Which country has lost the most territory?

[@alexanderhoak]

Surely, based on percentage, the winner is the Sovereign Millitary Order of Malta. They lost 100% of their land, but unlike most countries without land, they still retain their sovereignty.

[@ibx2cat]

Ooh, this might be the best win by technicality!

[@philtarpehdixon7441]

Fine point

[@perguto]

You are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct 😂

[@Nooticus]

Not a technicality at all!!

[@Masonjdjdjwkososlxloxo]

talking by modern day it is Vatican City, in which lost more than 99.9999% of its territory

[@togerboy5396]

Vatican by percentage

[@forallmankindtowatch]

To an extent, i would argue Vatican City is a successor state to the Papal states. Monaco is the correct answer.

[@ynes6658]

Or the sovereign order of Malta

[@ibx2cat]

I think this is the problem empire successor states from the beginning of the video, given they mostly amalgamated into Italy

[@Tethloach1]

@@ibx2cat You forgot to color Pakistan orange. British + Mongol overlap. And you should add orange dot for Hong Kong

[@PasteurizedLettuce]

The Vatican City was created as an independent political entity in modern times because of Mussolini lol

[@Ellial]

I'm sad you didn't mention Monaco. The country lost 95% it's territory to the french and has been chilling ever since-

[@KenzotopianAirlines]

The Vatican lost more than 99 percent

[@notzachpowers]

"Uncontroversal stretch of the middle east"

[@samsam21amb]

Best part of the video 😂 we love sarcasm

[@vladimirvlcok9493]

The Papal States or Vatican has lost about 99.98% of its territory

[@egelmuis]

More, like 99,9989%

[@Chance_Rice]

That's if you count the papal states as the Vatican city

[@OnlyGrafting]

​@@Chance_Rice they held themselves up in the Vatican and refused to accept Italian unification for decades. They were officially recognised eventually. I think its obvious its the successor state seeing as its literally where they ran to and held up until they were recognised.

[@chrisriverata1917]

​@@OnlyGraftingBy 1860, much of the Papal States' territory had been conquered by the Kingdom of Italy. Only Lazio, including Rome, remained under the Pope's temporal control. In 1870, the Pope lost Lazio and Rome and had no physical territory at all, except the Leonine City within Rome, which the new Italian state refrained from occupying militarily, despite its annexation. In 1929, the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, the head of the Italian government, ended the "Prisoner in the Vatican" problem involving a unified Italy and the Holy See by negotiating the Lateran Treaty, signed by the two parties. This treaty recognized the sovereignty of the Holy See over a newly created territorial entity, a city-state within Rome limited to a token territory which became the Vatican City. The Vatican and Papal States aren't the same entity the Vatican is a successor state to the Papal States through their treaties with Italy.

[@yukimoe]

Yeah, kinda surprised you didn't mention either Vatican or the Sovereign Military Order of Malta Both lost 100% of their land at one point, yet remained more or less a sovereign entity under international law, and in Vatican's case they eventually regained a minuscule 0.001% of their former territory (yeah I did the math, they went from about 44000 to 0.5 km²)

[@chrisriverata1917]

By 1860, much of the Papal States' territory had been conquered by the Kingdom of Italy. Only Lazio, including Rome, remained under the Pope's temporal control. In 1870, the Pope lost Lazio and Rome and had no physical territory at all, except the Leonine City within Rome, which the new Italian state refrained from occupying militarily, despite its annexation. In 1929, the Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini, the head of the Italian government, ended the "Prisoner in the Vatican" problem involving a unified Italy and the Holy See by negotiating the Lateran Treaty, signed by the two parties. This treaty recognized the sovereignty of the Holy See over a newly created territorial entity, a city-state within Rome limited to a token territory which became the Vatican City. The Vatican and Papal States are not the same entity the Vatican is a successor state to the Papal States, the Vatican hasn't lost any territory because it's essentially a pseudo country.

[@PhantomCatMusic]

Assuming countries that still exist, percentagewise I guess the knights of malta or the papal state depending on how you see it.

[@codingphysics695]

The Sovereign Order of Malta. It lost all of its territory (Malta) but is today still recognized as sovereign entity. It has a population, a government, a flag, its own currency and own law but not a single square meter of territory.

[@imperify7671]

its actually the vatican, when they were the papal states they controlled a large chunk of italy and now are reduced to not even 1 square mile

[@ibx2cat]

I think this is the problem of successor states to empires from the beginning of the video!

