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I did the 23&me test and it came back 100% Irish with Southwest Ireland (where I'm from) being very close. It also said I have less than 2% neanderthal DNA.
Suggestions for a Part 2. I don't necessarily thing the following will actually become sovereign nations in the coming year, but I feel that they are worth at least mentioning. 1. Bougainville (I know you've talked about it before, but since this is the most likely one in the entire world right now, it is definately worth mentioning in this topic.) 2. French Polynesia (interesting because the major thing that is the issue with them gaining independence is simply the fact that the government of the islands is taking it's time for it). 3. Ambazonia and Biafra 4. Greenland and the Faroe Islands 5. Republika Srpska and Vojvodina 6. Barotseland 7. Székely Land I also highly suggest that since you are Portuegese, discuss the independence movements in the Azores, Madeira, and any other ones that exist in your country that most people probably aren't aware of. ***I'd also mention the special situations with Somaliland, Transniestra, Catalonia, and the push for a full declaration of independence in Taiwan. I'd also mention the specific back and forth circumstances for Scotland (or as I like to call it this regard, "Old Caledonia"), New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Murrawarri Republic (Australia), French Guiana, the Canary Islands, Other areas to note: Khalistan, Palestine, Republics in Russia, status of Northern Ireland, the East African Federation, East Turkestan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Hawar Islands (Bahrain), Balochistan ^There was supposed to be an independence referendum in the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia in the 2020's, but any updated information about it was difficult to find (at least the last time I checked).
Rojava (Java like the island of Indonesia but with a French accent), not Rohava, it's a Kurdish word meaning 'west', from Rojavayê Kurdistanê (Western Kurdistan)
@solosunbeam no. Rojava and Balochistan are not pronounced Rohava and Balokistan in any source. And it's as easy to learn the right pronunciation as it is easy to regurgitate all the Googled info he posts as videos.
Thank you. A heartfelt gratitude for supporting us in Taiwan, but most of us Taiwanese don't anymore want to integrate 1.4 billion Chinese who have completely different mindsets (and brain*****ng). It's just trouble: We just want to live our lives in peace.
United Ireland ehhh, idk if it'll happen this decade. It'll always be controversial. The reasons for the divide go back to the 1600s, it's caused terrorism, guerilla war, civil war. It's a heavy subject and NI will likely split off from the united ireland in the future
North Yemen was an independent country during the cold war; it was fundamentalist Shia and backwards aligned with the US. South Yemen was more developed, Sunni but less populated aligned with the Soviets. The secular south took control of the north and unified the country until the fundamentalists took control of the government. There is a civil war right now.
Not exactly allied with the US. They had some Saudi influences and in fact the Saudis intervened more than once in the North Yemen civil war. But the US itself never had much interest in Yemen.
You forgot Biafra in Nigeria. Independence movements are currently waging an insurgency against the government there, and separatists have recently arranged an independence referendum, so we could very possibly see Biafra declare independence in 2025, something which they have discussed. (It has a history of seeking independence, from 1967-1970 it waged a war of independence against the Nigerian government).
Hoping for the best in Biafra, they just want to stay away from the Islamists up north: but a unilateral secession will never work in international law.
I did a full video about Biafra a while ago! It's definitely an interesting case but I would say even more unlikely than these four. They might vote and declare independence again but they seem to be in an even more fragile position now than when they tried and failed the first time.
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As someone from Indonesia, West Papua's independence is going to be difficult because there's still a lot of infighting. Even if they manage to get their independence, it won't become a stable country unless they get the support of another superpower western country supporting them, but that's the thing. If America, Australia, or Europe support West Papua, Indonesia is going to become more pro-China, and that's something that the west doesn't want. Plus, this may be controversial to say, but I can see Indonesia normalizing its relationship with Israel to gain American support rather than letting West Papua go independent.
Indonesia is first among equals in asean. A stable political climate there is crucial for the region. PAPUA and ARMM is more or less the same. PH is a unitary state like ID and maybe they can take a look on the BANGSAMORO formula- it is new, not perfect but so far so good. 🇵🇭🤝🇲🇨
@@torpeboiindonesia to much tribes from asian look to african look which is papuan native. More than 1340 tribes you can imagine!? Many of those tribe seek independence like east timor, papua, aceh, those tribe doesnt look like an asian
Been watching since the Spain video in Fun With Flags, I think it’s the second episode, and it’s so cool seeing how much this channel has grown! Great job with the high quality in the videos, congrats on nearly hitting a million, good luck, and have a great day. (Sorry if bad English its my second language and im very tired)
As a Frisian, its still weird to me seeing stickers saying "From the Tjonger to the sea, Fryslân will be free" stickers around the province. the Tjonger 'river' being sort of the language border. I know we are culturally different but never really thought or knew about a serious independent movement. Ive heard some claims for the Historic 'Magna Frisia' region, And i think thats what the map in the start tries to show, partly. But i can never see the province of Groningen being part of a Frisian independence movement with the general hate many people there have towards us Frisians and our culture.
@ShaheerSiddiqui90 OK, but hiw many of the luhansk people fled to avoid persecution and death? Easy to say the population wants independence when what they actually want is just peace.
