Another likely disappearance could be Moldova uniting/joining Romania. With increased threat from Russia, Moldova may want to unite for protection, economical, historical and cultural reasons.
@@avoider707 sending thousands of men to die doesnt win wars anymore. Even if they do win, a peace conference doesnt suddenly make every person agree, and no way would an occupation work
@@flukz.z Russia has made very little gains in 80+ days of war and will only get worse for their troops as more western weapons arrive and they are trained to use them.
I never thought I’d say this but I genuinely think an independent Ireland could be united within my lifetime, which if you’d asked me even a few years ago I would have laughed at the idea.
If Belgium broke apart, it would be in four parts: Flanders joining the Netherlands, Valonia joining France, the German communities joining Germany and Brussels being a European Capital District under direct control of the EU.
the thing is no Wallonians want to be part of France and it's the same for Flemish and the Netherlands. So if we ever split up it will be just 2 independant nations. Also it's not in the interest of Wallonia to be independant and if Flanders become independant there will be trouble with things such as EU membership so they won't just split up.
It looks like you just looked at languages these regions speak and assigned them to neighboring countries. That is not how societies work: pretty much nobody in Wallonia wants to be a part of France and joining the Netherlands is not a prevalent idea amogst flemish separatist either. Plus German community is pretty happy with having their own government I don't see them giving it up in favor of being integrated into Germany (because what for? they only loosing not gaining anythinh with it)
As someone from one of this separatist regions of Spain I am feeling quite disturbed by that part of the video. Despite that, I don’t think that there is a big nationalist movement in Andalusia since I have never met an Andalusian separatist in my hole life.
Seperatist movements are overhyped because of some really loud extremists. I fee like most Andalusians, Galicians, Basques, Catalans etc dont really care that much and are fine with being part of Spain
Belgium is very likely to disappear. The political situation is very tense, and Flanders want independance more and more, deeming that helping Wallonia costs them too much among other arguments. Wallonia couldn't hold on on its own and would have to join France in this case. Brussels would be a problem though, a french speaking capital in Flanders territory. Both would fight to keep it.
As a Belgian i think u might be wrong, Wallonia and flanders need each other just the language barrier is annoying, belgium is doing fine in its tiny mini country :)
Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands are both very mountainous nations and are thus far above sea level. I'm pretty sure you mixed them up with Nauru and the Marshall Islands. Same energy as Austria and Australia, but it happens lol And there is definitely nobody advocating for a peaceful union of Taiwan with China. The pro-China Kuomintang party's popularity has declined, the CCP doesn't have a presence on the island, the ruling DPP advocates for Taiwan independence, and their constitution claims the Mainland as theirs...if you want to reunify peacefully, this isn't the way to do it
We faced a sort of separatist movement here in south Brazil some time ago. Some people from the 3 southernmost states have created a trend that says "The south is my country", wishing to to gain independency, but nowadays that movement kinda died out.
It's all US propaganda, false information, hyping up the Taiwan issue without talking about historical reasons. War is now a war of information, electronics, drones. And there is no need for China to attack Taiwan militarily. Just beat the US and Taiwan will naturally return to China.
The Andalusian independence movement is barely a thing anymore. In the 80s it was a bit relevant, with around 10% you could say. The main problem is that those parties tend to form part of bigger alliances, like United Left, and nowadays United We Can (which Unied Left is part of), so they also used to have voters who weren't Andalusian independentists. Not the same thing can be said about the Basques or the Catalionians. The Basque President has been from the Nationalist Basque Party since 1979 (with the exception of 2009-2012), and in the last elections in 2020, between they and Bildu (a Left Wing independentist party) they got 67% of the votes, literally two thirds. The Catalionians are around the same, with the Catalonian President being from an independentist party since 1977 (except for 2003-2010), and in the last elections in 2021, 51% of the votes were for one of the four parties for independence.
Yo vivo en Andalucía y movimientos favorables a la independencia total no tienen mucho peso pero sí que existen movimientos favorables a la soberanía federalizacion y expansion de la autonomía como tal. Igual que en Canarias. Viva Andalucía libre por los pueblos y la humanidad
It's going to be hilarious if the uk falls apart and all that's left of it is England or England+Wales. Colonize the entire world and end up left with a quarter of your already tiny land mass
@@themeltedchocolate not #10 but very close to somewhere around ~#15. From 50 european countries. It is objectively cant be called small comparing to other Europe, not even medium, it's big.
@Dord Dord No they only claim Inner mongolia ,they are different things although more mongolians live in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia than the actual country called Mongolia.
Taiwan is just a tool for anglo to mess up with China, it is definitely impossible to solve it by peace. It is just another Ukraine, fight til the last ukrainian for the profits of the US.
@@soniZX01 China can not do it in hours, the terrain and the minuscule amount of available landing places prevent an invasion to happen in only a few hours
@@coldpizzaslut The region is too small, sparsely populated, and too weak economically to muster enough leverage to put sufficient pressure on the central government. The most prominent political leaders in the region have been using separatist and pro-Russian slogans, both to mobilise their electorate and as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Chisinau. Plus the Romanian/Moldovan language is on the increase in the autonomous region so overtime attitudes may change among the Gagauzian population.
@@coldpizzaslut also don't forget that Moldova has Transnistria and lots of russians living in Moldovia in general so almost impossible to unite with Romania that easy
One fact you forgot to mention about the first example - China really is considering Taiwan as the part of the state, but Taiwan is also considering China as the part of one country lead by them, currently "occupied" by communists (and also they take Mongolia as not independent but part of that country)....
I hope that, if China invades Taiwan, they go into a civil war (Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Tibet...) and perhaps get invaded by NATO (maybe with Japan and/or South Korea or maybe other countries like Viêt Nam) troops to bring back ROC on their rightful Chinese soil
I heard it's unlikely becuse Puerto Rico is a mojaroity democrat terratory so for it to become a state you would need another new Republican state to even it out.
@@mduis9532 I mean we had the stars on the flag change multiple times in the past so it wouldn't really be a problem with the flags symbolism since its got large precedent of doing so, such as the 48 and 49 star flag.
51 states just doesn't roll of the tongue or work in song as well as 50 states. We'll probably never add any new states at this point or amendements in the constitution. The process is too slow, there's too much gridlock and a lack of political will.
Northern Ireland, like you say, is going through a hell of a time. I just wish that, whatever happens to it, it happens peacefully, but I'm not optimistic. (And the problem with people like me, however well-meaningly, saying "I don't care about the border question as much as I care about peace" is that it incentivises sectarians on both sides to threaten violence to get what they want on the border question...)
@@TheEternalProduction To be honest its nearly impossible to explain it to someone with no knowledge of irelands history in one comment. However to put it simply Northern Ireland is a state specifically created to prevent an irish nationalist party from becoming the largest party which happened in the recent election and secondly as the Republic of ireland is in the EU and the UK has left the Northern Irish border is also the border between the UK and the EU and that has caused its own problems as to where to put the customs border.
Before making any comment on Iran,please be patience and let me explain Iran for you; The first thing that you get wrong is that being an Iranian means that you are ethnically Persian (although we technically don’t have Persian as a single ethnic group) I’m ethnically Lur,but I’m Iranian,that’s same for a Kurd,Balooch,Arab,Mazani,Gilak,Azeri,Turkmen or Talysh, You see,the point is unlike some counties, Iranian nationality is not linked to a specific ethnic group, All these ethnicities in Iran have lived together for at least 11 centuries, and Iran has been like this since the first time it unified under the Median Shahdom (2700 years ago) Unlike what many think, we have always called our country Iran and identified selves as “Iranian”, take the book Shahnameh written by the great poet Ferdowsi,or any poem from any poet from anywhere of Iran,even places that are not today part of Iran,even though they’re from thousand(s) year(s) ago,when nation-states didn’t exist,you realise us Iranians living in this geographical location called Iran(used to be bigger),despite our different ethnicities identified ourselves as “Iranians” and that’s really unique if you take a look at the majority of other countries existing in the world. Currently there is a anti-government protest going on in Iran,after the two nationwide anti-government protests we had in 2018 and 2017,this is the third largest by far,until now there has been ongoing protests for days in; all ethnically Lur provinces,both ethnically Arab and Lur parts of Khuzetan province, city of Neishapour in Khorasan,ethnically Azeri city of Ardabil, ethnically Kurdish city of Kermanshah and parts of metropolitan Tehran.In all those cities and provinces you hear the slogans “we will die we,will die,but we will take back our Iran” and “(people) Don’t be afraid we are all together,(government) be afraid be afraid we are all together” These slogans were heard all across 29 provinces of Iran in November of 2018,and Iran has only 31 provinces… Doesn’t that illustrate anything to you?..
@@christophermbolinanipower1667 It isn't the point. It's about most people see state in nationalist way and they think one nation should be united in one state and separated fron other nations. But that's just XIX century shit made up in Europe. In Iran they live like they have always been living, in mulitcultural state, without need to destroy minorities like France did. Thus, claims of Azerbijan or other separatists are not worth a shit.
If Flanders and Wallonia get absorbed, I'd expect Brussels to turn into a city state. I can see Brussels becoming part of Flanders, I don't see it becoming part of the Netherlands. Might just be me tho
I think this is the best way to split it up, cause it would be weird for the Netherlands to have a city who mainly speaks French if Flanders decides to join the Netherlands, and it would also be weird if Brussels became part of Wallonia or even France, I know there are countries which have cities like that. But I would love this outcome if it were to happen
@@AnAlbanianDude lol flander will never agree to lose part of its territory to split up. I consider bruxelles to be a hard lock, it is so different to the rest of belgium, especially flanders, yet is surrounded by it. Like if flanders want to split up, they would have to give up the area between walonia and bruxelles and now they don't want to. And bruxelles will never agree to stay with flanders, we are a 90% french speaking city with a completely different identity, it just would never make sens as a capital. I think belgium will just remain as it is and flanders will eventually learn to stop being xenophobic thoward walonia and french speakers in general. Like the way some of them treat us is just really rude, I can understand they don't want to be part of the same country but that shouldn't be a reason to be disrespectful.
6:20: No, Vanuatu and the Solomon islands will certainly NOT disappear due to rising water levels, both are highly mountainous. Neither is marked on the adjoining map.
There has been talk over the years of Western Australia seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia, most recently during the pandemic with W.A instituting the hard border closures with the rest of Australia. It would be financially viable given the mining revenue generated in that state and a poll in 2020 gained 28% support to secede. It is interesting to note that a referendum to secede in 1933 was successful but never implemented. As an Australian I wouldn’t like to see it happen but if the people of WA choose to do it then good luck to them. I think it would be a complete waste of time as the cons far outweigh the pros.
I’m West Australian and I don’t see it happening. Even at the height of the pandemic I’m pretty sure the support for secession was way under 50%, and the pro-secessionist party didn’t get many votes in the election.
There were various times with various names where both Islands, after being invaded tried to create small independent regions/countries, but like you said cons/pros. There's been a few talks over the ditch here in NZ also, about the South Island becoming independent. Mainly because the South Island is highly neglected by the government, most major investment and upgrades go to Auckland and Wellington.
