The Youngest Countries in the World

In this video I talk about the youngest countries in the world! Meaning the countries which achieved sovereignty or independence, in their current form, most recently!
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  • @General.Knowledge
    @General.Knowledge4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @grandiose_fulljellybeans75

    @grandiose_fulljellybeans75

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe maybe not

  • @edavis3254

    @edavis3254

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's either your best, or your worst

  • @lw28

    @lw28

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is South Sudan the disruptive adopted kid?

  • @manshoe1738

    @manshoe1738

    4 жыл бұрын

    I beg to differ

  • @eewag1

    @eewag1

    4 жыл бұрын

    General Knowledge it’s the worst

  • @sevenus82
    @sevenus824 жыл бұрын

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

  • @simonticar5996

    @simonticar5996

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mattwakefield4147

    @mattwakefield4147

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sevenus82

    @sevenus82

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mattwakefield4147

    @mattwakefield4147

    4 жыл бұрын

    Simon Tičar why

  • @thetruechaby

    @thetruechaby

    4 жыл бұрын

    He also forgot to mention the FYROM.

  • @longliveplanetawesome3223
    @longliveplanetawesome32234 жыл бұрын

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

  • @coolcatcastle8

    @coolcatcastle8

    4 жыл бұрын

    lol so that means everyone should have actually voted independence XD

  • @bottleize

    @bottleize

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nwoodz

    @nwoodz

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @frederickwilliams4727

    @frederickwilliams4727

    3 жыл бұрын

    i feel like eritrea has a very small population the

  • @darkhorse..876

    @darkhorse..876

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @robertpucovsky

    @robertpucovsky

    4 жыл бұрын

    Is there a video of that

  • @newtfigton8795

    @newtfigton8795

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow, that is extremely interesting!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican

    @AverytheCubanAmerican

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @happyfacefries

    @happyfacefries

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mathieuleader8601

    @mathieuleader8601

    4 жыл бұрын

    FACINATING FACT

  • @Knez5T0V0
    @Knez5T0V04 жыл бұрын

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

  • @erikkorenjak9737
    @erikkorenjak97374 жыл бұрын

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

  • @newzoran3624

    @newzoran3624

    4 жыл бұрын

    As a Serbian I confirm this si true 100%

  • @user-mj9pe3xf9w

    @user-mj9pe3xf9w

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @crushedoreos1361

    @crushedoreos1361

    4 жыл бұрын

    Memester Gangster nice

  • @rexsclavorum

    @rexsclavorum

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @5ft11manlet

    @5ft11manlet

    4 жыл бұрын

    I aprove I'm from Croatia

  • @marcopolo2395
    @marcopolo23954 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sovietmuffin501

    @sovietmuffin501

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Psyk60

    @Psyk60

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sandernista6499

    @sandernista6499

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nonoobxdgd3149

    @nonoobxdgd3149

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am from Czech Republic, :D

  • @martindurrer9044

    @martindurrer9044

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @monojakennedy_3758
    @monojakennedy_37583 жыл бұрын

    Hello from a South Sudanese🇸🇸

  • @Tetromint

    @Tetromint

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @meme-potentialsearch8010

    @meme-potentialsearch8010

    2 жыл бұрын

    good country. Wish you peace

  • @breadsqueezer3853

    @breadsqueezer3853

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hello

  • @Thejas_Gatty

    @Thejas_Gatty

    2 жыл бұрын

    Hi from North Korea

  • @grandiose_fulljellybeans75
    @grandiose_fulljellybeans754 жыл бұрын

    I can't stop finding a baby Yoda meme everywhere

  • @eewag1

    @eewag1

    4 жыл бұрын

    qwerty 000 yeah it’s annoying

  • @solehsolehsoleh

    @solehsolehsoleh

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mazuat648

    @mazuat648

    4 жыл бұрын

    deal with it.

