Where Did Your Country Get Independence From?

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[@cann0708]

Yeah Belgium treat their colony very nicely, they really admired the hands of the native people there

[@bowser3017]

don't forget about industrialization. Belgium made DRC developed

[@createyourownfuture5410]

@@bowser3017 bro seriously? 💀

[@chickenperson7568]

@@createyourownfuture5410 Yeah, the native population boomed, in fact the colony barely wanted to leave but Belgium gave it to them anyway!

[@Garouu23]

@@bowser3017 and the educative system they brought to Congo was really advanced. Even today the best Congolese schools are the ones left by Belgium

[@TooManyKuromosomes]

The DRC is the epitome of development

[@niluscvp]

The handoffs approach of belgian Congo seems much better on paper than it was in reality.

[@PixelTrain1]

💀💀

[@bestGaming132]

Oh no

[@PeoplecallmeLucifer]

oooooooooooooooooooooof

[@taliesin7913]

Based

[@esc_l0n]

heh. HANDOFF.

[@DJTileTurnip]

Seeing Andrew's body-less floating head on the green screen made me laugh a little bit too much

[@monotonehell]

He needs to green screen the chairback too 🤔😅

[@andreiferariu]

The map, at least for Romania, is wrong. Romania became independent from the Ottoman empire officially, not from Russia/the Soviet Union in any way shape or form. Unless it's trying to say that being Soviet occupied in WW2 means we gained independence from them - which would mean Germany would also be from the Soviet Union and stuff like that.

[@jacplac97]

Same with Poland. We celebrate our independence from German Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Russian Empire, not Soviet Union. Indeed we were occupied by Nazi Germany and Soviet Union, but this happened AFTER we officially re-gained our independence.

[@holdenennis]

On the note of the USSR, shouldn’t Russia and Colombia have Soviet and Gran Colombian flags since that is who they gained independence from in 1991 and 1830? Why to him is South Korea getting independence from the US a stretch, but not North Korea from the USSR? Kim il-Sung was not a Soviet puppet, he was an unreliable ally who often disagreed with them and took different sides in conflicts like Afghanistan and Kampuchea. All of Korea should have been marked as the Japanese flag.

[@higbort]

@@holdenennis was colombia not the administrative capitol of gran colombia?

[@holdenennis]

@@higbort the capital was Bogotá, which is in modern Colombia. But Colombia back than was called Nueva Granada, and it was a part of the Republic of (Gran) Colombia. Nueva Granada changed its name to Colombia in the 1860s because the Colombian Liberal Party admired Christopher Columbus and they also wanted to claim to be the true successor of Gran Colombia. Gran Colombia was actually just called Colombia, and the “Gran” was added later by historians to differentiate her from modern Colombia. So what happened was Nueva Granada gained independence from Gran Colombia in 1830 when it dissolved, and changed their name to Colombia thirty years later in a bid for legitimacy and claim to be the true successor.

[@Ukrainesdude]

Germany now, the one in the map, is supposed to be west Germany (since obviously the west Germans were on the winning side of the mildly room temperature war) i guess it is debatable whether West Germany did or did not gain independence from the allied powers

[@ARK613]

Israel's independence day is calculated using the Hebrew calendar. May 14, 1948 was Iyar 5 , 5708 , on the Hebrew calendar. We don't celebrate every year on May 14 , we celebrate on Iyar 5. That Hebrew date can happen anywhere between late April and mid May , depending on the year. P.S. the differences between The Hebrew and Gregorian calendars , is why Chanukah is sometimes right around Christmas, and other times , the holiday can start as early as the end of November.

[@marysartr]

Isn'treal 🇮🇱

[@squirrelwithabanana]

This

[@squirrelwithabanana]

The sabbath bit was about a specific case when they moved the date a bit when it happened to fall on the sabbath during a certain year

[@ARK613]

@@squirrelwithabanana Yes , the day does get moved around in some years, but only by a day or two. The sabbath issue alone wouldn't push our independence day into April.

[@Ihatecoloredppl]

@@marysartr cringe

[@juanmendez3290]

Can we appreciate it they took the time and added that San Marino became independent from the Roman Empire?

