The Youngest Countries in the World

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  • Опубликовано: 19 дек 2019
  • In this video I talk about the youngest countries in the world! Meaning the countries which achieved sovereignty or independence, in their current form, most recently!
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  • @General.Knowledge
    @General.Knowledge  4 года назад +719

    I think "the baby yodas of political geography" is the best sentence I've said in a video so far

    • @thugpatrick
      @thugpatrick 4 года назад +10

      Maybe maybe not

    • @edavis3254
      @edavis3254 4 года назад +37

      It's either your best, or your worst

    • @lw28
      @lw28 4 года назад +6

      Is South Sudan the disruptive adopted kid?

    • @manshoe1738
      @manshoe1738 4 года назад +1

      I beg to differ

    • @eewag1
      @eewag1 4 года назад +1

      General Knowledge it’s the worst

  • @sevenus82
    @sevenus82 4 года назад +819

    First one to separate from Yugoslavia was SLOVENIA, not Croatia.

    • @simonticar5996
      @simonticar5996 4 года назад +43

      Yeah i was watching that part and went wait a minute that flag isn't slovenian

    • @mattwakefield4147
      @mattwakefield4147 4 года назад +36

      Also, he includes Kosovo as a country but it technically isn’t and shouldn’t be

    • @sevenus82
      @sevenus82 4 года назад +76

      @@mattwakefield4147 He said that Kosovo is still recognized by only half of the countries and he did put a * next to the name on the list.

    • @mattwakefield4147
      @mattwakefield4147 4 года назад +2

      Simon Tičar why

    • @thetruechaby
      @thetruechaby 4 года назад +10

      He also forgot to mention the FYROM.

  • @longliveplanetawesome3223
    @longliveplanetawesome3223 4 года назад +445

    My parents were born in Eritrea and lived there when they gained independence. My mom told me that, when everyone voted on whether or not they wanted to separate from Ethiopia, only TWO people voted against independence. And it was a mistake! They accidentally voted against independence because they were nervous! I think that's kinda funny.

    • @coolcatcastle8
      @coolcatcastle8 4 года назад +27

      lol so that means everyone should have actually voted independence XD

    • @bottleize
      @bottleize 4 года назад +37

      Well actually, 1822 people voted against independence, but 1,100,260 voted for independence so I guess it's pretty much just 2 haha :-)

    • @nwoodz
      @nwoodz 3 года назад +2

      @LEILA NABZ Don’t forget north africa is entirely different than the rest of it. Those are arabs while the others aren’t. So uniting the continent isn’t really plausible.

    • @frederickwilliams4727
      @frederickwilliams4727 3 года назад

      i feel like eritrea has a very small population the

    • @darkhorse..876
      @darkhorse..876 3 года назад

      Wow! I understood, but...where life is BETTER?

  • @Knez5T0V0
    @Knez5T0V0 4 года назад +240

    "Croatia was the First one to separate from Yugoslavia"
    Slovenia: am i a joke to you

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад +292

    "Baby Yoda" is actually 50, believe it or not. During the last minutes of Czechoslovak TV, they played a song called Sbohem Slovensko (Goodbye Slovakia) where a man and woman who represented the Czechs and Slovaks. They're in a court filing for a divorce, the Slovak wanted it while the Czech was just chilling. Then the court favored the Slovak and a guy with a long beard came in with a chainsaw to separate the long arm that connected them together, which released Czechoslovak coins (to represent the currency's fall). They turned into children to represent that they're now young nations

    • @robertpucovsky
      @robertpucovsky 4 года назад +11

      Is there a video of that

    • @newtfigton8795
      @newtfigton8795 4 года назад +3

      Wow, that is extremely interesting!

    • @AverytheCubanAmerican
      @AverytheCubanAmerican 4 года назад +4

      @@robertpucovsky Yes there is! Just search the song's title

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 4 года назад +2

      Compared to how old he is supposed to be in the original trilogy, I'd say 50 is pretty baby for him

    • @mathieuleader8601
      @mathieuleader8601 4 года назад

      FACINATING FACT

  • @erikkorenjak9737
    @erikkorenjak9737 4 года назад +115

    Slovenia was the first to get independent from Yugoslavia before Croatia did.

    • @newzoran3624
      @newzoran3624 4 года назад +6

      As a Serbian I confirm this si true 100%

    • @user-mj9pe3xf9w
      @user-mj9pe3xf9w 4 года назад +4

      I'm a Serb and I approve this is 100% true.

    • @crushedoreos1361
      @crushedoreos1361 4 года назад

      Memester Gangster nice

    • @rexsclavorum
      @rexsclavorum 4 года назад +5

      Slovenia and Croatia declared both their independence on 25. June 1991. but Slovenia became the first one to be internationally recognised.

    • @Talesfromthebottle1
      @Talesfromthebottle1 4 года назад

      I aprove I'm from Croatia

  • @monojakennedy_3758
    @monojakennedy_3758 3 года назад +27

    Hello from a South Sudanese🇸🇸

  • @marcopolo2395
    @marcopolo2395 4 года назад +287

    Czechoslovakia didnt gain independence from the ussr. They just ceased to be a puppet of them.