I am a Queenslander but I am Australian me should be proud of who we are and where we are from I hope western Australia does not go and I hope cyclone Ellie does not get it
As a foreigner living in Spain, my subjective impression is that the independence of the Basque seems more justified from a cultural perspective, while Catalonia it seems more economical rather than cultural, there isn't even a big difference between Catalonia and Castilian languages and for the little Spanish history I know, they share quite a lot of common history and culture.
Catalan and Spanish are different languages, Catalan is actually more closely related to French than to Spanish. By that logic, Spain, Italy and Portugal should be one country because their languages are similar.
Basque independence is each year less popular, it has been proven by the Miguel Angel Blanco execution anniversary, where thousands of basques condemned ETA's crimes. And Catalonia is just stolen culture from the old kingdom of Aragon. Catalonia is a shithole, everyday there are news of people stealing, killing and other crimes in Catalonia, more than in any other part of Spain
@@nifelheirn Yeah, and I agree, so please don't make it political when it wasn't. It was just a subjective observation from a foreigner, who speaks spanish and a tiny bit of Valencian.
The part about independence movements in Spain was kind of shallow and misleading, specially when grouping Galicia and Andalucia with the Basque Country. Those 2 regions have a strong identity, but their independence movements are non-existing when compared with Catalonia and the Basque Country.
i live in spain, more specifically in andalusia. and things are not that bad, except in catalonia and as of what i can see in my daily life, galicia and andalusia are very united to the kingdom of spain and not wanting to separate, as far as i know
@Gregory Jones and for how long Boris is a prime minister? Because Lukashenko is a president for 28 years now and the law of Belarus was changed quite few times to allow it.
@Gregory Jones You have no Idea about Belarus, do you? Otherwice you have to be russian troll. All elections since 1994 was frauded, and on earlier stages it didn't really change the outcomes, with elections in 2010-s it's not that clear and Lukashenko lost last elections. Hence the political crisis in which Belarus still is. Also, do you think putting people running for president in prison just before the election is democratic?
Fun fact: The president of Republika Srpska stated that if kosovo gains full independance from serbia, he will annex all of his territory to Serbia, thus taking away a big chunk of Bosnia and giving it to Serbia.
i mean.. Dodik has been talking this talk for years now, and mostly only before elections since he wants his huge paycheck.Plus, that independence and or merging with Serbia wouldnt go withought another war lets be honest
@@dzenanbrkic9606 jeste sve si lepo rekao, ali stvarno je licemerno da guraju otcepljenje kosova a Republika Srpska ne moze. Zato i mrzimo zapad, mi hocemo kosovo u Srbiji a RS u Bih i mirna glava
@@lazarczv7297 po pitanju rs-a imam jasno misljenje jer je BiH uvijek bila multinacionalna i nezadovoljstvo bilo koje nacije nesmije imati utjecaja na granice, kako nismo dozvolili Srbima na istoku da se odcjepljuju nismo ni Hrvatima na jugu a pogotovo ne Bosnjacima iz ‘APZB’ jer nicije zelje nisu bitnije od Bosne. A sto se tice Kosova nije crno-bijelo vec sivo jer 95% stanovnista cine Albanci koji imaju drugi jezik drugu kulturu drugo sve ali opet je na kraju dana teritorija Srbije, nista vise od Sandzaka ili Vojvodine nema pravo pridruzivanja a sve su to samo pokrajine. Ne mogu se ti ljudi izbaciti sa teritorije ali ne moze ni dati teritorija tako da je sah mat na obje strane
@@dzenanbrkic9606 ali koliko sam ja upucen u dejtonskim granicama RS su 95 posto Srbi? Slicna situacija kao albanci. I ja nemam nista protiv albanac ana kosovu, nek zive ljudi, nek koriste svoj jezik i sta hoce ali u granicama Srbije. Tipa Kurdi ima ih 20,30 miliona i oni nemaju drzavu a ovi albanci sa 800k na kosovu(usa procene, nece da odrade popis) mogu. Stvarno je licemerno.
Good job avoiding the hot topic of the moment, I was waiting to see how you would manage it and I was disapointed... but very happy, if all politicians were this diplomatic we would all be at a better place.
It was in building for more than a 20 ears and despite huge economical and political dependency, especially in last 2 years, didn't move much. Deeper integration seems not that certain, because Lukashenko is interested in power and money first of all, and Russia are running low on options to provide both. In fact, the turn to the "west" already started, only this time west is not so inclined to discuss anything really before some resolving of Belarusian internal political crisis, which is not happening for now. In other words - too many variables, hard to predict.
@@begemotowa А каким образом произойдет поворот к западу, если белорусь там по сути считают российской автономией. Белоруссии санкции прилетели чисто за связь с россией. Да и как он произойдет если она состоит в ОДКБ, ЕАЭС, СГ, СНГ. К тому же кто еще будет давать и прощять белоруси кредиты?
Yes, but "His Excellency" of Belarus got mad at Putin for trying to control him and broke a lot of ties! Also, if tikhanovskaya takes over I don't think "A Union State" would happen.
@@Eddi.M. I understand, but at the same time no one lives forever so..? In my personal opinion it doesn’t matter where a person is in the world! The only thing that matters is their intentions. The point is, I don’t care much about politics as long as that Lukashenko brat dies!
I wouldnt underestimate switzerland. Germans speaker dont see the french speaking part as real swiss people meanwhile the french speakers feel discriminated and if you look at what the strongest parties are and how the votings end you can see a clear difference between the german speaking and french speaking part. The german speaking part is also more catholic and more conservative meanwhile the french speaking part is more atheist but also with many protestans and more liberal.
Thank you for your videos! The Andalusian independence movement is almost non existent and the Galician one never went over 25% (and that was a long time ago). The Bask movement is quite strong, although it seams to have calmed down lately.
@@Wyraxx They literally have on the EAF website that it is trying to mimic the Russian federation (I.E. be centralised in one country/area much like Russia)
Actually Polar caps melting is not the main reason why the sea levels are rising. Due to the air temperature increasing every year it will warm up the ocean, water expands when their is more heat and this expansion will lead to ocean levels to inevitably increase.
It’s so annoying when people don’t include countries because they are far away like Australia, Western Australia (An Aussie State) voted 45% to leave Australia.
I don't know/don't think that the Galicia uniting with Portugal is a possibility, but historically, Galicia and Portugal shared costumes and similar languages and traditions. I do think It's unlikely, but a possible referendum is Galicia in the future might decide it.
Hope to see the day you actually draw the red star on the DPRK flag. It is an important part of the flag just as much as the rest of it is And while there was hope for reunification with Moon Jae-in, under their new president Yoon Seok-youl (You drew Moon instead of him at 3:52) who is a conservative, that hope has gone down the drain with his threats against our sovereignty.
A bit late, but one topic you mentioned that I haven't seen talked about is the Sudanese question. No, South Sudan is not gonna reunite with Sudan. The decades of conflict and genocide perpetrated by al-Bashir's regime have caused enough of a rift that South Sudanese do not want to have anything to do with that nation. Especially since the current leader, al-Burhan, is basically just a toned down version of al-Bashir. Another reason is that the vice president, Hemetti, was directly responsible for leading and organizing several rebel groups which operate to this day in South Sudanese territory with support from the Sudanese gov't (note: South Sudan also supports a ton of rebel groups in Sudan, specifically operating in Darfur, Kordofan and the Blue Nile regions). Third reason, and one of the most important ones, is that there's still a ton of unsettled disputes between the two nations. Most notable are the regions of Abyei (South Sudanese territory occupied by Sudan) and Heglig (Sudanese city and oil field occupied by South Sudan), along with some other regions and places. These areas have kinda entered a deadlock, where no one really wants to do anything for fear of another full-scale confrontation like happened in Abyei during the independence period. As you mentioned, there's also the issue of politics and culture. The entire reason for why South Sudan separated to begin with was the ridiculous oppression of the region (which is majority Christian due to not really being controlled by Egypt back when it controlled Sudan) by al-Bashir's regime, which banked on using Islamic extremism to gain popularity with other majority Arab states and also with the majority Arab population located in Sudan. There were two brutal wars fought because of this, and the regions were always distinct even when looking at ethnic composition, which is a major thing in African politics. And as a last reason, I'd add the most classic of problems - greed. South Sudan has A LOT of oil. It's one of the main reasons Sudan never wanted to let go of the region, and fought so hard to keep it (although it failed). South Sudan wants to keep these natural resources for itself, and despite the complete incompetence of the government to actually use the money to better the situation in the country, it is still one of those things they realize they need for their own wealth and future. Sudan has a history of taking that oil and then not giving any money to the region it took it from, which would most definitely happen again were the two nations to be reunited. One only has to go back to 2012 and onwards to see the constant disputes between Sudan and South Sudan due to Sudan stealing South Sudanese oil, which has to flow through Sudanese pipelines to reach the port where it is sold and shipped. So all in all, the two Sudans will not reunite anytime soon, definitely not in our lifetime.
Alright so i say that saying my country (Maldives 🇲🇻) isnt sinking but that has a very less chance of happening right now, might happen in many years from the future.
If Bosnia and Herzegovina fell apart, it wouldn't be due to the people themselves. It's the way the country's leaders divided it. For example: look at Croatia above it. Divided into 21 counties, with each one having a major city as it's "capital", and the capital of the country Zagreb being it's own administrative region. Unlike that, Bosnia was divided into two regions: Republika Srpska, with a Serbian majority, and the federation of B&H. Also Brčko district, which is just there to connect the regions, as Srpska is divided in two pieces, and the federation has a little exclave of itself above Brčko. With the border gore of the regions, it's obvious that the country was divided ethnically. That was because of the Bosnian war, where Muslim Bosnians wanted their own country, recently independent Croatia wanted unification with it. The Serbians in Bosnia wanted to stay with Serbia a.k.a. the federation of Yugoslavia. The division helped to make the militants and rebels happy, and they also have three presidents, one Croatian, one Serbian and one Bosnian. Now it just sparks nationalism. The country needs to refurbish itself and divide itself into cantons or counties, and have an election of one president, where the ethnicity isn't important. The nationality problem here doesn't make sense, and it's been going on since WW1. To put it simply, every Croatian and Bosnian has Serbian blood coursing through their veins. And every Croatian and Serbian has Bosnian blood in them, as well as how Serbians and Bosnians have Croatian ancestors. Everyone has been mixed with everyone, there is no pure blood Serbian, Croatian, nor Bosnian. We have been in the Balkans for over a millenium, and everyone mixed with everyone, but we still Jill each other over the question of ethnicity.
As a Belarusian, I can confirm this. Some of Russian propagandists are already speaking out towards "reunification". Like Tigran Keosayan, who during the protests said that "if people would be protesting with Russian flags, we'd be like to help them". And back in 10's there was a diplomatic conflict between Russia and Belarus because of some Russian parliamentary said that "there is no Belarus, but 6 regions of Russia". Besides of that, dozens of Russian nationalists support the idea of annexing Belarus, as they are considering the whole nations to be made up by the Soviets in order to split Russia. Belarus future is really uncertain because of Lukashenka's pro-Russian views and Russia tending towards territoal expansionism. Let's hope Belarus would survive those crazy times. I'd rather live under somewhat independent Belarus under Lukashenka than in "six regions of Russia".