[@irenaveksler1935]

England/uk became independent from the Norman’s [or romans] lol As for Thailand idk if they counted it as gaining independence from Japanese empire

[@irenaveksler1935]

Was the Vatican Italy?

[@juanmendez3290]

@@irenaveksler1935 the papal state were integrated into Italy during the unification period and later on the vatican was granted a small part of rome as an independent "country"

[@irenaveksler1935]

@@juanmendez3290 yeah Mussolini granted Vatican

[@adrianzanoli]

@@irenaveksler1935 between 1870 and 1929 it was part of italy. The Pope did not recognized italy and stated that no catholics should have taken part in any italian election, this was called the "Roman Question". In 1929, Benito Mussolini solved this situation with the Lateran Treaty that still regulate the complex political and economic relations between Italy and the Vatican, to the Holy See is granted control over the churches, they recives money (officially for mantaining the churches) trought italian taxpayers, and Catholic religion is obligatorily learned in the schools since young age, the Holy See can still "de facto" influence italian politics when they feel the Catholic values are in danger, last year they blocked a pro LGBT+ law.

[@davidfeltheim2501]

Toycat doing a little trolling and doxxing himself by revealing he lives in Buckingham Palace made my day.

[@Shadow_Glider]

Adjusting death by inflation so casually is the most ibx2cat thing to do

[@Tethloach1]

It really puts the scale to the carnage.

[@zerotwoisreal]

@@Tethloach1 what one could do is take the percentage of the population who died at that time, and find what that same percentage would be with the current population

[@AslakAsp]

Maps are great

[@jamesparkes8776]

Map fap

[@nyuh]

So true !!!!

[@mslightsite]

The flag up in Sweden & Denmark is the Kalmar Union!

[@concept5631]

What's the flag on top of Finland? Thought they got there independence from the Russian Empire. The flag looks completely red so is the hanmer and sickle out of view or is it the flag of the brief Finnish communist state? I'm confused.

[@kaiserslavaniaashur1623]

@@concept5631 Finland gained independence from the soviet union

[@concept5631]

@@kaiserslavaniaashur1623 i see

[@Latska]

@@kaiserslavaniaashur1623 It didn't. Soviet Union didn't exist until 1922 and Finland gained its independence in 1917. Russia was in the middle of civil war and that red flag was used by Lenin's government.

[@kaiserslavaniaashur1623]

@@Latska Oh shit yeah I forgot, Finland used the momment of unstability to break free

[@liamfarrell2215]

I was having a rough day but seeing the map of dry counties is the usa really brightened my day

[@polytopiahu1015]

Correction regarding Israeli independence day: While it is true that it moved around because of the Sabbath, it can only move by 1 or 2 days, so that's not why it can be in April despite Israel gaining independence on May 14. The reason for that is that Israel uses the Hebrew calendar for it's national holidays, and the Hebrew calendar moves around relative to the Gregorian calendar

[@Nooticus]

Exactly this ^^

[@johnson941]

I wouldn't say that Denmark got independence from the Kalmar Union. The Union basically ended with Christian II. in Denmark murdering over 50 Swedish politicians in Stockholm because Sweden felt that Denmark had too much to say in the union (which we probably did). The Swedes celebrate the election of a new King in 1523, where as Denmark doesn't even have a national day. We celebrate our Constitution day, but that was made in peaceful conditions with support from the King at the time.

[@DominusRexDK]

yeah, its straight up an incorrect map. Denmark ran the Kalmar union.... so it didn't gain independence from it.

[@rasmus781]

yes its like saying russia/moscow get independence from ussr

[@jonasrothmann1536]

Same as saying Great Britain gained independence from England, sure one went from smaller -> larger, and the other from larger -> smaller but still

[@BeSk9991]

The map is wrong in many aspects. Czechia and Slovakia got independence from Czechoslovakia? LOL We even celebrate our "Day of independent Czechoslovak state" on 28th October. It was independence from Austria-HUngary in 1918. 1.1. 1993 is "day of restoration of Czech independent state". But if anything, we got independence from 1989 from commies, not from Czechoslovakia - that was peaceful separation, not independence fight / protests etc.

