Why France is Secretly the World's 5th Biggest Country

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[@brunoglopes]

Fun fact: France’s largest land border is actually shared with Brazil, on the French Guiana

[@samueldamuel1689]

I still find this fact amazing

[@gerharry]

uhhh there's a rll vid about dat

[@VictorECaplon]

@Nikolaj || Why? If they dont want, why more wars? And if they want, why not a referendum? Seriously…

[@samuraiboi2735]

@@SnowyButterfly1 i actually wanted to visit there one day but ofc borders are still closed like most countries will do.But for now ill save my money to go there someday.

[@samuraiboi2735]

@Nikolaj || tbh if they even do a revolution in the first place they probably end up like most african countries.

[@jaredgordon988]

As someone in Quebec, it's true: I could start hearing someone speak French at any moment

[@acetalk5598]

Je suis derriere toi

[@ngamashaka4894]

Et c'est une bonne chose

[@LeCommieBoi]

Comme l’a dit un certain général français: Vive le Québec Libre!

[@starcrafter9967]

In germany you can also hear a lot of french, mainly in school... terrible

[@isallowed6293]

@@starcrafter9967 yes they always give up

[@SeigneurSidious]

I'm a french from the Caribbean islands. This ability to vote in french elections created a scandal in 2007. We have 6 hours of time difference. So the new french president (Sarkozy) had been announced in the media but people were still voting in the overseas departments. It's like our vote never mattered. Since this incident, the overseas departments are allowed to vote 1 day before France and people can see the scores of the overseas even before the election begins in France.

[@studytime2570]

free from colonialism.

[@retropaganda8442]

@@studytime2570 what do you mean ?

[@krishivchhabra38Hindu]

​@@retropaganda8442 it means you should get independence but if you are u happy france it's your own wish he said

[@retropaganda8442]

@@krishivchhabra38Hindu that's what just 3 words say ?!?

[@krishivchhabra38Hindu]

@@retropaganda8442 you asked the question so I thought you didn't understand

[@eddie_castorin1235]

Something worth mentioning : Guadeloupe, Martinique, La Réunion, French Guiana and Mayotte are French overseas regions/departments (ruled by the president), while the other are French overseas collectivities (basically they are somewhat independant, can be governed by local monarchs), plus New Caledonia having it's own status. No matter which territory you're born in, you're automatically a French citizen. All these territories decided through voting to stay French. Je suis Français, et fier de l'être.

[@Novelsp]

Same, moi aussi

[@FunkAndFluff]

I love how you staged this video as if you are either: 1. Safe from France, or 2. In danger

[@azrael6861]

its true

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

French ppl beat 5 Coalitions

[@veetierkkila3737]

@@lesscringeymapperdude French ppl surrendered and eat frog legs

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@@veetierkkila3737 name me a country that hasn't lost a war

[@douae5857]

As a north african, this is uncomfortably true.

[@aname4822]

Imagine Tour de France across the entirety of France

[@thenailprojectbymjb1740]

Ooof

[@xenotypos]

Crazy idea. I like it.

[@puma7171]

It's called the Vendée Globe Ocean Race :p

[@deezaina]

Nice Video Idea

[@Tejvir7]

Why

[@pedrovictorsilvaladeira3446]

I already knew that French Guiana was actually part of France, not an independent country. However, I never could imagine that French was so huge and had so many Islands. Really interesting. Ah, since I'm a brasilian, I always thought interesting to imagine we are neighbors of France

[@justepourlacheruncom8393]

neighbors but with an overgrown impracticable edge ^^

[@Noey_official_channel]

i swear if i hear "france" one more time I'm gonna-

[@Jeremy-jj4nj]

Actually, our border with Brazil is the longest one. So we are more neighbors with Brazil than with anyone else :p

[@JAK0449]

And my father was born on sovereign france but my mother was born overseas at The Reunion Island, which fwas french before the area we live next to Mont Blanc and Switzerland and believe me, Reunion inhabitants feel very french and are firmly against independance...they are french for several centuries..And we are proud of it!!!

[@ommsterlitz1805]

If only Britain didn't stole it's sister island Mauritius

[@inki974]

same my mother is from there and we are SUPER proud of that but we 100% identify as french too its insane how people think we are just collonies that hate France and want our independance but no

[@MrKylljoy]

Same, mom is from Reunion island, grew up a third of my life there. Independentists don't exist there, it's not even a question

[@grill38]

💙💙🤍🤍❤❤💋

[@user-cs8ps6wq8c]

The island of Reunion had no inhabitants prior to french colonization. I think it is part of the reason there is not much of an independence movement, compared to some other french islands or territories, for example in the pacific

[@sekaihunter9378]

"France is WAY Bigger Than You Think!" Vietnamese, Laos and Cambodian: Why am I having a Déjà vu?

[@KCJbomberFTW]

He’s already changed the title to way BIGGER

[@UsbestPlaysIA23]

@@KCJbomberFTW i didnt know that

[@sekaihunter9378]

@@KCJbomberFTW Thanks mate!

[@DarwinskiYT]

@@KCJbomberFTW maybe they saw this comment

[@KCJbomberFTW]

@@DarwinskiYT lol no the comment was what the original title was and they changed it

[@Antarius1999]

"France is closer than you think" Me, a French who lives in France : Really ?

[@cyr_neip2589]

Ingrid, esque tu b**se?

[@yaltschuler]

It's interesting how french people call themselves "a French." FYI, the actual word to use is "Frenchman".

[@haaxeu6501]

@@yaltschuler That's because French people aren't perfectly fluent in English, so they just translate "un français" literally. The fact that "French" or "English" aren't nouns by themselves and have to be completed by "man" at the end is a confusing quirk of the English language.

[@TasukuMuncha]

Me as a north spaniard: Woah, really?!

[@LeTwerkerFou]

@@cyr_neip2589 OUI ! Je suis extrêmement heureux que tu aies commenté ça. 😆

[@mickaelkarakac8408]

Thank you for this video. I'm French, of corse I love my country and I'm really happy to see in the comments that some people are loving France too.

[@MS-jk3gm]

Vive la France et la Corse 🇫🇷

[@blowdry2006]

I think only Franch people can love France...

[@mickaelkarakac8408]

@@blowdry2006 Nah, I already spoke with a lot of people about my country and they told me they love France history, french’s artists, the french culture in general, the french philosophers, the fact that my country stood out for the good things like human’s rights, and much more.

[@MS-jk3gm]

@@blowdry2006 thats why it s the most visited country in the world and so many foreigner live there I guess

[@blowdry2006]

@@mickaelkarakac8408 if you like to think so, that's fine!

