These Incredible Maps Are Fake...

[@ibx2cat]

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[@renderproductions1032]

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[@reavervoids]

yes

[@LukeTheSchoolBoy]

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[@justarandomchannel1319]

no

[@Ankky22]

I would rather not do that

[@kylebanner788]

I love when you repeat "its super deserty" like desert is the natural habitat of jewish people so they will feel right at home

[@ethanschwartz2818]

Everyone knows Jews get +10 strength in a desert environment 🤣

[@SpartanChief2277]

They live in the Middle East so yeah they would

[@champagne.future5248]

Evil Anakin be like “אני אוהב חול.”

[@emilyepicmess8072]

@@champagne.future5248 this made me laugh out loud

[@ladonna1007]

Average British person

[@lukedetering4490]

16:56 To be fair our system is literally set up to where only 2 parties can actually dominate. The electoral college specifies that a presidental candidate needs 50% +1 electoral votes to be president or else congress picks. With the 2 party system we have, even if no candidate makes it to that majority, whoever has the majority in congress will guarantee that their party will win. The most clear case of this is in the election of 1824. Where Jackson did have the popular and electoral vote plurality, but lost because he didn't get the majority. Congress picked John Q. Adams because his party was in control. I would love a 3rd party to have an actual chance of being president, but it's not going to happen until one of the major parties commits political suicide.

[@jaycee330]

Which the Dems seem hell bent on doing at the moment.

[@patentleatherkicks]

Thanks for taking the time to write out the exact comment that toy cat promised someone would write. He should give you some blinkest money.

[@poopkiler2768]

Toycat owes you some lobster roles

[@lukedetering4490]

@@poopkiler2768 I want best kabob. Nothing less.

[@parkmannate4154]

The First past the post voting system is the larger issue. Proportional representation is better

[@Prometheus42]

production quality going up, more dynamic, you look healthier and everything seems to be looking up in general happy for you!

[@Prometheus42]

i'd recommend getting a ring light on yo face so that there's better contrast

[@fluffy3953]

HE HAS WASHED HIS HAIR

[@Prometheus42]

@@fluffy3953 looks skinnier too

[@CastorRabbit]

I don't like it. Back to cheap and sad please!

[@Luigi64]

I read descriptions- I usually hate when KZbinrs get new editors bc they tend to make it cheesy. The editing on this video however really just makes it so much better. I love how it isn't annoying and it zooms in on the current talking points, while still adding funny little "animations" for side points. Anyways second channel don't care 💅

[@Amble_]

thanks my dude 👌

[@kiga14]

I actually went to the description this time to look up the link to the map of what to wear to america, but was disappointed not to find it.

[@redshift739]

You didn't read the descriptionS

[@munkey6842]

descriptionS

[@HuffGLaDTem]

you obviously don’t read descriptionS

[@kayzeaza]

It’s weird that the America as Holy Roman Empire map didn’t have Philadelphia and it surrounding counties as an independent city. They just lumped it under Maryland LOL

[@SemiHypercube]

I feel like the last map might be based off what Columbus was expecting when he accidentally came upon America (since he was looking for a different route to Asia but he thought the world was smaller than it actually was)

[@pe1900]

plus it has the carribean just at the indies

[@geografisica]

Columbus never came upon America, he came upon The Americas, big difference.

[@mercedesgarcia4493]

@@geografisica Columbus never knew that was another continent, the name America was given after a man called Americo Vespucio went to the "indies", (at that time Columbus was dead.) So Americo Vespucio, a merchant, saw the indies and noticed that wasn't the indies, but new found territories, and called it America. At first America was going to be called Colombia if Columbus didn't die or noted that that wasn't the indies. So yeah, Columbus never noticed America, he thought that was the indies

[@wooy1701]

why are you everywhere

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

Florida is the new Rome. Think about it... 1. Naples, FL and Naples in Italy are both located in the southwestern parts of their respective peninsulas. 2. Ron DeSantis is of Italian descent and acts like an absolute ruler 3. Rome has seven famous hills. Tallahassee is known as the City of the Seven Hills 4. Venice, by the Po delta, faced Visigoth aggression, while Jacksonville located in the northern part of its respective peninsula by the mouth of the St Johns River, faced Union aggression 5. Like how the Roman Empire had a long extensive coastline along the Mediterranean, Florida once had even more coastline thanks to a longer panhandle. Also, Fur _reFurs_ to the Fur people of western Sudan who live in Darfur. Darfur in Arabic means "land of the Fur".