[@setdow756]

@JohnSon In Sweden we celebrate our “independence day” or nationaldag (national day) as we call it because of the constitution of 1809 which regulated the king’s power that was signed at the 6th of June by Karl XIII when he was crowned. You can also say that it’s celebrated because Gustav Vasa was crowned at the same day in 1523 after Sweden left the Kalmar Union.

[@ihaveapipebombinmyass]

On February 5, 1885, Belgian King Leopold II established the Congo Free State by brutally seizing the African landmass as his personal possession. Rather than control the Congo as a colony, as other European powers did throughout Africa, Leopold privately owned the region. (Colonizing other peoples, regardless of the justification, is wrong. The people being colonized are robbed of their land, resources, and freedom.) Leopold financed development projects with money loaned to him from the Belgian government. The king’s stated goal was to bring civilization to the people of the Congo, an enormous region in Central Africa. (Believing one people is more civilized than another is wrong.) Leopold’s reign over the Congo Free State, however, has become infamous for its brutality. The people of the Congo were forced to labor for valued resources, including rubber and ivory, to personally enrich Leopold. Estimates vary, but about half the Congolese population died from punishment and malnutrition. Many more suffered from disease and torture. Among those who weren't killed, many were punished by having a hand and/or foot amputated. The people of the Congo did not suffer these injustices without fighting back. Several rebellions were mercilessly put down under Leopold's direction. As the realities and suffering within the Congo Free State became more widely known, many European people spoke out against these abuses. Demonstrations and protests demanded that Leopold end human rights abuses in the Congo Free State. In 1908, international pressure forced the king to turn the Congo Free State over to the country of Belgium. The newly named “Belgian Congo” remained a colony until the Democratic Republic of Congo gained its independence in 1960.

[@irenaveksler1935]

Cool

[@dylanmurphy9389]

and?

[@irenaveksler1935]

@@dylanmurphy9389 and what? Toy cat asked if somebody could list a six page paragraph for why Belgium did something to Congo

[@dylanmurphy9389]

@@irenaveksler1935 oh I missed that part, I thought it was just random lol

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

Fake liberal Russian propaganda in my book

[@adamvagenknecht]

Yeah, Czechia is the colony of Czechoslovakia

[@roccosoldi8678]

lol, I know. This map is a poorly crafted joke.

[@realhawaii5o]

Thanks for doing this in a shirt matching your background colour.

[@damiengirvan5020]

It went white for a few seconds around 5:05

[@nenenindonu]

That map is kinda controversial like how didn't Iran get its idependence it was invaded and occupied by Alexander's Macedonians, Arab Caliphates, Turkic and Mongol Dynasties,... and that for millennia

[@than217]

Andrew's Halloween costume is the beheaded head of an Anglo-Saxon (at the hand of a Norman conqueror during the battle of Hastings) who never got to experience an independence day afterward.

[@TheLocalLt]

Thank you for such a nuanced take on this, this is exactly why I come to this channel!

[@Rryki]

Okay: The Belgian Congo was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until 1960. The colony was established after the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, when the European powers divided Africa among themselves. King Leopold II of Belgium was the sole proprietor of the Congo Free State, a private venture. The Congo Free State was a corporate state privately controlled by Leopold II through a holding company, the Compagnie du Congo pour le Commerce et l'Industrie (CCCI). The state included the entire area of the present Democratic Republic of the Congo and existed from 1885 to 1908, when the government of Belgium annexed the area. Leopold II ran the Congo Free State as a personal fiefdom. He used it to extract ivory, rubber, and other resources, to finance infrastructure projects in Belgium, and to enrich himself and his friends. He ran the colony with an iron fist, using forced labor, terror, and brutality to achieve his goals. The regime was notorious for its abuses of the Congolese people. Forced labor was widespread, with Congolese men, women, and children being forced to work in the mines, on plantations, and on infrastructure projects. They were paid little or nothing for their work, and were often treated brutally. Thousands of Congolese died from exhaustion, disease, and malnutrition. Leopold II's regime was also responsible for widespread atrocities. His private army, the Force Publique, was responsible for numerous massacres and other atrocities. In one notorious incident, the Force Publique killed and mutilated Congolese villagers in order to terrorize the population into submission. The regime's abuses finally came to light in the early 20th century, thanks to the efforts of journalists, missionaries, and human rights activists. The resulting public outcry led to an investigation by the Belgian government, which resulted in the annexation of the Congo Free State by Belgium in 1908. Despite the change in ownership, little changed for the Congolese people. They continued to be exploited for their labor and resources, and subjected to brutal treatment. It was not until 1960, when the Congo gained independence from Belgium, that the people of the Congo finally regained control of their country. The Belgian Congo was a dark chapter in the history of both Belgium and the Congo. The colony was founded on exploitation and brutality, and the Congolese people paid a heavy price for Belgium's greed. The legacy of the Belgian Congo is one of suffering and exploitation, and its history is a reminder of the dark side of colonialism.

