How Many Countries Are There?

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  • čas přidán 22. 10. 2013
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Komentáře • 11K

  • @SuperSmashDolls
    @SuperSmashDolls Před 5 lety +7538

    The answer to "How many countries are there" is "Depends on who's gun I'm staring down the barrel of".

    • @mookiecookie44
      @mookiecookie44 Před 5 lety +61

      Super Smash Dolls whose

    • @sistersad7830
      @sistersad7830 Před 4 lety +32

      How about John's, how many countries now?

    • @johnloman4164
      @johnloman4164 Před 4 lety +85

      @@sistersad7830 197

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming Před 4 lety +10

      Sister Sad Do you know how little that narrows it down?

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming Před 4 lety +6

      Biracial Boy then [unspecified number] nations would be so confused as to why you want to look down a barrel. Especially when there is multiple types of barrel.

  • @Tony.H03
    @Tony.H03 Před 6 lety +17683

    Can we just take a minute to appreciate how CGP calls every country 'she', except Vatican City, 'given his demographics'. Well played, CGP, well played.

    • @carleflores9065
      @carleflores9065 Před 5 lety +170

      huh?

    • @michaelwilkinson2484
      @michaelwilkinson2484 Před 5 lety +3573

      Vatican City doesn't have any official Female Citizens.

    • @connorschultz380
      @connorschultz380 Před 5 lety +876

      And he used the stick from the Vatican City video which was his male "model"

    • @ichijofestival2576
      @ichijofestival2576 Před 5 lety +693

      Interesting thought. I mean, anytime I've heard someone talk about "defending America" (with varying degrees of credibility), it's always been "we'll defend *her.* " English doesn't generally have feminine/masculine nouns, but I think cars and countries tend to be feminine.

    • @charlieextra9406
      @charlieextra9406 Před 5 lety +588

      @@ichijofestival2576 because most call their countries, Mother Country / Motherland. though, I've seen Germany WWII propaganda call theirs Fatherland and (i'm no expert) but latin for country is patria, similar or related to father = patri. so nevermind what i said.

  • @_drishtantsingh
    @_drishtantsingh Před 2 lety +4265

    This is the thing I love about CGP Grey. His videos are so high quality that you cannot say if the video was from 2013 or 2020...

    • @teyo5693
      @teyo5693 Před 2 lety +179

      also CONSISTENCY!!! which is extremely amazing given that technically they can make a more elaborate or complex style

    • @pattersong6637
      @pattersong6637 Před 2 lety +59

      You can because if it were made today he'd have thrown Donetsk and Luhansk in as part of the disputed "Russia thinks they're countries, no one else does" camp.

    • @trubiso
      @trubiso Před 2 lety +16

      @@pattersong6637 and if it were made today... let's not talk about that

    • @officialzelensky
      @officialzelensky Před rokem +6

      @@pattersong6637 pretty sure Syria recognizes them…

    • @Ahmedgad2015
      @Ahmedgad2015 Před rokem +5

      Me i thought it was 2 days ago then he said 194 countries i was like what year is that then i looked it was written 8years ago, i was shock-ed!

  • @KingJaredoftheLand
    @KingJaredoftheLand Před 3 lety +4158

    Fun fact, work in an immigration-related field and in my job interview they asked me this very question. And because I watched this video, I was able to give them an impressively comprehensive answer. Thanks Grey!

  • @cheeseff2106
    @cheeseff2106 Před 5 lety +3183

    *walks into UN HQ's General Assembly*
    *starts counting*
    *gets arrested*

    • @vizzysfizzys
      @vizzysfizzys Před 4 lety +13

      o k .

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming Před 4 lety +97

      Oooohhhhh, so *YOU* were *THAT* guy everyone in un was talking about. You know you did alot of damage walking in on us.

    • @trezapoioiuy
      @trezapoioiuy Před 3 lety +19

      Would give you a like, but you have 420 and I wouldnt touch it

    • @Engieman909
      @Engieman909 Před 2 lety +15

      @@trezapoioiuy 9 months later im here to remind you that you may like the comment now

    • @trezapoioiuy
      @trezapoioiuy Před 2 lety +13

      @@Engieman909I see, people vandalized the number

  • @Baiken_3D
    @Baiken_3D Před 4 lety +6107

    “Hong Kong: makes no claims to independence”
    That didn’t age well.

    • @vatri357
      @vatri357 Před 4 lety +233

      Why not? They are not claiming independence even now, you should really research why you shoutout "Free Honk Kong" before you fucking do it...

    • @cardaroy3556
      @cardaroy3556 Před 4 lety +518

      @@TrungPhan-cz3bi "LOL IM 10 AND I THINK EVERYTHING IS WOOOOSH"

    • @BadockY
      @BadockY Před 4 lety +14

      REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

    • @stranded8506
      @stranded8506 Před 4 lety +71

      @@vatri357 It's called a joke, Genius

    • @deathstroke8639
      @deathstroke8639 Před 4 lety +24

      @@vatri357 woosh

  • @rafaxd8178
    @rafaxd8178 Před rokem +649

    We need a definition of a country that implicitely recognizes Sealand as a country.

