The mystery of the squarest country

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  • čas přidán 11. 04. 2021
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  • @JayForeman
    @JayForeman  Před 3 lety +28313

    Re Ukraine: Many people wondering if Map Men are legitimising the Russian annexation of Crimea at 2:39. We are not. We had intended to make Crimea a different colour, as a way of saying 'look, sticky outy bit that's also currently disputed', but we just forgot to do it. We are sorry. This CZcams account is not, actually, a Kremlin propaganda bot.

  • @shadowslashful
    @shadowslashful Před 3 lety +2833

    I literally said "Egypt is kinda square" at the beginning of the video and I think I've peaked in life.

    • @xeviphract5894
      @xeviphract5894 Před 3 lety +87

      Me: The squarest country? You mean Egypt?
      Also me: What if it's NOT Egypt?!

    • @twothreebravo
      @twothreebravo Před 3 lety +7

      Same.

    • @spanner5686
      @spanner5686 Před 3 lety +18

      I’m so glad I wasn’t the only one, was dreading Egypt popping up before the end

    • @pavese1379
      @pavese1379 Před 3 lety +6

      Lol, my first thought was actually Ivory Coast

    • @climbingdino9949
      @climbingdino9949 Před 3 lety +1

      SAME

  • @eaglefern6852
    @eaglefern6852 Před 3 lety +30187

    This would've been the perfect video to be sponsored by Squarespace.

  • @absolutelynot.3739
    @absolutelynot.3739 Před 11 měsíci +248

    The "San Marino? San Mari-no", and "the Vatican? The Vatican't" are the best sounds to have ever graced my ears

  • @sebastianortizbioh1516
    @sebastianortizbioh1516 Před rokem +355

    It's so fucking incredible to me that you nail the expression for anger in Paraguay, because contrary of what everyone must asume we won't react in spanish in that situation. Let me explain: the expression "nde" it's in guaraní (the native lenguage of the country still speak till this day alongside spanish) and it's so crazy because if you try to translate it it's literally "You", so you have to have so inside knowlege to know that's also used like the expression "hey! 😡" 3:14

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  Před rokem +215

      I lived in Villa Hayes for a year. Mba’eichapa!

    • @sebastianortizbioh1516
      @sebastianortizbioh1516 Před rokem +47

      @@JayForeman haha hope you had a good experience here! Come back any time!

    • @twojuiceman
      @twojuiceman Před 6 měsíci +10

      ​@@JayForemanlived in Paraguay for a year? I want to hear that story!

  • @piekay7285
    @piekay7285 Před 3 lety +6738

    As a German I can say: we tried becoming a square twice: The Rest of the world didn‘t like it

    • @Zraknul
      @Zraknul Před 3 lety +620

      The Brits went with the opposite approach and tried to get all the coastline in the world.

    • @bruhmoment-wq5cy
      @bruhmoment-wq5cy Před 3 lety +146

      @@Zraknul we Turks went with opposites of those 2 and just ate anything close to us and created one of the biggest long lasting empires and post ww1 we destroyed the entente bit too easily ngl.

    • @IrKeNoVa
      @IrKeNoVa Před 3 lety +178

      You are still on timeout, btw, no more becoming a square for You.

    • @twothreebravo
      @twothreebravo Před 3 lety +217

      I don't think you tried becoming "square" more "globe" shaped.

    • @mrjonnylowes
      @mrjonnylowes Před 3 lety +12

      Under performers.

  • @graf
    @graf Před 3 lety +7805

    not going to be long until some cheeky bugger requests this at karaoke

    • @never8931
      @never8931 Před 3 lety +35

      I hope so

    • @mousedelay
      @mousedelay Před 3 lety +5

      hi graf

    • @jakubmajchrzak9595
      @jakubmajchrzak9595 Před 3 lety +3

      lmao

    • @AmberO_
      @AmberO_ Před 3 lety +11

      verified
      lemme get some of that clout

    • @TotoDG
      @TotoDG Před 3 lety +23

      When this stupid pandemic is over, Jay needs to bring back his live songs, and this needs to be the first thing he plays.

  • @benhandley5319
    @benhandley5319 Před 6 měsíci +145

    Amazing video! My 13yo is totally obsessed by this -- enough so that he's dragged me down the hole. I ended up writing a program to calculate the squareness of countries, and according to my metric Egypt is indeed the winner at 89.5% square, followed by (North) Sudan and Cote D'Ivoire both at just over 83%. Interestingly (to me at least), these seem to be the only countries that score higher than a circle, which scores exactly 2*sqrt(2)-2, or roughly 0.828, on my metric. So rejecting countries for being "too round" may not be valid, at least not if you're interested in finding square-ish countries beyond the top 3.

  • @user-rs5ps1rz5c
    @user-rs5ps1rz5c Před 9 měsíci +104

    0:08 Start
    0:47 What About This Little Countries
    0:53 Song Start
    1:21 What About Landlocked Countries
    2:22 Island Countries
    2:34 Countries With sticky outy bit
    3:46 List Of Countries
    4:52 Square Countries
    5:14 The winner
    5:37 The Capital Cities question
    6:38 Stereo app

  • @anishraja9655
    @anishraja9655 Před 3 lety +4086

    The Japanese sentence reads: "Dear volunteers, can you translate this sentence? Thank you very much! - Map Men"

  • @TheAlps36
    @TheAlps36 Před 3 lety +964

    Let's see Jay do his "one syllable out of sync trick" on this song

    • @a.h.s.3006
      @a.h.s.3006 Před 3 lety +68

      Can't, the lyrics are already bollocks

    • @yuvalne
      @yuvalne Před 3 lety +2

      +

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 Před 3 lety +24

      "THATS A FUCKING DIFFICULT ONE"

  • @hortondlfn1994
    @hortondlfn1994 Před rokem +91

    Jay, you produce the ONLY videos where I will actually watch (and sometimes re-watch) the commercials.