    • @sovietmuffin501
      @sovietmuffin501 4 года назад +24

      Marco Polo that’s kind of independence’s though, is it not? Because most British colonies were dominions, even more free than Czechoslovakia, and they still consider their independence to be when they ceased to be dominions

    • @Psyk60
      @Psyk60 4 года назад +15

      @@sovietmuffin501 It's a technicality. Czechoslovakia was recognised as an independent sovereign state, despite in reality being a soviet puppet. But British colonies were recognised as being under British sovereignty, despite being mostly free to rule themselves in many cases.

    • @sandernista6499
      @sandernista6499 4 года назад +9

      Now theyre America's puppet states... how ironic

    • @nonoobxdgd3149
      @nonoobxdgd3149 4 года назад +1

      I am from Czech Republic, :D

    • @martindurrer9044
      @martindurrer9044 4 года назад +4

      It's even more complicated. After WW2 the Czechoslovak communists gained gradually more control over state institutions (parliament, government, police, army...) and in 1948 they comitted a successful coup. In 1950's the red terror started (judicial murders, forced labour in uranium mines...) - people feard the communist government but the Czechoslovak polititians wouldn't even fart without an order from their "advisors" who came from USSR and who were the real rulers of our country. In 1960's Czechoslovakia gained more independence and in January 1968 even started some democratic reforms (e.g. abolition of censorship). In August 1968, however, the armies of Warsaw Pact (with the noble exception of Romania) came to stop the "counter-revolution" and to start the "normalisation" of the political situation and the entire society. This lasted untill late 80's when the regime lost its support from USSR and during the peaceful Velvet Revolution (17th November - 29 December 1989) even the control over state institutions.

  • @thugpatrick
    @thugpatrick 4 года назад +394

    I can't stop finding a baby Yoda meme everywhere

    • @eewag1
      @eewag1 4 года назад +19

      qwerty 000 yeah it’s annoying

    • @solehsolehsoleh
      @solehsolehsoleh 4 года назад +15

      The problem is, it's not even funny nor interesting.

    • @mazuat648
      @mazuat648 4 года назад +4

      deal with it.

    • @jaco5892
      @jaco5892 4 года назад +8

      @@rattfish no u

    • @mazuat648
      @mazuat648 4 года назад +5

      @@rattfish no u

  • @TriviaNight
    @TriviaNight 4 года назад +7

    Another great video! Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

  • @2naaa_
    @2naaa_ 4 года назад +218

    This baby Yoda reference isn't going to age well

  • @matooo6544
    @matooo6544 4 года назад +11

    Hey man great video! I'm glad you finally pronounced Czechia right!

    • @someczechguy
      @someczechguy 4 года назад

      Matěj Gorniak czech republic

    • @stantorren4400
      @stantorren4400 4 года назад +2

      DULA PEEP that’s the offical name. Czechia is just the shorter name. No one calls Russia the “Russian Federation”

  • @Hiro_UK
    @Hiro_UK 4 года назад +74

    First of all Croatia wasn't the first to separate from Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia didn't gain indipendence from USSR, also Slovaks didn't fell under the rule of Czechs during the Soviet rule. It was a federation. I like your videos but I think you need to do alot more research before making videos in order for it to be more accurate.

    • @kiluu9076
      @kiluu9076 4 года назад +1

      10:45 and Serbia started existing in 1180. Year, wtf??? Why he put Serbia in 2006

    • @theperfectmix2
      @theperfectmix2 4 года назад +7

      Kiluu *current form*

    • @user-ju4nh3yh8g
      @user-ju4nh3yh8g 4 года назад

      @@kiluu9076 1180? Bruh much earlier, first Serbian principality was in 7th century

    • @user-ju4nh3yh8g
      @user-ju4nh3yh8g 4 года назад

      @@kiluu9076 and he explained why he put it there.

    • @italiancalciosupporter8197
      @italiancalciosupporter8197 2 года назад +1

      He said that Czechoslovakia changed their government from communism, not declared independence from them

  • @captainbean1264
    @captainbean1264 3 года назад +27

    New country : **exists**
    USA : Looks like you need recognition!!

    • @Apfel99
      @Apfel99 3 года назад +3

      Palestine: What about me?

    • @fearlessanomaly1710
      @fearlessanomaly1710 3 года назад +2

      @@Apfel99 Palestine > Israel

    • @kuocdo1938
      @kuocdo1938 3 года назад +1

      @@Apfel99 Palestine land has been occupied by Israel,not independent country.

  • @JamesofQPR
    @JamesofQPR 11 месяцев назад +1

    Extremely interesting thank you!

  • @JamesKerLindsay
    @JamesKerLindsay 4 года назад +63

    Another very interesting video. Thanks Not sure we can be 100% sure Bougainville will become independent - although I think on balance it will be the next UN member. By the way, in case you’re interested, I just posted a vid on why Republika Srpska (part of Bosnia) certainly won’t be independent any time soon!

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 года назад +7

      While I agree it is not 100% sure for Bougainville, it does seem very probable.
      The question remains is how this impacts Western Papua claims for Independence?

    • @Terrus_38
      @Terrus_38 4 года назад +1

      Oh, hello Mr. James!

