Why does Andorra Exist? (Short Animated Documentary)

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  • @georgeamesfort3408
    @georgeamesfort3408 3 года назад +3876

    Andorra's existence came down with a severe case of being questioned by History Matters

    • @alexanderballa6152
      @alexanderballa6152 3 года назад +5

      Yes

    • @BritishRepublicsn
      @BritishRepublicsn 3 года назад +5

      F

    • @georgeamesfort3408
      @georgeamesfort3408 3 года назад +19

      Well at least it didn't come down with a case of the *deads*

    • @ecurewitz
      @ecurewitz 3 года назад +16

      and being bakrolled by James Bissonette

    • @JB-yb4wn
      @JB-yb4wn 3 года назад +11

      @@ecurewitz
      You speak of the chosen one! Let us bow our heads in reverence to the Great Bissonette. 😔

  • @Dymodeus1
    @Dymodeus1 3 года назад +2551

    I love all these cases of "we didn't take part in peace negotiations, so technically we're still at war"

    • @MesaperProductions
      @MesaperProductions 3 года назад +236

      Andorra is coming for you, Germany!

    • @para_magnus2200
      @para_magnus2200 3 года назад +212

      @@MesaperProductions imagine if Germany remembers they’re at war with Andorra and they just go and annex it

    • @MesaperProductions
      @MesaperProductions 3 года назад +30

      @@para_magnus2200 RUDE!

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 3 года назад +60

      It's not "We didn't take part in peace negotiations." It's "We declared war on you but then never signed a peace treaty afterwards."

    • @beeble2003
      @beeble2003 3 года назад +47

      @malta "Fun fact Russia and Japan are still at war" Actual fact: no they're not. The state of war between the Soviet Union and Japan was ended by the Soviet-Japanese Joint Declaration, 1956.

  • @aldotorres1983
    @aldotorres1983 3 года назад +3247

    Why does Andorra exist?
    "You see, when a Spain and a France love each other..."

    • @timmccarthy872
      @timmccarthy872 3 года назад +398

      "Spain and France still love you very much, Andorra, so we're going to... co-prince you. As a team. Plus you'll get two birthdays and two Christmases!"

    • @Ironbanner12
      @Ironbanner12 3 года назад +86

      Countryhumans be like

    • @sibericusthefrosty9950
      @sibericusthefrosty9950 3 года назад +49

      *Hetalia flashbacks*

    • @arandomyoutubeaccount3166
      @arandomyoutubeaccount3166 3 года назад +10

      @@Ironbanner12
      Good one!

    • @thesacredlobo
      @thesacredlobo 3 года назад +10

      I'm pretty sure it was hate $%$#%$% in this case.

  • @jonathanwebster7091
    @jonathanwebster7091 3 года назад +1177

    Fun fact: no French Co-Prince of France visited Andorra until Charles de Gaulle. Since then each successive Co-Prince has made a point of visiting Andorra at least once.

    • @whitezombie10
      @whitezombie10 2 года назад +85

      Another good action made by de Gaulle

    • @josecipriano3048
      @josecipriano3048 2 года назад +57

      When politicians visit Andorra, usually the trunk of their cars is full of cash. Maybe that's the reason.

    • @athishnirup1815
      @athishnirup1815 2 года назад +40

      Napoléon was nice enough to visit them

    • @andreluizbutzkedallacorte5242
      @andreluizbutzkedallacorte5242 2 года назад +18

      Fun fact: I work at the place where these people stay when they come to Andorra, looking forward to seeing Macron

    • @dylanroemmele906
      @dylanroemmele906 Год назад

      @@andreluizbutzkedallacorte5242 so you can kill him 😀

  • @LightningFastStudios
    @LightningFastStudios 3 года назад +1985

    Anyone: *threatens Andorra*
    France: "Don't talk to me or my son ever again."

    • @spanishboysmodels2876
      @spanishboysmodels2876 3 года назад +48

      Same goes with Liechtenstein

    • @precision2190
      @precision2190 3 года назад +64

      @@spanishboysmodels2876 that’s more with Switzerland tho

    • @aster5929
      @aster5929 3 года назад +39

      Anyone: threatens Austria
      Germany: "Third Reich"round 2🤙

    • @seangardner8965
      @seangardner8965 3 года назад +5

      *Rule Brittania starts playing*

    • @Cybernaut551
      @Cybernaut551 3 года назад +6

      @@aster5929 America: Aw, {redacted} here we go again.

  • @wannabedal-adx458
    @wannabedal-adx458 3 года назад +1885

    Monaco: History Matters is coming for you!!!

    • @Torus2112
      @Torus2112 3 года назад +37

      He better, Monaco's my favourite one.

    • @MarkWTK
      @MarkWTK 3 года назад +38

      and maybe Singapore, Lesotho, French Guiana, Dutch Caribbean ...

    • @johnladuke6475
      @johnladuke6475 3 года назад +23

      Aruba, Jamaica, (ooh I wanna take ya to) Key Largo, Montego Bay...

    • @solwen
      @solwen 3 года назад +18

      @@MarkWTK French Guyane is part of France, it's not the same.