  • @moenbase1
    @moenbase1 Před rokem +13

    Wow, this so made my day! I love when videos name all the countries in a song. Amazing. Also very educational in a different way. Love your content.

  • @gianb3952
    @gianb3952 Před 3 lety +2362

    San MariNO and the Vatican't
    Name a more iconic duo

  • @deathbower
    @deathbower Před 3 lety +7289

    Finally, the British drawing straight lines all over the map pays off!

    • @SacsachCCABP
      @SacsachCCABP Před 2 lety +466

      Africa: Lots of geographical features with occasional rivers, ponds and lakes along with countless tribal areas, ethnic groups and races
      Europe: imma pretend I didn’t see that

    • @Xeroph-5
      @Xeroph-5 Před 2 lety +19

      You're welcome

    • @victorivanov6603
      @victorivanov6603 Před 2 lety +3

      I am the 669th like

    • @smfe
      @smfe Před 2 lety +54

      @@SacsachCCABP You realize they only drew straight lines in Egypt because literally nobody lives in the middle of the Sahara desert, right?

    • @rachelcookie321
      @rachelcookie321 Před 2 lety +95

      @@smfe Egypt isn’t the only country that Europe slapped together. They made so many borders throughout Africa ignoring the geography and cultural borders.

  • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
    @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Před rokem +40

    I have just re-watched this video, and I find it quite a catchy tune! To the people of Egypt, congratulations on having the squarest borders! Also, nice "Egguatorial Guinea" at 3:29! I didn't notice it until just now! Thanks for the video!

  • @achaides
    @achaides Před rokem +9

    This show is so good 😄 the memorization in this video is incredible

  • @blurds
    @blurds Před 3 lety +1150

    New episode of mapmen, now that's worth cleaning your phone screen for.

    • @Aezeus
      @Aezeus Před 3 lety +34

      I even turned the brightness up

    • @kh2b573
      @kh2b573 Před 3 lety +4

      Yep

    • @blurds
      @blurds Před 3 lety +19

      @@Aezeus careful with that battery percentage

    • @timmmahhhh
      @timmmahhhh Před 3 lety +4

      It's worth stopping everything else for; these guys are brilliant!

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 3 lety

      That's worth putting in the good headphones for.

  • @hannahme1930
    @hannahme1930 Před 3 lety +3930

    Petition for these two to have their own horrible histories show but for geography

    • @mutantmutant8534
      @mutantmutant8534 Před 3 lety +55

      Yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes and YES

    • @andrewsheppard1940
      @andrewsheppard1940 Před 3 lety +83

      Gorgeous Geographies? ;-)

    • @mathieuleader8601
      @mathieuleader8601 Před 3 lety +68

      Gregarious Globetrotters

    • @bongo50_
      @bongo50_ Před 3 lety +41

      There is a book series called Horrible Geography (as well as Horrible Science and Horrible Histories) and, as the TV shows for the other 2 are Horrible Histories and Horrible Science, it would probably called Horrible Geography.

    • @TheSmart-CasualGamer
      @TheSmart-CasualGamer Před 3 lety +29

      They do. That's what Map Men is, basically.

  • @chocolateavian
    @chocolateavian Před rokem +3

    I know i'm two years late, but we need an instrumental version. It sounds so good! Jay, I beg of you!!

  • @Hzatif67
    @Hzatif67 Před 4 měsíci +15

    2:36 Afghanistan
    4:39 Albania
    3:01 Algeria
    3:47 Andorra
    4:58 Angola
    3:47 Antigua and Barbuda
    3:20 Argentina
    4:23 Armenia

    • @Alienguy500
      @Alienguy500 Před 4 měsíci +8

      You’ve got this buddy. I believe in you

    • @elwisuntemp7199
      @elwisuntemp7199 Před 4 měsíci +2

      You were mentioned on Jay’s twitter!

    • @Hzatif67
      @Hzatif67 Před 4 měsíci

      @@Alienguy500 thanks!

    • @elwisuntemp7199
      @elwisuntemp7199 Před měsícem

      Almost there, good luck!

    • @ryanmo
      @ryanmo Před 17 dny +1

      only about 190 to go!

  • @emlel1948
    @emlel1948 Před 3 lety +877

    -Sombody asked what country is the squarest
    -What a stupid question
    -Totally pointless
    I see what you did there

    • @ddbrown30
      @ddbrown30 Před 3 lety +33

      But a square has 4 points...

    • @choco_jack7016
      @choco_jack7016 Před 2 lety +2

      somebody once asked me what country is the squarest
      I told them what a stupid question
      I was thinking it was pointless with my finger and my thumb in the shape of a hmm on my chin.

    • @latesthope
      @latesthope Před 2 lety +3

      I dont get it

    • @patrickduffin7912
      @patrickduffin7912 Před 2 lety

      @@latesthope A square has 4 points. Him saying that it's a pointless question is funny. Least from what I can make from it

    • @ushiki2212
      @ushiki2212 Před 2 lety +3

      It would be better if they were discussing the most circle shaped nations.

