Countries That Don't Have An Army
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- Опубликовано: 23 ноя 2024
- ▶ In this video I go through the countries in the world that do not have full standing armed forces, or armies! Understanding which they are, and why that is the case.
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Are there any other countries that don't have military forces?
Kiribati is pronounced Kiribas
I think you mentioned all of them.
Well, Japan officially does not have an army, only their self defense forces. However, they are more powerful than many countries' armies
For all intents and purposes, Canada should go on the list. :-)
Palestine
Im from Costa Rica and im honored that you mentioned and talked about my country :) 🇨🇷
Amigo tico saludos desde uriangato 🇲🇽⚽🚬 animo primo
Hola de Portugal, the only thing i know from Costa Rica is that you guys have a Sloth (perezosos?) Sanctuary there, very cool. 😀ruclips.net/video/dL-VrVlv3Xo/видео.html
@Zeno the Filipino Filipinas y Inglaterra?
Same, pura vida mae
@@heheskibidi6885 *_Ñ_*
Also the border between Costa Rica and Panama is a truly demilitarized border with no army in both sides🇨🇷🇵🇦
Costa Rica has a minor dispute with Nicaragua but they seen content with arbitration.
The border between Panama and Costa Rica is one of the most peaceful in the world, 🇨🇷❤️🇵🇦
No.
San Expreso, greetings to a fellow Aurelion Sol main!
@Θ.Σ.Κ.30 ΙΙ only in the Darien Gap (Colombian-Panamanian border)
@@sorab0 wha
@Θ.Σ.Κ.30 ΙΙ not all latin america is the same
Love the video! It's always nice to hear things about my country (Costa Rica). Just one small clarification, Oscar Arias Sánchez was not the president of Costa Rica when the army was abolished (he was president from 1986-1990 and 2006-2010). The president that abolished the army was José María Figueres Ferrer
If you have interest in improving your English, "corps" is pronounced like "core", and the past tense of "seek" is "sought". Of course, much appreciation that you make English videos. Also, notably, "Kiribati" is pronounced "KEER-i-bass". (I'm not certain how to pronounce Liechtenstein, but I know it's not like "leash"--EDIT: actually I'm wrong. Thanks you commenters below.)
It;s LEECH-TEN-SHTINE with a gutturl CH as in the Scots word loch.
In generic non-english alphabet: Kiri-bass and Licht'n-shtein.
(From the perspective of non-english natives, english-speakers pronounce ee like i, and i like ei or ai)
Also "Nao-roo" not "Na-u-roo"
@@athirkell Idk if you're German, but I as a German can tell you that only very few dialects pronounce ch as sh. Most Germans would pronounce it like the h in hue. Some southern dialect, especially swiss ones would pronounce it like loch.
/kiribɑs/ and /lixtənʃ͡taɪn/
As a geography lover this channel is my favorite on RUclips
Same
Thanks!
@@General.Knowledge thanks for replying, ur welcome , keep up the good work
@@General.Knowledge balls
@@General.Knowledge, omg you replied, thanks, hope to see more amazing vids soon :)
Hi from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
I proudly say I have never seen a soldier in person in my life!
Meanwhile in México 😪
@@haterboy19888 and El Salvador
Lucky guy. Hopefully our (Americas) war with al quida ends.
Lucky guy
How's the central American gang violence?
Fun Fact : In Mauritius 🇲🇺 we call the soldiers of Special Mobile Force as "Guardian Dodo" because there is always a person standing guard next to a golden dodo statue at their HQ in Vacoas.
Somalia 🇸🇴 will invade and annex Mauritius 🇲🇺 that’s my goal
@@mohamedwaititi6192 With your small dinghies, you can try Seychelles first 😂
@@purplerabbit638 actually both are my goal I will make Western Sahara 🇪🇭 a country and defeat Morocco 🇲🇦 and annex Seychelles 🇸🇨 and Mauritius 🇲🇺 with my large navy gosh I can’t wait
@Aditya Desai that will be first step in my presidency I will take control of Somaliland and bomb them
@@mohamedwaititi6192 If you attack Morroco and try to make West Sahara a country the Arab League and Spain would be going after you, you know?
Im from Panama, I love that u talked about my country bc almost a lot people do not know about Panama😖
They are (for me) one of the best countries in LATAM, not to say they are the best, greetings from Costa Rica pana 🇨🇷❤️🇵🇦
I know about Panama!
When he said Panama became free with the help of the U.S. how much help are we talking about.
