Christiania isn't a nation and never has been. It's a free town. There's still Danish police and once in a while there's police raids when the drug dealers are getting too much control. The local inhabitants don't want the "large scale sale" of drugs and have said they're completely okay with sale between the free towns own citizens but they don't want to be a hash marked for all the tourists - from Greater Copenhagen or the foreign tourists
Perhaps if you stated your opinion, which is pretty much all UA-cam is, in a fashion that doesn’t sound negative, people may read and respond as well as changing the titles. Either way of the title of this video, it was full of facts, which neither of you contested. It’s great to have facts.
Stating a fact is neither inherently negative or positive. It’s just a fact. A lot of these countries just aren’t recognized as countries. They aren’t secret. I didn’t dispute any of the other facts in the video because that wasn’t my intention. Try not being so negative. I feel I am being condescended to, lol.
@@rodgerlizee3770 I like this video, but, I feel it contains not facts, but opinions(views), albeit with some scattering of information... again (for a video of this type), it's how it should be. if I would go at it for its 'facts', I could nitpick it to bits, I do not want to, and that's a sign of its quality
Stanislav Kostarnov yeah every view from any historian etc is all opinion they back up with fact.thats all any knowledge is essentially. Someone sets out to prove something they believe and try to get facts to back it up. But there are definitely facts. I have heard of every one of the countries though so it should be called unrecognised countries 🤣🤣
There's also the Principality of New Utopia, which is a harebrained idea to build a country on platforms in the ocean in a shallow spot off Venezuela. It's most likely a scam but it's been going for something like 20 years.
There are many of similar ordeals around the world. In a top 10, I can understand why they would stick to selections with some actual presence, like some degree of functional governance and a population greater than zero ;)
Way cooler assortment than I expected. One problem overall with most of these purportedly independent entities is that most of them actually do rely on the infrastructure of the country that may or may not claim them. If there is an urban catastrophe, Freetown Christiania will likely rely on Denmark to help put out the flames, pick up the rubble, and evacuate the endangered. Places like Somaliland would likely be on their own. But you know the Knights of Malta would call on various Italian agencies. And, alas, no Shangri-La on this list.
Oh man Somaliland butthurt angry haters are gonna lash out like little kids in the comment section. I love the look at Somaliland haters, they're like little kids ..Viva Somaliland 😊
Driz M Wait...are there actually those whopublicly hate ,or trolls those who are from or like, Somaliland? Why on earth would someone (other than terrorists opposed to them who just want to live in a safer place with a better government and a measure of freedom? can't believe people can be that petty or ridiculous (or maybe I can. sadly, some people are born to hate,what miserable lives these haters must live
I know of a dude who went to Somalialand. His channel is called Geography Now. Like you said it's not as dangerous to tourists as it's been made out to be. That's what he said anyway. But yeah it's a disputed territory or whatever.
I think you're wrong about the Knights of Malta ... they are not independent in the sense of a Nation-State ... if the Head-of-State of another nation can remove their Head-of-State, that's not independence nation ... Vatican City can write any law they want to, and if they issue two different passports, well that's their business and none of mine ... I heard all the arguments on both sides, but it's still a fiefdom, nothing more ...
The Knights of Malta are interesting. After WWII Italy signed a treaty with them that specified that the Knights provided all the non-combat and training planes in order to work around the peace treaty that ended WWII. This meant that the Knights of Malta had a major air force for a while.
the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (AKA: Knights Hospitaller) operated hospital trains in Europe in WW1 & WW2 and still maintains a hospital train to this day for use in any potential conflict in Europe.
You should do a video on other micronations which don't officially exist, like Sealand, The Principality of New-Utopia, and the Dominion of Melchizadech.
When I hit the road again I'm gonna try to see em all! At least...most 💀 Depends on their condition when I jump the pond. Probably not Puntland or #2 if I'm honest. I want none of that smoke and it's not something I can't see somewhere else.