@ShaheerSiddiqui90 The peace agreement Trump proposed still has them as semi-independent, rather than becoming Autonomous Republics within the Russian Federation like Crimea.
I recently found out your Spanish channel. It was a surprise for me, which I’m from Latin America. It’s good news. Obviously, I prefer to watch the original language, but congratulations for that and hope you had more viewers and subscribers.
His original language is Portuguese though, and he has no channel in Portuguese (which makes sense, he's from Portugal and most Portuguese speakers aren't lol)
Cool that you appear on screen now, is that new? Other likely countries I’d like to hear about from you: Somaliland, Bougainville, Wales, New Caledonia
He already made a video solely dedicated to Bougainville 2 years ago and made about countries that might exist in the future 5 years ago. In fact, 3 videos.
South Yemen is more likely since they have been calling for independence since 1994, but I don’t think Northern Yemenis want independence they want the resources available in the south so independence is actually not in their best interest since they are 70% of the population yet most of the resources are in the South
Although it's more likely that South Yemen declares its independence from North Yemen to keep their resources "safe", that would just cause Northern Yemeni population to migrate to Southern Yemen seeking for a better life
They have little reason to. Ethiopia isnt prospering so why would the even smaller Tigray nation? Everyone deserves self determination, but must always remember the price of independence.
Puntland just wants autonomy, not full independence. Somaliland (the former British colonial territory) does want independence and has some backing from Ethiopia.
You should take a look at north east india & Myanmar. A lot of ethnics are gaining momentum for independence over there. Like Nagaland, Mizoram, Arakan, Kachin, Chin, Kayin people.
In order to achieve independence, the population must support themselves and be the majority; the native population is a tiny minority so it will never happen. In addition, they lack cultural backbone and language. Vive le France.
If French Guiana becomes its own country in the future, then their nationality would be Amazonian with their full name being Republic of Amazonia! At that point, South America would have a total of 13 countries!! 🙂
As a Syrian, Rojava has been renamed to AANES (Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria), as they in no way want to secede from Syria. They want autonomy for the Kurds from the regime
@@Darkest_matter there's some restriction on movement between regime and AANES areas, but in general anyone can go there. Plus the area is probably majority Arab so...
There’s no way that Rojova wil get independence even though they should, the second one part of Kurdistan breaks away others will try to do the same. That’s what Iraq, Turkey, Iran all fear.
Kurds are like Poles in a way. We were partitioned and stateless for a long time, just like the Kurds. My nation took on the pressure of Russification and Germanization simaltenously. There were failed uprisings but Polish national identity survived. Kurds will get freedom as well in the future.
@@polishstick0609 idk about that, the kurds never had a state since there was no need for it. recently it's come into play because of the napoleonic/liberal ideals of nationalism and such arriving to the middle east post colonization.
So, I know it's just a technicality but the Ethiopian constitution actuallt states that any of its federal regiojs can secede. Through a due process of referendum and time. Knowing that I'd say Tigray should try this, but I don't really know if Ethiopia would respect their choice
That article in the consititution was drafted mainly by TPLF that was ruling the country and Tigray until recently. They had a far better chance to do so in the early 90s same as Eritrea but they decided not to for various reasons, some being: landlocked and entirely surrounded by unfriendly nations, resource limitations namely not enough arable land (especially now that what they call "Western Tigray" is being administered by the Amhara regional government), border disputes with the Amhara and Afar regions in Ethiopia as well as Eritrea and more importantly a seccsionist movement has not been very popular (now might be more than not fresh off the war).
In the longer term, we are now looking at the probability of consolidation. Three huge empires: a Chinese one comprising Asia and (possibly) Australasia; a Russian one comprising the old USSR plus most or all of Europe; and an American one comprising the Americas and, maybe, for linguistic reasons, the UK and/or Australasia...the wild cards are Africa and (what will be the last really large more-or-less democracy) India, which I could perhaps see uniting as a fourth empire (and it would be the most democratic of the four). Sounds dystopian. And it is. But that is where we're headed in the next half century, unless quite a few things change dramatically.
Brasil has very close ties to Russia and China due to BRICS+ so falling under an actual American Empire sounds pretty unlikely to me (Brasil already suffers the consequences of American and European imperialism though, but its tight connections with USA's rivals is helping Brazil out of that a little)
Hello, can you please do a video on Pashtunistan, for the Pashtuns/Afghans in north-west pakistan. It's been going on since the creation of Pakistan, and is really really interesting
I'd love to see Greenland or South Ossetia Also one thing in the map from the start that caught my eye was Hokkaido, I'd love to see Hokkaido in such a vid
@ that is interesting indeed. That’s like one grandparent being Northern. If I were to guess you probably have all 4 grandparents had an ancestor from there that brought up the percentage.
They change as more people from your area take them. Mine used to be all over the place, but now are just 99.6% Portuguese, which is what they should always have been.
@@polishstick0609 i said Eastern European bc my mom got small percentage of Russian and Baltic. The majority was specific and made sense but I just said Eastern European to represent the whole.