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 4 года назад +3

      98% vote I think is a pretty freaking sure bet

    • @Rabid_Nationalist
      @Rabid_Nationalist 4 года назад

      I think Bougainville will be independent

    • @princevesperal
      @princevesperal 3 года назад +1

      The results of the Bougainville referendum are not contested on either side, and the parties have agreed to work together on a schedule to make independence effective. I suspect the global pandemic might delay the completion of this process, as governments are kept busy by the crisis, but there is no opposition by the parent-State to this secession so it should happen sooner rather than later.

  • @GavinLiuranium
    @GavinLiuranium 4 года назад +92

    “Armenia (1)”
    Kazakhstan: Is my European clay a joke to you

    • @patrod2327
      @patrod2327 4 года назад +5

      Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

    • @GavinLiuranium
      @GavinLiuranium 4 года назад +9

      @@patrod2327 I know right...... but then that's interesting, since Pakistan doesn't recognize Armenia as a country then what do they call the land that Armenia is on? Or mark Armenia as a territory instead of a country, like how China does to West Sahara?

    • @patrod2327
      @patrod2327 4 года назад +3

      @@GavinLiuranium From what I understand, in Reality it Exists, but by their Laws, it doesn't. Same goes with those other Countries. Countries might be the better Term as opposed to Sovereign state, they are the Undisputed regions and the Term is Superior, e.g. Denmark (State) owns Greenland (Country).

    • @CrumpetCraig
      @CrumpetCraig 4 года назад +1

      @@patrod2327 what does armenia look like on a map to pakistan?

    • @GavinLiuranium
      @GavinLiuranium 4 года назад +1

      @@patrod2327 Maybe, that makes quite some sense

  • @saulenfischbearn7470
    @saulenfischbearn7470 4 года назад +34

    2:22 Slovenia*

  • @Thrlta
    @Thrlta 4 года назад +19

    I'm as old as Timor-Leste. I like that country from what I've seen so far.

    • @Thrlta
      @Thrlta 4 года назад +2

      Uup nevermind they're afflicted with an inferior mythtype.

  • @AleksaPancic
    @AleksaPancic 4 года назад +164

    But Yugoslavia have 6 parts.

    • @zorantravar7187
      @zorantravar7187 4 года назад +7

      Bravo

    • @eewag1
      @eewag1 4 года назад +4

      MEGA Sarma no it doesn’t

    • @wewuz1970
      @wewuz1970 4 года назад +13

      @@eewag1 yes it does

    • @sherbertvids2182
      @sherbertvids2182 4 года назад +18

      It’s up to debate (whether you recognize Kosovo or no) and Serbia, Kosovo, and Montenegro remained 1 country even after the break up of Yugoslavia making them even younger than Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and North Macedonia. I hope this helped👍
      It also said this in the video lol

    • @BluE68_
      @BluE68_ 4 года назад +7

      It’s only 6 if you don’t recognize Kosovo.

  • @HerrBert1976
    @HerrBert1976 4 года назад +5

    How about Curacao and Sint Maarten? These have become independent states withing the Dutch Kingdom in 2010. Aruba did that already in 1986. We might see one of these go for full independence and UN membership in the future.

  • @bummerdrummer1649
    @bummerdrummer1649 4 года назад +20

    In a few days or weeks time we’re gonna see Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) become independent. When it does I demand a remake of this video with an extra 30 seconds added to talk about it

  • @Luis-cu3ut
    @Luis-cu3ut 3 года назад +9

    I think you may have forgotten Belize. Belize's independence was recognized in 1981

  •  3 года назад +7

    As a Spanish speaker, kudos for using the 5 continents model for dividing the regions in this video: specially having America from Alaska to Patagonia and Oceania including Australia, NZ and other Pacific islands

    • @piedrablanca1942
      @piedrablanca1942 Год назад

      si, le suma muchos puntos a la calidad del video

  • @LukaZorko
    @LukaZorko 4 года назад +70

    2:22 that's actually false... Slovenia was the first to break away. Croatia was second

    • @happyfacefries
      @happyfacefries 4 года назад

      What's your reference?

    • @LukaZorko
      @LukaZorko 4 года назад +3

      @@happyfacefries Slovenian education system

    • @real.spiderman.savedmj4709
      @real.spiderman.savedmj4709 4 года назад

      True Luka zorko

    • @kiluu9076
      @kiluu9076 4 года назад +3

      And wtf Serbia???? 10:45 what the... Serbia existed since 1180

    • @SoujiOkitaTwo
      @SoujiOkitaTwo 4 года назад +3

      General Knowledge is never wrong, so you’re wrong!

  • @ABCD-nq3uf
    @ABCD-nq3uf 2 года назад +17

    There is one country that surpassed how young South Sudan was, it’s Catalonia. It was granted independence by Spain in 2018 and lasted 8 seconds before it rejoined Spain.

    • @BokiGamingYT
      @BokiGamingYT Год назад +4

      He is talking about countries which still exist

  • @Mxent
    @Mxent 4 года назад

    Sehr gut recherchiertes Video!

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye 4 года назад

    Honestly when I read the title I thought you were talking about which countries had the youngest people. Lol! Oh well. I still enjoyed this video a lot. I would have titled it newest countries

  • @TheRiot46
    @TheRiot46 4 года назад +7

    Adoro o trabalho que fazes tanto a nível de conteúdo como em termos graficos. Parabens

  • @mjbsen
    @mjbsen 4 года назад +31

    Slovenia June 1991

    • @erikkorenjak9737
      @erikkorenjak9737 4 года назад

      Thats before Croatia

    • @mjbsen
      @mjbsen 4 года назад +2

      @@erikkorenjak9737 Exactly.......