  • @federicoandrademarambio2913
    @federicoandrademarambio2913 Před 3 lety +558

    - Daddy, how did the Bolivian War of Territorial Squarisation began?
    - I believe all began with a catchy song...

    • @mazenayman7512
      @mazenayman7512 Před 3 lety +13

      This is the best comment in CZcams history

    • @TomJerry12933
      @TomJerry12933 Před 3 lety +24

      "ok listen you guys, we are explictly NOT actually trying to take away your land from you: all we want from you is to trade bits of land with your neighbors so we can make all the nations square like they should be.
      ....but we don't even understand wh---
      SHUT UP YOU AND JUST DO AS WE SAY ALREADY"

    • @whyyoulidl
      @whyyoulidl Před 3 lety

      LMFAO :-)

    • @tz8785
      @tz8785 Před 3 lety +1

      In the 1930s, Bolivia already tried to conquer the north of Paraguay (Chaco War). They lost.

    • @albertochavez8364
      @albertochavez8364 Před 3 lety +2

      Bolivian here, I honestly think it's a really bad idea Bolivia pushing for a war since we have only won ONE war since our independence.
      Just search the the map of bolivia in 1936, we used to have sea. 😫

  • @theyofmanynames
    @theyofmanynames Před rokem +13

    I never thought I'd listen to a song on how square countries can be. I love it.

  • @Celinito
    @Celinito Před 3 měsíci +1

    This is probably my favourite video (and song) ever! 😆🤍

  • @jasonlee6936
    @jasonlee6936 Před 2 lety +3089

    I love that the Japanese speech bubble was signed “a male map” or perhaps "a map of males" rather than map men

    • @nurizdiharmuhamad9436
      @nurizdiharmuhamad9436 Před 2 lety +4

      Zoo

    • @phileo_ss
      @phileo_ss Před 2 lety +67

      It could also mean 'a man's map' as in a map (maps) owned by a man or a map (maps) for men. Time code: 01:30.

    • @throckmortonvanhouten5430
      @throckmortonvanhouten5430 Před 2 lety +110

      I was able to translate it roughly as "dear volunteer, can you translate this sentence? Thanks! --a male map"

    • @phileo_ss
      @phileo_ss Před 2 lety +40

      @@throckmortonvanhouten5430 That is correct. Although the Japanese was a bit awkward.
      I found that if you translate 'Map Men' or 'Map men' (but not 'map men') to Japanese in Google Translate, it gives the exact phrase in the video.

    • @Fujimokou985
      @Fujimokou985 Před 2 lety +26

      @@phileo_ss
      Maybe a translation like "地図の男 (roughly 'man of the map')" would be better?

  • @ExpeditionThemePark
    @ExpeditionThemePark Před 3 lety +3989

    The perfect song does exist.

    • @bakkup974
      @bakkup974 Před 3 lety +37

      qatar looks like a bean

    • @lucie4185
      @lucie4185 Před 3 lety +2

      I dont know IMO Wacko did it better but then he is out of date now so...

    • @rabinniroula5201
      @rabinniroula5201 Před 3 lety +4

      Jay: Hold my stolen foods

    • @EnteiFire4
      @EnteiFire4 Před 3 lety +2

      @@lucie4185 "Germany now on one piece" shows pretty much how old the song is.

    • @JamesMusicCovers
      @JamesMusicCovers Před 3 lety +7

      Sam why are you here?

  • @Lumpy970253
    @Lumpy970253 Před 9 měsíci +20

    I feel a little disappointed because it didn't include my homeland Taiwan, but truly a masterpiece! Well done!

    • @sys839
      @sys839 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Same. I was excited when they didn't include Taiwan in the map of China, but then they didn't mention Taiwan at all... Since I live here and am married to a Taiwanese guy, I'm always looking to see Taiwan included 😣

  • @jab9109
    @jab9109 Před 4 měsíci +1

    I know this by heart and it's one of the best videos on youtube.

  • @Sealdrop
    @Sealdrop Před 3 lety +2224

    u guys are built different

  • @kktt725
    @kktt725 Před 3 lety +539

    Jay’s impression of a call service lady is absolutely gold

    • @IxiaClover
      @IxiaClover Před 3 lety +36

      he got all the specifics right, down to the slight uptalk that comes from repeating a phrase over and over

    • @jameslloyd2540
      @jameslloyd2540 Před 3 lety +8

      I'll just put that through for you.

    • @LisaBeergutHolst
      @LisaBeergutHolst Před 3 lety

      So so so so ... lol

  • @vitalikklishin9435
    @vitalikklishin9435 Před 10 měsíci +1

    this was impressive, my applause to you both!)

  • @withnail70
    @withnail70 Před 3 měsíci

    I also love the way the adverts at the end are as entertaining as the documentary ❤

  • @lonesongbird6557
    @lonesongbird6557 Před rokem +2551

    Our 8yo has this almost completely memorized. (The blobby ones trip him up.). He’s been serenading his globe with it, finding all the countries as he goes. 😂

  • @Seniac
    @Seniac Před 3 lety +2524

    Chicken with a huge badonkadonk

  • @1Dr490n
    @1Dr490n Před 8 měsíci

    I really wasn't expecting a song, but I love it

  • @WhoEvenIsYou
    @WhoEvenIsYou Před rokem +2

    I only found this channel today and this thing is hilarious

  • @chriswyatt9869
    @chriswyatt9869 Před 3 lety +268

    For Britain's skill at drawing straight lines through Africa, they managed to make surprisingly few square countries.