[@theevilsnips]

666

[@jakkaljakobie8774]

I'm loving the implication that the Visigoths were the Roman equivalent of unions Also, as an ex-floridian, I approve this message.

[@THEFEZFEZ]

Toycat you are wrong about the voting thing, it's not a self fulfilling thing, it's baked in. We have a first past the post, winner takes all system. That kind of system inherently leads to this. If we had preference ordered voting, multi parties could be a thing.

[@benjaminstevens4468]

That would never work, how would they manipulate the Statian populace into believing in a pseudo-nationalistic duality where everyone believes that they are on the verge of being overrun and exterminated by their neighbors?

[@gurrrn1102]

He has lived and breathed the same voting system his whole life but brits don’t want to see the inevitable endgame of double FPTP.

[@centy4897]

Just get away with the electoral college and get a runoff system

[@jarjarbinks6018]

People can get pretty defensive of the lesser of two evils. I live in Seattle and was called a fascist when I said I didn’t vote for the incumbent but a different party entirely because my representative and I didn’t see eye to eye on the issues I care about

[@itsurfrind]

washington is wild, go to the west and vote for a republican and get called a fascist, go to the east and vote for a democrat and youre called a communist

[@jeremias-serus]

Fascist is just someone you disagree with nowadays.

[@dog-ez2nu]

@@jeremias-serus just like Communism.

[@rovalin6300]

Fasciitis.

[@angelinomunoz7002]

I can't believe you IBX2cat. We were promised low quality videos and the quality was never going to improve. And here you are trying to improve the quality.

[@C1914]

Someone should make a map about all the people that own 19 dollah glocks

[@dominicdeluca6378]

I paid 500 a few years ago in Ohio. Have never heard of $19 Glocks I gotta look that up, thanks.

[@C1914]

@@dominicdeluca6378 it’s a joke I made based on the 19 dollar Vbucks card

[@SpartanChief2277]

19 dollar glocks would be dope, they 500.

[@70n24]

12:30 Best map, I want this to be real just for the literal chaos. Al-Abama and the one for aliens are more chaotic too but very close to reality to be true, so they scare me.

[@marafty3776]

why did you call it Al-Abama instead of Alabama

[@blackjacktrial]

Nah, Caliph-ornia (literally land of the Caliphate) makes more sense.

[@marafty3776]

@@blackjacktrial you can not spell

[@Liggliluff]

(13:20) "I'm only going to put sponsorships in the description and no useful links" "Why isn't anyone reading the description?"

[@bjaaro]

At 10:07 why did the replace Fort Meyers with Fort Naplers? There is literally a Naples, Florida that would be in the same exact spot on this map as it is in Italy.

[@-Vannah-]

I was wondering the same thing

[@luftenorospu5984]

He smiles here but deep down he is angry at humanity.

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

"Why is New York in Delaware?" I'm assuming they confused New York with Newark, DE. Those who travel by train or plane sometimes confuses New York with Newark, NJ across the river...especially Newark Penn Station with New York Penn Station where they accidentally get off at Newark thinking it's New York (doesn't help that Newark Penn is the station before NY Penn). Also a thicc Libya at 2:40 sounds like a Gaddafi wet dream...though I love the fact at 2:48 that NJ has been split between NY and Delaware on top of DE now having eastern PA, MD, and the whole of Delmarva while NY is now just the city and its suburbs...as it should be. A powerhouse.