    • @yoyohehe2034
      @yoyohehe2034 4 года назад +1

      Actually both Croatia and Slovenia declared their independence at the same day

    • @erikkorenjak9737
      @erikkorenjak9737 4 года назад

      @@yoyohehe2034 Maybe they did but Croatia had a few years of war before they officially got independent but Slovenia got independent almost immediatly after we declared our independence with few days of war

    • @yoyohehe2034
      @yoyohehe2034 4 года назад

      @@erikkorenjak9737 Not maybe, that's factual...
      Also it doesn't matter that Croatia had to fight for years unlike Slovenia because both Croatia and Slovenia were internationally recognised at the same time.

  • @PurplePinkRed
    @PurplePinkRed 4 года назад +1

    This is definitely one of the best and most in depth videos I've seen on the topic! Well done! I love that you divided them by continent 😊

  • @danielastadler39
    @danielastadler39 4 года назад +31

    Normies be like: *BEBE YODA SHOULD BE LAND AND MEME OF THE DEKADE*

  • @chrumchrumpl7667
    @chrumchrumpl7667 4 года назад +11

    Fast answer:
    South Sudan

  • @zacharymanuel8716
    @zacharymanuel8716 3 года назад +4

    Bruh when he was taking about sedan an oil the American in me went “oil!?!?!?”💀

  • @williambeaumont1312
    @williambeaumont1312 4 года назад

    Very interesting

  • @gilalmeida4253
    @gilalmeida4253 4 года назад +1

    Olá camarada, olha eu queria deixar uma recomendação. Haveria maneira de fazeres um vídeo sobre alianças históricas menos conhecidas? Por exemplo, toda gente sabe que Portugal e a Inglaterra são aliados desde o tratado de Windsor mas também tínhamos alianças com outras nações como a Flandres e até mesmo a Holanda pré-União Ibérica. Era engraçado saber um bocadinho mais sobre essas relações menos conhecidas. Cumprimentos

  • @tropicaldimitri7374
    @tropicaldimitri7374 4 года назад +9

    'East Timor' was obsolete as the term associates mainly with being an ex Indonesian province. FYI the UN and all English-speaking states (even monolingual Australian media) and international organizations use the term 'Timor-Leste' instead of 'East Timor' just like with 'Iran' (instead of 'Persia'). Different from the case with Spain. The UN and everybody (including the Spanish government and people themselves) use the term 'Spain' instead of España to refer to their country in English.

  • @stefansolciansky7302
    @stefansolciansky7302 4 года назад +47

    Armenia: *Becomes exists*
    Greece: Y O S

    • @tanhuulusoy
      @tanhuulusoy 4 года назад +3

      *Grammar not found*

    •  4 года назад +1

      r/engrish

    • @patrod2327
      @patrod2327 4 года назад

      Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

    • @samvelmkhitaryan6542
      @samvelmkhitaryan6542 3 года назад +2

      Pat Rod pakistan denies because it is an ally of azerbaijan. denying of one country doesn’t make Armenia young. It has been more than 27 centuries that we existed

  • @MattYoung2299
    @MattYoung2299 4 года назад

    Do a whole video on Bouganville

    • @kallievirden3469
      @kallievirden3469 2 месяца назад

      Hey mattyoung it's not bouganville that's bougainville

  • @anasalareqe3115
    @anasalareqe3115 3 года назад

    These are new countries by separation, informative, thanks .. do you have a video for new countries by unification? I only know Yemen and Germany.. wondering if there are others 🤔

    • @kuocdo1938
      @kuocdo1938 3 года назад +1

      Two Vietnams united in 1975.

  • @apolloncz2763
    @apolloncz2763 4 года назад +32

    🇨🇿🇸🇰 Brothers forever. Visegrád forever

    • @someczechguy
      @someczechguy 4 года назад

      ApollonCZ I have no slovakian brother

    • @evermindnever1
      @evermindnever1 4 года назад +1

      And there is hungary too

    • @marcellmihaly9991
      @marcellmihaly9991 4 года назад +3

      🇭🇺🇮🇩🇸🇰🇨🇿

    • @dinis8271
      @dinis8271 4 года назад +1

      Marcell Mihály oh yes the four brothers, hungary, monaco, slovakia and czech republic

    • @tomasgancahaluska
      @tomasgancahaluska 4 года назад +1

      Hell yeah! VISEGRÁD 4EVER BRO 😎
      🇵🇱 Polska
      🇨🇿 Česko
      🇸🇰 Slovensko
      🇭🇺 Magyarország

  • @soapy6
    @soapy6 4 года назад +20

    GK: Croatia was the first to break away from Yugoslavia
    Slovenia: am I a joke to you?
    seriously tho why does Slovenia constantly get ignored lmao

    • @markussimicak104
      @markussimicak104 3 года назад +1

      IT HURTS!!

    • @leogreek3003
      @leogreek3003 3 года назад

      I mean it is practically a micro state and its sergegation from yugoslavia was mostly peacefull

    • @svansy
      @svansy 3 года назад +2

      it doesn't get ignored! sometimes people call Slovakia, Slovenia!
      Chechnoslovenia

    • @1leon000
      @1leon000 3 года назад

      literally only 2 million people are in Slovenia, ofc people would ignore it all the time!

