*Are there any other interesting examples of countries with strange 'conditions'? Either today or throughout history?*

@Pirouxy

9 ай бұрын

Sealand first comes to mind for me (although unoriginal) but the less-known ex-country of the Islands of Refreshment (in modern-day Tristan da Cunha) is really interesting

@franzo.one.franzo

9 ай бұрын

what if italy had never united?

@beaumontcassar7411

9 ай бұрын

You Can Also add ,that during Napoleon's visit in Malta he stole all of the churches bronze,silver and gold holy materials, also stole the La Vallette's sword that he personally gave to us and took it back to France...to this day they did not return it.

@awesomestevie27

9 ай бұрын

the Sikh empire/khalsa raj now called Khalistan its also an old empire (19th century) that got annexed and then annexed to a country that gained independence from previous annexure and so still annexed as a colony but the old country was not given back when British left instead split between 2 new countries (1947 partition) Khalistan created multiple military groups, their own currency and in the 100,000s declared independence in 1986 during an arrests on site curfew in a militarized Panjab in every Sikh temple/church (Gurudwara) the calendars from have Khalistan independence day marked on the calendar and the state of Connecticut (US) also recognizes it majority of countries do not recognizes it due to ties and trade deals with India, as India plays both sides with Nato countries and being in BRICS although, while media especially social media constantly demonize the movement and downplay or flat out censor the on going sikh genocide, even thru posts and videos from other countries by pressure of the Indian Gov

@subraxas

9 ай бұрын

8:00 + 8:30 - So the Rhodes got conquered in 1552, but the Hospitallers retreated to Sicily a couple of years before 1530? This doesn't chime! Were they capable of time travelling or whatnot? 🙂

The Hospitallers constructed many magnificent fortifications on Malta after the Great Siege. In fact, the islands were essentially transformed into a giant fortress. Many of their fortifications still exist and some are used for civilian purposes.

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Very cool! Do you have any examples of the civilian purposes?

@theconqueringram5295

9 ай бұрын

@@General.Knowledge One example is Fort San Salvatore, it's private property now, but was leased to a concrete company for a while before 1982.

@rocketsfan05

9 ай бұрын

Yes that was my favorite thing about Malta

@longhairdontcare122

9 ай бұрын

​@@General.Knowledgelook into star forts in the Atlantic and Caribbean.

@yurimangionzammit796

9 ай бұрын

I’m Maltese and I’m living in Malta and in Valletta, our capital city , there's a fortification called Forta Sant’ Elmu that has been turned into a heritage site.

As a Maltese person I am very happy to see videos about this topic. The order are a very important part of our history and we're very proud of it 🇲🇹🇲🇹

As a Maltese Person, this is one of the best explanations I've seen of the history of the SMOM. Unforunatley whilst most schools teach us to be patriotic of their achievements during their time in Malta, we aren't thought that the SMOM still exists, and don't discuss the rest of the fascinating history the SMOM has, apart from mentioning the Great Siege of 1565 over and over again. Super appreciative of the work that went into making this video and the simple yet detailed explanation. Thank you so much!

@arkain1

9 ай бұрын

So the Maltese government doesn't invite SMOM members home to commemorate important Maltese historical events?

The Gotland offer is so strange. I wonder how it would have worked if they had accpeted the offer and were still there; a Catholic state in the midst of a mainly Protestant and very secular region. Also what role it would have played in the two world wars, the cold war etc.

@Gamenetreviews

9 ай бұрын

The Teutonic Order controlled Prussia and eventually became protestant and goy worked into the German princely states.

@longhairdontcare122

9 ай бұрын

Alternative history ideals ty. 😊

@Polska_Edits

9 ай бұрын

it would have probbaly maintained Neutrality

@spamsingles5948

8 ай бұрын

I can't imagine it would have done anything in either war

Me when someone says the Vatican City is the smallest country on Earth:

@timcreations8059

9 ай бұрын

I literally made my own video about this.

@Akinwalesegun

9 ай бұрын

The smallest state its not really a country

@youbanana

9 ай бұрын

sealand???

@lsaidane7851

9 ай бұрын

No it is

@lsaidane7851

9 ай бұрын

​@@Akinwaleseguna city state is a country

You Can Also add ,that during Napoleon's visit in Malta he stole all of the churches bronze,silver and gold holy materials, also stole the La Vallette's sword that he personally gave to us and took it back to France...to this day they did not return it.