Suggestions for a Part 2. I don't necessarily thing the following will actually become sovereign nations in the coming year, but I feel that they are worth at least mentioning. 1. Bougainville (I know you've talked about it before, but since this is the most likely one in the entire world right now, it is definately worth mentioning in this topic.) 2. French Polynesia (interesting because the major thing that is the issue with them gaining independence is simply the fact that the government of the islands is taking it's time for it). 3. Ambazonia and Biafra 4. Greenland and the Faroe Islands 5. Republika Srpska and Vojvodina 6. Barotseland 7. Székely Land I also highly suggest that since you are Portuegese, discuss the independence movements in the Azores, Madeira, and any other ones that exist in your country that most people probably aren't aware of. ***I'd also mention the special situations with Somaliland, Transniestra, Catalonia, and the push for a full declaration of independence in Taiwan. I'd also mention the specific back and forth circumstances for Scotland (or as I like to call it this regard, "Old Caledonia"), New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Murrawarri Republic (Australia), French Guiana, the Canary Islands, Other areas to note: Khalistan, Palestine, Republics in Russia, status of Northern Ireland, the East African Federation, East Turkestan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Hawar Islands (Bahrain), Balochistan ^There was supposed to be an independence referendum in the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia in the 2020's, but any updated information about it was difficult to find (at least the last time I checked).
Autonomous Region Of Bougainville in the Pacific is getting independence in 2027. Funny how you mentioned new Caledonia that had a failed referendum but did not mentioned Bougainville which 99.8 percent voted for independence.
Couple things about west papua - though my words should be taken with many grains of salt The bird's head peninsula in the north has always been it's own separate province, even west Papua was just Irian Jaya and is usually not included within the west papua indipendance movement. And as I have mentioned, only recently was papua separated into 6 provinces, it was previously one province called Irian Jaya, however it's separation has highlighted that the desire for independence varies regionally, so an independent state would, most likely, not be the entirety of west papua. It's also worth mentioning that the intentions of the new provinces are for being able to better aleviate the problems faced by papuans, however I am no authority on wether or not that may actually come to fruition. Terima kasih
From Scotland here (which may also be independent one day, though who knows when). I'm interested in the DNA test though also skeptical of it. The family tree research my mum has done on both sides of my family all are either Scottish or Irish or other Celtic routes in the British Isles. But we keep thinking there must be some Italian in there somewhere because both me and my mum have been thought of as italian, as well as my mum's dad when he was around. I also seem to take a tan better than would be expected from a white celt haha, and seem to have a different temperature tolerance too.
Are you from lowland or highland? If you're from the lowland, how come do people there use a language that's highly identical to people from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Sunderland, and Cumbria?
This is a great video. I liked it a lot. You have a definite Roman nose. The Italian in your heritage doesn't surprise me. Neither does your relatively small percentage of North Afircan heritage. The Moors inhabited the Iberian peninsula for a very long time, after all. Your northern European ancestary did surprise me. I just don't see it. You also have a cool accent.
I know you do not have bad intentions but in 8:32 you are using a picture depicting "Abdullah Öcalan" - recognized as a terrorist group called PKK internationally even in EU. You are mentioning "self-defense" but these groups have burnt villages and even killed babies of their own ethnicity in Turkey. I invite you to do your research deeper and be more mindful about this issue.
south yemen wants the indepenence not the north houthi troops are busy attacking ships in red sea using Hodeidah port by the way this port It was close to being controlled by government forces but the United Nations and the United States stopped it in 2018.
I am Dutch, but my father was born in the 60s in Dutch New Guinea. I am not pro-Papua or anything like that. What I do know is that Sukarno hated the Dutch so much, that he also wanted to incorporate Dutch New Guinea into Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and Dutch New Guinea (Papua) were two different administrative entities. But Sukarno wanted all the areas that the Dutch had colonized and to continue this under the Republic of Indonesia. But how come my family is from Dutch New Guinea? That is because my family is mixed race and my other family is Moluccan. After the independence of Indonesia my family was banished and Dutch New Guinea was to become the new country for the Indos (mixed race), Chinese, Moluccans and others. Because the Dutch government did not want to transfer us to the Netherlands. It must also be said that not all regions in the Indonesian archipelago wanted to belong to the Republic of Indonesia, such as the Moluccas and Aceh. Anyway, eventually Dutch New Guinea was transferred to Indonesia under false pretenses and my family migrated to the Netherlands. Between 1950 and 1963 about 350,000 people migrated from the Indonesian archipelago to the Netherlands. Currently there are 2 million people with an Indonesian background living in the Netherlands. But if I may give an opinion about West Papua, it is that ethnically, linguistically and culturally it does not belong to Indonesia. But it is part of Indonesia now, so I hope that the Indonesian government can make Papua prosperous in the future.