    • @soapy6
      @soapy6 3 года назад

      @@1leon000 Croatia barely has 4 million people. just because Slovenia is small doesn't mean it should get ignored

  • @ChristoAbrie
    @ChristoAbrie 4 года назад +2

    South Africa should've gotten an honourable mention, because though it gained independence in 1961 as a Republic, it's current form has only existed since 1994, after Namibia's independence, and the abolishing of Apartheid, the country was restructured as a democracy and the 4 old provinces (Transvaal, Oranje Vrystaat, Cape Province and Natal) were divided into 9 in 1994, we also got a new flag as well as an updated National Anthem (the anthem came into service in 1997).

  • @hgks12
    @hgks12 4 года назад +1

    Baby yoda in the thumbnail is the best thing ever.. 😂

  • @nicholaskelly6375
    @nicholaskelly6375 3 года назад +3

    I think that you will find that Slovenia was the first Republic to leave Yugoslavia. Also I read a few days ago that New Caledonia is also about to hold yet another independence referendum.

  • @GeographyWorld
    @GeographyWorld 4 года назад +9

    Chuuk in Micronesia and New Caledonia are having independence referendums next year. Maybe they will be the next baby Yodas!

  • @srinukoppisetti7285
    @srinukoppisetti7285 4 года назад

    very good

  • @Kidseverywhr
    @Kidseverywhr 2 года назад +1

    Baby yoda got you thinking about country, mmmm. I think it's the hair

  • @emilianocichanowski7894
    @emilianocichanowski7894 4 года назад +6

    8:07
    Waht is going on in that map?
    Yemen is split in two and Eritrea is part of Ethiopía

    • @lamichael8659
      @lamichael8659 4 года назад +5

      Its a map from the 60s for some reason. When south yemen and north yemen existed and israel had sinai

    • @longliveplanetawesome3223
      @longliveplanetawesome3223 4 года назад +3

      Is it just me or does Eritrea and Ethiopia as one country look ugly? I could be biased, seeing as I am Eritrean, but is just looks weird to me!
      Also, La Michael, the map shows North and South Sudan as separate countries, which, as the video explained, happened very recently. The map is just plain wrong.

    • @lamichael8659
      @lamichael8659 4 года назад

      ​@@longliveplanetawesome3223 Ethiopia looks so sad without a coast tho :(

    • @kuocdo1938
      @kuocdo1938 3 года назад

      Now two Yemens became one,Eritrea is independent country.

  • @Kaidauren2
    @Kaidauren2 4 года назад +7

    How did you talk about all -stans from USSR and forgot about Kazakhstan?

  • @juliusnepos6013
    @juliusnepos6013 4 года назад +2

    You too General Knowledge? Have videos a yoda meme on it?

  • @thesoundman5665
    @thesoundman5665 4 года назад

    Make a video for country that might become independent part 3 Cymru am byth

  • @Joao-dp2tr
    @Joao-dp2tr 4 года назад +11

    2:16 NO! SLOVENIA WAS THE FIRST!

    • @nojusy1992
      @nojusy1992 3 года назад +2

      Croatia And Slovenia Broke Away From Yugoslavia In The Same Day Slovenia Was Only The First To Recognize

  • @peopipeo
    @peopipeo 4 года назад +5

    You should do “proposed states in the us”

  • @Ana-bt8pr
    @Ana-bt8pr 4 года назад

    nice video! just learned something new :) I really thought it was going to be all about "the new world" lol

  • @bulgarianmapping6518
    @bulgarianmapping6518 3 года назад

    8:38 talking about Sudan after Eritreia forgetting to add Eritreia lol

  • @Accentor100
    @Accentor100 4 года назад +5

    Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia before Croatia did.

  • @reddragonplayz9775
    @reddragonplayz9775 4 года назад +7

    2:30
    No Slovenia was first country to get indpendence

  • @ajhare2
    @ajhare2 3 года назад +2

    Canada should've been a good mentioned for the America's. Canada didn't fully gain their full independence until 1982 when the British parliament passed the Canada act. Up until 1982 Canada had to get permission from Westminster to pass laws, and Westminster could pass laws for Canada (it never happened, they pretty much just rubber stamped whatever Canada wanted, but officially it still stood as being a dominion)

  • @MadTamB
    @MadTamB 3 года назад +1

    I'm someone from Europe and has never heard the term, the Old Continent before.

  • @cyclonicleo
    @cyclonicleo 4 года назад +12

    I want to see independence for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, Xinjiang, Scotland and Catalonia.

    • @NRooster
      @NRooster 4 года назад +5

      Please don't call that country as Xinjiang, it's a ridicilous Chinese name. It's actual name is *Uyghuristan* or East Turkestan.

    • @MrRonald2796
      @MrRonald2796 4 года назад +3

      Sadly, I don't think that'll happen while that idiotic PRC is still around. Hopefully, some kind of uprising in the future will allow that to happen.
      About Catalonia, I think it could happen on the near future.

