Why Does Europe Have So Many Microstates?

Ever looked at a map of Europe and wondered just why some of the countries are so small? Well, that's what this video's here to answer!
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[@KhAnubis]

To all those of you saying that Europe doesn't have states, I swear to god... *State (noun) A nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government.* In other words, "state" can also refer to countries (i.e. "the member states of the European Union")

[@lemmymaster]

We call them provinces, everyone makes mistakes, even you.

[@Newcras]

>People watch channel about history/geopolitics >Don't know "state" can refer to any sovereign or suzerain polity

[@thatone846]

@@lemmymaster No we don't. Don't be a spaz.

[@Lukas-jq4vw]

@@lemmymaster Austria is a sovereign state that has states just like USA

[@Nikolej100]

Fact that we have European Union doesn't mean that EU is a country and people in it leaves in states... It's like making a NATO a country. I know that you are talking about small countries near to bigger one but still you miss understood European side of the world. Also some of your examples are REAL COUNTRIES! and some of them are just a independent part of others. So... I still don't understand this mixed topic video. USA system seriously doesn't exist in Europe.

[@Levi-dn6hf]

Because of the Vatican City’s small size it technically has two popes per square kilometre.

[@nicoladc89]

Technically has 4 popes per square kilometer (there are 2 popes in Vatican now).

[@AndyTrojaVevo]

@@nicoladc89 the other one is not in Vatican tho

[@nicoladc89]

@@AndyTrojaVevo Ratzinger is at the Mater Ecclesiae Monastery sited into the Vatican Gardens.

[@ToabyToastbrot]

it has a bunch more if you count dead ones.

[@drezo9437]

@@ToabyToastbrot lmao

[@Zwhsnduiwmsnxjsl]

Two micro-countries go to war. Due to bad weather conditions, that war has been scheduled to take place indoors.

[@thelvadam2884]

in the living room ?

[@signodeinterrogacion8361]

@@thelvadam2884 No you silly, the bathroom.

[@afdocumentaries]

wut

[@kentguiller]

@@afdocumentaries 😳😳😳

[@scottgrohs5940]

Given how polite and formal they are, it wouldn’t surprise me if we heard that the “war” consisted of two opposing generals deciding the winner over a game of Mortal Kombat.

[@eukarya_]

Fun fact, Andorra's border is the oldest in the world, not having changed a little bit since 1278.

[@toiletpaper8206]

Cool

[@minepopper3035]

Lol I live in Andorra and didn't even know this. Interesting.🇦🇩🇦🇩🇦🇩

[@Jules.C.]

Good fact, lord vader.

[@scandited2763]

One mor fact: San Marino has its own calendar. It begins from date of San Marino independence proclaiming. So they live in 18th century

[@amulyaranjan6070]

@@scandited2763 cool

[@user-wb7ot7kt3x]

Funny story: Lichtenstein got invaded by his neighbors serval times by accident. Due bad weather condition as example. But everyone in Lichtenstein was pretty chill about it. The solidiers got greeted with flowers and chocolate.

[@unfilteredcalam]

That's nice and accidentally

[@sammybeaver9130]

Another funny story: once Switzerland accidentally launched artillery shells over the border into Litchenstien, the only casualties of the incident were a couple chairs at a ski resort

[@anti-spiral159]

@@sammybeaver9130 No! Not the chairs!!

[@Pineapple_hozy]

Wait is this true

[@itsladina9051]

@@sammybeaver9130 yeah and once they also accidentally started a bushfire here

[@SpaghettiRoad]

Great video! The funniest thing about these countries is that unremarkable amateur football teams gets status as a national team and gets to play the big countries. Though the results are often not too balanced.

[@jimpennin9588]

You make great content too Mr Spaghetti

[@PatriotMapper]

Oh hey it’s another amazing geopolitical channel XD

[@ecurewitz]

just once, I'd like to see Liechtenstein kick Brazil's ass at soccer, just because. Or any other large nation for that matter

[@Camarohill2]

The San Marino national team has only ever won 1 match and it was against Lichtenstein.

[@LadyNikitaShark]

@@Camarohill2 lol

[@crypt_ed]

in case you're wondering why these states were never truly occupied and made to assimilate, most of them are very mountainous (difficult to invade) and have few natural resources (nothing to exploit anyway). The cost - benefit just isn't there. Many of these little nations were very poor until they became tax havens, tourist hotspots or established a casino.

[@randomestchannel]

except vatican

[@TheFlyingDogFish]

Only Andorra and Liechtenstein are truly mountainous.

