The mystery of the squarest country

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  • Опубликовано: 11 апр 2021
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Комментарии • 10 тыс.

  • @JayForeman
    @JayForeman  3 года назад +28456

    Re Ukraine: Many people wondering if Map Men are legitimising the Russian annexation of Crimea at 2:39. We are not. We had intended to make Crimea a different colour, as a way of saying 'look, sticky outy bit that's also currently disputed', but we just forgot to do it. We are sorry. This RUclips account is not, actually, a Kremlin propaganda bot.

    • @NoHandleToSpeakOf
      @NoHandleToSpeakOf 3 года назад +1614

      I will not write a comment about that then

    • @videocritic2463
      @videocritic2463 3 года назад +3711

      But that's exactly what a Kremlin propaganda bot would say!

    • @iododendron3416
      @iododendron3416 3 года назад +2656

      You forgot to Putin a different colour for Crimea?

    • @thehammmann
      @thehammmann 3 года назад +83

      You sure?

    • @flarklar2371
      @flarklar2371 3 года назад +107

      It was like have a second on screen.

  • @piekay7285
    @piekay7285 3 года назад +6969

    As a German I can say: we tried becoming a square twice: The Rest of the world didn‘t like it

    • @Zraknul
      @Zraknul 3 года назад +643

      The Brits went with the opposite approach and tried to get all the coastline in the world.

    • @bruhmoment-wq5cy
      @bruhmoment-wq5cy 3 года назад +152

      @@Zraknul we Turks went with opposites of those 2 and just ate anything close to us and created one of the biggest long lasting empires and post ww1 we destroyed the entente bit too easily ngl.

    • @IrKeNoVa
      @IrKeNoVa 3 года назад +181

      You are still on timeout, btw, no more becoming a square for You.

    • @twothreebravo
      @twothreebravo 3 года назад +223

      I don't think you tried becoming "square" more "globe" shaped.

    • @mrjonnylowes
      @mrjonnylowes 3 года назад +12

      Under performers.

  • @eaglefern6852
    @eaglefern6852 3 года назад +30336

    This would've been the perfect video to be sponsored by Squarespace.

    • @boomamathics2666
      @boomamathics2666 3 года назад +777

      The pun would be to strong

    • @yyhewzies1415
      @yyhewzies1415 3 года назад +650

      WHAT A MISSED OPPRETUNITY!

    • @MarmaladePlan3t
      @MarmaladePlan3t 3 года назад +184

      I think they have a long standing agreement with stereo

    • @Willybean08
      @Willybean08 3 года назад +37

      @@boomamathics2666 For mortal minds

    • @Ptaku93
      @Ptaku93 3 года назад +18

      ohhh boiiii

  • @absolutelynot.3739
    @absolutelynot.3739 11 месяцев назад +321

    The "San Marino? San Mari-no", and "the Vatican? The Vatican't" are the best sounds to have ever graced my ears

  • @sebastianortizbioh1516
    @sebastianortizbioh1516 Год назад +402

    It's so fucking incredible to me that you nail the expression for anger in Paraguay, because contrary of what everyone must asume we won't react in spanish in that situation. Let me explain: the expression "nde" it's in guaraní (the native lenguage of the country still speak till this day alongside spanish) and it's so crazy because if you try to translate it it's literally "You", so you have to have so inside knowlege to know that's also used like the expression "hey! 😡" 3:14

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  Год назад +249

      I lived in Villa Hayes for a year. Mba’eichapa!

    • @sebastianortizbioh1516
      @sebastianortizbioh1516 Год назад +57

      @@JayForeman haha hope you had a good experience here! Come back any time!

    • @twojuiceman
      @twojuiceman 6 месяцев назад +18

      ​@@JayForemanlived in Paraguay for a year? I want to hear that story!

    • @AdvikVerma-zg4zz
      @AdvikVerma-zg4zz 20 часов назад

      The pun for it should be "Paraguaint"

  • @shadowslashful
    @shadowslashful 3 года назад +2968

    I literally said "Egypt is kinda square" at the beginning of the video and I think I've peaked in life.

    • @xeviphract5894
      @xeviphract5894 3 года назад +90

      Me: The squarest country? You mean Egypt?
      Also me: What if it's NOT Egypt?!

    • @twothreebravo
      @twothreebravo 3 года назад +7

      Same.

    • @spanner5686
      @spanner5686 3 года назад +19

      I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one, was dreading Egypt popping up before the end

    • @pavese1379
      @pavese1379 3 года назад +6

      Lol, my first thought was actually Ivory Coast

    • @climbingdino9949
      @climbingdino9949 3 года назад +1

      SAME

  • @benhandley5319
    @benhandley5319 7 месяцев назад +177

    Amazing video! My 13yo is totally obsessed by this -- enough so that he's dragged me down the hole. I ended up writing a program to calculate the squareness of countries, and according to my metric Egypt is indeed the winner at 89.5% square, followed by (North) Sudan and Cote D'Ivoire both at just over 83%. Interestingly (to me at least), these seem to be the only countries that score higher than a circle, which scores exactly 2*sqrt(2)-2, or roughly 0.828, on my metric. So rejecting countries for being "too round" may not be valid, at least not if you're interested in finding square-ish countries beyond the top 3.

    • @CitadelofHeightsandDepths
      @CitadelofHeightsandDepths 6 месяцев назад +8

      WOW

    • @notjeff7833
      @notjeff7833 17 дней назад +2

      I'm curious. Which country scored the lowest

    • @polypedates62
      @polypedates62 17 дней назад +1

      @@notjeff7833 I didn't trawl through all the low ranking ones, but it's surely going to be a far-flung archipelago. If you come up with a shortlist I'll be happy to compare them!

    • @samuela-aegisdottir
      @samuela-aegisdottir 12 дней назад +1

      Did you include Kosovo in your calculation too? It seems to be a fairly good square too.