@@ingriddubbel8468 He speaks the Queen's English & depending where in Great Britain he was born & raised will depend on the accent. My country is an English speaking country but we have our own language & accents that not many apart from bruhs & sis's near us would understand. We love having our own language & it's hilarious for foreigners to try & work out wtf we are actually talking about. But ur 100% right about the UK education & America's speak
I would visit samaliland.. its seems nice and I bet the people are nice. Ive met a few Somalians whove moved to the UK and they are decent blokes.. only met men tho. I never met a Somalian women.
Chișinău is pronounced with a k sound in the beginning because of the h after the c. Had it not had the h and it was just Cișinău, then it would be pronounced like the beginning of chair.
Have any of you fine chaps heard of Aericaland? It was formed by a young Canadian boy in the middle 1990s named Aerica. He claims land on Pluto, specifically the northern hemisphere. My friend claims the southern hemisphere, and all of Uranus, in the name of Sheldonia. I claim Homea and Neptune in the name of Gaphahomia (Gopherland).
There are indeed immigration checkpoints at the Transnistrian border. I even got an immigration card with the permission to stay for seven days. No stamp in the passport though.
Yes exactly - his info is incorrect. You go through one checkpoint to exit Moldova and another to enter Transnistria, complete with paying 'insurance'/vignette and filling in a tonne of documents, then receiving a stamp to say when you have to exit.
I have been to seborga as well is I lived in Italy and it was in a work of fiction that I read. Great reason to travel to that little tiny Nation! I knew of all of these. I think that only comes with having traveled the world and lived in many countries.
Just want to set few things right about "Christiania" (#3 on this list) in central Copenhagen, Denmark: 1) I've never heard of "Christiania" being a recognized as an independent nation / "country" inside of Denmark, nor that "Christiania" desires such recognition. 2) Illegal drugs (including marijuana) are just as illegal in "Christiania" as in the rest of Denmark. I.e. not legal. While on that note, dealing drugs was NEVER "completely legal" (as mentioned here -in "air quotes"). Years ago it WAS easier to buy marijuana in "Christiania" than most places, but "Christiania"s residents chose to abolish this many years ago. 3) There are NO seperate, official laws in "Christiania". All laws about cars, guns, private property (+ everything else) are the same as in the rest of Denmark. I.e. as plain and ordinary you think they are.
Hearing about these micro nations is like watching the old Mission Impossible show where the IMF force were sent in to neutralize some atomic weapon these little countries had or to get somebody out that had been kidnapped for ransom and so on.
Subtle language is very important. Morocco was "granted independence", rather than Morocco "became independent". Similarly 1857 in India was a "mutiny" in British books and a "revolution" in Indian books.
I collect foreign currency, Transdniestra has produced lots of notes, Somaliland has too, Abhassia has stamped Georgian banknotes. These countries are effectively countries all, but passports and UN membership.
Ladonia, a small (1 sqkm) patch of land inside Sweden. It has it own royalty, government, post office, and currency. Nobody recognizes it, though. See www.ladonia.org
I love this series..well done, BUT asking: Why don't they make Kurdish Iraq an official country? EZ answer that can be a video in your other series. TURKEY. Turkey has a large, repressed, Kurdish population, and they fear a revolt by this minority to join with Kurds living in Iraq. The U.S. gov't fears loosing NATO member Turkey, so they will help the Kurds with isis, but won't support a free independent state. Russia is courting Turkey, to join it's sphere of influence. Support for the American allied Kurds is a definite political no. The Kurdish people seem to be religiously moderate, intelligent, and tough as nails. It's a shame.