[@crypt_ed]

@@TheFlyingDogFish I mean, I said "most" but.... "Straddled on the ridge of Mount Titano is the city of San Marino of the Republic of San Marino, the history of which dates from the early 4th century. According to the legend related to the Mount and its precincts, a small monastery existed on top of the Mount during the 8th century. The mountainous landscape provides excellent views of its surroundings, and its isolated location ensured the needed seclusion for San Marino to survive as a Republic over the past several centuries" straight from wikipedia. Monaco was completely impoverished and worthless till they built the casino, hence the "few natural resources" i mentioned. The vatican has a completely different history to all these other countries though, you're right about that.

[@TheFlyingDogFish]

@@crypt_ed 2 out of 5 is hardly most. Despite its impressive name, Monte Titano is less than 200m higher than its surroundings and can hardly be called a mountain. There rest of the country is hilly at best.

[@silvanoragozza656]

@@TheFlyingDogFish San Marino too is on a rock

[@mykolanankin4812]

2021’s Europe: has a lot of micro states 1500’s Europe: hold my beer

[@DZNTSONYCH]

USA: soon...very soon..

[@luckyrostik7378]

HRE: hold my beer

[@Sebastian--2]

Lol

[@Sebastian--2]

I will start a micro state

[@benjaminaraya8073]

Central Europe: *laughs in German*

[@Soyoto2674]

YOU MISSED THAT LIECHENSTEIN HAD THE POSIBILITY TO BUY ALASKA AT ONE POINT

[@sibulu2878]

Wut

[@kieferkarpfen6897]

@@sibulu2878 Yes The Russians wanted to sell it to them

[@walnut9472]

@@kieferkarpfen6897 really

[@kieferkarpfen6897]

@@walnut9472 Yes

[@leonel2184]

Oh yea lol i forgot about that

[@kwnjir6]

The words in the thumbnail “why so small” is what I ask myself every day

[@funfoxvlad7309]

Every day, tho?

[@kwnjir6]

@@funfoxvlad7309 every day

[@defeatedink0544]

Eh, yours is still probably bigger

[@TheAdmiralWTF]

So you're a bodybuilder with dysmorphia?

[@kwnjir6]

@@defeatedink0544 they call me the one inch pinch

[@rxmbo3749]

The secret to surviving as a small nation: neutrality

[@uripoutiga8071]

That has never worked tho

[@rxmbo3749]

@@uripoutiga8071 Switzerland? San Marino? Luxembourg?

[@mattwho81]

The key to surviving as a micro state, tax havens and money laundering. No national leader wants to invade the country where he’s stashed all the money he embezzled.

[@Emphyrio7]

Luxemburg still exists because neither France nor Germany would allow the other to have it.

[@manuelsilva6244]

@@mattwho81 yes the country that is against the one who has their money stashed there

[@mattwho81]

Historically the big countries, Britain France, Spain, Italy, Prussia spent a lot of centuries scraping it out and realised they could chip away at their rivals by supporting smaller states to keep independent. Belgium basically exists so Britain France and Germany can have a neutral ground to meet up without going to war.

[@idek7438]

Italy has only been a unified country for 2 centuries though?

[@dayros2023]

Germany too.

[@leonardocontin937]

​@@idek7438Not even 2 centuries, Italy's official Unification date is set in 1861. Which means that Italy is 162 years old While Germany is just 5 years younger as a Nation

[@erwannthietart3602]

​@@leonardocontin937 and Prussia is litteraly born in like the XVIth century which for a large European state, is laughably young Like the very Traditional powers were France HRE/Austria, and England, and even then England was mostly involved in France ^^'

[@Icetea-2000]

What a stupid, uneducated simpleminded, oversimplified narrative that isn’t even true as the first world war saw the only real application of what you mean

[@ZetaFuzzMachine]

Came for the feudalism, stayed for the tax haven

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

Lol that's a TLDR but also a great Saying that should be taught

[@10thDoctorWhoovez]

Liechtenstein? More like Switzerland's Switzerland.

[@cianzera]

ладно

[@10thDoctorWhoovez]

@@cianzera can you translate?

[@cianzera]

@@10thDoctorWhoovez нет

[@dinoxman8584]

@@cianzera Het?

[@cianzera]

@@dinoxman8584 да

[@marcopanzironi6612]

Fun fact: Rome is the only city to have a country inside of its territories

[@FlagAnthem]

Until you realize the SMOM has buildings with extraterritoriality

[@yannick245]

@@FlagAnthem They may have embassies, since the order is a sovereign entity of international law , but no actual state territory. It's not really the same.