[@Toka972]

As a French from one of those islands, I love this video because they understand the concept of a stellar nation and that Metropolitan France isn't France anymore. As someone who grew up being told "but it's not really France" I lost patience. This were the video isn't really right tho... Each of the part of France mentioned in the video had a referendum were the population had to vote for either independence or being fully integrated in France. It started with the war of Algeria, France decided to put a stop to the colonies on its own after the bad Algerian experience, and simply asked for the inhabitants of those places what they wanted. Saying it's not part of France is insulting the words and decisions of the people of France... Technically Islands like Réunion or Guadeloupe are more French than Hawaii is American. It's a total legislative and administrative fusion. There's no discerning it from metropolitan France as a rule but as an exception. Laws making an exception must be formulated, in the absence of said laws, the normal code applies...and none of the territories have their own set of laws. All those territories are 100% part of Europe too, and a European citizen doesn't even need a passport to travel there - just an ID card or a driving licence will suffice.

[@TheNolimitcity]

I've only met a handful of Frenchmen in my travels, and none of them were from the mainland.

[@studytime2570]

Independence from colonialism.

[@retropaganda8442]

I think it didn't start with Algeria but with the First Indochina War from 1945 to 1954 (Now Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam), and French India (Pondichéry, Karikal, Yanam and Mahé). The inability for France to keep control of Indochina fuelled Algeria's will for independence right after.

[@retropaganda8442]

@@studytime2570 what do you mean ?

[@Toka972]

@@retropaganda8442 Algeria is literally what triggered the referendum which led to the end of the French colonial empire. What you mention is just one of the low point of the French empire. It's not even the first, before Indochine war (Vietnam), Haïti was the first to revolt successfully against France. And before Haiti, colonies passed from a country to another. There's dozens of low points for the colonial empire, but the one that broke the camel back was Algeria.

[@MrPictor]

Another fun fact : in 1958, Gabon petitioned to become a French département. President Charles de Gaulle refused and Gabon became independent in 1960.

[@franckheraut8365]

In the same way, in 1999 or 2000 (I have a doubt for the date) the island of Anjouan seceded from the Comoros and asked France to take them so that they become a part of France like Mayotte next to them, but France refused.

[@bobbyb9258]

@@franckheraut8365 Mayote is still in France because each island of the Comoros voted separately for or against their independance. But the Union of the Comoros they still claim Mayotte as part of their country as they think the total referendum result on the archipelago should have been considered.

[@justanotherfrenchie]

Same with Lebanon in 2020

[@gisbertvonromberg2227]

Aujord'hui le Gabon est un département de la famille Bongo. Un développement très triste.

[@snickdave9030]

Why on earth did France refuse?

[@Da__goat]

Fun fact: France is also home to the world’s longest domestic flight, between Paris and Reunion, taking more than 10 hours and traveling a distance greater than 5,000 miles. Even funner fact: Despite the vast majority of the British Empire being let go in the 20th century, its actually France that has the greatest number of territorial remnants of her old Empire among all former European colonial/imperial powers. France is one of only two nations that exists across all hemispheres and has territory in every single ocean. The only other being the UK

[@-SUM1-]

I took that flight

[@grrumakemeangry]

@@-SUM1- I didnt. Was it nice?

[@RiRi-df9jt]

It's kinda bad that the British gave up their territories and France did not... like think about it, the fucking BRITISH gave up territories but France did not. Sus AF

[@basedkaiser5352]

Not Metropolitan France and Reunion, but Metropolitan France and Tahiti.

[@tetauruhatitio840]

LE plus long vol c est PPT (tahiti Polynésie française )_ ORLY(FANCE) 16 129km et 20h20 min en un seul vol

[@danielherbera7522]

Brilliant. Thank you for this very informative video.

[@MarcPi]

I love the way he says if you are in the red zone you are unfortunately less than 1000km away from France. 😂😂😂 As a person who lives near 100km away from European France (Spain) and with some french roots, I found it really fun.

[@Lanailm]

Fun fact: in the back of the euro banknotes you can see a drawn map of the European union, and in this draw, you can find French Guiana too in the down left corner, and along with the French Guiana the are drawn a bunch of island too, which I suppose are the other french overseas territories

[@legiopatrianostra4702]

I didn’t know , that’s cool

[@orangebiologique404]

Yep, the Islands you can see are the other overseas territories ^^

[@yannislafond-bensot9901]

Not only the French ones. The Acores and the Canaries are also depicted

[@ronnie1394]

Nice pfp

[@jeclipse129]

@@yannislafond-bensot9901 which banknote? The €20?

[@LordofSyn]

France never stopped playing RISK, they just stopped playing publicly.

[@jonbraithwaite]

Their main focus is taking over Europe to get the continent bonus

[@hellsing56666]

Germany have east Europe, let the French have the rest 🤣

[@ommsterlitz1805]

2:05 How to escape France "Go to North Korea"

[@mountainous_port]

Wow I never met anyone who love that game as I do.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@Jee Vang You are the joke and you are certainly a jealous butt hurst that your country got conquered so many times by the French

[@James0099aan]

okay so France is now the country where "The Sun Never Sets"

[@brainlesscactus3184]

Also fun fact: France two biggest borders are not with any European nation but with Australia if you count Terre Adélie in Antartica as the biggest french border, and with Brazil as the 2nd one because of French Guyana

[@jonharrison3114]

Claims of Antarctica don’t count

[@maple22moose44]

@@jonharrison3114 technically yes, but cpuntries almost always put all their outposts and bases inside of their claim

[@lukeav6097]

all of europe is still smaller than Africa

[@maple22moose44]

@@lukeav6097 okay? africa is the second largest continent, lots of things are smaller than it

[@tereyaki48373]

*Guiana

[@fernbedek6302]

“You could start hearing French at any moment” ->I’m Canadian, that’s true regardless of proximity to France.

[@ephraimboateng5239]

*lightly taps your shoulder* *whispers* "Bonjours!"

[@feelingnether158]

QUEBEC OUR SON !

[@TohnR]

Heya brother :)

[@chiangkaishrek5123]

I send my condolences, no one should have to hear French

[@williamberry4615]

French Canadians > French but not by much

[@azj_]

"Wait it's all France?!" *"ALWAYS HAS BEEN"*

[@thesplatstrategist]

Fun fact , the flights between most of the french overseas territories still count as domestic

[@elpiko5604]

As a french, I confirm 😂

[@kzn4457]

Criminal country

[@skytectheemeraldcar6150]

@@thesplatstrategist :O I go to France

[@ommsterlitz1805]

@@kzn4457 Jealous cry baby, uk did far worse USA too.

