Fantasy cartography: Redrawing the map of Europe
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- Опубліковано 23 тра 2010
- Fantasy cartography: An animated redrawing of the map of Europe.
Imagine a world in which countries could move as easily as people. A suggestion for a rearranged Europe.
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How far do you want to get away from russia
Baltic : Yes
@@shtorka_v_dome Good joke. Bravo !!!!
@@shtorka_v_dome hahah, sure, you are NOT aggressive, nice joke
@porodnov no
Катерина Драгунова because westerners scares the power of *CHEEKI BREEKI*
Ukraine : YES
Ah yes, Czenelux and Belgioslovakia
This made me cackle.
Czelgium
Or byelo (White in russian/belarussian)
@@iSyriux No
NO NO NO THIS IS CURSED STOP IT!
Let's be real.
The British guy is just being like any other British guy, drawing lines on the map, and just saying "yup, map painting is fun"
Nope, that guy hates Britain, first country he destroyed.
germany did that at some point
He is a true hoi4 gamer
@@QuandaleDingle-ji2tjuntil it got blast by the US and UK all the way back to Berlin
It never did any harm though, did it?
Oh.
Baltics: Slide to the left
Belgium: Slide to the right
Balkans: Criss-cross
Cha Cha real smooth
Ok stop getting mad at this reply I was an idiot when I said this ok?
@@Kathammer What?
GB moving to the Atlantic and splitting itself: *cha cha real smooth*
@@Kathammer TikTok is cancer
0:00 “Be a communist”
Now I can't unhear
I like that!
Be in russia
Lol
lmao
Russia: *"Why everyone is leaving?"*
PABLO C. B. Australia looks at the evil but I am says why are they moving
They don’t like Russia,Poor Russia
Where did everyone go
@Vsevolod Miziuk but there's no more Stalin or URSS
@Vsevolod Miziuk were did you saw that? Idk...
>Guy with British accent start talking about drawing borders
>Everyone sweats
This is true
Don't worry, he didn't make straight lines!
Uh oh
*gives Normandy to Britain*
@@disrespecc9678 **Gives Kashmir to india**
More than 100M died during Earthquake. Few 10s of millions flew into space
This made me laugh. Manly the space part.
Lmaoaoaoa
"Belgium switched place with Czech"
*BELGOSLOVAKIA*
New ship here, brothee
CZENELUX
MEGALOVANIA
Italy Turkey and Greece
@RedGaming Studio bro 😭
0:32 Rare images of the closest that Poland has been of going to space
Assuming that space starts at latest (using the Kármán line) 100km above sea level and Poland measuring roughly 600km from west to east, we can safely say that Poland - in this video - was definitely in outer space.
It didn't go well
Oof
@The Taza hurra Polska!
Polka d can not into space :(
0:15
Finally
Someone who has found a way of finishing brexit
Yes, and it was like 10 years earlier😂
rip 2020 Britain
No it's bc of portugal - british alliance
2:58 PLZ DONT DO THAT
3:01 that means brothel. I died laughing
He he he
BOUDELAO
basically everybody moved as far as posible from russia
Yes
and Estonia
and Latvia
and Lithuania
and Poland
Fede Widder lll
Countryball David the WHOLE america or just the usa?
Someone needs to make an HOI4 mod for this
[theme song intesifies]
Theres a mod where they made poland an island
I saw one where Poland was an island in the Atlantic
an hoi4? its a hoi4
Lil Luminati/ Pmag I can do age of Civilizations II
How far do you wont get away from Russia?
Poland: YES
1:41 Belarus:come on Kalinigrad jump on top of me
@@mrmexicano rip st petersburg it has no coastline
@@Lic_471 L
RIP terrorussia 2023!
UK: moves next to Portugal
Portugal: **Happy Portuguese noises**
Spain: *sad never getting Gibraltar back noises*
UK: *GIBRALTAR* *BELUNG* *TU* *MI*
UK: *Happy British noises*
Brazil: *sad Portugal cannot go to brazil noises*
Portugal: *Smiles in bacalhau*
Polish wet dream- no longer between Germany and Russia.