[@samuelecammarata8434]

Non è vero, Copenaghen pure

[@eduardochavacano]

and ruled by Madonna

[@WuffiePhoenix]

@@FlagAnthem Country ≠ sovereign international something.

[@Kenruli]

Simple answer: that is what over 1000 years of war does

[@paulhk2727]

Meanwhile Russia: "Why does Europe only have microstates?" **drops mic**

[@motajr1108]

Russian is only ice the moment all that ice gone russia will be floded

[@schwammigergecko4664]

Russia is in Europe too

[@notme-mx9ye]

@@motajr1108 dude, the population of european part of Russia is greater that every european state...except Germany. In Germany there are 83mln people. In European part of Russia there are 78.8. The population of Moscow is greater than whole Nitherlands, greater than Hungary + Austria. This is only Moscow

[@portugalball7416]

No it’s why is everything a micro state

[@chupapi7620]

@@schwammigergecko4664 and asia

[@not_too_bad4354]

*Timestamps:* 🇦🇩Andorra: 01:46 🇱🇮Liechtenstein: 03:24 🇱🇺Luxemburg: 05:20 🇲🇨Monaco: 06:09 🇸🇲San Marino: 07:55 🇻🇦Vatican City: 09:19 Why are there in general micro states in Europe?: 10:17

[@MustiiForTheWin]

Say Na Na Na 😂

[@chaeyuna9950]

Legend.

[@odyssey.studios]

Would love to see an Africa edition featuring the likes of: Gambia, Equatorial Guinea, Rwanda & Burundi, Djibouti and Eswatini and Lesotho.

[@randomname285]

while that would be interesting, I think its worth noting that the smallest of those countries, the Gambia, is four times the size of Luxembourg, and 22 times the size of Andorra (the second biggest of the microstates covered in this vid), and the largest of those countries, Lesotho, is 12 times the size od Luxembourg and 64 times the size of Andorra. As well as the countries covered in this vid, Lesotho is bigger than five other mainland European countries and is very close to the size of Belgium, which I don't think anyone would consider a microstate

[@ghghjkkk2382]

Mostly due to colonial borders, but some cases like Lesotho are due to a revolution or existing monarchy

[@pacoramon9468]

Ecuatorial Guinea is the same size as Belgium.

[@Neqtunezz]

bro those are way to big to be defined as a microstate. like lesotho is 70000 times bigger than the vatican

[@whocares829]

SAO tome and Principe crying

[@yannick4252]

"Ever looked on a map of Europe?" US-Americans: No

[@Itama22]

US-Americans: "Europe? Is that part of the UK?"

[@kedarunzi9139]

Ah, of course I've seen the country of Europe!

[@88marome]

US-Americans: "Europe? Which state is that in?"

[@soggmeisterlasagnagarfield]

Remember we don’t take education seriously because if we did the conservative party wouldn’t exist.

[@hunchbackaudio]

While the US is just one of Europe’s former colonies.

[@edp-xo1on]

Did this dude just call Luxembourg a micro state

[@TrueDM44]

It's actually the entire world

[@ekszentrik]

Yep, it's clearly a ministate

[@neroquin]

Can't believe he'd make such a huge mistake

[@k3yi]

@@neroquin luxembourg is bigger then my city

[@goncaloalves1756]

I mean, tbh, Luxemburg is a very tiny country

[@simonworsley8631]

I’ve ticked off every micro nation in Europe in the last few years. San Marino exceeded expectations - a very scenic place to visit

[@adolfvancoller2610]

Very cool man!

[@peterstroe1216]

Is Monaco a nice place to visit?

[@simonworsley8631]

@@peterstroe1216 yes its nice enough. There’s the harbour with all the super yachts and you can see the Grand Prix circuit. It’s a tiny place but worth a day trip

[@Optidorf]

As a European I already knew the answer. We spent two frigging years in history class to study this shizzle. And this is just the tip of the iceberg.

[@amykj]

Which euro country u from

[@julek4248]

@@amykj Deutschland

[@hib7295]

@@amykj from France, and I can say that here we get a shit ton of what this video says. especially in history

[@mrghostlyr1162]

@@amykj From Polska, interesting west history...

[@craigebtv]

From the UK, they teach us literally none of this at schools here... We get the slave trade, and a very skewed recap of ww2 which only includes UK, France, and USA Vs Germany... In a country with such a rich history, they teach us so little of it

[@torrawel]

"Why? Mostly colonialism" That's indeed the right answer. I'd like to invite everyone to look up a map of the Native nations & states of the Americas, Africa, Australia (& even Asia). Small nations were the norm everywhere.

