The beginning is no joke, I live in a loud hood that drives me crazy. -I want to start uploading on the weekends more because I know you guys are more free on those days to watch! -also, I know I know, I just "glossed" over each state but this is just to give you an overview and the list - what else do you know about countries with limited recognition? Share! Have any of you been to any?
Fun fact, please read because this is such an interesting story: Did you know that Japan and tiny Montenegro had a 100-year war? On paper, at least. When Russia and Japan went to war in 1904, Montenegro, as Russia's ally, declared war on Japan. Rumor has it the Japanese were not able to locate Montenegro on a map, and they gave up on invading the country. Basically, Montenegro provided one unit to be placed under the command of Russia. The tradition was that one person - the bravest on both sides (Russia and Japan) had to fight his counterpart. Russians were silent, and this huge, tall guy volunteered to fight for Russia. His name was Alexander Lexa Saichich, he was a Serb from Montenegro, afraid of no one. He beat the Japanese warrior... When the peace was signed between Russia and Japan, somehow everyone forgot that Montenegro and Japan were - officially, on paper - still at war. And so that remained for the next hundred years. In 2006, when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia/the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Akiko Yamanaka came to Montenegro. The two countries finally ended a war that lasted for 102 years and established full diplomatic relations. Amazing story from Balkan history.
@@AlexM-t6h @KabalFromMK9 - Yes, it is similar. And for the context of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, it's a city in Scotland that is directly on the border with England and has switched countries several times because of border changes. Anyway, the United Kingdom went to war with the Russian Empire at one point and in the official declaration, it mentioned England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland - and to avoid confusion - Berwick-Upon-Tweed. After the war ended, treaties were signed ending the war for England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, but forgot to mention Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Thus, it remained "at war" with Russia for like 100 years or something.
@@dazzlebreak4458 In fact, no matter how strange it is, even under the dictator Lukashenko, Belarus officially adheres to the integrity of Ukraine. But this does not change the fact that missiles are flying from their territory.
Reminds me when I was learning about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in law class, because I’m a Canadian, and in the sections on language rights, there’s multiples clause specifically singling out New Brunswick to be bilingual. And guess what, that wasn’t in the original version of it, New Brunswick was so dedicated to bilingualism they asked all the other provinces and territories to enshrine it in the Charter. So that’s how I got the phrase: “Especially in New Brunswick”
This comment is great for all to learn some quirks on Vatican City 🇻🇦. 1) Vatican is NOT a UN country, so they are not part of the legendary country series because they didn't want to (they happily like the UN observer status). You would think Vatican would easily gain UN member state status but the People's Republic of China (or just China) do not recognise Vatican and will veto their application unless they agree to cut all diplomatic relations with Taiwan. 2) Since China doesn't recognize Vatican, in their terms Vatican is not the smallest country in terms of size and population. 3) This is a fact which I stumbled upon a week ago when researching Sovereign Military Order of Malta. It is a Christian Order with 0 territory which has diplomatic relations with 100+ countries but most doesn't recognise them as a country. However, San Marino somehow recognizes them as a country so San Marino thinks the smallest country in the world is an Order with no territory 😂😂
SMOM has the Gran Master Palace, so they have their small territory, plus they are considered an exiled governament that returned to their hospitaliers duties since they Lost Malta and Rhodes
I still wish that Barby had done proper episodes on UN observer states and Taiwan. At the very least the observer states are definitely states and should count for this series.
I'm surprised Paul didn't mention Bougainvulle on here. They currently consider themselves autonomous to Papua New Guinea but expect to have be fully independent in 2027.
Yeah because while they're autonomous, as far as I know, they don't claim to be independent _until_ their scheduled independence year, and they are definitely not a "disputed territory".
Yeah, Bougainville is more of a “Soon-to-be country” (potentially), not a disputed one. Same logic applies to the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, a not-yet-independent territory in Tirana, Albania.
To my knowledge, Nauru recognizes Abhkazia and South Ossetia, because Russia paid for their vote, this is a relatively common occurence in oceania, countries like vanuatu, palau, tuvalu, etc. have engaged, in the abhkazia/south ossetia conflict, and in taiwan recognition which is why a lot of small countries recognize taiwan, its called checkbook diplomacy, aka palm tree diplomacy, aka diplomatic prostitution
You still got it, Paul! As a former Spanish instructor, I always wondered if you could do a piece regarding the indigenous languages still surviving in Latin America (Nahuatl, Quechua, etc). Just a thought. Peace to your family and Happy Holidays !
