5 "countries" that ALMOST existed...
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- Опубліковано 24 січ 2023
- Sometimes you propose a country and ... it just never happens.
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I actually got this topic idea from a few of my subscribers in Argentina that told me about "Patria Grande" and it inspired me to me make a video about "Proposed nations that never came to fruition." Hope you enjoy this filler vid! What other topics do you suggest we cover?
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I am ready for Ukraine
Ok
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You pronounced Józef Piłsudski better than half of the polish students
True. Unfortunately he mispronounced Manuel Ugarte… which seems to much easier to me (as a Spanish Native Speaker).
How do you pronounce ł?
Piłsudski was ok but he said yosef not yuzev as he should
@@wrjtung3456 like english w
it might help him a bit that Art is Polish so he might have been able to ask how to.
This episode was exactly what i like about history and geography; all those "what if" moments
I remember watching a video a while back about some deleted scenes from _Home Alone_ , and it made me realise that only when learning what *could* have been during film production is when you truly feel like you've gone back in time. I feel like it's the same for geopolitics, and how this and that country, state or whatever *could* have been established, but didn't.
as a Polish-born person I must highly praise how well you pronounce "Piłsudski". 10/10, it is so extremely rare that someone outside Poland pronounces Polish surname correctly - hats off for you and keep up the amazing work you always do!
From my experience, also as a Polish person I have to say, that most of native people pronounce Piłsudski wrong
Lol
@@tadzik6762 it is fairly difficult surname to pronounce so I am not really surprised. Overall Polish is hard to learn and master it.
Piłsudski is the easiest one in your country
Well, that's neurotypicals for you - they bloody *hate* learning nerdy subjects like linguistics or phonology.
Your videos are incredibly good at negating physical pain. I'm not joking, I had terrible stomach pain and pain killers didn't help at all, so I turned on UA-cam to put mind somewhere else and stumbled upon this video. It was so efficient that I can only describe the rest of the time before the arrival of the ambulance as "discomfort". It's something about your "flow" of narrative, it's so relaxing. Thank you for this video
aw thats so sweet to hear, hope you're doing better
Wow, I’ve never heard a comment like this before, I’m glad it helps! Lol interesting!
Hope your better and I agree. I use this channel to go to sleep sometimes it’s that relaxing
@@GeographyNow wow man thanks im a big fan of yours haha, love from spain
so true .
this comment is so true.
There could be second part of this series. Quebec too almost became a separate country. In 1995 referendum Quebec lost the vote by .58%.
We want Québec independent.
"Vive le Québec libre !" Charles De Gaulle
the second part could also include the Union of Soviet Soverign Republics
Quebec would be a 9th world country without canada
@@selfiekroos1777 nah there's definitely at least 10 countries already
As a Chilean my self i agree we do have the weirdest accent. However, we are aware of that so if you are not part of us we purposely try to speak as neutral spanish as posible so you can understand us
Yes and no. I had a Spanish teacher in Santiago who made fun of my accent - I speak Spanish as a second language and learnt it mainly in Spain (but with time in Peru and Argentina). That said the majority of Chilenos I met were super nice .
I think Argentinians speak weirder. Vení a escuchar shazz = Ven a escuchar jazz
It’s like Moroccans or Tunisians with Arabic lol
To be honest, your accent is easy to understand (as a Costa Rican), but you use a lot of slang/different words, so that's the part I've had the most trouble with.
@@astralhorizons lmao shhhazzz , I love how they speak its unique
Do "Maphilindo" which used to be the unification plan of Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia
I was not expecting Intermarium, mainly because even as a concept, it was always supposed to be some sort of a Federation or an alliance, rather than a single country, but it's cool that it got included. Piłsudski is, in my opinion, really an overlooked and interesting historical figure, quite a complex and paradoxical one, if you look closely (and controversial). I'm glad that he simingly starts to get some international attention. There's a brand new biography of him, written by American historian Joshua D. Zimmerman.