[@anaybuty7744]

India was divided in few hundred almost thousands of princely states ..8000 to be precise

[@ChristianYoga]

Same with Indonesia. If no one colonize the area, probably there are ~50 countries in the region.

[@No-Community1380]

Yeah the colonies are just too big

[@rayalulu5475]

I just noticed that I visit a micro state every half a year... summer 2019 Monaco, new years eve 2019/20 Luxembourg, summer 2020 Vatican city, last weekend Liechtenstein... those small countries are so easy to visit and beautiful! Next stop: Andorra and San Marino!

[@cyrildewaha]

Luxembourg isn't a microstate

[@Nikioko]

@@cyrildewaha Exactly. And the guy forgot Malta. Poor research.

[@fluitfluiten]

@@Nikioko He din't forget Malta, he said islands don't count for this video.

[@vicentereacts1304]

Andorra is the most interesting to me, it has two leaders, one of which is a bishop, which makes it the only theocracy in Europe (and also the only diarchy.)

[@PauxloE]

Vatican also counts as a theocracy, I guess?

[@vicentereacts1304]

@@PauxloE It does, but it's sure a weird one, as traditional European theocracies were usually picked by the pope, since he made priests bishops (which is the case for Andorra) but in the Vatican it's the cardinals (who were appointed by previous popes) who choose who'll lead them. It breaks the traditional molds, but I believe it still counts as a theocracy

[@shikkithefirst5393]

@@PauxloE technically the vatican is a theocratic absolute monchary, just with an elected monarch. The pope. Vatican politics are weird af

[@nobinari7472]

But there is also the Vatican and the Mount Athos Republic, both theocracies (although the last is also part of Greece).

[@FlagAnthem]

We are the true diarchy

[@Jsmith2024]

When I was living in Germany many years ago, the press reported that the heirs of Liechtenstein and Luxembourg were engaged and that "they had Germany in the pincers." Not sure whatever came of that engagement, but Germany seems to have come through it all unscathed.

[@arx3516]

For now.

[@lazulithedragon]

The funny thing about Lichtenstein is it's nearly Switzerland They use nearly everything from Switzerland But than the Republic of Austia came and now Lichtenstein uses the Austrian post and the ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railway)

[@moover123]

Where can I read about this?

[@lazulithedragon]

@@moover123 Internet No But really they use the Swiss franc They are protected by Switzerland Ok if I think about it it's actually not that much

[@cheerbozz]

@@lazulithedragon Andorra, Monaco are protected by France. France is a relevant country Switzerland is a weak country & can’t protect anyone.

[@lazulithedragon]

@@cheerbozz you know why Countries put money in Swiss banks Because it's impossible to take They have a strong military and the mountains

[@cheerbozz]

@@lazulithedragon No Switzerland doesn’t have a military nor are they part of NATO. Second, the reason why people put money in Switzerland is cuz they are a neutral country in War & like anonymity. The people that put money in Switzerland banks are majority corrupt people & ex-politicians of other countries so educate yourself. If the USA wants get someone in Switzerland they will get them!!!

[@freidrichvonhanover9790]

Dude, I was triggered when you referred the HRE as the Ungodly Germanic Kingdoms, also that's true 😂😂

[@liamh2255]

Indeed; I *do* prefer.

[@ecurewitz]

took me a minute to get that reference

[@richmont9557]

It should be ungodly germanic duchies. The only kingdom in the hte was bohemia and they arent even germanic

[@reiappreciator957]

@@richmont9557 Well you missed the fact that there were the Kingdom of Germany, the Kingdom of Italy/Lombardy and the Kingdom of Arles.

[@nathanpangilinan4397]

As a Byzantophile, I agree with the description of the HRE.

[@nemnemi111]

The thing that makes me laugh about Vatican City is the fact it has as national language latin and then Italian as a second language

[@FlagAnthem]

Latin for Holy See Italian for Vatican

[@role6159]

Difference between Italian and Latin is less than 3%

[@nemnemi111]

@@role6159 Lots of words are similar, but the grammatical structure is different. Studying the rules of latin grammar, I think italian grammar has different rules from it. For example, the latin verb "video" is similar to the italian one "vedo" and they both means "to see". But the passive form of the verb "video" (which is "videor") should be translated as "to seem", which in italian is translated with a completely different verb, "sembrare". Even some words are tricky: lots of words in italian looks like the latin ones, but sometimes those words have completely different meanings. But yes, italian language is the most similar language to latin.

[@jaguar_8344]

@@role6159 where the hell did you get that from lol. That just not true

[@ndescruzur4378]

@@role6159 I know both languages and....no.