@user-ux2kk5vp7m

9 ай бұрын

Not relevant to the video

@longhairdontcare122

9 ай бұрын

​@@user-ux2kk5vp7mFranz?

The Order also runs many local ambulance vehicles/services, at least in my country (Germany). If you think about it, it's amazing that you can call an ambulance and get help from, essentially, a medieval crusader order.

@daniele8484

7 ай бұрын

In Italy too

@feliciaf8

6 ай бұрын

yeah that's awesome

my man just got a country to help

@xenstence

9 ай бұрын

more like 1 person

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

It was very surprising how they responded and were so helpful!

@WiluckGD

9 ай бұрын

@@General.Knowledge yeah, that's honestly really cool how some countries actually respond to single people.

I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse. Charles the 5th

@ellidominusser1138

9 ай бұрын

Like everyone should

@feliciaf8

6 ай бұрын

lmao german to horse

Fun fact. Hospitallers dismantled and used the remnants of the Mosaleum of Halicarnassos (today's Bodrum) in the construction of their castle. Castle still stands today.

Next video should be about the Knight’s Templars

Monks ✅ Doctors ✅ Knights ✅ Pirates ✅ oh yeah... it's Hospitallin' time

in greece we call Rhodes the island of the knights

The Military Order is now more like the Maltese-Italian foundation with a long history. Nowadays, it helps children to prevent and fight with serious and rare illnesses (like AIDS/HIV or SMA) and disabilities (like amputation or autism). It's now headquartered in Rome, Italy and has two currencies: traditional Scudo and modern Euro.

In addition to their extraterritorial possessions in Rome, the Order also owns the upper part of the Fort St. Angelo in Malta since 1998

"What is it, Harry?" "The stuff that dreams are made of." - The Maltese Falcon, 1941

Bro got a whole country to help him in a video💀

This was an interesting topic and Malta looks like it’s a beautiful island.

@parkex

9 ай бұрын

Their huge castle still existing on Rhodes is awesome too

@awedelen1

9 ай бұрын

@@parkex I’ve been to Rhodes and seen a few of the ruins there, but not to Malta. I agree.

@parkex

9 ай бұрын

@@awedelen1 Have to visit Malta too one day, my 2nd cousin was there this week.

@ewanlannigan6815

9 ай бұрын

Malta IS a beautiful place, I have been fortunate enough to have visited many time and look forward too returning again some time

@DevinLiberty

6 ай бұрын

Needs more trees

Am I the only one who thinks it’s crazy that a knightly order from the Flipping CRUSADES still exists and has existed continuously since them?!

@untruelie2640

7 ай бұрын

No :D In my country (Germany), they run some of the ambulance services, so if you call an ambulance there is a decent chance that you get help from a real medieval crusader order. (The medics are of course not members of the order but ordinary employees, but still - the order runs the organisation)

@daniele8484

7 ай бұрын

​​@@untruelie2640I discovered that they run some ambulances because I saw one of those in Monza (Italy) one week ago. I was excited to see their logo and SMOM on the side of the ambulance. It's so cool they have some also in Germany, and I assume they have others in other states too at this point.

@untruelie2640

7 ай бұрын

@@daniele8484 Technically there are even two orders running ambulances in Germany. One is the (obviously catholic) Order of Malta, the other are the Johanniter (referring to St. John, the patron saint of the original hospital of the Knights Hospitaller in Jerusalem), who were originally the north german section of the Order of Malta and who broke away and became protestant after the reformation.

@daniele8484

7 ай бұрын

@@untruelie2640 Ahhh I didn't know that. Thank you so much for your explanation. Dankeschön :)

@feliciaf8

6 ай бұрын

that's awesome@@daniele8484

A video about the Teutonic Order would be interesting as well.

Very interesting! I was asked to join the order about 10 years ago and I ended up not joining because I moved to New Zealand for work. I was aware of it but I did not know their history in such a detailed way! Thank you! :)

@longhairdontcare122

9 ай бұрын

You in construction of the subterranean type?

@rickbazz7454

9 ай бұрын

@@longhairdontcare122 what?

@toasty6570

9 ай бұрын

@@rickbazz7454 he probably believes the order is a cult controlling the world building subterranean structures and stuff

@timf162

9 ай бұрын

Looks like there are a dozen or so knights in New Zealand. They look like they are part of the SMOM association in Australia.