  • @jaco5892

    @jaco5892

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rattfish no u

  • @mazuat648

    @mazuat648

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rattfish no u

  • @2naaa_
    @2naaa_4 жыл бұрын

    This baby Yoda reference isn't going to age well

  • @Arristuff

    @Arristuff

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes baby Yoda is actually 50

  • @jakkakasunset5485

    @jakkakasunset5485

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Arristuff Oh... Does he consent?

  • @addozzo

    @addozzo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Krakka Jakk711 what the...

  • @Phoenix_The_HeroHater

    @Phoenix_The_HeroHater

    4 жыл бұрын

    Krakka Jakk711 are you thinking of smthng r smthng

  • @kwayyernorge7436

    @kwayyernorge7436

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @TriviaNight
    @TriviaNight4 жыл бұрын

    Another great video! Thanks for sharing this knowledge.

  • @JamesKerLindsay
    @JamesKerLindsay4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @archstanton6102

    @archstanton6102

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Terrus_38

    @Terrus_38

    4 жыл бұрын

    Oh, hello Mr. James!

  • @happyfacefries

    @happyfacefries

    4 жыл бұрын

    98% vote I think is a pretty freaking sure bet

  • @Rabid_Nationalist

    @Rabid_Nationalist

    4 жыл бұрын

    I think Bougainville will be independent

  • @princevesperal

    @princevesperal

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @captainbean1264
    @captainbean12643 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Apfel99

    @Apfel99

    2 жыл бұрын

    Palestine: What about me?

  • @fearlessanomaly1710

    @fearlessanomaly1710

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Apfel99 Palestine > Israel

  • @kuocdo1938

    @kuocdo1938

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @matooo6544
    @matooo65444 жыл бұрын

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

  • @someczechguy

    @someczechguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    Matěj Gorniak czech republic

  • @stantorren4400

    @stantorren4400

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ABCD-nq3uf
    @ABCD-nq3uf2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BokiGamingYT

    @BokiGamingYT

    Жыл бұрын

    He is talking about countries which still exist

  • @Hiro_UK
    @Hiro_UK4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kiluu9076

    @kiluu9076

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @theperfectmix2

    @theperfectmix2

    4 жыл бұрын

    Kiluu *current form*

  • @user-ju4nh3yh8g

    @user-ju4nh3yh8g

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @user-ju4nh3yh8g

    @user-ju4nh3yh8g

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @italiancalciosupporter8197

    @italiancalciosupporter8197

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bummerdrummer1649
    @bummerdrummer16494 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GavinLiuranium
    @GavinLiuranium4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @patrod2327

    @patrod2327

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

  • @GavinLiuranium

    @GavinLiuranium

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @patrod2327

    @patrod2327

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @CrumpetCraig

    @CrumpetCraig

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GavinLiuranium

    @GavinLiuranium

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@patrod2327 Maybe, that makes quite some sense

  • @AleksaPancic
    @AleksaPancic4 жыл бұрын

    But Yugoslavia have 6 parts.

  • @zorantravar7187

    @zorantravar7187

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bravo

  • @eewag1

    @eewag1

    4 жыл бұрын

    MEGA Sarma no it doesn’t

  • @ligma1389

    @ligma1389

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@eewag1 yes it does

  • @sherbertvids2182

    @sherbertvids2182

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @BluE68_

    @BluE68_

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Thrlta
    @Thrlta4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Thrlta

    @Thrlta

    4 жыл бұрын

    Uup nevermind they're afflicted with an inferior mythtype.

  • @HerrBert1976
    @HerrBert19764 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Luis-cu3ut
    @Luis-cu3ut3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JamesofQPR
    @JamesofQPR10 ай бұрын

    Extremely interesting thank you!