  • @user-rs5ps1rz5c
    @user-rs5ps1rz5c 9 месяцев назад +111

    0:08 Start
    0:47 What About This Little Countries
    0:53 Song Start
    1:21 What About Landlocked Countries
    2:22 Island Countries
    2:34 Countries With sticky outy bit
    3:46 List Of Countries
    4:52 Square Countries
    5:14 The winner
    5:37 The Capital Cities question
    6:38 Stereo app

  • @graf
    @graf 3 года назад +7850

    not going to be long until some cheeky bugger requests this at karaoke

    • @never8931
      @never8931 3 года назад +35

      I hope so

    • @mousedelay
      @mousedelay 3 года назад +5

      hi graf

    • @jakubmajchrzak9595
      @jakubmajchrzak9595 3 года назад +3

      lmao

    • @AmberO_
      @AmberO_ 3 года назад +11

      verified
      lemme get some of that clout

    • @TotoDG
      @TotoDG 3 года назад +23

      When this stupid pandemic is over, Jay needs to bring back his live songs, and this needs to be the first thing he plays.

  • @Sealdrop
    @Sealdrop 3 года назад +2230

    u guys are built different

  • @Hzatif67
    @Hzatif67 4 месяца назад +16

    2:36 Afghanistan
    4:39 Albania
    3:01 Algeria
    3:47 Andorra
    4:58 Angola
    3:47 Antigua and Barbuda
    3:20 Argentina
    4:23 Armenia

    • @Alienguy500
      @Alienguy500 4 месяца назад +9

      You’ve got this buddy. I believe in you

    • @elwisuntemp7199
      @elwisuntemp7199 4 месяца назад +2

      You were mentioned on Jay’s twitter!

    • @Hzatif67
      @Hzatif67 4 месяца назад

      @@Alienguy500 thanks!

    • @elwisuntemp7199
      @elwisuntemp7199 2 месяца назад

      Almost there, good luck!

    • @ryanmo
      @ryanmo Месяц назад +1

      only about 190 to go!

  • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
    @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Год назад +44

    I have just re-watched this video, and I find it quite a catchy tune! To the people of Egypt, congratulations on having the squarest borders! Also, nice "Egguatorial Guinea" at 3:29! I didn't notice it until just now! Thanks for the video!

  • @anishraja9655
    @anishraja9655 3 года назад +4134

    The Japanese sentence reads: "Dear volunteers, can you translate this sentence? Thank you very much! - Map Men"

    • @Hydrophiidae
      @Hydrophiidae 3 года назад +193

      No the sign off is more like "male map"

    • @torpeedobootkamchatka2750
      @torpeedobootkamchatka2750 3 года назад +157

      @@Hydrophiidae now we know the gender of the map men's map

    • @anishraja9655
      @anishraja9655 3 года назад +72

      Oh gosh. The sign off is more like " Map of Men"

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions 3 года назад +15

      @@anishraja9655 Sounds more like an artifact than a RUclips show!

    • @akshat.jaiswal
      @akshat.jaiswal 3 года назад +1

      World need more people like u

  • @deathbower
    @deathbower 3 года назад +7298

    Finally, the British drawing straight lines all over the map pays off!

    • @SacsachCCABP
      @SacsachCCABP 2 года назад +467

      Africa: Lots of geographical features with occasional rivers, ponds and lakes along with countless tribal areas, ethnic groups and races
      Europe: imma pretend I didn’t see that

    • @Xeroph-5
      @Xeroph-5 2 года назад +19

      You're welcome

    • @victorivanov6603
      @victorivanov6603 2 года назад +3

      I am the 669th like

    • @smfe
      @smfe 2 года назад +54

      @@SacsachCCABP You realize they only drew straight lines in Egypt because literally nobody lives in the middle of the Sahara desert, right?

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 2 года назад +96

      @@smfe Egypt isn’t the only country that Europe slapped together. They made so many borders throughout Africa ignoring the geography and cultural borders.

  • @theyofmanynames
    @theyofmanynames Год назад +15

    I never thought I'd listen to a song on how square countries can be. I love it.

  • @Lumpy970253
    @Lumpy970253 9 месяцев назад +21

    I feel a little disappointed because it didn't include my homeland Taiwan, but truly a masterpiece! Well done!

    • @sys839
      @sys839 8 месяцев назад +4

      Same. I was excited when they didn't include Taiwan in the map of China, but then they didn't mention Taiwan at all... Since I live here and am married to a Taiwanese guy, I'm always looking to see Taiwan included 😣

  • @TheAlps36
    @TheAlps36 3 года назад +979

    Let's see Jay do his "one syllable out of sync trick" on this song

    • @a.h.s.3006
      @a.h.s.3006 3 года назад +68

      Can't, the lyrics are already bollocks

    • @yuvalne
      @yuvalne 3 года назад +2

      +

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 3 года назад +25

      "THATS A FUCKING DIFFICULT ONE"

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat 3 года назад +3304

    I would like to congratulate you for making the best video the internet has ever seen.

  • @achaides
    @achaides Год назад +10

    This show is so good 😄 the memorization in this video is incredible

  • @1Dr490n
    @1Dr490n 9 месяцев назад

    I really wasn't expecting a song, but I love it

  • @emlel1948
    @emlel1948 3 года назад +886

    -Sombody asked what country is the squarest
    -What a stupid question
    -Totally pointless
    I see what you did there

    • @ddbrown30
      @ddbrown30 3 года назад +33

      But a square has 4 points...

    • @choco_jack7016
      @choco_jack7016 3 года назад +2

      somebody once asked me what country is the squarest
      I told them what a stupid question
      I was thinking it was pointless with my finger and my thumb in the shape of a hmm on my chin.

    • @latesthope
      @latesthope 3 года назад +3

      I dont get it

    • @patrickduffin7912
      @patrickduffin7912 2 года назад

      @@latesthope A square has 4 points. Him saying that it's a pointless question is funny. Least from what I can make from it

    • @ushiki2212
      @ushiki2212 2 года назад +3

      It would be better if they were discussing the most circle shaped nations.