@rickbazz7454

9 ай бұрын

@@timf162 I'm in Australia now, i might have a look, thanks!

This may explain why my mom had 2% Maltese DNA. Her mother was from an island not far from Rhodes

@DevinLiberty

6 ай бұрын

DNA is a hoax, and cannot possibly tell you about what precise location a lineage was at. How would an island be imprinted into genetics? Don't be stooopdid.

@theromanemperorfisheater

2 ай бұрын

@@DevinLiberty the people from different areas have different bits of DNA so if someone lived in greece they would have slightly different DNA to someone in china and therefore if you look at the DNA then you will find these greece specific differences and know the person is genetically greek you can do this with anyone and you will be able to find what their ethnicity [or atleast majority ethnicity] is

Wouldn't some governments in exile count as governments without territory?

@slook7094

7 ай бұрын

Difference is those governments aren't recognized. SMOM is.

Some of these stories are getting it backwards, for example with the Caribbean Islands "the order" did not get them because of its influence in France. They got them because de Poincy was, besides a hospitaller, still also a French nobleman who also worked for France. He worked in the French navy, his older brother was in the service of the king's younger brother, and other members of their family were part of the colonial administration of Canada. De Poincy was sent to the Caribbean in the service of France, it's only that once he arrived he decided he wanted to start acting like he didn't have any obligations to the king and when a replacement was sent he rebelled. It was only years after his appointment that the order got involved and de Poincy had to convince them to pay for the colonies so that he could continue to rule. The order then also tried to replace him as governor but he rebelled again. The order never had any real interest in the Caribbean which is why they sold it back the second he died.

Super interesting video about such a complex history of this Order. I realised they had been in Jerusalem and Malta, but not that they were still active as an organisation (sans territory). Wow!👍

A nation was founded in Jerusalem and got dispersed over the diaspora. Sounds familar.

@lionelhutz5137

9 ай бұрын

Oy vey

@ikengaspirit3063

9 ай бұрын

its not a nation tho a country. there is no ethnic identity attached to it.

@feliciaf8

6 ай бұрын

not a nation tho

if anyone is interested I enjoy providing tourists with places to go around my homeland of Malta, especially the niche places people wouldn't be aware of

There are still passports of it and there are many fortifications in Malta

Thank you for covering Malta in a video, our history is quite underrated tbh.

The SMOM is one of the entities which I am modelling my project nation hobby on. There is current dispute with Vatican whether the Order is actually Sovereign.

Congrats. Always learning with this channel

Really entertaining. As they all are. Kudos.

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Always wanted to visit Malta one day 😊

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Me too!

@archstanton6102

9 ай бұрын

It is beautiful. 3 World Heritage Sites. So much history. Good food, nice weather. I was there for my birthday in 2008.

@ewanlannigan6815

9 ай бұрын

I love Malta 🇲🇹 such a beautiful place can't wait to get back

@mcr15t1na

9 ай бұрын

Malta was beautiful a few years ago. What you're going to see if you visit now is mostly construction, cranes, crowded places, cars and everything alike. It has basically lost it's soul. All of this history gone with the wind...

Tolles Video! Sehr interessant.

Malta is Love, Malta is Life

very interesting video. 1.09 i wonder why that old map had Malta "upsidedown". Valletta has some amazing historical architecture.

The answer is simple Malta is a tropical paradise where the nights can get a suntan and sip on margaritas why the Gotland On the upper hand you're likely to become a local tourist attraction as you freeze the death.😂😂😂😅

I would pass by the sumptuous seaside Castle that interrupts the beach promenade in Cascais and wonder how come the Order of Malta (after realising it was not Malta the country) could afford such an ambassador's residence when they couldn't afford themselves a territory. Then I remembered that the Order of Malta had financed Vasco da Gama exploits and so on...

@feliciaf8

6 ай бұрын

source

Interesting Topic General Knowledge!!!

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Idk-ys7rt

9 ай бұрын

@@General.Knowledge Thank you for creating such great videos.

This is an amazing video.