It was supposed to be a confederacy like modern EU to deter any attempts of Russians and Germans to once again rule the Central Europe. I don't even see it possible to unite again as "Old Commonwealth" as Intermarium was supposed to be close to twice as large. So in the video there's a misconception about what it was
@@andso2152 I'm pretty sure there were multiple forms of the Intermariam plan, one of which did propose political unification.
The Intermarium could replace Nato, or be a buffer between Nato and Russia,
@@johnshelton1141 yeah and if it was a real thing maybe Russia didn’t attacked Ukraine
@@chri2301 yea, cause NATO won't be banging on Russian door
Hey Barbs, ideas for future filler week videos :
- list of custom unions between countries (if there is other ones then Schengen)
- transcontinental countries
- top people group with their own countries that have more people outside of the home country than in it (Lebenon, Armenia)
- the currencies that is use by the most countries
- former USSR countries explained
- mexican states
- reality singing compitation around the world
- rap music around the world
- country music around the world
Actually, this "Patria Grande" proposal was the way that the former spanish Vice-Kingdom used to organize in Latin America. Later on, they've divided in several vice-kingdoms, more closer to the actual borders of the countries as they are today.
Viceroyalty
0:10 Now I get it! I always thought you meant that nobody was buying your merch and you just never sold out of it. This makes so much more sense now!
I have this problem where I’ve learned Spanish as a Second Language from 2 groups: Chileans and Spaniards, the two most extreme dialects of the Spanish language, so when speaking to the “easy” accents of Mexico or Colombia I struggle massively.
I went to live in Mexico & now have to learn a tribal language. 🤣😭😆😅😂
As a Bengali from the state of West Bengal India, I would like to point out that Bengal had always been one province since the start of British rule in India which started with Bengal being annexed by the British East India Company after their victory at the Battle of Plassey against the last Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah on 23rd June, 1757 (by unfair means nonetheless). However, they divided Bengal along religious lines to quell the nationalist movements taking place in Bengal at that time. This happened in 1905 leading to the creation of East Bengal (later becoming East Pakistan now Bangladesh) and West Bengal (later broken up further to make the states of Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand in India). My grandmother was from Barisal in Bangladesh. Hope to visit it oneday.
Assam,Rohingya and orrissa are just dialects of Bengali but they pretends to be different
Especially assamese and Rohingya are political separation to weaken to ethnic group
@@kkkk25yearsago79 tf is Rohingya
@The Master mind Can ya explain me?
@@kkkk25yearsago79 Odia is not a dialect of Bengali wtf. Odia is an older language than Bengali and it's one of classical languages of India. Odisha as state has a history older than bengal. We ain't Bengalis
@@deusmachinima1189 If you divide Bangali to It's dialect like Rarhi Chittagong, Sylheti or Rangpuri, Barishali, all are different that they can proclaim their own ethnic group themself
It's a Divide
Just have a political power and divide it make religion, race new ethnicity
Indonesia and Malaysia was also almost United. At the ending days of WW2, before Japan officially surrendered, our leaders met in Kuala Lumpur and agree to unite the NUSANTARA into a single state. But the plan was failed and Indonesia declared our own Independence on 17th August 1945. There was also a proposal to unite Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines into a some kind of union called Maphilindo, but also failed due to Malaysia annexed North Borneo and Sarawak which pissed off Indonesian and Philippines leader at that time
L malaysia
@@domnielantipuesto2593 bruh
Seems like Malaysia did well, not joining Indonesia. Spent a month in JB, now in Batam, what a contrast.
@@shinnam by becoming chinese province. Only huge G20 Indonesia can survive china expansion in the future. Look Malaysia Island that stolen by china
Malaysia also secretly financed Islamic terrorism in Southern Philippines, which made the Mindanao region very unstable.
Still waiting for States of Mexico explained!
I’d like to see that happen as well, same with the provinces of China
Who cares about mexico
Barbie, you should talk about Couto Misto! A country between Galiza and Portugal that existed from the 10th century until 1864. It was technically independent because of weird feudal laws. Should be something you'd be interested in.
