Geography Now! Bandiaterra

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  • Опубліковано 30 бер 2015
  • A 3 month Monarch, 4-year old prime minister, all speaking Danish, and glow worms. Well, this is one interesting country.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 7 тис.

  • @tygret
    @tygret 8 років тому +7257

    As a proud geography nerd my heart sank for a minute when I discovered I didn't know about the existence of a country.

    • @ikeknights
      @ikeknights 8 років тому +188

      +tyg I feel your pain.

    • @suhasdas430
      @suhasdas430 8 років тому +67

      +tyg it was an aplril fools joke

    • @ikeknights
      @ikeknights 8 років тому +120

      Suhas Das Hence his comment. He knows it was and April Fools joke.

    • @Cokaine_d
      @Cokaine_d 8 років тому +75

      same here I paused the video and searched it on wiki and discovered no results were to be found except his channel

    • @LordMaryland
      @LordMaryland 8 років тому +91

      I KNOW!! I love geography and I was so excited to learn about a new country I've never heard of before I was like this is so cool. Then I cried for 5 minutes

  • @TacoTurtle
    @TacoTurtle 7 років тому +3385

    Bandia is Swahili for fake.
    Terra is Latin for earth.
    Well played

    • @Nathan-pc8fi
      @Nathan-pc8fi 7 років тому +139

      +R. von Kröhling pretty much all Romance languages use "terra" for land or earth

    • @Nathan-pc8fi
      @Nathan-pc8fi 7 років тому +10

      +R. von Kröhling ok. Thanks

    • @Nathan-pc8fi
      @Nathan-pc8fi 7 років тому +51

      +I Watch Things Romanian is somewhat of an outlier...

    • @geopixels6886
      @geopixels6886 7 років тому +19

      +R. von Kröhling Close enough, Romanian is a little "different" from its sister language.

    • @misschristymarieluca
      @misschristymarieluca 7 років тому

      Or land.

  • @captainstarfish436
    @captainstarfish436 4 роки тому +2762

    Ooh I just realized Bandiaterra literally means Fakeland.

    • @oliveradencic396
      @oliveradencic396 4 роки тому +137

      Why did I find this out like 4 years later

    • @oliveradencic396
      @oliveradencic396 4 роки тому +28

      @@kevinmendoza6386 HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA that one was too good

    • @edwardngugi3537
      @edwardngugi3537 3 роки тому +29

      Also bandia ni kiswahili means fake or counterfeit

    • @abhilashr370
      @abhilashr370 3 роки тому +99

      Bandia=fake in Swahili
      Terra=land in Portuguese

    • @Matthew-nv2wy
      @Matthew-nv2wy 3 роки тому +12

      Because Bandiaterra is invisible.

  • @bazookacantgame
    @bazookacantgame 4 роки тому +1125

    Why does Paul look like we are watching him on a 90s cassette tape

    • @22espec
      @22espec 3 роки тому +49

      It's a clue about the video

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 3 роки тому +17

      Because we are

    • @titan9259
      @titan9259 3 роки тому +4

      1OOTH like

    • @cargolux4224
      @cargolux4224 2 роки тому +1

      @@titan9259 how are you here

    • @titan9259
      @titan9259 2 роки тому

      @@cargolux4224idk

  • @JC05
    @JC05 6 років тому +6595

    Greetings from Limberwisk

    • @WaxyCoronet-od5kq
      @WaxyCoronet-od5kq 5 років тому +25

      +aboc 86 yeah i looked in google maps and no limberwisk just svalbard

    • @roccomcallister4839
      @roccomcallister4839 5 років тому +17

      Love from Republic of the McAllister House!

    • @sulevislattery2620
      @sulevislattery2620 5 років тому +5

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

    • @evermay1582
      @evermay1582 5 років тому +6

      @@amelie1788 no its french antarctic island territory little bit modified

    • @matok5711
      @matok5711 5 років тому +21

      Greetings from Wakanda

  • @DiaJasin
    @DiaJasin 8 років тому +3129

    when he said it was fake I felt like someone stabbed me in the heart and I was about to cry

    • @ahmedaj2000
      @ahmedaj2000 8 років тому +9

      great description Lolo. I kinda felt the same thing

    • @jorgesalazar2340
      @jorgesalazar2340 8 років тому +5

      +ahmedaj2000 same here :(

    • @imslackingrightnow9765
      @imslackingrightnow9765 8 років тому +4

      +Diaa Yassin Same :(

    • @alvarofavela2918
      @alvarofavela2918 8 років тому +27

      Dude, a real geography junky knows that it had to be a joke!

    • @silbaar
      @silbaar 8 років тому +68

      +Alvaro Favela Dude, I am a real geography junkie. The rational part of me knew it was fake since the flag, but then everything was so well construed and plausible that the emotional part of me started believing it, and wanted to finish the video first and then to check everything on wikipedia.
      And I felt stabbed in the heart too when he said it was a joke.
      LOL

  • @victorious1659
    @victorious1659 4 роки тому +1796

    Greetings from Qitzikwaka.