I don't believe that's a wise thing to do these days. 10 years ago, things were FAR MORE calm, than they are now... especially when considering that many of these places are heavily involved in the ongoing wars right now.
@@ReverendMeat51 Strong disagree. Vatican is fair, but the other two absolutely not. This is just from my own perspective, but I believe Taiwan and the region of Kosovo are part of Western hypocrisy. I'm strongly against the invasion of Ukraine and any outcome than a Russian defeat would be unacceptable. With that said, I also understand the view point of the Kremlin, when they claim how the Western allies only claim foul when it's against their interest, when in reality, what Russia did, is basically what the Western allies and especially America, has done for decades. There's a good reason why Ukraine does not recognize the region of Kosovo as independent, because by doing that, they would pretty much allow Crimea and most of the Donbas region to become part of Russia.
As a Taiwanese, still waiting the episode of our country. Being a state with limited recognition isn't easy, imagine living in a country which some people keep calling it fake ( and I know some people will keep doing so in the comment section). However, we are still fighting, we are still waiting.
I think Taiwan is a country! To be fair, Taiwan is much more of a country than many UN member states in practice. Everything besides symbolic international recognition (which is just on paper, almost all countries on earth still treat Taiwan as independent - even if they don’t say it out loud to not anger China) makes it a clear cut sovereign state/country.
My friend is an Artsakhi Armenian. His family moved to Armenia after Artsakh fell to the Azeris. I once asked him if he’s also forced to join our army (we have mandatory 2 year service). He said "Brother, I have no passport, no id, no nothing. I'm nationless. How will they force me to join the army if on paper I don't even exist". He said it as a joke but it hit hard...
That story sounds so familiar to me. I was a refugee in 1993 after a break up of Yugoslavia, first in Croatia & then in USA. We had no passports, no ID's, no birth certificates. All we had was a refugee piece of paper with our pictures stapled to it. Very, very interesting time in my life, to say at least.
this is something that really ticks me off yes, bhutan recognizes china, india and most other countries, not having diplomatic/political relations with a country doesn't equal non-recognition.
agreed, but the UN said otherwise since each the leaders need open diplomatics to consider one country to another as recognized (and oftenly on purpose such as "proxy tourist visa" to not piss some groups)
I've been following Geography now for a long time. I remember when Barbs had only 50k-ish subs. Love every minute of it. Barbs, don't worry man. I know it seems your channel has dropped since the end of the country series. We are loving these new videos, keep them up! Maybe work on another series of a specific topic; states, Capitols, countries Capitol history, more detailed breakdowns of the countries you vist. You have so much more you can do, clearly you're passionate about this. We are here with you.
The whole situation is weird with Artsakh and not because All of the countries that are near Armenia (Besides Turkiye and Azerbaijan) support them such as Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Russia Jordan ect. The only one that doesn’t weirdly being Pakistan
@@ye5170 Abkhazia has nothing to do with Armenia or Azerbaijan. Artsakh and Abkhazia are completely different places. Abkhazia is a breakaway region of Georgia that is controlled by Russia.
Geography now has been around since i was a kid and its crazy to think that you kept up with this for so long. I got my love of geography and history from this series ❤
I had no idea that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was still a thing! I lived on St. Croix for a couple of years, which was one of four Caribbean islands that was actually colonized by the Knights Hospitaller of Malta between 1651 and 1665. St. Croix has had SEVEN western colonizers in its history, and there are several places on the island where you can see all seven of those flags flying, including the Knights of Malta!
It was good summery, I'm exited to see you cover all of them plus Vatican/Holy See later in individual episodes. Preferably in the smae style of country episodes but with footage of your travels to some of them added in if possible.
All of your different types of new episodes since finishing Zimbabwe have been so much fun to watch! Keep it up Barbs! Always a great day when I see a new geography now video 😊
Order of malta has men and women who are part of it all over the place. It’s largely a charity group with special status with the Vatican. My guess is the embassy is for doing charity
What about doing something of the Sioux nation. While officially apart of the United States based on treaty, the Sioux never took the money offered in the treaty to finalize the deal. The just didn’t fight against it any more know what the United States could do militarily.
i'd love to see videos about maps, and how the world was divided/grouped up historically. i'm glad that this channel is still going and I look forward to seeing what you have to share!