    • @lukewunderli4191
      @lukewunderli4191 Před rokem +21

      The Montevideo Convention recognizes Sealand as a country

    • @oyungogdfrust4136
      @oyungogdfrust4136 Před rokem +16

      @@grenadaball7655 by your definition every town is a country if they choose to be

  • @lwfawn
    @lwfawn Před 2 lety +300

    The fact that Kazakhstan was #4 in the beginning is nice. A usually overlooked country got to shine here.

    • @rambard5599
      @rambard5599 Před rokem +22

      Which is impressive considering it's amongst the top 10 largest nations by surface area.

    • @gianlucatartaro1335
      @gianlucatartaro1335 Před rokem +3

      Overlooked? Considering the wild success of Borat, I’d disagree 😂 That country gets waaay more attention than warranted lmao

    • @eggmon420
      @eggmon420 Před rokem

      The Kazakh national anthem is also a BANGER

  • @maxis2k
    @maxis2k Před 5 lety +3199

    "Okay, no more politics!" That's literally the only thing that defines countries.

    • @lonestarr1490
      @lonestarr1490 Před 3 lety +102

      Yes! People must stop thinking of countries as more than they are, which is the equivalent of a file cabinet. Culture, language, and worldview make us who we are; nationality is an insignificant birthmark.

    • @lightscameras4166
      @lightscameras4166 Před 3 lety +37

      Lone Starr SO TRUE. Nationality is purely a political construct. Your race and ethnicity is what defines you. Even political borders are something we need to transcend. I hope future societies allow for fluid mobility and travel and find a better alternative to passports, visas and border control.

    • @lightscameras4166
      @lightscameras4166 Před 3 lety +5

      Ascolano Irl Of course there will be problems at first, it might seem impossible, ending slavery in America seemed impossible but hey then the Civil War came about and slavery was abolished.
      There should be a less border control universally.

    • @lightscameras4166
      @lightscameras4166 Před 3 lety +8

      Ascolano Irl I don’t think you got what I said, in fact you are changing the topic. What I am saying is that’s there is a need for a radical redefinition of a “national boundary”, there has to be a better alternative to passports, something more efficient than border control and visas, equal access to all services regardless of citizenship status. Maybe that’s too idealistic, but nonetheless possible

    • @joshuamark9316
      @joshuamark9316 Před 3 lety +8

      Lone Starr I would like to add that many times, culture and language define political borders. When a single culture inhabits a single country, it's called a nation state. Certain nation states include Japan and Germany. In fact, World War 1 and 2 were partially caused by the lack of Nation states in Europe. Because of this, most borders in Europe are defined specifically with culture and language in mind. This doesn't apply to many countries however, especially in Africa, where most of the borders have been superimposed with little regard to culture by former colonizers, leading to years of struggle and conflict. Nation states exist specifically to stop this kind of devicive conflict between ethnicities and cultures.
      Wow, sorry. I didn't mean to go on a tangent like this. I guess I'm having flashbacks from my Human Geography class, lol.

  • @KB65YT
    @KB65YT Před 5 lety +4115

    Me searching in google: Is Taiwan a country?
    *China wants to know your location*

    • @suzettezamora1803
      @suzettezamora1803 Před 4 lety +21

      Chinatown

    • @mastersonogashira1796
      @mastersonogashira1796 Před 4 lety +64

      Nuclear strike detected

    • @larawabsie
      @larawabsie Před 4 lety +65

      I am in Taiwan as of me reading this comment what a coincidence 😂😂

    • @switchplayer1016
      @switchplayer1016 Před 4 lety +20

      Shit changed fast in the six years since this video released.

    • @Ryan-yx4ib
      @Ryan-yx4ib Před 4 lety +37

      There is no such country called Taiwan, its official name is "Republic of China", it is a limited recognize state (And when someone recognize it as a country, it is recognized as the sole legal government of the whole of China)

  • @The9TKitsune
    @The9TKitsune Před 3 lety +91

    4:13 I would pay significant money to watch some Cardinals play in the olympics. Special medals for "most broken hips".

  • @zwojack7285
    @zwojack7285 Před rokem +285

    Watching this video 9 years later, knowing what happened recently in Tansnistria, Karabakh and Ossetia is weird.

    • @DungeonNumber5
      @DungeonNumber5 Před rokem +10

      Hey, guy from 2 days ago, what about Kosovo today?... Tomorrow?

    • @somerandomdude3476
      @somerandomdude3476 Před rokem +23

      What happend to these countries? Can't check rn.

    • @ayrtonpavot3096
      @ayrtonpavot3096 Před rokem +14

      Kosovo je Srbija

    • @Menon9767
      @Menon9767 Před rokem +33

      @@ayrtonpavot3096 that's like saying Austria is Germany

    • @ZyraReflex
      @ZyraReflex Před rokem +5

      @@ayrtonpavot3096 ne

  • @DraakMD
    @DraakMD Před 5 lety +3355

    Giving Vatican city's demographics, divine intervention would be required to take home a gold.. HAHAHA

    • @black.phoenix.
      @black.phoenix. Před 5 lety +20

      Roast...