[@baijayantasenchowdhury9806]

Haha great job I loved the video! Definite subscribing to your channel. As an Indian, it blew my mind away when I visited Vatican City a couple years back. The sheer smallness of that nation left me astounded. I've been to 10 countries in Europe in 2018-19 before covid, but after watching this video, I wish to travel to these small European countries soon. Very informative. Keep up the good job.

[@That1HotMF]

In short words "europe got history"

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

Middle east and asia noises

[@That1HotMF]

@@bastard-took-the-name-I-had europe has more

[@bastard-took-the-name-I-had]

The Middle east is literally the birth place of civilization and asia has china and india and the various kingdoms around them that existed for very long times too

[@soggmeisterlasagnagarfield]

@@That1HotMF the Middle East has more history, but history has been whitewashed so we have more info on history involving white people than anything else.

[@tomasvrabec1845]

@@That1HotMF 😂 As a European who's family is quite into history.. That is a lie and many European's are aware that the whole of the Old world has quite the history. Best seen under "periods" But you can kind of notice that the oldest is African, then you get middle east. Then Europe and Asia. 😂and then again Middle East and Europe with some Asia... And then all three... Thematically speaking.

[@highgrounder]

Wait, Mussolini gave the Pope his own nation? How, how should I put this, uncharacteristic.

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

"You're a bad guy, but it doesn't mean you're bad guy." Did I help you?

[@FlagAnthem]

He needed (more) church support

[@mahfuzvx3967]

@ALF were they?I'm pretty sure that was just a ruse for them to get Catholic support.

[@mahfuzvx3967]

@ALF but my point was that Hitler wasn't actually all to religious .He may have not like organised religion all together and was probably worried about its influence. many of the things he said and the actions he took were contradict each other Like him arresting certain church leaders for critiquing his policies.Especially the church leaders who were against his anti semitic rhetoric.Basically he liked Christians who supported his rhetoric and so he used chirstianity as a tool to get himself into power but he most likely didn't like them in a personal sense.

[@flavionzoloz]

Mussolini was not loved in the start of his politic carreer so he needed the catholics for fight the communist people. So he gives more power to the Vatican and the Pope. In this way many catholics started love him

[@kev-n]

Love it! Very well done

[@BucketListTravellers]

Fascinating! I have wondered how countries come to be, so it was good to learn about these small countries 🤓

[@Jacob-wg9vl]

🤓🤓🤓

[@Crimsrn]

👆🤓

[@niklaswarschkow8344]

The first video when you were talking about Monaco is actually the harbor in Nice, they are close by and look fairly similar

[@creepie0520]

Modern Europe: 5 Microstates are to much! Medival Europe: amateurs

[@Robbie-pc1dl]

Holy Roman Empire: Hold my Citystates

[@Nikioko]

Actually, there are six microstates in Europe: Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Vatican City and Malta.

[@viorangealgo]

@@Nikioko you missed isle of man feroe islands and Gibraltar

[@Nikioko]

@@viorangealgo No, I didn't. Along with the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man is not an independent country but a crown dependency. And Gibraltar is a British overseas territory and therefore part of the UK.

[@helencobler]

@@viorangealgo those are not regonized nation

[@ChinoKawaii1021]

you could have also mentioned Malta I know it's an island, but it's in Europe

[@cerebrummaximus3762]

Lol he literally said he isn't gonna count islands because... well they're Islands

[@josholiveros3713]

I know right. Malta is a microstate tho. Doesn't mean since it's an island it's not one.

[@ghostarmy1106]

Malta isnt an Island, its brittains unsinkable aircraft carrier and the most heavily bombed place of ww2

[@ghostarmy1106]

@@kochkaplays1935 fun fact: on the maltean (its called like that, right?) Flag there is a george's cross, brittains highest civillian medal

[@nari5025]

@@ghostarmy1106 you learn something new every day. I was fairly sure they would carry the maltese (that's what it's called) cross. fun fact 2: The Knights of Malta use a St.George's cross as their flag. Just like England, but inverted. (and even longer so)

[@Noah-nt1ue]

Greetings from Liechtenstein 🇱🇮

[@Toboloco]

Great video, very informative 😁

[@mcrele5829]

Yeap, just liked, subscribed on your first video that popped out to me. Well done.

[@JESL_TheOnlyOne]

"Why does Europe have so many microstates?" One word answer - history.

[@mastersamurai7683]

Nice work on this video man

[@daveking77]

10:57...was wondering when that was finally going to be mentioned

[@valiatus6719]

There used to be a lot more when the "Holy" "Roman" "Empire" was around.