Lol there are 1300 ethnicities and 700 native languages here, so who you really count as belong to "Indonesia"? 😂 Indonesia is just a national identity not some ethnobased identity like you have in Nation state Europe
As someone who lives in Indonesia, it is quite the controversial topic. Whenever we talk about it, it can be difficult or even scary. As there are lots of problems in that island, ranging from prices to even human rights. Recently a large chunk of the trees will be chopped down for palm oil productions, which angered the locals as they have a connection to the forest. A lot of Indonesians oppose the idea of it gaining independence, however there are a few people who began to recognize the issue and start to think differently than what the gov intend to. This situation is honestly quite messy; I discussed this with a friend not too long ago, they're also torn about this. The independence organization committed several atrocity but also the people in charge are just as corrupt and atrocious. If you ever wondered, was there a point in time where Papua would never be part of Indonesia? There was. The first Vice President of Indonesia, Muhammad Hatta, opposed the idea of incorporating them as part of the republic. As he believed that they're ethnically, linguistically and culturally different than most other ethnic group here. But the rest didn't agree with him as they want to unite the entire Dutch East Indies to be succeeded as Indonesia. I wish I could talk about this more honestly, it's an anxious convoluted problem in the back of my head. Anyways, thank you for stating your opinion :)
Yes. Thank you for your last words. If West Papua isn't as prosperous as it should be. I, as an Indonesian, am not hesitant to demand our central government to let go of West Papua.
@@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072 Im glad to know that im not the only indo here to be open of it's secession. I believe they have the right to govern themselves and make use of resources from their own land. I've seen a couple footages of how they're not treated right by the central govt. I wish i can discuss this with more indonesians, it can be overwhelming or even scary to talk or even ask about this
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I did the 23&me test and it came back 100% Irish with Southwest Ireland (where I'm from) being very close. It also said I have less than 2% neanderthal DNA.
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Suggestions for a Part 2. I don't necessarily thing the following will actually become sovereign nations in the coming year, but I feel that they are worth at least mentioning.
1. Bougainville (I know you've talked about it before, but since this is the most likely one in the entire world right now, it is definately worth mentioning in this topic.)
2. French Polynesia (interesting because the major thing that is the issue with them gaining independence is simply the fact that the government of the islands is taking it's time for it).
3. Ambazonia and Biafra
4. Greenland and the Faroe Islands
5. Republika Srpska and Vojvodina
6. Barotseland
7. Székely Land
I also highly suggest that since you are Portuegese, discuss the independence movements in the Azores, Madeira, and any other ones that exist in your country that most people probably aren't aware of.
***I'd also mention the special situations with Somaliland, Transniestra, Catalonia, and the push for a full declaration of independence in Taiwan.
I'd also mention the specific back and forth circumstances for Scotland (or as I like to call it this regard, "Old Caledonia"), New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Murrawarri Republic (Australia), French Guiana, the Canary Islands,
Other areas to note: Khalistan, Palestine, Republics in Russia, status of Northern Ireland, the East African Federation, East Turkestan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Hawar Islands (Bahrain), Balochistan
^There was supposed to be an independence referendum in the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia in the 2020's, but any updated information about it was difficult to find (at least the last time I checked).
Weird to think that Rojava map is already outdated lol
The Video starts at 4:19
Actually it starts in 0:00 or 0:01
@@Broþar Nah, it starts at 4:19
Rojava (Java like the island of Indonesia but with a French accent), not Rohava, it's a Kurdish word meaning 'west', from Rojavayê Kurdistanê (Western Kurdistan)
Why do people not pronounce the J like in Spanish lol 😂 Kurdish doesn't do that 😂
Bro pronounced Baloch as Balok several times too lmao. Zero interest in googling how to pronounce it, just wants to give generic facts
@@HassanUmer It isn't always easy to pronounce things from other languages and there are contradictory "pronunciation" advice videos online.
@solosunbeam no. Rojava and Balochistan are not pronounced Rohava and Balokistan in any source. And it's as easy to learn the right pronunciation as it is easy to regurgitate all the Googled info he posts as videos.
@@solosunbeam Neither of these names contain phonemes not found in English or break its phonotactics.
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Kurdistan, Rojava ❤
Rojava is one part of Kurdistan rojava means west which in the context of Kurdistan is the west of Kurdistan
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So much for Rojava...
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Thanks for the cool vid! Some of these flags are epic 😁 Isn’t Bougainville moving towards independence? That might be 2027, I’m not sure
Thanks! I think it is yeah but since it's already a certain thing I didn't want to include it among these potential possibilities.
Greenland, New Caledonia, Basque Country, Western Sahara, United Korea, United Ireland, Taiwan, more interesting West Taiwan.
Don't forget Tibet!
@@bluegold1026 It's "new countries that might exist in 2025", Tibet has no chance of gaining independence in 2025.
Thank you. A heartfelt gratitude for supporting us in Taiwan, but most of us Taiwanese don't anymore want to integrate 1.4 billion Chinese who have completely different mindsets (and brain*****ng). It's just trouble: We just want to live our lives in peace.
United Ireland ehhh, idk if it'll happen this decade. It'll always be controversial. The reasons for the divide go back to the 1600s, it's caused terrorism, guerilla war, civil war. It's a heavy subject and NI will likely split off from the united ireland in the future
I didn't know about West Taiwan! How does it differ from the island as a whole?
North Yemen was an independent country during the cold war; it was fundamentalist Shia and backwards aligned with the US. South Yemen was more developed, Sunni but less populated aligned with the Soviets. The secular south took control of the north and unified the country until the fundamentalists took control of the government. There is a civil war right now.
Wrong the north dominates the unifed Yemen
Trannslation: another of those examples of Christopher Hitchens being right...
South took control of the north? Excuse me but in what alternate universe are you living in??
Not exactly allied with the US. They had some Saudi influences and in fact the Saudis intervened more than once in the North Yemen civil war. But the US itself never had much interest in Yemen.