  • @AgustinVelazquezLam
    @AgustinVelazquezLam3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @piedrablanca1942

    @piedrablanca1942

    Жыл бұрын

    si, le suma muchos puntos a la calidad del video

  • @tropicaldimitri7374
    @tropicaldimitri73744 жыл бұрын

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

  • @saulenfischbearn7470
    @saulenfischbearn74704 жыл бұрын

    2:22 Slovenia*

  • @Mxent
    @Mxent4 жыл бұрын

    Sehr gut recherchiertes Video!

  • @LukaZorko
    @LukaZorko4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @happyfacefries

    @happyfacefries

    4 жыл бұрын

    What's your reference?

  • @LukaZorko

    @LukaZorko

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@happyfacefries Slovenian education system

  • @real.spiderman.savedmj4709

    @real.spiderman.savedmj4709

    4 жыл бұрын

    True Luka zorko

  • @kiluu9076

    @kiluu9076

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SoujiOkitaTwo

    @SoujiOkitaTwo

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @soapy6
    @soapy64 жыл бұрын

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

  • @markussimicak104

    @markussimicak104

    3 жыл бұрын

    IT HURTS!!

  • @leogreek3003

    @leogreek3003

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @svansy

    @svansy

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @1leon000

    @1leon000

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @soapy6

    @soapy6

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @danielastadler39
    @danielastadler394 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bigyoshiofficial

    @bigyoshiofficial

    4 жыл бұрын

    What does “*BEBE YODA SHOULD ME LAND*”MEAN

  • @danielastadler39

    @danielastadler39

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bigyoshiofficial yes

  • @mongrel8621

    @mongrel8621

    4 жыл бұрын

    Baby yoda is property?

  • @danielastadler39

    @danielastadler39

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mongrel8621 yes

  • @eloncrust3220

    @eloncrust3220

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can I buy 2 acres of baby yoda

  • @PurplePinkRed
    @PurplePinkRed3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Sly88Frye
    @Sly88Frye4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @nicholaskelly6375
    @nicholaskelly63753 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stefansolciansky7302
    @stefansolciansky73024 жыл бұрын

    Armenia: *Becomes exists* Greece: Y O S

  • @tanhuulusoy

    @tanhuulusoy

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Grammar not found*

  • @Dogeselek

    @Dogeselek

    4 жыл бұрын

    r/engrish

  • @patrod2327

    @patrod2327

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

  • @samvelmkhitaryan6542

    @samvelmkhitaryan6542

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ChristoAbrie
    @ChristoAbrie3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @anasalareqe3115
    @anasalareqe31153 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kuocdo1938

    @kuocdo1938

    2 жыл бұрын

    Two Vietnams united in 1975.

  • @zacharymanuel8716
    @zacharymanuel87163 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mjbsen
    @mjbsen4 жыл бұрын

    Slovenia June 1991

  • @erikkorenjak9737

    @erikkorenjak9737

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thats before Croatia

  • @mjbsen

    @mjbsen

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@erikkorenjak9737 Exactly.......

  • @yoyohehe2034

    @yoyohehe2034

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @erikkorenjak9737

    @erikkorenjak9737

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @yoyohehe2034

    @yoyohehe2034

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @gilalmeida4253
    @gilalmeida42534 жыл бұрын

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

  • @chrumchrumpl7667
    @chrumchrumpl76673 жыл бұрын

    Fast answer: South Sudan

  • @jupie1471

    @jupie1471

    3 жыл бұрын

    lol

  • @TheRiot46
    @TheRiot464 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cyclonicleo
    @cyclonicleo4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @NRooster

    @NRooster

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrRonald2796

    @MrRonald2796

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @cristianokiki1486

    @cristianokiki1486

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Cjnw

    @Cjnw

    3 жыл бұрын

    The first four are PRC China!

  • @solosunbeam
    @solosunbeam4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheTattieShaw

    @TheTattieShaw

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @ajhare2
    @ajhare23 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GeographyWorld
    @GeographyWorld4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jrandrewortega2861

    @jrandrewortega2861

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chuuk? But why?