[@bigchungusdriplord2301]

More than 300 at some time

[@295g295]

> 5:36

[@bigchungusdriplord2301]

@@295g295 "BUT THEN NAPOLEON HAPPENED"

[@XX_MelobraacRedux]

Never seen that joke on aaaaaaany other history channel before. That one quote: “The Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.” :P

[@flame9826]

So how does it explain Sealand?

[@bibleboy1147]

Buddy have you seen a map of medieval Europe?

[@peterg.8941]

No 😉

[@aidenbooksmith2351]

i mean. He showed such a map several times and explained the origin of these using medieval feudalism, showing that yes he has.

[@norwegiantheatresminecraft]

Love the risk music, great video

[@tsya]

Good conclusion^^

[@Jsicana]

I saw Andorra in the thumbnail and clicked, my geography teacher mentioned it one time and I also did a project on it a different time and it's so pretty

[@kevinestrada977]

The five smallest European micro-states can all fit in Luxembourg.

[@christophehuart5185]

Very interesting. Nevertheless the first part concerning Monaco is not showing Monaco but Nice... the port of Nice we can see on the video has been filmed from the castle hill at the end of the Promenade des Anglais

[@hesky10]

Andorra quite often plays their home international football games in barcelona as the stadiums in andorra have such small capacities, but even more curious is that the stadiums they have used in spain have capacities larger than the population of andorra overall

[@rushingrush101]

Fun Fact: A food is named san marino in philippines

[@yakupdover5316]

I Didnt know

[@jhowghow7277]

I'm eating one right now.

[@jamesharmonponce2708]

Argentina is a canned food too xd

[@aintyours7470]

@@jhowghow7277 oh please don't eat our neighbor country 😂

[@10thDoctorWhoovez]

@@aintyours7470 you from Italy?

[@eeptopia3303]

Oceania: Allow us to introduce ourselves.

[@dinosaurking4566]

The islands don’t count on this list, also places like Singapore are in asia

[@ebob0531]

@@dinosaurking4566 no one cares

[@ebob0531]

@Adolf Hitler no

[@dennisengelen2517]

That's just a colony, we're talking about the mainland. ;)

[@helencobler]

@@dennisengelen2517 italy can make san marino do what ever it wants same with. Switzerland and lichenstien, if you say oceanias nations are colonys then microstates are too

[@HierophanticRose]

Leftover from a time when all non de jure posessions were that size or smaller Oh and they partitioned Luxembourg in 3 separate occasions used to be about Belgium sized, Clothariningian Heritage, Franconian pride and bane of French or Germans

[@ghod2035]

I have been and Monaco and Luxembourg and these are the ones that really have those major cities within its small area

[@kentguiller]

I hope I can find the Box in Andorra.

[@aleaiactaest6503]

Why did you hide the risk game theme in the video, now it's stuck in my head!

[@josedee3545]

Liechtenstein 🇱🇮 was part of my periodical exam and it gave me a perfect score by keeping it under my watch when reviewing for the exam and as expected everyone forgot about this country as if it is non-existent. 😏😏

[@edka1031]

The island of Tavolara was in fact independent til end of 19th century. You miss Mount Athos monastic republic, the island of Malta (3 islands in fact) which was a remnant of the Knight's Order of Hospitallers.

[@ivanlavouras]

Greetings from Andorra

[@martonreisch6582]

Wow What is it like to live in a microstate?

[@ivanlavouras]

@@martonreisch6582 well, ive been living in Spain too and there is almost no difference... if any, al paper tramits are faster and everything is in better condition

[@Ritz1256]

Vatican, Monaco, and Luxembeorg: We used to be Big, but now we're small

[@SimonWillig]

Thanks for this informative video, and compliments for the pronounciation of all these names. One remark though. For a non-native speaker like myself the tempo of this story is really a bit too high. Pls slow down a bit 😊

[@alexmuenster2102]

You can adjust the speed to 75% or 50% , if you want.

[@bamgbose3309]

1:00 I was playing Risk with my TV on mute while watching this video.. Wondering why there was risk background music playing without noticing its coming from the video

[@davidp.7620]

Love the fact that maps come in random languages rather than just boring English

[@Vogelfreie.]

The maps Come in the languages of the states he Talks about I think

[@renzo00]

@@Vogelfreie. nope, one map appeared in russian while he was talking about a german war, and while he was talking about monaco and italy the map was in polish

[@Vogelfreie.]