  • @ExpeditionThemePark
    @ExpeditionThemePark 3 года назад +3988

    The perfect song does exist.

    • @bakkup974
      @bakkup974 3 года назад +37

      qatar looks like a bean

    • @lucie4185
      @lucie4185 3 года назад +2

      I dont know IMO Wacko did it better but then he is out of date now so...

    • @rabinniroula5201
      @rabinniroula5201 3 года назад +4

      Jay: Hold my stolen foods

    • @EnteiFire4
      @EnteiFire4 3 года назад +2

      @@lucie4185 "Germany now on one piece" shows pretty much how old the song is.

    • @JamesMusicCovers
      @JamesMusicCovers 3 года назад +7

      Sam why are you here?

  • @Arthur-yf9yv
    @Arthur-yf9yv 9 месяцев назад +1

    Saved the video and it automatically saved to my last playlist. A crochet tutorial playlist. One called ‘squares’.

  • @Celinito
    @Celinito 4 месяца назад +1

    This is probably my favourite video (and song) ever! 😆🤍

  • @gianb3952
    @gianb3952 3 года назад +2376

    San MariNO and the Vatican't
    Name a more iconic duo

  • @Seniac
    @Seniac 3 года назад +2530

    Chicken with a huge badonkadonk

  • @JackOffiicialChannel
    @JackOffiicialChannel 7 дней назад +2

    The bat has big wings.

  • @Tulpen23
    @Tulpen23 8 месяцев назад +3

    1) That you wrote that song is incredible!
    2) I guessed Egypt before you started, and thought of Libya as a backup 😎

  • @jasonlee6936
    @jasonlee6936 2 года назад +3091

    I love that the Japanese speech bubble was signed “a male map” or perhaps "a map of males" rather than map men

    • @nurizdiharmuhamad9436
      @nurizdiharmuhamad9436 2 года назад +4

      Zoo

    • @phileo_ss
      @phileo_ss 2 года назад +68

      It could also mean 'a man's map' as in a map (maps) owned by a man or a map (maps) for men. Time code: 01:30.

    • @throckmortonvanhouten5430
      @throckmortonvanhouten5430 2 года назад +111

      I was able to translate it roughly as "dear volunteer, can you translate this sentence? Thanks! --a male map"

    • @phileo_ss
      @phileo_ss 2 года назад +41

      @@throckmortonvanhouten5430 That is correct. Although the Japanese was a bit awkward.
      I found that if you translate 'Map Men' or 'Map men' (but not 'map men') to Japanese in Google Translate, it gives the exact phrase in the video.

    • @Fujimokou985
      @Fujimokou985 2 года назад +26

      @@phileo_ss
      Maybe a translation like "地図の男 (roughly 'man of the map')" would be better?

  • @yaseminibrahim6988
    @yaseminibrahim6988 3 года назад +6551

    I am from Egypt and since the beginning I am like, "hey Egypt is a square!"
    I feel like we had just won an award somehow for being a square country although we used to be one nation with Sudan before and then we weren't a square at that time! nevertheless WE WON! WE WON!

    • @alaagamerroblox6206
      @alaagamerroblox6206 3 года назад +89

      WE WON FELLOW EGYPTIAN -(IM EGYPTIAN TOO ( مصر ام الدنيا)

    • @damianbla4469
      @damianbla4469 3 года назад +38

      Yes, you won.
      I am from Poland (look at 01:50) which's shape also resembles a square.

    • @user-et8vm9cc3t
      @user-et8vm9cc3t 3 года назад +13

      Praise Amun!

    • @FarFromHome91
      @FarFromHome91 3 года назад +35

      I was literally thinking what a little moment of national proud...we won being a square xD

    • @destruct0503
      @destruct0503 3 года назад +28

      @@damianbla4469 you need to do more conquering man.

  • @acrux1918
    @acrux1918 Год назад +8

    Yakko's world walked so that the squarest country could run.

  • @Combes_
    @Combes_ Год назад +9

    3:56 that one

  • @hannahme1930
    @hannahme1930 3 года назад +3932

    Petition for these two to have their own horrible histories show but for geography

    • @Jason-Clark235
      @Jason-Clark235 3 года назад +55

      Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes and YES

    • @andrewsheppard1940
      @andrewsheppard1940 3 года назад +83

      Gorgeous Geographies? ;-)

    • @mathieuleader8601
      @mathieuleader8601 3 года назад +68

      Gregarious Globetrotters

    • @bongo50_
      @bongo50_ 3 года назад +41

      There is a book series called Horrible Geography (as well as Horrible Science and Horrible Histories) and, as the TV shows for the other 2 are Horrible Histories and Horrible Science, it would probably called Horrible Geography.

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer 3 года назад +29

      They do. That's what Map Men is, basically.

  • @blurds
    @blurds 3 года назад +1152

    New episode of mapmen, now that's worth cleaning your phone screen for.

    • @Aezeus
      @Aezeus 3 года назад +35

      I even turned the brightness up

    • @kh2b573
      @kh2b573 3 года назад +4

      Yep

    • @blurds
      @blurds 3 года назад +19

      @@Aezeus careful with that battery percentage

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh 3 года назад +4

      It's worth stopping everything else for; these guys are brilliant!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад

      That's worth putting in the good headphones for.

  • @vitalikklishin9435
    @vitalikklishin9435 10 месяцев назад +1

    this was impressive, my applause to you both!)

  • @adinagershon240
    @adinagershon240 4 месяца назад +1

    this is by far the most useful resource and device for geography games I have ever used

  • @federicoandrademarambio2913
    @federicoandrademarambio2913 3 года назад +562

    - Daddy, how did the Bolivian War of Territorial Squarisation began?
    - I believe all began with a catchy song...