    • @jordan5012
      @jordan5012 Před 3 lety +82

      António Santos you realize the joke is about the fact the citizens of Vatican City are those employed by the pope and statistically are 50+

    • @jordan5012
      @jordan5012 Před 3 lety +80

      António Santos it’s a fucking joke not an insult. An insult is that the Catholic Church is stupid and deserves to be burned. A joke is “the only way the Vatican City could earn a gold in the Olympics is if god intervened”

    • @jordan5012
      @jordan5012 Před 3 lety +50

      António Santos and you’re clearly an insult on the human race

    • @jordan5012
      @jordan5012 Před 3 lety +24

      António Santos you really mean that 🥺 what gave it away 🙄

  • @zebmie9719
    @zebmie9719 Před 5 lety +5561

    "Easy, just grab a map and start counting"
    *Yakko Warner comes in and starts dancing.*

    • @ThatGuy-te9wh
      @ThatGuy-te9wh Před 5 lety +122

      The Spanish Sahara is spain

    • @jacksoniansonex9235
      @jacksoniansonex9235 Před 5 lety +127

      B O T S W A N A !

    • @ashlingmcdonagh4839
      @ashlingmcdonagh4839 Před 5 lety +43

      Germany now wants peace.

    • @mcmapless
      @mcmapless Před 5 lety +84

      Ashling Mcdonagh *Germany now in one piece

    • @sienag313
      @sienag313 Před 5 lety +118

      *UNITED STATES CANADA MEXICO PANAMA HAITI JAMAICA PERU, REPUBLIC DOMINICAN CUBA CARRIBEAN GREENLAND EL SALVADOR TO-*

  • @Naomi-yc4fp
    @Naomi-yc4fp Před 3 lety +1673

    The bit about Taiwan makes me so happy, I’m sometimes afraid of telling mainland Chinese that I’m taiwanese just in case they get really mad and start calling me weird names like traitor and stuff, but honestly Taiwan in all consideration, should be a country, it has everything to be a country but it’s just mainland China wouldn’t let go of this island

    • @jonahs92
      @jonahs92 Před 3 lety +90

      台灣才是真正的中國!

    • @Philsta007
      @Philsta007 Před 2 lety +213

      Taiwan is absolutely a country. I wish other countries (like my home Australia) would grow some balls and recognise Taiwan.

    • @xends5982
      @xends5982 Před 2 lety +105

      Taiwan also isn’t letting go of china mainland as well. Is a problem from both sides

    • @gamermapper
      @gamermapper Před 2 lety +57

      It does make sense that China wants to protect its territorial integrity. Other countries do it as well with their separatist territories.

    • @jellomaster5629
      @jellomaster5629 Před 2 lety +23

      Make them mad, they're the real traitors

  • @879PC
    @879PC Před 3 lety +71

    Man, I'm sad to know CGP Grey doesn't support my plans to make a small island nation off the coast of Canada :(

  • @thegeneralissimo470
    @thegeneralissimo470 Před 9 lety +1084

    Vatican city needs to hold the olympics. Just imagine. Professional Latin reading or Preaching.

    • @lettuceprime4922
      @lettuceprime4922 Před 9 lety +197

      The Generalissimo In 2036 the Vatican will take the gold in:
      The "100 meter Holy Hand Grenade toss" (Barely beating out the US, whose many MANY Olympic grenade tossers were unaccustomed to these grenades' incredible holiness)
      The "200 meter Latin chant competition" (Japan will take silver, the UK will take Bronze. Italy will embarrassingly not place)
      The "Solid Gold Crucifix lift"
      The "200 meter Scripture writing relay" (Saudi Arabia gave them a run for their money, though)
      The "most wrinkles competition" (Almost lost to the newest contender Yourmomia)
      The "100 meter Altar Boy" (which was not televised in some countries)
      And Pole Vaulting.
      Weirdly, they only got silver for the "Funniest hat" competition, losing to Team Fortress 2.

    • @TheSkyrimmaniac
      @TheSkyrimmaniac Před 8 lety +25

      Let Us No, England would win Holy Hand Grenade toss as King Arthur passed the knowledge down the ages.

    • @lettuceprime4922
      @lettuceprime4922 Před 8 lety +14

      Isak Svensson Lol. Have you seen Brother Maccabays arm though? That man can make it *brimstone.* Once, as he was training in the Apostolic Palace, he threw one so hard he made the Pope crap his pants. Hence the most appropriate use of the words "holy shit" by any human being.

    • @TheSkyrimmaniac
      @TheSkyrimmaniac Před 8 lety +1

      Let Us I see, going to be a great show. Can't wait for 2016 Olympics.

    • @lettuceprime4922
      @lettuceprime4922 Před 8 lety +1

      Isak Svensson Rio de Janeiro, right? Going to be awesome.

  • @xrisovalantis3927
    @xrisovalantis3927 Před 5 lety +2638

    I live in Cyprus and Northern Cyprus literally has one supporter.... Turkey

    • @panagiotismagos3649
      @panagiotismagos3649 Před 3 lety +36

      @Артём And all of the UN other than Turkey

    • @denizmergen418
      @denizmergen418 Před 3 lety +11

      Well i do my best

    • @headcanon6408
      @headcanon6408 Před 3 lety +256

      Hmm, I wonder why the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, that was made after the Turkish invasion of Cyprus, is recognized by Turkey and no one else. Can't seem to put my finger on it

    • @ferka6447
      @ferka6447 Před 3 lety +12

      @@headcanon6408 Because the USA have threatened other countries not to recognize.

