Somaliland, basically already a sovereign nation since 1992, just need recognition. The UN and the AU won't recognize Somaliland due to fears of ethnic tensions in other African nations becoming voices of independence if Somaliland gets recognized as an sovereign nation. I think Africa could be a continent to look for multiple new nations forming in the future.

@moritamikamikara3879

11 ай бұрын

Well the UN and the AU have a skill issue, cus they can't keep Africa in this frozen state of being permanently in the year 1950. Things have to change, and it's gonna be the Africans doing it this time. Much blood was shed after the fall of Rome to decide what Europe would look like in the future... imagine some hyperpower existed back then deciding to freeze the borders of states permanently in the year 500 AD... Europe would have been permanently stunted.

@edk487

11 ай бұрын

Not happening without a civil war like in Sudan

@AL-lh2ht

11 ай бұрын

Yea. The real reason most of these autonomous regions in the video are not independent yet because they are given a huge of free money and subsidies. Basically bribing them to stay with the nation. The African independence movements are different though and a lot more prone to conflict.

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

11 ай бұрын

Africa could also have some new nations made out of nations 🪆🏛 like the EU 💶, considering the African Union is doing fairly well, and there are just too many countries to easily deal with 1 at a time for foreign relations.

@Aa-fg6jf

11 ай бұрын

Somaliland doesn't control half of the land it claims, so I doubt it would qualify as an independent country

Iceland became an independent country from Denmark in 1944, but has no armed forces. Iceland is however a NATO member and has currently forces from other Nordic countries serving to protect their airspace. Greenland could adopt a similar model, becoming member of NATO, not having their own military, but continuing relying on forces from the US and Nordic countries.

@klausolekristiansen2960

11 ай бұрын

Iceland became an independent country in 1918. The kingdom of Iceland had the same king as the Kingdom of Denmark, but the Danish government had no authority there. Iceland became a republic in 1949.

@TheJjcczz

11 ай бұрын

Greenland is a full NATO member with its own NATO representative separate to Denmark. The US also already has a base in Greenland and contributes to its defence along with Denmark. Giving Greenland full independence isn’t going to suddenly make them vulnerable to attack or influence from other countries. They know their own value and deserve to handle negotiations and decisions themselves

@MadsBoldingMusic

11 ай бұрын

​@Zaydan Alfariz Even with less than half a million people, Brunei has almost 10 times the population of Greenland (which sits around 56.000 without much growth) and an army of over 7000 active duty soldiers. If you want a Greenlandic military of even, for the sake of argument, a third of Brunei's number of soldiers, you will need to put more than 4% of the entire population of the country in uniform. Not impossible... but certainly very unlikely. In practice, Nato membership is likely to be enough of a guarantee for Greenland in most matters due to how important the US considers the island to be. This is fortunate, because it is likely the only security guarantee that they would have, outside some residual defence activities from the Danish military. All that said, I think Greenland should be an independent country, and however soon it happens, it would not have been soon enough in my eyes. Much love from Denmark.

@ZerakTul

11 ай бұрын

The obstacle to Greelandic independence isn't really defense/military. The US would never allow e.g. Russia to take over the territory, so they'd always be protected. The issue is economic. Right now something like 50% of Greenland's budget is covered by subsidy from Denmark. If they went independent they'd be dead broke. Everything has to be imported at high expense and the settlements are spread out with no road network to connect them, making just getting around and transporting goods very expensive compared to Iceland. To overcome this they'd have to sell mineral extraction/exploration contracts, but from what I've read the people are more opposed to that than they are in favor of independence.

@diegoarmando5489

11 ай бұрын

The DUP, TUV, and Free Presbyterian Church should be banned as far-right terrorist organizations. Let the UUP represent the Unionist cause.

Fun fact, Star Trek TNG, predicting Irish Unification led to that episode being banned on the BBC, and RTÉ, Irelands national broadcaster as well

@AlistairLynn

11 ай бұрын

The context in TNG was "examples of terrorism being an effective way to promote political change", which was a pretty irresponsible thing to be broadcasting during the (ultimately successful) peace process.

@ThatOneGuy7550

11 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

@rakaboi

11 ай бұрын

@Zaydan Alfariz wasn't there another American song where the words pepsi or coca cola caused it to be banned?

@ahothabeth

11 ай бұрын

@@rakaboi I think you are thinking of the English band "The Kinks" had "Lola" banned because it had the opening lines "I met her in a club down in old Soho Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like coca cola C-O-L-A, Cola"

@PeterFlanagan0987

11 ай бұрын

Tbf it was a fairly inflammatory and in practice honestly dangerous statement in the early 70s I know that sounds like bollocks but you had segments of two completely segregated communities consistently looking for a justification for armed action and this is that from a not particularly serious but independent observer.

Micronesia is also threatning to split up... several times they scheduled independence referendums and cancelled them

@TheEightfoldWay

11 ай бұрын

thereby creating several Nanonesian states

@grantorino2325

11 ай бұрын

Between World War II and 1986, they 🇫🇲 were part of America's *Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands* , which also included the Marshall Islands 🇲🇭, the Northern Mariana Islands 🇲🇵, and Palau 🇵🇼-but not Guam 🇬🇺 (American since 1898) or American Samoa and Swain's Island 🇦🇸 (since 1918). Micronesia and the Marshall Islands broke away peacefully, but the Northern Mariana Islands asked to remain American, in the (extremely faint) hope of one day achieving statehood. Considering how important the Pacific Ocean has now become with China's ascension, is it too far-fetched that all of those insular areas could one day become a state-or perhaps part of Hawaii? Or is there too much ethnic bad blood?

