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@Will_92

4 ай бұрын

Y'all made a mistake in the editing of the video. You said that liechenstein was 62 square miles but you wrote 62 square kilometers in the animation. Otherwise great video

@DreadMaps.

4 ай бұрын

Isn’t Liechtenstein at war with Germany still?

@fuqupal

Ай бұрын

It's pronounced "lishtenstein", not "liktenstein"

Sent 80 soldiers returned with 81

@Logmankixass12

4 ай бұрын

Liechtensteiner: you like German beer? Italian: yeah. You like pasta? Liechtensteiner: wanna head back to my place and watch Fifa? (Yes ik it didn't exist yet) Italian: f**k yeah let's go!

@user-dj1dg3sp6o

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@dylonmartinez7946

4 ай бұрын

I like this comment a lot

@natheriver8910

4 ай бұрын

👏👏👏

@Bruhman_15

4 ай бұрын

Sir we got -1 casualties

I've always been fascinated by small countries with big histories, and Liechtenstein is definitely one of them. I learned a lot from this video, and I'm definitely going to do some more research on the country. Thanks for sharing!

I’ve had the privilege to spend many a summer in Liechtenstein. A truly beautiful and blessed swathe of land nestled in an idyllic valley somewhere beyond St. Gallen (CH) and the Rhine, and which one can easily drive past and miss - quite literally - in a blink of an eye… Should you ever find yourself traveling between Switzerland and Austria (or vice versa) by train, car, motorcycle, or bicycle, be sure to visit the Fürstentum for a day or two (or even just a quick “Kaffeepause”)! It’s worth the memory!

@LloydDownUnder1988

4 ай бұрын

Planning just such a trip! Added to the list 😊

@mightyx5441

4 ай бұрын

would've been better to be born in it tho

@bunk95

4 ай бұрын

I got a huff and mouth bath near there and was then electrocuted by a [Swiss] farmer. Us [Royals love] Zermatt.

@frankroto

3 ай бұрын

It takes about a half hour to drive across Liechtenstein. If you're blinking for, quite literally, 30 min. at a time, perhaps you should visit an ophthalmologist.😄

@kaloarepo288

3 ай бұрын

A big exaggeration - to miss it literally in the blink of an eye would mean it's only a few square meters in size when actually it's about 64 square miles!!!

Interesting fact: The royal family of Liechtenstein owns the opera palace in Vienna! Additionally, when I traveled there in 2003, the Liechtenstein estate in the Moravian area of the Czech Republic was beginning a renovation, to correct the harms done to it during the Soviet era.

It’s crazy that Liechtenstein almost bought Alaska

In short, after Napoleon's defeat there was a German Confederation of 39 states, in which Lichtenstein could build up its structure as a state. Later, neither Austria-Hungary nor the Third Reich sought to incorporate Lichtenstein.

@schusterlehrling

4 ай бұрын

Actually the principal family had close ties with the Habsburgs and a close economic and monetary union with it. Only after WWI they switched to an economic and monetary union with Switzerland, though today Liechtenstein is actually closer bonded to the EU then to Switzerland, but for instance in sports, they are still close to Switzerland

@labbecedario1579

4 ай бұрын

The Prince of Liechtenstein and the Head of the house of Habsburg-Lorraine are second cousins once removed, actually (both descendants of archiduke Karl Ludwig of Austria)

@conservative6759

3 ай бұрын

It is deeper than that, the lickers defeated the suckers and the rest is history.

The map at 2:20 shows the location of the wrong castle. Liechtenstein is named for the Liechtenstein Castle in Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), not the Lichtenstein Castle (note missing letter e) in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany.

@BobBrandon

3 ай бұрын

And there are many misspellings.

Liechtenstein was created by the Holy Roman emperor in order to give a certain prince imperial immediacy (not subject to any other ruler than the Holy Roman emperor) so they granted him the area around Vaduz (the present capital) but the name came from a castle in another part of Austria. Actually the princes of Liechtenstein resided almost exclusively either in Vienna or in palaces in other parts of the Habsburg dominions and they even didn't bother to ever go to the Vaduz area (present day Liechtenstein) until much much later. That's how I understand the history of this principality.

@Psychiatrick

2 ай бұрын

Money - Asset launderers!

I like how around the time Little Liechtenstein formation all the major powers didn't really care for this area They all thought it was useless It's always funny to see a Little country Appear in an area That it gets ignore by its former country

@Grasslander

4 ай бұрын

So if other countries don't invade the country, that means it's "useless," not that European German states had good relations with each other. That arrogant history-ignorant language sounds like it comes from an American, what a surprise.