  • @AlvinSeville1

    @AlvinSeville1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Chuukoslavakia?

  • @TomGeller
    @TomGeller4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @General.Knowledge

    @General.Knowledge

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @GeographyWorld

    @GeographyWorld

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Psyk60

    @Psyk60

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TomGeller

    @TomGeller

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Chrizz06041980
    @Chrizz060419804 жыл бұрын

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

  • @subrje5546
    @subrje55463 жыл бұрын

    I think a lot of theese depend on how you define a state as established. Take armenia as an example: I would argue it started in 1918, but went through regime changes and was a member of the USSR for some time.

  • @emilianocichanowski7894
    @emilianocichanowski78944 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lamichael8659

    @lamichael8659

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @longliveplanetawesome3223

    @longliveplanetawesome3223

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lamichael8659

    @lamichael8659

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kuocdo1938

    @kuocdo1938

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now two Yemens became one,Eritrea is independent country.

  • @Kaidauren2
    @Kaidauren24 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MadTamB
    @MadTamB3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lazulithedragon
    @lazulithedragon2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @apolloncz2763
    @apolloncz27634 жыл бұрын

    🇨🇿🇸🇰 Brothers forever. Visegrád forever

  • @someczechguy

    @someczechguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    ApollonCZ I have no slovakian brother

  • @evermindnever1

    @evermindnever1

    4 жыл бұрын

    And there is hungary too

  • @marcellmihaly9991

    @marcellmihaly9991

    4 жыл бұрын

    🇭🇺🇮🇩🇸🇰🇨🇿

  • @dinis8271

    @dinis8271

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @tomasgancahaluska

    @tomasgancahaluska

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Accentor100
    @Accentor1004 жыл бұрын

    Slovenia declared independence from Yugoslavia before Croatia did.

  • @jsworpin
    @jsworpin4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @thesoundman5665
    @thesoundman56654 жыл бұрын

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

  • @reddragonplayz9775
    @reddragonplayz97754 жыл бұрын

    2:30 No Slovenia was first country to get indpendence

  • @vahan9064
    @vahan90644 жыл бұрын

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

  • @hovhannespalyan9127

    @hovhannespalyan9127

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @patrod2327

    @patrod2327

    4 жыл бұрын

    Pakistan: Denies Armenian existence

  • @hovhannespalyan9127

    @hovhannespalyan9127

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@patrod2327 we don't care about cows

  • @patrod2327

    @patrod2327

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hovhannespalyan9127 Wa?

  • @vahan9064

    @vahan9064

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MattYoung2299
    @MattYoung22994 жыл бұрын

    Do a whole video on Bouganville

  • @kallievirden3469

    @kallievirden3469

    26 күн бұрын

    Hey mattyoung it's not bouganville that's bougainville

  • @roy_mezz-awake2470
    @roy_mezz-awake24702 жыл бұрын

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

  • @peopipeo
    @peopipeo4 жыл бұрын

    You should do “proposed states in the us”

  • @dusannn
    @dusannn4 жыл бұрын

    YUGOSLAVIA HAS 6 PARTS!

  • @spookyengie735

    @spookyengie735

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yodaslavia

  • @dusannn

    @dusannn

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@spookyengie735 ?

  • @BluE68_

    @BluE68_

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @spookyengie735

    @spookyengie735

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @archstanton6102

    @archstanton6102

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @bulgarianmapping6518
    @bulgarianmapping65183 жыл бұрын

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

  • @culcune
    @culcune3 жыл бұрын

    Bougainville's referendum is non-binding; they still have to figure out their independence with Papua NG unless something new has changed?

  • @Heatmaker
    @Heatmaker4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @danielmagro4817

    @danielmagro4817

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's not a country yet because they arent recognized

  • @SWNerd

    @SWNerd

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @slamwall9057

    @slamwall9057

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Terrus_38

    @Terrus_38

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @AlvinSeville1

    @AlvinSeville1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, Nirvana in the Pacific is gonna become a country

  • @Joao-dp2tr
    @Joao-dp2tr4 жыл бұрын

    2:16 NO! SLOVENIA WAS THE FIRST!