i aint sure if Trasnistria even has an airport xD at least a comercial one, the best thing most of its residents wish for is to serve in the russian reserve army so they dont starve :/ Also the Chi in Chisinau is more like a Ki, not a Ch sound, still xd awesome vids
My wife is from Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the country is now also called Artsakh. It's a very curious case even to the people of Armenia. Armenia's last president was even a citizen of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
The only ones I didn’t recognize aren’t recognized by anyone because...umm....they aren’t countries? The only ones that really count on this list are Western Sahara and Somaliland. The others are made up of autonomous zones (by this standard, why isn’t the briefly-operating autonomous zone in Seattle on the list? THe city of Seattle recognized it...does that count? LOL), a hippy commune that still falls under Danish jurisdiction (why aren’t any of the native American lands on this list if that one is? Cherokee Nation is more a country than a little hippie commune in the middle of a city), and parts of countries with grudges against their government that think they can just become a country without any recognition (Yes, I’m looking at you, Puntland). And people, Sealand is a “micronation” with a population of...I think 2 at this point? A couple of people who think calling themselves Prince and Princess makes them so. *eyeroll*. This isn’t a list of countries. It’s a list of war-torn areas. Maybe you should have mentioned actual countries on this list, such as South Sudan, which a lot of people (other than geography and politics followers) don’t know. At least that’s a *recognized* country, even if it’s a failed one.
You failed to mention that Abkhazia, Ossetia and Transdnistria are under Russian brutal occupation. Similarly to Tatarstan, Chechnya and the Kuril Islands.
Please change the title to 10 Countries You Haven’t Heard Of If You’ve Never Followed The News Or Left Your Own Country! Seriously! Who hasn’t heard of these? I’ve even been to a couple.
Dude Azerbaijan is a country which made by lenin at 1920, Nagorno is Armenian and if you go there you'll see the Armenian history and the historical church's, please dude do your research well before posting stupid videos, and one more thing, Armenia recognize Nagorno, and if you look at the flag you'll see the similarities with the Armenian flag.
Unrecognized, not secret, and I'm from El Paso and yes, we have checking points here at the border and a few miles after leaving EP, now if you go to México (Juárez) you don't really need a passport going but coming back
Let me add that Nagorno-Karabakhi people are amenians. And the fact that Armenia hasn't recognized it with its land and stuff was because it will provoke a major war against Armenia vs Azerbaijan and Turkey. Which will really suck, cause Armenian people don't want any war. (as from their experience in the fight of it's independence.
There's a problem with Seborga's supposed independence: it was formally annexed to a Napoleonic republic, and THAT is what ended up first in the Kingdom of Sardinia and then Italy. In the end it's just another tourist trap.
Christiania is not a country, but a “self-controlling” and self-driven community. They live under the same laws and regulations as the rest of Denmark. They just choose to do things in their own ways, and because it’s so unique, the danish state said okay, kinda! Christiania’s area is owned by the government until citizens and tourists has bought the area out of the hands of the state! By buying stocks and valuepapers! Everybody can buy a part in/of Christiania, with papers and everything ;). Then Christiania will be owned by the people of the world and the citizens. But the danish laws will still be standing.. So it’s not legal to sell weed in there, some just choose to. The police are often too slow to catch them, because they know all little tricks and hiding-places in the little town ;)
Before you say something in your videos make sure it is from the right source. Check again your information about Abkhazia, Who is behind the genocide and what actually happened . It's not that hard to find .....
The Hutt River Provence should have made the list, which is a small area in Australia that attempted to secede in the 1970s, and although not recognised by the Australian government have been allowed to run autonomously without paying taxes. They have a few diplomatic missions around the world and a token standing Navy, even though the area is completely land locked. They even declared war on Australia for a couple of days after attempting to secede. I should double check the facts but I'm pretty sure the whole thing started as a protest for farming quotas. In the last couple of months the original leader died, and since then the Australian Tax Office has issued them with outstanding tax debts of over 5 million dollars.
Your word choice is perplexing. "Half a million in the last quarter of a century." You could have just said 25 years and it would have been better. You're already taking fast and half a million is already a way of saying an amount that has to be translated into the actual amount in the listener's thoughts. I don't entirely understand the need to turn every figure into a fraction. I know saying "half a million" has an effect on people to make them think of the number as really big because you said "million", but aside from psychological manipulation I'm not sure why you wouldn't just say the number to communicate the information as efficiently as possible.
Uhhh.. kurds did almost nothing to fight ISIS and allowed isis to expand hoping they could get independence. They only started to br anti isis when isis them invaded them and the USA began arming them. Kurds took historically christian lands and began to depopulated them and ban aramaic.
