtype.

[@AleksaPancic]

But Yugoslavia have 6 parts.

[@zorantravar7187]

Bravo

[@eewag1]

MEGA Sarma no it doesn’t

[@wewuz1970]

@@eewag1 yes it does

[@sherbertvids2182]

It’s up to debate (whether you recognize Kosovo or no) and Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro remained 1 country even after the break up of Yugoslavia making them even younger than Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. I hope this helped👍 It also said this in the video lol

[@BluE68_]

It’s only 6 if you don’t recognize Kosovo.

[@HerrBert1976]

How about Curacao and Sint Maarten? These have become independent states withing the Dutch Kingdom in 2010. Aruba did that already in 1986. We might see one of these go for full independence and UN membership in the future.

[@bummerdrummer1649]

In a few days or weeks time we’re gonna see Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) become independent. When it does I demand a remake of this video with an extra 30 seconds added to talk about it

[@Luis-cu3ut]

I think you may have forgotten Belize. Belize's independence was recognized in 1981

As a Spanish speaker, kudos for using the 5 continents model for dividing the regions in this video: specially having America from Alaska to Patagonia and Oceania including Australia, NZ and other Pacific islands

[@piedrablanca1942]

si, le suma muchos puntos a la calidad del video

[@LukaZorko]

2:22 that's actually false... Slovenia was the first to break away. Croatia was second

[@happyfacefries]

What's your reference?

[@LukaZorko]

@@happyfacefries Slovenian education system

[@real.spiderman.savedmj4709]

True Luka zorko

[@kiluu9076]

And wtf Serbia???? 10:45 what the... Serbia existed since 1180

[@SoujiOkitaTwo]

General Knowledge is never wrong, so you’re wrong!

[@ABCD-nq3uf]

There is one country that surpassed how young South Sudan was, it’s Catalonia. It was granted independence by Spain in 2018 and lasted 8 seconds before it rejoined Spain.

[@BokiGamingYT]

He is talking about countries which still exist

[@Mxent]

Sehr gut recherchiertes Video!

[@Sly88Frye]

Honestly when I read the title I thought you were talking about which countries had the youngest people. Lol! Oh well. I still enjoyed this video a lot. I would have titled it newest countries

[@TheRiot46]

Adoro o trabalho que fazes tanto a nível de conteúdo como em termos graficos. Parabens

[@mjbsen]

Slovenia June 1991

[@erikkorenjak9737]

Thats before Croatia

[@mjbsen]

@@erikkorenjak9737 Exactly.......

[@yoyohehe2034]

Actually both Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence at the same day

[@erikkorenjak9737]

@@yoyohehe2034 Maybe they did but Croatia had a few years of war before they officially got independent but Slovenia got independent almost immediatly after we declared our independence with few days of war

[@yoyohehe2034]

@@erikkorenjak9737 Not maybe, that's factual... Also it doesn't matter that Croatia had to fight for years unlike Slovenia because both Croatia and Slovenia were internationally recognised at the same time.

[@PurplePinkRed]

This is definitely one of the best and most in depth videos I've seen on the topic! Well done! I love that you divided them by continent 😊

[@danielastadler39]

Normies be like: *BEBE YODA SHOULD BE LAND AND MEME OF THE DEKADE*

[@bigyoshiofficial]

What does “*BEBE YODA SHOULD ME LAND*”MEAN

[@danielastadler39]

@@bigyoshiofficial yes

[@danielastadler39]

@Robbert Kööp yes

[@eloncrust3220]

Can I buy 2 acres of baby yoda

[@chrumchrumpl7667]

Fast answer: South Sudan

[@jupie1471]

lol

[@zacharymanuel8716]

Bruh when he was taking about sedan an oil the American in me went “oil!?!?!?”💀

[@williambeaumont1312]

Very interesting

[@gilalmeida4253]

Olá camarada, olha eu queria deixar uma recomendação. Haveria maneira de fazeres um vídeo sobre alianças históricas menos conhecidas? Por exemplo, toda gente sabe que Portugal e a Inglaterra são aliados desde o tratado de Windsor mas também tínhamos alianças com outras nações como a Flandres e até mesmo a Holanda pré-União Ibérica. Era engraçado saber um bocadinho mais sobre essas relações menos conhecidas. Cumprimentos

[@tropicaldimitri7374]

'East Timor' was obsolete as the term associates mainly with being an ex Indonesian province. FYI the UN and all English-speaking states (even monolingual Australian media) and international organizations use the term 'Timor-Leste' instead of 'East Timor' just like with 'Iran' (instead of 'Persia'). Different from the case with Spain. The UN and everybody (including the Spanish government and people themselves) use the term 'Spain' instead of España to refer to their country in English.