@@renzo00 okay that was just a guess. Thanks for telling me

[@manuelsilva6244]

Hmm ok? Weird detail to care about

[@hib7295]

@@renzo00 there was also french in the monaco part

[@massivecowbreakout7555]

Asia has a few too (Singapore, Bahrain, Qatar, Brunei, Timor-Leste)

[@David242Rblx]

I have been learning europe in a geography learning app and this is exaxtly what i was thinking

[@varangianguard7102]

8:58 Yes, but it’s really because Garibaldi made a promise that in return for refuge, Italy would not incorporate San Marino.

[@thelobsterperson]

Just so you know, the clip at 6:24 of the port is not Monaco, it's Nice. I know because I live there :)

[@lazarlol4132]

For a second I was mildly confused. Then I remembered Nice is a French city.

[@_JayRamsey_]

Where is that at 1:30? It's beautiful. Edit: Given 8:08, I'm guessing it's San Marino?

[@samferdinand833]

Yup

[@not-a-theist8251]

I've been to three of them (Vatican, Monaco, San Marino)

[@arposkraft3616]

@6:05 youd be incorrect; the herzog line of luxembourgh is directly related to the dutch royal house and the only reason it exist proper is because a skirmish between us and what would illegitimately become belgium that went unfinished due to "other business to attend to" otherwise flanders and luxembourgh are proper great-netherlands territory likely given our history, with big autonomy on various areas, It's always been a unit of itself but its always been strickly related to the netherlands , that relation still exists, again now parted by what we call belgium a kingdom without a legitimate king consisting from french and dutch people pretending to like eachother, obviously luxembourgh still is a herzogdom, but back in the day for example "branbant" was as well, seen for example by the name 's hertogenbosch (the forrest of the herzog) , the netherlands being properly a first a federal republic and then a unitary monarchy consisting of otherwise seperate entities (collectively called 'the provinces) that had one thing in common; thei enemies.

[@qtluna7917]

The only other relatively small non-island countries (Having a land border) that come to mind are protectorates and colonies that survived into the late 20th century, Hong Kong, Macao and Brunei, the former two are now swallowed up by China, the latter is just twice the size of Luxembourg and probably the only fully acknowledged non-island microstate outside of Europe. The only other country that would fit is Palestine, but that is, sadly, still a hot topic.

[@nikosk.8216]

Short answer: Because those countries weren't created all of the sudden, fully organised in a new land of the newer world

[@susannamarker2582]

Exactly. They evolved naturally, over many centuries. The EU is not a natural thing for Europe. It's an idealistic dream thought up in the 1920s by a very young Jean Monnet when he was in New York.

[@RafzEscobar]

That "Risk" background music tho 👌

[@ThatRedGTI99]

Worth mentioning is also the smallest kingdom in the world called Tavolara Kingdom which is an island near Sardinia

[@tudorlazarescu7625]

It's not a independent state tho

[@aloter1680]

6:13 well, this isn't Monaco... And, concerning Monaco : before, it was also made out of some of the towns around (such as Roqueville or Beausoleil). But, as they wanted to be part of France, Monaco let them leave the country and become a french territory

[@WiToDrTe_memer_plssubineedit]

Monaco,San marino and Vatican City Our King is Only ITALY

[@eeptopia3303]

Monaco's king is France he's just on the south of France.

[@sebbo_h7121]

@@eeptopia3303 they speak italian too, and Monaco is like 15 km from the France-Italy border

[@galgar5660]

@@eeptopia3303 Monaco was part of Genoa, their native language is (well probably used to be is more correct) monegasco, a dialect of ligurian language

[@aloter1680]

@@sebbo_h7121 we mainly speak french and english because of a lot of foreigners. In addition, a lot of peuple working from Monaco and from France and there are a lot of agreements between the 2 countries. So, even if Monaco came from Genoa and was protected by Italy for some decades, it is more a french territory than an italian one

[@sebbo_h7121]

@@aloter1680 yeah I know, why are you saying that?

[@aaryan_rajput]

Nice

[@arposkraft3616]

I think its more usefull to define the difference between citystate and microstate

[@andrewhlatswayo9639]

You should try and improve the way you show some of these maps They can be confusing

[@Andrew-df1dr]

There are seven tiny nations in the Americas that are smaller than Luxembourg: They are from largest to smallest: Dominica (751km2), St Luicia (715km2), Antigua and Barbuda (442 km2), Barbados (430km2), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (389km2), Grenada (344km2) and Saint Kits and Nevis (261km2).

[@staropramen478]

But like he mentioned in the beginning of the video, he excluded island nations which is why Malta (316 km2) wasn't in it.

[@janejustin1788]

all those are islands

[@Concussed1.]

San Marino was is my favorite. I had a great time there.❤️❤️

[@ValentinesEve1996]

5:55 The land that Luxembourg lost to Belgium is now one of Belgium’s 10 provinces called the Luxembourg province.