    • @MarkWTK
      @MarkWTK 3 года назад +18

      @@solwen yes, I know. But I think it's good for people to know how did it came to be and why didn't they ask for independence?

  • @MemeMaster-bg4mf
    @MemeMaster-bg4mf 3 года назад +5276

    Because there aren’t enough countries that have Romania-like color schemes on their flags.

  • @SmoothOperator739
    @SmoothOperator739 3 года назад +776

    “There was some squabbling...”
    *Your mother*

    • @MrSiwyMC
      @MrSiwyMC 3 года назад +10

      Came here for this 😂

    • @pancholopez8829
      @pancholopez8829 3 года назад +12

      Oh my...😦
      Guess where I got that reference from?

  • @thekatplayz
    @thekatplayz 3 года назад +1465

    This video has more views than people living in Andorra.

    • @Jotari
      @Jotari 3 года назад +19

      Truth.

    • @liamvella5686
      @liamvella5686 3 года назад +33

      by over 5 times

    • @js_munchies
      @js_munchies 3 года назад +31

      Yes. No matter when you're reading this.

    • @ericturcotte3131
      @ericturcotte3131 2 года назад +2

      And almost as many likes!

    • @swedenball8589
      @swedenball8589 2 года назад +2

      Does anybody live in Andorra except the 77,000 ppl? lol

  • @jonathanwebster7091
    @jonathanwebster7091 3 года назад +508

    Also fun fact: Andorra has an army of 12 men who are only ever used for ceremonial purposes.

    • @aramisortsbottcher8201
      @aramisortsbottcher8201 2 года назад +71

      What ab honour it must be, to be one of the choosen dozen.
      Wonder what ranks they have.

    • @luso569
      @luso569 2 года назад +4

      B R U H

    • @MoHossam94
      @MoHossam94 2 года назад +72

      Better not to anger them..
      Your wouldn't bear the wrath of the 12 Angry Men!

    • @cyrilwiddershoven6437
      @cyrilwiddershoven6437 2 года назад +37

      I just imagine them being like some super soldiers oberliterating normal infantry

    • @yuridecheveigne6296
      @yuridecheveigne6296 Год назад +34

      there's actually a song that goes
      "they spent four dollars and ninety cents,
      On armaments and self-defence,
      have you ever seen such confidence?
      Andorra hip-hurrah "

  • @leonardoavigliano8203
    @leonardoavigliano8203 3 года назад +2660

    Andorra is where James Bisonete hides his fortune

    • @davidgil6485
      @davidgil6485 3 года назад +150

      It really could be, there are a lot of jokes now about in Spain about youtubers moving to Andorra to avoid taxes

    • @MesaperProductions
      @MesaperProductions 3 года назад +34

      THE SECRET IS FINALLY OUT!

    • @davidcervantes9336
      @davidcervantes9336 3 года назад +42

      Well, yes. But actually no. Andorra has recently been declared a cooperative nation, which takes it out of the list of tax heavens.

    • @GarkKahn
      @GarkKahn 3 года назад +5

      I'm sure that's true

    • @leonardoavigliano8203
      @leonardoavigliano8203 3 года назад +3

      @@GarkKahn AGUANTE LA ACADEMIAAAA

  • @apotato89
    @apotato89 3 года назад +892

    I've always wanted to know why this place existed but could never be bothered to Google it

    • @rumkeg919
      @rumkeg919 3 года назад +48

      It's Andorra for you: everyone questions it, none bothers with it.

    • @jonathanccast
      @jonathanccast 3 года назад +13

      Trust me, this is a much briefer & more focused summary than the Wikipedia "History of Andorra" page Google *would* show you

    • @Aquamayne100
      @Aquamayne100 3 года назад

      same

    • @lucianobattistoniromero4618
      @lucianobattistoniromero4618 3 года назад +3

      This is this channel in a nutshell

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 года назад +3

      @@jonathanccast There's a simplified version of Wiki which is still longer than this clip.

  • @drank.99
    @drank.99 3 года назад +5274

    Andorra: We're a proud nation that has survived adversity from the neighbouring superpowers.
    HistoryMatters: *why do you breathe?*

    • @sam08g16
      @sam08g16 3 года назад +104

      And why are you gae?

    • @yuvrajsingh743
      @yuvrajsingh743 3 года назад +82

      @@sam08g16 who says Andorra is gae

    • @mta4144
      @mta4144 3 года назад +78

      @@yuvrajsingh743 Andorra is gaë

    • @Danirio96
      @Danirio96 3 года назад +151

      Andorra, as most microstates, exists so people can do what the cannot do in the neighbouring states, in most cases: avoid taxes

    • @HeadCannon19
      @HeadCannon19 3 года назад +73

      Microstate: *exists*
      History Matters: But why though?

  • @JC7Musica
    @JC7Musica 3 года назад +3165

    Andorra: exists
    History Matters: yes, but why tho?