[@swabianbug]

Nah fam where is HUNGARY?? We lost 2/3 of our territory!!! TRIANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!!!!!! NEM NEM SOHAAAAAAA

[@wurstkocher842]

as an Austrian, I think I am on your side here

[@explorernate]

get the gang back together, guys

[@神の人-f2k]

Hungary not even an honourable mention 😭

[@HeyHey2014-xe9pf]

Poland lost the most because they lost all of their land twice, so they lost at least 200% of their land.

[@ibx2cat]

hahaha, compelling argument!!

[@szurketaltos2693]

France does love clicking the "Form Poland" button huh

[@Nabium]

Norway lost Greenland, Iceland, Shetland, Orkneys, Isle of Man, Faroe Islands, Jamtland, Herjedalen, Bohuslän and arguably a large part of the Antartica. Almost 5 million square km. Norway is now almost 400 000 square km. So she lost herself more than 10 times over.

[@kaushikrj5909]

Norway never owned any of these but was part of Denmark.

[@Nabium]

@@kaushikrj5909 Nope. You're wrong. They were all a part of Norway, but then after Danish "unity" they Danes took them. But thanks for being so confident in something you don't know :) We should all strive to be as ignorant!!! :D

[@szurketaltos2693]

Greenland and Antarctica at least would be imperial possesions even if Norway was called a Kingdom

[@Appalachian-Mapping]

norway still owns a slice of antarctica

[@Nabium]

@@Appalachian-Mapping That's a matter of discussion, they claim it, but not many countries recognise it. So, it's not really what I would describe as "ownership".

[@shqip_sumejja]

Mongolia. Bring back the Mongol empire 👑

[@AirCone]

Approved.

[@Living_Murphys_Law]

They'll need more horses

[@Austine1452]

they can't even feed themselves without china or Russian say so

[@THBBAS77]

Hungary has lost a significant amount of territory aswell.

[@yeetersnitzel6351]

Treaty of Trianon never happened, Treaty of Trianon never happened, Treaty of Trianon never happened.

[@moistisprobdead]

hungarian spotted

[@FingerBob]

Greenland used to be Norwegian. That's a big chunk to lose. Same with Faroe Islands, Shetland, Orkneys, Isle of Man, as well as a big chunk of what is today western Sweden

[@imperify7671]

Norway was under a union with denmark

[@FingerBob]

@@imperify7671 All this was before the union with Denmark, but the union is the reason why everything was lost

[@se6369]

​@@FingerBobTechnically, de jure Greenland and Iceland were Norwegian until 1814

[@miguelpadeiro762]

Yeah, but the vast majority of the Greenlandic "land"mass wasn't controlled by Norway.

[@Frosthel]

Vatican: Didn't have to cut me off

[@ggunter2730]

Surely it would be Portugal because of the treaty of tordesillas

[@sizanogreen9900]

Liechtenstein as the last relic of the HRE:P

[@TheOne_6]

we did (sad british noises)

[@Mr_Meme_Guy659]

Just found out toycat made this type of content and I think I'm in love

[@ElyOmar]

1:29 The United Provinces of Central America never recognized their annexation to Mexico hence it only lasted one year. It was an invasion by Iturbide. That’s why Mexico also called themselves an empire but Central America was technically NEVER a part of the Federal Republic of Mexico.

[@gunnasintern]

facts. it makes sense they never recognized it since Central America is a Caribbean region with South American influence. it’s always had closer ties historically and culturally with other countries like Cuba and Colombia

[@tricky1992000]

Novgorod Republic is just one of many countries that has lost 100% of their land.

[@Dinonaut]

i would mention the Polish and/or Lithuania considering the Commonwealth wasn't considered an Empire by many. Also Lithuania before the union with Poland was pretty big and was only considered a "Grand Duchy"

[@Cetnikmapping]

Hungary

[@2255223388]

"this uncontroversial stretch of Middle East" 🤣🤣🤣

[@estraume]

Denmark will lose a lot of territory if Greenland becomes fully independent (no longer a part of the Kingdom of Denmark).

[@Wetearwax]

vatican lost 99.9% of their former territory

[@se6369]

Does it count as the same country?