[@Polska_Edits]

There's an area in Iran called Azerbaijan, I wonder if that's the same situation

[@ValentinesEve1996]

@@Polska_Edits It is also like how the United States has a state called New Mexico.

[@deisbxn]

Knowing Hetalia then realizing Russia could have sold Alaska to Liechtenstein back then really made it for me man

[@HeizouHaver]

9:02 you have a polish editor, don't you

[@nikitaberejnoy4359]

He also used map in Russian)

[@waixler83]

And German

[@michaelnelson1270]

Fun fact: Vatican City and Monaco together would fit into Mile Square Park in Orange County, California USA and have a tenth of a square mile left over.

[@said_aliev]

10:08 *Benito Nomustacheollini*

[@themilkyfx]

Idea for a video: Why does the US not use SI Units?

[@joaquingonzalez834]

lets add myanmar and liberia in the mix, though liberia is considering the use of metric units, good for them

[@themilkyfx]

@@joaquingonzalez834 sure why not

[@vijaykumarjha7822]

@@joaquingonzalez834 Myanmar actually uses si units , they don't really have a national system , i am pretty sure

[@thatfamiiiarnight3665]

I’m offended. Luxembourg isn’t a microstate.

[@bluestar4324]

It consists of a city and 600.000-700.000 citizen. I would call it a micro state.

[@thatfamiiiarnight3665]

@@bluestar4324 it has more than just a city. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_towns_in_Luxembourg

[@raphl8026]

@@bluestar4324 Wrong, they have multiple smaller towns and villages around their capital. They're also a duchy, and they used to be way bigger. Luxemburg is pretty important and its neighbours aknowledge its not a microstate.

[@bluestar4324]

@@raphl8026 I didn't say it to undermine Luxemburg. Personally I would call Singapore to be a micro state, too. It is not because they are unimportant, it is because landmass and population wise those countries are smaller compared to most of other countries. Singapore and Luxemburg are pretty successfull countries.

[@bigbitch584]

If you listened to the video he literally said it’s a lot bigger than these others but you can’t make a video about small European countries without naming it. Yes it’s not a micro state but oh well at least your country is getting recognition :/

[@xtsnowbear1913]

Nice Risk music

[@aquincum9482]

Maybe the only microstate outside europe, that fits the description in the video, is brunei. Though its twice as big as luxemburg.

[@MythologywithMike]

9:28 Good Lord he held nothing back there

[@virgilblaj1430]

Europe is really diverse because of the history so these small countries existed as bufferzones in between the empires but now they are UN recognized and they existed for so long that they build their economies this is maybe why all of them are soo rich

[@miedzianytv8987]

I think they are rich because all the rich people move there to avoid high taxes

[@anwenpoole2115]

You missed out Malta 😢 @316km2

[@tessjuel]

The video overlooked the by far smallest sovereign state in the world - and possibly the one with the longest name: Supremus Militaris Ordo Hospitalarius Sancti Ioannis Hierosolymitani Rhodiensis et Melitensis (or "Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta" for those who don't speak Latin). Total area: 0 km2.

[@Gregariousness1]

The Order of Malta is often described as a "sovereign entity" or a "sovereign subject of international law", rather than a country, because it does not have a defined territory over which it exercises full and exclusive sovereignty. Instead, its activities are focused on providing humanitarian assistance, medical care, and charitable works around the world.

[@jwil4286]

What about Singapore (which is basically Asia’s San Marino)?

[@pkeller3353]

Yeah what about it? How come Asia's San Marino is not discussed in a video about micronations in Europe? It's so weird...

[@definitelynormal6678]

@@pkeller3353 is this a joke?

[@pkeller3353]

@@definitelynormal6678 Yes, obviously...

[@alphabetaomega265]

6:14 Nice Video, but that isn’t Monaco. Thats the port Lympia in Nice

[@jonathanthomsen6440]

No Monaco 🇲🇨 is actually not a port of Lympia in Nice at all, by the way my friend 🙂😎✌️

[@alphabetaomega265]

@@jonathanthomsen6440 Im sorry, but I don’t quite understand what you’re trying to say. Can you reformulate what you said? Thanks

[@jonathanthomsen6440]

@@alphabetaomega265 Okay my friend 🙂😎✌️

[@marcin_kalbarczyk]

Love the random map in polish at 9:06

[@steakismeat177]

7:00 Fun fact is that Napoleon was actually somewhat Genoan. But was technically born French when Genoa gave Corsica to France.

[@FlagAnthem]

The Bonaparte (then Buonaparte) family was tuscan