@Qiyunwu

11 ай бұрын

@@TheEightfoldWay I love it

@quiquemarquez3211

11 ай бұрын

@@TheEightfoldWay There is the case of the future Chuuk State referendum on Micronesia, the Micronesian government has postponed it time and again(third delays truly) and is particularly relevant cause they are the most populous state on the Federation and given the Compact of Free Association was going to be adjusted on 2023 it all crashes together. But really the Chuuk really had an awful position on Micronesia(really strange that none of these KZreadrs have made videos about the movement,campaign etc pretty underrated), where a majority of their population is unemployed, their cultural identity hanging on the balance as well as the always contentious matter of distribution of funding within the FSM.

@AL-lh2ht

11 ай бұрын

@@grantorino2325 man the US should have made them real territories. The reason they broke away unlike the US’s other territories the US only minimally supported and developed them. But instead by becoming free associated the Us basically gets everything they could ever want from they with none of the responsibilities to support them or try improve them. So they are half the quality of life compared to the US’s territories, which are in turn of the average of US states.

Greenland will struggle. Denmark currently loses money by having greenland due it Denmark paying greenland a grant every year, and is not able to exploit Greenlands resources, which only greenland is allowed to do. As a dane, I think that if Greenland wants to he independent, let them, we will save money, however i worry that Greenland would be open to exploitation by China, Russia or even the US. If Greenland wants to stay as part of the Kingdom of Denmark, thats cool too, and probably best until they can be more self sufficient

@carlosandleon

11 ай бұрын

​@elfrjzIt's just basic geopolitics

@themcfunnel

11 ай бұрын

​@elfrjzyour god damn right we will

@m.campbell3405

11 ай бұрын

Just sell us Greenland. I mean you sold us the Virgin Islands you owned why not Greenland.

@christiancanty2036

11 ай бұрын

@@m.campbell3405 want to swap Greenland for Hawaii?

@somethinglikethat2176

11 ай бұрын

Greenland is 100% dead weight for Denmark. The Danes pay for everything, and Greenland wants to keep any money for themselves. It's a lot of money to give away on a population that will leave the second it suits them.

Wish to see Tibet independent.

@quiquemarquez3211

11 ай бұрын

Certainly been enjoying a lot the Wondrium series about the nation, China doesn't deserve stealing the future away from any nation even less for such an ancient one.

@bluegold1026

11 ай бұрын

Totally. Same w/ Taiwan and Xinjiang province.

@ThatOneGuy7550

11 ай бұрын

@@quiquemarquez3211Could say the same for UK regarding Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland

@Liodegrance

11 ай бұрын

​@@bluegold1026 Taiwan is an independent state

@quiquemarquez3211

11 ай бұрын

@@ThatOneGuy7550 Don't doubt it, let me add too now that we are at it Catalonia,Basque Country,Galicia,Corsica and Brittany.

The Emus will reveal their sentience and proclaim the Emu country in Western Australia.

@francoise4678

11 ай бұрын

You missed out on Tibet, Uigher, Balochistan, Sind,NWFP.

Lets not forget the upcoming annexation of Australia into New Zealand, renaming it to West Island.

@dmax9946

11 ай бұрын

Nahh mate, New Zealand will become Australian state of Bassmania or New Tasland

@ahothabeth

11 ай бұрын

@@dmax9946 How about a compromise where the countries are combine and called "New OZealand"? Just a though. (But not much of one.)😜

@andrewlefevre9018

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, nah, I don't reckon aye.

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

11 ай бұрын

Canada will annex the USA by next year I promise you 😂

@cloudy_xDD

11 ай бұрын

😂

I'm Irish (south of Ireland). I support unification although I care immensely about peace, so while I want it to happen I would much rather it happen in 30-40 years from now rather than, in say 10-15 years. Waiting until later in the century would give better chances of a smoother and more peaceful transition to a united Ireland.

@silveriver9

11 ай бұрын

Ireland has waited over 100 years already. Now or never.

@ronancarr

11 ай бұрын

I think the "shared island" approach the Republic's government is working on is a good start. It'll make things much smoother and shows Northern Irish people the benefit of a united country. Especially has they are pretty much ignored by Westminster...

@maxdavis7722

11 ай бұрын

@@silveriver9 Ireland hasn’t waited for anything. Why should the republic get the north?

@silveriver9

11 ай бұрын

@@maxdavis7722 Northern Ireland belongs to the rest of Ireland. Twat.

@mybutthasteeth1347

11 ай бұрын

@@silveriver9 never

I find it very telling, as well as very striking, that Quebec didn't even make the list and most people wouldn't even notice its absence.

@wdmc2012

11 ай бұрын

Is Quebec really trying for independence? I'm American, so I just assume it's like Texas. A few idiots whine about independence, but realistically it will never happen. (Though plenty of people outside Texas would be happy if it did.)

@recurse

11 ай бұрын

@@wdmc2012 it came very close, and it was always an extremely serious movement. After the narrow referendum loss in 1995, the separatist movement has been slowly losing stream ever since.

@Dendarang

11 ай бұрын

@@wdmc2012 Quebec independence movement is several orders of magnitude more serious than any Texan claims to statehood. There's almost zero serious desire for independence in Texas while something like half of Quebecers want independence. That said, speaking purely pragmatically, current situation is probably best possible situation for both Quebec and Canada where Quebec gets to be their own unique society passing whatever laws they want regardless of what the rest of Canada thinks of them or if they would even be legal in the rest of Canada while still benefitting from Canada's market, budget, stability, size, defense etc. In turn, Canada gets to keep the country intact, gets to pretend Quebec is just like the rest of Canada and Canada isn't awkwardly split in two by an independent Quebec.