[@gotham61]

I was in Aarhus Denmark recently, and the pedestrian "walk" sign showed a green viking with an axe, shield and helmet.

[@user-wm3ze6xc8b]

About the Israeli independence day, it is mentioned according the Hebrew calendar so it is changes a bit every year, usually May and sometimes Aprial. However according to the Gregorian calendar the date is in May so Israel should be on May column. Thank you for the video!

[@tortistortis]

you cannot count the amount of countries on one hand (unless you are from somerset)

[@being9415]

count in binary

[@joelflex]

Bro I literally would not give one literal fuck about global geography if it wasn’t for you toycat. You’re one of my favorite channels to watch due to your humorous delivery and informative content. I appreciate you educating me over the past couple years

[@Siience...s]

Absolutely great green screen mate. Loving it 👌

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

France didn’t “colonize” England. It was conquered by a guy who happened to be French. There’s a huge difference there. England was still independent after the Norman conquest and if anything was more anti-French than ever since the Norma conquest is the reason why England and France have been at war for centuries afterwards. There’s actually a better argument that England was under French control during the first barons war when the prince of France conquered England and then the English successfully fought them off and “gained independence.”

[@moonshinei]

He wasn’t even French, he was a Swede who spoke French

[@sebe2255]

@@moonshinei Basically French then, French itself isn’t an ethnicity in the same way German is as the French are a combination of Celtic people, Latin culture and a Germanic elite. So a Nordic nobleman speaking French isn’t out of place

[@SalvatoreBabones]

I listen to most of these map videos on my phone with the screen turned off, and somehow I get the feeling that I'm not really missing anything!

[@Yukimation]

Haha mate I just love watching you talk about maps and history, it makes me laugh how your brain goes into tangants, really enjoy it!

[@cheetahman515]

One piece of fun fact for you guys, you can notice that there is a part of South American in purple, that is france. Or at least part of it, it is part of the french oversees territories that includes many different islands around the world, like the british oversees territories.

[@idan520]

The israeli one is made like that because holidays, memorial days, etc. are celebrated on their date on the jewish calendar. We don't simply move the holiday, we celebrate it on the same date on our calender. another problem is that the Israeli memorial day is one day before the independence day, and both of them cant take part on Friday or saturday (in the bible, days are considered as the time period between one sunset and another sunset. the memorial day cant take place on Friday because religious people won't be able to participate or watch the ceremonies that take place at night and they can't take place at Saturday either because they won't be able to arrive to the ceremonies before the night, and the same thing applies for the independence day)

[@dexii754]

The flag in Sweden is Kalmarunionen, which was a Union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Similar to if Scotland would get independence form UK

[@enriktigasna]

No because they were allowed to have their own laws, the Kalmar Union was complicated, and Sweden had a large amount of Autonomy, however were unfairly taxed and had atrocities committed on their land

[@kpc211]

The question is whether breaking away from a union can be considered gaining independence... Does being in a union with another country mean your country isn't independent? I guess there are so many factors that affect that, including for example, if it was possible to easily leave that union.

[@Jesus_saves77786]

This is really interesting great videos!

[@Philistine47]

What country is France supposed to have "gained independence" from? _Itself?_ Same question for Russia, though in that case there's an argument to be made that Russia _as a separate country_ gained it's independence from the USSR, just like every other post-Soviet state. Also, both the DPRK and the ROK should really have Japanese flags. Certainly they became _satellites_ of the USSR and USA respectively, but they were never _colonized_ during the Cold War as Korea had been prior to 1945.