[@Bobby-JamesClayton]

Good vid bro

[@edb.2365]

Well, this was one of the most informative trips to the can I've had in a while. 👍🏾

[@simonrblx3236]

"The sun never sets on the French Empire" The French trying to sleep: >_

[@CdFMasterVideo]

No wonder why we're always grumpy and on strike

[@CannonballGaming-zd6me]

Lmao

[@Yoyiiii]

Idea: Close everything go in the basement turn off the lights and sleep :O

[@ltn.mouton]

@@Yoyiiii no because we keep our baguette stock (10000lb) In our basements

[@Yoyiiii]

@@ltn.mouton sleep on the baguettes then eat whenever u want if u wake up

[@alexthekay1948]

Title: France is closer then you think Me: "looks slowly over my shoulder"

[@monterrang1]

coucou >:D

[@thesplatstrategist]

« Bonjour »

[@bennnFR]

"salut😘"

[@_recipeh]

Well the spy always attack from behind

[@smarteasylearningalmanejaz6204]

He changed the title

[@mestarit7471]

That’s incredible! They already have the most beautiful language in the world, a breathtaking culture, the best marines in the world, and now you say they have an even more wonderful territory than what we ever imagine? Wow!

[@esekion1]

As a french guy I can't judge the beauty of my language. I only know that we have the most stupidly complicated language in the world.

[@raskzak3313]

I think we're also one of the languages with the most insults in the world lmao

[@Kloden49]

The country is dying though. You guys abroad have no idea of how desperate the french people are, how we all lost faith in our destiny as a nation, how our patriotism even faded as a memory, and how unable we are to envision the future in anyway. At this pace, I give us a few decades before what's left of our cultural legacy disappears amidst the ocean of self-hatred we are drowning in.

[@padriandusk7107]

.....prophet much? I don't see our future either because i CAN'T see the future, but i can guess something with fair probabilities: you and i will be disappointed to see France surviving with close to no reason, and maybe even thriving once more. It might even be, as usual, completely nonsensical at the point of making us asking in our last breath "How the f*ck.....??". I can't wait.

[@Kloden49]

@@Hoplixus on vit vraiment une sale époque, celle d'une mort sans combat... Je me console tant bien que mal en me disant que tout meurt, les hommes, les lignées, les nations, les civilisations, les étoiles et même l'univers. La sagesse c'est tout ce qui va nous rester j'imagine.

[@TheBoatMan877]

0:09 Luxembourg taking the L

[@IdkIdk-iu4uh]

Monaco?

[@mariasolpersico7115]

Andorra?

[@theunthinkable267]

"The sun has never sets on the French Empire". The British be like: WTF

[@benoitbvg2888]

The sun never sets on the british empire, only because god could never trust an englishman in the dark...

[@zhiro_3]

The british stole that slogan from the Spanish Empire

[@lesscringeymapperdude]

@@benoitbvg2888 LMFAO U DIDNT HSVE TO BURN THE WHOLE UK LIKE THAT

[@rome316ae3]

@@benoitbvg2888 clown spotted

[@Morder1a]

@@zhiro_3 correct

[@JennaGetsCreative]

I live in Newfoundland. I'm so close to France that being fluent in French will pretty much guarantee you any customer service job you want because French citizens shop here often.

[@thomastakesatollforthedark2231]

My condolences

[@blanco7726]

I live in Luxembourg. So close to France that if you do not speak French, you are guaranteed to be rejected at any customer service job.

[@JennaGetsCreative]

@@blanco7726 Yeah, but it's not as common to be bi/multilingual in Canada. Our language education sucks. I was "taught" French on a regular basis in school from ages 10-18 then voluntarily chose to take additional French classes in university. I am far from fluent.

[@stadtrepublikmulhausen4121]

@@JennaGetsCreative Basically everybody from a big city in quebec speak english so its just the "proper" canadian who don't

[@blanco7726]

@@JennaGetsCreative yeah just a multilingual culture I guess. If, however the fuck, you only speak one language in Luxembourg, you're weird, stupid and totally screwed.

[@KouK973]

Nice video !!! Happy to learn things about my "old country" 🙂 Just an hint : you took images from Ariane IV ! This rocket isn't in activity anymore since a long time. We are now launching (in 2023) Ariane VI ! Way bigger rockets ;-)

[@SaidAlSeveres]

Entertaining and educational. Very coool!!! Now I really want to visit Reunion Island in the Pacific Ocean it’s beautiful

[@Kromlyps]

Réunion Island is in the Indian Ocean near Madagascar. In Pacific you have New Caledonia 🇳🇨🇫🇷, Wallis and Futuna 🇼🇫🇫🇷 and Polynésie Française 🇵🇫🇫🇷 (which includes Bora-Bora and Tahiti, the most popular and touristics Islands)

[@sammko4534]

I love how he's making it sound like a threat.

[@MisterJackTheAttack]

Ominously French....

[@furinick]

It is

[@Racko.]

@@furinick Almost as if it is LMAO

[@owenborg2535]

it is a threat

[@chiangkaishrek5123]

Because it is

[@rb026]

In France mobile data are a way cheaper 😉 5€ (~5.50$) for 120 gigas and unlimited calls and texts Nice video btw I’m french and learned several things ! It’s a good way for ppl to discover our country and the various locations (there’s not only Paris) this vid is pretty accurate well done 👍.It’s sad that we don’t talk more about our overseas territories…

[@Enisss]

5€ euros pour 120 Giga ????? T'es chez qui stp

[@rb026]

@@Enisss bouygues mais je crois que c’était une offre spéciale qui est plus dispo mtn

[@hizzsc2992]

Thank you so much. Despite your obvious insulting tone toward me and my country, i think this is an actual feel good video for any frenchman. The general consensus here is that France is decaying and slowly disappearing . You greatly corrected that idea with very specific facts and great maps. YES the sun never sets on French lands, YES we have control and presence on every oceans of the globe, YES we are conducting projects as great as Space exploration or nuclear power. YES we are a major political and military actor of the curent century ! Oh man i wish we could show this video to all the depressive "France is Decaying" ideologists around. Love from France.

[@birchtree5884]

The sun never sets on the -British Empire- French Republic

[@clovis1er333]

Brits have to learn they are not an empire anymore

[@samuraiboi2735]

@@clovis1er333 brits arent an empire but as mentioned they stuff their tea bags to every single inch of this planet

[@Fummy007]

Both

[@thunderbird1921]

@@clovis1er333 Well, there is the British Commonwealth, and there are rumors of a "CANZUK" partnership in the future. So it's safe to say Britain still has a pretty big global influence right now.

[@lhplatypus4346]

@@thunderbird1921 to be honest the Commonwealth is an empty shell that does basically nothing and CANZUK is far from happening, maybe one day it will form but it's doubtful

[@JoaoLeote7331]

I love how you say "here you're safe" as if french was terrifying and everyone wanted to get as far as possible

[@lucas-ge4qh]

Why do you think China is so populated?

[@-TJGR]

You can run but you can never hide🇨🇵

[@kosmique]

kerbaaaaal

[@Eskalante]

As EU4 player.. you realy want to be as far as you can be from Ftance. Once you hear Elan, its over.