    • @ferka6447
      @ferka6447 Před 3 lety +10

      Also 20+ countries said they are waiting for a signal from Turkey to recognize North Cyprus. But Turkey gives reunification talks the priority instead.
      For now, at least. As Turkey seems to be fed up with the endless fruitless reunification talks (after decades) and mostlikely will start soon with active recognition politics.

  • @jonahh2829
    @jonahh2829 Před rokem +56

    It took me the entire video to realize that this is 9 years old. This aged remarkably well

  • @lewiscullen8236
    @lewiscullen8236 Před 3 lety +91

    Another consideration is whether the UK is one country or four. It is one unitary sovereign state and often counted as one in these lists. But the comprising nations are definitely thought of as countries (as opposed to states or prefectures) with their own national identities, culture, languages and sports teams.

  • @Hockey19Guy
    @Hockey19Guy Před 9 lety +2500

    So is Skyrim considered a country or still part of the Empire?

    • @maxwellwilderson8247
      @maxwellwilderson8247 Před 9 lety +48

      As a wise man said, "Menjar be I caga fort, a la tingues por de la mort."
      Bonus pts to whoever translates.

    • @aleksstaikov1337
      @aleksstaikov1337 Před 9 lety +85

      Max Wilderson
      "Eat shit and be strong, to be afraid of death."

    • @KaliburKitty
      @KaliburKitty Před 9 lety +63

      We don't know which is cannon, if Skyrim became a country, or stayed as an Imperial Provence, because both are possible in the game! This would be cool if it leaded to a split timeline theory in the Elder Scrolls universe! It's like Schrodinger's Country!

    • @Jakromha
      @Jakromha Před 9 lety +21

      Icarus Solarus I think it's going to be the timeline where you don't pick a side.

    • @malignantmartian755
      @malignantmartian755 Před 9 lety +1

      Icarus Solarus Heh.

  • @harrysavage1389
    @harrysavage1389 Před 5 lety +1031

    “Countries come and countries go”
    (Vivid Soviet flashback intensifies)

  • @MitchellEnglishTeacher
    @MitchellEnglishTeacher Před 3 lety +36

    It’s really hilarious watching this seven years later and seeing how nothing has changed since this video came out

  • @Hendricus56
    @Hendricus56 Před 3 lety +13

    4:12 I mean, divine intervention is sort of what they base their whole life around, so maybe they should give it a shot

  • @quinton1630
    @quinton1630 Před 4 lety +553

    *Click on the video*
    How many countries are there?
    "About 200?"
    *End of the video"
    "I was more right than I thought."

  • @joyrowancasey788
    @joyrowancasey788 Před 5 lety +311

    3:37 never have I seen a bespectacled stick man look so 900% done with humanity

  • @hackcraft_
    @hackcraft_ Před 3 lety +44

    the only thing I can learn form CGP Grey is "hexagons are the Bestagones"

    • @gracious5114
      @gracious5114 Před 2 lety +3

      Yeah everything else hurts my brain because it’s so confusing.

  • @rivercrimea4849
    @rivercrimea4849 Před rokem +36

    CGP Grey, out of all the CZcams channels and vids I have seen, you are THE ONLY ONE who gives 15-20 seconds at the end of your content before the video ends. Everyone else ends immediately or almost immediately after the content stops. This makes it difficult to pause the video to do various tasks that video viewers like to do at the ends of videos.
    Therefore, THANK YOU!!

  • @EmmaBonn96
    @EmmaBonn96 Před 5 lety +331

    4:14
    There’s now a part of me that wants to train a Vatican City Olympic team

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent Před 3 lety +34

      Can they include the Swiss Guard as Vatican citizens?

    • @shapesnatch1341
      @shapesnatch1341 Před 2 lety +5

      The next crusade

    • @TheRootedWord
      @TheRootedWord Před 2 lety +3

      Why not? Get some monks together! Shot put!

    • @wertzui8854
      @wertzui8854 Před 2 lety +2

      @@artistwithouttalent Yes, they can.
      And funfact the Swiss Guard has even a soccer Team.

    • @syntheticant8172
      @syntheticant8172 Před 2 lety +5

      I need to see this, a bunch of old religious men doing hardcore sports would be a dream come true.

  • @NowhereGames518
    @NowhereGames518 Před 5 lety +1789

    Summary
    Q: How many countries are there?
    A: Yes

  • @davididiart5934
    @davididiart5934 Před rokem +8

    Considering recent events, it might be interesting to see the sequel to this video sometime in the nearish future.

  • @ThePCguy17
    @ThePCguy17 Před 2 lety +9

    I'm impressed. 9 years later and two of his video suggestions (0:30) are actually correct.

  • @lextube
    @lextube Před 9 lety +445

    I spot a creeper lurking at 0:12 :D

  • @harmonicaveronica
    @harmonicaveronica Před 6 lety +343

    This reminds me of something I've heard before - "a language is a dialect with an army and a navy." Languages are surprisingly hard to define! One of the key differentiators is mutual intelligibility (whether or not you can understand each other) - but speakers of different dialects of chinese can't understand each other, yet speakers of spanish and portuguese languages sometimes can!

    • @SirBenjiful
      @SirBenjiful Před rokem +34

      This doesn’t even get into asymmetric intelligibility, where speakers of one dialect/language can understand the other much better than the inverse (e.g. the Portuguese people I know can often understand quite a bit of Spanish, but Spanish people generally can’t make anything of European Portuguese).