What a fascinating history, I've read quite a few about the SMOM and its curious, peculiar and specific situation, and still find difficult to truly understand how this entity exists and works, thanks btw to the video that really helps to understand some of the details. As I understand, correct me if I'm wrong, or further explanations are very welcome on this topic, the SMOM would be some sort of warring party at the very beginning of its foundation, and what in another place and situation would become the ruling elite of a country, they had the ability to maintain an integrity and remain after different wars, though loosing their possessions (which in other contexts would lead to the disappearance or disbanding of such aforementioned elites), they survived becoming some sort of semi-nomadic small and compact society... 🤔

Parabéns pelo vídeo. Teu canal se tornou numa biblioteca em vídeo. E, embora haja pequenas correções, a quantidade de detalhes é realmente incrível. Parabéns 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Can you imagine if they became officially located in the metaverse 😂

Yes, another video!

Malta has never been taken by any other country, it truly is a fortress island .

These guys had the most diverse rulers in the world

@DevinLiberty

6 ай бұрын

and Knight of Malta members are NFL team owners (all of them), top officials of The Pentagon, and presidents.

Small correction - Italian not French was the official language in Malta during the Hospitaller rule

Can you do Teutonic knights next ? if you want of course

Well... teeeeechnically speaking they do have a pair of territories, in those two buildings in Rome where they're housed

I always find this interesting. The Vatican is considered, by the UN, as an organisation with territory. And the Sovereign Order is considered as an organisation with extraterritorial claims. Yet both can issue legally recognised passports and are granted more diplomatic freedoms than other organisations like the Red Cross or Interpol.

13:48 it's like another Malta but upside down

I find the division of southern France into the langues of Provence and Auvergne interesting. Nowadays, Provençal and Auvergnat are thought of as dialects of occitan. I wonder how it arose?

@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506

9 ай бұрын

Regionalism was a lot stronger back then.

@ldubt4494

9 ай бұрын

While castilian and portugues were treated as 1. Weird

@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506

9 ай бұрын

@@ldubt4494 Thing is, the core of crusaders and by extention the Order was mostly french. For them, the differences between aragonese and castlians must have been harder to see.

Nice

The first year's tribute to Chuck V turned out to be troublesome.

And it’s almost recognized by every country in the world

@Luredreier

9 ай бұрын

Not most protestant countries of Europe it seems.

@Luredreier

9 ай бұрын

@@InsertAccount I'm a atheist, but trust me, the history of what denominations have dominated in what country is definitely *not* irrelevant. And religion is *extremely* important even today. It explains the difference between Lutheran Scandinavia and mostly Baptist southern US, the Quakers around Pennsylvania with their culture of religious tolerance. The Catholics in southern Europe etc... You'll see patterns in the economies of countries, in their values and mindsets etc.

@flaglag7672

9 ай бұрын

​@@InsertAccountCommunism is more irrelevant than religion nowadays. Cope bro

@archstanton6102

9 ай бұрын

​@InsertAccount If religion became irrelevant in 19th Century why were there so many wars and genocides based on religion in 20th and 21st centuries?

@archstanton6102

9 ай бұрын

@@InsertAccount If you really think that then you don't understand humanit and the power of belief and fanaticism. I am.an atheist but religion is the most important thing in billions of people's lives.

Proud to be Maltese🔴⚪ You thought certain things that not even I knew.

@GUSTA99X

9 ай бұрын

You live in the island?

@samuelabelamedici1982

9 ай бұрын

@@GUSTA99X On the island, yes

Good afternoon 😊

@Idk-ys7rt

9 ай бұрын

Good afternoon

How much does this order compare with the knights of the Templars or the Knights of the Tetonic order?

@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506

9 ай бұрын

In the beginning in Jerusalem they were quite comparable. Difference was mostly the Hospital itself. The Germans also had one but they started out the whole "country" thing sooner

And yet... now, all of this history 'gone' with the wind... Malta was beautiful a few years ago. What you're going to see if you visit now is mostly construction, cranes, crowded places, cars and everything alike. It has lost it's soul.

The symbol of Malta derives from that of Amalfi

Man was legit sponsored by Malta

Does...the order still claim Malta? How do they reckon with the self determination of the Maltese people? What do the Maltese think about this? A name change might be in order, is my point

@TigerofRobare

9 ай бұрын

No. The video notes they were forced to give up their claim to Malta at the Congress of Vienna. I believe the Order and the Republic have diplomatic relations.