@Louis-Napoleon

4 ай бұрын

Liechtenstein wasn't a part of any Nation in the Past

I live in Liechtenstein.

@SunsetNova

4 ай бұрын

Can you lend me some money?

@nemiw4429

4 ай бұрын

​@@SunsetNovamy Croat family is the same. They think we drive on golden roads in Switzerland. In CRO most have an own house. In CH most rent apartments. My Mom worked as Dr. post war. Thx to my Mom we have a house too, but now prices start at ~1 million. Life in CH is costly.

@Putput-se5ew

4 ай бұрын

A rare encounter indeed:D Grüß Gott aus Finnland

@arthemis1039

4 ай бұрын

It is so expensive !!

@TaddyParker

4 ай бұрын

will you adopt me?

More videos on micro-nations please! Nauru, San Marino and Grenada would be a good start. A video on the Native American reservations would be nice too. CGPGrey has been promising one for years but has never delivered.***

@AnjinThomas

4 ай бұрын

San Marino would be great, it's been a sovereign state since 301 AD, the oldest continuous country in the world. And through similar manoeuvrings as Liechtenstein

Fun fact: Liechtenstein has the same land area as Washington, DC (62 square miles), but DC has at least 16 times as many people!

@nintendomusicchannel1317

3 ай бұрын

And none of them can vote for Congress

@markalexander832

3 ай бұрын

@@nintendomusicchannel1317 As is proper. The Congress of the United States. DC is a Federal district created by the Constitution to host the federal government outside the jurisdiction of any state. It is not a state of the United States. For the same reason, it is absurd that it now gets three votes for US president.

@DENVEROUTDOORMAN

2 ай бұрын

Nope not fun at all

@MatthewTheWanderer

2 ай бұрын

@@DENVEROUTDOORMAN Whatevs, you're just boring

@HungryLoki

Ай бұрын

@@markalexander832 Yeah, and imagine, people still have to live there, because, imagine, any city requires a fucking civilian population to run. Nothing about ignoring the voice of an entire city is proper.

Fun fact: there are no kangaroos🦘in Liechtenstein, they live only in neighbouring country Australia.

@pipo3686

4 ай бұрын

I assume there are zoo's no?

@ShadowOfThePit

4 ай бұрын

I'd be surprised if there was even one zoo in Liechtenstein, and not to mention it holding kangaroos

@cykablyat6531

4 ай бұрын

neighbouring country Australia?😲

@rivenoak

4 ай бұрын

@@cykablyat6531 people confuse AUS and Austria all the time and ask for Kangaroos in the alps :D

@AnjinThomas

4 ай бұрын

Yeah, during the time of the Australo-Hungarian Empire, the Kangaroos sided with the humans against Emus, and it was a mess and really nobody won, but the Emus claim it as a victory

Liechtenstein is the only nation to have participated in a war and come back with a negative number of casualties. When returning home from that war, the contingent brought a friend along!

@PTSDandEmotionalSupport

Ай бұрын

Lol! Well, they are fairly well known for diplomacy and friendly relations.

Fun fact: That southern part of England held by France is where Monty Python's King Arthur encountered the French castle. "You silly English kniggits!"

I visited there about 15 years ago during summertime, lovely place

@HerrKurt

4 ай бұрын

That's cool

@seed_drill7135

4 ай бұрын

20 years for me. I ate rabbit for the first time in a restaurant in Veduz.

@lynnhubbard844

2 ай бұрын

I've seen it in winter and summer...thought it was romantic in winter, like a fairy tale

they originated in Liechtenstein castle in Lower Austria, not Lichtenstein castle in Württemberg

@Psychiatrick

2 ай бұрын

what do you know!

It is telling, that the current Principality of Liechtenstein was so unimportant for the Liechtensteins themselves, that the first member of the family visited(!) the country only 100 years(!) after they acquired it. Most of the family's possesions were for centuries in Czechia and they eventually became one of the largest landholders in the country and one of the richest of the Czech noble families. The total area of their land holdings in Czechia was many times larger than the territory of the current Liechtenstein. They lost a large part of it after WWI during the land reform and the rest of it after WWII. The dispute ower this confiscation between the House of Liechtenstein and Czechia hasn't been settled to this day.

@markalexander832

3 ай бұрын

The House of Liechtenstein's Texas landholdings are greater in size than Liechtenstein itself.