    • @rusticcloud3325
      @rusticcloud3325 Před rokem +24

      As a Southeast Asian, I always think of those Chinese so-called "dialects" aren't actually dialects, they are separate languages written in the same writing system.
      I think it's the same as English and German that both are written in Latin alphabet, but being two separate languages.

    • @harmonicaveronica
      @harmonicaveronica Před rokem +21

      @@rusticcloud3325 oh definitely. Ask a linguist and they'll probably say that they're mostly different languages. But politically they're considered a single language, because China is very much invested in having a strong national identity.
      On the opposite end of the spectrum you have BSC, because for linguists and language learners there is almost no point in trying to actually distinguish between Bosnian, Serbian, and Croatian. But politically and culturally they're considered 3 languages

  • @ConfusedAnt
    @ConfusedAnt Před 2 lety

    I love coming back to these videos, and not noticing how old they are at all

  • @somedudethatripsplanetinha4221

    "Taiwa- I mean Chinese Taipei."
    "is china gone?"

  • @michaelinterrlichio7158
    @michaelinterrlichio7158 Před 8 lety +364

    can we just talk about how kosovo individually thanks each country that recognizes it, that is just the cutest thing i have ever heard. i can imagine the president of a foreign country going "listen, i understand we don't recognize them now, but i mean how cool would it be for a shoutout on that website?"

  • @kelp2697
    @kelp2697 Před 4 lety +241

    CGP: talking about countries "Nutter who plants a flag on an island or oil rig"
    Sealand: [crying in corner]

    • @sexybastard5824
      @sexybastard5824 Před 4 lety +16

      He kinda just made that to cheat taxes and pirate radio

    • @matthewkreps3352
      @matthewkreps3352 Před 3 lety +15

      while I don't have a law degree, the "royal" family of Sealand did at least "salvage" an abandoned fortress (it is not an oil rig) and therefore own it legally. whether or not they made it into a country is another issue.

  • @christiansutlief
    @christiansutlief Před 3 lety +11

    I love how throughout the video you actively alternate in calling the locations either "countries" or "places".

  • @lilyalan8522
    @lilyalan8522 Před 2 lety +13

    Is it just me loving math too much or the numbers at 4:59 reminds me of factorial in mathematics?

  • @i_barely_hee-know_her
    @i_barely_hee-know_her Před 4 lety +301

    0:29 oh my Lord I just realized how old this video is

    • @afropenguin
      @afropenguin Před 3 lety +5

      That number hasn't changed the last change was 193-South Sudan in 2011

    • @corphs1329
      @corphs1329 Před 3 lety +2

      Palestine is sort of a country now... ish... but who can tell at this point

    • @marconapolitano2821
      @marconapolitano2821 Před 3 lety +14

      I think he was talking about the ui

    • @fortunateghost7438
      @fortunateghost7438 Před 2 lety

      There are 195 countries now

    • @corphs1329
      @corphs1329 Před 2 lety

      @@fortunateghost7438 isnt it 197

  • @WoodstockProd
    @WoodstockProd Před 7 lety +237

    I love how Gray brings up the Israel/Palestine graphic before just going "not gonna happen."

    • @vam_ire1589
      @vam_ire1589 Před rokem +45

      I was waiting to see how a usually neutral guy would address the situation there. I laughed when he skipped it but I was nevertheless disappointed

    • @yanivrubin4166
      @yanivrubin4166 Před rokem +58

      @@vam_ire1589 as someone who lives through the conflict every day, I think that was the best possible reaction. No 'one sentance summery' could give both sides justice, and at the end of the day, I wouldn't care for his opinion (even if he supported my view), as it is very rare to see people with actual well developed & researched opinions on the subject.

    • @AndyZach
      @AndyZach Před rokem +5

      The two are in a state of war so perhaps the best answer is 'unresolved'.

    • @sirnikkel6746
      @sirnikkel6746 Před rokem +5

      @@yanivrubin4166 In essence, the thing there is "On dispute"

    • @vam_ire1589
      @vam_ire1589 Před rokem

      @@yanivrubin4166 Probably right but I was still disappointed.

  • @Nebafyer_DandD
    @Nebafyer_DandD Před 3 lety +1

    I saw that Teen Girl Squad reference. Homestarrunner was my favorite thing growing up.

  • @npenplz
    @npenplz Před rokem +4

    I love the annotation at 3:30 that takes you to the nuke map

  • @magpieram
    @magpieram Před 6 lety +74

    Odd thing I just noticed - when CGP Gray says "some countries come" he shows South Sudan, yet on the world map, it shows a world before South Sudan's independence.

  • @annabelr3595
    @annabelr3595 Před 7 lety +447

    Well now I know that the earth is like high school...

    • @dapa4
      @dapa4 Před 7 lety +110

      High school is actually a pretty good small scale representation of how society works. It's terrifying.

    • @novapariah8135
      @novapariah8135 Před 7 lety +30

      Except you know, the things you learn in school are pretty- useless.

    • @dragohammer6937
      @dragohammer6937 Před 7 lety +30

      is not susprising. adults are in nothing diferent from kids. kids want toys. adults want money to buy toys. what a diference.

    • @DiamondTurtleGamer
      @DiamondTurtleGamer Před 7 lety +14

      Annabel R The un is like a club, while capitalism, monarchs, and communists are clubs fighting each other.