Your countries are already working towards fully integrating in everything but politicians and currency. You'll be "soft" annexed for sure but unlikely to be officially annexed imo, because Russia doesn't have the means to subsidize you guys more than they already are with all the sanctions placed upon them. Belarus would economically benefit from it but I hope you guys keep your independence.
@@ketzexi6276 The union state presupposes partial independence of states, and supranational bodies have a governing role. There, I think, is something like a parliament with an equal number of members from 2 sides. As for the talk about annexation and the statements of our propagandists, their words should not be taken seriously. Recently, the Communists offered to return the Soviet flag, and, according to prapoganda, we have already defeated everyone. We have shitty propagandists, we need to hire new ones, otherwise they only work for cattle
I am living in Russia and have been to Belarus, to me it's feels like Russia but the people are friendlier, just different currency. But it really feels like a Russian Oblast with драники.
@@Denyo666 Well, rather no. Just a common language doesn't make it a part of Russia. Besides, there are things that are different here and in Russia. Like the people's mentality, views, etc. Not to mention cultural and historical background
As a Spaniard, I'm 85% sure catalonia is never going to become independent. A lot of the people who consider themselves "separatists" just don't know what they are talking about, and a substantial amount of Catalonia's funds come from nation wide taxes. I don't think they would be able to survive long, also counting the fact that joining the EU would probably not be an option, since the EU has an unanimous vote entrance system.
In Spain we have various types of nacionalism: For example Catalonian, Basque, Aragonese or Galician (every one has their own language, and parties qant the independence). Others lie leonese want only to be separeted from Castille and Leon community, being the autonomous community of Leon. And some other like "El Bierzo" search to join Galicia and become a the fifth province, or a the new one in Linea de la Concepcion (Cadiz). It´s a hard situation
Those Chinese people who escaped to Taiwan in 1949 and their descendants actually make up the majority of those who support China's annexation of Taiwan. However, a good portion of them have also grown to identify Taiwan as their home, and value the ideals of freedom, liberty and democracy over their ethnic lineage. The rest of the Taiwanese people, mostly Taigi and Hakka speaking Han Taiwanese who has been on the island prior to the end of WW2, as well as the indigenous Austronesian peoples, mostly prefer Taiwan to remain at least de facto independent if not fully independent.
@@tardicacacamp California and Texas could become independent states as long as they voted in a referendum to do so, and didn't do it for reasons that violate the constitution. In fact there had been such referendums in the past, they just didn't get any significant support.
So are you telling me that they just Need to vote. Like what happen in cataluña, spain? Do u real think that Washington will respect they desition? Taiwán is chinese territory.
@@tardicacacamp Texas was a part of Mexico that wanted to be part of the US, the immigrants (mostly Mexicans) who came to it over the years believed the same, it's just not going to happen
Belarus-russian union state is actually a very old concept it started in early 90s, so its basically as old as the independent country of Belarus itself and the border between belarus and Russia is already much more open than, say, between Russia and Estonia in similar vein unrecognised states of Abkhazia and south osetia may also join Russia soon-ish I've been to Abkhazia and I can tell you that people there not only speak Russian but even use Russian rubles as currency despite formerly being part of Georgia and not being internationally recognised as independent from it
historically belarus has been balancing between the western and Russian influence for its own gain and have been quite successful at that I must say but the recent war between Russia and Ukraine and Belarusian involvement in it (namely letting russian forces through into Ukraine, while not getting its own army involved) may still cost belarus its relations with the west and finally push it towards unification with Russia
Are you American? This video is about a month old. Since hearing today about the abortion law, a friend of mine has already predicted that we will break into two countries and that this will start a new Dark Ages.
Also the increasing polarizing politics in the United States have more than once brought up the possibility of two separate Americas. This is unlikely though since the threat of seceding is still a fringe political talking point and drawing a physical border on political party lines would be geographically impossible.
It's a touchy subject but the more the communist push Real Americans into a corner with their murderous ideology, the closer it edges to Civil War. We won't hand our children over to marxist pedophiles, and we won't be disarmed either. So war it will be, at one point or another.
07:42 Appreciated the mention to the case of Catalonia, since the 80s the Catalan independence movement had been growing steadily and the situation is becoming quite interesting in the moment that this push for independence is claimed by about the 50%, and sometimes raising till 51-52%, and growing. The next years is expected to keep rising to a point that it will become unstoppable. Great video! 👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼 Freedom for Catalonia!! 💛💖💛💖💛💖💛💖💛 👍🏼👍🏼
@@LeslieHarvey607 as I know. Catalonia has its own independent heritage as a country that is still alive 300 years after old Spain invaded them. Since then, for most of the time Spain has been ingoring them except for their own interests, taking money from them and basically invalidating everything about them that isn't useful for them. For this reasons, and for their policies and ideologies not working well together, they want to re-gain their independence and work as one of their own
@@LeslieHarvey607 in my personal case I've always seen a Spanish person different to me and the main Catalan people around me, since very young the first trait was the language, the Spanish people spoke Spanish, the Catalan people, Catalan, the French people, French, and so on, as simple as that back then, when growing up and learning and knowing more things and more people, one discovers the cultural traits/features that define each cultures/peoples/nations (because sometimes, languages are shared by different peoples), and realise that these idea, that consideration is generally shared with the rest, or the main, of citizens of Catalonia, then history and finally, the politics end up confirming all these traits and distinctive features (also taking into account that by a simple fact of neighbourhood/proximity, shared history, politics itself, migrations also exist close, related, shared and even common features). Hope I explained myself well.
@@jordi6795 Your argument is the exact reason why every country in the world want to squish local languages, since it keeps being used by independentists demagogues every country want to have a single unifying language.
@@marina33714 Invasion? It was a common agreement by both monarchs to unite their countries, you are being dishonest to serve your interests. To want independence because Spain is a corrupt clusterfuck is already a valid argument, lying is not going to give you any global leverage.
I don't think the Northern Ireland situation is about more catholics in the north. I think both sides of the border have become more secular so the initial division that existed between the two sides has faded.
there are some people off of their trolley who think northern Ireland shouldn't join either side and rather become its own country but who knows how serious they are
@@SchizoidCajetanian Yeah I'm sure there are still plenty that identify as Northern Irish instead of Irish. I think the latest polls were slightly in favour of the unionists but it's not far off 50/50.
Stuart Gibbons The questions that are asked in the census are about background not whether they are practicising ,its not really about religion one group looks to the rest of ireland and the other to the rest of the UK the fact that religious marker is gone doesn't change the other identity markers.There is of course a third group now that looks to neither,but they do look to europe and the EU though.
Northern Ireland: a large proportion of the population is secular and neutral about joining the republic. Also, Ireland may not really want to absorb NI which is an economic basket case. It would be very expensive for Ireland to take on Northern Ireland. And the youth of both countries are more focused on the day to day living and quality of life issues. Belarus: there was a popular uprising against the fascist Lukashenko, Russia intervened and propped him up. The people by and large do not want to be absorbed by a totalitarian Russia.
What I’m hoping for as someone from Ireland is peaceful unification. I think the UK and Ireland should allow anyone that wants to to travel to to UK for a certain amount of time. They should also both send in their militaries to keep the peace.
yeah I hope its peaceful too but absorbing it could cause our government to actually change and work for the better realising they have a fragile situation because they don't seem to see it right now but at the end of the day northern Ireland is our native land and it would be ridiculous to not want it
I wish we could. As an 18 year old Turkish Cypriot i can say with confidence that literally every one of my friends and everyone i know around my age group want reunification, and we did vote for it before and the results were indeed for reunification, but the Greek side (Republic of Cyprus) voted overwhelmingly in the favour of not uniting. I cant blame them since they gain nothing from it. I hope a federation could happen in the near future though...
@@Phos7x This will always be a problem as long as Turkey dictates the will of Turkish Cypriots and trys to turn the entire island into a Turkish colony. In reality Turkish and Greek Cypriots have closer DNA to each other than to their respective countries. Not forgetting the other historic ethnic groups (Armenians and Maronites) they all need to unite as one Cyprus. But like I said the facist and aggressive Turkish state is the biggest obstacle here....
@@Phos7x Well, they would gain to finally reunite the island and restore Cyprus as a whole. It would be a massive step towards peace and normalisation.
@@Phos7x as a greek cypriot, i have to say that the reason for rejecting the 2004 anan plan for reunification was because it had unfair terms for our side, which is the majority. Nevertheless, if a fair solution for both parties is agreed upon, i want to let you know that you are more than welcome, since we basically are the same people (other than stupid religion and language). Our history is the same, our traditions are the same, so i just hope we could live together as one. P.S. our goverment seems to avoid many reunification plans just to please russian interests.
I think partitions and annexations in this day and age are highly unlikely and people shouldn't make fanatsies because these things(especially for nuclear countries) would lead to big wars
Assuming there is no federalism implemented ( which is pretty much long overdue) I have talked to my college prof is that the Balkanization of the Philippines could legit happen.
It is more likely that the unification of both Koreas will end up being caused by an economic collapse/civil war where South Korea decides to take the entire total territory of North Korea rather than by diplomatic effects.
@@_________. What basis is there to say that the unification of the Korean peninsula will be diplomatic after North Korea recently threatened a nuclear attack on South Korea? I said that it is somewhat more likely, not because there is currently something to base it on, but because in history it has already happened, North Korea that without Russia or China cannot exist
A referendum is more than likely to happen in South Africa in 5 years times where the "western cape" is seeking independence away from the rest of South Africa. The movement is up to 1 million people at the moment, when it reaches 2.5 million a referendum will take place. Though it will be a tricky situation as it's not a straight-forward, I guess the same as Catalonia and Spain
Bosnia is definitely a country I would pay close attention to in regards to Republika Srspka. It is likely in the next few years they will declare independence or join Serbia.
The Serbs in the east are mostly over it tbh, there are some but the numbers arent high.Only thing thats even making a risk like that is the fact that we have 3 presidents and each one of them before new elections makes statements of breaking off, or making a whole Bosnia with only Bosniaks bla bla bla.. After they get elected again they just quite down and enjoy the 10k paychecks monthly
But it doesn't make any benefit to india Especially when Sri Lanka has alot Chinese loan And India might not be willing to pay it And even if india want Sri Lanka to join China would not let that happen
India itself is in economic problems so I don't know why Sri Lanka would need to join us? Hell i even saw one person say India's situation could be even worse than Sri Lanka in the future so
@@karthikcv8104 I do not know I think it could not think india face worse condition than some people everyone different opionion india going to good or bad way
@@karthikcv8104 I see future looking bright well just russia urkraine was stop again world economy good and world peace but war still continue I do not what happened in future
@@natebox4550 Hawaii never should have been part of the U.S in the first place. America overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii, largely erased Hawaiian culture and continues to occupy the islands today. But the U.S won't let Hawaiian or any other independence happen.
@@leto8017 face it man, the vast majority of people there are American, most don’t identify as Hawaiian, and america improved Hawaii more then the original kingdom could of been able to do, and plus it’s been apart of America for around a hundred years.