[@jazzii4460]

Not sure if you knew this, but I think they made Libya so THICC because historically Libya was a much larger geographic range. The same is said with Sudan, Guinea, "Abyssinia," and Egypt- they all used to be large geographic or cultural zones until around the 1900s when they became much more commonly associated with much smaller colonies and later countries.

[@seankuhn6633]

I love all your videos! Thank you for the happy bright spot on you tube!

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

Portland, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, San Diego, Phoenix, Denver, Austin, Houston, Minneapolis, St Paul, Milwaukee, St Louis, Indianapolis, Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Nashville, Memphis, Jacksonville, Tampa, Washington, Baltimore, Buffalo, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia... They left out quite a few important cities. Some of them have a line drawn through them with no dot, but others got left out entirely.

[@redcreed_]

My dad must be missing in one of these imaginary worlds because I haven't seen him for years.

[@expired4607]

why is the editing really nice all of a sudden

[@Amble_]

maybe, just maybe, he cares

[@j.davies1596]

Be got a new editor, I think

[@Amble_]

@@j.davies1596 wonder who it could be...

[@newwaveinfantry8362]

13:57 - And Houston has been renamed "Hustan". Maybe it's "Hu-stan" because it changed its official language to Persian.

[@wifparanoid]

Now I want a movie about humans trying to figure out alien culture.

[@m0rtal803]

I love the new editing ^ ^

[@MeiraV-]

Amble alt? lol

[@Amble_]

​@@MeiraV- nooooo lol

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

Because of the spoiler effect a one vote system can not support more than two partys. This can be solved with ranked choice (which suffers from the canter squeeze effect) or approval which has no spoiler effect but does share the strategic not voting for people outside your party to boost your party as ranked choice voting

[@willhowling955]

Woah, highest quality toy cat video to date. It can only go down from here

[@ironiccookies2320]

In Florida, there's a city named Naples and Venice. And also St. Petersburg.

[@Impossiblegend]

All the Hebrew in the Baja California-Israel map is reversed by the way

[@ravinmarokef]

I was so confused for a minute - I thought they were actual cities in Baja California written in Hebrew before I realized they were written backwards

[@jammergaming1090]

quebec actaully tried to become its country a cpuple of decades ago so it kinda makes sence that they are their own inion 6:11

[@295g295]

18:08 New England can have to Syracuse, but not south past NJ to Chesapeake Bay area.

[@RavenFilms]

Your new editor is awesome! After your camera died I saw where your green screen was, it seems you aren’t even using it?! I don’t know how this video being done. New editing techniques come out all the time and I don’t really keep up on them or (usually) even notice them, but I’m sure noticing here! Also, you find that best maps! These are always a lot of fun to watch.

[@Vini-km4dh]

the green screen is directly behind him though?

[@Amble_]

Editor here, there is a green screen 😂

[@RavenFilms]

@@Amble_ I saw it, but it wasn’t lined up, it was only like 2/3 of the background.

[@TheKlabim]

That blue flimmering background is the equivalent to elevator-music.

[@Amble_]

did you like this or not, and why?

[@alexnoyle]

Thank you for pointing out the self fulfilling nature of the two party system. It’s so frustrating. Democracy can’t work when people don’t vote for what they want even under a perfect system.

[@BinglesP]

7:32 Clump is a combination of both so they win either way

[@oaksdngr]

I love the new editing style. Keep up the work, very interesting

[@meteoman7958]

The World in 2070 is a fun map, with, unfortunately, many spelling mistakes.

[@DavidSolimano]

What the world needs is a service with summaries of Toycat videos so you can see there's a discussion of existentialism 27 minutes into a first channel video about new swamp biome features.

[@TheZett]

13:37 you missed that Prussia is back, but independent. Also Romania and Moldavia are merged again. And Gibraltar was given back to Spain.