    • @saftytorch4435
      @saftytorch4435 Před 6 lety +8

      Annabel R high school never ends!

  • @jamesweber4282
    @jamesweber4282 Před rokem +4

    0:12 are we not going to talk about the minecraft creeper in the back-ground?

  • @HiddenIdentity997
    @HiddenIdentity997 Před 4 lety +2

    Love the Homestar reference.

  • @jackdonkey13
    @jackdonkey13 Před 8 lety +602

    Why are all countries female? Is it so that you can make their skirts the flags? Because if so that's really cute and a good idea.Keep up the great content :D

    • @Esppikitty
      @Esppikitty Před 8 lety +266

      +King Duck It's because countries are referred to as shes.

    • @davidmapping4041
      @davidmapping4041 Před 8 lety +186

      most country's are referred to she like "mother russia" and stuff like that but Germany refers it to a guy "father land"

    • @vaiyt
      @vaiyt Před 8 lety +102

      +David Crooning Brazilians call their country "Mother" but still refer to it using male articles and pronouns. It's weird.

    • @czechslovakian
      @czechslovakian Před 8 lety +3

      Yea...But Why Make Me A Country Called The Repulbic Of Wiginstine!

    • @AJZulu
      @AJZulu Před 8 lety +53

      "It's a she" and "the motherland" "mother russia"
      Certain countries would use Fatherland...Germany comes to mind.

  • @TheMohawkNinja
    @TheMohawkNinja Před 8 lety +78

    I love how you just showed a picture of the West Bank, and was like "fuuuuuuck this".

  • @Tadyszok51
    @Tadyszok51 Před 2 lety +4

    The year is 2022 and this video hits differently right now ngl

  • @dognamedpancake1016
    @dognamedpancake1016 Před rokem

    The quality of these old videos is astonishing to say the least. Similar modern videos cant even hold a candle to CGP Grey's

  • @andrei08vs
    @andrei08vs Před 5 lety +170

    "Though even her inflated list doesn't include the Vatican City because given his demographics, divine intervention would be required to take home a gold."
    Golden

  • @n1k915
    @n1k915 Před 4 lety +238

    00:11 Why there is a damn creeper on the right ?

    • @mmjahink
      @mmjahink Před 4 lety +34

      he did that in other videos. I think he's done that in more episodes too.

    • @Ro_Gaming
      @Ro_Gaming Před 4 lety +17

      Oh no. That does not look good for un.

    • @AW27007
      @AW27007 Před 4 lety +31

      Year 2030 minecraft declares independence

    • @artistwithouttalent
      @artistwithouttalent Před 3 lety +6

      Aw man...

    • @tigerli8453
      @tigerli8453 Před 3 lety +4

      oh lol

  • @janaskylagatt7667
    @janaskylagatt7667 Před 3 lety

    Super good video. Love it!

  • @bradleycheek8520
    @bradleycheek8520 Před 3 lety +2

    "Except you know this isn't over."
    Getting the correct video length in that shot must have taken some careful planning.

  • @blazemacarthur3555
    @blazemacarthur3555 Před 8 lety +385

    "You are part of the rebel alliance and a traitor." lol

    • @tomascanevaro4292
      @tomascanevaro4292 Před 8 lety +17

      TRAITOR *sick spins*

    • @baranxlr
      @baranxlr Před 8 lety +11

      +Tomas Canevaro REBEL SCU- I mean TRAITOR!

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 Před 7 lety +2

      It's possible to be both, +Baran Hekimoglu

    • @baranxlr
      @baranxlr Před 7 lety +2

      ThePCguy17 But why be both when you can pull off some dank-ass memes

    • @ThePCguy17
      @ThePCguy17 Před 7 lety +2

      Baran Hekimoglu Because then you can pull off more dank-ass memes at once?

  • @SuperShyerGuy
    @SuperShyerGuy Před 7 lety +68

    For the interested:
    The two flags that Grey shows at 4:46 are the flags of the micronations Republic of Minerva and Sealand, respectively.

  • @bhaveshmalviya5208
    @bhaveshmalviya5208 Před 3 lety +8

    The only channel where I don't need to play the video on a faser speed.

  • @swastik4302
    @swastik4302 Před 3 lety

    Loved the Music in the end

  • @sealandmapping2832
    @sealandmapping2832 Před 6 lety +256

    ITS NOT AN OIL RIG

  • @dougthedonkey1805
    @dougthedonkey1805 Před 4 lety +72

    0:26 oh god, this was such high quality I didn’t realize it was so old

  • @MooseDoesStuff
    @MooseDoesStuff Před 2 lety

    I know I'm late to the game, but GG on that Homestar reference

  • @samuelcrockett596
    @samuelcrockett596 Před rokem +5

    Anyone else notice the Minecraft creeper in the background at 0:11??

  • @AndriyVasylenko
    @AndriyVasylenko Před 7 lety +850

    There's UK on Olympics. But if talking about football national teams - no UK, but England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland... And Great Britain is not even federation. That always confuses my pupils.

    • @AndriyVasylenko
      @AndriyVasylenko Před 7 lety +15

      And what about Sovereign Military Order of Malta?

    • @amiriothegreat
      @amiriothegreat Před 7 lety +40

      +Andriy Vasylenko Actually, there is a Great Britain Olympic team. Not a UK one.