    • @bagofcoolness
      @bagofcoolness Před 3 lety

      I am very dissapointed in my country

    • @loqi453
      @loqi453 Před 2 lety +1

      Egypt?

    • @chriswyatt9869
      @chriswyatt9869 Před 2 lety +1

      @@loqi453 still very few. And it my memory serves i don't think Britain was involved with Egypts borders. My comment was really more about the colonial powers in general (france, belgium etc). I know Libya was colonised by Italy, and they share a border with Egypt so it's probably something to do with them.

    • @loqi453
      @loqi453 Před 2 lety +1

      @@chriswyatt9869 im pretty sure map men have got another video, where they show what the borders were before and after they were changed by the British to better reflect tribal boundaries, Bir Tawil in particular
      the borders pre tribal influence changes were extremely square

  • @florianhufnagl2980
    @florianhufnagl2980 Před 3 lety +619

    This series feels like I'm in a cult.

    • @derPetunientopf
      @derPetunientopf Před 3 lety +10

      This cult has wizards the downside is that you have to bring your own cookies.

    • @Tommy20136
      @Tommy20136 Před 3 lety +15

      What do you mean, "like"?

    • @sumojack99
      @sumojack99 Před 3 lety +1

      Always have been.

    • @kingt0295
      @kingt0295 Před 3 lety

      Cant wait for Jay to jonestown us :^)

    • @hareecionelson5875
      @hareecionelson5875 Před 3 lety +1

      Nicest cult ever though. And remember: Hexagons are the bestagons

  • @Tulpen23
    @Tulpen23 Před 7 měsíci +3

    1) That you wrote that song is incredible!
    2) I guessed Egypt before you started, and thought of Libya as a backup 😎

  • @adinagershon240
    @adinagershon240 Před 3 měsíci +1

    this is by far the most useful resource and device for geography games I have ever used

  • @yaseminibrahim6988
    @yaseminibrahim6988 Před 3 lety +6549

    I am from Egypt and since the beginning I am like, "hey Egypt is a square!"
    I feel like we had just won an award somehow for being a square country although we used to be one nation with Sudan before and then we weren't a square at that time! nevertheless WE WON! WE WON!

    • @alaagamerroblox6206
      @alaagamerroblox6206 Před 3 lety +89

      WE WON FELLOW EGYPTIAN -(IM EGYPTIAN TOO ( مصر ام الدنيا)

    • @damianbla4469
      @damianbla4469 Před 3 lety +38

      Yes, you won.
      I am from Poland (look at 01:50) which's shape also resembles a square.

    • @user-et8vm9cc3t
      @user-et8vm9cc3t Před 3 lety +13

      Praise Amun!

    • @FarFromHome91
      @FarFromHome91 Před 3 lety +35

      I was literally thinking what a little moment of national proud...we won being a square xD

    • @destruct0503
      @destruct0503 Před 2 lety +28

      @@damianbla4469 you need to do more conquering man.

  • @atotallyextinctdinosaur
    @atotallyextinctdinosaur Před 3 lety +990

    I am Egyptian and i just reliazed how hard it was for some people to draw the map of their country in the geography class xD

    • @manetho5134
      @manetho5134 Před 3 lety +14

      أخوويااااا🇪🇬😍

    • @AurumFaber
      @AurumFaber Před 3 lety +9

      @@stella_s yeah...

    • @Yeti-yk8cj
      @Yeti-yk8cj Před 3 lety +6

      Well drawing straight lines are hard

    • @Yomesto
      @Yomesto Před 3 lety +13

      just imagine lmao uzbecistan and i live in india but it's still hard :(

    • @potatostuff7179
      @potatostuff7179 Před 3 lety +4

      You think it's hard to draw one country I can draw all 195

  • @cool_guy87
    @cool_guy87 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Great video - Just one (perhaps slightly odd) question:
    What website/application did you use to get the images of the countries coloured in?

  • @lillemieux179
    @lillemieux179 Před rokem

    Yes, I’ve been trying to find you guys forever!!!

  • @thescooshinator
    @thescooshinator Před 3 lety +1123

    My last brain cell during a test: "The UK looks like an old witch sitting sideways on a pig"
    Edit: Sorry, but my comment was a lie. I recently did a test and my last brain cell went "Chile's very very very very very long and thin" instead.

  • @andrejjavorcek7414
    @andrejjavorcek7414 Před 3 lety +636

    I feel honored that the first country you thought of is Slovakia even though it look like a literal *cheeto*

  • @sybrpnk
    @sybrpnk Před rokem +1

    I didn't know I needed this but thanks

  • @Combes_
    @Combes_ Před rokem +9

    3:56 that one

  • @aliguibril234
    @aliguibril234 Před 3 lety +261

    The fact that it's Egypt didn't dawn on me except halfway through the video even though I live here.

    • @mazenayman7512
      @mazenayman7512 Před 3 lety +2

      You and me both brother

    • @StormTrouper3
      @StormTrouper3 Před 3 lety

      It's the first place I thought of, I sent to long looking at maps of this wonderful place back in the 1990s whilst on holiday there, the Cairo museum is fantastic and the people were very friendly.