    • @maniac7466
      @maniac7466 3 года назад +6

      Ye

    • @angelm3670
      @angelm3670 3 года назад +10

      I also wonder why

    • @Dragonfire511
      @Dragonfire511 3 года назад +24

      Because of James Bissonette

    • @notacaulkhead
      @notacaulkhead 3 года назад +3

      Wow this is so funny

    • @TaroTDB
      @TaroTDB 3 года назад +2

      To buy cheap tabaco and alcohol, thats why

  • @Kevin-mx1vi
    @Kevin-mx1vi 3 года назад +832

    During a walking holiday in the Pyrenees, a friend of mine and his wife accidentally wandered into Andorra and spent the afternoon getting drunk in a bar. Then they wandered out again. No-one asked to see their passports or even asked how they came to be there. No-one cared. 😀

    • @missionsabotage
      @missionsabotage 3 года назад +233

      EU citizens can cross freely. However there are often controls for alcohol and cigarettes when you leave.

    • @niaraa8378
      @niaraa8378 3 года назад +53

      they are use to that coze taxe on alcool are very low in andorra. nice choice of a place to get drank bro :D

    • @eumim8020
      @eumim8020 2 года назад +10

      They do have heavy restrictions on weed tho

    • @arthursimsa9005
      @arthursimsa9005 Год назад

      No one careS, for sure

    • @YourGayOverlord
      @YourGayOverlord Год назад +21

      Ah, Schengen

  • @cosminbahrim3489
    @cosminbahrim3489 3 года назад +950

    He didn't mention Kelly Moneymaker as a patreon. Truly the end of an era

    • @Dystopia1111
      @Dystopia1111 3 года назад +157

      The Pastry Section as well. Strange times indeed...

    • @kuenythiluang25
      @kuenythiluang25 3 года назад +48

      I can only see this getting worse…

    • @sheldon-cooper
      @sheldon-cooper 3 года назад +141

      At least we still have James Bisonete ( How tf do you spell it)

    • @Word187
      @Word187 3 года назад +135

      ​@@sheldon-cooper Imagine James Bisonette stops being a patreon... That would be so f-ing weird

    • @teobiquir1815
      @teobiquir1815 3 года назад +73

      When the comments section turns into a discussion about the patreons

  • @coryburris8211
    @coryburris8211 3 года назад +871

    “As you know, the French monarchy would go through some difficult times.” Immediately changes to show Louis XVI’s head in a 🧺...

    • @brookeking8559
      @brookeking8559 3 года назад +34

      And the bottom of the basket turns red.

    • @zjzr08
      @zjzr08 3 года назад +29

      @@brookeking8559 Probably the bloodiest I have seen in a History Matters video hehe.

    • @scintillam_dei
      @scintillam_dei 3 года назад

      My series on the politically-incorrect history of atheism says why the French Revolution really happened.

    • @VelvetCondoms
      @VelvetCondoms 3 года назад +1

      @@zjzr08 and funniest!

    • @inspectorjavert8443
      @inspectorjavert8443 3 года назад +2

      Ah should we honor our treaty King Louis head?
      Ah do whatever you want I’m super dead!

  • @semipenguin
    @semipenguin 3 года назад +1754

    European road trip.
    “Welcome to Andorra.”
    Two minutes later...
    “Thanks for visiting. Please come again.”

    • @randez_9168
      @randez_9168 3 года назад +110

      Don´t forget to stop for cheap fuel

    • @sycani
      @sycani 3 года назад +68

      @@randez_9168 and guns and candy and tires and everything else we sell

    • @andrewgrange8327
      @andrewgrange8327 3 года назад +21

      @@sycani isn’t that a complete list for Andorra?

    • @ausore9832
      @ausore9832 3 года назад +10

      @@andrewgrange8327 what else would you ever want

    • @analoguegeek
      @analoguegeek 3 года назад +30

      lol you grossly oversimplify how indirect the roads in andorra are.
      Took me hours to get through that country just because of the twisty mountain roads and the traffic and the snow.

  • @larido.
    @larido. 3 года назад +76

    You missed the best part, in 1934 a minor russian noble called Borís Skósyrev was proclaimed king of Andorra by the parlament, 20 days later the spanish Guardia Civil entered Andorra an put him into prisson by order of the bishop of Urgel.

  • @bernietea
    @bernietea 3 года назад +171

    A "Who is James Bissonnette" video would be great as an April Fool's prank.

  • @Admiral45-10
    @Admiral45-10 3 года назад +219

    So Andorra survived on being so insignificant to Spain and France, that it avoided being invaded by any of them.

    • @troodon1096
      @troodon1096 2 года назад +32

      Best way to avoid being invaded; be too insignificant to be worth the trouble.

    • @benthomason3307
      @benthomason3307 2 года назад +10

      Arabia avoided being eaten by the Ottomans the same way. For a time.

    • @R4INTUcanaldeCODiotrosjuegos
      @R4INTUcanaldeCODiotrosjuegos Год назад +7

      They literally at one point tried to appear 3 times poorer than they were to look unworthy of being invaded and ended up getting some peace and help lol. Indeed one of the main values there is to live very frugally since in essence they aren't Monaco, but a country in a Valley.