    • @supersonictv8916
      @supersonictv8916 4 роки тому +82

      My best friend is from Qitzikwaka. Hello from Bandiaterra

    • @sierraacharlie
      @sierraacharlie 3 роки тому +39

      greetings from Patch Amberdash

    • @sauceboitest_monster_1srev650
      @sauceboitest_monster_1srev650 3 роки тому +34

      I am from limberwisk, I live in a cabin near lake imeq, Hello!

    • @secretperson909
      @secretperson909 3 роки тому +14

      I’m a 100 % real, not fake Antarctic person who totally exist and isn’t just from northern Sweden :)))))))

    • @okokok1178
      @okokok1178 3 роки тому +9

      Not Here Hello, my name is Jackil Clомpaпje, and I cake to Qitzikwaka during the French immigrantion wave (he didn’t mention our people in the video though :/). Which city do you like live in??

  • @SuperShuja
    @SuperShuja 4 роки тому +901

    2015: What a country
    2019: DID I REALLY THOUGHT THIS WAS REAL🤦‍♂️

    • @strawberrydaily3625
      @strawberrydaily3625 4 роки тому +4

      @Josh L what's wrong with it?

    • @droppri.3685
      @droppri.3685 4 роки тому +28

      @@strawberrydaily3625 DID I REALLY *ThOuGhT* it was real?
      That thought

    • @tigervalley62
      @tigervalley62 4 роки тому +4

      Yes... yes you did. Why??? I did, ironically🤣🤣

    • @shahriar4706
      @shahriar4706 4 роки тому +5

      Dude I realised this just know as my brother explained to me how much of a dumbass I was being.

    • @quentinschannel9469
      @quentinschannel9469 3 роки тому +3

      1 was five in 2015

  • @michaelnielssonsmail
    @michaelnielssonsmail 9 років тому +3056

    As a Dane i thought to myself..... Why does a...... i cant even get over the shock of somebody in the world speaking danish!!!. for 5 min. i really thought "OMG IM GOING ON VACATION THERE!" but now i feel like there is just a empty hole inside me...... it was like paradise....... a place where people actually liked that the danes changed the system..... though i started to have my suspects when you said King Frederik 7.... he was quite litterally mad..... But i gotta say that is the best played 1. april joke ever!!

    • @GeographyNow
      @GeographyNow  9 років тому +244

      Michael Nielsson HAHA!!! Sorry but I had to use the Danes as a decoy. You guys are delightfully obscure and untraceable.

    • @williamdesmond1742
      @williamdesmond1742 9 років тому +9

      So confused...

    • @michaelnielssonsmail
      @michaelnielssonsmail 9 років тому +63

      Geography Now Fair Enonough ;D but the most danes kinda have this national pride when somone not scandinavian mentions them especially when americans does mainly beacuse most danes have that idea (mostly for the fun of it) that Americans belive that Denmark is part of either Norway or sweden.
      Btw i am really looking forward for the Denmark episode and if you need any help Just say the Magical word (rød grød med fløde)

    • @dylanscruggs951
      @dylanscruggs951 9 років тому +4

      Michael Nielsson Considering Danish/Scandinavian history they'd have to be pretty freaking stupid to consider Denmark a part of Sweden or Norway.

    • @michaelnielssonsmail
      @michaelnielssonsmail 9 років тому

      William Desmond Well thats simply Cool :D

  • @camilaflamingo2970
    @camilaflamingo2970 5 років тому +2483

    My geography teacher showed this video to the classroom as a April fools prank

  • @xoelpr2349
    @xoelpr2349 4 роки тому +375

    Everyone talking about the "secret Danish and Portuguese messages" but...
    *31st of June?¿?¿*

  • @AD-30000
    @AD-30000 4 роки тому +68

    I was born in Qitzikwaka but now live in Bandiaterra.

  • @calhares
    @calhares 7 років тому +1946

    I think we should create Bandiaterra

    • @nonagoninfinity
      @nonagoninfinity 7 років тому +95

      Sure, all we need to do is make some fake islands, hope we find oil off the coast of them, get some people to come, and change children's day to June 30th and some other stuff

    • @aussiecubing
      @aussiecubing 7 років тому +34

      Jonah Rosenthal *cough South China Sea

    • @subzerotheiceninga8254
      @subzerotheiceninga8254 7 років тому +12

      christian Hire the people of Bahrain to do it.

    • @calhares
      @calhares 7 років тому +17

      So, we need some chinese ppl to build islands in the sea(I know u guys are expert on it) and some Dutch ppl to teach us Dutch, just to begin...