    • @mazenayman7512
      @mazenayman7512 3 года назад +13

      This is the best comment in RUclips history

    • @TomJerry12933
      @TomJerry12933 3 года назад +24

      "ok listen you guys, we are explictly NOT actually trying to take away your land from you: all we want from you is to trade bits of land with your neighbors so we can make all the nations square like they should be.
      ....but we don't even understand wh---
      SHUT UP YOU AND JUST DO AS WE SAY ALREADY"

    • @whyyoulidl
      @whyyoulidl 3 года назад

      LMFAO :-)

    • @tz8785
      @tz8785 3 года назад +1

      In the 1930s, Bolivia already tried to conquer the north of Paraguay (Chaco War). They lost.

    • @albertochavez8364
      @albertochavez8364 3 года назад +2

      Bolivian here, I honestly think it's a really bad idea Bolivia pushing for a war since we have only won ONE war since our independence.
      Just search the the map of bolivia in 1936, we used to have sea. 😫

  • @florianhufnagl2980
    @florianhufnagl2980 3 года назад +620

    This series feels like I'm in a cult.

    • @derPetunientopf
      @derPetunientopf 3 года назад +10

      This cult has wizards the downside is that you have to bring your own cookies.

    • @Tommy20136
      @Tommy20136 3 года назад +15

      What do you mean, "like"?

    • @sumojack99
      @sumojack99 3 года назад +1

      Always have been.

    • @kingt0295
      @kingt0295 3 года назад

      Cant wait for Jay to jonestown us :^)

    • @hareecionelson5875
      @hareecionelson5875 3 года назад +1

      Nicest cult ever though. And remember: Hexagons are the bestagons

  • @jab9109
    @jab9109 5 месяцев назад +1

    I know this by heart and it's one of the best videos on youtube.

  • @lillemieux179
    @lillemieux179 Год назад

    Yes, I’ve been trying to find you guys forever!!!

  • @chriswyatt9869
    @chriswyatt9869 3 года назад +269

    For Britain's skill at drawing straight lines through Africa, they managed to make surprisingly few square countries.

    • @bagofcoolness
      @bagofcoolness 3 года назад

      I am very dissapointed in my country

    • @loqi453
      @loqi453 3 года назад +1

      Egypt?

    • @chriswyatt9869
      @chriswyatt9869 3 года назад +1

      @@loqi453 still very few. And it my memory serves i don't think Britain was involved with Egypts borders. My comment was really more about the colonial powers in general (france, belgium etc). I know Libya was colonised by Italy, and they share a border with Egypt so it's probably something to do with them.

    • @loqi453
      @loqi453 3 года назад +1

      @@chriswyatt9869 im pretty sure map men have got another video, where they show what the borders were before and after they were changed by the British to better reflect tribal boundaries, Bir Tawil in particular
      the borders pre tribal influence changes were extremely square

  • @gazoakleychef
    @gazoakleychef 3 года назад +1572

    BEST RUclips CHANNEL EVER MADE

  • @withnail70
    @withnail70 4 месяца назад

    I also love the way the adverts at the end are as entertaining as the documentary ❤

  • @Gian872
    @Gian872 Год назад +2

    I legit thought this was some kind of documentary or something but this is still pretty impressive

  • @ssik9460
    @ssik9460 3 года назад +716

    “Bangladesh looks like a wizard”
    That’s the best compliment we’ve ever gotten on the internet.

  • @kktt725
    @kktt725 3 года назад +539

    Jay’s impression of a call service lady is absolutely gold

    • @IxiaClover
      @IxiaClover 3 года назад +36

      he got all the specifics right, down to the slight uptalk that comes from repeating a phrase over and over

    • @jameslloyd2540
      @jameslloyd2540 3 года назад +8

      I'll just put that through for you.

    • @LisaBeergutHolst
      @LisaBeergutHolst 3 года назад

      So so so so ... lol

  • @SharpAssKnittingNeedles
    @SharpAssKnittingNeedles 9 месяцев назад

    Wow I thought I'd seen all the videos on your channel. This hilarious gem proved me wrong 😂much love from the oblate rectangle-ish that is colorado! ❤

  • @tabletgenesis3439
    @tabletgenesis3439 Год назад +4

    4:43 My country! It's an upside down, rectangular triangle.

  • @lonesongbird6557
    @lonesongbird6557 Год назад +2554

    Our 8yo has this almost completely memorized. (The blobby ones trip him up.). He’s been serenading his globe with it, finding all the countries as he goes. 😂

  • @atotallyextinctdinosaur
    @atotallyextinctdinosaur 3 года назад +991

    I am Egyptian and i just reliazed how hard it was for some people to draw the map of their country in the geography class xD

    • @manetho5134
      @manetho5134 3 года назад +14

      أخوويااااا🇪🇬😍

    • @AurumFaber
      @AurumFaber 3 года назад +9

      @@stella_s yeah...

    • @Yeti-yk8cj
      @Yeti-yk8cj 3 года назад +6

      Well drawing straight lines are hard

    • @Yomesto
      @Yomesto 3 года назад +13

      just imagine lmao uzbecistan and i live in india but it's still hard :(

    • @potatostuff7179
      @potatostuff7179 3 года назад +4

      You think it's hard to draw one country I can draw all 195

  • @ollieho2n
    @ollieho2n 7 месяцев назад +1

    The Map Men musical episode

  • @willwoodward5827
    @willwoodward5827 8 месяцев назад

    i bought a world map shower curtain and this only just occured to me to listen to the this song and the animaniacs song about the countries in the shower. i usually listen to a book. thanks for this. amazing work.

  • @thescooshinator
    @thescooshinator 3 года назад +1124

    My last brain cell during a test: "The UK looks like an old witch sitting sideways on a pig"
    Edit: Sorry, but my comment was a lie. I recently did a test and my last brain cell went "Chile's very very very very very long and thin" instead.

  • @andrejjavorcek7414
    @andrejjavorcek7414 3 года назад +637

    I feel honored that the first country you thought of is Slovakia even though it look like a literal *cheeto*

    • @muffin_the_great
      @muffin_the_great 3 года назад +21

      And they puted Czech swear word in the video. We are honored too

    • @harrisonofcolorado8886
      @harrisonofcolorado8886 3 года назад +2

      @@muffin_the_great Czech swear word?