@matpk

11 ай бұрын

@@wdmc2012who said Tibet❓

@j.obrien4990

11 ай бұрын

My impression is that the desire for Quebec independence is not as strong as in 1995. But I've always thought Quebec could develop more soft power in Canada by being and advocate other minorities in Canada, especially natives. Perhaps it could coach the Inuit provinces on protecting their own distinct cultures, or help the large francophone populations in Ontario and New Brunswick assert their identities.

Anybody else notice the Palau and Micronesia flags were in the wrong order

If French Polynesia gains independence, i think the difference between Tahitians and Marquesans may make two different countries. Both groups were colonized by the French, but they are two different groups of Polynesians.

@iamofadeadinsideoof1181

18 күн бұрын

Welp for instance France government already disowned one of Indian ocean territory for that (Mayotte island) which mostly host African (race) demographics, for a 'retaliation' in awake of their losing influences in Sahel countries.

I don't know, I kind of expect an independent Bougainville sometime this decade due to the referendum. I also hope for a united Ireland.

@grantorino2325

11 ай бұрын

Will they continue to recognize the king of England as head of state?

@daradevlin4093

11 ай бұрын

@@grantorino2325 we never did lol

@gothicgolem2947

11 ай бұрын

@@daradevlin4093 Northern Ireland literally does…he’s King of the Uk and head of state of it and Nis is apart of the Uk

@L4wr3nc3810

11 ай бұрын

Maybe we'll get independent New Ireland instead..:)

@jordanjames2956

11 ай бұрын

@@L4wr3nc3810 I agree with this. Instead of pleasing one side we should just find a solution no one wants.

As a Dane I welcome Greenland independence, I mean they are more or less in many aspects but before it can Happen I believe Greenland needs to be in a far better position where it can defend its own borders or be able to withstand preassures from the US, Russia and China. They wan’t those sweet resources and right now I don’t feel comfortable for greenland to have self rule.

@XER0GRAVITY

11 ай бұрын

They will be under a lot of pressure from the US to give them mineral rights, but I could see this playing in their favour if it means American backing.

@hitrapperandartistdababy

11 ай бұрын

@@XER0GRAVITY indeed. I also think its in their best interest to give a carrot to the us in order to avoid the stick from Russia and China

@GwainSagaFanChannel

11 ай бұрын

Greenland could stay in EU and NATO when they declare independence I do not see anyone have an issue with it since everyone would benefit from it

@jeroenska.

11 ай бұрын

Haha, the comments kind of prove your point already. I think the proposed structure where Denmark is still involved with the country's defence would be best, so that they can make their own decisions without the threat of military pressure from said countries.

@delfinenteddyson9865

11 ай бұрын

@@jeroenska. but that would mean that the danes ar ok with footing the bill for nothing in return, which isn't really said that they would agree to that

Belgorod people’s republic!

@Freya-010

11 ай бұрын

Lmao

@OneL3gend

11 ай бұрын

*Bilhorod People's Republic

@Freya-010

11 ай бұрын

@@OneL3gend ahhh gotcha, not as funny to think about as a future free country though 🥲

General knowledge does this sort of thing frequently and there is no shortage of places where you can find a group who want to talk about independence. Like, for example, Scania in Sweden. But boundaries don't like to change, although they will if they're more trouble than ther're worth.

@gavasiarobinssson5108

11 ай бұрын

If you think Skåne will seceed from Sweden you are clueless.

@stevejohnson3357

11 ай бұрын

@@gavasiarobinssson5108 I know that won't happen. I just meant that you can always find someone who does for just about anyplace.

@davidmb1316

10 ай бұрын

​​@@gavasiarobinssson5108unnily enough Skaane (including Halland and Blekinge) is the only part of Imperial Sweden that the Swedes haven't transferred back to the original owners (although Denmark actually conquered it twice, first time in the Scanian War in 1679, second time in the Great Northern War in 1720 - but England didn't want Denmark to own both sides of the Sound).

I hope People from Greenland Understand what Geopolitical and Political turmoil they are going to Face.

@JoelReid

11 ай бұрын

It is evident that they do, hence they are doing it slow. Greenland is well aware that they are likely going to be the centre of an international mining boom in the second half of the century as the ice melts. Numerous mining companies have already started exploration and mining operations in anticipation. They know they have to get it right if they are going to handle the huge influx of money properly.

@Aa-fg6jf

11 ай бұрын

no one live in there, it's an empty land

@barsukascool

11 ай бұрын

@@Aa-fg6jf that is objectively not true.

@quasarlgq

11 ай бұрын

​@@barsukascool i mean 50 k people live there. Literally no one? No, but cutting it close.

@guillaumelagueyte1019

11 ай бұрын

Doesn't matter if they're 50k or 50 million, they have a right to self determination.

A year ago Scotland might have made it onto this list but certainly not anymore with the SNP's latest shenanigans.

@tiglishnobody8750

11 ай бұрын

That is not true, Scottish Independence in Scotland is still strong even with SNP and they would view SNP's latest shenanigans as nothing more than a road bump. In fact, Scottish independence isn't shrinking but in fact it *GROWING* As there are more young people in Scotland who want independence and in the decade or so there will be more than enough for Scots to desire to leave the UK. Just last week in a poll there are still more than 45% of Scotland wanted to leave

@gavasiarobinssson5108

11 ай бұрын

Practically nobody in Scotland wants independence. Plenty want to be ruled by Brussels.

@TheFehergandalf

11 ай бұрын

Ain't no way Scotland will ever separate

@epicgamerchannel6230

11 ай бұрын

That only puts people off if their main opposition are competent. Given that that's the tories and Labour, don't think it'll put too many folk off.

@keirlamont2806

11 ай бұрын

⁠@@TheFehergandalf do you live in Scotland?

So if French Polynesia gained independence would it just be called Polynesia?

@Inkan1969

11 ай бұрын

The independence movement wants to call it "Tahiti Nui".