    • @user-is9qe9pe6d
      @user-is9qe9pe6d 7 років тому +5

      christian im dutch

  • @Justinbyleth
    @Justinbyleth 6 років тому +1594

    Hahahaha Bandia is Swahili for fake and terra is Portuguese for land
    Therefore, it is “fake land”

    • @frogginachos0124
      @frogginachos0124 6 років тому +17

      SirGoomy soo that's one of the reson it's not reconise

    • @rafikhan01
      @rafikhan01 5 років тому +8

      This really is fake land

    • @aliah7045
      @aliah7045 5 років тому

      Are you swahili

    • @fergalmurrayyoutube
      @fergalmurrayyoutube 5 років тому +2

      You just looked on Wikipedia for that

    • @chipsinsideajar1372
      @chipsinsideajar1372 5 років тому +5

      @@fergalmurrayyoutube no. He literally says in the video. If you're joking, don't put me on r/woosh

  • @hakka_truku
    @hakka_truku 3 роки тому +172

    Facts:These islands are real and located in Okinawa, the name of these islands is “八重山”.

    • @abatall
      @abatall 2 роки тому +7

      So we can make this a thing

    • @kxy2013
      @kxy2013 Рік тому +7

      The Main Islands of Bandiaterra are named Ishigaki and Taketomi (石恒&竹富町) West of Taiwan (台湾)

  • @venividivivi
    @venividivivi 4 роки тому +42

    Old Geography Now videos have the same energy as old VHS videos your teachers showed you thinking they were hip.

  • @MagnificentSpeed
    @MagnificentSpeed 7 років тому +913

    I literally went on google earth to look for this place, fml

    • @Grabzza
      @Grabzza 7 років тому +6

      Magnificent Speed same

    • @ZopcsakFeri
      @ZopcsakFeri 7 років тому +22

      I kept looking for AGES on Google Maps, and still when Wikipedia failed about the islands, I still didn't suspect a thing. maybe if I knew beforehand that it "aired" on April 1st...

    • @jackbharucha1475
      @jackbharucha1475 7 років тому +3

      Me too

    • @damiankurz2224
      @damiankurz2224 7 років тому

      Magnificent Speed hahahaha me tooo

    • @isolatedfleet9369
      @isolatedfleet9369 7 років тому

      Magnificent Speed look near tawian you will find it

  • @joshbeekmans3686
    @joshbeekmans3686 8 років тому +455

    I just realized that it said june 31, there is only 30 in june

    • @doommagic
      @doommagic 7 років тому +52

      Also the child prime minister's name translates to "This is not true" in Swahili.

    • @caseyjason-ws3fr
      @caseyjason-ws3fr 7 років тому +3

      @Doommagic actually it means "everything is a joke"in swahilli

    • @doommagic
      @doommagic 7 років тому

      +casey jason I used Google translate for it and that was the exact translation it gave me in Swahili. If it's wrong, then Google needs to correct it.

    • @caseyjason-ws3fr
      @caseyjason-ws3fr 7 років тому +5

      Doommagic NO PROBLEM,google doesnt know to translate swahili,it comes out really broken beyond understanding.

    • @godwinmakwaia1295
      @godwinmakwaia1295 7 років тому +1

      +Doommagic Huo ni utani

  • @AlxzAlec
    @AlxzAlec 4 роки тому +58

    I thought there was actually a Danish Speaking country 😭

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 4 роки тому +26

      There is. It's called Denmark.

    • @jona7357
      @jona7357 4 роки тому +20

      Gum Skyloard huh, Never heard of that place. Is it a colony of Bandiaterra?

    • @GumSkyloard
      @GumSkyloard 4 роки тому +10

      @@jona7357 Nah, it's a colony of Limberwisk, but it has a huge Bandiaterran diaspora.

    • @jona7357
      @jona7357 4 роки тому +1

      Gum Skyloard wow. Always interesting to hear about colonization. Denmark sounds nice.

    • @pyromorph6540
      @pyromorph6540 3 роки тому

      Greenland?

  • @debasishgamango5849
    @debasishgamango5849 Рік тому +17

    Ahhh damn you Paul!!! I am sort of rewatching previous countries and forgot about these special episodes. Silly silly silly

  • @ChuRex-2117
    @ChuRex-2117 6 років тому +1184

    Another Hidden Message:5:35 "Hvis du kan læse dansk du vil vide dette er en falsk sted" (written on the wall) means "If you can read Danish you will know this is a fake place"

  • @arielvillanueva1127
    @arielvillanueva1127 6 років тому +2019

    This video had me like:
    1. wait...is this a real country?
    2. it's in geography now, it has to be
    3. wow, this country is weird
    4. ok I feel betrayed

  • @wardafarha3874
    @wardafarha3874 4 роки тому +235

    Its hilarious that everyone is greetings from qitzikwaka and just begging for likes

    • @rezaulkreza
      @rezaulkreza 4 роки тому +5

      r/woooosh

    • @1Argi1
      @1Argi1 4 роки тому +7

      Greetings from Bandiaterra

    • @droppri.3685
      @droppri.3685 4 роки тому +6

      Greetings from Limberwisk

    • @ShAmcCANN
      @ShAmcCANN 4 роки тому +1

      skem hehehe r/publicfreakout

    • @sierraacharlie
      @sierraacharlie 3 роки тому +1

      Ha lol, anyways greetings from Patch Amberdash

  • @ianeons9278
    @ianeons9278 2 роки тому +8

    I'm a Sovonthaki and I just visited Bandiaterra for a few days, it has to be my favorite place I visited besides Limberwisk.