[@ImpossibleEvan]

hey Toy Cat what's your favorite part about history and maps

[@Generlc_Human]

to think that this guy was my funny minecraft updates guy now he's still my funny minecraft updates guy, but also my funny maps guy

[@_Mr.Tuvok_]

‘The Duchy of the Two Dakotas’ makes me chuckle

[@szupko]

why dies it feel like you hired an editor and told him, "Second channel, dont care."

[@MeiraV-]

The cat lies, he doesn't invest, he just buys lobster rolls.

[@Amble_]

true, I'm a slave

[@than217]

The World in 2070 should have had Colorado breakup into two states. It already almost happened in 2013 with the proposed state of Northern Colorado.

[@_Mr.Tuvok_]

Idk man, telling Israel to relocate to the Baja California peninsula might just be genius.

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

4:20 There are plenty of Jefferson counties all over the USA. And plenty of Lafayettes and Fayettes and Fayettevilles too.

[@BinglesP]

I was NOT expecting the part at 4:25 at all

[@mrblock1318]

Mega Missouri gonna rock some boats!

[@ishanagarwal766]

i read descriptions... also i have never watched your first channel but it got recommended to me because i am interested in stuff like this

[@lukedetering4490]

That Alien map was hilarious

[@prion42]

The "thank God for Mississippi" joke roflmao

[@q2yogurt]

I like how on the Soviet map Tokyo was renamed "Akakyo" - Red Capital.

[@morlinnnn]

15:13 what’s the name of the map

[@Thecomicish]

Love the production value increase! I would recommend getting a ring light to improve the look of the face cam.

[@dog-ez2nu]

16:56 No, no. It's the same as in the UK, since elections are majoritarian and run using 'first past the post' (the candidate with the most votes wins, one vote per person) - you can pretty much only get a two party system unless in particularly unique situations. Which is why pretty much every other democracy chooses a proportional system that takes into account that the population as a whole has a spectrum of political persuasions. You can either that by giving people more than one vote (ranked voting lets you number your candidates), or when selecting who wins each seat in Parliament you use the popular vote (12% of votes wins 12% of the seats). If the US allowed its voters to rank their candidates in the presidential races we would have a lot more US political parties and presidents that can appeal to the most US voters.

[@cynic2201]

Damn, it took you a while to find that subreddit

[@benjaminharris8922]

Blinkist sponsors your lobster roll addiction

[@addexiaohao8364]

I mean, if you gerrymander of the America into one state Hilary would win 437:0

[@turtlevader]

It is correct that you can only vote for the two major parties. But if the US would enact a system where you can vote for several people and rank them, it would completely fix this. As soon as your top rank gets eliminated from contention, your vote switches to your second rank and we figure it all out again until only one remains. There’s a name for this system but it eludes me right now.

[@tryplt]

Usually called single transferable vote, but instant runoff makes more sense to me.

[@ravinmarokef]

Ranked-choice voting :)

[@pandapops5428]

5:12 holy god i was not ready for "LeninDerry"

[@Alexandros.Mograine]

I like the production quality when you compare back a few years ago.

[@cleryfrey]

What the... Philippines was divided into language S.S.R.s... this Soviet Union map is sooo hilarious (at least for the part of the Philippines anyway).

[@keenanlarsen1639]

As an American I can confirm that there are a lot of Jefferson counties. I live in one.

[@295g295]

19:08 Al Abama and Al Aska

[@sugarfrosted2005]

Really weird that the high speed rail map doesn't include Minneapolis.

[@arkesh110]

Honestly wish the alien America map was in the description :( Edit: somehow i spelt this sentice like I was typing with a lisp

[@HeortirtheWoodwarden]

5:03 This is the most terrifying thing I've ever seen

[@RiOT5111]

As a south Idahoan I don’t know anyone from northern ID but would not be in the least bit shocked to see revived plans to make Lincoln as state

[@robert_wigh]

12:24 New London inside of the county of Appleton. Sounds super-British to me!

[@DexFire1115]

2:48 We gained Toledo and lost the Upper Peninsula... Oh how the tables have turned.