    • @sirreepicheeprules7443
      @sirreepicheeprules7443 Год назад +3

      ​@@benthomason3307 Arabia sits on very valuable trade routes are holds the city of Mecca, quite literally the most important place in Islam. I would think Arabia would be a very enticing target for powerful muslim rulers to conquer as it would greatly boost their position among the Islamic world. The reason the Turks didn't take it over was because they had other lands around them that were easier to take over and enemies to fight like Austria, Russia, Spain and Persia; another reason is the Arabs don't particularly like being ruled by non-Arabs and especially not the Turks whose Sultan had taken the title of Caliph which the Arabs felt should belong to them.

  • @arienkano6002
    @arienkano6002 3 года назад +682

    Imagine someone on internet questioning your existance as a state

    • @patchworkfellow
      @patchworkfellow 3 года назад +42

      *Andorra:* Confused screaming*

    • @arienkano6002
      @arienkano6002 3 года назад +6

      @@patchworkfellow Screaming intensifies even more when that imagine becames an actual fact since he questioned it

    • @josearauz48
      @josearauz48 3 года назад +6

      Imagine someone having to explain it

    • @x_croner
      @x_croner 3 года назад +1

      at lease there are an answer, i still question my existence as a thing

    • @arienkano6002
      @arienkano6002 3 года назад

      @@x_croner oh

  • @trollyh4ck3r59
    @trollyh4ck3r59 3 года назад +531

    As an Andorran I ask myself this question everyday.

    • @FishTankk6578
      @FishTankk6578 3 года назад +4

      Deadass?

    • @tomtomtrent
      @tomtomtrent 3 года назад +15

      Stop lying, Andorran people don’t exist, silly

    • @trollyh4ck3r59
      @trollyh4ck3r59 3 года назад +28

      @@AlmondBscotch French

    • @trollyh4ck3r59
      @trollyh4ck3r59 3 года назад +22

      @@tomtomtrent I originate from France. In fact my grandfather fought in ww2

    • @alanz4819
      @alanz4819 3 года назад +19

      What are the advantages and downsides of being in such a small country?

  • @DudeWatIsThis
    @DudeWatIsThis 3 года назад +263

    "Why does Andorra exist?"
    "So that The Blondius can go there to evade taxes."

  • @raushaanseychell6198
    @raushaanseychell6198 3 года назад +74

    We always ask “who is James Bizzonet” but we never ask “how is James Bizzonet”

  • @Edit-nk6nb
    @Edit-nk6nb 3 года назад +669

    "I promise I won't get political"
    *Five drinks later*
    "WHY DOES ANDORRA EXIST?!"

  • @idek6585
    @idek6585 3 года назад +343

    The Vatican: Finally a worthy opponent, our battle will be legendary.

    • @TheRedstoneNarcissist
      @TheRedstoneNarcissist 3 года назад +3

      Lol

    • @jeremiahjerrykeepat1866
      @jeremiahjerrykeepat1866 3 года назад +6

      How about Monaco?

    • @idek6585
      @idek6585 3 года назад +17

      @@jeremiahjerrykeepat1866 That's what I thought as well as San Marino, but it would have ruined the joke.

    • @gandalfthegrey7135
      @gandalfthegrey7135 3 года назад +3

      @@eemil.894 A pope isn't a good reason for an own country.

    • @Iason29
      @Iason29 3 года назад +8

      The Vatican is simply the Papal states that always existed. It's just that Garibaldi when he secured Italy's independence he wanted to make Rome the nation's capital which at the time was the only territory left of the papal states. At one time they used to cover the whole of central italy

  • @MrBKainX
    @MrBKainX 3 года назад +235

    Minor Country: *exists*
    History Matters: ....why?

    • @gabrieldossantos1116
      @gabrieldossantos1116 3 года назад +13

      I mean, it's a valid question. Who would imagine that such a small county wouldn't get conquered when it's surrounded by two major countries?

    • @awesomemantm2000
      @awesomemantm2000 3 года назад +3

      @@gabrieldossantos1116 Because they're just that damn good

    • @gabrieldossantos1116
      @gabrieldossantos1116 3 года назад +2

      @@awesomemantm2000 And because both of them had a civil for each month lmao France and Spain back then weren't really stable

  • @welovepopculture5821
    @welovepopculture5821 2 года назад +27

    Cool video. I grew up in Catalonia and never got such a good summary of Andorra's history (I always kinda wondered why they existed... LOL)

    • @ruthxk7844
      @ruthxk7844 10 месяцев назад

      Me too 😂 I thought they let it exist so they could hide all their illegal money there but apparently there are "historical reasons" too 😂😂😂

  • @sviatoslavs.1305
    @sviatoslavs.1305 3 года назад +20

    2:45
    De Gaulle: "We did it!"
    Monty: *[simply annoyed]*

  • @mr.caretaker6086
    @mr.caretaker6086 3 года назад +279

    History Matters: "Why does Andorra exist?"
    Andorra: "I don't need to prove myself to you!!!"

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 3 года назад +55

    The "Help, yo" sign gave me quite a chuckle

  • @TreeBarkSide
    @TreeBarkSide 3 года назад +117

    When in doubt: James Bizzonete

    • @jamesbissonette8002
      @jamesbissonette8002 3 года назад +34

      Seems silly to me.