[@ruben7937]

Well... they set of 17 nukes in Algeria. The bombed ship with crew in New Zealand. Theyve set off over 100 nukes near islands in the sea. They have their own international french legion army, which officially french is not legally responsebile for their actions (if i remember correctly. So that gives a lot of room for humanrightsabuses). Everyone knows who actually controls them. It is like CIA. all know they are usa agency. But officially the usa government are not legally responsebile for their actions. And france have long history of inserting and controlling puppet regimeleaders. Or how about the illegal wars in the middle east. Where france took part in terrorizing locals. So YES you should be concerned if you live close to them. Are they the worse? Very unlikely. But are they dangerous? Yes.

[@rtsit1635]

A few years ago, a question about the list of the countries that share a common border with France was on the citizenship test (a test for someone on a working visa for a long time wanting to acquire the citizenship). You had to say if such or such country had a common border with France. Well, Netherlands was on the list of countries. And the expected answer, was, of course, "not bordering France".

[@zaeroses1096]

I would be pissed about that if I were French... if not for the fact that every citizenship test I have seen has had far, far worse questions. I have New Zealand citizenship, gained when I was born in New Zealand and so no questions were answered, and British citizenship, gained after living in Wales for 5 years at age 12, at which age you don't take any citizenship test. But I saw examples from the citizenship test from friends at university, and, well, we disagreed with almost every question we saw - though the intended answers were obvious. Basically, you say something roughly along the lines of "the UK is the bestest ever country ever with no flaws and is run so well and is a perfect utopia completely free from discrimination where everyone is treated equally by the government", and probably, though I don't remember if this was included, something about pledging allegiance to the British royal family and saying how good they are. I still can't believe that thinking it's disgusting to pledge allegiance to what I would describe as a bunch of rich entitled wankers is an unpopular opinion... though drilling American kids to pledge allegiance to the flag every day at school certainly seems worse to me than the much, much, much less common pledging allegiance to anything in the UK.

[@prabahadas203]

VIVE LA FRANCE - love from INDIA

[@fahadinbesat.]

Funfact: The first official euro purchase was one kilo of lychees on the French island of Reunion -- whose location in the Indian Ocean made it the first European territory to usher in the New Year and handle the euro.

[@blanco7726]

What about New Caledonia?

[@fahadinbesat.]

@@blanco7726 you are absolutely right to point out that New Caledonia is closer to the dateline, in fact Wallis and Futuna are at GMT+12. However they are not a part of the eurozone, and use the pacific franc (XFP) which is pegged at a fixed rate with EUR.

[@jasonm9838]

@@fahadinbesat. This was really interesting to learn Fahad, thank you for sharing!

[@fahadinbesat.]

@@jasonm9838 Thanks Jason!🙂❤

[@Nagy18]

this is such a fun fact

[@siddharthsaroj53]

Little France in India ! Today, Pondicherry still has a community of French people living in the city and French is also an official language. There are 6,500 French people registered in South India, and of these about 5,500 are in Pondicherry.

[@thetrist333]

But pondicherry is not a part of France in itself. Although they do have the same exam subjects as on mainland France

[@rishabhrox1]

Puducherry is culturally French but not under French dominion or reign anymore.

[@vortex4705]

I was just about to comment this

[@laurabel1724]

Like Portuguese in Goa

[@yuvrajshinde6082]

They are Indians who are culturally French.

[@jbqu3142]

Québec, le coeur de l'Amérique françophone. Vive la France, Vive le Québec libre.

[@maidapascal6839]

Vive la france est c'est culture

[@Curbinout]

I 100% agree

[@enderwigin1801]

@@maidapascal6839 bordel avant de parler de culture écrit correctement.

[@warrenrichardson127]

"Quebec Libre" would be as stupid as Brexit, mon amis.

[@jbqu3142]

@@warrenrichardson127 so you think UK will never recover!

[@reesecrampton]

Although it doesn't own a territory in Asia anymore, its influence in Vietnam through its baguettes still lives on in bánh mì.

[@jurgenvonstrengel1312]

“Or god forbid France itself” Ah, a man of culture I see

[@mayurs4991]

It got me 😂.

[@gabrieldoussard7645]

La France c’est le mieux pays du monde

[@hanorabrennan9202]

American, where they think culture is a disease!

[@confusedbiscuit9053]

@@gabrieldoussard7645 HERETIC

[@S2Cents]

He sounds like a true American JagOff.

[@xeonelite6051]

So I live in Suriname and my friends and I literally swim to France Every summer as a tradition. We stop a few times to rest on some islands in the Marowijne river. all and all it's a 1hour swim. Also French Guyana also borders Suriname which is a former Dutch colony

[@is5714]

Suriname beautiful country

[@drpepper3838]

Netherlands still borders France because we share the island of Saint Martin South is dutch North is french

[@anti79]

You're the first Surinamese person I've seen online

[@is5714]

@@anti79 watch geography now's Suriname video and go to the comment section lol

[@islanoliveira]

@@is5714 what is the country that have the flag you use as a profile pic?

[@night0wl684]

You make it sound so ominous but being French it's just middle and highschool geography class to me

[@frenchdog3715]

belle vidéo merci mon frère

[@zibbz80]

I remember when I sailed across the Pacific Ocean and thought I was gonna see a lot of cool countries - all I ever really saw was France

[@FrenchViking466]

Okay now that’s really funny 😂👌🏻

[@LeSatan]

France is cool 👌

[@FrenchViking466]

@@LeSatan You’re cool 😜

[@KBS_ar]

What a lie. French-occupied Islands are so tiny.

[@goldbergshekel]

@@KBS_ar NPC

[@jr637-1]

"US state of Kansas" *shows picture of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri, which I know because I am from Kansas City* pain

[@jacklovejoy5290]

50/50 odds of it being intentional

[@Student0Toucher]

No1 cares USA and France rule the world

[@praneel5920]

@@Student0Toucher idk, I think my country does exist and is one of the biggest economic powers.

[@Student0Toucher]

@@praneel5920 what country

[@praneel5920]

@@Student0Toucher India

[@PhebathanFrederick]

i love how he is treating France like some dangerous inescapable terror the whole video

[@ommsterlitz1805]

It kinda is France is literally everywhere lol

[@unknownmovement]

As a dutchmen who wants to buy jungle property overseas in the future this video is super interesting. I could aquire me some land in one of these places without having to worry about visas an citizenship since im european 🤙🏼

[@Ysundeneth]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but the Schengen agreement only applies to countries, not overseas territories or some European islands, like the ones in the Baltic sea, if i'm not mistaken. The agreement is full of exceptions like this one, for a few other European countries. You can travel to those locations for holidays, with only an ID, if you are a European citizen, but you'll need a work permit if you plan on staying.

[@unknownmovement]

Thanks for pointing out. I didn't know about this. Does this apply to all overseas territory?