    • @cristianokiki1486
      @cristianokiki1486 4 года назад

      Scotland Will be allowed to vote again for indepedence in next generation, agreement with england when they did it last time, tho they may still do it, catalonia unless idk UN supports it, isn't geting indepedence, if catalonia gets indepedence it may cause for other spanish teritories to declare indepedence, making spain fall, hong kong eh doubt they Will be able to get due to PRC/China, same for tibet and east turkistan, and Taiwan/RC is indepedent, tho few countries recognize it

    • @Cjnw
      @Cjnw 3 года назад +1

      The first four are PRC China!

  • @TomGeller
    @TomGeller 4 года назад +4

    Depending on your definition of "country", you might have to include Sint Maarten and Curaçao. They became countries in 2010, but remain part of The Kingdom of The Netherlands. (Much like Scotland's relationship with The United Kingdom.)

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  4 года назад +2

      Good point! I think I was going more for sovereign nations in this

    • @GeographyWorld
      @GeographyWorld 4 года назад +4

      @@General.Knowledge Sovereign recognised states are the most understandable and useful definition of country. Maybe do a video on the different definitions of country!

    • @Psyk60
      @Psyk60 4 года назад +2

      And on that note, if Scotland does become independent, some people might take issue with calling it a "new country" because it's already considered a country now.

    • @TomGeller
      @TomGeller 4 года назад

      @@GeographyWorld My very thought! To keep with the channel's titling conventions: "Countries that aren't fully independent" or similar.

  • @solosunbeam
    @solosunbeam 4 года назад

    Why don't you do a video about potential federations? Both existing unions which could evolve into a federal structure and sovereign nations which might federate. That will give you a chance to have some vexillological fun (I can help with that if you want). It will also create rage in the comments.

    • @TheTattieShaw
      @TheTattieShaw 4 года назад +1

      Join his discord and message him there with this idea or he will never see it link in the description

  • @jorislal
    @jorislal 3 года назад +2

    Armenia is not exactly in Europe, it's South of the Kaukaz mountains that separate Europe from Asia

  • @JorgeF2021
    @JorgeF2021 4 года назад +5

    Long live Timor Leste (East Timor), our brother nation..... (portugal)

  • @dusannn
    @dusannn 4 года назад +21

    YUGOSLAVIA HAS 6 PARTS!

    • @spookyengie735
      @spookyengie735 4 года назад

      Yodaslavia

    • @dusannn
      @dusannn 4 года назад

      @@spookyengie735 ?

    • @BluE68_
      @BluE68_ 4 года назад +2

      It’s only 6 if you don’t recognize Kosovo.

    • @spookyengie735
      @spookyengie735 4 года назад +1

      We have Slovenia,Croatia,Serbia,Bosnia,Kosovo,Macedonia,Montenegro so that 7. ..

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 года назад +5

      Yugoslavia doesn't exist any more.
      Since the wars it is now 7 parts.
      Stomping your feet and crying like a toddler will not change that.

  • @antimatter4912
    @antimatter4912 4 года назад

    I was just waiting for South Sudan

  • @Chrizz06041980
    @Chrizz06041980 4 года назад

    You forgot Belize. It was a british colony in central america which was called British Honduras. It became independent in 1981.

  • @vahan9064
    @vahan9064 4 года назад +21

    Greece: one of the oldest countries that now exist
    Armenia: *HOLD MY LAVASH*

    • @hovhannespalyan9127
      @hovhannespalyan9127 4 года назад +2

      😂😂😂 I'm Armenian and this hade me laugh

    • @patrod2327
      @patrod2327 4 года назад

      Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

    • @hovhannespalyan9127
      @hovhannespalyan9127 4 года назад

      @@patrod2327 we don't care about cows

    • @patrod2327
      @patrod2327 4 года назад

      @@hovhannespalyan9127 Wa?

    • @vahan9064
      @vahan9064 4 года назад

      @@patrod2327 actually, we don't expect anything from Pakistan, because,in 1915 you were part of India so, your choice literally won't change anything

  • @Youthure
    @Youthure 4 года назад +6

    Big mistake: Slovenia was the first to leave Yugoslavia, not Croatia. Croatia was the second to break off.

    • @SoujiOkitaTwo
      @SoujiOkitaTwo 4 года назад

      Youthure Stop! You. Are. Wrong

    • @Youthure
      @Youthure 4 года назад

      @@SoujiOkitaTwo I fact checked myself and apparently they declared independence on the same day. 25th of June. So I can't say which declaration came first.
      My claim was from a "de facto" standpoint. Slovenia was the first to effectively leave Yugoslavia.
      Anyway I was wrong to make this claim so boldly without any regard for context or fact checking myself prior to posting the comment.
      Thanks for helping me find the way!

    • @markussimicak104
      @markussimicak104 3 года назад

      Youthure no, you’re not wrong... he just gives too much credibility to content creators

  • @spencer6207
    @spencer6207 4 года назад +2

    You got the idea to talk about young countries from baby yoda? xD

  • @drymint4338
    @drymint4338 3 года назад +1

    7:15 why are some cats in a tank fighting?

  • @Heatmaker
    @Heatmaker 4 года назад +17

    General Knowledge: South Sudan is the world's youngest country today
    Bougainville: Am I a joke to you?