[@erwannthietart3602]

Theres 3 differant pov to see this for France, 1, 1789, the French population freed itself from the french King and his familly absolute rule, indepandance from absolutism. 2. indepandance from the Frankish empire, which technically didnt happen since West Francia was the last Frankish state existing and is where the Empire essentially comes from (not the frankish themselves but the empire original base of power to conquer everything comes from Gallia first). This is not an indepandance and more of a direct continuation like when the French republic took over the monarchy, the Carolingiens King of West Francia Charles le Téméraire who was under Nominal rule from his brother Lothaire the technical emperor of the Frankish empire that ruled both Italy and Lotharingia then quickly his nephew, just decided to not even say he obey anymore, the empire was already no more in everything but name anyway so there was nothing to gain indepandance from, especially since it originates from succession right, while theres the concept of taking indepandance from your parents, well thats not litteral when talking about a country. 3rd would be the indepandance from Rome's nominal rule over the Frankish (And Syagrius's Latin domination over northern Gallia), but again less indepandance when it was a conquest

[@sebe2255]

@@erwannthietart3602 France as such didn’t get independence from anyone, it was just a centuries long process of a Frankish elite and Gallo-Roman population forming a centralized country

[@erwannthietart3602]

@@sebe2255 yup

[@jstnrgrs]

So they show the USA getting independence from the UK, but I’d argue that the western part should show Spain, and the middle from France. At the time of American independence, the USA was only the east.

[@Ariverfish]

Thank you for this video floating head man

[@vacantile]

I didn’t even notice the shirt but your strategy still worked because I commented anyway

[@scientificnameofpigs]

I love your shirt! It changes color to camoflage!

[@skadoosher7747]

He got you

[@shqip_sumejja]

Belgium and the DRC had a great relationship they really treated the natives well and like humans. the explorers were not cruel and loved the place 👍

[@muffin_____]

I didnt even notice you weren't wearing a shirt until you mentioned it lol

[@vaxxu]

1:33 i'm actually learning about all the wonderful things belgium did in the congo in world studies right now! 😄

[@nev7]

oh no xD

[@hs6_54]

I really admire the natives response to the Belgians. They were always willing to lend a hand.

[@mr.cracker3085]

The Israeli independence day celebration doesn't move it's just that it's celebrated using the Hebrew calendar which doesn't line up with the regular calendar 👍

[@Fl0ki1127]

Chile also has 2. In february (1818) it's our official independence for Spain, but in septembre (1810) we celebrate "Primera Junta Nacional" that was a group of people that swear loyalty to the Spanish crown during Napoleon's occupation of Spain

[@andriusgimbutas3723]

Belgium did many good things in Congo. Large plantations (growing cotton, oil palms, coffee, cacao, and rubber) and livestock farms were developed. In the interior gold and diamond mines were established. By the end of his life, Leopold was unpopular with his people, but, ironically, that had much less to do with his actions in Africa than with his conduct of his personal life. He spoke contemptuously of Belgium’s small size, could not speak proper Dutch, the native language of more than half of its citizens, spent long winters in luxurious quarters on the French Riviera, despite his strong dislike of the french, and was estranged from two of his three daughters. Moreover, he had a well-known penchant for teenaged girls, and, when he was age 65, he began a liaison with a teenaged former prostitute who bore him two additional children.

[@iskanderaga-ali3353]

Hello, based department?

[@presakakeya]

One of my good friends is from Belgium, and let me tell you as an American who only learned about Belgium's waffles and chocolate, I was s h o c k e d

[@Jordan-X]

All of the European nations west of Germany did horrific things to African people

[@jimmilton6644]

@@Jordan-X not ireland 😊

[@Jordan-X]

@@jimmilton6644 True, my mistake. Free Northern Ireland!

[@dumbgameboys618]

@@Jordan-X The Netherlands didn't?

[@Jordan-X]

@@dumbgameboys618 You’re joking right? The Dutch empire colonized and subjugated South Africa, Ghana, India, Indonesia, South America, and many more nations.