    • @TreeBarkSide
      @TreeBarkSide 3 года назад +19

      @@jamesbissonette8002 THE MASTER HAS REPLIED!!! ALL HAIL LORD BIZ!

    • @teobiquir1815
      @teobiquir1815 3 года назад

      Impossible

    • @teobiquir1815
      @teobiquir1815 3 года назад +6

      All hail King James I of Bissonette, ruler of History Matters' Patreon

    • @dw620
      @dw620 3 года назад +3

      @@jamesbissonette8002 Sounds like the bissness to me. : )

  • @kingmuddy5898
    @kingmuddy5898 3 года назад +135

    So is Germany still "technically" at war with Andorra or did I miss something.....

    • @madmoblin
      @madmoblin 3 года назад +59

      No, they signed a peace treaty in 1958

    • @ATemplarIGuess
      @ATemplarIGuess 3 года назад +8

      @@madmoblin west or east?

    • @madmoblin
      @madmoblin 3 года назад +11

      @@ATemplarIGuess West Germany

    • @ATemplarIGuess
      @ATemplarIGuess 3 года назад +15

      @@madmoblin ah so technically not both until the 80s/90s?

    • @p00bix
      @p00bix 3 года назад +44

      ​@@ATemplarIGuess The 'German Reich' was formally abolished in 1945, and neither West Germany nor East Germany ever claimed to be legal successors to it. A hoax published in a 1958 American newspaper article (which editors didn't realize had been made up by the author) claimed that West Germany signed a peace treaty with Andorra. Because the newspaper in question was considered highly reputable, journalists working for other papers picked up the story, most notably The New York Times--the most popular newspaper in America. Since the NYT's article, the myth has persisted.

  • @anthonykeel1058
    @anthonykeel1058 3 года назад +15

    Thanks for another great video! Went to Andorra back in 2002, was a great place and remember there being allot of crosses on the mountains there and this video explains why.

  • @tykjpelk
    @tykjpelk 3 года назад +61

    The co-principality of Andorra is one of my favorite pieces of trivia to bring up in political conversations. "The old nobility is still in power, it's just hidden. Did you know that Macron is the prince of Andorra?"

    • @Finkiu
      @Finkiu 2 года назад +9

      Only six months per year. The other six is Urgell Bishop.

    • @1000eau
      @1000eau 2 года назад +14

      @@Finkiu No, they're both co-princes at the same time

    • @1000eau
      @1000eau 2 года назад +20

      @@Finkiu I think you're confusing with the shared franco-spanish condominium over Pheasant island where sovereignty over the Island is exchanged every six months

  • @michellesheppard9253
    @michellesheppard9253 3 года назад +118

    Now History Matters should have a playlist of "Why do these micro states exists?"

    • @xernobell7845
      @xernobell7845 3 года назад +6

      Like Belgium and Belarus ?

    • @muhammadalfatih2640
      @muhammadalfatih2640 3 года назад +6

      @@xernobell7845 don't forget Russia, China and India they're microstates too

    • @greywolf7577
      @greywolf7577 3 года назад +8

      @@muhammadalfatih2640 They are microstates if you look at the Solar System as a whole.

    • @swedenball8589
      @swedenball8589 2 года назад

      IT he does

  • @PrettyAnimated
    @PrettyAnimated 3 года назад +38

    Hitler: I fear no man but that thing
    *Andorra existing*
    Hitler: It scares me

    • @Freedmoon44
      @Freedmoon44 3 года назад +1

      To be fair he got into vichy because paranoïa about allies landing there, why would they want to invade the tiny piece with no coastline nor military next to it?

    • @SirAntoniousBlock
      @SirAntoniousBlock 3 года назад

      Also Hitler: Either Andorra goes or I do!

  • @M0ntezuma300
    @M0ntezuma300 3 года назад +4

    It is also part of an important mountain pass between the countries

  • @dead.dummy678
    @dead.dummy678 3 года назад +19

    "Andorra is a country between Spain and France...."
    Ah, that explains the color scheme of the flag!

    • @Prollan06
      @Prollan06 2 года назад

      Actually, I never thought about that.
      Good catch

  • @armakatsu
    @armakatsu 3 года назад +23

    This is the earliest I've been able to watch a History Matters video

  • @TheGreatCooLite
    @TheGreatCooLite 3 года назад +47

    Its literally unimaginable to me that someone can be from this place

    • @user-cf9tl9lk5g
      @user-cf9tl9lk5g 3 года назад +38

      it's mostly filled with with spanish athletes and celebrities dodging taxes. In fact, las week spain's biggest youtuber (El Rubius) announced he was moving there and there's been a lot of talk about it on tv

    • @pachekusdimitrescus1
      @pachekusdimitrescus1 3 года назад +18

      @@user-cf9tl9lk5g "dodging taxes" no, that's not the appropiate statement to describe that situation. It rather would be that they just want to pay less taxes and just like that. Avoid taxes is when you live in a country in which you don't pay partially or to be straight you pay nothing

    • @seethrough_treeshrew
      @seethrough_treeshrew 3 года назад +28

      @@pachekusdimitrescus1 I doubt those celebrity residents live full time in Andorra and the like, so yeah, they are dodging taxes

    • @maxpuente6291
      @maxpuente6291 3 года назад +4

      I'm 1/8th Andorran!😂

    • @kousvetkousvet4158
      @kousvetkousvet4158 3 года назад +1

      @@seethrough_treeshrew they actually live full time in Andorra, like if they went out of their houses.