  • @nojusy1992

    @nojusy1992

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Ana-bt8pr
    @Ana-bt8pr4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Kidseverywhr
    @Kidseverywhr2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Youthure
    @Youthure4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SoujiOkitaTwo

    @SoujiOkitaTwo

    4 жыл бұрын

    Youthure Stop! You. Are. Wrong

  • @Youthure

    @Youthure

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @markussimicak104

    @markussimicak104

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @TheCurrentRacerReal
    @TheCurrentRacerReal4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @jorislal
    @jorislal3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @juliusnepos6013
    @juliusnepos60134 жыл бұрын

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

  • @JorgeF2021
    @JorgeF20214 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aleksanderzakrajsek6830
    @aleksanderzakrajsek68304 жыл бұрын

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

  • @SoujiOkitaTwo

    @SoujiOkitaTwo

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aleksanderzakrajsek6830

    @aleksanderzakrajsek6830

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @markussimicak104

    @markussimicak104

    3 жыл бұрын

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

  • @madness8556
    @madness855610 ай бұрын

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

  • @drymint4338
    @drymint43383 жыл бұрын

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

  • @christoschristodoulidis2004
    @christoschristodoulidis20044 жыл бұрын

    Soon this will be updated with Scotland

  • @General.Knowledge

    @General.Knowledge

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maybe!

  • @MCKingPlaysGames

    @MCKingPlaysGames

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Christos Christodoulidis Catalonia might also become independent

  • @sovietmuffin501

    @sovietmuffin501

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @archstanton6102

    @archstanton6102

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sovietmuffin501

    @sovietmuffin501

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dusannn
    @dusannn4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Coe1eALT
    @Coe1eALT4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @arthurswart4436
    @arthurswart44363 жыл бұрын

    You missed Curacao and Sint Maarten that became countries within the kindom of The Netherlands in 2010.

  • @melos_abazi0628
    @melos_abazi06282 жыл бұрын

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

  • @hayellada-ball3836

    @hayellada-ball3836

    2 жыл бұрын

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

  • @lk2704

    @lk2704

    2 жыл бұрын

    You guys are a country 100%

  • @grel_5518

    @grel_5518

    6 ай бұрын

    Kosovo is just south serbia So shut up

  • @lazar_krompir2453
    @lazar_krompir24534 жыл бұрын

    4:30 **angry Serb noises**

  • @babikingu3928

    @babikingu3928

    4 жыл бұрын

    *Happy Kosovo noises*

  • @serbia4230

    @serbia4230

    3 жыл бұрын

    :(

  • @hayellada-ball3836

    @hayellada-ball3836

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@serbia4230 Kosovo is Young! 🇷🇸->🇽🇰

  • @hgks12
    @hgks123 жыл бұрын

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

  • @williambeaumont1312
    @williambeaumont13124 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @bigmo2473
    @bigmo24734 жыл бұрын

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

  • @MrBlondpower1
    @MrBlondpower14 жыл бұрын

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

  • @rebelracoon8126
    @rebelracoon81264 жыл бұрын

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

  • @spencer6207
    @spencer62074 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Awestar
    @Awestar4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @mdza

    @mdza

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @vjflow749

    @vjflow749

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @pavel_2336
    @pavel_23364 жыл бұрын

    But Czechia is still Czech republic.