    • @danielmagro4817
      @danielmagro4817 4 года назад +5

      It's not a country yet because they arent recognized

    • @SWNerd
      @SWNerd 4 года назад +1

      Daniel Magro they just voted in a referendum they don’t even consider themselves independent yet

    • @slamwall9057
      @slamwall9057 4 года назад +1

      They're not independent yet. Think Brexit, or elections, and you'll understand

    • @Terrus_38
      @Terrus_38 4 года назад +1

      Eh, you dummy it's not independent, it's not recognized, it has juststarted to prepare for independence lol...

    • @AlvinSeville1
      @AlvinSeville1 4 года назад

      Also, Nirvana in the Pacific is gonna become a country

  • @TheCurrentRacerReal
    @TheCurrentRacerReal 4 года назад +11

    That moment you realize baby Yoda is 50 years old
    FBI: Wants to know your location

  • @jsworpin
    @jsworpin 4 года назад

    I think it’s a stretch to have Serbia on there. When countries divide they can form two successor states as in Czech Republic and Slovakia with neither claiming continuity with Czechoslovakia or one is new and the other is a continuing state of rump stare and is normally recognised as being the same entity as the original state. Russia is the rump state of the USSR, Serbia is the rump state of first Yugoslavia and later Serbia when it contained Montenegro.

  • @lazulithedragon
    @lazulithedragon 2 года назад

    Austria is also a great example for not very old countries that had a national identity for centuries
    Austria became it's independent from Bavaria in 996 as part of the holy Roman empire
    And in 1955 we finally got full independence from The USSR The USA The UK and France and yesterday on the 26 October we celebrated that

  • @MrBlondpower1
    @MrBlondpower1 4 года назад +4

    Jesus god men, learn things before making videos. Slovenia and Croatia declared independence od the same day. Slovenia was much more influental in gaining it, and there was only 10 days long war. Croatia is totally different story.

  • @christoschristodoulidis2004
    @christoschristodoulidis2004 4 года назад +12

    Soon this will be updated with Scotland

    • @General.Knowledge
      @General.Knowledge  4 года назад +3

      Maybe!

    • @MCKingPlaysGames
      @MCKingPlaysGames 4 года назад +1

      @Christos Christodoulidis Catalonia might also become independent

    • @sovietmuffin501
      @sovietmuffin501 4 года назад +1

      MCKingPlaysGames didn’t Catalonia declare independence but Spain is trying to keep them in?

    • @archstanton6102
      @archstanton6102 4 года назад +7

      @@sovietmuffin501 There was a non ratified vote but this was declared illegal by Spanish govt.
      The main reason Spain does not recognise Kosovo as a state is if they did this, they would have to apply same rules of a free vote to Catalonia

    • @sovietmuffin501
      @sovietmuffin501 4 года назад +1

      Nik Turk I knew about the referendums being declared illegal, but the Catalonian parliament did declare independence did it not?

  • @rebelracoon8126
    @rebelracoon8126 4 года назад +1

    So at the time I turned 1 yrs old that's also the exact year Montenegro got its independence.

  • @thaawesomealt
    @thaawesomealt 4 года назад

    cool video

  • @aleksanderzakrajsek6830
    @aleksanderzakrajsek6830 4 года назад +5

    Actually slovenia broke from yugoslavia first and then around week later also croatia

    • @SoujiOkitaTwo
      @SoujiOkitaTwo 4 года назад

      Aleksander Zakrajšek Stop! Many people have said that. What General Knowledge says is the correct answer!

    • @aleksanderzakrajsek6830
      @aleksanderzakrajsek6830 4 года назад +1

      Fatal Error yeah but the problem is i am from slovenia and i know history of our country

    • @markussimicak104
      @markussimicak104 3 года назад

      Empire of Fatal, Serious and Critical Errors wow... you’re really going to give credibility to some random content creator over people who ACTUALLY LIVE THERE?? It’s clear he got his facts from Wikipedia as that’s what it showed if you look up “first country to break from Yugoslavia” and also, I’m Slovenian as well just in case you’re going to question my credibility too

  • @lazar_krompir2453
    @lazar_krompir2453 4 года назад +5

    4:30 **angry Serb noises**

  • @beanie1223
    @beanie1223 3 года назад

    What about western togoland? I've heard there was something about that

  • @yourreaveragesomali2817
    @yourreaveragesomali2817 3 года назад

    Can u make the oldest country’s in the wold

  • @melos_abazi0628
    @melos_abazi0628 2 года назад +4

    Thank you for considering Kosovo 🇽🇰❤ as a country. Because it is

    • @hayellada-ball3836
      @hayellada-ball3836 2 года назад +1

      Yeah!
      For me it’s an cross road of Servian and Albanian cultur!

    • @lk2704
      @lk2704 2 года назад

      You guys are a country 100%

    • @grel_5518
      @grel_5518 8 месяцев назад

      Kosovo is just south serbia
      So shut up

  • @pavel_2336
    @pavel_2336 4 года назад +7

    But Czechia is still Czech republic.

    • @lewatoaofair2522
      @lewatoaofair2522 4 года назад +3

      They want to be called “Czechia,” but that news hasn’t spread far enough.