  • @nephileonardo4822
    @nephileonardo4822 6 років тому +2676

    Hello people I am a Hush from Limberwisk

    • @jackguest145
      @jackguest145 6 років тому +16

      Nephi Leonardo Me too

    • @nephileonardo4822
      @nephileonardo4822 6 років тому +14

      Italiamerica333 3 hope to visit ypu guys in Bandiaterra too!!!

    • @ronja7915
      @ronja7915 6 років тому +23

      Me too! Bandiaterra is such an interesting country, would love to visit some time!

    • @historyrhymes1701
      @historyrhymes1701 6 років тому +23

      Huushh pushhh fuuuushhh shhhh uuushhh

    • @jamesdavison1786
      @jamesdavison1786 6 років тому +12

      Do you wanna meet at south alkalai clow starbucks tomorrow

  • @fletcherlucas7908
    @fletcherlucas7908 6 років тому +2703

    I'm glad Paul covered my home country.

    • @landonstreet919
      @landonstreet919 6 років тому +53

      You too? :D

    • @QuarioQuario54321
      @QuarioQuario54321 6 років тому +10

      Fletcher Lucas You are not real

    • @arttech-lopo
      @arttech-lopo 6 років тому +20

      You got an honoury Bandiaterran here!

    • @QuarioQuario54321
      @QuarioQuario54321 6 років тому +5

      ArtTECH /Lo-Po 2.0 You are not real then. Nobody in Bandiaterra is real

    • @fletcherlucas7908
      @fletcherlucas7908 6 років тому +65

      QuarioQuario5432 wtf. Don't make fun of my country. I bet you're from a privileged country. You don't have to worry about a toddler running your country. Now let me farm my lavender in peace.

  • @felicitybali6969
    @felicitybali6969 4 роки тому +42

    This episode looks like, barbs is a reporter in the 2000’s
    he film with potato

  • @pierre9694
    @pierre9694 2 роки тому +7

    It's hard to believe that this is from 2015. The camera and aspect ratio makes it look like the 80s

  • @dylanperris3939
    @dylanperris3939 9 років тому +399

    This guy just successfully tricked and trolled every nerd on the planet.

    • @dariuso2657
      @dariuso2657 9 років тому +12

      I think nerds would be the only ones not to get tricked. As soon as I saw the name I knew it's April Fools stuff. *nerdy nerd*

    • @Omnigurl
      @Omnigurl 9 років тому +18

      Dylan Perris LOL RIGHT!!! I am a huge Geography lover, made it to state Geography Bee, and I was like WTF! I should know this!!

    • @marcotraystand397
      @marcotraystand397 9 років тому +7

      Dylan Perris Huge nerd here, majored in global business and took extensive geography courses and he got me

    • @Farto126
      @Farto126 9 років тому +1

      Talk for you.

    • @dariuso2657
      @dariuso2657 9 років тому

      Marco Traystand How? Why?

  • @TheElixir007
    @TheElixir007 8 років тому +438

    I. Cannot. Believe. I. Fell. For. This.

    • @ethand958
      @ethand958 8 років тому

      LOL

    • @ethand958
      @ethand958 8 років тому +3

      I realised in the prime minister bit

    • @TheElixir007
      @TheElixir007 8 років тому +2

      how come? coz he got it from the internet or something? i doubted if from the start coz i know barby loves fooling around but i still assumed the channel would be all serious stuff... gosh!

    • @ukewe
      @ukewe 7 років тому +1

      TheElixir007 SAME

    • @osamahaljobari7010
      @osamahaljobari7010 6 років тому

      TheElixir007 ikr

  • @stupaaad5018
    @stupaaad5018 4 роки тому +18

    I was so confused and was speechless and when I got to the end I realized it was a trick

  • @michaeljamesthomas6811
    @michaeljamesthomas6811 4 роки тому +9

    I’ve been going though Paul’s videos alphabetically over the last couple month and just saw this one today and thought, holy crap how did I miss one all the way back in the B’s!

  • @victoriamaakulmamerijarvi9036
    @victoriamaakulmamerijarvi9036 6 років тому +708

    Until this day, I thought Bandiaterra was real. After today's video I had to google it. You've successfully pranked me for 2 years. Congrats.