I only learned about Couto Misto because of those “Countries of Europe in 1850” quizzes on sporcle
it's sounds a bit like how Neutral Moresnet used to exist. however that was a even more odd situation.
omg thanks for finally explaining "it's not selling out if it's your brand" !!! I never got it til today lol
You could do proposed US states (Jefferson, Lincoln, etc.)
Cool stuff. You got me to read the Atlas of Atlas of Extinct Countries by Defoe Gideon. That was interesting too!
Another one: Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics, aka a capitalist/democratic Soviet Union.
It was proposed by Gorbachev in 1991 as a last ditch attempt to save the USSR. Most of the Soviet Republics were onboard with the idea, but then the August 1991 Coup happened and well…we all know how that went.
Even today, many Russians and other citizens from the former Soviet countries don’t miss communism, but do wish the Soviet Union survived without it.
Basically
,,If you dont miss the union you dont have a heart, if you want it back you dont have a brain"
90%+ of Ukrainians voted against the Soviet Union on the referendum. And it was 30+ years ago.
Let it go and live on. Uzbekistan, Georgia and Estonia never had much in common but Russia as their colonist.
@@umkaukr nope in the referendum of 1991 majority of the republic voted to keep the federal system in a renewed union. More than 76% of the population voted for it
@@Silver_Prussian March 1991 yes.
In December 1991 Ukrainian people changed their minds 🤘
@@umkaukr changed their mind ? No lol
There was a coup that prevented the creation of a new union then the ukrianians voted to be independent which has led to many, many years of poverty
Fascinating video!
Just a reminder! Your job is amazing! Don’t stop doing it please
Enjoyed this video very much, the content, the humour, the historical facts I never heard before 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you Paul, awaiting new material
Bengal Subah used to contribute almost 20% of the world's GDP and it used to be one of the richest regions of the world. You may look it up. Kolkata (Former Capital of Bengal) used to be the largest city of India even till the eighties. A lot of early Musicians and Film makers of Mumbai are from Bengal.
I have officially caught up. I have now seen every single one of your videos, and wow. Love the work you're doing, really appreciate it.
I loved this video! You have to do more like this!
Please do a video about your trip to South America. I would LOVE to see it 👍
@1:50 😂 you know you were gripping that cup to help it sell 😝
I have always loved to see this videos with proposal or former countries, I like knowing about current countries, but there are plenty of countries in the past that are also pretty interesting in their own way.
You forgot Maphilindo. The unification of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia which I agree with but never happened. If Maphilindo happened, then there's no border dividing me and my waifu Moona Hoshinova.
Very interesting, keep it up
Intermarium was stupidly optimistic. WW1 was the peak of nationalism. All of the proposed states within that alliance had just gained their national sovereignty from the fall of Russia/Austria. No way would these newly independent states want to join another empire after removing their previous rulers. We all know how unstable Yugoslavia was, Intermarium would’ve been a even worse version of that.
Yeah, although it was rather a nebulous concept of some sort of a Confederation of countries, rather than a country. Assuming it could be created, the bigger it would get, the looser it probably would end up being. So, something more like the EU than Yugoslavia.
It wasn't stupidly optimistic, the newly formed tiny and weak countries were too arrogant (being from one of them myself) to work together in a continent that was soon to be like shark infested water. Intermarium was the last chance of Eastern Europe to avoid the horrible 50 years it had to endure and to learn the fact that from a global perspective we are all in the same shoes therefore our outside threats are the same as well.
Dominican here and I have met a lot of Chileans outside of Chile and we are always amazed at how different we are but how well with interact with each other. It is like distance cousins getting to know each other for the first time lol
I've just come across your channel and have binged on the older ones... Your weight lifting is paying off 💪💪👌
BIG Thank You for still making videos on you tube !!
I'm still waiting for Italy's region explained. They're all so unique and different they deserve to get a video
I was sure you would talk about Plan Uganda. Anyway' loved this video!