@samwill7259

9 ай бұрын

@@TigerofRobare Fair enough. So long as there's no bad blood on either side I suppose it makes for good trivia

@Bustycat

9 ай бұрын

@@TigerofRobareNow the Order even has diplomatic relationships with a few Islamic countries

@G.A.C_Preserve

9 ай бұрын

@@samwill7259 you're ignorance

When I first saw the Malta flag I didn.t see any maltease cross

@ewanlannigan6815

9 ай бұрын

The Maltese cross is not actually on the national flag of Malta, rather in the top left there is the George Cross, and this has been on the flag as it was awarded to the nation during Second World War by King George VI

You did Sweden territorial expansion, please also do Vatican one's

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Sure!

Just to let you know: the flashing in this video just set off my seizure alarm.

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Sorry to hear this! Could you specify which timestamp it was (if it doesn't cause you to have to watch it again, of course). I'll take this into account for future videos and avoid using it.

@trago034

9 ай бұрын

11:40

Big Boss would be proud

When i was in rome i had seen the Malta oder headquarter

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Nice! Is it possible to go inside and visit?

@Pedro_delta

9 ай бұрын

@@General.Knowledge acho que não

How can they be a country if they have no territory? Surely owning territory is a prerequisite for being a country.

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

I think their current status is directly connected to their historical one. They are an exception to the rule.

@TigerofRobare

9 ай бұрын

Much like the Holy See, they're considered a "sovereign subject of international law". They aren't, strictly speaking, a country, but they possess sovereignty. In strict Westphalian terms they're sovereign because they're recognized as sovereign, but ultimately they predate the Treaty of Westphalia by 400 years or so.

@Luredreier

9 ай бұрын

Technically the requirement isn't land but recognition from other countries. You can hold land without being a country and you can be a country without holding land. What matters is how many countries that recognize your existence.

@terryz935

9 ай бұрын

SMH Did you not watch the video?

@brunoir283

9 ай бұрын

@@TigerofRobarethey aren't countries. regardless of speaking strictly or not. they simply are something different. they are very specifically called "non-state subjects of the international law" or "sovereign entities of the international law". it the counterpart to "state subjects of the international law". this is very specifically the distinguishing factor.

Perhaps I missed it, but do they have a population?

You can't blame the Maltese for not liking that a bunch of European aristocratics lorded it over them in a feudal manner for 250 years; the Napoleonic code was better. Old Bony looted the Order's accumulated treasures to fund his campaigns. In 1998, the independent Maltese government handed over the upper part of Fort St. Angelo in Birgu, a citadel at the entrance of the Grand Harbour which was the order's HQ during the Great Seige. So they have a toe-hold there today.

In terms of countries with "strange" and/or unique conditions both today and from the past (in no particular order): Andorra, The Vatican City, Israel, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Principality of Seborga, Sealand, Conch Republic, Afro-Bolivian Kingdom, Kingdom of Araucanía and Patagonia, Pirate Republic, Neutral Moresnet/Amekijo, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Kingdom of Elba, Kingdom of Minerva, St. Martin/Sint Maarten, Haiti, Mormon Kingdom of Beaver Island (Lake Michigan), Republic of Canada (not to be confused with Canada as we know it), Sagallo Colony, Empire of Elba, Birobidzhan Oblast, Tannu Tuva, Freetown Christiania, State of Muskogee, Somaliland, Transnistria, Couto Mixto, Prussia...while there are more, I am stopping right before I give you all a heart attack lol. *Another topic that would be good for a video unto itself: Describe the difference between Irish and Scots-Irish? (*I know what it is, but I think that would be a good thing to investigate as well)

Neat

How do people get the citizenship of that country?

I’m in Amalfi while Watching this Video 😅

Is this the same as the knights of Malta?

I own a 2 Scudi minted in 1964 from the order of Malta

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Very cool!

French was not the official language of the order, was its diplomatic language in the XVIII century, but that was the case for the whole Europe.

Do a video on CAPE VERDE

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Sure! Any specific angle you would like to see?

@juliosilveira7891

9 ай бұрын

Yes! The war on independence and the plan to be a country along with Guinea. Or perhaps the concoction of Kriole language and why is it the base of Papiamento in Curaçao

@tbmedia8365

9 ай бұрын

@@General.Knowledge The whole history of it honestly. To the demographic of the people on how Europeans first mixed with outside of its race for the first time to how the Portuguese used it as a auction block for slavery just everything I’m very interested in the whole thing

@tbmedia8365

9 ай бұрын

@@juliosilveira7891 exactly!!