@@Finnbobjimbob who said I want It? I stated it a possibility based on historical fact and current. It's no secret that Cornwall is originally a Celtic Nation, and that in current years little though it is the call for cornish independence has increased.... Then again a vast majority of people wouldn't know that unless they were interested in British history last that of who was king and the numerous invasions that happened in old Britain
@@albinh.3149 Ukraine Belorussia Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland and Kazakhstan into Russia Bosnia, FYROM and Croatia into Serbia Albania, Cyprus into Greece Israel into Palestine better world
@@johannkuster79 not recognized by who? The UN is not a single entity and does not reflect on how reality looks like. Kosovo is its own thing. PS.: +51% of UN-Members recognize the Rep. of Kosovo.
As regards the UK, Brexit really had no impact on the balance of support for Scottish independence, except that it gave another grievance for those already in favour of it, while making the practicalities of independence more difficult. The polling is balanced, and sooner or later I suspect there will be another vote, and there is a good chance that a referendum would vote for it. If that happened however the UK would not cease to exist, Scotland would leave, but the remainder (92% of the economy and population) would still be the UK, just as we did when Ireland left. Northern Ireland was impacted by Brexit, but Irish Unity is much less likely than Scottish Independence. Polls vary but most people believe actual support is about 30%. The best evidence for that is that SF are not pushing for a border poll, and neither they nor the Republic's government have a serious blueprint for how the highly complex transfer would work. However unrealistic the Scottish government's plans are, they do at least have them. The recent elections were fought by SF on the economy, not Unity, and they "won" by holding on to the 27 seats they already had, out of 90 in the chamber. Collectively the Nationalist candidates lost 4 seats, while the Unionists (who still have more seats than Nationalists, but are split between 3 parties and some independents) lost 3, with the gainer being the Alliance Party, who are neutral on the issue. The assumption that demographic rises in Catholic relative to Protestant is crucial is a myth. Many Catholics have always opposed Unity for economic and cultural reasons (they feel southerners look down on them), and much of the growth is from immigration from Poland and Iberia. Such people don't really have a stake in Irish nationalism. Add to that the rise of SF in the Republic and the rhetoric in recent years from Irish politicians, ignoring their concerns, is likely to harden the attitude of Unionists to compromise.
The name United Kingdom is a reflection of the joining of the crowns of England and Scotland. If Scotland leaves then it is no longer a united kingdom. So it either changes its name to "Kingdom" or (more likely) "England" which would upset the Welsh and Northern Irish
If Scotland leaves UK, and NI reunites with Eire, then count on Wales leaving as well. And possibly some of the north counties of England. And Cornwall. It's a bunch of dominoes these days. There's even talk that if that breakup starts to happen that all the Celtic areas might leave England and form a Celtic Union of some kind or another.
@@Finnbobjimbob because brexit was a really, really stupid thing that got forced on Scotland and NI even though in the referendum they both voted majority against and it's working out badly for everyone. Also the north counties and Wales, obviously, have long been highly annoyed by the attitude of the UK government towards them. They all recognize they'd be better off leaving the Union and rejoining the EU, and they also recognize they'd be stronger together than in separate pieces.
Catalonia should be able to leave without Spain's permission, Galicia has been wanting more recognition which who know it could lead to independence and the Basque movement keeps going in silence, being loud doesn't work well
@@ibnenkigalileo9256 because Spain has a serious problem with debt and money, so cutting off their main source would make them unable to keep their part in the EU, NATO, etc.
The UK is a dead project being kept on life support by conservatives aged 60+. Northern Ireland will leave 1st as it would suit both the UK and the EU if Northern Ireland reunified with the Republic, and the catholic population is growing faster than the protestant one. This will give Scottish independence a boost and they will vote to leave a few years after. Most Welsh people would not want to be in a union with England but without Scotland, as Wales would be sidelined and forgotten even more than it already is, so eventually Wales would leave too.
You could include the United States on that list but not for the reasons usually discussed. Congress is working on putting together a binding plebiscite on the status of Puerto Rico with three options, guaranteed statehood (no further Congressional approval needed), free association and independence. If the latter is selected then technically the US will split into two countries. What’s interesting about this is that staying a territory won’t be an option so it’s not really sure which of these would win out.
well, it's crazy how the US never had a second civil war. They are, after all, the union of many smaller nations into one, many US states were independent nations before joining. But there has been a civil war, and other disputes, like the secession of West Virginia.
Another likely disappearance could be Moldova uniting/joining Romania. With increased threat from Russia, Moldova may want to unite for protection, economical, historical and cultural reasons.
@@flukz.z no
@@andreaskul1 its the sad truth, even with all the help nato can provide, russia simply has superior manpower
@@avoider707 they dont have that much more
@@avoider707 sending thousands of men to die doesnt win wars anymore. Even if they do win, a peace conference doesnt suddenly make every person agree, and no way would an occupation work
@@flukz.z Russia has made very little gains in 80+ days of war and will only get worse for their troops as more western weapons arrive and they are trained to use them.
I never thought I’d say this but I genuinely think an independent Ireland could be united within my lifetime, which if you’d asked me even a few years ago I would have laughed at the idea.
It’s very sad :(
@@phantomdevil6834 no it isn't. It is amazing.
@@earthball2024 How
@@phantomdevil6834 northern ireland was only meant to be a temporary solution to begin with
@@padraigpearse1551 Ok, so unite Ireland into the Uk, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
If Belgium broke apart, it would be in four parts: Flanders joining the Netherlands, Valonia joining France, the German communities joining Germany and Brussels being a European Capital District under direct control of the EU.
the thing is no Wallonians want to be part of France and it's the same for Flemish and the Netherlands. So if we ever split up it will be just 2 independant nations. Also it's not in the interest of Wallonia to be independant and if Flanders become independant there will be trouble with things such as EU membership so they won't just split up.
@@mariustychon7476 They also won't have indepedence
It looks like you just looked at languages these regions speak and assigned them to neighboring countries. That is not how societies work: pretty much nobody in Wallonia wants to be a part of France and joining the Netherlands is not a prevalent idea amogst flemish separatist either. Plus German community is pretty happy with having their own government I don't see them giving it up in favor of being integrated into Germany (because what for? they only loosing not gaining anythinh with it)
@@giio1322 The German Speaking part would likely join Germany as they couldnt keep on alone
Also prior to WW1 it was German territory
Brussels would just be a city state and member of the EU. The EU has no experience with directly governing land, it wouldnt do it.
As someone from one of this separatist regions of Spain I am feeling quite disturbed by that part of the video.
Despite that, I don’t think that there is a big nationalist movement in Andalusia since I have never met an Andalusian separatist in my hole life.
I am from Malaga, I am honestly against independence from Spain, viva españa 🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸
there's barely any reason for independence that I know. those videos' research is probably as shallow as the video itself.
Si a esto nos vamos, no hay ni un solo país de Europa Occidental que va a quedar vivo en poco tiempo. Y de los Balcanes ni hablar.
working together is always better. we are all human. tribalism is outdated
Seperatist movements are overhyped because of some really loud extremists. I fee like most Andalusians, Galicians, Basques, Catalans etc dont really care that much and are fine with being part of Spain
Belgium is very likely to disappear. The political situation is very tense, and Flanders want independance more and more, deeming that helping Wallonia costs them too much among other arguments. Wallonia couldn't hold on on its own and would have to join France in this case.
Brussels would be a problem though, a french speaking capital in Flanders territory. Both would fight to keep it.
As a belgian being both in flanders and wallonia, I think it's not very likely to happen.
As a Belgian i think u might be wrong, Wallonia and flanders need each other just the language barrier is annoying, belgium is doing fine in its tiny mini country :)
As a dutch person hope it does
@@nova-vv4kv I agree with you,
@@fairify7286 why?
Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands are both very mountainous nations and are thus far above sea level. I'm pretty sure you mixed them up with Nauru and the Marshall Islands. Same energy as Austria and Australia, but it happens lol
And there is definitely nobody advocating for a peaceful union of Taiwan with China. The pro-China Kuomintang party's popularity has declined, the CCP doesn't have a presence on the island, the ruling DPP advocates for Taiwan independence, and their constitution claims the Mainland as theirs...if you want to reunify peacefully, this isn't the way to do it
Exactly. Vanuatu has volcanos and stuff
The liveable area would disappear, I doubt many people can live on the slope of a mountain/volcano
They could merge if mainland china decides not to be a one party state anymore
We faced a sort of separatist movement here in south Brazil some time ago. Some people from the 3 southernmost states have created a trend that says "The south is my country", wishing to to gain independency, but nowadays that movement kinda died out.
Lang Focus Icelandic
I hope the movement returns, alongside with the movement "Rio de Janeiro é o seu país"
@@mininudoalem7950 tbh Brazil would be better off without Rio
It's all US propaganda, false information, hyping up the Taiwan issue without talking about historical reasons. War is now a war of information, electronics, drones. And there is no need for China to attack Taiwan militarily. Just beat the US and Taiwan will naturally return to China.
@@taipeistp5660 Taiwan is rightful Paraguayan land
The Andalusian independence movement is barely a thing anymore. In the 80s it was a bit relevant, with around 10% you could say. The main problem is that those parties tend to form part of bigger alliances, like United Left, and nowadays United We Can (which Unied Left is part of), so they also used to have voters who weren't Andalusian independentists.
Not the same thing can be said about the Basques or the Catalionians. The Basque President has been from the Nationalist Basque Party since 1979 (with the exception of 2009-2012), and in the last elections in 2020, between they and Bildu (a Left Wing independentist party) they got 67% of the votes, literally two thirds.
The Catalionians are around the same, with the Catalonian President being from an independentist party since 1977 (except for 2003-2010), and in the last elections in 2021, 51% of the votes were for one of the four parties for independence.
Yo vivo en Andalucía y movimientos favorables a la independencia total no tienen mucho peso pero sí que existen movimientos favorables a la soberanía federalizacion y expansion de la autonomía como tal. Igual que en Canarias. Viva Andalucía libre por los pueblos y la humanidad
Apart from that the independence movements in Basque Counrey and Cataluña are pretty much dead now tho
@@CondeDeBarca No they are not
@@Albent well maybe not the basque one but Ik about the Catalan one (I am from there) and I know that now it’s pretty much deaf
And Galician too, it's a strong movement with some variations: become independent or become part of Portugal
It's going to be hilarious if the uk falls apart and all that's left of it is England or England+Wales. Colonize the entire world and end up left with a quarter of your already tiny land mass
Shit happens. ;)
And not forget: Little dog of the United States.
Well tbh Britain as an island is decent, comparing to the vast majority of european countries it is quite big
@@lenheim it's not even in the top 10 biggest European countries. And let's be real, every European country is tiny compared to any other continent.
@@themeltedchocolate not #10 but very close to somewhere around ~#15. From 50 european countries. It is objectively cant be called small comparing to other Europe, not even medium, it's big.
@Factual History Of British Raj & BEIC Not really. When a King of Scotland became the King of England too, they basically unified Great Britain
Bougainville (the upcoming new country) is going to be independent not next year but on 2027
However, by that point, it'll be underwater-
Bougainville is not that shallow though
He knows it cuz he made a video about that. It's a mistake.
@Dord Dord No they only claim Inner mongolia ,they are different things although more mongolians live in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia than the actual country called Mongolia.