"Dichosa sea la madre costarricense que sabe que su hijo al nacer jamás será soldado"
"Lucky is the costa rican mother who knows that when her son is born he will never be a soldier"
No necesitamos morir en ninguna guerra. Con las ratas y matones que hay en San José es suficiente para no ser soldado y morir en un asalto.
@@jonathanavila7800 San José could seem like a dangerous place to us, but if you compare it to the rest of latam it's not that bad, I've walked in downtown at night and nothing bad happened.
@@estebammmmmm lucky you. I've been robbed twice. One in San Jose and one in my neighborhood.
@Steve Wolcott why would any country want to invade us?
@Steve Wolcott mmm ok 👍🏻
Love 💗 them all from Lebanon 🇱🇧!!!!
Hopefully my country can become as peaceful as they are !
I think it's one of the safest places in the middle east. 😀
@@flavio-viana-gomide Ypu must have missed the Beirut battles yesterday
@@archstanton6102 it's still one of the safest places in the middle east lol 7 deaths? that wouldn't even make the daily news in Yemen.
I love how the Prussian March song is playing at the end of the video.
Me too, mate. It's always a pleasure to listen to this song. I couldn't have missed it since I'm a big fan of Prussian March songs. A great choice for an outro song, I'd say.
8:50 When you play Civ and keep one old unit for nostalgic reasons. xD
omg Exactly
lmao
I found a coincidental fact - Iceland had no official army since 1869, which is the same year Mahatma Gandhi was born and Vatican city became independent with no army in 1929, which is the same year, when Martin Luther king jr was born lol. ( The similarity is that both people stood for peace and these country with no army also meant they stood for peace)
That's an interesting fact
Greetings from Costa Rica, we could not be more proud to have a neighbor like Panama by our side.
Liechtenstein history it's literally me and my friends coming back home after a party bringing new friends that we just meet that night ✌️
When the countries with no militaries are also one of the most peaceful countries.....
Yes, but also. Many of the countries invaded by Germany or the Soviet union had very small armies (Norway had tried to disolve their army in 1929, Denmark surrendered in less than 6 hours, the baltic states were pretty much in the same state and Luxembourg well, just got overrunned wothout much fighting afaik. Also, both the vatican and San Marino were attacked by german troops retreating from Italy in 1944). So Europe, after experiencing two wars just utterly destroying their continent, realized they had to keep a large army because one aggressor can take down dousins of pacifist countries. Latin America has been fairly lucky not having had many wars, due to USA interviening in their back yard; although atleast two wars come to mind (the war between Paraguay vs Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. And Chile vs Bolivia and Peru. Though there have been many more, like the Chaco war, the Acre rebellion, the Ecuador-Peruvian war, the football war, and alot of rebelions in Mexico). And same goes for the pacific. Those small countries are basicaly american protectorates and thus live under their shield and protection, same goes for Europe. There's a reason like Tannu Tuva isn't an independent demilitarized country, or Bahrain, or Brunei, or Singapore, or Burundi (although Mauritius and the Sechelles being demilitarized kinda surprised me, but it makes sense being so close to both british, american and even french protection (and India never really being a threat to them).
Although the world would be great if there were no armies or wars!
And those countries don’t because they can usually rely on allies looking out for them
Dr Hooves that might be true what you said.😁🐈
@@sofiaormbustad7467 Denmark did have an army in WW2 though
@@sofiaormbustad7467 You do realize WW2 happened almost a century ago right? Maybe we should stop using it to discuss modern day politics
Ok did I miss St Lucia through the rest of the video? It was mentioned at the start but not anywhere else.
You didn't miss it. I'm from there and was looking out for it but it seems he forgot us. Rip
2:27
In 2021, the US returned to the airbase and currently use it as an airbase for stealth aircraft. This is due to tensions with Russia escalating along with Iceland's strategic position in the artic.
Don't we also have Thule, Greenland?
@@xxxBradTxxx Yes but the US has always had a presence on Greenland since the start of the cold war.
@@TheConflictLibrary I just looked it up, apparently Thule is now operated by the United States Space Force since last year.
@@xxxBradTxxx Yeah. The US has had missle scanners and radar outposts on Greenland since the cold war, operated by USAF. But due to the creation of space force, it changed hands from air force to space force.
China: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN!
You misspelled USA ;)
@@Spacemongerr What
@@Spacemongerr your keyboard made a typo. Im pretty sure you mean russia
@@Spacemongerr I'M DEADDDD 😂😂🤣🤣 WHAT IN THE ACTUAL HECK??!!
@@Spacemongerr US protects most of these countries, funny enough; since they're allies.