    • @muffin_the_great
      @muffin_the_great 3 года назад +5

      @@harrisonofcolorado8886 1:52

    • @Alkuf100
      @Alkuf100 3 года назад +1

      @@muffin_the_great but the sentence is in Slovak... hmm

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +10

      Come on, let's be serious. If there's any country that looks like a Cheeto it's obviously Chile.

  • @WhoEvenIsYou
    @WhoEvenIsYou Год назад +2

    I only found this channel today and this thing is hilarious

  • @MesaperProductions
    @MesaperProductions 6 месяцев назад +1

    I love how they're like:
    "That's a stupid, horrible, dumb, bad, horrible, stupid question."
    "We must answer it immediately."
    "Yes, of course."

  • @aliguibril234
    @aliguibril234 3 года назад +261

    The fact that it's Egypt didn't dawn on me except halfway through the video even though I live here.

    • @mazenayman7512
      @mazenayman7512 3 года назад +2

      You and me both brother

    • @StormTrouper3
      @StormTrouper3 3 года назад

      It's the first place I thought of, I sent to long looking at maps of this wonderful place back in the 1990s whilst on holiday there, the Cairo museum is fantastic and the people were very friendly.

    • @MohamedElGoharyy
      @MohamedElGoharyy 3 года назад

      I actually was thinking Egypt before I clicked on the video... I'm Egyptian too

  • @joe4ueg
    @joe4ueg 3 года назад +3655

    I'm from Egypt, and as the video began I thought "Egypt is kinda square-ish..... But I'm sure there are other more square like countries.... I'll just sit here and wait for Egypt to be disqualified"
    Then as the video progressed i was like OOOOOH SHIT, NO, NO, IT CAN'T BE !!
    Then once they said the land of the pharoes I threw my arms up so hard i think i dislocated my shoulder.
    Gods know we needed a win.

    • @JasperCasper24
      @JasperCasper24 2 года назад +97

      I shouldn't have read comments first huh

    • @somerandomname3124
      @somerandomname3124 2 года назад +43

      You did it Egypt you won.
      Enjoy it because this is the last victory you'll get for another century, you long dead empire you.

    • @teiman
      @teiman 2 года назад +74

      @@somerandomname3124 thats a bit mean, no?

    • @Bismuguy
      @Bismuguy 2 года назад +11

      but its true

    • @yuki_eerhs4591
      @yuki_eerhs4591 2 года назад +14

      @@teiman truth hurts 😭

  • @spacefan36
    @spacefan36 Год назад +2

    So I finally found the original?
    I love it.

  • @ThePurplePims
    @ThePurplePims 8 месяцев назад +1

    You guys are the best. Really square yourselves, but the best nonethess(t).

  • @adjoint_functor
    @adjoint_functor 3 года назад +140

    America: Panhandle
    Britain, intellectuals: Sticky outy bit

    • @DaL33T5
      @DaL33T5 3 года назад +11

      The fancy term cartographers use is "salient".

  • @ovenwater4699
    @ovenwater4699 3 года назад +509

    Top 10 rappers Eminem is too afraid to diss

  • @xinzhewu6082
    @xinzhewu6082 7 месяцев назад +1

    Great song!
    In the middle of the song I opened the map of Africa (simply because there're more straight lines than other continents) and caught Egypt at the first sight

  • @withnail70
    @withnail70 4 месяца назад

    Delighted I finally found these guys, and it was late enough for them to have built up an impressive body of work, but I think I'm running out of videos now 😢 😭 .

  • @maniacalkoala
    @maniacalkoala 3 года назад +1358

    “There’s one asking for all the capitals of the world.”
    “Well, that would’ve made a much better song.”
    Yakko Warner: *heavy breathing*

    • @DrZaius3141
      @DrZaius3141 3 года назад +45

      "Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis Indiana and Columbus is the capital of Ohio."
      Oh wait, you mean the other one.

    • @maniacalkoala
      @maniacalkoala 3 года назад +26

      @@DrZaius3141 no, that was Wakko singing state capitals (not country capitals), but Yakko has sung a lot more songs listing things.