    • @sovietmuffin501
      @sovietmuffin501 4 года назад

      Lewa, Toa of Air the way I understood it is that they don’t care either way, but think that Czechia is an acceptable name for casual speech

    • @kolomaznik333
      @kolomaznik333 4 года назад

      @@sovietmuffin501 ​ Lewa, Toa of Air : "They want to be called “Czechia,”" -> Can you name the sources of that statement? There was not a referendum, constitutional law or just law about change of name of our country, which is still named the Czech republic. And to be honest majority of Czechs don't use it at all, only tiny minority likes that UNOFFCICIAL name. Most people use Czech republic when speaking english or just weird adjective "(in/from) czech".

    • @aldardabaev772
      @aldardabaev772 4 года назад

      @@kolomaznik333 www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36048186

    • @sovietmuffin501
      @sovietmuffin501 4 года назад +1

      kolomaznik333 technically it’s the official short hand name, while Czech Republic is still the normally used name. In 2016 the cabinet agreed to make it the official short hand name for the Un

  • @blyatifulnarkotik9258
    @blyatifulnarkotik9258 4 года назад +1

    The people in Czechoslovakia didn't want to separate, the politicians did.

  • @mdctt9021
    @mdctt9021 4 года назад +1

    Bougainville when

  • @klaudpwns
    @klaudpwns 4 года назад +3

    east timor

  • @bigmo2473
    @bigmo2473 4 года назад +5

    Please revise your statement that it was illegal for South Africa to govern namibia, after WW1 South west Africa (nambia) was placed under administration through which South Africa had to administer it as per the league of nations mandate.

  • @madness8556
    @madness8556 11 месяцев назад

    Slovenia and Croatia both declared independence on the same day, 25 June 1991. Macedonia declared independence later that year.

  • @Duececoupe
    @Duececoupe 4 года назад

    You just can't simply, watch only one General Knowledge video!! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻🥇🏅🏆

  • @dusannn
    @dusannn 4 года назад +7

    Serbia is one of the oldest countries in the world.Montenegro is new country.Serbia is in 7 century

  • @dinocr7557
    @dinocr7557 4 года назад +11

    Europe where is Liberland the newest country in Europe its between Serbia and Croatia

    • @stefanvlad8472
      @stefanvlad8472 4 года назад +2

      Dino CR7 that shit doesn t exist . The only micro states who deserve to be independent are Andorra H-K Vatican and SAN Marino

  • @TJtheHuman
    @TJtheHuman 4 года назад

    Why do we confuse the definition of country with state?

  • @Coe1eALT
    @Coe1eALT 4 года назад +1

    You missed the Bahamas which gained independence on July 10th 1973. Which I think that is pretty young for a country.

  • @Awestar
    @Awestar 4 года назад +5

    I mean, Yes Kosovo doesn't have worldwide recognition but lets be honest, they govern themselves and borders between Serbia and Kosovo are closed and Serbia doesn't really have control of the area. I'm not taking sides but I mean it's kinda true

    • @mdza
      @mdza 4 года назад +1

      Transnitria (Moldova) also govern themselves, but they arrent a country, same as Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijan), South Ossetia and Abkhazia (Georgia), Taiwan (China) etc.

    • @vjflow749
      @vjflow749 4 года назад

      Are you kidding? With Transnistria... Even though Romania never ruled over that land, the 1992 census shown 40% Romanians, 30% Ukrainians, 30% Russians. While Romanians and Ukrainians are natural populations in the area, Russians were colonized as the local populations who did not agree with the new rule (Russian Empire took over from the Ottoman Empire) were deported in Kazakhstan and Siberia. The absolute majority of the Russians live in the cities, as Hungarians ruled Transilvania from the cities so the Russians actually rule that sliver of land. The Transnistrian propaganda says that there is only one nation the Transnistrians, none other are recognized. Busts of Lenin and other comunist propaganda are all over the place like in North Korea. And the cherry on top: the president of Transnistria since 1992( until recently when Putin retired him) was the former KGB operations officer in Lithuania where he is wanted for multiple assassination. The "new" president is also a FSB ( ex. KGB) agent who was stationed in Siberia. That's Transnistria! Black hole of Europe artificially maintenained by Russia.

  • @user-dl9ri6qz7h
    @user-dl9ri6qz7h 4 года назад +10

    4:37 what is this?

    • @noob_man8985
      @noob_man8985 4 года назад

      That is Kosovo my friend

    • @user-dl9ri6qz7h
      @user-dl9ri6qz7h 4 года назад

      @@noob_man8985 What, I don't understand?

    • @danielmagro4817
      @danielmagro4817 4 года назад

      @@user-dl9ri6qz7h oh so apparently you dont know your country map

    • @danielmagro4817
      @danielmagro4817 4 года назад

      @@user-dl9ri6qz7h well then to are a d umass who has nothing to write another Serbian wanting attention

    • @noob_man8985
      @noob_man8985 4 года назад +2

      @@user-dl9ri6qz7h Kosovo is not Serbia, if Kosovo was Serbia then why does Kosovo have their own passwords?

  • @roy_mezz-awake2470
    @roy_mezz-awake2470 2 года назад +2

    To be honest, I believe that, you can’t go calling a nation “new” because it gained independence recently, you need context. As an Armenian I know that civilisations of ours have existed around 2000 years ago making us some of the first globally. We might have only gotten our independence in the 90s but we’ve existed longer than almost any other current nation

  • @joaolobato3223
    @joaolobato3223 4 года назад +1

    Bom vídeo 👍