    • @MohamedElGoharyy
      @MohamedElGoharyy Před 3 lety

      I actually was thinking Egypt before I clicked on the video... I'm Egyptian too

  • @Syndr1
    @Syndr1 Před 9 měsíci

    Hi Men, that last bit is danceable. 💃 🕺. Thanks

  • @Gian872
    @Gian872 Před rokem +2

    I legit thought this was some kind of documentary or something but this is still pretty impressive

  • @maniacalkoala
    @maniacalkoala Před 3 lety +1359

    “There’s one asking for all the capitals of the world.”
    “Well, that would’ve made a much better song.”
    Yakko Warner: *heavy breathing*

    • @DrZaius3141
      @DrZaius3141 Před 3 lety +45

      "Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Indianapolis Indiana and Columbus is the capital of Ohio."
      Oh wait, you mean the other one.

    • @maniacalkoala
      @maniacalkoala Před 3 lety +26

      @@DrZaius3141 no, that was Wakko singing state capitals (not country capitals), but Yakko has sung a lot more songs listing things.

    • @RepublicOfChebokstan
      @RepublicOfChebokstan Před 3 lety +3

      Bizzare bits

    • @emporioalnino4670
      @emporioalnino4670 Před 3 lety +2

      That's the joke

    • @NeillyWheelie
      @NeillyWheelie Před 3 lety +7

      Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte enters the chat

  • @iammrbeat
    @iammrbeat Před 3 lety +3301

    I would like to congratulate you for making the best video the internet has ever seen.

  • @xinzhewu6082
    @xinzhewu6082 Před 6 měsíci +1

    Great song!
    In the middle of the song I opened the map of Africa (simply because there're more straight lines than other continents) and caught Egypt at the first sight

  • @spacefan36
    @spacefan36 Před rokem +2

    So I finally found the original?
    I love it.

  • @jakobsmith1396
    @jakobsmith1396 Před rokem +766

    I was screaming "Equatorial Guinea" in my head the entire song, and then when they finally got to it that damn island ruined everything! Lol

    • @YasinHazemRageh
      @YasinHazemRageh Před rokem +17

      Lol that’s embarrassing
      I guessed Egypt the entire time

    • @jasoncallow860
      @jasoncallow860 Před rokem +12

      Island nations tend to do that

    • @asnekboi7232
      @asnekboi7232 Před 11 měsíci +5

      @@jasoncallow860 but most of it isn’t an island

    • @jonsyahtung7310
      @jonsyahtung7310 Před 11 měsíci +1

      Lol

    • @bradensorensen966
      @bradensorensen966 Před 8 měsíci +5

      I knew it was gonna be Egypt, but after looking into Africa before guessing, I too fell for EG.

  • @DanAI17
    @DanAI17 Před 3 lety +282

    "Oh I'll just watch this new map men before I got to bed, there definitely won't be an incredibly catchy song that I won't be able to stop humming." - me, a fool, 5 minutes ago.

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 3 lety +3

      I read this in the voice of Jay pretending to be a character in the sponsor segment.

    • @DanAI17
      @DanAI17 Před 3 lety +1

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 oh no, my identity as a Jay-bot has been revealed!

  • @SharpAssKnittingNeedles
    @SharpAssKnittingNeedles Před 9 měsíci

    Wow I thought I'd seen all the videos on your channel. This hilarious gem proved me wrong 😂much love from the oblate rectangle-ish that is colorado! ❤

  • @asdfasdf-rq2is
    @asdfasdf-rq2is Před rokem

    I just found you guys.i love your attitude plus you seem very creative.have a sub

  • @antonioscendrategattico2302
    @antonioscendrategattico2302 Před 3 lety +339

    Jay showing up the Animaniacs by not only making an accurate and exhaustive map of the world in song, but even working in the whole shapes thing.

    • @diggoran
      @diggoran Před 3 lety +2

      I like the hint at the end about all the capitols of the world making a much better song :)

  • @ssik9460
    @ssik9460 Před 3 lety +715

    “Bangladesh looks like a wizard”
    That’s the best compliment we’ve ever gotten on the internet.

  • @corry224y
    @corry224y Před rokem

    Wow that advert was clever.
    Damn!!!
    I was wondering where this is going and boom.
    Impressive.

  • @fcruz_
    @fcruz_ Před 10 měsíci

    Wow, this is brilliant!

  • @gazoakleychef
    @gazoakleychef Před 3 lety +1571

    BEST CZcams CHANNEL EVER MADE

  • @xway2
    @xway2 Před 3 lety +713

    Video: describes what every country looks like
    Sweden: *starts sweating*

    • @bruhz_089
      @bruhz_089 Před 3 lety +18

      Sweden looks like Finland 🇫🇮

    • @gabor6259
      @gabor6259 Před 3 lety +33

      Norway, Sweden and Finland together are the real thing.

    • @tabchanzero8229
      @tabchanzero8229 Před 3 lety +32

      @@gabor6259 No. Just Sweden and Finland.

    • @purpleapple4052
      @purpleapple4052 Před 3 lety +3

      DONG

    • @sepep6288
      @sepep6288 Před 3 lety +6

      @@gabor6259 Just sweden and finland.. though Norway would make it a thick uncercumcised one

  • @ThePurplePims
    @ThePurplePims Před 7 měsíci +1

    You guys are the best. Really square yourselves, but the best nonethess(t).

  • @Sahjhan
    @Sahjhan Před rokem

    What a wonderful channel this is.

  • @adjoint_functor
    @adjoint_functor Před 3 lety +139

    America: Panhandle
    Britain, intellectuals: Sticky outy bit

    • @DaL33T5
      @DaL33T5 Před 3 lety +11

      The fancy term cartographers use is "salient".