    • @RepublicOfChebokstan
      @RepublicOfChebokstan 3 года назад +3

      Bizzare bits

    • @emporioalnino4670
      @emporioalnino4670 3 года назад +2

      That's the joke

    • @NeillyWheelie
      @NeillyWheelie 3 года назад +7

      Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte enters the chat

  • @SquirtyBertie
    @SquirtyBertie 3 года назад +1934

    I was very disappointed after listing through the whole song to find no countries were missing ...
    Afghanistan 02:36
    Albania 04:39
    Algeria 03:00
    Andorra 03:46
    Angola 04:58
    Antigua and Barbuda 03:47
    Argentina 03:20
    Armenia 04:24
    Australia 01:28
    Austria 03:48
    Azerbaijan 04:21
    The Bahamas 02:28
    Bahrain 03:59
    Bangladesh 00:14
    Barbados 03:48
    Belarus 03:49
    Belgium 03:48
    Belize 02:58
    Benin 00:45
    Bhutan 03:49
    Bolivia 03:14
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 04:49
    Botswana 02:49
    Brazil 04:43
    Brunei 00:51
    Bulgaria 04:41
    Burkina Faso 00:39
    Burundi 00:56
    Cabo Verde 02:28
    Cambodia 03:50
    Cameroon 03:27
    Canada 01:45
    Central African Republic 02:47
    Chad 02:50
    Chile 04:04
    China 01:24
    Colombia 03:09
    Comoros 04:34
    Congo, Democratic Republic of the 02:37
    Congo, Republic of the 02:54
    Costa Rica 00:48
    Côte d’Ivoire 05:06
    Croatia 04:12
    Cuba 01:01
    Cyprus 02:40
    Czech Republic 03:51
    Denmark 01:23
    Djibouti 03:51
    Dominica 03:51
    Dominican Republic 03:22
    East Timor (Timor-Leste) 01:36
    Ecuador 03:59
    Egypt 05:28
    El Salvador 04:16
    Equatorial Guinea 05:08
    Eritrea 02:39
    Estonia 03:52
    Eswatini 02:50
    Ethiopia 02:01
    Fiji 02:25
    Finland 01:23
    France 01:14
    Gabon 00:52
    The Gambia 04:09
    Georgia 00:11
    Germany 01:57
    Ghana 00:19
    Greece 02:09
    Grenada 03:52
    Guatemala 01:31
    Guinea 01:38
    Guinea-Bissau 01:09
    Guyana 01:59
    Haiti 04:12
    Honduras 03:01
    Hungary 03:52
    Iceland 03:52
    India 00:58
    Indonesia 02:15
    Iran 01:24
    Iraq 03:06
    Ireland 02:10
    Israel 01:40
    Italy 00:42
    Jamaica 04:27
    Japan 01:29
    Jordan 03:06
    Kazakhstan 01:52
    Kenya 03:01
    Kiribati 02:43
    Korea, North 01:02
    Korea, South 01:02
    Kosovo 02:40
    Kuwait 00:53
    Kyrgyzstan 03:04
    Laos 04:25
    Latvia 03:53
    Lebanon 00:49
    Lesotho 03:24
    Liberia 00:24
    Libya 05:03
    Liechtenstein 03:19
    Lithuania 03:53
    Luxembourg 01:25
    Madagascar 00:54
    Malawi 01:09
    Malaysia 00:25
    Maldives 02:25
    Mali 00:37
    Malta 04:27
    Marshall Islands 02:26
    Mauritania 01:08
    Mauritius 00:51
    Mexico 03:30
    Micronesia, Federated States of 02:25
    Moldova 01:38
    Monaco 04:02
    Mongolia 02:52
    Montenegro 04:52
    Morocco 02:42
    Mozambique 01:04
    Myanmar (Burma) 02:55
    Namibia 02:37
    Nauru 01:11
    Nepal 01:21
    Netherlands 02:31
    New Zealand 02:04
    Nicaragua 03:16
    Niger 04:27
    Nigeria 05:01
    North Macedonia 00:21
    Norway 02:03
    Oman 00:30
    Pakistan 04:19
    Palau 04:18
    Panama 04:10
    Papua New Guinea 00:44
    Paraguay 01:06
    Peru 01:58
    Philippines 02:09
    Poland 01:50
    Portugal 03:32
    Qatar 00:56
    Romania 03:53
    Russia 00:34
    Rwanda 01:38
    Saint Kitts and Nevis 02:26
    Saint Lucia 03:53
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 02:23
    Samoa 03:56
    San Marino 02:46
    Sao Tome and Principe 02:27
    Saudi Arabia 03:32
    Senegal 02:45
    Serbia 03:54
    Seychelles 02:24
    Sierra Leone 01:19
    Singapore 00:51
    Slovakia 00:10
    Slovenia 00:59
    Solomon Islands 02:24
    Somalia 01:13
    South Africa 04:40
    Spain 03:12
    Sri Lanka 03:02
    Sudan 04:57
    Sudan, South 01:21
    Suriname 05:07
    Sweden 02:03
    Switzerland 02:01
    Syria 04:14
    Tajikistan 02:11
    Tanzania 03:54
    Thailand 02:13
    Togo 00:45
    Tonga 02:29
    Trinidad and Tobago 02:22
    Tunisia 04:39
    Turkey 04:43
    Turkmenistan 04:37
    Tuvalu 04:36
    Uganda 04:06
    Ukraine 02:38
    United Arab Emirates 00:30
    United Kingdom 04:31
    United States 01:44
    Uruguay 03:55
    Uzbekistan 01:05
    Vanuatu 02:29
    Vatican City 03:35
    Venezuela 02:38
    Vietnam 04:10
    Yemen 00:32
    Zambia 04:13
    Zimbabwe 03:55

    • @atomicmrpelly
      @atomicmrpelly 3 года назад +65

      We've all got thyme on our hands at the moment.

    • @PeripheryFanboy
      @PeripheryFanboy 3 года назад +145

      Palestine.

    • @lienuslatetips4894
      @lienuslatetips4894 3 года назад +183

      I think they forgot Taiwan.

    • @JamesTheBell1
      @JamesTheBell1 3 года назад +6

      Can you do this for the Every Tube Station song as well please?

    • @wdwfanatic1394
      @wdwfanatic1394 3 года назад +191

      "no countries were missing"
      Palestine and Taiwan: *Are we a joke to you*

  • @Syndr1
    @Syndr1 10 месяцев назад

    Hi Men, that last bit is danceable. 💃 🕺. Thanks

  • @Sahjhan
    @Sahjhan Год назад

    What a wonderful channel this is.

  • @rrrabab
    @rrrabab 3 года назад +491

    I'm Bangladeshi and I confirm my country is a wizard.

  • @antonioscendrategattico2302
    @antonioscendrategattico2302 3 года назад +339

    Jay showing up the Animaniacs by not only making an accurate and exhaustive map of the world in song, but even working in the whole shapes thing.

    • @diggoran
      @diggoran 3 года назад +2

      I like the hint at the end about all the capitols of the world making a much better song :)

  • @sybrpnk
    @sybrpnk Год назад +1

    I didn't know I needed this but thanks

  • @cool_guy87
    @cool_guy87 9 месяцев назад +2

    Great video - Just one (perhaps slightly odd) question:
    What website/application did you use to get the images of the countries coloured in?

  • @xway2
    @xway2 3 года назад +713

    Video: describes what every country looks like
    Sweden: *starts sweating*

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 3 года назад +18

      Sweden looks like Finland 🇫🇮

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 3 года назад +33

      Norway, Sweden and Finland together are the real thing.

    • @tabchanzero8229
      @tabchanzero8229 3 года назад +32

      @@gabor6259 No. Just Sweden and Finland.