I've already been to Transnistria, Christiania and Seborga so guess they're not that secret! (Almost everyone who has been to Copenhage has probably already visited Christiania). BTW you do go through an immigration checkpoint to get into Transnistria and also pay an 'insurance' charge to enter, so your info here is not correct.
morocco should be lucky to be part of morocco. they are a wealthy middle eastern style african country. look at the middle east monarchies and compare their succession to its republic counterparts.
Christiania isn't a nation and never has been. It's a free town.
There's still Danish police and once in a while there's police raids when the drug dealers are getting too much control.
The local inhabitants don't want the "large scale sale" of drugs and have said they're completely okay with sale between the free towns own citizens but they don't want to be a hash marked for all the tourists - from Greater Copenhagen or the foreign tourists
Was gonna write the same thing... I live in Denmark and some of the points about Christiania in the video are misinformation.
Nemlig... Saa blev den sgu sat paa plads.
I was there on a rainy day and heard that it can be dangerous if someone is injured because the ambulance service won't go on the property.
There's a difference between "secret" and "unrecognized."
Yeah. Kurdistan is far from "secret".
Perhaps if you stated your opinion, which is pretty much all UA-cam is, in a fashion that doesn’t sound negative, people may read and respond as well as changing the titles. Either way of the title of this video, it was full of facts, which neither of you contested. It’s great to have facts.
Stating a fact is neither inherently negative or positive. It’s just a fact. A lot of these countries just aren’t recognized as countries. They aren’t secret. I didn’t dispute any of the other facts in the video because that wasn’t my intention. Try not being so negative. I feel I am being condescended to, lol.
@@rodgerlizee3770 I like this video, but, I feel it contains not facts, but opinions(views), albeit with some scattering of information...
again (for a video of this type), it's how it should be.
if I would go at it for its 'facts', I could nitpick it to bits, I do not want to, and that's a sign of its quality
Stanislav Kostarnov yeah every view from any historian etc is all opinion they back up with fact.thats all any knowledge is essentially. Someone sets out to prove something they believe and try to get facts to back it up. But there are definitely facts. I have heard of every one of the countries though so it should be called unrecognised countries 🤣🤣
TopTenz: These are the countries you don’t know!
Geography nerds: bold of you to assume that
Kurdistan is sitting on the largest oil reserves for Iraq. That's why Iraq will never recognize the Kurds independence.
The Kurds deserve to have their own state. They've earned it.
Agreed, and that is also the case for the Armenians after a century of persecution that would make Nazi Germany proud.
So should iraq & Germany
Forever ashamed that my country (the US) abandoned them in Syria 😔
Why no sealand?
Thats not a secret country, it is a micro nation, ya see???
The Red Menace Gaming Because you've heard of it.
The population is only 27 Seamen
angel whispers how?
Maybe because they covered it on "today I found out?"
You missed out The Principality Of Sealand. That's a disused helicopter platform in the Irish Sea lived in and claimed as a nation by one family.
There's also the Principality of New Utopia, which is a harebrained idea to build a country on platforms in the ocean in a shallow spot off Venezuela. It's most likely a scam but it's been going for something like 20 years.
There are many of similar ordeals around the world. In a top 10, I can understand why they would stick to selections with some actual presence, like some degree of functional governance and a population greater than zero ;)
A bit late but sealand's in the North sea just off the coast of Felixstowe/Harwich.
George Cockburn glad someone mentioned it was not in the Irish Sea. Suprised it’s not on the list.
Sealand is in the north sea just off the Essex and Suffolk coast.
Way cooler assortment than I expected. One problem overall with most of these purportedly independent entities is that most of them actually do rely on the infrastructure of the country that may or may not claim them. If there is an urban catastrophe, Freetown Christiania will likely rely on Denmark to help put out the flames, pick up the rubble, and evacuate the endangered. Places like Somaliland would likely be on their own. But you know the Knights of Malta would call on various Italian agencies. And, alas, no Shangri-La on this list.
Wait, so does this mean those Somali pirates are actually Puntland pirates?