[@derwebie775]

i love the point that its like perspective because that was exactly my point why the video sounded weird to me at first

[@MalaysianBallProductions]

3:19 for people who don't know the hammer and sickle represent the worker and the farmer The hammer being the worker And the sickle being the farmer

[@Hottest_man_in_Siberia]

“I wonder what Belgium did in the Congo” he asks

[@ToastieBRRRN]

technically Leopold as it was his private state.

[@user-te7rf8ik7z]

UK got independence from Roman empire, Germany from napoleonic france, you can find an answer for any country (except, maybe, for some random island)

[@ToastieBRRRN]

The UK didn't exist as an entity back then and Germany didn't exist either under Napoleon I. It's all relative tbh.

[@sebe2255]

@@ToastieBRRRN Yeah lol the English weren’t even on the island yet when Rome left. And I wouldn’t connect Britonic post roman kingdoms to the UK

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

If we go by last stable occupation, Germany got independence in 1990 and the UK in 1066

[@guest_of_randomness]

like the idea and the thoughts of this video

[@sheevys]

You totally got me when you said it's your second channel

[@mellorifick1730]

Thanks for wearing a green tshirt, so I can see new zealand through you 😍

[@BeachbenXD]

When a lot of the countries that gained independence in those "summer months" are in the southern hemisphere

[@HappyBeezerStudios]

The big line graph really opens the question what the terms of independence are. Does a country has to be part of a different country and separate? Is being occupied enough?

[@thelemonking69]

Ibxtoycat has a second channel? And it's about geography this feels very surreal.

[@brokennote6127]

South Korea has a really tragic past with Japanese imperalism and is still a lasting scar for many elderly alive. Hence the great political tension between the two today. To say it might be under the category of 'never colonized' is a huge understatement

[@michaelowino228]

Cool video.

[@johnhull6061]

Do you have Merch? I’d love to wear a “second channel l, don’t care” shirt to work

[@andiyeet]

Just gotta say that you had a nice t-shirt in the video !

[@Fyrdman]

Korea should be under the 'Partial European control or influence'. Russia had swathes of influence over Korea until the Russo-Japanese war.

[@OrangeBarnacle]

Also if not the USA flag, then South Korea should have the Japanese flag on the first map

[@veradokic861]

Love from Denmark

[@Duda286]

"this is my house right here" *zooms in Buckingham Palace*

[@meowdasia]

your floating head is the best part of the video

[@volatilemosskin]

3:50 I don't know where that Polish standing-pengiun icon is from. On traffic lights and road signs there is a left oriented icon of walking man.

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

The map at 5:54 should have chosen colors with better contrast. I'm partially colorblind, and the color for countries that were colonized by Europe looks just like the color for countries that were never colonized by Europe.

[@RK-wz4cc]

South Korea technically got independence from Imperial Japan

[@shqip_sumejja]

10:54 toycat deviating from the colonisation topic and going all philosophical 💀

[@70n24]

I really liked this video. History of nations may just be history of conquest and independences.

[@LUNE.44]

the bit at around 11:57 is hillarious

[@shpilbass5743]

In Israel we celebrate our independence day (as well as all other holidays) by the Jewish calendar, and because it isn't fully in sync with the Gregorian calendar (there's actually a cycle of 19 years the dates converge every 19 years) the date in the Gregorian calendar changes between May and April.

[@Kamalean]

that moment you realise his chair is a part of the green screen

[@BeStRavenclaw]

"Do you wanna see my house?" (he zooms to Buckingham palace) I didn't know your royal! XD

[@derelendekanacke]

14:40 I didnt even notice that till you mentioned it

[@Alex-tk1ss]

3:53 the Bulgarian man has a hat pretty useful in Bulgaria.

[@ccityplanner1217]

3:11: Napoleon. Israeli independence day is defined according to the lunar calendar, so it is roughly 3 weeks after Easter or 9 to 13 weeks after Chinese New Year. 9:14: American website wants you to believe Liberia was never colonised. Liberia was operated as a de-facto US colony, but the Americans didn't want to own up to that since they were opposed to colonisation on principle. 10:05: The northern half of my family tells me off if I leave a negative review of something. I believe this to be related to characteristic Scandinavian humility.