Thank you for doing this overview over the History of Liechtenstein - a tiny, but very interesting Country.

Now imagine if Liechtenstein actually bought Alaska, it would be so much bigger, and much richer (because of oil), but they didn't know that at the time.

1:42 County. Great video.

Nice vid

Beside said attributes (luck, innocence, diplomacy), let's not forget its geographical position. It is situated at the periphery of both the German Empire and the Austrian Empire, while backed up by neutral Switzerland from the other side. Another German speaking state could not have held its independence, however hard it had tried, simply because of being completely surrounded by one or two much larger empires.

@NicolaW72

Ай бұрын

Indeed, exactly.

I’ve been to Lichtenstein! Beautiful place. 😊

@Iconicjoe256

2 ай бұрын

Woooww would love to go with you nxt tym

They kept their head down and never gave anyone a reason to mess with them.

It was said, ‘around 62 square miles or 160 square kilometres to be exact.’ However, in the video appeared written ‘62 sq/km’

Wow!!!Lietchtenstein is one of my favourite countries ever and this is a fascinating history about the nation,good friends!!!I do want to visit there once in my lifetime and it is one of the best respective smallest countries in the world!!!LONG LIVE LIECHTENSTEIN 🇱🇮 !!!👍🏾

Very good history ❤❤

Some countries are just paradises where some can hide the money

Since when the frakinsh empire has lands on south of England? ( 1:18 )

@greywolf7577

Ай бұрын

Maybe they were thinking of 1066.

What was the southern part of England that was coloured as part of Frankish empire?

@Grasslander

4 ай бұрын

That's where Monty Python's King Arthur encountered the French castle

Liechtenstein gdp per capita is explained because it’s a micro nation with not a bunch of people which means a decent amount of people just have a lot of money

Amazing! 🇱🇮

I have a struggle of memorizing this tiny HRE's spelling along with countries with Guineas on it

What a peaceful history of small and great Leinchinstein principality .

Forgot to mention the three times when Liechtenstein was invaded by the Swiss.

@rivenoak

4 ай бұрын

by accident, the border is invisible :D FL and CH also share currency and post codes; easy to miss the transfer

@bunk95

4 ай бұрын

Couldve been [marketed] as invasion.

@DPMConnacht

4 ай бұрын

​@@rivenoakexcept the Rhine river separates the countries. Austria has the land border with Liechtenstein.

@goobot1

4 ай бұрын

@@DPMConnachtrivers move

The lineage of the Royal Family there is almost strictly male-line/agnatic, with some male-preference primogeniture added to the mix.

The Princes of Liechtenstein still had a castle in the former Austria-Hungary, today's Czech Republic. But the Czechs expropriated the property because the claim was too old. Otherwise, Lichtenstein stayed out of all conflicts in Europe, always claiming it was too small.

@bunk95

4 ай бұрын

How could one portion of the[ ]system stay out of conflict in other portions of said[ ]system?

@5:38 "Austira"? Surely that's a typo.

@Keikdv

3 ай бұрын

Look how the Netherlands is shaped...

It helped that Liechtenstein ALSO bordered perpetually neutral Switzerland to stay out of wars.

I thought switzerland is "obligated" to defend liechtenstein, we also represent them in some diplomatic things. Dk when switzerland did promise to defend liechtenstein, would be interesting to know when that was.

@nemiw4429

4 ай бұрын

No wer not. I served in the Swiss Air Force (which consists of Croats and Serbvs mainly btw. u Swiss vaginas 😂). If they work here, they have to serve. But we wud probably defend them versus Austria and Italy. Depends on the current status. 70/30 yes defend. I GUESS.

some errors, Liechtenstein country is named after the ruling family. The Family got the name from the original residence Liechtenstein in Austria. That where they owned land long befor they bought the country, that was later on united and named Liechtenstein.

Because it’s not near China or Russia.

@cherylmarcuri5506

Ай бұрын

I wish I could like this more than just once!

It's got a lot of Banks where the netanyahu family routes it's money on the way to Geneva

Allegedly, and unconfirmed, it’s rumored that cousin Frankenstein sometimes summered there.

Interesting! It is a shame that the maps of the present day fail to show Austria fully on the eastern border of Lichtenstein, not just to the southeast.

It would be nice if the writer and narrator could confer to clarify the distinction between "soured" and "soared," but there's a lot of sloppy with in this vid

I was involved in a semi successful frozen custard MLM there in the 80’s.