  • @acd5300
    @acd5300 3 года назад +149

    Last time I was this early Spain and France still ruled Andorra.

    • @shaunmattice6413
      @shaunmattice6413 3 года назад +2

      The last time I was this late; Spain was in a civil war.

    • @novedad4468
      @novedad4468 3 года назад +13

      They still do

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 3 года назад +1

      @@novedad4468 Ikr!

    • @cerebrummaximus3762
      @cerebrummaximus3762 3 года назад +1

      Wait it's a Joke, right? You're so late, that it's Today?

    • @TheWoollyFrog
      @TheWoollyFrog 3 года назад +1

      The president of France is still considered a co-prince of Andorra.

  • @ZeissReich
    @ZeissReich 3 года назад +9

    Little known fact: James Bisonette has a summer home in Andorra.

    • @dw620
      @dw620 3 года назад +2

      Even less know fact - there are two dozen ways to spell James Bissonette!
      (I think a mini-bison sounds rather cute, tho')

  • @njb1126
    @njb1126 3 года назад +2

    Fun fact- the bishopric of urgell also had oversight of the small principality of bissonette

  • @tomtomtrent
    @tomtomtrent 3 года назад +24

    1:55 Had to do a double take seeing the king’s head bleed

  • @maud3444
    @maud3444 3 года назад +42

    I was already wondering when it was Andorra's turn to be questioned... poor Liechtenstein is sweating already

    • @ReaperCH90
      @ReaperCH90 3 года назад +3

      That's an easy one: Liechtenstein is the last land the former Austrian Family of Liechtenstein was still owning after the HRE disolved and Nationstates becane the norm.

  • @patchworkfellow
    @patchworkfellow 3 года назад +107

    *Anyone:* *Plans to steal a Church-owned state/country*
    *Church:* _So have you ever heard of hELL?_

  • @lessthanpinochet
    @lessthanpinochet 3 года назад +25

    Can't help but notice that these tiny European nations like Luxembourg and Andorra are tax havens.

    • @sho3003
      @sho3003 3 года назад +2

      Monaco too

    • @gusmane147
      @gusmane147 3 года назад +3

      Even larger countries like Ireland or small parts of UK are. It's really annoying to me since first all those regions are already rich and because they waste more than half the money they still from the tax system of other nations

    • @watching99134
      @watching99134 2 года назад +1

      The worst in the world are the British Virgin Islands though (Caribbean).

  • @andrei-dansorescu8990
    @andrei-dansorescu8990 2 года назад +2

    here's a niche follow-up: do one on Couto Misto, the Andorra-like state that survived until the nineteenth century between Spain and Portugal

  • @poke-champ4256
    @poke-champ4256 3 года назад +14

    Waiting for that guy commenting "as an andorran,I ask myself this question everday"

    • @harmony5510
      @harmony5510 3 года назад +3

      as an andorran,I ask myself this question everday

    • @sho3003
      @sho3003 3 года назад

      @Randy Rhombus except maybe Rubius

    • @starleaf-luna
      @starleaf-luna 2 года назад

      as a pole (not a polish person, just a street pole) i ask myself this question everywhere

  • @cryptan6756
    @cryptan6756 3 года назад +4

    Loved the blood flowing from the basket.

  • @napoleonibonaparte7198
    @napoleonibonaparte7198 3 года назад +23

    It’s a nice addition to my title as Emperor of the French.

  • @Conradlovesjoy
    @Conradlovesjoy 3 года назад +2

    de Gaulle with the “WE did it sign” is peak de Gaulle.

  • @sergersgerhersh6594
    @sergersgerhersh6594 3 года назад +72

    Andorra, Romania, Chad and Moldova need to unite into the tricolour federation.
    With their combined powers, of red, yellow and blue they will become unstoppable.😋

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 Год назад

      Romania and Moldova probably will unite at some point. Moldova is just a part of Romania that got stolen by the Soviets.

    • @danizepam
      @danizepam Год назад

      Those are all wack-ass countries

    • @TheMCzorro
      @TheMCzorro Год назад +1

      Who'd be Earth, who'd be Wind, who'd be Water and who'd be Fire in this defensive pact?

    • @luisreyes1963
      @luisreyes1963 Год назад

      Chad? Really? 🧐

    • @TheMCzorro
      @TheMCzorro Год назад

      @@luisreyes1963 Yes, Chad, a country between Sahara desert and Central Africa that also happens to have a blue-yellow-red flag

  • @wetwillyis_1881
    @wetwillyis_1881 3 года назад +6

    History Matters, answering all the questions, yes ALL OF THEM!
    (Keep up the good work man, great job.)