[@stefansolciansky7302]

Armenia: *Becomes exists* Greece: Y O S

[@tanhuulusoy]

*Grammar not found*

r/engrish

[@patrod2327]

Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

[@samvelmkhitaryan6542]

Pat Rod pakistan denies because it is an ally of azerbaijan. denying of one country doesn’t make Armenia young. It has been more than 27 centuries that we existed

[@MattYoung2299]

Do a whole video on Bouganville

[@kallievirden3469]

Hey mattyoung it's not bouganville that's bougainville

[@anasalareqe3115]

These are new countries by separation, informative, thanks .. do you have a video for new countries by unification? I only know Yemen and Germany.. wondering if there are others 🤔

[@kuocdo1938]

Two Vietnams united in 1975.

[@apolloncz2763]

🇨🇿🇸🇰 Brothers forever. Visegrád forever

[@someczechguy]

ApollonCZ I have no slovakian brother

[@evermindnever1]

And there is hungary too

[@marcellmihaly9991]

🇭🇺🇮🇩🇸🇰🇨🇿

[@dinis8271]

Marcell Mihály oh yes the four brothers, hungary, monaco, slovakia and czech republic

[@tomasgancahaluska]

Hell yeah! VISEGRÁD 4EVER BRO 😎 🇵🇱 Polska 🇨🇿 Česko 🇸🇰 Slovensko 🇭🇺 Magyarország

[@soapy6]

GK: Croatia was the first to break away from Yugoslavia Slovenia: am I a joke to you? seriously tho why does Slovenia constantly get ignored lmao

[@markussimicak104]

IT HURTS!!

[@leogreek3003]

I mean it is practically a micro state and its sergegation from yugoslavia was mostly peacefull

[@svansy]

it doesn't get ignored! sometimes people call Slovakia, Slovenia! Chechnoslovenia

[@1leon000]

literally only 2 million people are in Slovenia, ofc people would ignore it all the time!

[@soapy6]

@@1leon000 Croatia barely has 4 million people. just because Slovenia is small doesn't mean it should get ignored

[@ChristoAbrie]

South Africa should've gotten an honourable mention, because though it gained independence in 1961 as a Republic, it's current form has only existed since 1994, after Namibia's independence, and the abolishing of Apartheid, the country was restructured as a democracy and the 4 old provinces (Transvaal, Oranje Vrystaat, Cape Province and Natal) were divided into 9 in 1994, we also got a new flag as well as an updated National Anthem (the anthem came into service in 1997).

[@hgks12]

Baby yoda in the thumbnail is the best thing ever.. 😂

[@nicholaskelly6375]

I think that you will find that Slovenia was the first Republic to leave Yugoslavia. Also I read a few days ago that New Caledonia is also about to hold yet another independence referendum.

[@GeographyWorld]

Chuuk in Micronesia and New Caledonia are having independence referendums next year. Maybe they will be the next baby Yodas!

[@jrandrewortega2861]

Chuuk? But why?

[@AlvinSeville1]

Chuukoslavakia?

[@srinukoppisetti7285]

very good

[@Kidseverywhr]

Baby yoda got you thinking about country, mmmm. I think it's the hair

[@emilianocichanowski7894]

8:07 Waht is going on in that map? Yemen is split in two and Eritrea is part of Ethiopía

[@lamichael8659]

Its a map from the 60s for some reason. When south yemen and north yemen existed and israel had sinai

[@longliveplanetawesome3223]

Is it just me or does Eritrea and Ethiopia as one country look ugly? I could be biased, seeing as I am Eritrean, but is just looks weird to me! Also, La Michael, the map shows North and South Sudan as separate countries, which, as the video explained, happened very recently. The map is just plain wrong.

[@lamichael8659]

​@@longliveplanetawesome3223 Ethiopia looks so sad without a coast tho :(

[@kuocdo1938]

Now two Yemens became one,Eritrea is independent country.

[@Kaidauren2]

How did you talk about all -stans from USSR and forgot about Kazakhstan?

[@juliusnepos6013]

You too General Knowledge? Have videos a yoda meme on it?

[@thesoundman5665]

Make a video for country that might become independent part 3 Cymru am byth

[@Joao-dp2tr]

2:16 NO! SLOVENIA WAS THE FIRST!