[@Appalachian-Mapping]

@@se6369 yes

[@marcinkusmierzak991]

Even if you exclude empires there are so many countries that beat Luxembourg. Just look at Lithuania before its union with Poland in 1385 and now. Other examples are Hungary, Armenia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Georgia, Denmark, etc. One of the examples was even visible on the map and I thought you were going to mention it - Brunei

[@thehuman2cs715]

Bolivia lost half its territory since its independence in 1825, probably some of the most of any country that kept the same cultural and political continuity since it was independent.

[@dhawthorne1634]

Before watching: Tricky question. If we are talking single nation, then it's got to be the Navajo or Comanche. If we are talking empires, then it's got to be the Mongol empire. If we are talking individual countries of a singular identity, then it's the USSR. If it has to still exist to modern times, then my best guess would be Turkey.

[@JoannDavi]

Much of Russia and Canada are unfit for agriculture or even habitation. The US has a huge amount of usable/useful territory. China does pretty well. Brazil -- so so. Australia -- much like Canada; just substitute desert for permafrost.

[@CasuallyIncredible]

4:16 Note: (I'm from the U.S) but nobody around me has the desire to invade the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico, nor any politician I know. It's actually the exact opposite, we want to stay out of Mexico. Mainly due to increase in crime and violence, political unrest, mass immigration, and of course dr*us that has hit Mexico hard and it's been especially worse recently. There is some wonderful spots in Mexico, I'd love to visit sometime. But you have to be careful. Also there's WAY more important stuff to do than invading a close ally to our South. Especially during inflation, ongoing conflicts going in that U.S has been distracted by, and it's a critical election year for U.S. Also I don't see the point invading Mexico, there would be way cons than benefits. It's also very hard to invade, and recently investment in Mexico has increased and most of those investors are Americans, Canadians, and Chinese to name a few so if we decided to go through with an invasion, a lot of people would be upset...

[@NexusGamingRadical]

London times?... In New York?...

[@jclau3616]

8:06 KMT were not really the original rulers of Taiwan. They were under the Imperial Japanese since the Qing Dynasty until 1945 when they surrendered. It was when the civil war went horribly that they retreated TO Taiwan and implemented the martial law under KMT rule. KMT was not founded in Taiwan, since their capital was in Nanking (or Nanjing).

[@tmghui888]

Even though I live in the US and live in California, I feel sorry for Mexico in losing that much territory to the US in history. It was proposed during the First World War from Germany that they could help Mexico get back Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. That was what also brought the US into the war when they found out. But, I would like to see Arizona, New Mexico, and parts of Texas given back to Mexico someday. Just those 3 states would be fine with me.

[@ertiikus]

0:00 Close caption: Hello I'm sad

[@danmarsh5949]

What about the modern Vatican compared to the historic Papal States?

[@gnilogaming]

Vatican city and monaco 👁👄👁

[@fletcher2421]

Actually bosnia used to rule the entire world, but since bosnians are so nice they decided to give it back

[@toptiergaming5869]

MONACO / VATICAN

[@PartyDude_19]

Technically speaking the closest thing to a still existing successor of the Roman Empire isn't Italy but instead the Vatican City.

[@Appalachian-Mapping]

not the same though so it doesnt count

[@maas1208]

Nah it's San Marino

[@Asiago9]

I would argue that the country that lost the most territory is the Kingdom of Burgundy, because it doesn't exist, and there was direct successor state to it.

[@ArmaDoggo]

Brunei used to control a lot of Borneo and is another small country now, I don't think they ever referred to themselves as an empire either

[@redjazzjrSRM]

Poland and Kievan Rus by percentage. Countries that have stopped existing several times

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

6:22 most of malaysian part of Borneo used to be part of brunei

[@davisvoelzke8011]

Order of st Malta

[@Premo-412]

Bro you are literally from britain

[@throstlewanion]

"why is luxembourg so small?" THEY TOOK OUR LAND (this is a joke. I do not condone Luxembourgish revanchism. Besides, there are few things that would be more catastrophic for the Luxembourgish economy than having to suddenly babysit Belgian Luxembourg)

[@linkhidalgogato]

i would guess roc they lost most of whatever they ever controlled never called themselves and empire and are still around to cope and mald about it. edit: i was right

[@mfvieira89]

Vatican City

[@Wordfishtrombone]

Toycat got kicked out of the U.N. Headquarters. Fun!

[@legogooroo]

I watch youre minecraft contend and when I discovered this I was astonished

[@melvingamer]

What about the vatican. They lost almost all of their land

[@chrisriverata1917]

Just because a country is a successor to an entity doesn't mean they claim the same territory. The Vatican may be a successor to the Papal States but it hasn't lost any territory since its establishment in Rome.