[@d4leaW]

fucking pirates

[@gontrandjojo9747]

@@Ysundeneth You obviously don't know what is Schengen... Schengen membership and European Union membership are 2 different things. Schengen is about control, which means there are no border control between member states... you can freely go from Spain to France to Germany to Poland without being checked at the border and if you are checked you don't need a visa or passport (as long as you are from a country member of Schengen). That's what Schengen is. And if you are for exemple an American tourist visiting Germany for exemple with a 3 months VISA, you can freely move to France or Italy or any other Schengen member state and stay there as long as your 3 months VISA allows it, you're not forced to stay in Germany. However you can't take a flight from Germany to French Guiana with a VISA for Germany, but you can freely take a train from Munich to Paris to visit France. Nothing to do with European citizenship which means you can freely live and stay and work in any other EU member state with just your ID. Ireland is part of the EU but not part of Schengen which means there are border controls even from other EU member states YET any European citizen can freely move to Ireland and live there. Switzerland is part of Schengen which means you can freely cross Switzerland if you want to go from France to Italy for exemple without VISA or Passport (as long as you are from a country member of Schengen), but it's not part of the EU which means a French or an Italian can freely cross Swtizerland but can't live and stay there with their European citizenship. French Guiana is fully part of France which means any European citizen (so any Dutch) can move and live there as if he was French, however it's not part of Schengen which means there are border controls.

[@Ysundeneth]

@@gontrandjojo9747 Yes, you are right. I got mixed up and the overseas territory wrong too. I blame that lovely bottle of Ménétou Salon and some hereditary brain farting. It's actually French Polynesia, New Caledonia, and Wallis and Futuna, where you need a work permit, even if you are an EU national . So, @unknownmovement can have a great time in all the other overseas territories we have. Merry Christmas.

[@rosscowieson9220]

They also have the old knights hospatalier church in Jerusalem which is technically Frances territory. Sarkozy went a few years ago and I remember reading it on the news

[@tonyhawk94]

Yup there was also a famous incident there. When president Jacques Chirac came to visit, Israeli soldiers entered the church for safety and Chirac refused to enter until foreign troops were leave in French soil, just crazy haha.

[@bakaarion2219]

Id say this kind of terrotory is similar to an ambassy, quite not relevant

[@Perririri]

Better French than Israeli

[@smithsway]

@@tonyhawk94 Do you mean were present or were not present?

[@tonyhawk94]

@@smithsway until foreign troops leave* if it's clearer :)

[@Heruwath007]

Funny thing. You realize that fact, when you live in the EU and can cross borders of other EU member countries without a visa or passport. You can basically travel to all kind of exotic loations on earth without ever leaving the EU.

[@MapsCharts]

Only French citizens can enter places like New Caledonia or Polynesia without any document

[@nicolasbertin8552]

@@MapsCharts Coz they're nations on their own. But a German can travel to La Réunion or Guadeloupe no problem.

[@MapsCharts]

@@nicolasbertin8552 Leur nation c'est la France hein

[@stespfr]

@@MapsCharts that's not true. Any EU citizen has the freedom to enter and settle in any territory of an EU country. The EU rules forbid its members to treat EU citizens differently from their nationals, and that include entering, living and working everywhere. That being said, some French territories (Tahiti, New Caledonia) are not part of the EU due to a special status, but it doesn't affect the freedom of movement of EU citizens.

[@MapsCharts]

@@stespfr Bien sûr essaie de faire rentrer un Estonien à Tahiti tu vas voir ce qu'ils disent aux frontières

[@bixumbi]

Another funfact: France referred to its short-lived colony in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the 1500s as "Antarctic France"

[@thomashaeyen6942]

I'm pretty sure it had a different meaning, because Antarctica hadn't been discovered.

[@JAK0449]

Born and living in France, I love this video:)

[@petitthom2886]

Fun fact : during the First Empire, France had departments in Spain, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Italy and had direct borders with Denmark and the Ottoman Empire

[@gutsjoestar7450]

No shit Sherlock

[@MrZZooh]

Right on.

[@aderitodealmeida5644]

, and tried to occupy Portugal 3 times in a row... and failed all of them... 😏

[@aderitodealmeida5644]

@I change my name every month , Spain's help? Lol Spain was Napoleon's ally for the invasion of Portugal. With the British, our oldest ally? Yes ... and it was the British-Portuguese army who helped the Spanish against the French, fighting several Battles on Spanish soil and even on French soil...

[@jamie2015]

@@gutsjoestar7450 tell me Sherlock? Where is the shit your looking for sir Sherlock?

[@Thelukan342_real]

Luxemburg,monaco and andorra at beggining:u serious

[@trollkakou2275]

As a french I can tell you it's a good thing to be able to get a job at the other side of the world and still be in France ^^

[@landonrutherford5466]

I love how disgusted the narrator seems at the thought of being around France all the time

[@zaydalaoui9397]

That actually makes me question some of what he said as he seems personally biased towards France for some reason

[@cuhweenuh]

@@zaydalaoui9397 I don’t think he’s trying to be bias either way. but His tone is giving me the vibe he doesn’t like France shoving their flag everywhere it doesn’t belongs but is still in awe of how many places they’ve managed to claim as their own

[@zaydalaoui9397]

@@cuhweenuh well the thing is these places were given the choice and chose to be part of France. New caledonia is even getting its third vote this year to remain in France or be independant. And France will respect the vote. So yes historically these lands were not claimed happily and with hugs but today is a different story.

[@mauriciod2545]

Anglo-Saxons have an inside joke that implies mocking France. Both Brits and Americans, usually talk about France as something negative.

[@zaydalaoui9397]

@@mauriciod2545 yep i see that. Kind of childish but if that makes them happy and proud about themselves… 🤷‍♂️

[@RRM_Personal]

RLL: "Which is about how many people live in the US state of Kansas" Also RLL: *shows a picture of downtown Kansas City, which is in Missouri*

[@markjakofcic8636]

why? was the map guy drunk and just said "hehehe lemme pull a line here haha.... whoops Kansas City more like Missouri City hihi haha" idk

[@herbertherbertic6223]

@@markjakofcic8636 Janez?

[@ezekielmorgan1042]

There's definitely a Kansas City in kansas

[@devin5891]

@@ezekielmorgan1042 which he didn’t show

[@moosehooves4145]

Kansas city is on the border with about half in Missouri and half in Kansas

[@andrewhazlewood4569]

The patch furthest from France did not used to be like that because of French Vietnam

[@zerfy4482]

Alala i love these :)

[@Portableholefromthefuture]

“These countries are WAY bigger than you think” France: I’m 4 parallel universes ahead of you

[@longtom7715]

FRANCE IS ALMOST EVERYWHERE Brazil: Really? *French Guiana Brazil: ...