You got some of that right. It wasn’t the South that brought the country together
It is amazing. I have heard your voice for years and now we know what you look like. Thanks. So much better.
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You forgot Biafra in Nigeria. Independence movements are currently waging an insurgency against the government there, and separatists have recently arranged an independence referendum, so we could very possibly see Biafra declare independence in 2025, something which they have discussed. (It has a history of seeking independence, from 1967-1970 it waged a war of independence against the Nigerian government).
Hoping for the best in Biafra, they just want to stay away from the Islamists up north: but a unilateral secession will never work in international law.
And it's unlikely Biafra, ambazonia, or any other western Africa separatist movement will succeed
@@YeenMage im muslim and i agree
I did a full video about Biafra a while ago! It's definitely an interesting case but I would say even more unlikely than these four. They might vote and declare independence again but they seem to be in an even more fragile position now than when they tried and failed the first time.
@SirCapyTheSecond why would it matter that you're Muslim. Islamists are different from muslims
Thanks dude.
I am a kurd.
Freedom for kurd and kurdistan.✌️
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As someone from Indonesia, West Papua's independence is going to be difficult because there's still a lot of infighting. Even if they manage to get their independence, it won't become a stable country unless they get the support of another superpower western country supporting them, but that's the thing. If America, Australia, or Europe support West Papua, Indonesia is going to become more pro-China, and that's something that the west doesn't want.
Plus, this may be controversial to say, but I can see Indonesia normalizing its relationship with Israel to gain American support rather than letting West Papua go independent.
Agreed
Yeah unfortunately, i really hope that our nation just treats our fellow brothers better
Indonesia is first among equals in asean. A stable political climate there is crucial for the region. PAPUA and ARMM is more or less the same. PH is a unitary state like ID and maybe they can take a look on the BANGSAMORO formula- it is new, not perfect but so far so good. 🇵🇭🤝🇲🇨
@@torpeboiindonesia to much tribes from asian look to african look which is papuan native. More than 1340 tribes you can imagine!? Many of those tribe seek independence like east timor, papua, aceh, those tribe doesnt look like an asian
@@unclekumars8246 why does every small tribe want their own country? nationalism is cancer.
Thanks for representing my region, Im from Tigray .... and I want to see Tigray as a country....
freedom shall be implemented !
Hell na bro. You're stuck with us.
@samueltekola2377 Brother, We will gonna see .....
Been watching since the Spain video in Fun With Flags, I think it’s the second episode, and it’s so cool seeing how much this channel has grown! Great job with the high quality in the videos, congrats on nearly hitting a million, good luck, and have a great day. (Sorry if bad English its my second language and im very tired)
Rojava is based
As a Frisian, its still weird to me seeing stickers saying "From the Tjonger to the sea, Fryslân will be free" stickers around the province. the Tjonger 'river' being sort of the language border. I know we are culturally different but never really thought or knew about a serious independent movement. Ive heard some claims for the Historic 'Magna Frisia' region, And i think thats what the map in the start tries to show, partly. But i can never see the province of Groningen being part of a Frisian independence movement with the general hate many people there have towards us Frisians and our culture.
What a nice and interesting UA-cam channel and such as pleasant voice to listen to.
Rojava is typically pronounced like "ro-zh-ava"
Thank's for your explan about My Countrie of west Papua. God bless you
The last new country is South Sudan more than 10 years ago.
Kosovo is mostly recognized by like half of the countries.
@@ZabawneGierki-ot3ts but because a seperate state in 2008.
@@ShaheerSiddiqui90 the 2 territories annexed by Russia are not independent states.
@ShaheerSiddiqui90 OK, but hiw many of the luhansk people fled to avoid persecution and death? Easy to say the population wants independence when what they actually want is just peace.
@ShaheerSiddiqui90 The peace agreement Trump proposed still has them as semi-independent, rather than becoming Autonomous Republics within the Russian Federation like Crimea.
Nice job
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I recently found out your Spanish channel. It was a surprise for me, which I’m from Latin America. It’s good news. Obviously, I prefer to watch the original language, but congratulations for that and hope you had more viewers and subscribers.
His original language is Portuguese though, and he has no channel in Portuguese (which makes sense, he's from Portugal and most Portuguese speakers aren't lol)
Wht do you pronounce the J in Rojava like in Spanish 😭 Kurdish pronounces the J like in English, saying it in Spanish is so random 😭
Great video as always. Love your channel!
Cool that you appear on screen now, is that new? Other likely countries I’d like to hear about from you: Somaliland, Bougainville, Wales, New Caledonia
Bougainville with 100% change in 2027 left the chat
He already made a video solely dedicated to Bougainville 2 years ago and made about countries that might exist in the future 5 years ago. In fact, 3 videos.
free tibet! free xinjiang!
do NOT free xinjiang
@@johnstevenson22 why not?