Quentin Osterhage No no our Wrocław was Polish in X century and will be Polish forever
@Quentin Osterhage pretty much.
Still the forced migration of poles out of former east Poland and Germans out of east Prussia-danzig area is a Soviet traversy.
True
@Quentin Osterhage germany should be partioned after ww2 so
@Otto Von Bismarck You know that Poland has some legitimate claims to both Silesia and Prussia don't you? Maybe not for western pomerania, but still
0:00 "Be a Communist!"
lol
Lol
*lol*
I heard that ecks dee
Lul
Sadly there will be no possibility to connect Polish and Irish isles with continental Czechia by a tunnel. Alcohol vapors in it would surely explode in no time.
The Czech invasion of beer🇨🇿🍺
Category: *Politic*
Me: So, does everyone want World War III
Is that a yes or a no?
2:37 *Liechtenstein gets crushed*
Its still there tho
But I see Liechtenstein stab Austria
Its still there, but landlocked each sides by austria
@@6i6itjeruk Lesotho, Vatican and San marino: welcome to the party dude
Lesotho Not eurpoean microstates
She is Africa
1:40 all germans are triggered
LoeZung do you mean köningsberg?
Alex Krieger no, he meant Kaliningrad
NikArt02 yeah i know but before the Russians took it was called Königsberg
@@alexkrieger3263 no he mean królewiec
@Patrik Zácsi, learn geography first, then maybe I'll answer you.
Nobody:
Poland: gets yeeted and crushing 10 miles of eastern Germany and then creates a 1000ft tsunami in Ireland.
Everyone else in Poland: *screaming noises by falling to the Atlantic Ocean*
:(
Before: Hello, I am from the Czech Republic.
After: Hello, I am from Belgium.
Czechium.
Čech : Čau Belgičane
Čech potom : Čau Čechu
Belgičan : Oh, ahoj Belgičane
"Let's split Italy between North and South."
Does anyone else find this familiar?
We are divided actually , there is a huge division ( cultural and economic) between northern and southern Italy . Anyway we have the the same language tho.
Do you mean North and South Korea? ;)
Maciek no
@@mariomartini6679 ciao
Well I guess that northern Italy is normal white people and south Italy is dark skinned greaser mafia area
dammit now lichtenstein is in austria
Plate you mean Liechtenstein 🇱🇮
LITTLE LEICHSTENTIEN
Kosovo: *changes places with albania
Serbia: ALBANIA IS SERBIA
Kosovo: hehe lol
There are som lunatics who'll say that without it being a joke.
ALBANIJA JE SRBIJA
АЛБАНИЈА ЈЕ СРБИЈА
it changed with macedonia
3:01 what about the three Sicily’s
Kingdom of two Sicily was a thing and kinda had those borders
Bordello
Bordello
Bordello
I think you did not get the joke
2:36
Liechtenstein: Am I a joke to you?
Yes
It's near the "I" of Austria :P
Austria formed a union with Liechtenstein.
I mean people can spend less money to own you than the budget most Hollywood films are given.
This makes me
I wish they would morph them to fit their new places, especially the one they moved to the Atlantic. Never mind politics, space efficiency is the issue here.
That's literally what they did
Oh hey Zepherus nice to see you here
Syldavia and Borduria I love this Tintin reference
Creator to Baltics: How far awa-
Baltics: Much.
Hi OwO
We have awful history with the russians, so it makes sense
The most convoluted way of explaining European geopolitics
Holy sh*t Northern Ireland went south!
*southern ireland*
You made my day
The quality ... It's like someone was filming it ten years ago.
That's because it is
this video literally is more than 10 years old lol
Meanwhile in another universe:
"Lets redraw this map to look like this: [The map we have today]"
What the hell
Croatian Gamer
Same
Whats wrong even?
Same
That's a bad word
bok
When I look on the thumbnail: where is Poland?
When I look again: what the kurwa.?
@WilczyForever ta
Ewwww you are polish
Redrawing the european map?!