@easyHistory Oke. But still, sooner or later, if it's going to get independence by the end of the 2020s, it'll be smaller than it was before-
As a Taiwanese person, it will be impossible for the Prc and the roc to unite peacefully without riots, annexation, or coups.
i agree
Taiwan is just a tool for anglo to mess up with China, it is definitely impossible to solve it by peace. It is just another Ukraine, fight til the last ukrainian for the profits of the US.
It's sad that Authoritarian/Totalitarians like jinping can't accept a small nation, while their country's land mass is one of the biggest.
China can do it in some hours, the real problem is the alleged USA interference on it
@@soniZX01 China can not do it in hours, the terrain and the minuscule amount of available landing places prevent an invasion to happen in only a few hours
Unification of Romania and Moldavia leading to the independence of Gagauzia and Transnistria is also a real possibility.
Moldavia will be the next ukraine in a near future.
@@nurval1093 No. Romania and Ukraine will protect Moldova from Russia
@@nurval1093 they will get help from nato and EU?
@@q3eq3eq65 Moldavia is not part of the EU and the OTAN, unless they want to join as ukraine tried to do.
@@nurval1093 i know
Unification of Romania and Moldova is a possibility too 🇷🇴🇲🇩
Yea but Moldova will lose Gagausia. They have stated if Moldova joins the EU or NATO or Romania they will scede.
@@coldpizzaslut The region is too small, sparsely populated, and too weak economically to muster enough leverage to put sufficient pressure on the central government. The most prominent political leaders in the region have been using separatist and pro-Russian slogans, both to mobilise their electorate and as a bargaining chip in negotiations with Chisinau. Plus the Romanian/Moldovan language is on the increase in the autonomous region so overtime attitudes may change among the Gagauzian population.
how many Russians live in Moldovia? i don't think that's easy process
@@coldpizzaslut also don't forget that Moldova has Transnistria and lots of russians living in Moldovia in general so almost impossible to unite with Romania that easy
@@sjov9 but of course, that doesn't even need to be said it's obvious
One fact you forgot to mention about the first example - China really is considering Taiwan as the part of the state, but Taiwan is also considering China as the part of one country lead by them, currently "occupied" by communists (and also they take Mongolia as not independent but part of that country)....
Meanwhile, Bhutan doesn't recognise neither-
@@ukaszwalczak1154 *giga chad moment*
@@ukaszwalczak1154 If Bhutan recognizes neither then it makes me believe that they're the "Legitimate China"
I hope that, if China invades Taiwan, they go into a civil war (Turkestan, Inner Mongolia, Tibet...) and perhaps get invaded by NATO (maybe with Japan and/or South Korea or maybe other countries like Viêt Nam) troops to bring back ROC on their rightful Chinese soil
@Dord Dord Taiwan is just the shortened name of the Republic of China though?
Another possibility of reunification or breaking apart could be Puerto Rico by either becoming independent or joining the US as the 51st state
I heard it's unlikely becuse Puerto Rico is a mojaroity democrat terratory so for it to become a state you would need another new Republican state to even it out.
It would likely be a swing state though
@@skalderman no it’s blue as hell
@@mduis9532 I mean we had the stars on the flag change multiple times in the past so it wouldn't really be a problem with the flags symbolism since its got large precedent of doing so, such as the 48 and 49 star flag.
51 states just doesn't roll of the tongue or work in song as well as 50 states. We'll probably never add any new states at this point or amendements in the constitution. The process is too slow, there's too much gridlock and a lack of political will.
Northern Ireland, like you say, is going through a hell of a time. I just wish that, whatever happens to it, it happens peacefully, but I'm not optimistic.
(And the problem with people like me, however well-meaningly, saying "I don't care about the border question as much as I care about peace" is that it incentivises sectarians on both sides to threaten violence to get what they want on the border question...)
Alex Potts If the GFA is followed there will be no problem and i see no appetite to against that framework
I’m not from Ireland, so I’m not too familiar with the current situation. Is it because of the election?
@@TheEternalProduction To be honest its nearly impossible to explain it to someone with no knowledge of irelands history in one comment. However to put it simply Northern Ireland is a state specifically created to prevent an irish nationalist party from becoming the largest party which happened in the recent election and secondly as the Republic of ireland is in the EU and the UK has left the Northern Irish border is also the border between the UK and the EU and that has caused its own problems as to where to put the customs border.
I suggest reading Peter Rhodan's Arturo Sandus series
You might be interested in it
@@christiandauz3742 thx for the recommend
Before making any comment on Iran,please be patience and let me explain Iran for you;
The first thing that you get wrong is that being an Iranian means that you are ethnically Persian (although we technically don’t have Persian as a single ethnic group)
I’m ethnically Lur,but I’m Iranian,that’s same for a Kurd,Balooch,Arab,Mazani,Gilak,Azeri,Turkmen or Talysh,
You see,the point is unlike some counties, Iranian nationality is not linked to a specific ethnic group,
All these ethnicities in Iran have lived together for at least 11 centuries, and Iran has been like this since the first time it unified under the Median Shahdom (2700 years ago)
Unlike what many think, we have always called our country Iran and identified selves as “Iranian”,
take the book Shahnameh written by the great poet Ferdowsi,or any poem from any poet from anywhere of Iran,even places that are not today part of Iran,even though they’re from thousand(s) year(s) ago,when nation-states didn’t exist,you realise us Iranians living in this geographical location called Iran(used to be bigger),despite our different ethnicities identified ourselves as “Iranians” and that’s really unique if you take a look at the majority of other countries existing in the world.
Currently there is a anti-government protest going on in Iran,after the two nationwide anti-government protests we had in 2018 and 2017,this is the third largest by far,until now there has been ongoing protests for days in;
all ethnically Lur provinces,both ethnically Arab and Lur parts of Khuzetan province, city of Neishapour in Khorasan,ethnically Azeri city of Ardabil, ethnically Kurdish city of Kermanshah and parts of metropolitan Tehran.In all those cities and provinces you hear the slogans “we will die we,will die,but we will take back our Iran” and “(people) Don’t be afraid we are all together,(government) be afraid be afraid we are all together”
These slogans were heard all across 29 provinces of Iran in November of 2018,and Iran has only 31 provinces…
Doesn’t that illustrate anything to you?..
Eh no. Iran will still be an islamic Republic
@@christophermbolinanipower1667 It isn't the point. It's about most people see state in nationalist way and they think one nation should be united in one state and separated fron other nations. But that's just XIX century shit made up in Europe. In Iran they live like they have always been living, in mulitcultural state, without need to destroy minorities like France did. Thus, claims of Azerbijan or other separatists are not worth a shit.
If Flanders and Wallonia get absorbed, I'd expect Brussels to turn into a city state. I can see Brussels becoming part of Flanders, I don't see it becoming part of the Netherlands. Might just be me tho
I think this is the best way to split it up, cause it would be weird for the Netherlands to have a city who mainly speaks French if Flanders decides to join the Netherlands, and it would also be weird if Brussels became part of Wallonia or even France, I know there are countries which have cities like that. But I would love this outcome if it were to happen
I say that Flanders and Wallonia will SPLIT brussels in the Senne river.
Onze zuiderburen zijn altijd welkom, ik heb alleen geen zin om belasting te betalen om al jullie wegen te repareren!
@@Itza-Me Maar wij willen niet bij u horen.
@@AnAlbanianDude lol flander will never agree to lose part of its territory to split up. I consider bruxelles to be a hard lock, it is so different to the rest of belgium, especially flanders, yet is surrounded by it. Like if flanders want to split up, they would have to give up the area between walonia and bruxelles and now they don't want to. And bruxelles will never agree to stay with flanders, we are a 90% french speaking city with a completely different identity, it just would never make sens as a capital. I think belgium will just remain as it is and flanders will eventually learn to stop being xenophobic thoward walonia and french speakers in general. Like the way some of them treat us is just really rude, I can understand they don't want to be part of the same country but that shouldn't be a reason to be disrespectful.
6:20: No, Vanuatu and the Solomon islands will certainly NOT disappear due to rising water levels, both are highly mountainous. Neither is marked on the adjoining map.
There has been talk over the years of Western Australia seceding from the Commonwealth of Australia, most recently during the pandemic with W.A instituting the hard border closures with the rest of Australia. It would be financially viable given the mining revenue generated in that state and a poll in 2020 gained 28% support to secede. It is interesting to note that a referendum to secede in 1933 was successful but never implemented. As an Australian I wouldn’t like to see it happen but if the people of WA choose to do it then good luck to them. I think it would be a complete waste of time as the cons far outweigh the pros.
I agree. I’m also an Australian:)
I’m West Australian and I don’t see it happening. Even at the height of the pandemic I’m pretty sure the support for secession was way under 50%, and the pro-secessionist party didn’t get many votes in the election.
There were various times with various names where both Islands, after being invaded tried to create small independent regions/countries, but like you said cons/pros.
There's been a few talks over the ditch here in NZ also, about the South Island becoming independent. Mainly because the South Island is highly neglected by the government, most major investment and upgrades go to Auckland and Wellington.
I am a Queenslander but I am Australian me should be proud of who we are and where we are from I hope western Australia does not go and I hope cyclone Ellie does not get it
As another Australian, I strongly oppose Western Australian separatism.
As a foreigner living in Spain, my subjective impression is that the independence of the Basque seems more justified from a cultural perspective, while Catalonia it seems more economical rather than cultural, there isn't even a big difference between Catalonia and Castilian languages and for the little Spanish history I know, they share quite a lot of common history and culture.
Catalan and Spanish are different languages, Catalan is actually more closely related to French than to Spanish. By that logic, Spain, Italy and Portugal should be one country because their languages are similar.
Basque independence is each year less popular, it has been proven by the Miguel Angel Blanco execution anniversary, where thousands of basques condemned ETA's crimes. And Catalonia is just stolen culture from the old kingdom of Aragon. Catalonia is a shithole, everyday there are news of people stealing, killing and other crimes in Catalonia, more than in any other part of Spain
@@nifelheirn Yeah, and I agree, so please don't make it political when it wasn't. It was just a subjective observation from a foreigner, who speaks spanish and a tiny bit of Valencian.
Vanuatu and Solomon Islands are both mountainous island nations, they are not in danger of disappearing even if all glaciers melted.
Yes
The part about independence movements in Spain was kind of shallow and misleading, specially when grouping Galicia and Andalucia with the Basque Country. Those 2 regions have a strong identity, but their independence movements are non-existing when compared with Catalonia and the Basque Country.
i live in spain, more specifically in andalusia. and things are not that bad, except in catalonia
and as of what i can see in my daily life, galicia and andalusia are very united to the kingdom of spain and not wanting to separate, as far as i know
Never heard anything about the East African Federation. That will be interesting if it happens.
The situation in eastern Europe is so fluid right now that if (or when) the Lukashenka dictatorship is over thrown the end result can not be foreseen.
@Gregory Jones and for how long Boris is a prime minister? Because Lukashenko is a president for 28 years now and the law of Belarus was changed quite few times to allow it.
@Gregory Jones You have no Idea about Belarus, do you? Otherwice you have to be russian troll.
All elections since 1994 was frauded, and on earlier stages it didn't really change the outcomes, with elections in 2010-s it's not that clear and Lukashenko lost last elections. Hence the political crisis in which Belarus still is.