Yes
No Is South Somalia Pirates Mogadishu pirate
Well some
Most
No, just greedy bastards that ruin a country
Poor Somaliland, if it was recognized as country it would get much more help from other countries
Wake up! It is a horrible place - just guess what "religion" they profess.
China has been supporting them
I hope their other African neighbours help them out..not our governments with our taxes
@@frandsenphilip1 I'd much rather
A stable Muslim country than a Christian war torn wasteland.
DF AMO for one I did not write that and two I’m not interested in this.
Today i found out there is another channel with Simon :)
dezent he has several different channels on UA-cam
What about Republika Srpska? They are technically seperate from Bosnia-Herzegovina, so I feel they should have been featured.
Oh man Somaliland butthurt angry haters are gonna lash out like little kids in the comment section.
I love the look at Somaliland haters, they're like little kids ..Viva Somaliland 😊
Driz M Wait...are there actually those whopublicly hate ,or trolls those who are from or like, Somaliland? Why on earth would someone (other than terrorists opposed to them who just want to live in a safer place with a better government and a measure of freedom? can't believe people can be that petty or ridiculous (or maybe I can. sadly, some people are born to hate,what miserable lives these haters must live
Also, Turkey needs to quit bombing the Kurds, period but, especially given their success against ISIL!
SSomaliland is my countreis iam haopy
South Ossetia probably deserves a mention.
ayyyy where my Somalilanders at?😋😋😋😋💚🗨❤
Driz M without internet access
Minnesota.
SOMALILAND Is poorest Country in the world if they become Acountry
Just like South Sudan and Eritrea
I know of a dude who went to Somalialand. His channel is called Geography Now. Like you said it's not as dangerous to tourists as it's been made out to be. That's what he said anyway. But yeah it's a disputed territory or whatever.
You need to read up on Christiania again.
just a bit :-)
Iraqi Kurdistan is being attacked by Turkey as I type rather unfortunate
I think you're wrong about the Knights of Malta ... they are not independent in the sense of a Nation-State ... if the Head-of-State of another nation can remove their Head-of-State, that's not independence nation ... Vatican City can write any law they want to, and if they issue two different passports, well that's their business and none of mine ... I heard all the arguments on both sides, but it's still a fiefdom, nothing more ...
The Knights of Malta are interesting. After WWII Italy signed a treaty with them that specified that the Knights provided all the non-combat and training planes in order to work around the peace treaty that ended WWII. This meant that the Knights of Malta had a major air force for a while.
The only one that I've never heard of was the Italian village.
typograf62 that is interesting and different
I missed the one in the Caucuses as well ... Somaliland was a slam dunk, they've issued postage stamps before ...
typograf62 congrats buddy
Seborgia ,it's only a touristic fact, during the Kingdom of Italy the mayor swear loyalty to the King and thet ot the Republic ,so
Update, Iragi Kurdistan WAS all those great things till we completely hung them out to die just recently.
What about Hutt River Province? Yeah, that's stumped you all
Hutt River Province. It's borders are within Australia, and has a royal family.. Hardly anyone outside of Aussie knows about it.
Hardly anyone in Aussie knows about it
Antifoul Awl I know what I was before this video
the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (AKA: Knights Hospitaller) operated hospital trains in Europe in WW1 & WW2 and still maintains a hospital train to this day for use in any potential conflict in Europe.
nope..never heard of any of those...very interesting...Thanx Simon..now I wanna see all their flags...I have a thing for flags...
Ami Compton Sheldon Cooper's Fun With Flags ! 🎌🇷🇪🇵🇬🏴
That's weird, I thought most people had heard of Somaliland & Kurdistan
I'm not trying to get a cookie or anything, but I've actually heard of all of these
2 years later. but same for me... quite suprised people dont know these
number 11, france.
Nah, that's not a hidden country, it's a german colony ;) xD
Number 12, USA!!!
Has anyone heard of a land called Canada? Me neither.
Sorry, but don't you know canade, eh?
Hardly secret, the entire world knows about it.
You should do a video on other micronations which don't officially exist, like Sealand, The Principality of New-Utopia, and the Dominion of Melchizadech.