    • @DarthCookieKS
      @DarthCookieKS 6 років тому +8

      victoria maakulmamerijärvi that's longer than Reconia has existed! Woah!

    • @ar8338
      @ar8338 5 років тому +2

      Same for me . It took me 3 mouths realize it

    • @pqbdwmnu
      @pqbdwmnu 5 років тому

      Üfv

    • @bushogamaa
      @bushogamaa 5 років тому

      You're a finn! Moi mitä kuuluu

    • @jeremyjw3982
      @jeremyjw3982 4 роки тому

      Same but only taught it was real for 2 weeks

  • @AWSMcube
    @AWSMcube 7 років тому +2281

    I convinced my family of taking a vacation to Bandiaterra, and it worked 😂

  • @MrKasenom
    @MrKasenom 4 роки тому +18

    When I first clicked this video I was thinking, wow I've never heard of this country before ... But at the end of the video I felt betrayed it seemed so cool 😭

  • @Jinny._.
    @Jinny._. 4 роки тому +8

    The camera is off but that is the old days when it’s just the beginning of a legend

  • @JurassicLion2049
    @JurassicLion2049 4 роки тому +588

    The early Geography Now episodes look like theyre from twenty-thirty years ago not fourr years ago.

  • @romeax615
    @romeax615 5 років тому +798

    Well, I planned to actually go there, but my Family wanted to go to limberwisk

  • @VexSG
    @VexSG 4 роки тому +13

    As an Amber, We and Bandiaterra get along very well

  • @AdarshHari708
    @AdarshHari708 4 роки тому +30

    Love this channel ❤
    From Qitzikwaka

    • @ashaydwivedi420
      @ashaydwivedi420 3 роки тому

      proud limberwisker here !

    • @AdarshHari708
      @AdarshHari708 3 роки тому

      @@ashaydwivedi420 nice, I've been trying to learn the language, but just can't get the thought out of my head that it's just whispers. Can u give me tricks on how to learn the language?

    • @ashaydwivedi420
      @ashaydwivedi420 3 роки тому

      @@AdarshHari708 sure, there are a lot of language learning books out there for beginners. Search online for a pdf and you'll find a lot of great books :)

    • @HistoryKnowledgeable
      @HistoryKnowledgeable 2 роки тому

      lol

  • @bongdab1077
    @bongdab1077 9 років тому +327

    Bandia means fake in Swahili and terra is land in Portuguese making it fake land. The pictures of the city where of Mauritius and the characters on the flag was Japanese. Also their is no 31st of June!

    • @GeographyNow
      @GeographyNow  9 років тому +54

      BongDa B You got everything right except for the characters….

    • @danivall-llosera9207
      @danivall-llosera9207 9 років тому +1

      BongDa B Bandia is a reserve 64 km of Dakar, in Senegal.

    • @lucashoffses9019
      @lucashoffses9019 9 років тому

      Was it scribbles?

    • @frankieharper1152
      @frankieharper1152 8 років тому

      +Lucas Hoffses it's their old language which the Japanese must of adapted

    • @danivall-llosera9207
      @danivall-llosera9207 8 років тому +2

      Purple Music it says "fake" it's not Japanese at all.

  • @Fenixfel
    @Fenixfel 8 років тому +862

    as a Dane i got so exicted and then stabbed......:/

    • @TigranAbgarjan
      @TigranAbgarjan 8 років тому +29

      me too! I was actually really sad when I found out this magical island doesn't exist :(

    • @imslackingrightnow9765
      @imslackingrightnow9765 8 років тому +4

      +Nikolaj Thor Christensen Samme her :/

    • @InnDesignable
      @InnDesignable 8 років тому +14

      Haha, I was already planning to spend my elder days on this magical island with my fellow Danes.. Such a shame :'(

    • @FromAsgard32
      @FromAsgard32 8 років тому +9

      I'm not Dane, but I am also disappointed :(... I loved this beautiful flag even if it looks quite weird among other flags :P

    • @infoprod7731
      @infoprod7731 7 років тому +2

      Bandiaterra is real.

  • @alexisrrn
    @alexisrrn 4 роки тому +28

    Greetings from Qitzikwaka!

  • @tristanexists1806
    @tristanexists1806 Рік тому +6

    As a proud citizen of Bandiaterra (i live on terra) i would like to thank you for covering our wonderful nation and people. Come visit us anytime soon!!!

  • @Altaranalt
    @Altaranalt 8 років тому +241

    I got fooled half a year later. D:

    • @joeik5137
      @joeik5137 8 років тому

      Me too, and I watched this Video, MULTIPLE TIMES

    • @joeik5137
      @joeik5137 8 років тому +2

      Me too, and I've watched this video, MULTIPLE TIMES

    • @LejunglerenardThejunglefox
      @LejunglerenardThejunglefox 8 років тому

      I got fooled a year later

    • @KCIAN2
      @KCIAN2 8 років тому +1

      Nearly a year later...