[@lesaltyfrancais576]

When Brazil doesn't come to France but France comes to brazil

[@splashnskillz37]

@@lesaltyfrancais576 You sure you wanna come over ?

[@CommanderNonna]

@@gabrielrenanamantedeaviao.750 Invadir e incendiar a união ibérica inteira?

[@Eldiran1]

The fun fact here is that the french border shared with brazil is the biggest border France have with a country .

[@v1n1c1u55anto5]

@@Eldiran1 And the Second Brazil's smaller

[@Azyraasr]

The french is everywhere you cannot escape them

[@Daniboy0826]

I love how many times the word "unfortunately" is pronounced in this video.

[@makky6239]

"France is closer than you think" 200 years ago it would be a scary sentence

[@piepiep2368]

Bouh

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Some still have nightmares of Napoleon non stop winning battles and wars for 25 years straight.

[@slimboarder.o7]

It's even scarier now they have nuke

[@makky6239]

@@ommsterlitz1805 I bet bet the Austrians were traumatized after being invaded five times lol

[@erwannthietart3602]

@@makky6239 hey Napoleon declared no war on France, Austria declared the war first, Napoleon was just ultra agressive in its defance lol

[@roshan11140]

What a coincidence.. Some time ago, I was discussing geography with my brother and asked him to guess the country with maximum time zones.. He like 90% others predict Russia 😂😂 He was surprised as the correct answer was France.. And then i saw this notification about France 😂😂 By the way, as a keen geography reader, i always like this channels video and i never miss any of it 👍🏻👍🏻👌

[@Ebombe67]

Same I am binge watching RealLifeLore and wendover

[@guardianoffire8814]

Google is monitoring you.👯‍♂

[@iecsao]

@@guardianoffire8814 WOW NON CAP :0

[@JimboRustles]

I don't think it's actually true because only overseas departments are actually part of France proper while overseas collectivies and such are not. It's like saying that Gibraltar or Jersey are part of the UK, or that Aruba is part of the Netherlands. They're not.

[@matthewferrantino9521]

Counting the reach of our nuclear weapons, which I believe are fair to count, as well as inventing the internet, and videogames, I believe the answer is the United States has hundreds and hundreds of time zones counting all of our universes. :D

[@cmonavis2]

Please can you wrote the places you put in video ? Some footage of wonderfull beach and dont know what place is it

[@cappuccinom2050]

🤯mindblowing

[@paboland7994]

Legend has it that if you live within the red zone you are never safe from a *wild, flying baguette hitting you in the face.*

[@starcrafter9967]

As a german i know for sure that the frenchies send a lot of these things to the red zone...

[@srgyeetus670]

I live in the orange zone and i get hit by a wild flying baguette an least once a week : / Damn frenchies and there flying baguettes

[@minerl_dude]

Truth behind the flying baguettes : When french people feel that their bread is getting old they catapult it.

[@gisbertvonromberg2227]

Lorsque vous êtes dans cette zone, l'anglais que les gens autour de vous parlent sonne comme français à vos oreilles. :-)

[@The-xx2yk]

I live in the red zone in England and we have sirens here for when the French send us things

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

"If you live in Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium, the UK..." Luxembourg: Am I a joke to you?

[@RedRocketthefirst]

Yes

[@dylan5953]

Monaco and Andorra...

[@tahmid5265]

Mediterranean Sea portugal?

[@alistairt7544]

Yeah, I noticed that too. That dark outline of Luxembourg never got mentioned, even if you can see it :( Always overshadowed by its larger neighbours.

[@HistoireItinerante]

Sooner and later, we're gonna annex that paradise little piece of sh*t

[@junknoodles1028]

ReaLifeLore! Could you pls do a video on the Antarctic treaty and who owns what parts of it? I think most people know virtually nothing about this event in our history

[@bobthebear2646]

Yes I’m French and I’m proud to be French 🇫🇷❤️

[@fabulier]

I am French and still learned a few things from this video. It is a sad fact that we do not talk much about oversea territories, almost like they are not french and I think it is quite unfair that they are not represented as much as they should. I feel like we only talk about them in the news when things are going wrong there and that sucks.

[@sireopossom7860]

Because it's in your best of intrest, the lesser people know the better. This video is hurting you inderectly. Nothing is hazard with your corrupted government.

[@massyl25]

@@sireopossom7860 I think he just was sleeping during college classes.

[@GuilhemBARRIERE]

C'est vrai, tu as plutôt raison. On ne parle pas beaucoup des outre-mer français, alors qu'il s'agit pourtant d'un profond avantage pour la France. Quand je vois comment on a quasiment pas parlé du référendum de Nouvelle-Calédonie, surtout avant le suffrage. Je trouve cela évidemment dommage que l'on n'en parle pas plus, même si je suis content que la Nouvelle-Calédonie ai fait le choix définitif de rester française.

[@laurabel1724]

Comment ça on a parle pas assez? Perso je me rappelle l'avoir étudié en cours au collège puis lycée et même à la fac.

[@sireopossom7860]

@@corentintiti49 Nha, mine is different. Mine dates back 30.000 years old, and there are some very old historical scrolls that show from where to where my country had its territory, we just lived & let live. We also fought with all our might versus MANY civilisations, but we lost to the Muslims with their Islam. Also the "Every territory is in a country for their intrest" Are you saying that with a straight face? Or you're holding your laughs with all your might?

[@kjul.]

Love the French, keep staying classy sibling - greetings from Germany! 🇫🇷🇩🇪💕

[@de_sennectere]

🇫🇷❤🇩🇪 Love Germany from France, keep being the annoyingly rich but nice sibling of the group 🇪🇺

[@landon8214]

Respect from America, god bless you Europeans to the south! Sorry that we can't let your immigrants from the southern border! Blessings from the USA! 🏈🇺🇸🙏🇩🇪

[@thenailprojectbymjb1740]

🇰🇷🇵🇭❤️🇫🇷 Love From Philippines And South Korea All France Citizens Please Be Safe Due To Covid.

[@thenailprojectbymjb1740]

I am Half-Korean And Half-Filipino Be safe!

[@tuyoufpazic5746]

@@thenailprojectbymjb1740 you should be the one to try being safe, we french are much closer than you think....

[@Lord_Ian]

It's a great video ! I love my country and I love the fact that the US and Russia think they control the world just because they yell louder than everyone while Europe's just casually watching them, sipping tea and eating croissants.

[@thunderbird1921]

Well China's getting more influence than either us or Russia lately, and I say that as a concerned American. If it were a democracy like India rising to challenge our overall power/influence it would be one thing, but when it's a tyrannical nation without human rights, yeah I'm pretty worried (and so should Europe, honestly). You French folks might want to keep a closer eye on those Pacific islands of yours these days, among other stuff.