@helloahla239

11 ай бұрын

Or probably something like Republic of Tahiti

@revinhatol

11 ай бұрын

Polynesian Federation?

@francoise4678

11 ай бұрын

@@helloahla239 but that wouldn't include all the islands of French Polynesia .. there are five archipelagoes, and Tahiti , which is the biggest island in French Polynesia, is just one island in one of the five archipelagoes ...

@helloahla239

11 ай бұрын

@@francoise4678 On les appelle tous les Tahitiens me semble t'il quand meme, les Polynésiens c'est + général ca inclue toutes les iles du Pacifique il me semble

Bougainville kinda sounds like the type of name you come up with once you've run out of names

Hopefully Kurdistan, Nagorno-Karabakh, & Taiwan, and it would be nice to see Western Sahara, Tibet, Xingiang, Somaliland, Somali, Tigray, Buryatia, Chechnya, Circassia, Tartarstan, and honestly Hawaii & Inner Mongolia. Maybe some of the Burmese secessionists ethnic regions too since they have fought for it so long.

@twizz2955

11 ай бұрын

Inner mongolia is mostly chinese, they would vote against independence. Even Xinjiang would vote against independence, better to give kashgar their own country and keep the rest of xinjiang in China.

In the short term Bouganille would probably do well economically as it has 1 of the largest copper reserves in the world. The mine was very profitable but was forced to close in 1989 due to the conflict. There are also substantial deposits of gold , estimated at the least 12 million ounces. Long term viability would depend on management or they might end up like Nauru.

@ekesandras1481

10 ай бұрын

The urban, developed regions don't want independence, only the tribal rural regions want that. So if independence comes, guess who will lead the island and who will leave?

Heads up, your Nebula version of this video is broken. The video track is just a black screen, it's just the audio you can hear.

I thought Somaliland would be one

@12D_D21

11 ай бұрын

Somaliland already has de facto independence, and has had do for a long time now. Still, to get de jure independence and be recognised by the world, than Somalia would have to concede, something that likely won't happen in the near future.

@quiquemarquez3211

11 ай бұрын

They only need the recognition as they've been effectively ruling themselves since their split from Somalia.

In the event of Irish unification AND Scottish independence, wouldn't England (or England and Wales, if they choose to be called that) be considered a "new country" as well? After all, they couldn't really call themselves the United Kingdom, or even Great Britain, anymore.

@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

11 ай бұрын

In terms of international relations no. England and Wales would still be the UK along with all random little islands people forget about.

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

11 ай бұрын

It would be ‘the United Kingdom of England and wales’ instead of the current ‘Great Britain and Northern Ireland’

@Illjwamh

11 ай бұрын

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 Wales isn't, nor has it ever been, a kingdom, though.

@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986

11 ай бұрын

@@Illjwamh it was an independent kingdom a long time ago before English control took over from Edward I onwards but since then has only been a principality of England and now a ‘country’ of the UK

@Illjwamh

11 ай бұрын

@@sirsurnamethefirstofhisnam7986 "Wales" as we know it today was never a kingdom. It was never even a unified entity, but a collection of smaller principalities occasionally under the overlordship of a single prince, but never a kingdom in and of itself. This is why I think "England and Wales" in the style of "Bosnia and Herzegovina" or "Antigua and Barbuda" would be the most likely name.

There are political movements in South Africa trying to get independence for the Western Cape and any province willing to follow. Probably not very soon, or ever...but never know what might happen after the next election

@cxzact9204

11 ай бұрын

The ANC will win the next elections. The suggestion that it might not is the local media's latest selling/click baiting strategy (which is a global trend), but do we really believe our fellow South Africans in Transkei and Natal will start voting differently next year? Also the whole Cape independence thing is already being labelled "racist" so when it comes to asking the international community for recognition it would be a tough question for the West, who are very sensitive to that word. And the Chinese and Russians would certainly pick the ANC's side. But hey, maybe, someday, Cape Town can be free to do its own thing. It could seriously be a little Singapore in Africa. If only they'd let us.

@jordanjames2956

11 ай бұрын

Things like that tend to only happen after a major disaster or war. Which could always happen especially with how corrupt politics in South Africa tend to be. The Zulu and the Xhosa would probably get their own countries as a result.

I think the best one is that island near PNG and Solomon Islands.

I am more curious of possible unions than division. Is there any that may happen in near future? ( other than the Irish one explained in the video)

@Tay12345

11 ай бұрын

East Africa federation

@rursus8354

11 ай бұрын

I think that the Soviet Union will collapse the second time for the last time in 2024. It won't be pleasant.

@giulestinha

11 ай бұрын

@@Tay12345 Romania+Moldova

@sdrawkcabUK

11 ай бұрын

If DRC ever stabilised sufficiently, the two Congos would make sense as one nation. Another one is Republika Srpska in Bosnia.. lessers there periodically threaten to hold an independence vote, which would likely mean joining Serbia. It’s borders are a complete mess though so could (re)open a whole can of worms

@alexcasanova15

7 ай бұрын

Moldavia reunification with Romania seems the most feasible in medium term. Then Irish unification and finally Congo one, the latter is the most complicated due to the lack of stability in the DRC.

greenland >long term project, requires careful planning unlike brexit...

@SirAntoniousBlock

11 ай бұрын

Fun fact: The UK is not the first country to leave EEC/EU, Greenland was.

@akaviri5

11 ай бұрын

The UK did not _become_ independent by leaving the EU, it already was.

@Freya-010

11 ай бұрын

@@SirAntoniousBlock yep, it is possible if one isn’t behaving like the politicians of the UK did at the time 🥲

@SirAntoniousBlock

11 ай бұрын

@@elfrjz True, you can't fully leave the EU so long as you occupy part of a country that is an EU, that's the brexit paradox. The UK can have it's brexit or the UK can have northern Ireland but it can't have both.