When I hit the road again I'm gonna try to see em all! At least...most 💀 Depends on their condition when I jump the pond. Probably not Puntland or #2 if I'm honest. I want none of that smoke and it's not something I can't see somewhere else.
He is so well spoken, try and imagine if he always speaks that, like to his kid, friends and wife etc
He speaks like any educated person. Americans are so anti intellectual.
@@ingriddubbel8468 He speaks the Queen's English & depending where in Great Britain he was born & raised will depend on the accent. My country is an English speaking country but we have our own language & accents that not many apart from bruhs & sis's near us would understand. We love having our own language & it's hilarious for foreigners to try & work out wtf we are actually talking about. But ur 100% right about the UK education & America's speak
@Anders And.. how do u know he's got a wife & kids? He might have a hubby & kids 😂
@@Tully_23_32 which country is your country? :) interesting comment
isis "exploded" on the scene??? REALLY!? C'mon Simon, I thought you were better than that.
the locals don't call it transnistria, it's pridnestrovia!
Christiania doesn't have long as developers are eyeing the land out.
So the Knights of Malta is a country...without a country?
That is like me walking around saying "I'm an airplane".
That went right over my head , OMG , you are an aeroplane
Samaliland, It sounds kinda nice.
Don't Recognize Poor Somali-Land
I have heard of another hidden nation: the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus.
Its not hidden and its Turkey
I would visit samaliland.. its seems nice and I bet the people are nice. Ive met a few Somalians whove moved to the UK and they are decent blokes.. only met men tho. I never met a Somalian women.
Chișinău is pronounced with a k sound in the beginning because of the h after the c. Had it not had the h and it was just Cișinău, then it would be pronounced like the beginning of chair.
Why can't the kurds have they're own country?
collin ohlinger I the Turks own turkey
They're too widely spread and in the wrong place
*their own
Have any of you fine chaps heard of Aericaland? It was formed by a young Canadian boy in the middle 1990s named Aerica. He claims land on Pluto, specifically the northern hemisphere. My friend claims the southern hemisphere, and all of Uranus, in the name of Sheldonia. I claim Homea and Neptune in the name of Gaphahomia (Gopherland).
Seborga is beautiful! You've also got Djibouti. You can't talk about Somalia without mentioning Djibouti.
Obock is another name, though I didn't know they think of themselves being independent? ...
There are indeed immigration checkpoints at the Transnistrian border. I even got an immigration card with the permission to stay for seven days. No stamp in the passport though.
Yes exactly - his info is incorrect. You go through one checkpoint to exit Moldova and another to enter Transnistria, complete with paying 'insurance'/vignette and filling in a tonne of documents, then receiving a stamp to say when you have to exit.
I have been to seborga as well is I lived in Italy and it was in a work of fiction that I read. Great reason to travel to that little tiny Nation! I knew of all of these. I think that only comes with having traveled the world and lived in many countries.
Several of the things that were said about Christiania was wrong!
Poor research!
no klingons?
Just want to set few things right about "Christiania" (#3 on this list) in central Copenhagen, Denmark: 1) I've never heard of "Christiania" being a recognized as an independent nation / "country" inside of Denmark, nor that "Christiania" desires such recognition. 2) Illegal drugs (including marijuana) are just as illegal in "Christiania" as in the rest of Denmark. I.e. not legal. While on that note, dealing drugs was NEVER "completely legal" (as mentioned here -in "air quotes"). Years ago it WAS easier to buy marijuana in "Christiania" than most places, but "Christiania"s residents chose to abolish this many years ago. 3) There are NO seperate, official laws in "Christiania". All laws about cars, guns, private property (+ everything else) are the same as in the rest of Denmark. I.e. as plain and ordinary you think they are.
Here’s another hidden nation: Taiwan.
You forgot the "Königreich Deutschland" (Kingdom Germany).
It's so absurd that it's almost funny.
Not only have I heard of numbers 7 & 10, I have been to both.
You forgot Elefteriadestan
Yeah Sealand is the smallest nation in the world
What about Sealand? Best country in the world.
NoobifiedSpartan ikr
Sealabia!