    • @purpleapple4052
      @purpleapple4052 3 года назад +3

      DONG

    • @sepep6288
      @sepep6288 3 года назад +6

      @@gabor6259 Just sweden and finland.. though Norway would make it a thick uncercumcised one

  • @lindybeige
    @lindybeige 3 года назад +1228

    Thank you for correctly pronouncing 'scheduling'.

    • @ntlespino
      @ntlespino 3 года назад +64

      Hard k forever

    • @jolonghthong5377
      @jolonghthong5377 3 года назад +2

      @@ntlespino yee

    • @harryfenton9965
      @harryfenton9965 3 года назад +45

      The ultimate crossover doesn't exist. YET.

    • @majorfallacy5926
      @majorfallacy5926 3 года назад +4

      Wait I didn't know there were multiple pronunciations. Can someone enlighten me?

    • @helix2331
      @helix2331 3 года назад +26

      @@majorfallacy5926 some brits say "shed jewel"

  • @cm3156
    @cm3156 Год назад

    i have no words for the beauty of this song. except these ones.

  • @marty6779
    @marty6779 9 месяцев назад +1

    2:00 Switzerland looks happy

  • @LSqre
    @LSqre 3 года назад +549

    I like to think this isn't scripted and they turned on the camera and just started spitting bars.

    • @poodiepie6140
      @poodiepie6140 3 года назад +8

      They would need to know all the exact shapes of every country on earth tho

    • @keruarevalo850
      @keruarevalo850 3 года назад +18

      @@poodiepie6140 That's not hard actually, but what would be really hard is to think about something that look a like or describe the shapes in one verse and making it rime

    • @TheFinnish1
      @TheFinnish1 2 года назад +4

      If this made you feel like that way, then the Map Men™ have succeed in this video!

    • @French-Dutch-English-blooded
      @French-Dutch-English-blooded 2 года назад +1

      Yo yo yo they like spitting bars and sheeit

  • @DanAI17
    @DanAI17 3 года назад +282

    "Oh I'll just watch this new map men before I got to bed, there definitely won't be an incredibly catchy song that I won't be able to stop humming." - me, a fool, 5 minutes ago.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +3

      I read this in the voice of Jay pretending to be a character in the sponsor segment.

    • @DanAI17
      @DanAI17 3 года назад +1

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 oh no, my identity as a Jay-bot has been revealed!

  • @roambunny7330
    @roambunny7330 5 месяцев назад

    I've been trying to learn this for the past couple weeks and i think I've finally mastered it

  • @corry224y
    @corry224y Год назад

    Wow that advert was clever.
    Damn!!!
    I was wondering where this is going and boom.
    Impressive.

  • @daaishifeeling
    @daaishifeeling 3 года назад +350

    map men being translated as "男性の地図” (dansei no chizu) in japanese is so funny to me, it's literally "men's map" or "a man's map". took me a while to realise it was supposed to be map men lol. a more accurate way to say it would be 地図の男性 (chizu no dansei), lit. "map's men"
    the whole thing translates as
    "dear volunteer,
    can you translate this sentence?
    thank you!
    men's map"
    EDIT: i just put into google translate basically what i wrote above except with "thanks a lot" and "map men" and it came out with the exact phrasing in the video which honestly makes the whole thing even funnier

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 3 года назад +45

      Men's map, men's map, men's men's men's map!. map... map...

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 3 года назад +7

      Oh yeah, I remember that the "no" possessive being the other way around from the Indo-European languages I was used to was really confusing to me when I was learning a bit of Japanese! I guess they fell into the same trap.

    • @CrasyWolfang
      @CrasyWolfang 3 года назад +24

      "We are the map, and here are the men!"

    • @trickster1833
      @trickster1833 3 года назад +17

      Came here to post the translation, the "dear" here is dear as in "deep affection", notably not a letter opening(which would be more like "ボランティアへ" (To volunteer,).
      男性の地図(dansei no chizu) could also be translated as "map of men", as in a map showing where men are; 地図の男性 (chizu no dansei) is still more correct with this interpretation, meaning men of map, or men of the map(s)

    • @mebamme
      @mebamme 3 года назад +6

      thanks, I've been looking for this comment! My Japanese skills are just about enough to go "that must be a mistake, right?"
      Taking another look, doesn't できますか mean "can" only in an are-you-able-to way, not in a please-do-this way?

  • @Squiders
    @Squiders 3 года назад +3140

    Rest of the world: "Let's have really intricate borders representing millennia of politics and wars"
    USA: "Haha, state border go ☐"

    • @purpleapple4052
      @purpleapple4052 3 года назад +270

      Gerrymandered districts are worse than the fucking square states

    • @someguy6862
      @someguy6862 3 года назад +54

      Haha
      S Q U A R E

    • @guymor910
      @guymor910 3 года назад +8

      Go square?

    • @ice_sea5527
      @ice_sea5527 3 года назад +134

      USA: "Haha, bulldozer go vrrrr over natives and pen go shhhhhhhhhhh"

    • @lol-xs9wz
      @lol-xs9wz 3 года назад +47

      The entire state of Maryland is a Gerrymander.

  • @sapnapisbestboy
    @sapnapisbestboy 7 месяцев назад +1

    I am honestly not too surprised that Egypt is the most square, as I'm a geography nerd
    Also fun fact: Cleopatra was not Egyptian, she was actually Greek!

  • @kuau_Queen-kiki-4652
    @kuau_Queen-kiki-4652 9 месяцев назад +1

    Im so happy you included north Macedonia, you have no idea how little recognition it has
    Im Macedonian btw

  • @Alkaloid-Odin
    @Alkaloid-Odin 3 года назад +222

    I thought "Egypt" in the beginning and it's the proudest moment of my life.

    • @Worldwidegam3r
      @Worldwidegam3r 3 года назад +1

      Same :,)

    • @nikitaamien404
      @nikitaamien404 3 года назад +8

      That’s amazing. You have won geography

    • @tomlofmark8788
      @tomlofmark8788 3 года назад

      Same! Very happy about it.