They serve with us in the Swiss Army. They have the Swiss Franc. (Allthough as I served in the army I know, Switzerland wudnt defend Liechtenstein in a war, but probably wud after all).

One overlooked point, too many mountains! It’s not worth the trouble to try and march through snow and rough terrain.

Ulrich Von Lichtenstein has been spreading awareness for decades.

I study there. Ask me all questions you guys have.

@nickylc8475

4 ай бұрын

How beautiful is the scenery

@kaanrivis

4 ай бұрын

@@nickylc8475very beautiful

@Grafite949

4 ай бұрын

Is there good food

@FriendlyBatDoom

4 ай бұрын

Do you have great Chinese food? Ya boy loves him some crab Rangoon.😂🤣

@SJ-nl6xl

4 ай бұрын

Can an average person live and work their or is it too expensive

Cool

Question: is this narration done by an AI? This is an American accent, and we have a very crisp “Six-th” with the “th” being a full on “edth” pronunciation. This sounds like a confused accent between American English and British English.

@lynnhubbard844

2 ай бұрын

it's also pronounced "Leektenstein"

@philippbobkaufmann4004

2 ай бұрын

I hope AI would actually have pronounced the word Liechtenstein halfway correctly at least once.

I thought they just established this country so they could film a Knight's Tale.

I live in a rural county in Pennsylvania with more people and land area than Liechtenstein.

Fun fact Liechtenstein was offered Rusdia America (Alaska) for purchase prior to settling on an agreement with young republic. Tsar Alexander III was a great admirer of the r pertinent known as young republic particularly Alexander Hamiltons banking system. He was more reform indeed than most leaders and he wanted to incorporate that banking sister into imperial Russia that was part of an agreement and one reason Alaska was sold at that price. Fresh back in Russia boyars/ oligarchs were not happy and had Alexander was assassinated in street of Moscow. He was assassinated ending any such move . Imagine what could have been. He also protected young republicans in thier civil war keeping Prussia France England out of it was close to becoming a world war. Tsar Alexander III had war ships in rivers off coast of Atlantic Bering and Pacific Ocean s protecting Americas shores. At one time imperial Russia was an Allie our first allie. We both had issues with England. Notice common denominator is always England . We were friendly with Tehran and in 1953,Tehran was only democratic government in Middle East. Was a parliamentarian system. The shah was simply king in name only had no power whatsoever . Prime minister had the power. Than England asked USA to depose prime minister and his government installed shah who was far worse than pol pot. This was a free democratic society in this time. Imagine losing your freedom over night. Say one word you’re sent to jail or simply disappeared. Remember Argentina under pinachet and all citizens that went disappeared was on a far greater scale in Iran. Justctobgivecyou an idea where hate started festering for United States. UK is friendly with Iran while United States is enemy #1 all started in 1953 because Iran had a long border with USSR. John Dulles thought it would be a good idea to be there. 1953 you have generation after generation of Iranians brought up in thier culture the United States is the super villain. People just didn’t think Einstein’s theory of cause and effect. Every action has a just similar action in turn to action taken. We are now experiencing said actions worldwide. Don’t forget thank UK and USA they are equal partners in this endeavor. As they say the barbarians at the gate are getting louder…

@bunk95

4 ай бұрын

It was probably marketed as agreement. You did learn much of what is required to have some act as if they in agreement right?

4:00 you forgot to mention that out of 80 men 81 returned. Yes, 81. :D

Surprised that Leichtenstein has survived independently so long, one would think one of her neighbors would have taken it over long ago. Perhaps one day it will be incorporated into another country. With prosperous Germany, next door, I wonder if the people of Leichtenstein would vote to become a German state if a referendum for it was available?

@nandinhocunha440

4 ай бұрын

Have you seen Germany today? They would not like to join them

@theawesomeman9821

4 ай бұрын

@@nandinhocunha440 Germany has the best economy in Europe, so far why would it not be popular?

@the11382

4 ай бұрын

Why Germany? Liechtenstein has closer bonds to Switzerland.

@janvisser4132

4 ай бұрын

Liechtenstein doesn't have a border with Germany. Also, Liechtenstein is way more prosperous than germany.

@nandinhocunha440

4 ай бұрын

@@theawesomeman9821 illegals Arabs

So you completely failed to explain the origin of the NAME of Lichtenstein Castle.

@raudigerrudiger9713

4 ай бұрын

And what would that origin be? A castle on top of a very shiny rock?