My bestie saying he is a geography expert

What if we call it a government in exile?

Maybe they could ask for a bit of Rhodes or Malta? Or they could try returning to their short lived colonies in the Caribbean!

Hello

Can u explain about azawad(African non recognised country)

It use be very nice and peaceful in Malta

Day 3 of the petition for General knowledge to Sponsor the Estonian & Finnish governments For donations to Unify Helsenki & Tallin Kinda

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

I think it would take a sponsorship a little out of my budget

An entire country helped him, interesting

Assassin's Creed Lore IRL

15:02 pffffttttt pinto

The stress in "hospitaller" is on the first syllable. The "a" is pronounced as schwa, as it is unstressed.

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for the correction!

So, are they the smallest country in the world? Even more than Vatican State?

Please don't take this as a criticism. It's just a tiny matter of English pronunciation for two words. Hospitalier is one of those English words that has survived as a mongrel mix of Freench and English from medieval times. Like the word 'hotelier', hospitalier is pronounced 'hospital-ee-err' with the French inflection on the end. It's a specific pronunciation for all the various orders of knights hospitalier in England (not that there are many of them. The other word is 'beatitude'. Just to confuse foreigners, it's pronounced 'bee-attitude'. Again, this isn't a criticism. Your English is better than at least 85 per cent of the inhabitants of the UK and your accent is only slight, but utterly dreamy to English ears. Apart from that nit-picking, this was fascinating - it was a subject I'd never considered before. Thank you so much for making this video. I'm ending the week knowing a lot more than I did yesterday. Thank you again so much.

@General.Knowledge

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the correction! :) And thanks for watching!

@timf162

9 ай бұрын

The word is actually hospitaller, not “hospitalier”. There is no “i” near the end. It is not pronounced with an “ee er” sound.

@timf162

9 ай бұрын

There is also only one recognized Hospitaller order in England, and that is the Most Venerable Order of St. John, which is a sister order to SMOM and the Johanniter Orden.

Nigeria, from Lagos?

It literally says: 1 view, 21 seconds ago.

@Nonamer69420

9 ай бұрын

Now it says 445 views,8 min ago.

@Aqzw

9 ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@Nonamer69420

9 ай бұрын

Then why are you commenting?

@jegorsstrigalovs8494

9 ай бұрын

For me it shows some of the comments to be older than the video itself (this comment 18 minutes ago, video 14 minutes ago, wtf)

@PacificPacifist

9 ай бұрын

yt doesn’t update its view counts live, so any figures you see likely aren’t totally accurate

You might discuss the tricky question how "sovereign" the sovereign order really is. Since it's head is subject to the pope. Doesn't that rather make it appear as a kind of satellite state?

@ikengaspirit3063

9 ай бұрын

eh, doesn't canada have a similar de jure situation to the king of england?.

@kellymcbright5456

9 ай бұрын

@@ikengaspirit3063 I did not think about that in the moment. But i think, the relationship between the pope and the order is tighter. The pope appoints the head of the order, who is not just a symbol figure as the royal governor in canada, but even the head of government.

@ikengaspirit3063

9 ай бұрын

@@kellymcbright5456 The Grand Master of the Hospitaliers has traditionally been elected. That's how they were able to elect an Orthodox Tzar which the Pope didn't like. Now certainly the grand master of the hospitaliers isn't always elected and sometimes appointed by the Pope. The restoration of the office of grand order was done by appointment and since then some have been appointed and some have been elected. So in summary, the Pope sometimes appoints the leader and the leader is sometimes elected so I guess it is more control than the King of England has over Canada but still not exactly the leader completely under the control of the Pope.

@kellymcbright5456

9 ай бұрын

@@ikengaspirit3063 Ok, i once researched and the current one had been appointed. I have also been employed to the protestant track of the order, and we learned it in a seminary.

Do the top 10 most spoken languages in the world by total number of speakers

For 10 days, the Soviet Union consisted of no territory. Everyone had declared independence from the USSR. Kazakhstan, the last SR, declared independence on December 16, 1991. Then, the USSR was officially dissolved on December 26, 1991.

@konradvonschnitzeldorf6506

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The biggest Nation with no Nation ever

The perfect nation doesn't exi-

Jien Malti

The real smallest country in the world: Order of Malta! Which has 0 nm^2 of territory! Smaller than an atom!