[@powerrulez8865]

10:41 Big Mac without the guts

[@Syl75]

Fun fact : In France, elections take part on sunday. But the overseas territories (except Reunion and Mayotte) always vote one day before mainland France. French Polynesia and New caledonia because they are already on sunday when it's saturday in mainland France. Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, the West Indies islands and French Guyana who vote on saturday because, if they voted on sunday, they would be still voting during the traditional announcement of the results of the elections at 20h mainland time.

[@gh6st_502]

monke time

[@goofygrandlouis6296]

Also fun fact : Macron is a Young Global Leader.. and probably bought and paid for by the American establishement. So at this rate, French sovereignty will be US-controlled 😕

[@Dong3563]

et tu aussi français toi aussi? are u french also why ppl ignore french ppl?

[@FranceOnTop]

@@Dong3563 parce que ils se croient plus intelligent , mais le grand remplacement rendra la france grand

[@Dong3563]

Ouais

[@Sepi-bx5qd]

As an EU-citizen (not French) this made me happy. Vive la France!

[@piepiep2368]

We are here for you, we protect European friends I can die for all européen peoples

[@haaxeu6501]

Vive whatever European country you're from !

[@abontichowdhury5104]

France will become islamic country. France is now atheist but will come Islamic

[@MrCamille9999]

@@abontichowdhury5104 Nah we don't believe in superstitions (that includes religion)

[@louisd1315]

@@abontichowdhury5104 no dont worry there is still 30 millions of christians in France

[@bpie_ef3967]

I think every members of french overseas territory aren't part of the European Union. It really is case by case, and at least half of French oversea territories have a unique statute and legislation

[@frjedi9081]

No, it’s really the case. France is a democratic republic of citizens based on the French Constitution. All citizens are equal in right. As there is no more « oversea’s territories or colonies » but only french « départements », all the areas of France in the world are fully France with French citizens. France and all its citizens are members of the EU… and so on! That’s a fact and a very important part of the french way of thinking « law and citizenship » « Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen » (Human and citizen rights) that made some differences with the British Empire and much more with US. Every citizen can vote, including for the national poles (President, National chambers) wherever he lives in the World including what you call overseas territories. In the same way, black or Asian french (for example) were fully part of the army while the two world wars. Many US peoples came to join the french army because they were not welcome in the US one and USAF. Pilots could be trained and could fight in the french Air Force (in mixed « colors » units), and so on… Foreign citizens can vote for local elections! France is not perfect, of course not, but the legal basis and the Constitution are probably of the best in the world. Yes, some overseas regions have special statutes (not legislation) but it cannot be less than the general national statute and have to match with EU laws. No there is no other kind of « territories » in the French Republic.

[@Harold046]

​@@frjedi9081 He was actually right. Things are a bit more complicated than what you claim : not all the french oversea territories are « départements », and not all of those territories are actually considered part of the European Union. One example of that is Saint Pierre et Miquelon, which is excluded from both the EU and the Schengen treaty... although as the people living there are french citizen, they are considered citizen of the European Union and participate in european elections. Some territories do have special statutes *and* legislation, and the requirements to match EU laws can be more or less strict. This is inevitable, especially for the french oversea territories, which simply cannot realistically follow the same rulings as the rest of the country, while living in a completely different environment, and trading with completely different partners. Having a united legislation is not something you should thrive for no matter what: on the opposite, being flexible is the best decision a government can take to properly manage such a disparate set of lands.

[@deadserum]

As a French oversea citizen from Guadeloupe, I have to tell you that you are wrong, we are all part of the european union.

[@bpie_ef3967]

I was wrong indeed ! French citizens are also european citizens, but overseas territories aren't all part of the europe union ! Thank you @Harold046

[@deadserum]

@@bpie_ef3967 Dude, I just said that I live in an oversea territory and I'm considered as an european

[@najaisthaltso7739]

2:00 Just one correction, the Japanese Island of Hokkaido is not over 7000km away, what you were showing in the Video and actually meant was the Russian Island of Sakhalin

[@ivy_47]

Not only is the earth's spin faster at the equator, launching on the equator means you do not need to make the very expensive maneuver to adjust your orbit's plane to that of the equator (for geostationary orbits, typical low earth orbits, etc.)

[@MrPictor]

I was looking for this comment. I'm not disappointed.

[@birkner510]

It's also further away from the center of the earth and thus you need less speed.

[@Vercixx]

Also with regards to the spaceport in Fr. G., because the Earth spins towards the East, you need to launch the rockets slightly towards East and having an ocean to the East of the launch site means the rockets are launched over an uninhabited area to avoid land casualties in case of failures

[@xmtxx]

Yep, the maneuver thing is the main reason you want to launch near equator. Plus the fact that you can choose prety much any orbital plane for your satellite. The added spinning speed, adds up one or two hundred m/s, out of roughly 7000m/s you need. It doesn't make that big of a difference.

[@toolbaggers]

Different velocity but exact same spin (RPM) at the pole or on the equator.

[@marcello7781]

Napoleon: "C'est magnifique".

[@varalakshmivishnukumar1440]

English-It is magnificent

[@leroiarouf1142]

@@varalakshmivishnukumar1440 he sah Napoleon " its beautifull"

[@8499937]

Very interesting

[@jenriesgamingworld8041]

0:59 ME TURNING RIGHT me : oh shi-

[@BirmadeBan]

I saw the notification for this and just assumed and accepted that France had taken over the world Edit: Apparently RLL changed the video title, with the reason obviously being to undermine my entire comment

[@OriginalVD]

Yeah boi

[@helltraxis1534]

Funny

[@jackdonnelly4166]

That would be hell on earth

[@Student0Toucher]

France and USA are bros we rule the world

[@techmaster9775]

Could be worse

[@6Pope9]

This is an incredible source of insidious trivia questions: Does France share a border with the Netherlands? What country spans across the most timezones?

[@francoise9056]

"Does Brazil have a border with the European Union ? " and the answer is : yes ( Suriname too by the way since French Guiana is between both )

[@pierreriviere9158]

"Does France share a border with the Netherlands?" => Saint-Martin Island.

[@joshowenthe5549]

@@pierreriviere9158 Saint Martin and Sint Maarten

[@justanugget6588]

@@francoise9056 harder one would be "Which country shares the longest border with France"

[@sephikong8323]

@@justanugget6588 No it's easy actually, it's Brazil

[@Paulo-jcvd]

Merci

[@gabrielbattais4185]

fun fact : before the USA lost their war against Vietnam, it was the war for the independance of Indochine from France, the french were a bit preoccupied elsewhere so they gave the territory (and the war) to the USA

[@juliusgabriel741]

Love this video! France is such a fascinating country! Sending lots of love from your neighbor 🇩🇪

[@kynaxicrowd7066]

heyyyyy whats up my best friendenemy

[@tonyhawk94]

Hey neighbor i'm from eastern France, love Rhineland Pfalz and Baden-Wurtenberg, beautiful places ! :)

[@andreactuel7209]

@@kynaxicrowd7066 no this title is already taken by Great Britain

[@MACcER34]

Love back from France 🇫🇷❤️🇩🇪

[@francoise9056]

@@tonyhawk94 me too ( alsace )

[@FairyCRat]

As a Frenchman, I'm glad to see that this peculiarity of my country gets so much attention from great KZbinrs these days. Sometimes even my fellow French people forget about these places.