Also, do you think putting people running for president in prison just before the election is democratic?
Fun fact: The president of Republika Srpska stated that if kosovo gains full independance from serbia, he will annex all of his territory to Serbia, thus taking away a big chunk of Bosnia and giving it to Serbia.
Source? 🇧🇦❤️
i mean.. Dodik has been talking this talk for years now, and mostly only before elections since he wants his huge paycheck.Plus, that independence and or merging with Serbia wouldnt go withought another war lets be honest
@@dzenanbrkic9606 jeste sve si lepo rekao, ali stvarno je licemerno da guraju otcepljenje kosova a Republika Srpska ne moze. Zato i mrzimo zapad, mi hocemo kosovo u Srbiji a RS u Bih i mirna glava
@@lazarczv7297 po pitanju rs-a imam jasno misljenje jer je BiH uvijek bila multinacionalna i nezadovoljstvo bilo koje nacije nesmije imati utjecaja na granice, kako nismo dozvolili Srbima na istoku da se odcjepljuju nismo ni Hrvatima na jugu a pogotovo ne Bosnjacima iz ‘APZB’ jer nicije zelje nisu bitnije od Bosne. A sto se tice Kosova nije crno-bijelo vec sivo jer 95% stanovnista cine Albanci koji imaju drugi jezik drugu kulturu drugo sve ali opet je na kraju dana teritorija Srbije, nista vise od Sandzaka ili Vojvodine nema pravo pridruzivanja a sve su to samo pokrajine. Ne mogu se ti ljudi izbaciti sa teritorije ali ne moze ni dati teritorija tako da je sah mat na obje strane
@@dzenanbrkic9606 ali koliko sam ja upucen u dejtonskim granicama RS su 95 posto Srbi? Slicna situacija kao albanci. I ja nemam nista protiv albanac ana kosovu, nek zive ljudi, nek koriste svoj jezik i sta hoce ali u granicama Srbije. Tipa Kurdi ima ih 20,30 miliona i oni nemaju drzavu a ovi albanci sa 800k na kosovu(usa procene, nece da odrade popis) mogu. Stvarno je licemerno.
Good job avoiding the hot topic of the moment, I was waiting to see how you would manage it and I was disapointed... but very happy, if all politicians were this diplomatic we would all be at a better place.
4:26: “D.R. Congo”
My brain for no reason: D O C T O R C O N G O
Well, Belarus being just a region of Russia sounds doubtful, but Belarus and Russia are officially building the Union State, integrating deeper
It was in building for more than a 20 ears and despite huge economical and political dependency, especially in last 2 years, didn't move much. Deeper integration seems not that certain, because Lukashenko is interested in power and money first of all, and Russia are running low on options to provide both. In fact, the turn to the "west" already started, only this time west is not so inclined to discuss anything really before some resolving of Belarusian internal political crisis, which is not happening for now.
In other words - too many variables, hard to predict.
@@begemotowa А каким образом произойдет поворот к западу, если белорусь там по сути считают российской автономией. Белоруссии санкции прилетели чисто за связь с россией. Да и как он произойдет если она состоит в ОДКБ, ЕАЭС, СГ, СНГ. К тому же кто еще будет давать и прощять белоруси кредиты?
Yes, but "His Excellency" of Belarus got mad at Putin for trying to control him and broke a lot of ties! Also, if tikhanovskaya takes over I don't think "A Union State" would happen.
@@Eddi.M. oh, the government forced to slit her throat if she didn’t leave the country! What choice does she have?
@@Eddi.M. I understand, but at the same time no one lives forever so..? In my personal opinion it doesn’t matter where a person is in the world! The only thing that matters is their intentions. The point is, I don’t care much about politics as long as that Lukashenko brat dies!
I wouldnt underestimate switzerland. Germans speaker dont see the french speaking part as real swiss people meanwhile the french speakers feel discriminated and if you look at what the strongest parties are and how the votings end you can see a clear difference between the german speaking and french speaking part. The german speaking part is also more catholic and more conservative meanwhile the french speaking part is more atheist but also with many protestans and more liberal.
What about the Italian speaking part
@@levschannel591 was gonna ask lol
Catholic Germans and Protestant French? not inverting?
Lol, you have never been to Switzerland.
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Although your accent isn’t perfect, you don’t sound like you’re struggling to speak French, good job and great video btw
Thank you for your videos!
The Andalusian independence movement is almost non existent and the Galician one never went over 25% (and that was a long time ago). The Bask movement is quite strong, although it seams to have calmed down lately.
Yep. The Basque independentists are slowly dying
The East African Federation will be more like an EU institution. Not losing of countries.
It's closer to the Russian federation
@@imgreen2563 russian federation is in fact the unitary state, their "federal" units have no political weight, all decisions made in Kremlin
@@Wyraxx They literally have on the EAF website that it is trying to mimic the Russian federation (I.E. be centralised in one country/area much like Russia)
@@Wyraxx Which isn't surprising since Africans tend to believe that Russians are better than westerners due to history.
Actually Polar caps melting is not the main reason why the sea levels are rising. Due to the air temperature increasing every year it will warm up the ocean, water expands when their is more heat and this expansion will lead to ocean levels to inevitably increase.
It’s so annoying when people don’t include countries because they are far away like Australia, Western Australia (An Aussie State) voted 45% to leave Australia.
Doulingo won’t be very happy with this
I don't know/don't think that the Galicia uniting with Portugal is a possibility, but historically, Galicia and Portugal shared costumes and similar languages and traditions. I do think It's unlikely, but a possible referendum is Galicia in the future might decide it.
Mb they just make an alliance
Joining Portugal might be a better option then independence, and we all know Spain isn't lasting for to long, Indian nukes is out for them...
Hope to see the day you actually draw the red star on the DPRK flag. It is an important part of the flag just as much as the rest of it is
And while there was hope for reunification with Moon Jae-in, under their new president Yoon Seok-youl (You drew Moon instead of him at 3:52) who is a conservative, that hope has gone down the drain with his threats against our sovereignty.
1:40 as a French, your accent is really funny to hear haha
People are being so ambitious in comments
Calm down no one is gonna unite and disintegrate except some genuine cases
6:18
Me who lives in Maldives: oh, hm, interesting, WAIT A MINU-
A bit late, but one topic you mentioned that I haven't seen talked about is the Sudanese question.
No, South Sudan is not gonna reunite with Sudan. The decades of conflict and genocide perpetrated by al-Bashir's regime have caused enough of a rift that South Sudanese do not want to have anything to do with that nation. Especially since the current leader, al-Burhan, is basically just a toned down version of al-Bashir.
Another reason is that the vice president, Hemetti, was directly responsible for leading and organizing several rebel groups which operate to this day in South Sudanese territory with support from the Sudanese gov't (note: South Sudan also supports a ton of rebel groups in Sudan, specifically operating in Darfur, Kordofan and the Blue Nile regions).
Third reason, and one of the most important ones, is that there's still a ton of unsettled disputes between the two nations. Most notable are the regions of Abyei (South Sudanese territory occupied by Sudan) and Heglig (Sudanese city and oil field occupied by South Sudan), along with some other regions and places. These areas have kinda entered a deadlock, where no one really wants to do anything for fear of another full-scale confrontation like happened in Abyei during the independence period.
As you mentioned, there's also the issue of politics and culture. The entire reason for why South Sudan separated to begin with was the ridiculous oppression of the region (which is majority Christian due to not really being controlled by Egypt back when it controlled Sudan) by al-Bashir's regime, which banked on using Islamic extremism to gain popularity with other majority Arab states and also with the majority Arab population located in Sudan. There were two brutal wars fought because of this, and the regions were always distinct even when looking at ethnic composition, which is a major thing in African politics.
And as a last reason, I'd add the most classic of problems - greed. South Sudan has A LOT of oil. It's one of the main reasons Sudan never wanted to let go of the region, and fought so hard to keep it (although it failed). South Sudan wants to keep these natural resources for itself, and despite the complete incompetence of the government to actually use the money to better the situation in the country, it is still one of those things they realize they need for their own wealth and future. Sudan has a history of taking that oil and then not giving any money to the region it took it from, which would most definitely happen again were the two nations to be reunited. One only has to go back to 2012 and onwards to see the constant disputes between Sudan and South Sudan due to Sudan stealing South Sudanese oil, which has to flow through Sudanese pipelines to reach the port where it is sold and shipped.
So all in all, the two Sudans will not reunite anytime soon, definitely not in our lifetime.
the Flanders Wallonia problem is more a joke and an idea then a practical plan haha greetings from Belgium
Alright so i say that saying my country (Maldives 🇲🇻) isnt sinking but that has a very less chance of happening right now, might happen in many years from the future.
im kinda disappointed that new jersey isnt on this list. we could really do with its sudden disappearance
I forgot it was still there🤷🏻♂️
i guess i'll die 😄
looks like im dying
@@thefloatingg same :)
Not a country but I mean…
Indonesia has a little potential to breaking apart since separatism of West Papua still be a threat for Indonesia integracy
Given the ethnic differences and the strife between the people and national government, it seems like a good thing for those who are West Papuan
5:58 link of the map please
What about Bangladesh?( Flooding issues)
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I'm not sure the WHOLE country would disappear
Or just Myanmar could invade it, and no one in the region would bother.
@@Bluei720 Myanmar has less than half the population, it might not be that easy, even if ir shrinks
@@Bluei720 Is Myanmar not in a civil war at the moment? I don't think they can attack anything.
If Bosnia and Herzegovina fell apart, it wouldn't be due to the people themselves. It's the way the country's leaders divided it. For example: look at Croatia above it. Divided into 21 counties, with each one having a major city as it's "capital", and the capital of the country Zagreb being it's own administrative region. Unlike that, Bosnia was divided into two regions: Republika Srpska, with a Serbian majority, and the federation of B&H. Also Brčko district, which is just there to connect the regions, as Srpska is divided in two pieces, and the federation has a little exclave of itself above Brčko. With the border gore of the regions, it's obvious that the country was divided ethnically. That was because of the Bosnian war, where Muslim Bosnians wanted their own country, recently independent Croatia wanted unification with it. The Serbians in Bosnia wanted to stay with Serbia a.k.a. the federation of Yugoslavia. The division helped to make the militants and rebels happy, and they also have three presidents, one Croatian, one Serbian and one Bosnian. Now it just sparks nationalism. The country needs to refurbish itself and divide itself into cantons or counties, and have an election of one president, where the ethnicity isn't important.
The nationality problem here doesn't make sense, and it's been going on since WW1. To put it simply, every Croatian and Bosnian has Serbian blood coursing through their veins. And every Croatian and Serbian has Bosnian blood in them, as well as how Serbians and Bosnians have Croatian ancestors. Everyone has been mixed with everyone, there is no pure blood Serbian, Croatian, nor Bosnian. We have been in the Balkans for over a millenium, and everyone mixed with everyone, but we still Jill each other over the question of ethnicity.
Oooooh goooooood not again- NOT FUCKING AGAIN. All we need now is a Serbia vs Kosovo and Balkan is screwed... Again
Modern Yugoslavia could be a big economic power if they reunited. Too bad wars make people hate each other.