    • @anierrn6935
      @anierrn6935 Před 7 lety +34

      Also, despite Wales having its own football national team, Welsh clubs compete in the English Championship

    • @amiriothegreat
      @amiriothegreat Před 7 lety +2

      Ambie Gibson Lol

    • @AndriyVasylenko
      @AndriyVasylenko Před 7 lety +3

      Ambie Gibson Another +1 to all of the UK/GB/ENG story))

  • @luxorshark4343
    @luxorshark4343 Před 6 lety +168

    0:11 Creeper in the background.

  • @BuggyStudios
    @BuggyStudios Před 2 lety

    Thanks for giving me something I never thought of to linger in my brain

  • @radioactiveali4619
    @radioactiveali4619 Před rokem +3

    That’s a surprisingly simplistic description of the Taiwan situation. While PRC does not recognise ROC, it is important to remember that ROC does not recognise PRC either. A hold over of the unresolved Chinese civil war.

  • @josophobia917
    @josophobia917 Před 7 lety +36

    I love how the second he saw the Israel/Gaza issue he was like "Nope, I give up."

    • @tk4073
      @tk4073 Před 6 lety +9

      palestine isn't a country.

  • @anniejones3634
    @anniejones3634 Před 6 lety +35

    I love how he just breezes through all this complicated, lengthy material. He summed up the revolutionary and civil war in like, 3 sentences. And the decades of controversy with China and Taiwan was summed up in about the same amount of time. And it all makes sense! It doesn't bother me at all, because the slightly sarcastic narration is so great at poking fun at history and easily explaining the countries' places in the world.

  • @nitrox1216
    @nitrox1216 Před 2 lety +2

    Can we just appreciate the fact there's a creeper in the corner at 0:11?

    • @banano24
      @banano24 Před 2 lety +1

      Yo wtf how did ya see that

  • @raulmartinez7154
    @raulmartinez7154 Před rokem +3

    5:03 now THATS a tongue twister 🤩🤩

  • @CrescentGuard
    @CrescentGuard Před 10 lety +61

    I almost died at the "Is China gone?" bit, I don't know what about it was so funny but it just had me rolling. xD

    • @zombieguyproducion
      @zombieguyproducion Před 9 lety

      James Bond Taiwan and Hawaii is different though, Taiwan and China has been at war for over 70years, ofcourse its a sensitive mater for many chinese

    • @zombieguyproducion
      @zombieguyproducion Před 9 lety

      James Bond
      Though China is a HUGE trading partner for the west, USA already has massive economic problems, getting a trade embargo from China would make USA collapse, and so most of the western world..

    • @zombieguyproducion
      @zombieguyproducion Před 9 lety

      James Bond
      Ah sorry, answered the wrong guy .-.

  • @ShidaiTaino
    @ShidaiTaino Před 8 lety +338

    Did anyone else press the WWIII Start Now Button?

  • @noahfriedman-kassis7563
    @noahfriedman-kassis7563 Před 3 lety +1

    Does anyone else find these videos incredibly relaxing?

  • @VincentKCW
    @VincentKCW Před rokem +3

    Thanks!

  • @potatosaladd
    @potatosaladd Před 8 lety +627

    make a separate video about Taiwan like you did Macau and Hong Kong XD

    • @Mario123007
      @Mario123007 Před 8 lety +6

      +Renn Li
      Taiwan's recognition as a country is more and more out of border over the past few years.
      Some suggested that Taiwan is a country as R.O.C. in Taiwan.
      Some claims that Taiwan is a part of unclaimed territory of US(Which a bit weird theory imo)
      Some thinks that Taiwan should (Or already) become a independent country. (Which the next party run for office DPP bias to) Which will piss off China the most.
      Like some people and legislators in Taiwan likes to stick stickers of Taiwan on their ROC passport. Which I think it's a bit of stupid act.

    • @Mario123007
      @Mario123007 Před 8 lety +5

      Holly Creavin
      It's still controversial topic here. And I guess you arrived in the south of Taiwan. Where most of the people support DPP there.
      In my opinion, Taiwan really doesn't have the problem to be independent or not. I just don't understand why there are some people denies the existence of ROC, where the government that rules Taiwan is ROC...
      We are indeed ROC, not PRC, fact. (Say me biased, but this is the truth.)

    • @Mario123007
      @Mario123007 Před 8 lety

      Holly Creavin
      What landmarks did you went when you go to Taiwan?

    • @Mario123007
      @Mario123007 Před 8 lety +3

      Holly Creavin
      Oh, so you went to the Northern Taiwan? Not surprise.
      And that old palace IS an art museum. It's called the National Palace Museum, it's really famous. It's home for some the artifacts that were from the original National Palace in Beijing.
      The indigenous culture museum...don't know what is it...

    • @loladu8812
      @loladu8812 Před 8 lety +2

      +黃鑫(mario123007) 我觉得其实台湾理论上就是和中国独立分开的,只不过挂个中国名而已。

  • @nikhilgoyal007
    @nikhilgoyal007 Před 7 lety +86

    although given it's demographics, divine intervention would be required to bag the gold! this was gold!

  • @oholibama8888
    @oholibama8888 Před 2 lety +5

    3:31 hasn't aged well, Mr. Putin.