[@unpseudopascommelesautres997]

Pour de vrai, ça doit être la 5ème ou 6ème vidéo que je vois sur ça. Sur notre "empire" du 21ème siècle. Elles font pas mal de vues en plus ces vidéos. Parfois j'en viens à me dire qu'ils veulent monter l'opinion contre nous mdr. Prétextant "gneugneu vous possédez tjr des colonies"

[@FairyCRat]

@@unpseudopascommelesautres997 Oui, après j'en vois aussi sur les territoires des USA (où pour eux c'est bien pire, ils ont même pas le droit de vote).

[@minerl_dude]

J'ai la flemme de lire

[@justanotherfrenchie]

Oui c la nième que je vois une vidéo sur l'Empire Français du XXIeme siècle.

[@Dogebro200]

C'est vrai que nous les français on oublie qu'on a des territoires en dehors de France elle même (sauf les français qui habitant sur les territoires extérieurs biensure)

[@jaxpianoteacher]

This is stuff I didn’t need to know but I really wanted to know.

[@calamar8199]

"It is no nation we inhabit but a language. Make no mistake; Our native tounge is our true fatherland" Emil Cioran

[@Altermundo38]

Not a really accurate transcription of the original Syllogism. never it was mentionned that it has to be the native language. "On habite pas un pays, on habite une langue. C'est cela une patrie, et rien d'autre." It would be more something like : "It's no nation we inhabit, but a language. That is our homeland, and nothing else. ;)

[@strasspontin2]

It's a pity that all the videos about the French overseas territories never mention the people (natives, French, immigrants from other continents etc.) who live there. For example, the case of Reunion Island is quite exceptional. An island where 3 religions cohabit a place with a wide range of ethnic groups (French, "Creole", Chinese, Indian...) or even Guiana. Indeed, there is an important economic aspect (not so much important since France doesn't really exploit its EEZ except for fishing), if France keeps these territories it is not really for an imperialist reason, it is just that they became a part of France as much from an economic point of view as a cultural one. There are many French people from overseas who come to metropolitan France or French people from the Hexagone who have family or friends in these territories

[@strasspontin2]

@@alost4076 Il me semble que la CMA-CGM a fait de La Réunion son hub portuaire de l'Océan Indien, donc ça crée tjrs de l'emploi rentable on va dire. En ce qui concerne les ressources naturelles j'imagine que c'est à la fois pour des raisons environnementales mais aussi car au vu de la localisation de La Réunion il faudrait créer tout un complexe pétrolier avec les infrastructures qui vont avec et je pense pas que cela soit très intéressant sur le long terme (et comme on peut pas exploiter dans la ZEE de Kerguelen c'est encore moins envisageable). Pour ma part j'ai grandi à Bordeaux avec une grosse communauté polynésienne (ils viennent pour les études et le surf lol) et ayant un très bon ami de La Réunion je prêche les mérites de l'outre-mer à qui voudra bien m'entendre. J'aimerais vraiment aller faire un tour à La Réunion ou à Saint-Pierre et Miquelon un de ces jours d'ailleurs.

[@florimond.]

100% d'accord, j'ai l'impression que toutes les vidéos KZbin sur les DROMTOMs françaises présentent la France comme une puissance impérial qui exploite ses territoires alors que honnetement pas du tout...

[@ganjafi59]

@@alost4076 from UNCLOS (United Nations convention on the laws of the seas) France have to extract the oil or let the neighbouring nations do so. However it is within France’s EEZ so France could make an environmental claim, especially since Reunion and Mayotte are dependant on fishing for the local economy. Reunion and Mayotte might be useless not, but in 2046 when the Antarctic treaty is up for review it can be a very useful EU port for stopovers when going to Antartica. French sovereignty over the islands are actually in the best interest of France.

[@onem.3361]

@@alost4076 Wow... what a case for french "generosity". My foot!

[@jordanjames2956]

So there is one exception to what you said. New Caledonia has a large indigenous population that do not want to be part of France. They do not make up a majority but in is a large minority. On that topic the French possessions in the Pacific Ocean have more autonomy then any other part of France and even have there own currency, the CFP franc.

[@Jackenn_Cooper]

RLL: "The U.S. State of Kansas" *Shows picture of Missouri*

[@rubiconprime1429]

“The state you think about so little, that’s not Kansas, that’s Missouri, *this* is Kansas

[@drewsteps]

@@rubiconprime1429 Thank you John Oliver.

[@panoramaaaaaa]

I’m from France and I learned so many things. Very well documented, very well made. Thank you very much

[@fanmadeschannel3125]

I like that we have borders with almost all the countries of the world we are everywhere

[@fanatiikz_3394]

Dose

[@maciejgronowski]

France also owns several properties inside the city of Jerusalam (mostly churches) which were given to France by the Ottoman Empire and still are officially property of France, I.e. Israeli police is not allowed to enter without passport.

[@auxencefromont1989]

They are like embassies though aren't they ?

[@laurabel1724]

Because before the crusades Jerusalem was under the rule of Baudouin IV King of Jérusalem (1174-1185) who was part french and part Armenian.

[@jonathanrotem251]

It's not exactly like that, the sovereignty of this compound is fully Israeli, Israelis don't need passports to enter any place in Jerusalem, and the Israeli police doesn't enter these religious sites out of respect and official policy, not because they can't. If a suspect of a crime enters the church, the Israeli police will ask the Patriarch to take care of it. There won't be a Julian Assange situation there.

[@ommsterlitz1805]

Actually they were given to France because French built them (Crusaders were French)

[@DECOCCE]

Israeli police can enter, it is Israel's territory. As it is mostly churches and except if there is a real danger they just ask israeli police to leave weapons outside. That's why they do not go inside 😅.

[@orangebiologique404]

5:46 I'm so happy to hear you say that ! I'm from Reunion Island and you wouldn't even believe how many times people have asked me about the " natives " of the Island 😭

[@yothou12]

Le pauvre...

[@Jerem92iz]

Ducoup tu a quelles origines ?

[@orangebiologique404]

Des origines françaises et indiennes, et possiblement africaine mais ça c'est pas sûr ^^

[@gamermapper]

😂 😂 😂

[@unpseudopascommelesautres997]

Beaucoup de gens parfois croient que l'on a volé ces terres à un quelconque peuple. C'est oublié que pas mal de ces îles étaient inhabités avant que l'on vienne.