[@Mapleson]

Doesn't Poland win for losing 100% of its territory 3 times plus other carvings?

[@naevithekittycat]

Good Question! I'd say Mongolia

[@isbadatnaming8526]

9:35 Not an opponent of the R.o.C., however the fact is, their government controled noticibly less land, than which is now administered by the P.R.C., so your claim, that counting by the area of the P.R.C. (2024) (which they lost) is pessimistic, is false, or at the very least misleading.

[@Austine1452]

de facto they controlled less, de jure they claimed more

[@peeeter4337]

Honorable mention to the county of Arnsberg 😔

[@deleted-something]

The ones don’t exist question mark?

[@patricka.crawley6572]

WIV and FREE Very brave to do these videos WIV a speech defect. Good luck.

[@ThymeHere]

12H 416 L 63 C 259K S 5 845 L SEP 20 2024

[@TrollgeAnimations0]

We all know, Britain

[@lzbscalle7943]

The true country that still exists and lost most landmass by percentage is the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta

[@zachdogggaming]

Lithuania?

[@2255223388]

My guess would've been Lithuania

[@7w7ze]

i kinda like the geography toycat better...

[@awesomestevie27]

The Sikhs lost 100% of their land But not as much as China (taiwan) Hopefully they will gain some soon I like how China and Taiwan both consider themselves 1 and having the same name, do you’d disrespect them by thinking of them separately

[@GonzaloP007]

What about the Spanish empire?

[@surfingowl9646]

Thanks for the video. And not click baiting

[@markaxworthy2508]

Britain, surely?

[@LewisHillier88]

Has anyone ever told you that you look like a young Otto Witt from the film Zulu?

[@nicomccomb]

Newzealand before the hole content went under water lol😂

[@dabourashed]

The Papal States?

[@o_s-24]

Portugal by percentage also lost a lot

[@Magyarorszag90]

Palestine in modern times from 99% to 0

[@Khloya69]

Palestine never existed.

[@stephengray1344]

Palestine was never an independent country. The first time you got anything that could even claim to be a country of Palestine was the 1990s, when the Palestinian Authority was created under the Oslo Accords.

[@Magyarorszag90]

@@stephengray1344 Palestine is the legal successor of Mandatory Palestine. Palestine and Iraq were both independent states placed under League of Nations Mandate. The Zionists who are unwanted in the West were dumped in Palestine to rid the West of their presence once and for all. Nobody wanted them so they were forced to create Israel unlawfully on Palestinian land. That's why anti Semitic far right politicians in Europe support Israel and vice versa.

[@boobdu110]

He said countries

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

Luxembourg is a tax haven for rich Belgians, ofc it's rich ^^

[@Ashtrid-i5f]

Mongolia?

[@kevin_anderson750]

Mexico had its land stolen 😂

[@OttoTheDoge]

*Laughs in Hungarian*

[@Jegrygerfede]

Iran

[@larrymitchell6302]

Mongolian empire

[@nedmerrill5705]

Prussia

[@samueltitone5683]

Calling it right now: Mongolia or the British Empire.

[@frontrowviews]

Surely Palestine is up there

[@SwagBuro]

Surely there is no brain up in your head

[@5eyoshi]

🇬🇧☕️

[@Jayrocker4]

another map man video. Can u like this comment?

[@merosk8071]

free texas

[@Wolfmeister666]

Lithuania!

[@MichaelSidneyTimpson]

Taiwanese don't claim China, just the 10% of their population that moved from China to Taiwan after WW2.

[@shukes4645]

United Kingdom

[@FlabbergastedCat]

uk

[@galacticdirt2925]

Save 13 minutes, its UK.

[@slowboyfuelpump5438]

FIRST

[@ZombieMax]

first?

[@HarryNumbers]

im fist but i dont care i guess just comment i guess

[@muhammedjaseemshajeef6781]

1:13 bruh in pakistan british empire and mongol empire should overlap

[@Leo-gi7bg]

Idk why people say hungary lost territory, when they were in fact not fully independent and under Austrian rule. Austria lost all that territory, not Hungary. Austria gave that territory in the 1870s after 148 years of not existing. It was a gift that lasted 50 years and was then taken away.Don’t act all bitter abt territory you never fully owned for the past 200 years.

[@nicholasharvey1232]

1:41 That picture got me hungry.

[@carlosmontoya4711]

1:07 what about pakistan