Last time I heard that…
“WE SHOULD TAKE POLAND, AND *PUSH IT SOMEWHERE ELSE!”* - Patrick negotiating a speech
0:31 wow......poland can make a perfect backflip!!!
it was side
But canot into space
@@auramaster2068 Poland can into space. Poland stronk.
i.iplsc.com/polska-flaga-na-marsie/0007SRDGC4LMD10W-C123-F4.webp
Monster Lucky r/wooosh
@@auramaster2068 нет
Well, Polish weather was pretty british (read: terrible) lately anyway, so moving it to the location of Great Britain wouldn't change much in this respect, and it would move us away from Russia, which is always good.
Also, this vid goes to my "This is great." playlist, beacuse this is great.
Polish weather like British? You have normal continental weather - hot summers and cold winters. In the UK they have absolutely different weather. In central Europe you can have 35°C in summer and -20°C in winter in some regions and you have much more sunny days than UK. Even than we (Czech Republic) we have steel sky half of year. :-D
@@Pidalin maybe he lives in northern Poland but still
Our weather is nothing like British and I love our four season years but last summers were pretty deadly
Interesting, I also thought The Witcher 3, which is roughly based on Polish geography, always looked similar to AC: Valhalla based on Britain.
From russia and germany
Mf serio napisał "imię nazwisko"
"Some reordering of the Balkans is long overdue, too."
Fewer statements have ever inspired such terror in the hearts of men and women around the world.
I'm confused why are there so many dislikes. Isn't this what every cartographer does these days?
Nvm I saw the bordergore and puked. F7ck this made me cry
what do you mean by "bordergore"
Generic Asian Boi bordergore is a piece of terminology used by people who spend a lot of time looking at maps both fictional, real, and historical. To describe borders which are not considered aesthetically pleasing, or are otherwise highly unusual or “disgusting”. For an extreme example I encourage you to look up “long Czechoslovakia” as it will show you one example of bordergore.
looking up a non-historical Hoi4 works too
Maybe a bunch of Europeans got offended
The economist actually extended the definition of border gore with dis video
Yay Czech can finally into sea!
Yay! *let's party lol*
Poor Slovakia😭
But i want to be with slovakia
Slovakia cant into sea :(
WHAT?????????????? CZECH IS NOT SEA!!!!!!!!!
UK Brexited to Spain?
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION!
you are 300 years late wake up, and also is better dont have uk near ugh better move it close to greenland
+Кэтишкэт DEUS VULT- oh wait wrong historical event.
Portugal...not Spain
ALL HAIL THE ANGLO-PORTUGUESE ALIANCE
1373 AND BEYOND
I think you mean the Spanish Armada, The Spanish Inquisition was the Netherlands
0:34 is the safest place Poland will ever be in
Safest place is space
Me after messing around with the hoi4 files
This should be made into a HOI4 mod.
Thought exactly the same
Samune Zimi yesss
Actually, It Very Cancer Hoi 4 Game
Thanks for the idea
Stole another comment
I used to watch this video all the time, i was so young and just fascinated
I've always loved fictional maps and real maps 😊
but when I found out this videos like to dislike ratio
I crie evreh tiem
Lucas Van Wichelen I don’t but I might do. I like hoi4 a lot tho
Lucas Van Wichelen European union is a video game?
@@georginho36 that is why you removed the dislike button from youtube
Me too
2:48 your just telling me Vatican City is going to be split in two?
No
The second schism
Pope:Welcome to the Catholic church, don't pay attention to those sick impersonators
MEANWHILE ACROSS THE MEDITERRANEAN
Other Pope:Welcome to the Catholic church, don't pay attention to those sick impersonators
we cut the pope in half
@@deactivated5931 the great schism?
this guy took redrawing european borders in ms paint to a whole new level
Perfect Europe doesn't exist...
Europe is perfect
@@heartlest7763 but it's not.
@@heartlest7763 keep wishing that though
@@jaibruh That's your opinion
@@heartlest7763 opinion? Are you sure? Its a fact, genius. Nothing is perfect.
_Sees the like-dislike ratio_
"What the-"
_Watches the video_
"Yeah, I can definitely see why this is so controversial"
Doesn't make sense to me, it's just satire.