Free inner mongolia while at it
Free tibet
You mean free east turkestan
South Yemen is more likely since they have been calling for independence since 1994, but I don’t think Northern Yemenis want independence they want the resources available in the south so independence is actually not in their best interest since they are 70% of the population yet most of the resources are in the South
Although it's more likely that South Yemen declares its independence from North Yemen to keep their resources "safe", that would just cause Northern Yemeni population to migrate to Southern Yemen seeking for a better life
Trust me Tigray will never break away from Ethiopia
They have little reason to. Ethiopia isnt prospering so why would the even smaller Tigray nation? Everyone deserves self determination, but must always remember the price of independence.
somaliland
I'm Tigrayian , and trust me, we don't want to be part of Ethiopia, and we we'll use every opportunity to gain our independence....
Yes we will. Tigray is stronger than the rest of Ethiopia and has faced enough genocide on civilians from Ethiopians
@@princesmooth8302we will survive without the sabotage of Ethiopia. We don’t need that shidhole
Bro, how can you forget Puntland?? Puntland is autonomous, 1v1 elections already occured and we have a military, police, parliament etc. etc.
Somalia and its autonomous regions deserve their own video 😅
Puntland?
Not to mention Somaliland
Puntland just wants autonomy, not full independence. Somaliland (the former British colonial territory) does want independence and has some backing from Ethiopia.
Puntland isn't planning to succeed
I love these vids
Thank you! :)
Amazing Video ❤❤
You have NOT watched the video in 15 seconds
Thanks!
Can you give me a link to the source of 1:34 pls?
You should take a look at north east india & Myanmar. A lot of ethnics are gaining momentum for independence over there. Like Nagaland, Mizoram, Arakan, Kachin, Chin, Kayin people.
I don't know about Myanmar and as a Indian from Nagaland, it's not like that more then 90 %population still with union of India. .
How about the Bektashi Order, that country proposed by Albania at the UN!
He already made a video covering it
I made a dedicated video about them a couple weeks ago!
How bout a vid about anarchist territories throughout history :).
Rojava is in a way
oooh i love this idea
I am from Rojava❤
Love from England stay strong
You all, the Kurds and the other people of Syria must be free.
Gray wolves are on their way to help them experience true freedom …
GOD willing Rojava, Rojhellat, Bashur and Bakur and Whole Kurduya (Kurdistan), in GOD's great holy name, Amen❤☀️💚.
Inshallah
Rojavayê Kurdistan 🦅☀️
Good video
you forgot about French Guiana proposed to be independence from France to be called republic of Amazonia
In order to achieve independence, the population must support themselves and be the majority; the native population is a tiny minority so it will never happen. In addition, they lack cultural backbone and language. Vive le France.
I think Puerto Rico had proposed to become independent from United States too, but I wouldn’t know what their full name would be called.
If French Guiana becomes its own country in the future, then their nationality would be Amazonian with their full name being Republic of Amazonia! At that point, South America would have a total of 13 countries!! 🙂
@@craiglungren8703 PR is split between those who want independence and those who want statehood.
@@antoniourbinasfviva la france
a french corrected me bc i said le
As a Syrian, Rojava has been renamed to AANES (Autonomous Administration of Northeast Syria), as they in no way want to secede from Syria. They want autonomy for the Kurds from the regime
Rojava sounds better
@@Lockfly I guess so, but AANES emphasizes its commitment to autonomy
only for the kurds or like, can anyone go there? (like iraqi kurdistan)
sounds good, i hope syria become a stable country.
@@Darkest_matter there's some restriction on movement between regime and AANES areas, but in general anyone can go there. Plus the area is probably majority Arab so...
There’s no way that Rojova wil get independence even though they should, the second one part of Kurdistan breaks away others will try to do the same.
That’s what
Iraq, Turkey, Iran all fear.
True, it might encourage Kurds around them to do the same.
They already are independent.
It's just a matter of recognition.
@@Mr-DNA_ AANES have already said multiple times they don't want independence but a reformed syria under democratic confederalism
Kurds are like Poles in a way. We were partitioned and stateless for a long time, just like the Kurds. My nation took on the pressure of Russification and Germanization simaltenously. There were failed uprisings but Polish national identity survived. Kurds will get freedom as well in the future.
@@polishstick0609 idk about that, the kurds never had a state since there was no need for it. recently it's come into play because of the napoleonic/liberal ideals of nationalism and such arriving to the middle east post colonization.
What application/website did you use to achieve that flag wave effect?
I was not expecting this guy to look like an ancient greek god
nice 👍🏻
6:43 Ethiopia is the one funding/that funded instabilities in Somalia so causing conflict in it is actually better for east africa imo
Ethiopia is the problem or should I say Abiy and his comrades or whoever
Free Kurdistan ☀️
Just realized you’re Portuguese for the very first time 😂 🇵🇹
2025? No. By 2050? Perhaps
9:10 Boy is that outdated now.
2 months ago i subscribed to this channel and now I'm gonna correct my mistake
3:52 wdym by little bit you are muhammed salah
Kurds rahh❤️💛💚
Papua is still Indonesian
Ancestry is the best DNA test
So, I know it's just a technicality but the Ethiopian constitution actuallt states that any of its federal regiojs can secede. Through a due process of referendum and time. Knowing that I'd say Tigray should try this, but I don't really know if Ethiopia would respect their choice
That article in the consititution was drafted mainly by TPLF that was ruling the country and Tigray until recently. They had a far better chance to do so in the early 90s same as Eritrea but they decided not to for various reasons, some being: landlocked and entirely surrounded by unfriendly nations, resource limitations namely not enough arable land (especially now that what they call "Western Tigray" is being administered by the Amhara regional government), border disputes with the Amhara and Afar regions in Ethiopia as well as Eritrea and more importantly a seccsionist movement has not been very popular (now might be more than not fresh off the war).