Just a quick note on Cyprus: Turkey DOES recognize Cyprus, sort of. It recognizes that it is a nation that exists, it conducts trade and diplomacy with them and such, but it doesn't recognize it as the "Republic of Cyprus" with a rightful claim over North Cyprus. Official sources refer to Cyprus as the "Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus" and only recognizes their claims over the southern half of the island.
If you made it before 2024 and after September 2023 you could recognise artsakh as a country without land since the government disolved after the new year.
You'll never be forgotten, but be at peace whenever your channel eventually has to hang it's boots. There's never been a channel like yours, especially one that has lasted a decade doing geography. You are one of a kind never to be replaced.
I was once driving home in the US and I was stuck behind a sovereign order of Malta van that looked like it was to provide families in need with like electrical work or something and I got confused cuz the slogan on the side of the van said something like “serving the people of the world for 950 years!” Or something so that was interesting
Yea the order of malta, have been around since the first crusade in the 1090s. They famously started a bunch of hospitals and treated both christians and non christians equally as patients. Thats how they got the name "hospitaliers" They also did other charity work like feeding the poor and funding public institutions or housing for homeless etc. They still do it till this day
7:37 how Nauru got involved is because they wanted to get more money after they stripped themselves dry of phosphate (this is also the reason why they recognise the PRC and have an Australian interment camp)
can you imagine if each state in the usa were sovereign countries but some might not recognize others, obvious example probably being california and texas
I love these types of questions. No need for an answer right away, it's all to have fun and make observations. Believe in your talent Barbs! Also, It's phenomenal how you actively show your slip-ups in your videos and lessons. It's taught me that mistakes are fuel for new perspectives.
Damn, Georgian wanted a video about a separatist state, plus calling it with a separatist name. Maybe you deserve having two break away states. Have fun with them
There are also nations that are not recognized by anyone and do not wish to be so either but does operates as a nation. Like the United Wa State in Myanmar.
Ossetians did not migrate from Iran. Ossetians are linguistic descendants of Alans - steppe-nomadic ethnic group who originally lived in what is now Russia and Ukraine. Alans were relatives (descendants?) of Scythians and Sarmatians and in the 1st millenia they migrated to the south and settled Northern Caucasus where they mixed with Caucasian peoples. Saying "Ossetians migrated from Iran" is the same thing as saying "Italians migrated from Romania". Alan language (as well as its descendants including Ossetian) belongs to Iranian language branch because it is one of the descendants of Proto-Iranic language which was spoken very far away from the territory of modern Iran. Some of Iranic tribes settled Central Asia and later Middle East where Ancient Persian civilisation was born. Some of them (like Alans) remained in what is now Russia and Ukraine and later settled other European territories and Caucasus. It's interesting that the map you showed on 6:57 is pretty accurate but what you said is totally contradictory to that.
The Order of Malta is basically the successor organization of the Knights Hospitaller, who used to own all of Malta (and before that Rhodes). They used to be actual crusading knights, these days they're more of a humanitarian organization.
The beginning is no joke, I live in a loud hood that drives me crazy. -I want to start uploading on the weekends more because I know you guys are more free on those days to watch! -also, I know I know, I just "glossed" over each state but this is just to give you an overview and the list - what else do you know about countries with limited recognition? Share! Have any of you been to any?
hi Baul Pabaro
Love your Videos my man
North Korea has limited recognition and I lived there for 6 years
How did you comment this before releasing the video? XD
Taiwanese here.
Please come here (we would be so happy to see you here)
That's all I want to say.
Love the new format of Paul just yelling at people in La
I should just do a compilation, nothing about geography, just yelling at LA people
@@GeographyNow Please do it as the new April Fools videos
This adult Paul is Awesomeness!
@@GeographyNow please do that
@@GeographyNow Or you may turn this into a sports event, maybe as a 2028 Olympics sideshow event.