[@floridamanryan4328]

Everytime Australia was on your shirt I needed to wipe my screen

[@jmitzenmacher5]

I think you should always wear the green shirt, so we can see more of the map behind you

[@signalshift6676]

Stealing is just borrowing, but you can't give it back, because the people you borrowed it from died... because people aren't live forever

[@xhazzx]

Are you the guy who use to make minecraft videos?

[@bharatmadho3742]

Belgium was doing great in the Congo. The king himself gave everyone a highfive!

[@calliope3237]

"Homo sapiens cannot be trusted." I think that's an accurate summary of the video tbh.

[@GhostedPeanut]

The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo[a]) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. The former colony adopted its present name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in 1964. Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of the Belgians attempted to persuade the Belgian government to support colonial expansion around the then-largely unexploited Congo Basin. Their ambivalence resulted in Leopold's establishing a colony himself. With support from a number of Western countries, Leopold achieved international recognition of the Congo Free State in 1885.[7] By the turn of the century, the violence used by Free State officials against indigenous Congolese and a ruthless system of economic exploitation led to intense diplomatic pressure on Belgium to take official control of the country, which it did by creating the Belgian Congo in 1908.[8] Belgian rule in the Congo was based on the "colonial trinity" (trinité coloniale) of state, missionary and private-company interests.[9] The privileging of Belgian commercial interests meant that large amounts of capital flowed into the Congo and that individual regions became specialised. On many occasions, the interests of the government and of private enterprise became closely linked, and the state helped companies to break strikes and to remove other barriers raised by the indigenous population.[9] The colony was divided into hierarchically organised administrative subdivisions, and run uniformly according to a set "native policy" (politique indigène). This differed from the practice of British and French colonial policy, which generally favoured systems of indirect rule, retaining traditional leaders in positions of authority under colonial oversight.[clarification needed] During the 1940s and 1950s, the Belgian Congo experienced extensive urbanisation and the colonial administration began various development programs aimed at making the territory into a "model colony".[10] One result saw the development of a new middle-class of Europeanised African "évolués" in the cities.[10] By the 1950s the Congo had a wage labour force twice as large as that in any other African colony.[11] In 1960, as the result of a widespread and increasingly radical pro-independence movement, the Belgian Congo achieved independence, becoming the Republic of the Congo under Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba and President Joseph Kasa-Vubu. Poor relations between political factions within the Congo, the continued involvement of Belgium in Congolese affairs, and the intervention by major parties (mainly the United States and the Soviet Union) during the Cold War led to a five-year-long period of war and political instability, known as the Congo Crisis, from 1960 to 1965. This ended with the seizure of power by Joseph-Désiré Mobutu in November 1965.(Not six paragraphs but close)

[@Ludovicus1769]

To say that Denmark, of all places, was a colony of the Kalmar Union is taking it a bit far. They controlled the Kalmar Union.

[@schlaumayer3754]

6:30 I love how according to this map french Guyana is part of Europe. Yes it's a part of France, but Europe...?

[@LucaMusumeci]

This kid is doing an "old-style" one-take 20 minutes presentation on a platform where people abused jump-cut so much it became a meme. That alone should be brought to attention. Good job!

[@Theviking1734]

when he realizes he has a green shirt

[@kenji4330]

that first map triggered the shit out of me

[@FroddeB]

Fun fact, Denmark has the flag of the "Kalmar Union" (The yellow flag you didn't recognnize on Sweden). Which it became "independent" from, however the Kalmar Union was de facto just a Danish monarch rule of all of Scandinavia. So in a way the rest of scandinavia became independent from Denmark trying to cover it up by calling the ruling something else than "The Kingdom of Denmark".