I love that you play prussias gloria in the back😁
I really find it awesome that a lot of small countries like Nauru are protected by bigger countries even when the bigger countries could just not carr
because they help them indirectly like by being tourist destinations and making money instead of USA's rivals like China and by, for example, giving access to the seas around them
I might call Iceland and ask them 3 questions
'are you a free country?'
'do you have an army?'
'can I have you?'
I know I am not going to make friends but I'd be happy if they say to me "sure, just come on over, we will have a welcome wagon for you"
Always and intriguing topic. TY for posting this
Costa Rica does have a small Special Forces Unit, the Unidad Especial de Intervencion (UEI) or Special Intervention Unit, an elite commando service which trains with special services from around the world, but is not part of the main police service. Which you did elude to. Enjoyed your video 🤙
Its a SWAAT team 😒
@@luiscampos1164 Gotcha thank you.
Although some countries do not have them, there are more militaries then countries, as all 50 US states have their own National guard units, with some autonomous zones in other areas having them too
I think they are all under the National Guard of the United States classified as seperate organizations?
Can you do a video on the strongest armies
Can we have a video on smallest countries with strong militaries? There is a few!:)
Britain 🇬🇧 immediately comes to mind.
@@havensinclair3832 Really? We haver a population over 60 million. That's not small.
@@tadcastertory1087 oh I was thinking size not population. Oops
I would think of Israel which is at least relatively small (9.5 million inhabitants).
@@HingerlAlois Israel does come to mind but also UAE.
Even the Vatican had a substantial army which fought in many wars -this was when the Papal states occupied about one third of Italy(until the 1860's)The soldiers were often mercenaries usually Swiss who were considered the best fighters.They remain today with largely decorative and ceremonial functions as the Swiss guard whose outfits were probably designed by Michelangelo.
Thank you for uploading this on my birthday!
Happy birthday!
I really enjoy watching your videos amigo I love the way you explain your videos about country,flags, history I always love when you updated another video 🇲🇽⚽🚬😎👍
Congrats! Great video as usual.
Fun Fact: New Zealand has steadily reduced its military since the 1980s itself, instead relying on defense agreements with Australia more and more. So any countries which have defense treaties with New Zealand, basically rely on Australia for defense too, even if not directly.
You shortly mentioned Aruba: it is not just part of the Regional Security System, it is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and is therefore protected by the dutch state.
Thanks for mentioning my country that i live Panamá
I like the picture of the Norway armed forces, one special soldier is featured ;)
Hi. You forgot that Japan has only a limited Self Defence Force and relies on the US army bases in Okinawa. There’re discusscusions around changing the article 9 in the constitution (the article that says that Japan renounces armed conflict and will not have army) or redefining it, but as far as I know Japan still doesn’t have a proper army.
Hey, I have a question. Will there be another flag design contest and is it coming any time soon?
I love the movie, the Mouse That Roared. I often wonder what Europe country that was depicted in that movie.
Pitcairn Islands would be another. It's a British Territory that is like halfway between Australia and South America. The UK is responsible for their defense. In population in 2021 was 47 people, so it wouldn't be easy to establish a military force.
not a country
XD Liechtenstein got invaded twice accidentally, thats too funny. ^^
Costa Rica was also accidentally invaded by Nicaragua, because they used Google Maps and the borders were not well defined and without knowing it they were in Costa Rican territory XD
@@Glotón_Volador Dangerous if Google Maps is able to redefine ur countries borders. ^^
@@robertbretschneider765 funny thing is both Nicaragua and Google wrote an official apology to Costa Rica
@@Birb728 Interesting, thanks for letting me know!
If anyone is wondering the penguin is a Brigadier in the Norwegian army and he lives in Edinburgh zoo- I don't know how or why but thats the situation regarding that.
Also, a couple of them nations you mentioned don't have a standing army because the British Army recruits them.
the music in the intro gave this video a real RLL vibe.
I am from Norway and ye we have a penguin in our army
The only penguin outside a zoo that lives in the Northern Hemisphere!
Liechtenstein pronunciation teleported me to the Mars.
Kiribati is actually pronounced kiribas despite how it's spelled
Iceland:No army
Also Iceland:it's in NATO
and it was part of the Coalition of the Willing that invaded a country thousands of miles away based on lies.
Fun Fact: That Penguin is Nils Olav who is the brigaider of the Norwegian army he lives in Edinburgh Zoo and was knighted by King Harald V of Norway!
I've only heard of Costa Rica, Grenada, etc, etc, etc.
please also have a story about the navies of landlock countries.
nice video
Very educational.