[@nojusy1992]

Croatia And Slovenia Broke Away From Yugoslavia In The Same Day Slovenia Was Only The First To Recognize

[@peopipeo]

You should do “proposed states in the us”

[@Ana-bt8pr]

nice video! just learned something new :) I really thought it was going to be all about "the new world" lol

[@bulgarianmapping6518]

8:38 talking about Sudan after Eritreia forgetting to add Eritreia lol

[@Accentor100]

Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia before Croatia did.

[@reddragonplayz9775]

2:30 No Slovenia was first country to get indpendence

[@ajhare2]

Canada should've been a good mentioned for the America's. Canada didn't fully gain their full independence until 1982 when the British parliament passed the Canada act. Up until 1982 Canada had to get permission from Westminster to pass laws, and Westminster could pass laws for Canada (it never happened, they pretty much just rubber stamped whatever Canada wanted, but officially it still stood as being a dominion)

[@MadTamB]

I'm someone from Europe and has never heard the term, the Old Continent before.

[@cyclonicleo]

I want to see independence for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Scotland and Catalonia.

[@NRooster]

Please don't call that country as Xinjiang, it's a ridicilous Chinese name. It's actual name is *Uyghuristan* or East Turkestan.

[@MrRonald2796]

Sadly, I don't think that'll happen while that idiotic PRC is still around. Hopefully, some kind of uprising in the future will allow that to happen. About Catalonia, I think it could happen on the near future.

[@cristianokiki1486]

Scotland Will be allowed to vote again for indepedence in next generation, agreement with england when they did it last time, tho they may still do it, catalonia unless idk UN supports it, isn't geting indepedence, if catalonia gets indepedence it may cause for other spanish teritories to declare indepedence, making spain fall, hong kong eh doubt they Will be able to get due to PRC/China, same for tibet and east turkistan, and Taiwan/RC is indepedent, tho few countries recognize it

[@Cjnw]

The first four are PRC China!

[@TomGeller]

Depending on your definition of "country", you might have to include Sint Maarten and Curaçao. They became countries in 2010, but remain part of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. (Much like Scotland's relationship with The United Kingdom.)

[@General.Knowledge]

Good point! I think I was going more for sovereign nations in this

[@GeographyWorld]

@@General.Knowledge Sovereign recognised states are the most understandable and useful definition of country. Maybe do a video on the different definitions of country!

[@Psyk60]

And on that note, if Scotland does become independent, some people might take issue with calling it a "new country" because it's already considered a country now.

[@TomGeller]

@@GeographyWorld My very thought! To keep with the channel's titling conventions: "Countries that aren't fully independent" or similar.

[@solosunbeam]

Why don't you do a video about potential federations? Both existing unions which could evolve into a federal structure and sovereign nations which might federate. That will give you a chance to have some vexillological fun (I can help with that if you want). It will also create rage in the comments.

[@TheTattieShaw]

Join his discord and message him there with this idea or he will never see it link in the description

[@jorislal]

Armenia is not exactly in Europe, it's South of the Kaukaz mountains that separate Europe from Asia

[@JorgeF2021]

Long live Timor Leste (East Timor), our brother nation..... (portugal)

[@dusannn]

YUGOSLAVIA HAS 6 PARTS!

[@spookyengie735]

Yodaslavia

[@dusannn]

@@spookyengie735 ?

[@BluE68_]

It’s only 6 if you don’t recognize Kosovo.

[@spookyengie735]

We have Slovenia,Croatia,Serbia,Bosnia,Kosovo,Macedonia,Montenegro so that 7. ..

[@archstanton6102]

Yugoslavia doesn't exist any more. Since the wars it is now 7 parts. Stomping your feet and crying like a toddler will not change that.

[@antimatter4912]

I was just waiting for South Sudan

[@Chrizz06041980]

You forgot Belize. It was a british colony in central america which was called British Honduras. It became independent in 1981.

[@vahan9064]

Greece: one of the oldest countries that now exist Armenia: *HOLD MY LAVASH*

[@hovhannespalyan9127]

😂😂😂 I'm Armenian and this hade me laugh

[@patrod2327]

Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

[@hovhannespalyan9127]

@@patrod2327 we don't care about cows

[@patrod2327]

@@hovhannespalyan9127 Wa?

[@vahan9064]

@@patrod2327 actually, we don't expect anything from Pakistan, because,in 1915 you were part of India so, your choice literally won't change anything

[@Youthure]

Big mistake: Slovenia was the first to leave Yugoslavia, not Croatia. Croatia was the second to break off.