Great video, well done. You really shine when you're on your own :)
Keep up the good work
Sth I missed with Bengal was mentioning that there had been a Bengal sultanate for 200 years before at one point in the past, just like there had been a Trebizont kingdom with pontic greeks for example.
Video proposition if you haven't done it already, talk about the Canadian provinces or Just about Quebec, I'm not Canadian nor Quebecquois but I've always found that very interesting
Love the vids btw ♡
I love this videos! I hope that we will get impressions on Georgia soon🇬🇪🇬🇪
Hiya Barbs, really interesting video. Thank you!
Would be quite interested in seeing a video about peoples/places that are currently seeking autonomy... Bougainville for example. Cheers!
SImilar to Patria Grande the original plan for Colombia proposed by Francisco Miranda was unite all the spanish viceroyalities in one empire that would be ruled by two monarchs descendends of the Inca rulers. After all the independences there was actually a try to unite all the new countries in 1826 in the congreso of Panama but it fail.
I have to add that you didn't mention a crucial point about Patria Grande. It's conceptualization stems from the original plan of the main liberators of South America, Bolivar and San Martín, to make all the spanish colonies in South America 1 country. This idea predates the creation of the countries themselves, which is amazing in and of itself. Of course, creating a country spaning 10,000 kilometers, wildly different cultures and in a postcolonial warring state is complicated so it didn´t pan out; but still, an important point.
A unified Latin America would've been an enormous superstate and potentially a very powerful country with a huge economy. The problem though is this vast area holds a multitude of peoples with very different customs, values and interests. Even if they all speak some dialect of Spanish, they still have plenty of differences they would need to overcome. Still if it had actually formed and worked out, I can't help but wonder how history would have changed. Such a country would have alot of internal problems but so much potential.
@@sirreepicheeprules7443 Well, obviously each region has its own culture but we all share 3 very important things: History, language, and religion. But unfortunately it never happened
Awesome!
Keep videos like these coming! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
A country that almost existed would make a great April 1st video to mix it up a bit. A deep dive on an alternate reality country would be great!
Not sure if you have a video about it yet, but I would like to see a video on economic unions/any other kind of unions countries have. For example the E.U., Mercosur, Nato, etc.
8:53 Guatemalans and the rest of Central Americans use the pronoun "vos" like the Argentinians, the RFC countries/Guatemalan flag is inspired by the Argentinian one, we still have things in common.
Love these kind of videos
You should try talking about cities sometime!
I thought about starting my own country a while back. I used to go window shopping on the web for islands. You'd be surprised how many are on the market. Anyway, this one in the Finger Lakes caught my eye. Cool facilities already up like a helicopter port, large dock, row of cottages, a cafeteria, riding trail, and tennis courts, as well as a sauna. Some Swedish company was selling it. There was plenty of room for things like shore batteries, anti-aircraft guns, and a shallow harbor that could be easily mined. I mean, what's a country without coastal defenses? I was going to plagerize my national anthem from Mel Brooks 2000 Year old Man bit: "Let em all go to hell, except for cave 76." It would have something along those lines.
Alas, the asking price was 13 million and my petty cash was a bit light at the time. But it would have been beautiful. Of course, with the world being in the state it is these days perhaps me and Wilson would be better off finding something a bit further from the mainland. So long as I can still get Amazon Prime and Netflix of course. This is the 21st Century after all. I'm not breaking sod and fighting cowboys and Indians in rural Kansas. Anyway, cool video. If I do start my own country, I'll let ya know. Maybe you can feature it.
Please make a video about the provinces of Vietnam. They’re all so unique and diverse. Also good for VN’s episode
Isn't there like 100 of them though?
I never knew any of this! Very helpful
During the early years of the Soviet regime the Greeks had enjoyed a considerable degree of cultural autonomy and had been able to publish freely in their Pontic Greek dialect, which was barely intelli- gible to those in Greece. But they had the misfortune to be deemed by Stalin to be one of the ‘disloyal’ national minorities.
yeah for 2 years before you killed all of us
I swear to God that I see you in every comment section
@@miserablySleepy he’s a turk with no life
@@PIXELGamerzXvlogs your probably right
@@miserablySleepy i've seen him posting way too many comments with propaganda against kurds and other people groups, he's a weirdo honestly
it would be interesting to hear about Rhodesia from you as well
"Pátria Grande" sounds like "Grande Inflation" to me.