@@alx9889 Yeah. The worst thing in the war is that everyone killed everyone, just that Serbia did it the most
Je me suis abonné depuis longtemps, continue comme ça, you make greatful videos
As a Belarusian, I can confirm this. Some of Russian propagandists are already speaking out towards "reunification". Like Tigran Keosayan, who during the protests said that "if people would be protesting with Russian flags, we'd be like to help them". And back in 10's there was a diplomatic conflict between Russia and Belarus because of some Russian parliamentary said that "there is no Belarus, but 6 regions of Russia". Besides of that, dozens of Russian nationalists support the idea of annexing Belarus, as they are considering the whole nations to be made up by the Soviets in order to split Russia.
Belarus future is really uncertain because of Lukashenka's pro-Russian views and Russia tending towards territoal expansionism. Let's hope Belarus would survive those crazy times. I'd rather live under somewhat independent Belarus under Lukashenka than in "six regions of Russia".
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Your countries are already working towards fully integrating in everything but politicians and currency. You'll be "soft" annexed for sure but unlikely to be officially annexed imo, because Russia doesn't have the means to subsidize you guys more than they already are with all the sanctions placed upon them. Belarus would economically benefit from it but I hope you guys keep your independence.
@@ketzexi6276 The union state presupposes partial independence of states, and supranational bodies have a governing role. There, I think, is something like a parliament with an equal number of members from 2 sides. As for the talk about annexation and the statements of our propagandists, their words should not be taken seriously. Recently, the Communists offered to return the Soviet flag, and, according to prapoganda, we have already defeated everyone. We have shitty propagandists, we need to hire new ones, otherwise they only work for cattle
I am living in Russia and have been to Belarus, to me it's feels like Russia but the people are friendlier, just different currency. But it really feels like a Russian Oblast with драники.
@@Denyo666 Well, rather no. Just a common language doesn't make it a part of Russia.
Besides, there are things that are different here and in Russia. Like the people's mentality, views, etc. Not to mention cultural and historical background
As a Spaniard, I'm 85% sure catalonia is never going to become independent. A lot of the people who consider themselves "separatists" just don't know what they are talking about, and a substantial amount of Catalonia's funds come from nation wide taxes. I don't think they would be able to survive long, also counting the fact that joining the EU would probably not be an option, since the EU has an unanimous vote entrance system.
In Spain we have various types of nacionalism: For example Catalonian, Basque, Aragonese or Galician (every one has their own language, and parties qant the independence). Others lie leonese want only to be separeted from Castille and Leon community, being the autonomous community of Leon. And some other like "El Bierzo" search to join Galicia and become a the fifth province, or a the new one in Linea de la Concepcion (Cadiz). It´s a hard situation
Those Chinese people who escaped to Taiwan in 1949 and their descendants actually make up the majority of those who support China's annexation of Taiwan. However, a good portion of them have also grown to identify Taiwan as their home, and value the ideals of freedom, liberty and democracy over their ethnic lineage. The rest of the Taiwanese people, mostly Taigi and Hakka speaking Han Taiwanese who has been on the island prior to the end of WW2, as well as the indigenous Austronesian peoples, mostly prefer Taiwan to remain at least de facto independent if not fully independent.
If u say that, so why Texas is not a country too? Or California in LA must of peple speak spanish.
@@tardicacacamp California and Texas could become independent states as long as they voted in a referendum to do so, and didn't do it for reasons that violate the constitution. In fact there had been such referendums in the past, they just didn't get any significant support.
So are you telling me that they just Need to vote. Like what happen in cataluña, spain? Do u real think that Washington will respect they desition? Taiwán is chinese territory.
@@paiwanhan what about hawaii or Alaska they are not even close to the states. And what about Guam or Puerto Rico those are colonies.
@@tardicacacamp Texas was a part of Mexico that wanted to be part of the US, the immigrants (mostly Mexicans) who came to it over the years believed the same, it's just not going to happen
Belarus-russian union state is actually a very old concept
it started in early 90s, so its basically as old as the independent country of Belarus itself
and the border between belarus and Russia is already much more open than, say, between Russia and Estonia
in similar vein unrecognised states of Abkhazia and south osetia may also join Russia soon-ish
I've been to Abkhazia and I can tell you that people there not only speak Russian but even use Russian rubles as currency
despite formerly being part of Georgia and not being internationally recognised as independent from it
historically belarus has been balancing between the western and Russian influence for its own gain
and have been quite successful at that I must say
but the recent war between Russia and Ukraine and Belarusian involvement in it (namely letting russian forces through into Ukraine, while not getting its own army involved) may still cost belarus its relations with the west and finally push it towards unification with Russia
belarus russian union is quickly turining into annexation, don't be naive
@@mikhaiIsмы и так одинаковые, не вижу проблемы
The background music is the Radetsky march?
Tu parles très bien français l'ami.
You speak really good french friends. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
When your country isn’t in the list: *visible relief*
Are you American? This video is about a month old. Since hearing today about the abortion law, a friend of mine has already predicted that we will break into two countries and that this will start a new Dark Ages.
@@messinalyle4030 no I’m not American and I hope those anti-abortionists never reach their influence where I live.
Also the increasing polarizing politics in the United States have more than once brought up the possibility of two separate Americas. This is unlikely though since the threat of seceding is still a fringe political talking point and drawing a physical border on political party lines would be geographically impossible.
It's a touchy subject but the more the communist push Real Americans into a corner with their murderous ideology, the closer it edges to Civil War. We won't hand our children over to marxist pedophiles, and we won't be disarmed either. So war it will be, at one point or another.
No. That’s no more than a few theories on the internet. Nothing even close to legitimate
Flemish people, you are welcome to join with us. Love, a northern neighbour =)
The break-up lf belgium it's unlikely
07:42 Appreciated the mention to the case of Catalonia, since the 80s the Catalan independence movement had been growing steadily and the situation is becoming quite interesting in the moment that this push for independence is claimed by about the 50%, and sometimes raising till 51-52%, and growing. The next years is expected to keep rising to a point that it will become unstoppable. Great video! 👏🏼👏🏼👌🏼 Freedom for Catalonia!! 💛💖💛💖💛💖💛💖💛 👍🏼👍🏼
@@LeslieHarvey607 as I know. Catalonia has its own independent heritage as a country that is still alive 300 years after old Spain invaded them. Since then, for most of the time Spain has been ingoring them except for their own interests, taking money from them and basically invalidating everything about them that isn't useful for them. For this reasons, and for their policies and ideologies not working well together, they want to re-gain their independence and work as one of their own
@@marina33714 thank you for this
@@LeslieHarvey607 in my personal case I've always seen a Spanish person different to me and the main Catalan people around me, since very young the first trait was the language, the Spanish people spoke Spanish, the Catalan people, Catalan, the French people, French, and so on, as simple as that back then, when growing up and learning and knowing more things and more people, one discovers the cultural traits/features that define each cultures/peoples/nations (because sometimes, languages are shared by different peoples), and realise that these idea, that consideration is generally shared with the rest, or the main, of citizens of Catalonia, then history and finally, the politics end up confirming all these traits and distinctive features (also taking into account that by a simple fact of neighbourhood/proximity, shared history, politics itself, migrations also exist close, related, shared and even common features). Hope I explained myself well.
@@jordi6795 Your argument is the exact reason why every country in the world want to squish local languages, since it keeps being used by independentists demagogues every country want to have a single unifying language.
@@marina33714 Invasion? It was a common agreement by both monarchs to unite their countries, you are being dishonest to serve your interests. To want independence because Spain is a corrupt clusterfuck is already a valid argument, lying is not going to give you any global leverage.
Can you make a video about state recognition and the derecognition process of states?
Belarus is not moving away from Europe. It would need a catastrophic tectonic event for this to happen.
An invasion by nato armys.
Like participation in war?
@@trappedindreams4272, no, like a giant rupture in the Earthʼs crust.
Bougainville actually already had the referendum, they will become a sovereign nation in 2027
The Island of Hormuz in the Strait of Hormuz literally has an ancient Seaport now under water on its north-east coast. Cities are going to be lost.
I don't think the Northern Ireland situation is about more catholics in the north. I think both sides of the border have become more secular so the initial division that existed between the two sides has faded.
It’s just nationalism now
there are some people off of their trolley who think northern Ireland shouldn't join either side and rather become its own country but who knows how serious they are
@@SchizoidCajetanian Yeah I'm sure there are still plenty that identify as Northern Irish instead of Irish. I think the latest polls were slightly in favour of the unionists but it's not far off 50/50.
Stuart Gibbons The questions that are asked in the census are about background not whether they are practicising ,its not really about religion one group looks to the rest of ireland and the other to the rest of the UK the fact that religious marker is gone doesn't change the other identity markers.There is of course a third group now that looks to neither,but they do look to europe and the EU though.
@@gallowglass2630 Sure but that initial historical division has undoubtedly faded. It seems to be less animosity and now perhaps apathy.
Northern Ireland: a large proportion of the population is secular and neutral about joining the republic. Also, Ireland may not really want to absorb NI which is an economic basket case. It would be very expensive for Ireland to take on Northern Ireland. And the youth of both countries are more focused on the day to day living and quality of life issues.
Belarus: there was a popular uprising against the fascist Lukashenko, Russia intervened and propped him up. The people by and large do not want to be absorbed by a totalitarian Russia.
What I’m hoping for as someone from Ireland is peaceful unification. I think the UK and Ireland should allow anyone that wants to to travel to to UK for a certain amount of time. They should also both send in their militaries to keep the peace.
yeah I hope its peaceful too but absorbing it could cause our government to actually change and work for the better realising they have a fragile situation because they don't seem to see it right now but at the end of the day northern Ireland is our native land and it would be ridiculous to not want it
@@drpepper8855 yes yes peaceful unification, under the union flag
@@LordKlendathu Yeah that wouldn't be very peaceful now would it?
@@drpepper8855 only if they resist
General Knowledge: Maldives will be under water
Me: Huh, Whats the maldives
Me 1 second later: Wait, I LIVE IN THE MALDIVES
Cyprus should unite first, high time to unite
I wish we could. As an 18 year old Turkish Cypriot i can say with confidence that literally every one of my friends and everyone i know around my age group want reunification, and we did vote for it before and the results were indeed for reunification, but the Greek side (Republic of Cyprus) voted overwhelmingly in the favour of not uniting. I cant blame them since they gain nothing from it. I hope a federation could happen in the near future though...
With Turkey of cource
@@Phos7x This will always be a problem as long as Turkey dictates the will of Turkish Cypriots and trys to turn the entire island into a Turkish colony. In reality Turkish and Greek Cypriots have closer DNA to each other than to their respective countries. Not forgetting the other historic ethnic groups (Armenians and Maronites) they all need to unite as one Cyprus. But like I said the facist and aggressive Turkish state is the biggest obstacle here....
@@Phos7x Well, they would gain to finally reunite the island and restore Cyprus as a whole.
It would be a massive step towards peace and normalisation.
@@Phos7x as a greek cypriot, i have to say that the reason for rejecting the 2004 anan plan for reunification was because it had unfair terms for our side, which is the majority. Nevertheless, if a fair solution for both parties is agreed upon, i want to let you know that you are more than welcome, since we basically are the same people (other than stupid religion and language). Our history is the same, our traditions are the same, so i just hope we could live together as one.