Fun fact, please read because this is such an interesting story: Did you know that Japan and tiny Montenegro had a 100-year war? On paper, at least. When Russia and Japan went to war in 1904, Montenegro, as Russia's ally, declared war on Japan. Rumor has it the Japanese were not able to locate Montenegro on a map, and they gave up on invading the country. Basically, Montenegro provided one unit to be placed under the command of Russia. The tradition was that one person - the bravest on both sides (Russia and Japan) had to fight his counterpart. Russians were silent, and this huge, tall guy volunteered to fight for Russia. His name was Alexander Lexa Saichich, he was a Serb from Montenegro, afraid of no one. He beat the Japanese warrior... When the peace was signed between Russia and Japan, somehow everyone forgot that Montenegro and Japan were - officially, on paper - still at war. And so that remained for the next hundred years. In 2006, when Montenegro became independent from Yugoslavia/the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, Akiko Yamanaka came to Montenegro. The two countries finally ended a war that lasted for 102 years and established full diplomatic relations. Amazing story from Balkan history.
Is this somewhat similar to the Berwick-upon-Tweed situation?
@@KabalFromMK9 I have no idea what that is :(
@@AlexM-t6h @KabalFromMK9 - Yes, it is similar. And for the context of Berwick-Upon-Tweed, it's a city in Scotland that is directly on the border with England and has switched countries several times because of border changes. Anyway, the United Kingdom went to war with the Russian Empire at one point and in the official declaration, it mentioned England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland - and to avoid confusion - Berwick-Upon-Tweed. After the war ended, treaties were signed ending the war for England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, but forgot to mention Berwick-Upon-Tweed. Thus, it remained "at war" with Russia for like 100 years or something.
@@KabalFromMK9 look at my comment i've replied with :)
@bingder Berwick is on the English side of the border, despite playing in the Scottish football leagues and having Scottish newspapers
*Rare aggressive Barbs sighting.*
Meh if you watch some of my other episodes, it’s actually not that uncommon…
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Shirt is too tight. It’s squeezing his brain
Nauru recognizing both Abkhazia and South Ossetia is hilarious
Yeah, I expected North Korea or Belarus.
Pretty sure they were financially motivated to do so.
i know, that must have cost like 50 EUROs
@@dazzlebreak4458 In fact, no matter how strange it is, even under the dictator Lukashenko, Belarus officially adheres to the integrity of Ukraine. But this does not change the fact that missiles are flying from their territory.
@@dazzlebreak4458Nauru even sounds like a mix between the two lol
"and for some reason Nauru" sounds like something you could put on a tshirt
They do this to get economic aid.
Reminds me when I was learning about the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in law class, because I’m a Canadian, and in the sections on language rights, there’s multiples clause specifically singling out New Brunswick to be bilingual. And guess what, that wasn’t in the original version of it, New Brunswick was so dedicated to bilingualism they asked all the other provinces and territories to enshrine it in the Charter.
So that’s how I got the phrase: “Especially in New Brunswick”
Now I'm picturing a t-shirt with that caption and a drawing of a Countryball Nauru with sunglasses on.
i might actually design that and may hopefully send it to you
We NEED this shirt!!!!
Fun fact: Bhutan doesn't recognize Croatia as a country. Do what you want with that information.
Bhutan doesn't recognise any UN permanent member
Wait what 😭
Bhutan also doesn't recognise U.S.A and China
Huh?
Bhutan doesn't recognize basically anyone besides India. Mainly it's because they don't feel the need to talk with anyone besides India.
Barbs skill to explain geopolitical controversies with brevity and not piss a bunch of people off is impressive
Fun fact: Somaliland is the non-country that functions the most like a country, while Somalia is the country that functions the most unlike a country
That is both hilarious and sad at the same time.
@@richiesmeckgeckscas46 and untrue
Sure buddy
just replace "Somalia" to "Sahrawi/Western Sahara" and that's more fitting
This is not true.
Somalia is more strong nd one city in South Somalia like mogadishu is more developed then somaliland
@@richiesmeckgeckscas46
I'm down with this. Make whatever videos you want Barbs! Whatever weird geography stuff piques your interest
You're not gonna fall into obscurity, Barbs. You're a legend.
This comment is great for all to learn some quirks on Vatican City 🇻🇦.