Principality of Hutt River (Western Australia)?
wow, the best I've seen yet! thank you for the amazing information.
Mytoiletland is my own country and have a multiple paper issuer
you left out Petoria
I heard all of the countries mentioned here because this is the second time I see the video
Thank be to this earth there are some safe lands in the middle of all this chaos,
Hearing about these micro nations is like watching the old Mission Impossible show where the IMF force were sent in to neutralize some atomic weapon these little countries had or to get somebody out that had been kidnapped for ransom and so on.
after watching like 3 of these videos Simon's voice becomes my inner monologue.
Slothman669 lol
I’d 😍 to go to Iraqi-Kurdistan
79th😛
Too bad you have to drive in armed vehicles at a super fast speed (to avoid being hit) in order to get into Iraqi Turkistan.
Pontinha
You missed the Conch Republic!
oh. Christiana knows how annoying the weed tourism is. yes that's most likely the biggest reason it's a tourist attraction.
Subtle language is very important. Morocco was "granted independence", rather than Morocco "became independent". Similarly 1857 in India was a "mutiny" in British books and a "revolution" in Indian books.
Absolutely love your channel guys. Always an interesting watch. Thanks so much for the awesome content
I collect foreign currency, Transdniestra has produced lots of notes, Somaliland has too, Abhassia has stamped Georgian banknotes. These countries are effectively countries all, but passports and UN membership.
Ladonia, a small (1 sqkm) patch of land inside Sweden. It has it own royalty, government, post office, and currency. Nobody recognizes it, though. See www.ladonia.org
I love this series..well done, BUT asking: Why don't they make Kurdish Iraq an official country? EZ answer that can be a video in your other series. TURKEY. Turkey has a large, repressed, Kurdish population, and they fear a revolt by this minority to join with Kurds living in Iraq. The U.S. gov't fears loosing NATO member Turkey, so they will help the Kurds with isis, but won't support a free independent state. Russia is courting Turkey, to join it's sphere of influence. Support for the American allied Kurds is a definite political no. The Kurdish people seem to be religiously moderate, intelligent, and tough as nails. It's a shame.
i aint sure if Trasnistria even has an airport xD at least a comercial one, the best thing most of its residents wish for is to serve in the russian reserve army so they dont starve :/ Also the Chi in Chisinau is more like a Ki, not a Ch sound, still xd awesome vids
Nope there is no airport, you can drive in from either Chisinau or Odessa.
My wife is from Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, the country is now also called Artsakh. It's a very curious case even to the people of Armenia. Armenia's last president was even a citizen of Nagorno-Karabakh Republic
Umm... stupid question: why don't the knights of Malta.... go to Malta? the country. on an island. in the Mediterranean?
The only ones I didn’t recognize aren’t recognized by anyone because...umm....they aren’t countries? The only ones that really count on this list are Western Sahara and Somaliland. The others are made up of autonomous zones (by this standard, why isn’t the briefly-operating autonomous zone in Seattle on the list? THe city of Seattle recognized it...does that count? LOL), a hippy commune that still falls under Danish jurisdiction (why aren’t any of the native American lands on this list if that one is? Cherokee Nation is more a country than a little hippie commune in the middle of a city), and parts of countries with grudges against their government that think they can just become a country without any recognition (Yes, I’m looking at you, Puntland). And people, Sealand is a “micronation” with a population of...I think 2 at this point? A couple of people who think calling themselves Prince and Princess makes them so. *eyeroll*. This isn’t a list of countries. It’s a list of war-torn areas. Maybe you should have mentioned actual countries on this list, such as South Sudan, which a lot of people (other than geography and politics followers) don’t know. At least that’s a *recognized* country, even if it’s a failed one.
212,500 sq meters, eh? That's not the size of the UK...
I suspect he may have meant Kilometers, but yes 212.5 km2 is nowhere near the area of greater london, much less the UK
Love you Simon!
You failed to mention that Abkhazia, Ossetia and Transdnistria are under Russian brutal occupation. Similarly to Tatarstan, Chechnya and the Kuril Islands.