  • @joe4ueg
    @joe4ueg Před 2 lety +3656

    I'm from Egypt, and as the video began I thought "Egypt is kinda square-ish..... But I'm sure there are other more square like countries.... I'll just sit here and wait for Egypt to be disqualified"
    Then as the video progressed i was like OOOOOH SHIT, NO, NO, IT CAN'T BE !!
    Then once they said the land of the pharoes I threw my arms up so hard i think i dislocated my shoulder.
    Gods know we needed a win.

    • @JasperCasper24
      @JasperCasper24 Před 2 lety +97

      I shouldn't have read comments first huh

    • @somerandomname3124
      @somerandomname3124 Před 2 lety +43

      You did it Egypt you won.
      Enjoy it because this is the last victory you'll get for another century, you long dead empire you.

    • @teiman
      @teiman Před 2 lety +74

      @@somerandomname3124 thats a bit mean, no?

    • @Bismuguy
      @Bismuguy Před 2 lety +11

      but its true

    • @yuki_eerhs4591
      @yuki_eerhs4591 Před 2 lety +14

      @@teiman truth hurts 😭

  • @withnail70
    @withnail70 Před 3 měsíci

    Delighted I finally found these guys, and it was late enough for them to have built up an impressive body of work, but I think I'm running out of videos now 😢 😭 .

  • @SamTaylorsVersion
    @SamTaylorsVersion Před rokem +2

    I listed to this so much when I was ill a few months ago, I ended up accidentally memorising almost all of it (except the island and blobby countries)!
    Me accidentally memorising some weird geography thing happens a lot

  • @LSqre
    @LSqre Před 3 lety +549

    I like to think this isn't scripted and they turned on the camera and just started spitting bars.

    • @poodiepie6140
      @poodiepie6140 Před 2 lety +8

      They would need to know all the exact shapes of every country on earth tho

    • @keruarevalo850
      @keruarevalo850 Před 2 lety +18

      @@poodiepie6140 That's not hard actually, but what would be really hard is to think about something that look a like or describe the shapes in one verse and making it rime

    • @TheFinnish1
      @TheFinnish1 Před 2 lety +4

      If this made you feel like that way, then the Map Men™ have succeed in this video!

    • @French-Dutch-English-blooded
      @French-Dutch-English-blooded Před 2 lety +1

      Yo yo yo they like spitting bars and sheeit

  • @daaishifeeling
    @daaishifeeling Před 3 lety +350

    map men being translated as "男性の地図” (dansei no chizu) in japanese is so funny to me, it's literally "men's map" or "a man's map". took me a while to realise it was supposed to be map men lol. a more accurate way to say it would be 地図の男性 (chizu no dansei), lit. "map's men"
    the whole thing translates as
    "dear volunteer,
    can you translate this sentence?
    thank you!
    men's map"
    EDIT: i just put into google translate basically what i wrote above except with "thanks a lot" and "map men" and it came out with the exact phrasing in the video which honestly makes the whole thing even funnier

    • @nitehawk86
      @nitehawk86 Před 3 lety +45

      Men's map, men's map, men's men's men's map!. map... map...

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid Před 3 lety +7

      Oh yeah, I remember that the "no" possessive being the other way around from the Indo-European languages I was used to was really confusing to me when I was learning a bit of Japanese! I guess they fell into the same trap.

    • @CrasyWolfang
      @CrasyWolfang Před 3 lety +24

      "We are the map, and here are the men!"

    • @trickster1833
      @trickster1833 Před 3 lety +17

      Came here to post the translation, the "dear" here is dear as in "deep affection", notably not a letter opening(which would be more like "ボランティアへ" (To volunteer,).
      男性の地図(dansei no chizu) could also be translated as "map of men", as in a map showing where men are; 地図の男性 (chizu no dansei) is still more correct with this interpretation, meaning men of map, or men of the map(s)

    • @mebamme
      @mebamme Před 3 lety +6

      thanks, I've been looking for this comment! My Japanese skills are just about enough to go "that must be a mistake, right?"
      Taking another look, doesn't できますか mean "can" only in an are-you-able-to way, not in a please-do-this way?

  • @MsSteelphoenix
    @MsSteelphoenix Před 9 měsíci

    THIS IS AMAZING AND I LOVE IT.

  • @tabletgenesis3439
    @tabletgenesis3439 Před rokem +4

    4:43 My country! It's an upside down, rectangular triangle.

  • @ovenwater4699
    @ovenwater4699 Před 3 lety +507

    Top 10 rappers Eminem is too afraid to diss

  • @photonicpizza1466
    @photonicpizza1466 Před 3 lety +424

    As a Czech, the "pal do piče" with the Polish invasion bit made me crack up.

    • @mikaoleander
      @mikaoleander Před 3 lety +14

      what does it mean?

    • @mydoooom
      @mydoooom Před 3 lety +59

      @@mikaoleander nearly impossible to translate well but it means something like "go to hell"!

    • @matejpimper3354
      @matejpimper3354 Před 3 lety +44

      @@mikaoleander "bugger off" (not very politely)

    • @jakesteampson7043
      @jakesteampson7043 Před 3 lety +51

      @@mikaoleander Basically "Fuck off"

    • @themumblingdumpling2838
      @themumblingdumpling2838 Před 3 lety +32

      It's "fuck off", right?
      Also, greetings from Poland. :D

  • @willwoodward5827
    @willwoodward5827 Před 8 měsíci

    i bought a world map shower curtain and this only just occured to me to listen to the this song and the animaniacs song about the countries in the shower. i usually listen to a book. thanks for this. amazing work.