[@antonrosbo33]

first time i heard about the losser becoming the vic president in the past, soudend like a cool idea untill 5 seconds of thinking made me realize it creates a huge insentive to assainate the president

[@Qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3]

There was a Libertarian House seat for a long time in Michigan

[@gentlemanvanilla]

Link to your sources please, I can never find these maps

[@radio_marco]

2:59 on this map would alot of Civil Wars happen.

[@silentglacierfang]

I wish the multi-party system could work for America but the way it is set up means that one party needs to get the majority or else it goes to the House of Representatives with each state getting one vote. A tied electoral college election for example happened in 1800 with the House tying I believe it was 36 times before choosing Jefferson instead of Burr. Also, I do most of the time read the descriptionS for sources but often they are not cited :(

[@lest3604]

I have super rare namen (5 people only have them) and my dad named me that after some prince that we aren't even sure that he existed. And in my country there's one super similar popular name to my so why I say my name everyone thinks that my name is that popular name.

[@joemungus6063]

Love the honesty at the end lol

[@scenicdepictionsofchicagolife]

We (at least a good amount of us) Americans recognize the shortcomings of our bipartisan politics but can do precious little about it anymore. You're right... it is disturbing. But what is one to do when the entire government has been bought and paid for by wall Street? Money talks, and every day Americans both need it and can't afford to buy politicians back from wall Street. I can't remember which historical figure said but I paraphrase [someone] in saying that a government gets stale when it is stable for a long time and that revolutions to ring control back in can be necessary in the name of democracy every few centuries.

[@cartergray9397]

R.I.P I will miss you...you were my favorite youtuber

[@joelfrom08]

weird how it says "18 minute read" for a bit at 1:32 with the correct font and style.. hmmm

[@JJLarge]

And when it fades out that 16 minute read sign stays for an extra few frames...

[@TheGamerHenstrike]

That what to wear in America map is amazing, where's it from?

[@kevincronk7981]

I don't not never read descriptions

[@svantenelander7131]

12:56 Anyone else spot "Lordship of Gaylord"

[@HollcomeTook]

I'll have to check out your probably main YT channel, but I don't read descriptions so I don't know the link 😉

[@graffiti9145]

I've been subbed to this channel since the days your videos used to get 100 views

[@Civyy]

"I met a woman named Kennedy, *it blows my mind*.."

[@MasterCriminal0]

Andrew the second king of hungary and jerusalem creator of the hungarian gold

[@JediSimpson]

13:30 - The United Kingdom would go back to being named the Kingdom of Great Britain, and have the old Union Flag.

[@corbin5392]

Let's hope he buys cow paintings with that money

[@bluflavouredpudding]

As a Venezuelan both the UN and the SSR maps are painful to look at Trust me, you don't want a Maracaibo nation, and we tried the unification with Colombia before, it didn't work

[@soniagarcia3078]

Anybody have a link to the world ussr map?

[@realGBx64]

The funny thing about israel is that when they estabilished the country, the argument was similar, that there are not many people there.

[@darkingbogs]

The Principality of Roselawn, located between Illinois and Indiana in the Holy Roman Empire of America, should be interesting since the community of Roselawn, Indiana is most known for having two nudist colonies.

[@rayneTheWolfe]

I don’t think he meant for it to be a joke, but saying “it blows my mine.” Right after talking about someone named Kennedy.

[@thomasnorris6602]

no one likes having two parties, its a result of the system we have. I would love to vote for a progressive candidate, but if all the progressives vote for the progressive candidate, then its a foregone conclusion that the conservative candidate wins (since the liberal votes are split between two candidates, called the "spoiler effect")

[@CJMapping]

19:03 the sponsor of this video

[@WasatchWind]

18:30 - You do know that divorce is legal in Utah.... right?

[@RunningOnAutopilot]

Where can I find the “what should I wear to America” map

[@paschadoudou]

At 14:16, MONTRÉAL IS A PROVINCE

[@LutherAEvans]

There's no Jerusalem on the Baja California peninsula, but you know, minor details. Who would notice? What could go wrong?