@@blazikem pretty bad one at that and the whole video keeps to the Economists much hated agenda. Dont expect everyone to like British "humour" as well
@LARAUJO HELLO FELLOW CB MOD
Rip my country
Not really
West and East Ukraine: exists
West Ukraine: We’re not even touching
I watch this video every year at least once for no reason
Poland can into island!
Estonian Mapping swiss can into Scandinavia
Poland still can’t into space
Sentinelic Torjan IJF I like cold and im from poland
Estonian Mapping glory to Arstotzka
Estonian Mapping the Lowlands are(were) my favorite countries
You could also put the Middle-East on the moon.
Maybe north Korea as well?
Don't taint my wonderful Moon!
lol brilliant
TastySoda But how would the facist western world get their oil and who would they sell their weapons to? You are aware that the dollar would collapse without the middle east right?
lets put russia,china,and cuba on the moon
This guy’s imagination with maps is absolutely hilarious!
Just like me.
I'm addicted to maps.
I can't stop drawing and watching.
Help.
Fun fact, this video was created 4 years before the crimea annexattion
Rest assured, had Serbia been mentioned in the story, it would have been named on the map. You will note that there wasn't room for the names of quite a few other countries too.
Hehe it's okay
@@user-ms4wm6rm4b10 years later 💀
is this for real?
The best move of all would be Israel to Texas.
whay?
maor peer because
america
maor peer It would solve the middle-east problem, (no arabs to kill or defend themselves from) and the Texans would not notice something a small as Israel moving into their State. I would have thought it was the obvious solution. The USA is spending the money anyway!
Best comment ever. MURICA! FUCK YEAH
@@maor772 OIL
Eastern Europe be like: slide to the left
0:55 the czenelux countries
And Belgoslovakia
Hi OwO
@@Pristya21OwO *grabs the ak47*
@@Pristya21OwOPlease don't.
"Chity Chity Bang Bang" - The "Economist"
Lol
Lol
Lol
Lol
LoL
3:15 *chitty chitty bang bang*
I think poland has suffered enough
@@lennymj ?
Mfw splitting Ukraine in two 💀
I feel bad for the people in the moved countries just suddenly flying and speeding to the middle of the ocean at 20000 mph
What happens with us, spanish? Ah... We were taking a nap...
Erno Siesta, huh?
***** Just because he placed a comma where it didn't belong?
***** Oh, that. Well, that's really a minor mistake, which he could have made by accident. On top of that Spanish does not capitalize nationalities, like the word "Spanish" itself.
+Varion Spain is where is supposed to be: within walking distance of british tourists.
0:00 "Be a communist"
A split Ukraine wouldn't age well would it
This politically makes sense but is so geographically cursed…
I love it!
Funny, that.
I confess, being a Finn, I eagerly expected to be moved away from Russia. False hopes, life is full of them.
Im from Moldova and i also expect that ^^
I hope Taiwan could move far away from China, too.
no more cheap booze aswell :3
I think you Fins have proven over the years, you can deflect anything Russians throw at you, so you good there.
Oh, how optimistic. But every Finn knows that one century after another, one war after another, Finns wane and the teeming hordes wax, our lands shrink and become despoiled county by county, and eventually, we will become slaves, and then extinct before the savages. That is how it has been. That is how it is. That is how it will be. We are a sad song in the winds of the woods, and soon no-one will remember the language of its words.
1:46 This becomes hilarious if you watch this beyond 2014.
*c r i m e a*
*you mean crimea*
Oof size: ginormous
Now in 2022 it is even worse
Ukraine: "Finally, I'm gonna move away from Russia!"
The Economist: *takes the western side of ukraine away and leaves the eastern side behind*
Ukraine: DAAAAAAAAAAAA
You just insulted nearly every country in Europe and did it in an amazing way!
"belarus, trying to wriggle out from under russia's thumb" that aged like milk
>Poland moving to UK's place
>Implying England isn't already filled with Poles
Shut the fuck up, withou "poles" your country now gonna be part of german, and you sold us into stalin with white flag french and betreyed us in WW2.