P.S. our goverment seems to avoid many reunification plans just to please russian interests.
0:47 spain gonna get the pain
I live in spain without the s
Another possibility of Union/merge may be Northern Cyprus with Cyprus or Cyprus with Greece (since they are the two Hellenic countries of the world).
Well russia refused to annexed Belarus cause they want Belarus to exist as a wall state to divided Russia and the west bloc
Yep, Poland and Lithuania, part of NATO already boarder killengrad, and Belarus would just make the boarder bigger to mainland Russia lol
I don’t recognize the Beijing government’s claim on Taiwan. I recognize the Taipei government’s claim over the whole China
3:40 what is this march called?
French is also my dream language that I wanted to know but I already know some words!
East African Federation is the most interesting one to me
I think partitions and annexations in this day and age are highly unlikely and people shouldn't make fanatsies because these things(especially for nuclear countries) would lead to big wars
Another example of a country that might break into smaller countries is the Philippines. Currently there is a lot of internal chaos in the country.
Nah
For the Philippines internal chaos seems like the status quo (not that they are alone).
Assuming there is no federalism implemented ( which is pretty much long overdue) I have talked to my college prof is that the Balkanization of the Philippines could legit happen.
Nah the only seperatist is Moro muslim in the south
@@elscorpioperfecto3260 federalism will seperate Philippines more no to chacha
It is more likely that the unification of both Koreas will end up being caused by an economic collapse/civil war where South Korea decides to take the entire total territory of North Korea rather than by diplomatic effects.
Based on what
@@_________. What basis is there to say that the unification of the Korean peninsula will be diplomatic after North Korea recently threatened a nuclear attack on South Korea? I said that it is somewhat more likely, not because there is currently something to base it on, but because in history it has already happened, North Korea that without Russia or China cannot exist
@@alexplayer8367 okay i get it, youre stating your opiniok but also wording it as fact got it
A referendum is more than likely to happen in South Africa in 5 years times where the "western cape" is seeking independence away from the rest of South Africa. The movement is up to 1 million people at the moment, when it reaches 2.5 million a referendum will take place. Though it will be a tricky situation as it's not a straight-forward, I guess the same as Catalonia and Spain
Bosnia is definitely a country I would pay close attention to in regards to Republika Srspka. It is likely in the next few years they will declare independence or join Serbia.
"Bosnia" is a fake country anyway.
The Serbs in the east are mostly over it tbh, there are some but the numbers arent high.Only thing thats even making a risk like that is the fact that we have 3 presidents and each one of them before new elections makes statements of breaking off, or making a whole Bosnia with only Bosniaks bla bla bla.. After they get elected again they just quite down and enjoy the 10k paychecks monthly
I think srilanka will be merging with india soon if their situation doesn't improve
But it doesn't make any benefit to india
Especially when Sri Lanka has alot Chinese loan
And India might not be willing to pay it
And even if india want Sri Lanka to join
China would not let that happen
India itself is in economic problems so I don't know why Sri Lanka would need to join us? Hell i even saw one person say India's situation could be even worse than Sri Lanka in the future so
@@karthikcv8104 I do not know I think it could not think india face worse condition than some people everyone different opionion india going to good or bad way
@@runajain5773 i guess. rn the future ain't looking so bright.
@@karthikcv8104 I see future looking bright well just russia urkraine was stop again world economy good and world peace but war still continue I do not what happened in future
please put the volume of your mic higher.
Hawaii should be independent, but I don't see that happening
Why? And even then America would never let them be independent.
@@natebox4550 Hawaii never should have been part of the U.S in the first place. America overthrew the Kingdom of Hawaii, largely erased Hawaiian culture and continues to occupy the islands today. But the U.S won't let Hawaiian or any other independence happen.
@@leto8017 face it man, the vast majority of people there are American, most don’t identify as Hawaiian, and america improved Hawaii more then the original kingdom could of been able to do, and plus it’s been apart of America for around a hundred years.
@@natebox4550 They are only American, because like all of North America, they have been under occupation for hundreds of years.
@@leto8017 that means all of north and South America have fake countries, you realize that right?
那么缅甸呢？缅甸北部和东部有很多独立的小政权，他们拥有自己的政体，军队，货币，通信系统和教育体系。只是还没有宣布独立建国。
water level rising has little to do with ice melting, most of it actually is caused by thermal expansion
For the UK breaking apart, add the likes of Cornwall into that possible independence for cor wall in the future.
Hahahahahahahahahahahhahhahahahahaaa that’s absolutely delusional
@@Finnbobjimbob spoken like a man with a glass half empty. Anything is possible if its wanted bad enough.
@@LordWaffle You’re delusional for wanting it.
@@Finnbobjimbob who said I want It? I stated it a possibility based on historical fact and current. It's no secret that Cornwall is originally a Celtic Nation, and that in current years little though it is the call for cornish independence has increased.... Then again a vast majority of people wouldn't know that unless they were interested in British history last that of who was king and the numerous invasions that happened in old Britain
I think and hope my country Moldova will "disappear" by uniting with our brothers Romania! 🇲🇩❤️🇷🇴 We are one!
Same as Kosovo and Albanian. 🇽🇰❤🇦🇱
@@albinh.3149 Ukraine Belorussia Moldova, Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Finland and Kazakhstan into Russia
Bosnia, FYROM and Croatia into Serbia
Albania, Cyprus into Greece
Israel into Palestine
better world
@@albinh.3149 Kosovo never should have become it's own country.
@@SadSvit-d2x Himarious dream of yours, slav.
@@dvferyance Indeed. It should've been united with Albania instead of giving it independence.
cant wait for the new map updates
I recommend adding kosovo to the list, for it may merge with albania in the future, and or just disolve and serbia reclaims their territory.
but Kosovo is not recognized
@@johannkuster79 not recognized, but still independent, Serbia has no control or jurisdiction over kosovo other than trying to claim it
@@johannkuster79 not recognized by who? The UN is not a single entity and does not reflect on how reality looks like.
Kosovo is its own thing.
PS.: +51% of UN-Members recognize the Rep. of Kosovo.
@@albinh.3149 I can confirm, for i am myself a kosovar.
@@albinh.3149 Not 51%.It has gone under 50% this year.
As regards the UK, Brexit really had no impact on the balance of support for Scottish independence, except that it gave another grievance for those already in favour of it, while making the practicalities of independence more difficult. The polling is balanced, and sooner or later I suspect there will be another vote, and there is a good chance that a referendum would vote for it. If that happened however the UK would not cease to exist, Scotland would leave, but the remainder (92% of the economy and population) would still be the UK, just as we did when Ireland left.
Northern Ireland was impacted by Brexit, but Irish Unity is much less likely than Scottish Independence. Polls vary but most people believe actual support is about 30%. The best evidence for that is that SF are not pushing for a border poll, and neither they nor the Republic's government have a serious blueprint for how the highly complex transfer would work. However unrealistic the Scottish government's plans are, they do at least have them. The recent elections were fought by SF on the economy, not Unity, and they "won" by holding on to the 27 seats they already had, out of 90 in the chamber. Collectively the Nationalist candidates lost 4 seats, while the Unionists (who still have more seats than Nationalists, but are split between 3 parties and some independents) lost 3, with the gainer being the Alliance Party, who are neutral on the issue. The assumption that demographic rises in Catholic relative to Protestant is crucial is a myth. Many Catholics have always opposed Unity for economic and cultural reasons (they feel southerners look down on them), and much of the growth is from immigration from Poland and Iberia. Such people don't really have a stake in Irish nationalism. Add to that the rise of SF in the Republic and the rhetoric in recent years from Irish politicians, ignoring their concerns, is likely to harden the attitude of Unionists to compromise.
The name United Kingdom is a reflection of the joining of the crowns of England and Scotland. If Scotland leaves then it is no longer a united kingdom. So it either changes its name to "Kingdom" or (more likely) "England" which would upset the Welsh and Northern Irish
We had to watch ur video of treasure island in school and I don’t care it’s just nice seeing a RUclipsr that u know about at school
For me it will be Moldova i think it will reunite with Romania in future. North and South Korea too. China and Taiwan if China becomes democratic
transnistre issue orevents moldova rejoining romania
@@mikesands4681 it's likely will be split between Romania and Russia
Moldova will not unite with Romania that easy, is dream of every Romanian but in Moldova there are lots of russians plus Transnistria.
@@sjov9 they aren t a lot and some of then see nothing wrong in union
@@Vlad-yi6oo after last situation with Ukraina i don't think this will go as you want it. I love Romania trust me, but don't underestimate russians
Imagine California & Texas independence.
Texas**
America would never allow it, and too few people support it.
@@natebox4550 I said imagine, not to expect.
@@md.abdullaalwailykhanchowd3974 I know, just saying, also it wouldn’t be good. It would be worse overall for both states.
You should find better, more productive things to imagine.
If Scotland leaves UK, and NI reunites with Eire, then count on Wales leaving as well. And possibly some of the north counties of England. And Cornwall. It's a bunch of dominoes these days. There's even talk that if that breakup starts to happen that all the Celtic areas might leave England and form a Celtic Union of some kind or another.
Why would they?
@@Finnbobjimbob because brexit was a really, really stupid thing that got forced on Scotland and NI even though in the referendum they both voted majority against and it's working out badly for everyone. Also the north counties and Wales, obviously, have long been highly annoyed by the attitude of the UK government towards them. They all recognize they'd be better off leaving the Union and rejoining the EU, and they also recognize they'd be stronger together than in separate pieces.
Spain will never allow Catalonia secede. Galicia has not had any big desire to leave. And the Basque movement has all but disappeared.
Catalonia should be able to leave without Spain's permission, Galicia has been wanting more recognition which who know it could lead to independence and the Basque movement keeps going in silence, being loud doesn't work well
Serbia didn’t allow Kosovo to secede but thanks to NATO it did happen. Why not Catalonia ?
@@ibnenkigalileo9256 because Spain has a serious problem with debt and money, so cutting off their main source would make them unable to keep their part in the EU, NATO, etc.
@@ibnenkigalileo9256 Serbia was not part of Nato and the EU Spain is and wouldn't be happy of thier allies supported secessionist movements.
The UK is a dead project being kept on life support by conservatives aged 60+.
Northern Ireland will leave 1st as it would suit both the UK and the EU if Northern Ireland reunified with the Republic, and the catholic population is growing faster than the protestant one.
This will give Scottish independence a boost and they will vote to leave a few years after.
Most Welsh people would not want to be in a union with England but without Scotland, as Wales would be sidelined and forgotten even more than it already is, so eventually Wales would leave too.
you described me at school
me as a person am like wales
Good vid
You could include the United States on that list but not for the reasons usually discussed. Congress is working on putting together a binding plebiscite on the status of Puerto Rico with three options, guaranteed statehood (no further Congressional approval needed), free association and independence. If the latter is selected then technically the US will split into two countries. What’s interesting about this is that staying a territory won’t be an option so it’s not really sure which of these would win out.
well, it's crazy how the US never had a second civil war.
They are, after all, the union of many smaller nations into one, many US states were independent nations before joining. But there has been a civil war, and other disputes, like the secession of West Virginia.