    • @LejunglerenardThejunglefox
      @LejunglerenardThejunglefox 8 років тому +6

      We should all pull are money together and buy land and call it Bandiaterra just so Barby can do a video on it replacing this one and just when he posts the video we sell it off to a country. Now who is with me. I got $25 for helping shovel snow form my neighbors.

  • @billbill997
    @billbill997 5 років тому +356

    You made me love a country that does not exist in 8 minutes...

    • @archanadandale238
      @archanadandale238 3 роки тому +4

      Yeah but how did he create it so real?? I mean i really thought of going there in future.

    • @supersonictv8916
      @supersonictv8916 3 роки тому +4

      My county does exist
      Hi from Bandiaterra

    • @Mark-Wilson
      @Mark-Wilson 2 роки тому

      @@archanadandale238 oof its a real palce just not what he said lol its a real aprichalego but the culture and coutnry status and everyhting is a joke ahaha

  • @HeatherLandon227
    @HeatherLandon227 4 роки тому +7

    This episode deserves a remake with the new graphics etc.

  • @jakec.5157
    @jakec.5157 3 роки тому +3

    Remember watching this when I was 12, fell for it completely

  • @ShnoogleMan
    @ShnoogleMan 6 років тому +1083

    Top 10 Anime Betrayals

  • @holtg007
    @holtg007 8 років тому +185

    kinda wish that place existed now

  • @MrCmon113
    @MrCmon113 3 роки тому +5

    Thanks, I always wondered where tropical lavender comes from.

  • @not-dineros
    @not-dineros 2 роки тому +3

    Why does it looks like a tv show from the 80's with the camera quality

  • @badmanno.1650
    @badmanno.1650 8 років тому +316

    Actually BANDIA means FAKE in Swahili... so the moment i saw the name i knew he's playing..

  • @rataflechera
    @rataflechera 7 років тому +742

    Why did I not even know this country existed?
    Name didn't ring any bell. Flag didn't ring any bell either.

    • @rataflechera
      @rataflechera 7 років тому +141

      (and then everything was explained at the end.)
      It was such a nice history, though.

    • @elijahtalbot1149
      @elijahtalbot1149 7 років тому +13

      It's because it isn't even a country. It not is the Almanac or CIA World Factbook. I looked it up and the channel created it as an April Fool's day joke.

    • @dorrefrisella148
      @dorrefrisella148 7 років тому +18

      I was just about to ask about June 31st (the day the 4 year old was prime minister), thinking that maybe they have a different calendar (LOL!!) - I thought their flag had cool colors and fell for it!!

    • @ssri728
      @ssri728 7 років тому +30

      rataflechera it's fake

    • @scarface2771
      @scarface2771 6 років тому +6

      The video is 4:3 instead of 16:9, that's the first thing I noticed

  • @mashroorhasanbhuiyan
    @mashroorhasanbhuiyan 4 роки тому +5

    I would love it if Paul uploads the USA episode on 1st April 2020.

  • @kensantarelli2013
    @kensantarelli2013 4 роки тому +4

    5:35 all the signs on the wall together read, "If you can read Danish, you will know this is a false place." (I speak Norwegian, it's similar.)

  • @robertogrigolatto8565
    @robertogrigolatto8565 9 років тому +160

    Geography is love, geography is life.

  • @paperblackwriter
    @paperblackwriter 3 роки тому +5

    Wow, good to know about this country..
    Greetings and love from Sovonthak.❤️

    • @Bozzerhollow
      @Bozzerhollow 2 роки тому

      It's not even w conutry if you go to the end of the video he says APRIL FOOLS

  • @manojrai4870
    @manojrai4870 3 роки тому +2

    Respect.. for the details that went into it and made fool of me.. even after 5 years and its not even April fools day.. damn you Barb

  • @Jonation21
    @Jonation21 7 років тому +223

    Bandiaterra:
    Capital - Øtnæuetrę
    Population - 2 Million
    Languages - Bandia, Danish
    People - Portuguese, Bantu

  • @analuzgarcia2387
    @analuzgarcia2387 7 років тому +575

    Now I feel sorry for all those Bandiaterrans who never came to exist D:

    • @FootballManagerJohn
      @FootballManagerJohn 6 років тому +1

      Ana Luz Garcia lol

    • @wavstudionet
      @wavstudionet Рік тому

      Sad. A people, without a nation. 😢

    • @agunmapping57273
      @agunmapping57273 10 місяців тому

      I'm sorry and i apologise mean the same thing
      Except here
      Because i killed them (/j)

  • @atomiccgaming1227
    @atomiccgaming1227 3 роки тому +3

    This has improved so much

  • @popohoho8151
    @popohoho8151 7 місяців тому +3

    THE BETRAYAL AND HEART BRAKE

  • @swagmund_freud6669
    @swagmund_freud6669 7 років тому +157

    If the multi-verse is true, there are infinite universes where Bandiaterra exists.