This is a very interesting topic I was hooked all the way through and it's a fun way to learn parts of history that is not usually discussed.
"When you run out of countries, start to talk about alternate history countries" - moment.
You missed Belgium :P
On the topic of Geography you could make videos how rivers or mountain chains divide or unite regions. For example the Alps have an "Alpine" culture, but people North and South of the Alps will have a hard time to consider each other similar.
Thanks for sharing ❤️
Congratulations on 300M subs!
I am Greek and this Pontus thing and these areas...yeah it hurts. Around a century ago we tried to take them back by force but we failed and yeah the population either got killed or fled. It is a really tragic story for us and we all know about it.
I tried seeing if I could recognize the areas by the thumbnail alone
I got three of them right, but I mistook the Intermarium for Greater Somalia and I had no idea what Pontus was supposed to be lol
Please continue to do an episode to explore Vietnam, a country a lot of people on the geography now channel are trying to find out.
1:20 must be the Mydemorze or the between seas concept. In the strategy game hoi4, it is possible to form a faction with these countries involved in the "concept". Pretty cool huh!
Top notch pronunciation of Piłsudski surname, Barbs :3 Also great video, I didn't know about a lot about any of presented almost-countries, except Intermarium, so yeah - great job c:
Please discuss the Provinces of China or the recognized ethnic groups!
I appreciate you, thank you for making content.
We need some videos of you traveling 😃
Another great concentration of Greeks had settled in Pontos, between the Pontic Alps and the southern shores of the Black Sea. Cut off from the mainstream of Greek life, the Pontic Greeks, large numbers of whom in the nineteenth century migrated to the more welcoming Russian shores of the Black Sea, spoke a form of Greek that was scarcely intelligible in other parts of the Greek world.
I can't wait for the UK and USA episodes ❤️
Nice video!
You forgot to mention MAPHILINDO in 1963.
Malaysia 🇲🇾 Brunei 🇧🇳 Singapore (part of Malaysia)
Philippines 🇵🇭
Indonesia 🇮🇩 Timor Leste🇹🇱 (part of Indonesia)
These countries were supposed to be one but Malaysia 🇲🇾 Brunei 🇧🇳 didn’t want to get rid of their Sultans (kings). Philippines 🇵🇭 timor 🇹🇱Singapore 🇸🇬 would have a Christian/ Hindu/ buddhist not Muslim
Also they saw what happened to Yugoslavia that’s why it dissolved so they made the ASEAN (EU of Southeast Asia) instead
Could you do a video on the Ceremonial counties of England?????
Part 2 to this video, (includes East African Federation)
Administrative divisions of Mexico
History of you, Paul (why you got into Geography)
Regions and provinces of Italy
Geography Now, can you please explain the states of Mexico in a future Filler Week video?
Yea do more series of thos, so good.
Please for the love of my sanity, post more content, i watch your content religiously and addicted to everything you post please 🙏
i just saw that this video got released, i accidentally spit out all of the water i had in my mouth and clicked on the video, my computer is still covered with water. This shows how much i enjoy you content.
Strangest things in different countries
Liked,very good informations. I very impressed much countries in Asia.
As a Venezuelan I completely reject the idea of merging all Latin American countries into one, just watching how most of the countries hate Venezuelans, the horrible xenophobia against us and how they simply laugh about our disgrace and hungry, If we get Liberty anytime soon and our country recovers from this nightmare I would prefer to close the border and cut any kind of relationships with the rest of the region, all of them have been really hateful against us, so no… no and 1000 times no.
As a Peruvian born in Argentina, I understand you. We had our own hell between 1980-2000 and many Peruvians suffered the same xenophobia that you guys are suffering today. Sadly, in Peruvian case, despite of knowing what is to suffer xenophobia of our "brothers" countries during those times Peruvians didn't learn to be in solidarity with people that need help, which is shame.