@SirAntoniousBlock

11 ай бұрын

@@akaviri5 Well Greenland is not independent, it is self internal governing just like Scotland Wales and northern Ireland (err sometimes) but it was allowed to leave the EEC by Denmark, strange decision.

Re Star Trek, I'd argue that Data wasn't making a prediction, but merely giving Picard some historical context for whatever caper they were dealing with that episode!))

Polish, Ukrainian and Russian babies get mixed up in the hospital Now, parents are trying to figure out which baby belongs to which parent. Ukrainian decides to go first and yells "Slava Ukraini!" One baby immediately jumps up and pulls into the attention position. Ukrainian knows that's their baby and picks it up. Polish takes the second baby and Russian looks completely confused. "How did you know the second baby is yours?" asks the Russian. "The one who smiled when Ukrainian yelled is mine" Polish answered, "but the one who wetted the nursing bed, is yours. "

@GreoGreo

11 ай бұрын

What on earth are you talking about you goofy donut?

@MetallicReg

11 ай бұрын

Good old propaganda never changes ;) Already missed the Yankie and German jokes of the last century...

For some reason, I have always thought that Bougainville is some sort of outlandish idea of the American chef Anthony Bourdain to establish an island nation with diverse food cultures from around the world for tourists to experience on.

North Caucasus

I see Bolivia Balkanizing in the future as there is immense political, social, and economic uncertainty that has been building up for years now, as well as discontent between relationships of the populace of the lowlands and highlands urban and rural communities.

Are you sure it was banned by the BBC because I definitely remember seeing this episode

Shout out to Somaliland De facto independence and (relative) stability since the 90s. Compare that to its Eastern neighbour

@Inkan1969

11 ай бұрын

The eastern neighbor has to achieve peace and stability first.

@sdrawkcabUK

11 ай бұрын

Puntland ?? 😁😁

@Inkan1969

11 ай бұрын

@@sdrawkcabUK Puntland isn't all that independent. Several "presidents of Puntland" have also been President of Somalia in Mogadishu.

Based solely off the redrawing of the map, feels like this video failed a little bit. There’s a whole host of places that want independence, yet are unlikely to achieve it. I was personally hoping this video would cover countries which are independent yet not on your standard western map, like Somaliland and Taiwan. Perhaps some of the most probably causes of countries in places which are still trying to find their exact borders like much of Africa with the insurgencys in Mali and Cameroon (The two that I can remember off the top of my head)

@elscorpioperfecto3260

11 ай бұрын

Azawad in Mali and Ambazonia in Cameroon is what you are looking for.

@thegamingallosaurus7281

11 ай бұрын

@@elscorpioperfecto3260 yep

I am certain its not 'Papa' New Guinea at 0:50

Greenland is an odd one for independence. It has very low population in comparison to its land area but same time the majority of its land is covered in ice

Another one is the East African federation which is an union among 6 or 7 countries.

honestly despite the whole right to self determination thing, faroe islands is looking more likely than greenland i think. too much at stake with greenland due to its sheer size, while the faroes are literally just a few islands (with per capita much less dependence on denmark may i add)

@AL-lh2ht

11 ай бұрын

The Faroe Islands are very culturally close to Denmark. To the point most young people leave the island because they can’t afford to live their. Most of them also go to college in Denmark.

@larslundandersen7722

11 ай бұрын

The Faroese would generally fare a lot better as an independent country than Greenland. Greenland are still very dependant on Danish aid via block grants to run basic services. As a Dane, i wouldn't mind Greenlandic independence. They are kind of a deadweight

Bougainville sounds like a Dr Seuss town lol

Taiwan, but it's technically already independent.

**STARES ANGRILY IN CATALAN** how can we not be on this list?

@LiamPennington

11 ай бұрын

We all saw how Spain reacted when you tried the last time!

@jn4kp1

11 ай бұрын

Independence is just a póker bluff by the corrupt politicians in Catalonia to negotiate with the central goverment. @ElsenyoPol, a ver si leemos algo de la familia Puyol y los millones en Suiza crack eh?

@ElsenyoPol

11 ай бұрын

@@jn4kp1 I do not give a damn about Pujol, even if the accusations were true (which is doubtful), Pujol was “español del año”, he was NOT pro-independence, so what does Pujol have to do with me and millions of Catalans wanting independence for our country? You have been poisoned by the fake news of the yellow Spanish press, travel a little… Hahahaha

Just got back from French Polynesia, and personally I think independence would be a mistake. After Hawaii they're pretty much the second most visited place in the Pacific, and the reason for that is because they're part of France so people view it as a safe bet.

@teuiavohi341

11 ай бұрын

An independence wont happen and youre right it would be a mistake because the coyntry doesnt make any profit by itself: tourism isnt sustainable since its very expensive and both europeans and americans could go to other places and pay less (maldives, carribeans etc...) There are also no industry that could sustain the way of life of the polynesians (the wellfare system is already collapsing even though france is contributing to it so imagine without any help)

at 6:04 you transposed the flags of Palau and Micronesia

Must be a slow day in news

Hi it is blessing day why you didn't talk about somaliland thanks again ❤❤❤

@Baller474

11 ай бұрын

because Somaliland has same language as Somalia ?

@The_Fat_Controller

11 ай бұрын

Essentially is already independent

Russia once it becomes Balkanized will give birth to countless new countries

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

11 ай бұрын

Russia 🐻 is pretty good at culture converting its subjects when not completely distracted. So they will probably not want to leave. Or more accurately, those competent enough to be able to leave in the autonomous parts of Russia 🐻, won't want to rebel.

Bougainville's emblem is criminal.

Greenland should be granted full Independence, because it's not really as if Denmark is anywhere near there. Sounds like Bougainsville will likely become independent too.