  • @MinYoonGil
    @MinYoonGil 7 років тому +175

    I was like "Where the hell is Bandiaterra? And how come i havent heard of that country???" hahahaha

  • @thefalconsfan2386
    @thefalconsfan2386 3 роки тому +10

    Even though I know it’s a joke. I still feel like it’s real. Paul is really good!

  • @truebagel8368
    @truebagel8368 3 роки тому +7

    Bandiaterra is a beautiful country!
    Love from Limberwisk ❤

  • @borislav4661
    @borislav4661 6 років тому +892

    I really like Bandiaterra ! Much love from Limberwisk

  • @roathrobin
    @roathrobin 6 років тому +600

    I would like to create Bandiaterra and elect this guy as president

  • @Supamav11
    @Supamav11 7 місяців тому +2

    Bro this was the most convincing April Fools joke I’ve ever witnessed 😂

  • @gooddays8861
    @gooddays8861 4 роки тому +1

    I live in amberdash, working in limberwisk, and lately, I took a trip to bandiaterra, it's a beautiful place. Would recommend this for trip!

  • @angusmcpherson3474
    @angusmcpherson3474 6 років тому +365

    I literally clicked on this video thinking "huh, I've never heard of this country before"

  • @MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs
    @MusiCaninesTheMusicalDogs 6 років тому +1726

    Lol! I was like... Damn! How come I never heard about such interesting country? I was about to Google about it at the end of the video! Lol! Good one!

    • @arunlester19
      @arunlester19 6 років тому +5

      L Galicki Band same here

    • @alfief.293
      @alfief.293 6 років тому +4

      Omg I was gonna do the exact same

    • @1987MartinT
      @1987MartinT 6 років тому

      I managed to Google it before I found out it was an April Fools video.

    • @rsmlinar1720
      @rsmlinar1720 6 років тому

      L Galicki Band lol me too

    • @bctsct117
      @bctsct117 6 років тому

      Yup

  • @ozanperez
    @ozanperez 3 роки тому +7

    I thought this was serious LMFAO and when my mom made me do an essay on any country from geography now I choose this one.

  • @martazagrocka2061
    @martazagrocka2061 Рік тому +3

    2:18
    His voice cutts of for half a second

  • @olivialiive2309
    @olivialiive2309 7 років тому +128

    Great, now I want this to exist.

    • @ASHERUISE
      @ASHERUISE 6 років тому +6

      Let's fund it brah.

  • @danynamegabe7719
    @danynamegabe7719 6 років тому +274

    The prime minister's name "Kilakitu Nimuzaa" and the princes's name "Hiisi Kweli", Swahiili "all this is a joke" and "this is not true" . Well played guys!

  • @infminuseight
    @infminuseight 2 роки тому

    Love from Vilanca! I can't wait for you to cover my country!

  • @zuko2216
    @zuko2216 2 роки тому +5

    6:31 June 31st

  • @benjaminrose7867
    @benjaminrose7867 7 років тому +49

    (im danish) LOL i told my mom about this during the video suggested that it would be cool to go there on vacation. i was really interested. im sad now

  • @pete72782
    @pete72782 9 років тому +119

    I did notice the flag seemed odd with the asian style writing. I also was thinking y isnt this a major tourist destination with the black sand beaches. I was foresure it would have got slammed by the tsumani and that wouldve been mentioned. after all that I was still fooled lol!!

    • @Nardo13T13Icarus
      @Nardo13T13Icarus 9 років тому +1

      Aguila701 Yeah, March 31. I usually don't take that into account, but I will for next year. LOL

    • @spark343channel
      @spark343channel 9 років тому +2

      Aguila701 Who looks at upload dates before looking at a video...

    • @spark343channel
      @spark343channel 9 років тому +3

      Aguila701 I know how to do it, I was saying that no one actually bothers...

  • @nik4546
    @nik4546 9 місяців тому

    I was searching for countries on his A-Z list and I was surprised why this one didn't make it...damn, you got me Paul!

  • @demonschnauzer1555
    @demonschnauzer1555 2 роки тому +4

    0:29 Actually not true, it’s three nations as Volanca has purple on its flag as well.
    Greetings from Limberwisk

  • @andro7862
    @andro7862 8 років тому +95

    Am I the only one who also imagines fake countries in great geographycal detail? Lol

    • @Fragolux
      @Fragolux 8 років тому +5

      +Andro A Not at all. I've been toying with a made up country of my own since I was like seven.