1) Vatican is NOT a UN country, so they are not part of the legendary country series because they didn't want to (they happily like the UN observer status). You would think Vatican would easily gain UN member state status but the People's Republic of China (or just China) do not recognise Vatican and will veto their application unless they agree to cut all diplomatic relations with Taiwan.
2) Since China doesn't recognize Vatican, in their terms Vatican is not the smallest country in terms of size and population.
3) This is a fact which I stumbled upon a week ago when researching Sovereign Military Order of Malta. It is a Christian Order with 0 territory which has diplomatic relations with 100+ countries but most doesn't recognise them as a country. However, San Marino somehow recognizes them as a country so San Marino thinks the smallest country in the world is an Order with no territory 😂😂
I thought Vatican City didn’t want to join the UN fully because that would make them too political when voting in resolutions and stuff.
SMOM has the Gran Master Palace, so they have their small territory, plus they are considered an exiled governament that returned to their hospitaliers duties since they Lost Malta and Rhodes
San Marino should have been annexed by Italy long ago
China does recognize the Vatican, it just doesn’t have diplomatic relations because of its relationship with taiwan
I still wish that Barby had done proper episodes on UN observer states and Taiwan. At the very least the observer states are definitely states and should count for this series.
I'm so pleased that you still wear your Bulgaria T-shirt after you visit us! :)
Thank you. I was spending half the video trying to read that shirt!
@erldagerl9826 :D No problem it,s spelled on cyrillic the slavic alpfbet
@ yes I figured out that part but it was hard to read.
I'm surprised Paul didn't mention Bougainvulle on here. They currently consider themselves autonomous to Papua New Guinea but expect to have be fully independent in 2027.
What happen when western coup for the sake of it happen
Yeah because while they're autonomous, as far as I know, they don't claim to be independent _until_ their scheduled independence year, and they are definitely not a "disputed territory".
He mentioned that he wasn't doing regions that want autonomy like Scotland or Catalonia.
IF Papua New Guinea even gives them independence
Yeah, Bougainville is more of a “Soon-to-be country” (potentially), not a disputed one. Same logic applies to the Sovereign State of the Bektashi Order, a not-yet-independent territory in Tirana, Albania.
To my knowledge, Nauru recognizes Abhkazia and South Ossetia, because Russia paid for their vote, this is a relatively common occurence in oceania, countries like vanuatu, palau, tuvalu, etc. have engaged, in the abhkazia/south ossetia conflict, and in taiwan recognition which is why a lot of small countries recognize taiwan, its called checkbook diplomacy, aka palm tree diplomacy, aka diplomatic prostitution
I remember Extra in Exile made a video on diplomatic prostitution, so that's how I'm familiar with it.
Out of all unrecognised nations, Somaliland is the one I want recognised the most
You still got it, Paul! As a former Spanish instructor, I always wondered if you could do a piece regarding the indigenous languages still surviving in Latin America (Nahuatl, Quechua, etc). Just a thought. Peace to your family and Happy Holidays !
As you promised around a decade ago, please do each limited recognized states and entities in alphabetical order, please? 🥺
Maybe he could do them in order of how many countries recognise them?
I don't believe that's a wise thing to do these days.
10 years ago, things were FAR MORE calm, than they are now... especially when considering that many of these places are heavily involved in the ongoing wars right now.
@@heydavid17 There is no reason not to do episodes on Kosovo, Taiwan, and Vatican City.
@@ReverendMeat51 Strong disagree. Vatican is fair, but the other two absolutely not.
This is just from my own perspective, but I believe Taiwan and the region of Kosovo are part of Western hypocrisy. I'm strongly against the invasion of Ukraine and any outcome than a Russian defeat would be unacceptable. With that said, I also understand the view point of the Kremlin, when they claim how the Western allies only claim foul when it's against their interest, when in reality, what Russia did, is basically what the Western allies and especially America, has done for decades.
There's a good reason why Ukraine does not recognize the region of Kosovo as independent, because by doing that, they would pretty much allow Crimea and most of the Donbas region to become part of Russia.
@@ReverendMeat51they is no reason not to do one on south ossetia, abkhazia and transnistria
As a Taiwanese, still waiting the episode of our country.
Being a state with limited recognition isn't easy, imagine living in a country which some people keep calling it fake ( and I know some people will keep doing so in the comment section).
However, we are still fighting, we are still waiting.