  • @ignaciosepulveda8401
    @ignaciosepulveda8401 3 года назад +60

    Today Andorra exists mostly as a tax heaven for spanish youtubers

    • @copipucha
      @copipucha 2 года назад +2

      Exactly! I've been scrolling down the comments looking for this haha

  • @flyawayq5115
    @flyawayq5115 3 года назад +14

    The “your mother” sign always gets me 😂

    • @starleaf-luna
      @starleaf-luna 2 года назад

      how old are you? or are you stuck in 2018?

    • @flyawayq5115
      @flyawayq5115 2 года назад

      @@starleaf-luna What’s it to you? Did my comment from a year ago trigger you so much that you felt the need to put your two cents in?

  • @anarghyasumanth8590
    @anarghyasumanth8590 3 года назад +5

    Why does Andorra's shape look a lot like Spain?

    • @g2ltt733
      @g2ltt733 3 года назад

      They look more like Romania

  • @natecutler2012
    @natecutler2012 2 года назад +2

    1:55 I thought the blood spilling out of the basket was a nice touch.

  • @ElladanKenet
    @ElladanKenet 3 года назад +21

    Ah, Andorra, home of our favorite explorer, Andora the Explora

  • @gideonmele1556
    @gideonmele1556 3 года назад +8

    Even already knowing the story, it’s always great and entertaining to hear History Matters about it. And *thud*

    • @sviatoslavs.1305
      @sviatoslavs.1305 3 года назад

      And how glass breaks down when something happens territorial (Spanish Civil war, collapse of the Soviet Union etc.).

  • @thedemocraticfilipino6417
    @thedemocraticfilipino6417 3 года назад +17

    Literally a question one would ask at 2:15 in the morning...

  • @Clarkyboy1979
    @Clarkyboy1979 3 года назад +2

    Forgot to mention another important fact, it's thousands of feet up in the Pyrenees mountains and it was never worth the effort.

  • @MrEminemd2
    @MrEminemd2 3 года назад +2

    I won't lie, you answer question I didn't even know I wanted to ask. I love it

  • @tomjohnson9338
    @tomjohnson9338 3 года назад +5

    After dancing across the screen and the fall sideways death, my third fav HM thing is "(pause).. no."

  • @ThatSamuel24
    @ThatSamuel24 3 года назад +127

    Andorra has got to be in one of the worse positions ever.

    • @toganium4175
      @toganium4175 3 года назад +4

      *positions

    • @conejitorosada2326
      @conejitorosada2326 3 года назад +51

      At least it isn't in between France and Germany! or Germany and Russia! So it's pretty good!
      Not for Belgium and Poland though

    • @lhistorienchipoteur9968
      @lhistorienchipoteur9968 3 года назад +7

      Nope, it's quite good for skiing, I've once been there for that.

    • @catmeat2059
      @catmeat2059 3 года назад +13

      The opposite, actually. Any microstate by default exists either on a small, remote island, or if its neighbors allow it to exist, which is why Europe has so many. Compare Hong Kong or Kuwait. Other than that, countries like Andorra or Liechtenstein are wealthier than they would be otherwise, as they can use the industrial base, intellectual capital and defense budget of their bigger neighbors.

    • @thunderbird1921
      @thunderbird1921 3 года назад +4

      @@conejitorosada2326 How about the region that WAS Czechoslovakia (before it split)? They were literally on the way to everywhere in central Europe.

  • @rafaelmendizabal7046
    @rafaelmendizabal7046 3 года назад +6

    I love to see how this video went out when all of Spain is talking about Andorra

  • @smallsay9958
    @smallsay9958 3 года назад +8

    As a person from canada, i ask myself this question everyday.

  • @HelithaGM
    @HelithaGM Год назад +7

    Fun fact: Andorra has the oldest international border in the world having been unchanged for hundreds of years.

    • @The_whales
      @The_whales Месяц назад

      And i thought Portugal had the oldest

  • @Jacksiloution
    @Jacksiloution 3 года назад +7

    As a non-Andorran I wonder why Mr Bisonette isint in a video yet

  • @Yassified3425
    @Yassified3425 3 года назад +20

    Andorran gang over here!

    • @1988thefreeman
      @1988thefreeman 3 года назад

      How are things in Andorra? 🙂

    • @Yassified3425
      @Yassified3425 3 года назад +1

      @@1988thefreeman If you go out in the street during Marshall law everybody will know who it was even if you were to hide your face.
      So I would say pretty good.

    • @ImtheHitcher
      @ImtheHitcher 3 года назад +1

      As in an actual Andorran native? I've been there so many times and haven't met a single person born there ha

    • @ivario
      @ivario 3 года назад

      @@Yassified3425 Is the bicycle manufacturing company still in business?

    • @Yassified3425
      @Yassified3425 3 года назад +1

      @@ivario They are, but as for every company this year isn't looking that good.

  • @onlybrandan
    @onlybrandan 3 года назад +8

    I kid you all not, I was literally thinking the other day: “When’s he going to do Andorra?”