In the longer term, we are now looking at the probability of consolidation. Three huge empires: a Chinese one comprising Asia and (possibly) Australasia; a Russian one comprising the old USSR plus most or all of Europe; and an American one comprising the Americas and, maybe, for linguistic reasons, the UK and/or Australasia...the wild cards are Africa and (what will be the last really large more-or-less democracy) India, which I could perhaps see uniting as a fourth empire (and it would be the most democratic of the four).
Sounds dystopian. And it is. But that is where we're headed in the next half century, unless quite a few things change dramatically.
Brasil has very close ties to Russia and China due to BRICS+ so falling under an actual American Empire sounds pretty unlikely to me (Brasil already suffers the consequences of American and European imperialism though, but its tight connections with USA's rivals is helping Brazil out of that a little)
Hello, can you please do a video on Pashtunistan, for the Pashtuns/Afghans in north-west pakistan. It's been going on since the creation of Pakistan, and is really really interesting
I dont know if its a new feature, but I like the wavy flag effect.
I'd love to see Greenland or South Ossetia
Also one thing in the map from the start that caught my eye was Hokkaido, I'd love to see Hokkaido in such a vid
I wonder how likley itos to get Rojava now that asad is gone
Pretty likely
Can you also talk about Zoland?
Your ancestry results just make perfect sense. Meanwhile I’m about 100% Eastern European on ancestry and everyone thinks I’m German
I wasn't very surprised, yeah! Although the 30% Northern European was larger than I had thought.
@ that is interesting indeed. That’s like one grandparent being Northern. If I were to guess you probably have all 4 grandparents had an ancestor from there that brought up the percentage.
They change as more people from your area take them. Mine used to be all over the place, but now are just 99.6% Portuguese, which is what they should always have been.
East European ancestry? Not precise enough. I have Polish ancestry mostly
@@polishstick0609 i said Eastern European bc my mom got small percentage of Russian and Baltic. The majority was specific and made sense but I just said Eastern European to represent the whole.
Suggestions for a Part 2. I don't necessarily thing the following will actually become sovereign nations in the coming year, but I feel that they are worth at least mentioning.
1. Bougainville (I know you've talked about it before, but since this is the most likely one in the entire world right now, it is definately worth mentioning in this topic.)
2. French Polynesia (interesting because the major thing that is the issue with them gaining independence is simply the fact that the government of the islands is taking it's time for it).
3. Ambazonia and Biafra
4. Greenland and the Faroe Islands
5. Republika Srpska and Vojvodina
6. Barotseland
7. Székely Land
I also highly suggest that since you are Portuegese, discuss the independence movements in the Azores, Madeira, and any other ones that exist in your country that most people probably aren't aware of.
***I'd also mention the special situations with Somaliland, Transniestra, Catalonia, and the push for a full declaration of independence in Taiwan.
I'd also mention the specific back and forth circumstances for Scotland (or as I like to call it this regard, "Old Caledonia"), New Caledonia, Puerto Rico, and the Murrawarri Republic (Australia), French Guiana, the Canary Islands,
Other areas to note: Khalistan, Palestine, Republics in Russia, status of Northern Ireland, the East African Federation, East Turkestan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Hawar Islands (Bahrain), Balochistan
^There was supposed to be an independence referendum in the Chuuk Islands in Micronesia in the 2020's, but any updated information about it was difficult to find (at least the last time I checked).
Could you do a video on how South Yemen was the only communist country in Arabia
9:11
“Syria has slowly regained control of their country’s territory”
That aged well
Free Kurdistan 🦁☀️
Papua New Guinea and Bougainville are finalizing the process for Bougainville Independence. It will be a country soon
Autonomous Region Of Bougainville in the Pacific is getting independence in 2027. Funny how you mentioned new Caledonia that had a failed referendum but did not mentioned Bougainville which 99.8 percent voted for independence.
How about adding the Republic of New England to the list
ntm Cascadia
Couple things about west papua - though my words should be taken with many grains of salt
The bird's head peninsula in the north has always been it's own separate province, even west Papua was just Irian Jaya and is usually not included within the west papua indipendance movement. And as I have mentioned, only recently was papua separated into 6 provinces, it was previously one province called Irian Jaya, however it's separation has highlighted that the desire for independence varies regionally, so an independent state would, most likely, not be the entirety of west papua. It's also worth mentioning that the intentions of the new provinces are for being able to better aleviate the problems faced by papuans, however I am no authority on wether or not that may actually come to fruition.
Terima kasih
From Scotland here (which may also be independent one day, though who knows when). I'm interested in the DNA test though also skeptical of it. The family tree research my mum has done on both sides of my family all are either Scottish or Irish or other Celtic routes in the British Isles. But we keep thinking there must be some Italian in there somewhere because both me and my mum have been thought of as italian, as well as my mum's dad when he was around. I also seem to take a tan better than would be expected from a white celt haha, and seem to have a different temperature tolerance too.