I think Taiwan is a country! To be fair, Taiwan is much more of a country than many UN member states in practice. Everything besides symbolic international recognition (which is just on paper, almost all countries on earth still treat Taiwan as independent - even if they don’t say it out loud to not anger China) makes it a clear cut sovereign state/country.
You still have to wait because it Never gonna happen even usa or european who work with
You don 't recognate you
How is Taiwan fake? It competes in the Olympics. They don’t let fake countries compete
I don't have to imagine as I am from Israel 😅
I was waiting on the Taiwan episode
I love how unhinged Barbs gets when he doesn't have his co-hosts to reel him in.
Anyways, I love this new genre! Keep it up
My friend is an Artsakhi Armenian. His family moved to Armenia after Artsakh fell to the Azeris. I once asked him if he’s also forced to join our army (we have mandatory 2 year service). He said "Brother, I have no passport, no id, no nothing. I'm nationless. How will they force me to join the army if on paper I don't even exist". He said it as a joke but it hit hard...
Nagorno Karabakh already was belongs to Azerbaijan so he lost nothing
That story sounds so familiar to me. I was a refugee in 1993 after a break up of Yugoslavia, first in Croatia & then in USA. We had no passports, no ID's, no birth certificates. All we had was a refugee piece of paper with our pictures stapled to it. Very, very interesting time in my life, to say at least.
That's quite dangerous, because he doesn't exist in theory
@@aliegehayran2797 Are all turkic speaking "people" like this?
@@rocketlauncher6207even dogs have common decency
this is something that really ticks me off
yes, bhutan recognizes china, india and most other countries, not having diplomatic/political relations with a country doesn't equal non-recognition.
You are correct and I agree.
agreed, but the UN said otherwise since each the leaders need open diplomatics to consider one country to another as recognized (and oftenly on purpose such as "proxy tourist visa" to not piss some groups)
I never thought I'd see Paul being angry
I like it. Means he's a real guy. I'm sick of these phony ever-happy "like and subscribe" RUclipsrs who end up being creeps.
haha roid rage is real google it
he looks swollen like on steroids (google moon face)
The only country I recognise the sovereignty of is my beloved *IRONLAND*
LONG LIVE IRONLAND
IRONLANDDDDDD
FOR IRONLAND 📈
If malta can do it, so can Ironland
YES!!
11:50 the reason why it's harder to get into transnistria with the romanian license plate is bc romania supported Chișinău in the transnistrian war
I like the new format! Keep it up Barbs!
He is finally doing it unrecognize country and i really like the intro
Finally, I've been waiting for this episode for almost ten years
I love the non professional aspects of your videos. Makes you more relatable.
I've been following Geography now for a long time. I remember when Barbs had only 50k-ish subs. Love every minute of it.
Barbs, don't worry man. I know it seems your channel has dropped since the end of the country series. We are loving these new videos, keep them up! Maybe work on another series of a specific topic; states, Capitols, countries Capitol history, more detailed breakdowns of the countries you vist. You have so much more you can do, clearly you're passionate about this. We are here with you.
U ok, mate?
exactly what I thought
Honestly I'm suprised he kept it in the video
to be fair having unhinged neighbors can genuinely shatter your sanity (speaking from experience here...)
Wats wrong, he got aggravated by his loud azz neighbors… Thats pretty normal
There's nothing wrong with dealing with annoying neighbors but it's another to keep it in a video
Could never forget you barbs, you reignited my love geography and culture, Hope all is well man much love from Wiltshire Uk 🇬🇧
That must've been a friday evening production :D Alone, with a flask, actually having fun rambling about geography. Love it.
Brabs we recognize you! Not letting the fact you ran out of countries turn you into a non-member
Man, it's good to see Barbs cut loose. I appreciate watching these!
to mem "Letters to [country]" is the real kind successor - where you literally talk about the visited country, and it's poetic!
I would almost declare that this was the very first 'geography drunk' done by the great founder of the project 😁😁
geography now i just want to say that your channel has helped me so munch at school thank you i love your videos[manly travel ones]
Since the start of 2024 Artsakh was reincorporated into Azerbaijan, so Pakistan should maybe recognize Armenia.