  • @lewatoaofair2522

    @lewatoaofair2522

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sovietmuffin501

    @sovietmuffin501

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @kolomaznik333

    @kolomaznik333

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @aldardabaev772

    @aldardabaev772

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @sovietmuffin501

    @sovietmuffin501

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @Hungeryan
    @Hungeryan4 жыл бұрын

    As a Hungarian I find weird that more people arguing about you said there was 7 new countries born from Yugoslavia, then Slovakians arguing about that their country is vers young. Usually when a Hungarian making fun of it it's always a problem for them because they say it's older than Hungary. That makes me feel most Slovakians are antimagyar national-chevinists (idc which country is older I just want peace ffs)

  • @stafer3

    @stafer3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Country is young, people group is older, linguistic subgroup in that place is older than Hungarian, national identity is younger than Hungarian. It really just depends how you phrase the question. Nations in context as we know them today are pretty recent for everyone. Few centuries back you would identify more with your social class or religion than with some kind of nation. You were either nobility and use Latin or if you were peasant, there was no standardized version of language, people in different valley might talk completely different than you. These things changed after Martin Luther translated bible to German (in era of print). Which brought access to wider audience and created certain widespread standard for language. Soon after during 16. century other languages got through such standardization (again, thanks to print). This also coincided with creation of nation states with bureaucracy. And through this work for state national identity was being created among bureaucrats. France was most ahead in this regard. Then you get enlightenment and the most important part standardized schools and literacy. From disunited groups with different unintelligible dialects you get one cohesive group. France assimilated/eradicated different language groups and as big unified nation got greater power. Other absolutists monarch wanted to do that as well. In Austria, the emperor wanted to do the same with German language. And get this whole unified block. Which didn’t go well with Hungarian nobility which was always against emperor’s hegemony, so they started push Hungarian language and culture. Which then sparked same counter push in other minor nations in empire against them. And by 19. century everyone in Europe wanted to be nation. In this regard Hungarian nation is few decades older than Slovak one. Everyone who talks about millennia old nations, is using that term wrong. That’s just 18./19. century people retroactively picking things from the past to construct their own history. If you talk about linguistic subgroups. Slavic tribes got in the area around 6. century and Hungarians tribes got here at the end of 9. century. If you talk about nation states. It would be 1867 for Hungarians in Austria-Hungary. And 1918 for Slovaks in Czechoslovakia. Obviously if you want to go just for their own thing. Then 1918 for Hungary and 1939 for Slovakia. And if you are talking about current recognized form. Then 1918 for Hungary and 1993 for Slovakia. So I’m going to assume that them seeing their start in that 6. century arrival of Slavic tribes or some later Slavic state. And you’re counting from middle ages Hungary. While everyone is largely wrong because nations in modern sense became a thing in 18./19. century.

  • @peter_piper3004
    @peter_piper30043 жыл бұрын

    Technically, like Cabo Verde and Côté D’Ivoire, East Timor prefers to be called Timor-Leste in all official cqpacities

  • @klaudpwns
    @klaudpwns4 жыл бұрын

    east timor

  • @AlvinSeville1

    @AlvinSeville1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Timor Leste

  • @TheTobiasJoel
    @TheTobiasJoel4 жыл бұрын

    No one: Not a single soul: General Knowledge: _"the baby Yodas of political geography"_

  • @Cjnw

    @Cjnw

    3 жыл бұрын

    Normie

  • @Duececoupe
    @Duececoupe4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @quadratusoftheequilibrium5213
    @quadratusoftheequilibrium5213 Жыл бұрын

    Some Island called Burgainville is gonna be a new country in 2027 or sumin, that’s crazy

  • @dinocr7557
    @dinocr75574 жыл бұрын

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

  • @stefanvlad8472

    @stefanvlad8472

    4 жыл бұрын

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

  • @dzastin0713
    @dzastin07134 жыл бұрын

    Kosovo asks for independence Rest of the world - WHY ARE YOU SO REJECTED SERBIA???

  • @blyatifulnarkotik9258
    @blyatifulnarkotik92584 жыл бұрын

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

  • @janbaumann245
    @janbaumann2454 жыл бұрын

    Looking Forward for east africa federation and Bougainville to take the title newest country!