[@SoujiOkitaTwo]

Youthure Stop! You. Are. Wrong

[@Youthure]

@@SoujiOkitaTwo I fact checked myself and apparently they declared independence on the same day. 25th of June. So I can't say which declaration came first. My claim was from a "de facto" standpoint. Slovenia was the first to effectively leave Yugoslavia. Anyway I was wrong to make this claim so boldly without any regard for context or fact checking myself prior to posting the comment. Thanks for helping me find the way!

[@markussimicak104]

Youthure no, you’re not wrong... he just gives too much credibility to content creators

[@spencer6207]

You got the idea to talk about young countries from baby yoda? xD

[@drymint4338]

7:15 why are some cats in a tank fighting?

[@Heatmaker]

General Knowledge: South Sudan is the world's youngest country today Bougainville: Am I a joke to you?

[@danielmagro4817]

It's not a country yet because they arent recognized

[@SWNerd]

Daniel Magro they just voted in a referendum they don’t even consider themselves independent yet

[@slamwall9057]

They're not independent yet. Think Brexit, or elections, and you'll understand

[@Terrus_38]

Eh, you dummy it's not independent, it's not recognized, it has juststarted to prepare for independence lol...

[@AlvinSeville1]

Also, Nirvana in the Pacific is gonna become a country

[@TheCurrentRacerReal]

That moment you realize baby Yoda is 50 years old FBI: Wants to know your location

[@jsworpin]

I think it’s a stretch to have Serbia on there. When countries divide they can form two successor states as in Czech Republic and Slovakia with neither claiming continuity with Czechoslovakia or one is new and the other is a continuing state of rump stare and is normally recognised as being the same entity as the original state. Russia is the rump state of the USSR, Serbia is the rump state of first Yugoslavia and later Serbia when it contained Montenegro.

[@lazulithedragon]

Austria is also a great example for not very old countries that had a national identity for centuries Austria became it's independent from Bavaria in 996 as part of the holy Roman empire And in 1955 we finally got full independence from The USSR The USA The UK and France and yesterday on the 26 October we celebrated that

[@MrBlondpower1]

Jesus god men, learn things before making videos. Slovenia and Croatia declared independence od the same day. Slovenia was much more influental in gaining it, and there was only 10 days long war. Croatia is totally different story.

[@christoschristodoulidis2004]

Soon this will be updated with Scotland

[@General.Knowledge]

Maybe!

[@MCKingPlaysGames]

@Christos Christodoulidis Catalonia might also become independent

[@sovietmuffin501]

MCKingPlaysGames didn’t Catalonia declare independence but Spain is trying to keep them in?

[@archstanton6102]

@@sovietmuffin501 There was a non ratified vote but this was declared illegal by Spanish govt. The main reason Spain does not recognise Kosovo as a state is if they did this, they would have to apply same rules of a free vote to Catalonia

[@sovietmuffin501]

Nik Turk I knew about the referendums being declared illegal, but the Catalonian parliament did declare independence did it not?

[@rebelracoon8126]

So at the time I turned 1 yrs old that's also the exact year Montenegro got its independence.

[@thaawesomealt]

cool video

[@General.Knowledge]

Thanks!

[@aleksanderzakrajsek6830]

Actually slovenia broke from yugoslavia first and then around week later also croatia

[@SoujiOkitaTwo]

Aleksander Zakrajšek Stop! Many people have said that. What General Knowledge says is the correct answer!

[@aleksanderzakrajsek6830]

Fatal Error yeah but the problem is i am from slovenia and i know history of our country

[@markussimicak104]

Empire of Fatal, Serious and Critical Errors wow... you’re really going to give credibility to some random content creator over people who ACTUALLY LIVE THERE?? It’s clear he got his facts from Wikipedia as that’s what it showed if you look up “first country to break from Yugoslavia” and also, I’m Slovenian as well just in case you’re going to question my credibility too

[@lazar_krompir2453]

4:30 **angry Serb noises**

[@babikingu3928]

*Happy Kosovo noises*

[@serbia4230]

:(

[@hayellada-ball3836]

@@serbia4230 Kosovo is Young! 🇷🇸->🇽🇰

[@beanie1223]

What about western togoland? I've heard there was something about that

[@yourreaveragesomali2817]

Can u make the oldest country’s in the wold

[@melos_abazi0628]

Thank you for considering Kosovo 🇽🇰❤ as a country. Because it is

[@hayellada-ball3836]

Yeah! For me it’s an cross road of Servian and Albanian cultur!

[@lk2704]

You guys are a country 100%

[@grel_5518]

Kosovo is just south serbia So shut up

[@pavel_2336]

But Czechia is still Czech republic.