  • @kellenjervis2632
    @kellenjervis2632 Před rokem +6

    Q) How many countries are there?
    A) More than one.

  • @dropout
    @dropout Před 10 lety +703

    Was that a Homestar Runner reference?

  • @tapashalister2250
    @tapashalister2250 Před 7 lety +157

    interesting , the vatican is the only male country

    • @anonymousperson8475
      @anonymousperson8475 Před 7 lety +60

      Tapash Alister That's because countries and continents are usually called 'she' but there are only men in Vatican City because...religion.

    • @serhiimamedov
      @serhiimamedov Před 5 lety +2

      Every country ending with "-stan" is a male country. (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan)

    • @triehe
      @triehe Před 5 lety +8

      Serhii Mamedov Vatistan City

    • @alemcelik4544
      @alemcelik4544 Před 5 lety

      tri lol

    • @lukedetering4490
      @lukedetering4490 Před 5 lety +1

      Vatican has all the girls to himself

  • @newkingdomofprussia9985
    @newkingdomofprussia9985 Před 4 lety +5

    How many countries are there?
    Britain:Soon... Only one...
    Russia:Yes...
    *Starring intensifies*
    Britain: ... *DIBS!!*

  • @CreepyChappy
    @CreepyChappy Před 3 lety

    Love this

  • @mind-of-neo
    @mind-of-neo Před 8 lety +29

    "Get off my land" "make me! Also, you don't exist" LMAO

  • @itayeldad3317
    @itayeldad3317 Před 8 lety +249

    Olympic is a bit... Special.
    *Badum tss*

  • @Moojingles_
    @Moojingles_ Před 4 lety +8

    4:44
    So....
    Do you recognise Sealand as a country?
    This post was made by Lords of Sealand gang

  • @christopherreed4890
    @christopherreed4890 Před 2 lety

    Not sure if it's been said but I love that at 0:25 the CZcams slide shows 0:25 👌

  • @blara2401
    @blara2401 Před 10 lety +57

    The passage with China and Taiw...err sorry, Chinese Taipei was adorable.
    Or am I the only one to think that 'cause I'm weird?
    Oh.

  • @profanegaming2829
    @profanegaming2829 Před 5 lety +180

    4:41 You besmirch the name of Sealand!

  • @johnwalker1058
    @johnwalker1058 Před rokem +3

    Geography lessons in school might have been more interesting if we got more thought provoking lessons like this rather than just being tasked with remembering the names of a bunch of countries, labeling some of their major cities and natural features, and then coloring them in on blank maps.

  • @Cadied
    @Cadied Před rokem +4

    We have the Hexagon, Octagon, Pentagon and the 3:01 (Is-China-gone)

  • @Prunky
    @Prunky Před 4 lety +22

    In germany, there is a '3-factor-definition' for countries.
    Regarding that, everything is a country that has
    - a state people
    - a state territory
    - a state government

    • @AndyZach
      @AndyZach Před rokem +2

      That makes Taiwan a country. And Vatican.

    • @skyeplaysgames4598
      @skyeplaysgames4598 Před rokem

      That makes all dutch provinces countries, as all have a, though smaller, branch of government

  • @CooroSnowFox
    @CooroSnowFox Před 10 lety +25

    The olympics has an extra country for independent people who dont want to go underneath a flag.

    • @josephrain9499
      @josephrain9499 Před 10 lety +5

      What's the name of that extra country? Or should I say, where is it located?

    • @ngelmitchell
      @ngelmitchell Před 10 lety +8

      Joseph Rain It's not really a country... try to recognize the Olympics as a country, and imagine it includes the whole world. Okay?

  • @TravisRichey
    @TravisRichey Před 2 lety

    Do a video about what it would take for us all to just be earthlings.
    ~Trav

  • @burkemoras
    @burkemoras Před 3 lety

    Did anyone else get the Homestar Runner reference? I really appreciated that lol.

  • @poots605
    @poots605 Před 7 lety +302

    My favorite country is Tai- *CENSORED*

  • @tomsonchiou
    @tomsonchiou Před 10 lety +59

    Hi, I am a Taiwanese. Thank you introduce the situation between China and us(Taiwan, R.O.C, Chinese Taipei, China Taipei...whatever you say)

    • @mezkitsu
      @mezkitsu Před 10 lety

      GAO Xiang Both you and Taiwan are provinces of the only rightful China; the Empire of China. Both of your existences brings shame to your ancestors who fought to protect the emperor. You should both be ashamed of yourselves.

    • @mezkitsu
      @mezkitsu Před 10 lety

      GAO Xiang Republics are flawed, and nothing but Western propaganda that you have fallen for. There is no logic or morals to majority rule. Your ancestors defended the Empire, it was only after being attacked by the West that you decided to become traitors.

    • @PilinLo
      @PilinLo Před 2 lety +1

      It's just Taipei......(China doesn't own us)

    • @AndyZach
      @AndyZach Před rokem

      I still think of Taiwan as the Republic of China. The Republic was formed in the 20s, disrupted by the Japanese, and overthrown on the mainland by the Communists. One people, two lands, two governments.

  • @toonbat
    @toonbat Před 3 lety

    I look forward to your video "How to start your own country."

  • @royalthegleaves6351
    @royalthegleaves6351 Před 3 lety +1

    Loved the Cascadia cameo lol