Bougainville

Can you tell us about possible unions that could happen in the future in the next video

0:51 - "Papa" New Guinea? Any relation to Papa Doc Duvalier?

@francoise4678

11 ай бұрын

Papa Doc Duvalier was in Haiti

oh by the way if your interested even more possible independent countries will be: Republic of serbska, Somaliland, Qubec, Scotland, Catalonia, Vojavnia, United Korea, Tebet, Hong Kong, East turishstan, East thrace, kurdistan, Hawaii, Ingria, and New Catalonia

Never heard it pronounced boogunville before.

@TheAntoine48

11 ай бұрын

Boganville

Whatever happens over here in Ireland, at least either scenario will (hopefully) be peaceful 🇬🇧🤝🇮🇪

@dukeofbritannia7

11 ай бұрын

Northern Ireland, England, Wales And Scotland are all British it's the Non Brits that want to see the Most Successful Union the world has ever seen Fail 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💂🏻

@joegrey9807

11 ай бұрын

​@@sovkhan4359Czech and Slovakia did with the Velvet Divorce. Although I get the impression that most people didn't actually want to split, but hey...

@Finnbobjimbob

11 ай бұрын

Love you irish 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿❤️🇮🇪

@joegrey9807

11 ай бұрын

@@sovkhan4359 indeed. I'm not keen on the British government at the moment either... (But at least they're not quite forcing millions into starvation yet)

@icemanire5467

11 ай бұрын

Absolutely, should be the priority. It's actually good to see the distain the younger generations have for violence.

Your pronunciation of Bougainville is hilarious.

I think that you can probably push Scotland quite a bit further back following last year's (2022) UK Supreme Court ruling in London where Scotland failed to gain the support it was looking for to conduct a 2nd Independence referendum following the 2014 result which some people had trouble accepting. To add to their problems Nicola Sturgeon has left her position as First Minister and SNP leader to pass it on to Humza Yusef who doesn't really enjoy the same sort of support as Sturgeon or her predecessors once did, plus the rise of the Labour party across the UK once again is making things awkward for those who quite literally hate England.

@linseyyoung1772

10 ай бұрын

The "supreme" court ruling was essentially that the Holyrood parliament is not sovereign so it has no constitutional powers THEREFORE it cannot organise an Independence referendum. The people of Scotland however ARE sovereign. By definition, this means there must be a mechanism for them to exercise this sovereignty. Given that the only other democratic mechanism for them to do so is an election to the sovereign Westminster parliament, expect the SNP to revert to its pre-devolution stance of putting the question of independence directly to the people when we next go to the polls in a Westminster election. If MPs are sovereign and are mandated by the electorate to terminate the 1707 Treaty of Union, that's what's going to go down.

@linseyyoung1772

10 ай бұрын

As for "hating England", no. That's just a lazy way for people who don't understand the situation to dismiss it. For the record, my mother is English. That makes me half English. I don't hate my mother, myself or the rest of the English nation. Westminster and its malevolent rule? Yeah, I'll put my hand up to hating that, in common with millions of others across England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and beyond.

Somaliland should definitely be on this list. It virtually operates as it's own nation already. Others would be Bermuda, New Caledonia, and Kurdistan. I'd also expect Scotland to gain independence before Ireland became united.

@jordanjames2956

11 ай бұрын

I do not think that Somaliland or Kurdistan will gain independence anytime soon. Their are to many countries that view their independence as threating to their own security and territorial unity.

make a video about the flemish independence movement

Depending on how things go in Ukraine, it is possible that some parts of Russia, particularly it's Republics, might break off as independent states, or in more regional confederations. Chechnya is one particular place considering numerous Chechen volunteers in the Ukrainian Army. The difficulty is of course being that Russia would (and does) violently stop any separatist movement, and any attempted beak away would for sure lead to the expansion of an already bloody conflict.

@sanniks

9 ай бұрын

This is unlikely

Quite incredible that Catalonia isn't mentioned

@leonardocolossi2270

10 ай бұрын

You have no chance, you are not a country, Spain will smash you.

With Northern Ireland, it is worth STRONGLY to note that a large Independence Party doesn't necessarily mean the ones who voted for them want merger with RoI. As it is heavily infuenced from Swing Votes due to the DuP's fanatical stance over UK-EU treaties

@fdmm1522

11 ай бұрын

@Breakthechochamber the alliance vote is so interesting because there could be a majority in favour of reunification but theres no way to know

@PeterFlanagan0987

11 ай бұрын

There’s very few people with long term links to NI that have neutral views on SF or the DUP swing votes are almost nonexistent between those two parties in particular.

@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462

11 ай бұрын

Regardless of what the people of northern Ireland do or don't want changing in the status of the six counties from the UK to the ROI would need both governments to actually want that to happen and just avoiding the issue entirely seems to be the popular political stance in Dublin and Westminster.

@bearcubdaycare

11 ай бұрын

Is there even that much motivation to unify now? Borderless trade with the ROI and fairly free trade with the UK, citizenship in either, best of both worlds maybe? Perhaps NI is a bit more unified with the ROI than with the UK already, at least in trade.

@ignatiusryd2031

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@joeyjojojrshabadoo7462I think Westminster would definetly want to avoid any prospect of NI reunited with ROI since letting it reunited with ROI would means they also have to let Scotland go anyway. Or even if UK let Scotland go first, would means UK should let NI reunited with ROI. Either option is like do it and you'll be struck to death by lighting, not doing it and you will be killed by volcano.

The states of East Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak should gain it's own independence.

@Borzasnyul

10 ай бұрын

Why?

00:30 “Papa” New Guinea, lel. _Ah, yes, come to Papa._

Someone in the Papua New Guinea parliament had a little accident front and center.