Are you from lowland or highland? If you're from the lowland, how come do people there use a language that's highly identical to people from Berwick-upon-Tweed, Sunderland, and Cumbria?
KURDISTAN Rojava ✌️
Just curious, do you live in New York?
He’s Portuguese.
7:19 That just looks like the flag of humacao, Puerto rico
Gil, que tal um vídeo especial em português para os seus fãs lusófonos? 🎉😁
This is a great video. I liked it a lot.
You have a definite Roman nose. The Italian in your heritage doesn't surprise me. Neither does your relatively small percentage of North Afircan heritage. The Moors inhabited the Iberian peninsula for a very long time, after all. Your northern European ancestary did surprise me. I just don't see it.
You also have a cool accent.
2:35 New video in the making?
Yes! One of the Patreon exclusives actually :)
I know you do not have bad intentions but in 8:32 you are using a picture depicting "Abdullah Öcalan" - recognized as a terrorist group called PKK internationally even in EU. You are mentioning "self-defense" but these groups have burnt villages and even killed babies of their own ethnicity in Turkey. I invite you to do your research deeper and be more mindful about this issue.
Everybody knows who is the real terrørists. Ur media is a maniplator and liar. U did those and telling it reverse
U need to research it kiddo
Turkey= isis
Isis = turkey 🦃
Faz por favor um video mais detalhado sobre o teste de ADN, fiquei com muita curiosidade.
Ajoki Tgray
Freedom for the Basque Country!
south yemen wants the indepenence not the north houthi troops are busy attacking ships in red sea using Hodeidah port by the way this port
It was close to being controlled by government forces but the United Nations and the United States stopped it in 2018.
Bijî Rojava!!
I am Dutch, but my father was born in the 60s in Dutch New Guinea. I am not pro-Papua or anything like that. What I do know is that Sukarno hated the Dutch so much, that he also wanted to incorporate Dutch New Guinea into Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies (Indonesia) and Dutch New Guinea (Papua) were two different administrative entities. But Sukarno wanted all the areas that the Dutch had colonized and to continue this under the Republic of Indonesia.
But how come my family is from Dutch New Guinea? That is because my family is mixed race and my other family is Moluccan. After the independence of Indonesia my family was banished and Dutch New Guinea was to become the new country for the Indos (mixed race), Chinese, Moluccans and others. Because the Dutch government did not want to transfer us to the Netherlands. It must also be said that not all regions in the Indonesian archipelago wanted to belong to the Republic of Indonesia, such as the Moluccas and Aceh.
Anyway, eventually Dutch New Guinea was transferred to Indonesia under false pretenses and my family migrated to the Netherlands. Between 1950 and 1963 about 350,000 people migrated from the Indonesian archipelago to the Netherlands. Currently there are 2 million people with an Indonesian background living in the Netherlands.
But if I may give an opinion about West Papua, it is that ethnically, linguistically and culturally it does not belong to Indonesia. But it is part of Indonesia now, so I hope that the Indonesian government can make Papua prosperous in the future.
if every ethnicities in indonesia become independent, there would be more than 700 of them.
Lol there are 1300 ethnicities and 700 native languages here, so who you really count as belong to "Indonesia"? 😂 Indonesia is just a national identity not some ethnobased identity like you have in Nation state Europe
As someone who lives in Indonesia, it is quite the controversial topic. Whenever we talk about it, it can be difficult or even scary. As there are lots of problems in that island, ranging from prices to even human rights. Recently a large chunk of the trees will be chopped down for palm oil productions, which angered the locals as they have a connection to the forest. A lot of Indonesians oppose the idea of it gaining independence, however there are a few people who began to recognize the issue and start to think differently than what the gov intend to.
This situation is honestly quite messy; I discussed this with a friend not too long ago, they're also torn about this. The independence organization committed several atrocity but also the people in charge are just as corrupt and atrocious. If you ever wondered, was there a point in time where Papua would never be part of Indonesia? There was. The first Vice President of Indonesia, Muhammad Hatta, opposed the idea of incorporating them as part of the republic. As he believed that they're ethnically, linguistically and culturally different than most other ethnic group here. But the rest didn't agree with him as they want to unite the entire Dutch East Indies to be succeeded as Indonesia.
I wish I could talk about this more honestly, it's an anxious convoluted problem in the back of my head. Anyways, thank you for stating your opinion :)
Yes. Thank you for your last words. If West Papua isn't as prosperous as it should be. I, as an Indonesian, am not hesitant to demand our central government to let go of West Papua.
@@hanggaraaryagunarencagutuh7072 Im glad to know that im not the only indo here to be open of it's secession. I believe they have the right to govern themselves and make use of resources from their own land. I've seen a couple footages of how they're not treated right by the central govt. I wish i can discuss this with more indonesians, it can be overwhelming or even scary to talk or even ask about this
Yemen should never have been merged.
West Papua has the right to independence. Just like East Timor had.
Like Timor Leste? You mean 'feel to civil war', than Australia stool all of the resource, and still depanden to Indonesia.😂😂😂
@@fakhrifr7833
He's right on the Timor Leste part. TL was not a part of the Dutch East Indies, thus Indonesia has no right to claim TL