  • @roambunny7330
    @roambunny7330 Před 4 měsíci

    I've been trying to learn this for the past couple weeks and i think I've finally mastered it

  • @rrrabab
    @rrrabab Před 3 lety +491

    I'm Bangladeshi and I confirm my country is a wizard.

  • @mattthesilent777RED
    @mattthesilent777RED Před 2 lety +790

    Hey Jay, which was more difficult, getting the lyrics right or not laughing? I tried but it was actually very funny

    • @JayForeman
      @JayForeman  Před 2 lety +492

      We used autocue and a backing track for the majority of this song. Apart from the spoken intro, which took several excruciating takes and was no laughing matter.

    • @mattthesilent777RED
      @mattthesilent777RED Před 2 lety +23

      @@JayForeman One topic for Map Men or something like that is an idea for a UK Motorway or an Underground line, something like that?

  • @marty6779
    @marty6779 Před 9 měsíci +1

    2:00 Switzerland looks happy

  • @blaqace
    @blaqace Před 9 měsíci

    I love CZcams for recommending this video, you got a new subscriber+1❤

  • @Alkaloid-Odin
    @Alkaloid-Odin Před 3 lety +222

    I thought "Egypt" in the beginning and it's the proudest moment of my life.

  • @hotelmario510
    @hotelmario510 Před 3 lety +176

    Jay's "girl voice" is shockingly good

    • @TR.372
      @TR.372 Před 3 lety +2

      Literally sounds like every customer service person I've ever spoken to on the phone. Uncanny

  • @cm3156
    @cm3156 Před rokem

    i have no words for the beauty of this song. except these ones.

  • @amyhatto4420
    @amyhatto4420 Před rokem

    This is seriously impressive!!!

  • @SquirtyBertie
    @SquirtyBertie Před 3 lety +1934

    I was very disappointed after listing through the whole song to find no countries were missing ...
    Afghanistan 02:36
    Albania 04:39
    Algeria 03:00
    Andorra 03:46
    Angola 04:58
    Antigua and Barbuda 03:47
    Argentina 03:20
    Armenia 04:24
    Australia 01:28
    Austria 03:48
    Azerbaijan 04:21
    The Bahamas 02:28
    Bahrain 03:59
    Bangladesh 00:14
    Barbados 03:48
    Belarus 03:49
    Belgium 03:48
    Belize 02:58
    Benin 00:45
    Bhutan 03:49
    Bolivia 03:14
    Bosnia and Herzegovina 04:49
    Botswana 02:49
    Brazil 04:43
    Brunei 00:51
    Bulgaria 04:41
    Burkina Faso 00:39
    Burundi 00:56
    Cabo Verde 02:28
    Cambodia 03:50
    Cameroon 03:27
    Canada 01:45
    Central African Republic 02:47
    Chad 02:50
    Chile 04:04
    China 01:24
    Colombia 03:09
    Comoros 04:34
    Congo, Democratic Republic of the 02:37
    Congo, Republic of the 02:54
    Costa Rica 00:48
    Côte d’Ivoire 05:06
    Croatia 04:12
    Cuba 01:01
    Cyprus 02:40
    Czech Republic 03:51
    Denmark 01:23
    Djibouti 03:51
    Dominica 03:51
    Dominican Republic 03:22
    East Timor (Timor-Leste) 01:36
    Ecuador 03:59
    Egypt 05:28
    El Salvador 04:16
    Equatorial Guinea 05:08
    Eritrea 02:39
    Estonia 03:52
    Eswatini 02:50
    Ethiopia 02:01
    Fiji 02:25
    Finland 01:23
    France 01:14
    Gabon 00:52
    The Gambia 04:09
    Georgia 00:11
    Germany 01:57
    Ghana 00:19
    Greece 02:09
    Grenada 03:52
    Guatemala 01:31
    Guinea 01:38
    Guinea-Bissau 01:09
    Guyana 01:59
    Haiti 04:12
    Honduras 03:01
    Hungary 03:52
    Iceland 03:52
    India 00:58
    Indonesia 02:15
    Iran 01:24
    Iraq 03:06
    Ireland 02:10
    Israel 01:40
    Italy 00:42
    Jamaica 04:27
    Japan 01:29
    Jordan 03:06
    Kazakhstan 01:52
    Kenya 03:01
    Kiribati 02:43
    Korea, North 01:02
    Korea, South 01:02
    Kosovo 02:40
    Kuwait 00:53
    Kyrgyzstan 03:04
    Laos 04:25
    Latvia 03:53
    Lebanon 00:49
    Lesotho 03:24
    Liberia 00:24
    Libya 05:03
    Liechtenstein 03:19
    Lithuania 03:53
    Luxembourg 01:25
    Madagascar 00:54
    Malawi 01:09
    Malaysia 00:25
    Maldives 02:25
    Mali 00:37
    Malta 04:27
    Marshall Islands 02:26
    Mauritania 01:08
    Mauritius 00:51
    Mexico 03:30
    Micronesia, Federated States of 02:25
    Moldova 01:38
    Monaco 04:02
    Mongolia 02:52
    Montenegro 04:52
    Morocco 02:42
    Mozambique 01:04
    Myanmar (Burma) 02:55
    Namibia 02:37
    Nauru 01:11
    Nepal 01:21
    Netherlands 02:31
    New Zealand 02:04
    Nicaragua 03:16
    Niger 04:27
    Nigeria 05:01
    North Macedonia 00:21
    Norway 02:03
    Oman 00:30
    Pakistan 04:19
    Palau 04:18
    Panama 04:10
    Papua New Guinea 00:44
    Paraguay 01:06
    Peru 01:58
    Philippines 02:09
    Poland 01:50
    Portugal 03:32
    Qatar 00:56
    Romania 03:53
    Russia 00:34
    Rwanda 01:38
    Saint Kitts and Nevis 02:26
    Saint Lucia 03:53
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 02:23
    Samoa 03:56
    San Marino 02:46
    Sao Tome and Principe 02:27
    Saudi Arabia 03:32
    Senegal 02:45
    Serbia 03:54
    Seychelles 02:24
    Sierra Leone 01:19
    Singapore 00:51
    Slovakia 00:10
    Slovenia 00:59
    Solomon Islands 02:24
    Somalia 01:13
    South Africa 04:40
    Spain 03:12
    Sri Lanka 03:02
    Sudan 04:57
    Sudan, South 01:21
    Suriname 05:07
    Sweden 02:03
    Switzerland 02:01
    Syria 04:14
    Tajikistan 02:11
    Tanzania 03:54
    Thailand 02:13
    Togo 00:45
    Tonga 02:29
    Trinidad and Tobago 02:22
    Tunisia 04:39
    Turkey 04:43
    Turkmenistan 04:37
    Tuvalu 04:36
    Uganda 04:06
    Ukraine 02:38
    United Arab Emirates 00:30
    United Kingdom 04:31
    United States 01:44
    Uruguay 03:55
    Uzbekistan 01:05
    Vanuatu 02:29
    Vatican City 03:35
    Venezuela 02:38
    Vietnam 04:10
    Yemen 00:32
    Zambia 04:13
    Zimbabwe 03:55