[@lewatoaofair2522]

They want to be called “Czechia,” but that news hasn’t spread far enough.

[@sovietmuffin501]

Lewa, Toa of Air the way I understood it is that they don’t care either way, but think that Czechia is an acceptable name for casual speech

[@kolomaznik333]

@@sovietmuffin501 ​ Lewa, Toa of Air : "They want to be called “Czechia,”" -> Can you name the sources of that statement? There was not a referendum, constitutional law or just law about change of name of our country, which is still named the Czech republic. And to be honest majority of Czechs don't use it at all, only tiny minority likes that UNOFFCICIAL name. Most people use Czech republic when speaking english or just weird adjective "(in/from) czech".

[@aldardabaev772]

@@kolomaznik333 www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36048186

[@sovietmuffin501]

kolomaznik333 technically it’s the official short hand name, while Czech Republic is still the normally used name. In 2016 the cabinet agreed to make it the official short hand name for the Un

[@blyatifulnarkotik9258]

The people in Czechoslovakia didn't want to separate, the politicians did.

[@mdctt9021]

Bougainville when

[@klaudpwns]

east timor

[@AlvinSeville1]

Timor Leste

[@bigmo2473]

Please revise your statement that it was illegal for South Africa to govern namibia, after WW1 South west Africa (nambia) was placed under administration through which South Africa had to administer it as per the league of nations mandate.

[@madness8556]

Slovenia and Croatia both declared independence on the same day, 25 June 1991. Macedonia declared independence later that year.

[@Duececoupe]

You just can't simply, watch only one General Knowledge video!! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🥇🏅🏆

[@dusannn]

Serbia is one of the oldest countries in the world.Montenegro is new country.Serbia is in 7 century

[@dinocr7557]

Europe where is Liberland the newest country in Europe its between Serbia and Croatia

[@stefanvlad8472]

Dino CR7 that shit doesn t exist . The only micro states who deserve to be independent are Andorra H-K Vatican and SAN Marino

[@TJtheHuman]

Why do we confuse the definition of country with state?

[@Coe1eALT]

You missed the Bahamas which gained independence on July 10th 1973. Which I think that is pretty young for a country.

[@Awestar]

I mean, Yes Kosovo doesn't have worldwide recognition but lets be honest, they govern themselves and borders between Serbia and Kosovo are closed and Serbia doesn't really have control of the area. I'm not taking sides but I mean it's kinda true

[@mdza]

Transnitria (Moldova) also govern themselves, but they arrent a country, same as Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Georgia), Taiwan (China) etc.

[@vjflow749]

Are you kidding? With Transnistria... Even though Romania never ruled over that land, the 1992 census shown 40% Romanians, 30% Ukrainians, 30% Russians. While Romanians and Ukrainians are natural populations in the area, Russians were colonized as the local populations who did not agree with the new rule (Russian Empire took over from the Ottoman Empire) were deported in Kazakhstan and Siberia. The absolute majority of the Russians live in the cities, as Hungarians ruled Transilvania from the cities so the Russians actually rule that sliver of land. The Transnistrian propaganda says that there is only one nation the Transnistrians, none other are recognized. Busts of Lenin and other comunist propaganda are all over the place like in North Korea. And the cherry on top: the president of Transnistria since 1992( until recently when Putin retired him) was the former KGB operations officer in Lithuania where he is wanted for multiple assassination. The "new" president is also a FSB ( ex. KGB) agent who was stationed in Siberia. That's Transnistria! Black hole of Europe artificially maintenained by Russia.

[@user-dl9ri6qz7h]

4:37 what is this?

[@noob_man8985]

That is Kosovo my friend

[@user-dl9ri6qz7h]

@@noob_man8985 What, I don't understand?

[@danielmagro4817]

@@user-dl9ri6qz7h oh so apparently you dont know your country map

[@danielmagro4817]

@@user-dl9ri6qz7h well then to are a d umass who has nothing to write another Serbian wanting attention

[@noob_man8985]

@@user-dl9ri6qz7h Kosovo is not Serbia, if Kosovo was Serbia then why does Kosovo have their own passwords?

[@roy_mezz-awake2470]

To be honest, I believe that, you can’t go calling a nation “new” because it gained independence recently, you need context. As an Armenian I know that civilisations of ours have existed around 2000 years ago making us some of the first globally. We might have only gotten our independence in the 90s but we’ve existed longer than almost any other current nation

[@joaolobato3223]

Bom vídeo 👍

[@General.Knowledge]

Obrigado!