  • @stuartdavis798
    @stuartdavis798 2 месяца назад

    Thanks! I have been wondering this for a while but was too lazy to investigate. Great three minutes

  • @Kumagoroo23
    @Kumagoroo23 3 года назад +19

    Great explanation but the term "CATALONIANS" is not correct. Instead we are called "CATALANS" :)

    • @dallascopp4798
      @dallascopp4798 3 года назад +1

      Catalonians sounds better than catalans because the word "catalan" reminds me of cats and lawns. Cats should be indoor pets and not be allowed on any lawn, so "catalan" is wrong. My logic is best and anyone that says other wise just want people's cats to runaway when they're out on their lawns.

    • @eireball
      @eireball 2 года назад +3

      Catalonia means from Catalonia, Catalan means ethnically from Catalonia

  • @Evzone1821
    @Evzone1821 3 года назад +19

    *insert James Bissonette financial reference here*

  • @Makrateli
    @Makrateli 3 года назад +7

    I bet there are/will be two comments like this: 1. “as an Andorran I ask myself this everyday” 2. “Because James bissonette needs a place to keep his spare change”

  • @valdemarsquelch
    @valdemarsquelch 3 года назад +3

    Love these videos - well done for giving us such pithy, witty insights into complex historical issues.

  • @PaulGorduiz106
    @PaulGorduiz106 3 года назад +2

    I really love to see next:
    1. The Boxer Rebellion: Explained.
    2. Why did America colonized the Philippines?
    3. Why did the Entente powers of WW1 decided to intervene in the Russian Civil War?

  • @Galois32
    @Galois32 3 года назад +1

    DeGaulle rushing ahead and holding the "We did it!" flag in the middle of Paris @ 2:46. Monty & Eisenhower looking on like "Muh huh..."
    Excellent attention to true historical detail

  • @galatheumbreon6862
    @galatheumbreon6862 3 года назад +7

    " No hell for you" lmao again I love this channel

  • @adamgasth
    @adamgasth 3 года назад +23

    "As An AnDoRrAn I AsK MySeLf ThIs EvErY dAy"

  • @spartanx9293
    @spartanx9293 3 года назад +32

    Me who has never heard of Andorra until this video: yes why does Andorra exist

  • @Veewee123
    @Veewee123 3 года назад +1

    I have now made a new playlist of every History Matters video and it will continue to be updated as History Matters posts.

  • @manuelbertram8785
    @manuelbertram8785 3 года назад +1

    I've been looking forward to this

  • @Koala1203
    @Koala1203 3 года назад +5

    Rest of the world: "Why can't you die?"
    Andorra: "Nanomachines son."

  • @joeohara3447
    @joeohara3447 3 года назад +3

    I literally work half the year looking at Andorra and knew none of this. Thank you.

  • @velebitsko
    @velebitsko 3 года назад +12

    This is youuur daily dose of fun facts: Andorra, the biggest country in the world without an airport.

    • @ericturcotte3131
      @ericturcotte3131 2 года назад

      With all the mountains and stuff, it's a good thing.

  • @RobertMihalache
    @RobertMihalache 3 года назад +1

    I have seen photos with Andorra and looks lovely. I wish that one day I will visit Andorra. Thanks for this video.

  • @Tohardtomakeachannel
    @Tohardtomakeachannel 2 года назад +2

    Andorra is such a beautiful country. Highly suggest visiting if you have the chance

  • @rainerwinkler8635
    @rainerwinkler8635 3 года назад +5

    Fun Fact: Andorra and West Germany signed a ceasefire treaty in 1958 ending the war from 1914-1958

  • @189Blake
    @189Blake 3 года назад +5

    2:32 So WW1 is still ongoing?! Bring it on boys!

    • @harmony5510
      @harmony5510 3 года назад +1

      Andorra made peace in 1958, single handedly ending WW1

  • @YoonbeenPark
    @YoonbeenPark 2 года назад +14

    No, no. Andorra is in the African region north of Mumbambu. History Matters, please verify country locations with the US State Department in future.

  • @Davey-Boyd
    @Davey-Boyd 3 месяца назад

    Three of my friends got stuck on the cable car going up to a mountain top there when it broke down. I was sat in a bar with our dog watching and laughing my head off! It's a beautiful place well worth visiting.

  • @biscoito1r
    @biscoito1r 3 года назад +2

    The next one in the series should be Lesotho, a landlocked nation surrounded but just one nation.

  • @CoffeeSuccubus
    @CoffeeSuccubus 3 года назад +4

    Andorra has the legal succession to the Carlegonian Empire.
    Much like how Liechtenstein is the last of the HRE, San Marino is the last of the Roman Empire and Monaco... Used to be a little bigger. But that's it for them

    • @ronaldderooij1774
      @ronaldderooij1774 3 года назад

      Monaco is the last remnant of the pirate's nests.

  • @Snowfox456
    @Snowfox456 3 года назад +5

    Country: exists
    History Matters: Yes but WHY?

  • @katerinakatykat
    @katerinakatykat 3 года назад +3

    Andorra: Hi
    History Matters: And i took that personally.

  • @Cybernaut551
    @Cybernaut551 3 года назад

    Spectacular: From the Star Wars reference to the summary of Andorra's history. Stupendous!

  • @trevorwong9119
    @trevorwong9119 3 года назад +1

    When someone tries to take a piece of Andorra
    Priest: Pulls out a cross, NOT ONE STEP BACK