    • @kenaikuskokwim9694
      @kenaikuskokwim9694 3 года назад +2

      Ah, but you neglect Bir Tawil. The Sudanese will be after you!

    • @iMiniBiscuits
      @iMiniBiscuits 3 года назад

      I was waiting for it the entire time, it made my day

  • @jmiquelmb
    @jmiquelmb 3 года назад +556

    Spain: Portugal must surrender and unite again.
    Portugal: Wait why would we do that
    Spain: So the country is more like a square
    Portugal: That was more convincing than I expected

    • @pedroct6640
      @pedroct6640 3 года назад +17

      NÃO

    • @diogodavid3557
      @diogodavid3557 3 года назад +42

      It should be the other way around, Spain must surrender to Portugal

    • @marneus
      @marneus 3 года назад +4

      @@diogodavid3557 Why would Spain want to belong to a third world country?

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +25

      Either that or independent Galicia.

    • @Click3tyClick
      @Click3tyClick 3 года назад +2

      Fuck right off

  • @fonkinstubbleduck9163
    @fonkinstubbleduck9163 9 месяцев назад +1

    I literally guessed it from the beginning. Too good. (In my opinion its honestly more like a triangle, but everyone always argues with me about it)

  • @liambaron7112
    @liambaron7112 9 дней назад

    didn't think you could sing, was not expecting a song, but i am pleased

  • @wildabeastreal
    @wildabeastreal 3 года назад +277

    This song should be the National Anthem of Egypt.

    • @user-mc4og9zr3d
      @user-mc4og9zr3d 3 года назад +18

      It should be the anthem of the entire world

    • @HelloCruelWorldItsMe
      @HelloCruelWorldItsMe 3 года назад +18

      It's certainly one of the best songs about how square countries are that I've heard in a long time.

    • @joeLotfy
      @joeLotfy 3 года назад

      I wouldn't like to go to school at 7am and sing about square countries

    • @mikebyers1870
      @mikebyers1870 3 года назад

      Maybe it is but they haven't announced it yet cos its new

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 3 года назад +2

      I wonder how the rhyming would work out if it was translated into Arabic.

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario510 3 года назад +176

    Jay's "girl voice" is shockingly good

    • @TR.372
      @TR.372 3 года назад +2

      Literally sounds like every customer service person I've ever spoken to on the phone. Uncanny

  • @SamTaylorsVersion
    @SamTaylorsVersion Год назад +2

    I listed to this so much when I was ill a few months ago, I ended up accidentally memorising almost all of it (except the island and blobby countries)!
    Me accidentally memorising some weird geography thing happens a lot

  • @fcruz_
    @fcruz_ 10 месяцев назад

    Wow, this is brilliant!

  • @jakobsmith1396
    @jakobsmith1396 Год назад +766

    I was screaming "Equatorial Guinea" in my head the entire song, and then when they finally got to it that damn island ruined everything! Lol

    • @YasinHazemRageh
      @YasinHazemRageh Год назад +17

      Lol that’s embarrassing
      I guessed Egypt the entire time

    • @jasoncallow860
      @jasoncallow860 Год назад +12

      Island nations tend to do that

    • @asnekboi7232
      @asnekboi7232 Год назад +5

      @@jasoncallow860 but most of it isn’t an island

    • @jonsyahtung7310
      @jonsyahtung7310 Год назад +1

      Lol

    • @bradensorensen966
      @bradensorensen966 9 месяцев назад +5

      I knew it was gonna be Egypt, but after looking into Africa before guessing, I too fell for EG.

  • @photonicpizza1466
    @photonicpizza1466 3 года назад +424

    As a Czech, the "pal do piče" with the Polish invasion bit made me crack up.

    • @mikaoleander
      @mikaoleander 3 года назад +14

      what does it mean?

    • @mydoooom
      @mydoooom 3 года назад +59

      @@mikaoleander nearly impossible to translate well but it means something like "go to hell"!

    • @matejpimper3354
      @matejpimper3354 3 года назад +44

      @@mikaoleander "bugger off" (not very politely)

    • @jakesteampson7043
      @jakesteampson7043 3 года назад +51

      @@mikaoleander Basically "Fuck off"

    • @themumblingdumpling2838
      @themumblingdumpling2838 3 года назад +32

      It's "fuck off", right?
      Also, greetings from Poland. :D

  • @eyalcp4581
    @eyalcp4581 8 месяцев назад +1

    if Egypt didn't have Sinai, it could be a PERFECT square

  • @asdfasdf-rq2is
    @asdfasdf-rq2is Год назад

    I just found you guys.i love your attitude plus you seem very creative.have a sub

  • @MaxFosh
    @MaxFosh 3 года назад +1017

    I think you guys would really suit Louis with the groups

    • @goawayimsleeping509
      @goawayimsleeping509 3 года назад +67

      Jay and Mark, vote for this guy to take London to the max!

    • @numismatistuk6745
      @numismatistuk6745 3 года назад +20

      Keep up the fight max

    • @jenko1949
      @jenko1949 3 года назад +27

      mr.Fosh, you would have my vote if i lived in London

    • @emmalouise9588
      @emmalouise9588 3 года назад +11

      @@goawayimsleeping509 max fosh can finish london

    • @MaksB.
      @MaksB. 3 года назад +6

      London London London

  • @felipeitoanuatti
    @felipeitoanuatti 3 года назад +149

    The Monty Python energy in this one is stronger than usual

    • @FranciscoBurrola
      @FranciscoBurrola 3 года назад

      The Animaniacs Energy

    • @mab757
      @mab757 3 года назад

      And bonus points for the H2G2 reference

  • @sammcmc9888
    @sammcmc9888 Год назад +3

    Strangely, they don’t mention Taiwan which is weird because they mention the similarly ‘controversial’ country of Kosovo

  • @shreediculous
    @shreediculous 3 месяца назад

    This needs to be released as a song!