Im from Martinique,
We are very touched about what's hapenned to Venezuela.
There is some Venezuela migrant thats totally intregated to our society which has never been discrminated by local people.
We like you .
As an Iraqi Kurdish person who lives in the West I love you Venezuelans. I even talked to Venezuelans online and they were the coolest people ever. I was even recommended to visit their country. Gus1thego considered Venezuelans to be in the top list of most friendly people. I love your country and my dream is that you make good relationship with us in the Middle East/West Asia because we don't like American colonialism and sanctions which we both have suffered from. When we Muslim countries unite and reach our glory and establish good relations with Venezuela then perhaps the rest of Latin America would also want to join us.
A video about italian regions would be awesome
I would totally love to see that
I agree!
Can't you do a thing on LA/SoCal? Both since you live there and know the place, there's so much to dig into in that whole metropolitan area!
The "filler" week episodes are my favorites!
States of Mexico explained please! 🇲🇽
What about a list of countries that almost ceased to exist, but are still on the map.
You mean like the next episode - Ukraine?
Poland's a good one for this.
Some good candidates for this:
South Korea: Almost lost the Korean war to the North initially until US intervention.
Taiwan: Could have fully ceased to exist if Communist China attacked the Taiwan island immediately as the Nationalists fled and not wait.
Vatican City (Papal States): If Mussolini did not give them independence but instead forced the Pope to surrender.
United Kingdom: If Scotland won the independence vote (which it lost narrowly).
@@nuzayerov The UK would've still existed if the vote went the other way though, they just would have to change the end of their name from "...of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" to "...of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland". Still the same country ultimately.
Not even watched the video yet and I already love the Bengal rep
My little polish heart just make a jump fot this amazing pronunciation of Piłsudski - thank you Barb !
The Bengal one is probably the one of these 5 that would have been the most likely to succeed. Mainly because it's just one ethnic group. I guess Pontus would have been too... oh well. They didn't really want to separate from Turkey anyways.
Oh just shut up unlike the others who make countries and kill people in name of religion India give shelter to everyone
During that region the Laz, Azeri, Armenian, Georgian, and Azeri people also have claims to that areas as well. It wasn't like it was just one ethnicity in one city, everything was a mix.
Lol Bangladesh still has one ethnic group still not successful.
@@riderchallenge4250 Yes it is you just think Asia and Africa are poor only 🙄
@@Clawed1234 yep but Laz and Turkic people were more populated there. But some places still have Greek names .
06:38 "It will be rich in agriculture, rich in industry and commerce" and they literally came out of one of the worst famine in human history before this statement.
Bengal region produced 1/3rd of British Raj's agricultural output.
Idea
Countries that could exist in the future.
Nice video, very imformative. By the way, You forgot to mention MaPhilindo.
Maybe a parallel universe where like English Speaking North America is a country, except for independent French Quebec; Balanced by a Spanish speaking South American country, except for a Portuguese speaking Brazil. Modern day statistics could be used as a tool as to how that might look.
How about Guyana, Suriname and French Guinea they are not Spanish Speaking they could be separate country of United with Brazil
hello,barbie,from bangladesh,our people still cherish a dream for united free bengal,but india wont let it happen because west bengal is just too much strategic,we are so sad to loose half of our dear motherland
Lol you were part of India not the opposite
@@riderchallenge4250 india didnt exist before 1947,while bengali kingdoms started around 2500 bc,go learn first
@@Bengalinationalist lmao being a bengali sorry no thanks we want to be with india
@@Bengalinationalist 2500 BCE 🤣🤣.
You are part of India under all empires.
Bengal never existed before mughals
@@sohenmondal5471 bangladesh is mughal arabised creation.
Bengal was always part of india under many empires
Glad u included United Bengal, Not many ppl outside know or mention this thing and it was really sad that that didn't happen and many ppl died British bro British
This was beautiful to watch ❤