The whole situation is weird with Artsakh and not because All of the countries that are near Armenia (Besides Turkiye and Azerbaijan) support them such as Iran Iraq Saudi Arabia Russia Jordan ect. The only one that doesn’t weirdly being Pakistan
@@ye5170 Abkhazia has nothing to do with Armenia or Azerbaijan. Artsakh and Abkhazia are completely different places. Abkhazia is a breakaway region of Georgia that is controlled by Russia.
One of the most unhinged GN videos. I love it!
SMOM doesn;t have any land, but they rent out a fort in Malta. So I went to the fort to set foot in a country with no land.
Geography now has been around since i was a kid and its crazy to think that you kept up with this for so long. I got my love of geography and history from this series ❤
I had no idea that the Sovereign Military Order of Malta was still a thing! I lived on St. Croix for a couple of years, which was one of four Caribbean islands that was actually colonized by the Knights Hospitaller of Malta between 1651 and 1665. St. Croix has had SEVEN western colonizers in its history, and there are several places on the island where you can see all seven of those flags flying, including the Knights of Malta!
Do videos on Puerto Rico and other overseas territories of different countries now
This is a great idea for the next project, Mr. Barbs. Maybe an episode on each "country" w/ limited recognition and non-UN members? Thanks.
Seeing Barbs so incredibly pissed off is kinda comical AND terrifying at the same time
roid rage is real google it
he looks swollen like on steroids (google moon face)
Thanks for talking about this topic. Have a nice day.
Great video, i watched all of it already!
It was good summery, I'm exited to see you cover all of them plus Vatican/Holy See later in individual episodes. Preferably in the smae style of country episodes but with footage of your travels to some of them added in if possible.
All of your different types of new episodes since finishing Zimbabwe have been so much fun to watch! Keep it up Barbs! Always a great day when I see a new geography now video 😊
Order of malta has men and women who are part of it all over the place. It’s largely a charity group with special status with the Vatican. My guess is the embassy is for doing charity
Now when you’re done with all countries you can start new series “Where are they now” and update us with current situation in every country.
What about doing something of the Sioux nation. While officially apart of the United States based on treaty, the Sioux never took the money offered in the treaty to finalize the deal. The just didn’t fight against it any more know what the United States could do militarily.
i'd love to see videos about maps, and how the world was divided/grouped up historically. i'm glad that this channel is still going and I look forward to seeing what you have to share!
Just a quick note on Cyprus: Turkey DOES recognize Cyprus, sort of. It recognizes that it is a nation that exists, it conducts trade and diplomacy with them and such, but it doesn't recognize it as the "Republic of Cyprus" with a rightful claim over North Cyprus. Official sources refer to Cyprus as the "Greek Administration of Southern Cyprus" and only recognizes their claims over the southern half of the island.
So I had never watched any of your videos before this one and as a fellow geography lover, I am now going to have to start watching all of these.
"Fun fact: I got wasted in some of the.. I'm not gonna actually.. Too much information. Tehehehe"
So sincere and cute chuckle :D
This type of video + geo go will keep the channel alive!
4:13 That image of North Koreans watching a K-Pop band killed me for a good 5 minutes. 🤣🤣
One of rare & few moments I've seen Barb's shout on camera. Love your content.
1:20 That map though.
Love the T-shirt!!! Proud Bulgarian(living in the Netherlands). Thanks Barbz!
Very informative! Thank ya
I would love for you to also make a series of countryless nations. Nations like Circassians, Chechens, Catalans and etc🙏
15:09 wait i wanna hear this
Been watching you for so many years and I don’t plan to stop anytime soon. Can’t wait to see what you do you next
0:38 ARE YOU F***ING KIDDING ME 😡🤬
Would love to see a video series on dependent territories like Puerto Rico, Isle of Man, Channel Islands, Greenland, Åland Islands, etc.
If you made it before 2024 and after September 2023 you could recognise artsakh as a country without land since the government disolved after the new year.
I love your TShirt! Greetings from Bulgaria!
Don't sound negative 😞 15:35
You'll never be forgotten, but be at peace whenever your channel eventually has to hang it's boots. There's never been a channel like yours, especially one that has lasted a decade doing geography. You are one of a kind never to be replaced.
Remind me not to piss Barbs off any time soon.