    • @andro7862
      @andro7862 8 років тому

      Tristan Lotz:D

    • @punishedpokemonfanboy1032
      @punishedpokemonfanboy1032 8 років тому +1

      I've been toying with the idea of an south East Asian/pacific naval superpower

    • @geopixels6886
      @geopixels6886 8 років тому

      Nope. Another here. I keep thinking of this Taiwan-Japan-Philippine-Korea Union in where this Union becomes a diverse country where they grow economically wealthy and succeed in rebelling against the Chinese. Of course I was only 8 that time..

    • @therebelreaper1486
      @therebelreaper1486 8 років тому +1

      +Andro A its my personal past time

  • @tonyminutti5277
    @tonyminutti5277 8 років тому +472

    I can't believe I actually fell for this! Hahaha well made video btw! Sounded too good to be true! Lol

    • @vizio2003
      @vizio2003 8 років тому +5

      ikr

    • @user-pd6bd7ir4z
      @user-pd6bd7ir4z 7 років тому +10

      and I have actually always been good at geography, so i was surprised that i'd never heard of this country. He did a damn good job fooling me!

    • @mickjoeyvblog1088
      @mickjoeyvblog1088 7 років тому

      I was like "Wait, is this a joke? Help me comments section" in the middle of the vid. Also, that is me, Igor

    • @mickjoeyvblog1088
      @mickjoeyvblog1088 7 років тому

      Also, when I saw the glowworm thing in the description, I was like ,"That's a New Zealand thing, isn't it"

    • @suhairawsaj3638
      @suhairawsaj3638 7 років тому

      +Mickjoey vblog I just noticed something, that map is new Zealand in reverse

  • @zlatanibrahimovic1846
    @zlatanibrahimovic1846 2 роки тому +1

    Aaah yes, Bandiaterra, how could i forget it? My father's from there, and we even visited it! Thanks for covering it Paul, love from Limberwisk

    • @zlatanibrahimovic1846
      @zlatanibrahimovic1846 2 роки тому

      @yadunandh Abhilash no its not, im speaking the truth, i can speak hush if u want

  • @Mixima101
    @Mixima101 4 роки тому +1

    So glad that you talk about home country Bandiaterra!🤩🤩🤩

  • @IceSpoon
    @IceSpoon 8 років тому +178

    February 2016, I fell.

    • @lukep1024
      @lukep1024 8 років тому

      Same

    • @mankytoes
      @mankytoes 8 років тому +1

      +WhatTheHeck Me too (well in March), I'll catch it if he does another one in a couple of weeks though! I know all the countries, so I assumed he was including territories.

    • @teosprock3508
      @teosprock3508 7 років тому

      Same here >:( actually started looking up flight tickets during the video only to learn that apparently, it's a fictional island according to wikipedia... BUT I WANT TO BELIEVE BANDIATERRA, I REALLY DO

  • @RGI-gy5uc
    @RGI-gy5uc 6 років тому +210

    Who’s here after the Limberwisk episode?

  • @Kabbage69420
    @Kabbage69420 2 роки тому

    greetings from Limberwisk! taking a trip to limberwisk and happy you told me of its existence

  • @specificgod3627
    @specificgod3627 2 роки тому +4

    I'm a Bengali and I'm so happy that my country got featured!

  • @bogcom
    @bogcom 8 років тому +259

    I am from Denmark and was totally fooled. Wish it was true though :( Smørebrød

  • @Danielle1010Faiz
    @Danielle1010Faiz 7 років тому +171

    This, was awfully convincing at first
    Nice job, Barby
    You won this time

  • @josipsego52
    @josipsego52 2 роки тому +4

    Bandiaterra is one of my favourite countries. I am very antisocial person but I find Bandiaterrians very kind and lovely and I have lots of friends that live there, mostly in the city of Øtnæuetrę. Actually all of my friends live in Bandiaterra.

  • @eewag1
    @eewag1 4 роки тому +2

    The island of Fuerteventura also has a black beach. I’ve actually been there!

  • @StrickenWithFear
    @StrickenWithFear 7 років тому +279

    It would be cool if this was a real place.

  • @edgarsandoval289
    @edgarsandoval289 7 років тому +83

    I was literally waiting for the video to finish so that I could look up the capital city on UA-cam and then you went ahead and ripped my heart out.

  • @Alexeater
    @Alexeater 3 роки тому +1

    You should do an episode on the historic country of Poyais!

  • @costin6563
    @costin6563 3 роки тому +2

    The fact that this video is older than South Sudan.

    • @kevinjohnconduitlr1925
      @kevinjohnconduitlr1925 3 роки тому +1

      South Sudan gained independence on 2011 and this video was posted in 2015

  • @anton_jm357
    @anton_jm357 8 років тому +43

    The name of the Prince and Princess is "this isn't true" and "everything is made up" in Swahili (official language of Kenya and Tanzania)

    • @smala017
      @smala017 8 років тому +4

      Really?! LOL that's great!!