@KAZVorpal

4 ай бұрын

@@raudigerrudiger9713 Yes. More specifically, "lichten" is "light" and "stein" is "rock", in German. That is an absolutely essential detail for a video purporting to tell the history of Lichtenstein.

Good thing Liechtenstein isn't next to Russia.

@rotarydude9737

4 ай бұрын

More like Communist China, but sure.

My guy went for a Tall Build.

Austira 😮

Wait, since when did the Franks control parts of the British Islands?

Let's be honest, it only exists because Switzerland hasn't had the balls yet to annex it.

were there micro nations within the boundaries or borders of the Roman empire?

@AustinSauce3

4 ай бұрын

Yes

@philippbobkaufmann4004

2 ай бұрын

They had a number of client kings that would perhaps qualify, depending on your definition.

For the glory of the great Liechtensteinian people!

I'm honoured.

@Manofsalty

4 ай бұрын

Are you from Lichtenstein

"Why is Liechtenstein a country?" Hilti.

That is the home of the Hilti Fastening systems company. Just saying...

Hier in Österreich 🇦🇹, wir leben Liechtenstein 🇱🇮! 💕✌🏼💖🫶🏻🇦🇹🇱🇮🇪🇺

I've been told that the Liechtenstein language is hard to understand by German/Austrian speakers.

9:34 That's just what they want you to think!

at 1:03 when the frankish empire is shown, map depicts that they had control over some parts of the southern england, i want to know is that true that they were controling this land or is it just a simple mistake, because as far i as i know they never had this in their realm

it´s "Austria" not "Austira" (map 12:42)

Tbh the loss of lands in far away trrritory is to be expected, i mean it cant defend it so got consficated😅

Brownosing it´s way through history!

Pov Vatican City being the smallest in the world💀💀💀💀💀💀

@rivenoak

4 ай бұрын

papal state was larger centuries ago

they got accidentaly invaded by switzerland once due to a faulty map (or dumb officier) who got lost with it's regiment in liechtenstein during an exercices

Your AI narration needs work (soured pronounce ‘soared’). Also, misspelled Austria-Hungary as Austira-Hungary.

12:14 / 12:42

Two pieces of nonsense on this video are (1) Unlike the map which shows a part of southern England to belong to the Frankish Empire, that empire never owned any part of the island of Britain. (2) The commentator horribly mispronounces the name of the country. It's not "Lick-ten-stine" but "Leekh-ten-shtine" (ch in German is pronounced the same as in Scottish "loch").

@yon8378

3 ай бұрын

'ch' in German has two pronunciations: one as in 'loch,' the other does not exist in any other language I know, so I cannot describe it here except to say that it's like in 'ich' ("I') in german. it is a very soft sound and it's the one that appliies to 'Lichtenstein.'

@philippbobkaufmann4004

2 ай бұрын

@@yon8378 if it's any help, they speak High Alemannic dialects in LI, so the Loch sound (and in some cases a softer variant that still isn't the ich sound) is actually right on the money.

The narrator says 62 sq miles. The video grafic says 62 sq kms

They have real history, that's reason

TL;DR: “no one cared to change that.”

Ah, yes. The home town of Sir Ulrich. 😏

@James-lt9mh

4 ай бұрын

He’s blond! He’s pissed! He’ll see you in the lists! Lichtenstein!

Them and Belgium

5.50 - Austira?

@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993

15 күн бұрын

Why do you have Soo many subscribers but only two videos and low views on both

next video: who invented france? and why?

@GarkKahn

4 ай бұрын

What the hell were they thinking?

The first time I ever heard of this country was from watching Hetalia.

@lonelyhetaliafangirl4936

4 ай бұрын

Same-

@lynnhubbard844

2 ай бұрын

you didn't study geography in school? wow

One wonders if it would still exist if it wasn't for Switzerland 🤔

Liechtenstein, like it’s neighbor Switzerland and the Grand Cayman Islands, is a tax-dodger financial haven. Also, the national ISN’T a constitutional monarchy, it is a semi-constitutional monarchy where the prince has the power override parliamentary decisions and to appoint all government ministers.

Liechtenstein, a country in Europe

@changingpeopleslivesmoon2993

15 күн бұрын

Yes

Because uhh taxes I guess

Lucky they didn’t have astronomical amounts of oil. Or they would have swiftly found the need for some “freedom” and “democracy” from someone

Hey it made into a whole movie so it can't be all bad! ( See a Knights Tale im stealing a part lol).

The nooks and crannies of Europe.

There was no King Charles. The name is Carl. Also, wth is "Liktenstein"?