Hilarious and informative! Thank you.
Please change the title to 10 Countries You Haven’t Heard Of If You’ve Never Followed The News Or Left Your Own Country! Seriously! Who hasn’t heard of these? I’ve even been to a couple.
Dude Azerbaijan is a country which made by lenin at 1920, Nagorno is Armenian and if you go there you'll see the Armenian history and the historical church's, please dude do your research well before posting stupid videos, and one more thing, Armenia recognize Nagorno, and if you look at the flag you'll see the similarities with the Armenian flag.
Unrecognized, not secret, and I'm from El Paso and yes, we have checking points here at the border and a few miles after leaving EP, now if you go to México (Juárez) you don't really need a passport going but coming back
Let me add that Nagorno-Karabakhi people are amenians. And the fact that Armenia hasn't recognized it with its land and stuff was because it will provoke a major war against Armenia vs Azerbaijan and Turkey. Which will really suck, cause Armenian people don't want any war. (as from their experience in the fight of it's independence.
EXCELLENT video! One small mistake. Puntland should be measured in square kilometres and you said square metres.
There's a problem with Seborga's supposed independence: it was formally annexed to a Napoleonic republic, and THAT is what ended up first in the Kingdom of Sardinia and then Italy.
In the end it's just another tourist trap.
Hola, Greetings from Guadalajara, Mèxico. Just wondering if Oromo fits to be on this list. Thanks
Christiania is not a country, but a “self-controlling” and self-driven community. They live under the same laws and regulations as the rest of Denmark. They just choose to do things in their own ways, and because it’s so unique, the danish state said okay, kinda! Christiania’s area is owned by the government until citizens and tourists has bought the area out of the hands of the state! By buying stocks and valuepapers! Everybody can buy a part in/of Christiania, with papers and everything ;). Then Christiania will be owned by the people of the world and the citizens. But the danish laws will still be standing.. So it’s not legal to sell weed in there, some just choose to. The police are often too slow to catch them, because they know all little tricks and hiding-places in the little town ;)
"A country without land is not a fu**ing country!"..... Mother Teresa 1843
Before you say something in your videos make sure it is from the right source. Check again your information about Abkhazia, Who is behind the genocide and what actually happened . It's not that hard to find .....
So a damn apartment block is more recognized than nations than actually have landmass. That’s nasty
The Hutt River Provence should have made the list, which is a small area in Australia that attempted to secede in the 1970s, and although not recognised by the Australian government have been allowed to run autonomously without paying taxes. They have a few diplomatic missions around the world and a token standing Navy, even though the area is completely land locked. They even declared war on Australia for a couple of days after attempting to secede. I should double check the facts but I'm pretty sure the whole thing started as a protest for farming quotas. In the last couple of months the original leader died, and since then the Australian Tax Office has issued them with outstanding tax debts of over 5 million dollars.
ah you could have had Principality of Hutt River in Australia!! this was dissolved in 2020 though after 50 years
Your word choice is perplexing. "Half a million in the last quarter of a century." You could have just said 25 years and it would have been better. You're already taking fast and half a million is already a way of saying an amount that has to be translated into the actual amount in the listener's thoughts. I don't entirely understand the need to turn every figure into a fraction. I know saying "half a million" has an effect on people to make them think of the number as really big because you said "million", but aside from psychological manipulation I'm not sure why you wouldn't just say the number to communicate the information as efficiently as possible.
Uhhh.. kurds did almost nothing to fight ISIS and allowed isis to expand hoping they could get independence. They only started to br anti isis when isis them invaded them and the USA began arming them. Kurds took historically christian lands and began to depopulated them and ban aramaic.
Grand Duchy of Fenwick
I've already been to Transnistria, Christiania and Seborga so guess they're not that secret! (Almost everyone who has been to Copenhage has probably already visited Christiania). BTW you do go through an immigration checkpoint to get into Transnistria and also pay an 'insurance' charge to enter, so your info here is not correct.
morocco should be lucky to be part of morocco. they are a wealthy middle eastern style african country. look at the middle east monarchies and compare their succession to its republic counterparts.