[@Escviitash]

The Kalmar Union was a personal union between the kingdoms/countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, predominantly ruled by Danish monarch, but still with separate capitals and constitutions, and at times the three countries had each their own separate monarchs. In the final years the union was under one Monarch, the Danish king, who allowed/acknowledged Sweden's departure from the union, splitting it into the Kingdom of Sweden and the real union of Denmark-Norway, which had 2 capitals: Oslo and Copenhagen, and separate monarchs. When the Norwegian king died, Norway officially became a part of Denmark with one monarch and one capital. Norway was later officialy handed over to Sweden through a treaty, but Norway didn't recognize it and went to war with Sweden, and the result was that instead of Norway becoming a part of Sweden, it joined a personal union with Sweden. Thus Denmark and Sweden have not always been independent countries, but they have never been offical parts of other countries. Becoming independent countries due to dissolution of a union, and gaining independence from another country is not the same thing. Since the handover was not recognized by Norway, Norway was de facto never a part of Sweden. Since the map is about countries gaining independence from another country and not splits of unions, it would be much true to history to say that Norway got its independence from Denmark, and that Denmark and Sweden have always been independent

[@fdsdh1]

There are some errors/oddities i can see with the first map. Aden was a British colony, not sure who controlled the rest of Yemen, perhaps the Ottomans back in the day? Ethiopia was also occupied by Italy. Then with USA it's a bit more complicated since the 13 colonies were quite a small area of the whole country, like the West coast was all Spanish, but I guess the official independence day is from Britain. England was also part of the Empire of Cnut the Great, so I don't know if that counts as independence, but they seem to have applied that methodology to France which got independent from the Frankish empire when it split between East and west(?).

[@EthiotendoEdits]

Just because ethiipia was occupied doesn't mean we gained independence. That's not an error it's the truth. Your right about everything else though

[@bluebell3720]

They turned up and it took 5 years to kick them out Ethiopia wasn't colonised in a proper sense so didn't need to gain independence as did other countries

[@EthiotendoEdits]

@@bluebell3720 exactly

[@XXX1NELSON1XXX]

In a way, being divided by many countries, is already happening. my country is divided by districts, that are divided by cities, and each city has their gourvernemt that answer to district government, that answer to country gov.

[@norielsylvire4097]

I wanna add: Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, and you could possibly even argue that Germany and England got their independence from the Roman Empire. The independence from France thing in Portugal and Spain is kinda sketchy since they didn't really become another state, they were just occupied and for a very short period of time. The Romania getting their independence from the USSR is kinda sketchy too, since Romania was not a part of the USSR but it was indeed a Satellite country. As a Romanian I can confirm we got invaded and conquered at least a dozen times. Spain got conquered by the Arabs and they founded Al Andalus, but you couldn't really call that an independence since they more like re conquered the land little by little rather than getting independence as a whole at the same time. So I would put Italy, France Portugal Spain and maybe England and Germany as splitting from the collapsing Roman Empire, and Romania as getting it's independence from the Turks rather than the USSR

[@scruffygaming2599]

The yellow and red flag was the old danish kingdom Kalmar union, but I wouldn’t say Denmark got its independence from Kalmar since we declared it our self and I would say we got our “independence” from Germany in ww 1

[@joelucas7052]

The reason Israel's independence day moves around on the standard Gregorian calendar is the same reason all other Jewish holidays seem to move around. Israel uses the Hebrew calendar and it's a lunar calendar. It's always the 5th of Iyar, (that's a capital I not a lowercase L) so to a European perspective it moves around, but to an Israeli perspective it remains stationary. Because of the Sabbath, independence day can only move one or two days, but largely, it's always the same day.

[@IDKisReal2401]

3:00 Thats the flag of the Kalmar Union, a union between Sweden, Norway and Denmark Denmark having the most power and being the reason Sweden unpeacefully left is why it's most often attributed to Denmark Anyways we all know how many people will read this I suspect at least twenty seven million

[@ethabn4]

"where did your country get independence from?" " *b r i t a i n* "

[@Mr.Nichan]

I was just recently thinking of making a map like this.

[@FF-ru8re]

Tbh I don’t regard Canada day as a independence holiday, we had Dominion day before it, which is essentially what I celebrate each year, the idea of Canadian federation and provinces working together, not leaving the UK, cause we in a ceremonial form are still a part of the United Kingdom as a Commonwealth realm. I do have a bias tho.. I have British citizenship through descent, from my parents being born in England and Scotland respectively. So I believe I have a skewed view from other Canadians.

[@Johnstone_Studios]

im pretty sure we got independence from the hotdog man

[@TAKE_BACK_BRITAIN]

Technically you can argue that Germany recently got its independence from the USSR, USA, UK, and France.