Balochistan Sindhudesh

@kj4748

11 ай бұрын

Keep dream

@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana

11 ай бұрын

Islamabad seems like a more likely breakaway. If only to subjugate the rest of the country more bluntly this time.

@HemantKumar-id3jg

11 ай бұрын

@@UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana Nah, Balochistan is the most likely one realistically.

Daily reminder. Taiwan is an independent country

@Bjasileus

11 ай бұрын

well according to the PROC's government and Taiwan(or rather the ROC)'s government and treatise between them China exist and is either Taiwan or the PROC. Therefore according to both of them neither of them are independent of eachother and instead are just in a civil war.

@Unmighty1

11 ай бұрын

Taiwan? Oh you mean the republic of china.

@JoelReid

11 ай бұрын

that is an interesting point, if China attempted invasion then Taiwan would be considered an independent country if it managed to hold off the invasion. Probably one reason among many why China is not attempting to invade.

@alexccc8982

11 ай бұрын

​@@Unmighty1 what is that? Never heard of it

@PlatinumAltaria

11 ай бұрын

Nobody disputes that, the only debate is which of the two are the "real" government of China.

Somaliland, Catalonia, Crimea(possibly), Orkney Islands

Micronation the Principality of the Pontinha is on the verge of declaring war on Portugal and its allies.😁

kurdistan ?

Hopefully one day Taiwan will be in a future video like this.

@sakakaka4064

11 ай бұрын

Taiwan is already an independent country. It's just not recognized by the UN.

My northern Irish clients that are pro unification said to me because of the violence in northern Ireland 🇮🇪 it will not be reunified for a few more generations yet. Emotions are still high on the subject.

@ogaram

11 ай бұрын

Why would people choose to stay poor - poorest part of the UK, when they can join the much wealthier Republic? The London Government will push their problem away, they can't afford it.

@chris23tg

11 ай бұрын

@@ogaram the good Friday agreement was to stop the civil war that often spilled into the Republic of Ireland 🇮🇪 It is not about Westminster to decide. My client was saying the emotions of both pro unification and pro loyalists are still within families today in Northern Ireland. They are still alive today the people that was fighting in the civil war. You are probably best googling the conflict. On Wikipedia “ the troubles “ Northern Ireland is not stable they still lock the interface gates at 18:00 hours each day to keep the peace ✌️

Another amazing video

Maybe Somaliland will finally be officially recognized

For Northern Ireland, unification might end up being an EU fast track, relative to remaining in the UK.

0:03 when yo mamma when down the stairs

I think this video should have included the Faroe Islands.

Wish to see northeast india independent

You should do a video about which countries will leave the EU next.

@ogaram

11 ай бұрын

LOL. A short video it would be.

You didn’t mention Bouganville! Which will become independent in 2027 from PNG. You only focused on Europe …

How can you misspell PapUa New Guinea?

England will gain independence fastest out of UK among the other kingdoms and territory.

@willsommers6477

11 ай бұрын

@@digpan. Nope England has had enough of paying for everything.

@beaglaoich4418

11 ай бұрын

@@willsommers6477obviously not else we’d be earnestly talking about an English nationalist party that isn’t just anti refugee

I think its a bit misleading to have the irish flag on the thumbnail as it could give the impression that the Republic of ireland is still part of the UK (which is incorrect and has been independent since 1922)

@spritemon98

11 ай бұрын

Its obviously the northern half

@spritemon98

11 ай бұрын

@Zaydan Alfariz I'm not sure what your referring too?

@goodgame3374

11 ай бұрын

​@@elfrjzit sounds like the red hand of ulster from the old irish kingdom that NI currently occupies 2/3 of, combined with the english flag (st georges cross?).

@PeterFlanagan0987

11 ай бұрын

@Zaydan Alfariz it actually isn’t official ni doesn’t have an official flag that’s just what everyone associates with ni

@beaglaoich4418

11 ай бұрын

@@elfrjzthe Ulster banner isn’t the official flag of NI just a flag some use to represent NI

FYI I am pretty sure it is pronounced Boganville

Bougainville Revolutionary Army or BRA 😂😂

I'm surprised you guys didn't mention Catalonia. With the province's strong stance on independence and Spain's recent turn to the left, I think it's more possible than before. What stopped the province before was Spain's violent stop to a referendum a couple of years ago, which if were to happen now may not play out. Also there's been a lot of talk in Scotland, which you guys covered, with more support of seperation after brexit.

@SC00B52

11 ай бұрын

The flames for independence really calmed down after covid in Catalonia though. Also due to lack of cohesion and loss of confidence in the independentist parties

@tiglishnobody8750

11 ай бұрын

@@SC00B52 Though Pro Independent party still held more than 50% in Catalonia so I guess they start passive or even passive aggression

@SC00B52

11 ай бұрын

@@tiglishnobody8750 True, it's pretty much in the air now but all the big momentum of 2016-2019 they had is gone

@tiglishnobody8750

11 ай бұрын

@@SC00B52 I wouldn't says "Gone" I would says Calm but still there

@SC00B52

11 ай бұрын

@@tiglishnobody8750 Yes, I mean that big momentum is gone, not that there is no independent movement of course!

Why does everyone assume that the Tricolour will remain the flag of a united Ireland? Although the gold, or orange, is a representation of the Protestant tradition in Ireland I don't think that would be satisfactory for the present Loyalist population of the North. A quartered flag featuring each of the Provincial flags would be very complex while Presbyterians tend to be uncomfortable with the idea of Saints so maybe excluding a St Patrick's saltire however it is part of the present Union flag so might be a candidate and Scotland's flag is the St Andrew's saltire despite the strong Presbyterian tradition in that country.