***** Devision 303 and guys who decoted enigma are Polish without them england gonna be part of germany now.
***** In 1932 Marian Rajewski, Jerzy Różycki and Henryk Zygalski describe enigma.So educate yourself.
***** Aha.Without us now you gonna speak german you don't need to accept true.
Tim Jones Oh some tiny minded british idiot.Bark louder please.
Almost 50% of people clearly don't understand this video.
"Some reordering of the Balkans is long overdue."
Last words before a disaster.
1:59 It seems someone wants to die
kOSovO jE sRBJa
Poland: HAHA YOU CANT ATTACK ME YOU BAD AUSTRIAN PAINTER
Germany: **sad austrian noises**
Germany: *Stuka blitzkreig*
Russia: *Water Katyushas noises*
(America comes knocking
I can't have enough to say that i really LOVE your idea of joining Lombardy and Venice (northern italy) with Austria , Slovenia and Croatia, putting them together in a Mittleuropean alliance.
They share a big part of their history and a lot of cultural values. Thanks.
An austrian painter actually did this many years ago,glad to see someone continue his legacy!
I get this recommend this every few years and then forget about it
1:33 my teeth in a nutshell when they are super loose
lol
AHAHAHAAHAAJHHAAAAHHAÀ
Can we move with poland?
Do you want to move far from Transylvania? :V
D.Raz omg lmao ha ha.
Well poland is mah neighbor when he moved poland
who is "we" ?
.
1:46 my bro just predicted the future
I’m so confused... what does this have to do with economy?
No no no with the communists
I'm sorry. even if this has *nothing* to do with the economy, *does anyone regret it existing anyway?*
@@cheskotokarev yes
@@antoniofrancis1736 ...
*w h y ?*
@@cheskotokarev *I T S C U R S E D*
Can we take Hungary with us
sincerely Poland
Kondzio Kowalski as long as you help us get rid of Lithuania. -Ireland
love you too fam
Kondzio Kowalski Hopefully.
Take them wherever you wish! We don't want to be neighbours anymore.
-sincerely, Romania!
Adrian Bet
Lol
I think U.K. Would go, " Okay Google, furthest place from rest of the world?"
Maple Leaf it's would be New Zealand, I'd happily become there East Island and West Island
Maple Leaf you are Canadian
"We're seceding from Earth!"
Point Nemo in the Pacific
regarding Ukraine this video aged like fine Wine..
This is the weirdest video I’ve seen in a very long time
Not satisfied! Russia is still Finland's neighbor :(
+Hairysteed I know who would want to live near the finn's
Hairysteed Yeah I excpected him to move Finland from russia. No one wants to be near russia.
Nope,Belarus,East Ukraine,Kazachstan,China,and some more countries want it
NSARWatching lookbusy that's gonna be the Estonians
3:00 "Bordello"? WHY??? "Bordello" is "brothel" in my language (Italian)...
Thatsthejoke.exe
not sure, but in french, we say "c'est le bordel" for "it's a mess" ...
r/whoosh
@@kolerick we too
It’s in English
I can’t believe I grew up with this channel , this video was made when I was born and i started watching this when I was 5 . And now I’m almost close to 15
Mate this was made 2 years before my birth :|
@@TotallyNotPaperCup What is your opinion on black people
@@bitshox1215 bro what
also why is everyone here so young go do your homework
kids don't go here
People really think only 25yo are in the internet
Oh gosh “bordello”.... that means bad things in Italian lol
It means the same thing in romanian lol
What would we call Northern Ireland? It can't be Northern Ireland cuz it is way more south than Ireland.
Northern Madeira
James its supposed to be southern because its more southern than northen b
“Part of the uk”
Ulster, I guess.
@@TakedaS115 It would have to be Southern Ulster then because 3 counties of Ulster are with Ireland.-
Really interesting to see a video from 2010 splitting apart Ukraine in two separate countries. It puts perspective to the current crisis
is it still a crisis at this point
@@yorkov5527 Oh boy that comment aged well
aged like fine wine.
A war, not crisis
Aged fine like a bottle of wine
Why does this have so many dislikes?
Bro predicted the War in Ukraine
how?
@@Jacob13044 By creating West Ukraine
@@andreitodor6480 zoomer...