I was once driving home in the US and I was stuck behind a sovereign order of Malta van that looked like it was to provide families in need with like electrical work or something and I got confused cuz the slogan on the side of the van said something like “serving the people of the world for 950 years!” Or something so that was interesting
Yea the order of malta, have been around since the first crusade in the 1090s.
They famously started a bunch of hospitals and treated both christians and non christians equally as patients.
Thats how they got the name "hospitaliers"
They also did other charity work like feeding the poor and funding public institutions or housing for homeless etc.
They still do it till this day
Fun Fact: Sun Yat Sen is revered by both Chinas, While see a secondary to Mao in the PRC, Sun is still seen as one of the fathers of the nation.
Sun Yat-sen is truly a legend.
Truly the person of all time
7:37 how Nauru got involved is because they wanted to get more money after they stripped themselves dry of phosphate (this is also the reason why they recognise the PRC and have an Australian interment camp)
Barbs deserves a quieter neighbors.
But not a sovereign state in Antarctica.
13:51 that's something you don't usually learn in schools
Barby seems a little stressed
4:12 That´s an interesting diplomacy 🤔
0:30 And then you did?
😂😂
I’m loving the new videos you’ve been putting out since finishing the countries.
The T-Shirt of the Glagollic alphabet, I'm so touched😭😭
6:56 It's the opposite, they migrated south from Scythia, which the map you displayed shows.
can you imagine if each state in the usa were sovereign countries but some might not recognize others, obvious example probably being california and texas
All Americans in 49 states should stop recognizing Missouri. No reason, other than the fact it would be funny.
@pelicanbowling ill be in the cold ground before I recognize Missouri! 🤣
I love these types of questions.
No need for an answer right away, it's all to have fun and make observations.
Believe in your talent Barbs!
Also, It's phenomenal how you actively show your slip-ups in your videos and lessons. It's taught me that mistakes are fuel for new perspectives.
Ay, as a Georgian I've been looking forward to such a video!..
Although you should have certainly made it while Artsak was still, you know, a thing...
Damn, Georgian wanted a video about a separatist state, plus calling it with a separatist name. Maybe you deserve having two break away states. Have fun with them
Great show. Good sense of humor. Thanks.
Barbs was obsessed with light-colored eyes in this video, I see. He tried to pop them out, so hard. Btw love your videos.
I would really enjoy watching full episodes of each of those countries. I think there are many of us that do so.
Hey Barbs! The Bulgaria T-shirt looks good on you! People still don't know that Cyrillic is not made by Russians ^^
Love the t-shirt, greetings from Bulgaria!
You ok man? I'm worried about you. You seem really stressed out these days.
😞
There are also nations that are not recognized by anyone and do not wish to be so either but does operates as a nation. Like the United Wa State in Myanmar.
3:00 no they dont call themselves as "Republic of Northern Cyprus", it is "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus"
doesn't matter what they call themselves. Is just the occupied part of Cyprus by turkey army since 1974.
@blueisland24 No
@@blueisland24NCTR has own their minister, army, police and own flag😂
love your t-shirt, thanks for recognizing Bulgaria
Ossetians did not migrate from Iran. Ossetians are linguistic descendants of Alans - steppe-nomadic ethnic group who originally lived in what is now Russia and Ukraine. Alans were relatives (descendants?) of Scythians and Sarmatians and in the 1st millenia they migrated to the south and settled Northern Caucasus where they mixed with Caucasian peoples. Saying "Ossetians migrated from Iran" is the same thing as saying "Italians migrated from Romania". Alan language (as well as its descendants including Ossetian) belongs to Iranian language branch because it is one of the descendants of Proto-Iranic language which was spoken very far away from the territory of modern Iran. Some of Iranic tribes settled Central Asia and later Middle East where Ancient Persian civilisation was born. Some of them (like Alans) remained in what is now Russia and Ukraine and later settled other European territories and Caucasus.
It's interesting that the map you showed on 6:57 is pretty accurate but what you said is totally contradictory to that.
forsooth
The Order of Malta is basically the successor organization of the Knights Hospitaller, who used to own all of Malta (and before that Rhodes). They used to be actual crusading knights, these days they're more of a humanitarian organization.
I visit somaliland in 2019 at is wonderfull somalilandian are gorgeous humble people love from algeria 🇩🇿
6:00 I've actually seen the signs myself at the Belgrade airport