This was awesome. I would be sad if i went through the rest of my life not knowing about the crossbow corps
Here in Mauritius we don't need military because pre independance UK would have send their army and post independance, India.
The Icelandic coast guard has been involved in at least 3 conflicts with UK.
Let's not forget the Cod Wars ;)
The Icelandic Coast Guard even had a special weapon deployed to stop UK from fishing in Icelandic waters.
Also at the end of the conflict (which Iceland wun all the time) Iceland got all its demands and now every nation that has implemented what Iceland wanted for themselves. More info here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cod_Wars
1:10 i'm curious why you did that to palau and nauru
UK:WRITE THAT DOWN!
Just in case: Oscar Arias was NOT the president of Costa Rica during 1949. He was 9 years old at the time (considering he was born in 1940). The de-facto president at the time was Jose Figueres Ferrer.
A historical video with this same topic could also be very interesting.
Iceland does have a coast guard which forms the entire military and acts as the de facto navy and Air Force
Nice video keep going
For Panama what about the Panama defense force?
Nice story
Although Iceland does not have a standing army, it did defeat Great Britain in the Cod Wars. ....
No fair. They cheated! They maliciously didn't open fire so we had no excuse to crush them. We also had a useless government at the time.
@@tadcastertory1087 You have a useless government now, so what has changed?
I don't know much about Andorra
preußens gloria in the background slaps
I don't know why but every time I hear his voice, professor comes to my mind
US, France, Australia... somewhat Switzerland. Unofficially Cuba, of course, the most prominent in the SAmericas and on the African continent.
**reads title**
This will be very useful thanks for this video!😎
I know marshall islands 🇲🇭 have a connection to the US so we’d back them. US still has possession of some of the marshall islands, the US Marshal Islands.
Palau micronesia and Marshall islands are all defended by the us
It always catches me a little off guard the way people pronounce St Lucia. Before recently, I'd only heard my mum, someone who studied Scandinavian languages, say it, and she pronounces it like "Santa Louseea". Not sure if this is true for other Scandinavian language speakers. Only recently did I hear the "Saint Lusha" pronunciation.
epa, para chegar assim tão cedo a um vídeo teu salazar ainda deve estar no poder lol
Fascinating video even with some somewhat eccentric pronunciation on the odd occasion
Fun Fact: Brazil is only 2 countries away from Portugal
also finland is 1 country away from north korea
Thumbs up for the Volvo police car 🙂👍
This is the type of military when they said “military grade steel” on ads
Companies with military forces would be nice.
My dad is from St. Lucia and you pronounced it wrong, It is pronounced Say-nt Loo-sha
Interesting video
Anyone knows why Norway takes a pengiun in with their military?
He use Prussian military music as the BGM in the video.
Nice
Oscar Arias was not the president of Costa Rica in 1949!! 😂
It was Jose Figueres Ferrer (Padre) who did abolish the Army...
Love from costa rica
Óscar Arias wasn't the president at the time the army was abolished. He was elected in the 80s.
Do I have a brain tumor or did I hear Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald opening theme faintly in the background during beginning of video?
Would be nice if it expounded upon how the countries prosper without an army with a few national emergencies or such
most of these countries are protected by other countries
Please check the pronunciations of Nauru and Kiribati.
So I take it Sealand has an armed force?
what about Bhutan ?
I think that if a country doesn't have a military force it should make some sort of agreement where no nation can wage war on them. A treaty like that could protect countries like Panama and Iceland from getting DESTROYED by another country.
Don't know much about the others, but Iceland is a NATO country and
member nations do air patrols on a rotating basis. It has been under the military protection of the United States since 1951, which had a military base and fighters stationed there up to 2006 or so. No standing military doesn't mean much if the US/Canada can and will scramble a presence there on short notice.
That's really the only way countries like this can have no defence and stay "peaceful". No one will mess with them when someone with military might is likely to step in and bail them out.
Costa Rica is really the only I was a bit surprised about. All the others make sense as to of why they have no military.
It’s nice to know that sealand has an army
Monaco is OP, they have 1 APC per square km.
9:20 why is hispanolia united?
just think how much money would be available to spend on healthcare education, and general social improvements if the USA and Russia had no armies ...
those countries would fall to terrorists criminals thugs mafia gangsters or other countries if that happened
Vatican City: God is our army
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought Haiti had also abolished its armed forces
I think that Lesotho and Swaziland should be included in this list.
Try that in Balkans for 24h.
3 hours later....
Serbia has attacked you...
8 hours later, Serbia lost 🤣