@Tay12345

11 ай бұрын

It will be the status quo or the union flag only 🇬🇧

@beaglaoich4418

11 ай бұрын

@@Tay12345given you don’t represent everyone in ni let alone the island don’t think anyone is gonna pay attention to that ultimatum

@beaglaoich4418

11 ай бұрын

Personally wouldn’t assume Tricolour would remain infact I totally can understand removing and replacing it if required

TLDR learn about the topic!! There is NO SUCH place as Boogainville ; Bougainville is spelt & sounded with a "ou" as in "o" in "Bow", Bougainville not Boogainville.

I think Croydon should join that list

Baluchistan

Dagestan, Ingushetia, Chechnya, Sakha Republic, Tuva, etc 😬

@quiquemarquez3211

11 ай бұрын

Would love for all those oppressed nations that have gone through the worst under Russian rule to finally gain the freedom to walk their own paths away from the horrible Kremlin, giving how the Kremlin is taking away many of the devolved matters they gave to the ethnic republics including being able to learn their native languages on schools, hopefully Russia goes through more failures till the point it can't mess with all these ethnic groups more.

Priority of Irish unity is really irrelevant considering polling in the Republic has shown a large and consistent majority in favour of unity since the inception of the state. When it comes to wanting better health care and unifying the island you can indeed have your cake and eat it. In the North the figure is steadily rising over the years, with the change in demographics and growth of Sinn Féin being indicators of this rise continuing into the future. Also whilst Sinn Féin have eclipsed the SDLP, its a bit disingenuous to play up the view that nationalism has simply consolidated around one party. The SDLP have always been viewed as moderates, with them being far more transfer/preference friendly for voters who mainly vote unionist as well as people who are constitutional unionists and simply agree with the politics of the SDLP. The SDLP participate in the UK Parliament (unlike Sinn Féin) and have throughout their history supported the idea of a united Ireland whilst wholly accepting and operating within the structures of Northern Ireland, something that would please unionists. Sinn Féin have always held a more radical position and have always butted heads with the SDLP over views and policy, never mind with unionist parties. As a result Sinn Féin have traditionally attracted miniscule votes/transfers from constitutional unionists, with SDLP voters mainly transferring to Sinn Féin purely because they are the other main nationalist party and are preferable to unionist parties. Sinn Féin have recently made inroads into traditionally unionist councils/areas in the recent local elections, showing a growth in nationalism in areas that previously only had unionist representatives. The demise of the SDLP indicates that people who identify as nationalist are more wholly leaning into the idea of Irish unity by moving towards Sinn Féin, who are far more intrigant on the issue, showing far more than a simple change in party preference. The growth of Sinn Féin in unionist areas also shows that people from a unionist background are steadily getting behind, or at least becoming indifferent to, the idea of a united Ireland.

I have to admit, I completely dispute a united Ireland being plausible. Yes, there are more Catholics than Protestants, but it's virtually 50-50, and I think many people in the North at the moment would agree that unification would cause more problems than it would solve, be they Nationalist or Unionist. You also have to bear in mind, if a referendum on unification were to fail on either one or both sides of the border, 7 years would have to pass before a second referendum. (Under the terms of the GFA.)

@beaglaoich4418

11 ай бұрын

In fairness though I think if it’s always 15-20 years away it’s always 3/4 general elections and 3/4 governments away. That’s a political career away and will always be something no southern government will prepare in any proper way for

Taiwan, Kosovo, Somaliland, Tibet, Xinjiang & probably some successor states of Russia are some that I hope they gain full sovereignty & wide international/UN recognition within the century.

@TheWasif911

11 ай бұрын

You forgot Kashmir , Khalistan , Manipur , Tamil Nadu 😮

@DSpace1

11 ай бұрын

Somaliland is ironically the most stable area of the un recognized somalia since de facto independence 😂

@DSpace1

11 ай бұрын

@@TheWasif911 kashmir is a part of india with the instrument of accession its just china invaded and salami sliced a part of it and props of pakistan who invaded before hand which is what prompted kashmir to join india in the first place

@EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrection

11 ай бұрын

Don't forget Novorossiya once this stupid war in Ukraine is over and Ukraine is partitioned like it should have been

@DSpace1

11 ай бұрын

@@EuroMaidanWasAnInsurrection 💀

Scotland, no. Way too economically interdependent with the rest of Britain. The Faeroe Islands are far more likely to gain independence than Greenland due to their compact economic geography. Greenland’s economic geography absolutely sucks, and that’s not going to change until we invent fusion power to supply a steady stream of cheap helium for airships or something similar. New Caledonia, could be. As for Bougainville, I don’t understand why it isn’t just part of the Solomon Islands.

@JackHankeAnd

11 ай бұрын

Bouganville has actually repeatedly expressed interest in joining the Solomon Islands after becoming independent. Given how tiny its population is, I think that's the likely next step after it attains sovereignty.

@h-Qalziel

11 ай бұрын

Scotland is less dependent on the rest of the UK than you'd think. Yes, both Scotland and the rest of the UK would be slightly worse off, but it would be quite easy for Scotland to emulate the financial benefits it receives from the UK government simply by setting up its own Central Bank.

@meh23p

11 ай бұрын

@@h-Qalziel I think Scotland exports around three times as much to the rest of the UK as it does to the EU Single Market. If Brexit is hurting the *UK* this much by hindering access to its most important market, imagine what cutting off Scotland from *its* most important market will do to its much smaller economy! It will take a long time to readjust its economy towards the EU, during which people will be hurting immensely.

List of future independant coutries : Taiwan, Hong Kong, Palestine, Republic of Belgorod, Chechenya, Tatarstan, Ingouchia, Dagestan...

For almost all of these terratories are not independent because they have get a massive amount of free money to subsidize them. This subsidization is impotent to their economy would essentially collapse.