  • @dempsey8796
    @dempsey8796 Před 3 lety +84

    Was anyone else really suprised by the lack of the Map Men intro song? I thought the cold open was just lasting longer than usual, took me until botswana to come to terms with it

    • @Kimberton149
      @Kimberton149 Před 3 lety +4

      "Took me until Botswana to come to terms with it" is a lovely phrase

    • @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721
      @vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 Před 3 lety +1

      @@Kimberton149 If there's any country to come to terms with, it's Botswana. Or maybe Belgium, either one.

    • @dempsey8796
      @dempsey8796 Před 3 lety

      @@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 idk mate, i'm just thankful it wasn't lesotho, then i coulda been in a bad place

  • @MesaperProductions
    @MesaperProductions Před 5 měsíci +1

    I love how they're like:
    "That's a stupid, horrible, dumb, bad, horrible, stupid question."
    "We must answer it immediately."
    "Yes, of course."

  • @shreediculous
    @shreediculous Před 3 měsíci

    This needs to be released as a song!

  • @felipeitoanuatti
    @felipeitoanuatti Před 3 lety +149

    The Monty Python energy in this one is stronger than usual

  • @pulkitmohta8964
    @pulkitmohta8964 Před 3 lety +221

    The amount of brainstorming and the number of times seeing the world map for writing this song can only be the work of these two geniuses

    • @juliusnepos6013
      @juliusnepos6013 Před 3 lety +1

      Yes

    • @aagamjain1395
      @aagamjain1395 Před 2 lety +1

      Now you have 193 like, which is like the 69 for geography nerds

    • @Hand-in-Shot_Productions
      @Hand-in-Shot_Productions Před rokem

      @@aagamjain1395 Indeed! Now that you mention it, that would make it a lot of effort! Thanks for mentioning it!

  • @acrux1918
    @acrux1918 Před rokem +8

    Yakko's world walked so that the squarest country could run.

  • @fonkinstubbleduck9163
    @fonkinstubbleduck9163 Před 8 měsíci +1

    I literally guessed it from the beginning. Too good. (In my opinion its honestly more like a triangle, but everyone always argues with me about it)

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před 3 lety +916

    "Poland would look like a square if it invaded to the south"
    Czechs: *Ah sht here we go again*

    • @thewhovianhippo7103
      @thewhovianhippo7103 Před 3 lety +51

      Poland Invades: check mate

    • @thekurdishguy2162
      @thekurdishguy2162 Před 3 lety +3

      @@thewhovianhippo7103 ha check

    • @Whiggism
      @Whiggism Před 3 lety

      Hello

    • @milokojjones
      @milokojjones Před 3 lety +43

      Well you need reason to invade country, so I think that Poland would invade to obtain strategical resources, such as the resource of - '' Church '' - which is greatly valued in the Polish land, Czechs would however launch offensive to the north, capturing the strategical resource of - '' Brewery '' - which is to utter importance for Czech mates.

    • @KXKeytinho
      @KXKeytinho Před 3 lety +3

      Well, Poland is very square in shape. Even without Czechia

  • @MohammedSafwat1
    @MohammedSafwat1 Před 3 lety +41

    I'm egyptian , I was enjoying the song so much that I didn't thought of egypt as the right answer

  • @thekoifishcoyote8762
    @thekoifishcoyote8762 Před 3 dny

    The ultimate geography nerd challenge: recite this song by memory while pointing at the countries on a map

  • @sexybreadloafs
    @sexybreadloafs Před rokem

    i need a karaoke version of this since i have been obsessed with listening to the song for 2months