@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 but as Armenia sided with Artashk during the 2020 War when Azerbaijan invaded, and the treaty mentions it and it’s ties to Armenia, Armenia now in practice has recognition of it.
I'm fairly sure this is the first time a territory has been called the "real life Boss Baby", so congratulations, Bougainville! I don't want to interfere in your politics or anything, but just saying, if you wanted to ban Sam from Half as Interesting from entering your country for making that comparison, it would be entirely within your rights to do so.
I think Bougainville should lean into it. Create a tourism campaign based on Boss Baby, declare a national holiday called Boss Baby Day, give Alec Baldwin honorary citizenship, all that jazz.
What about other “real life Boss Babies” around the world? Examples include: 1.) Scotland and Wales, United Kingdom 2.) Catalonia and the other autonomous regions of Spain 3.) Azores and Madeira, Portugal 4.) Flanders and Wallonia, Belgium 5.) Aruba and Curacao, Netherlands 6.) Corsica, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, France 7.) Greenland and Faroe Islands, Denmark 8.) Aland Islands, Finland 9.) Bavaria, Germany 10.) Transnistria and Gagauzia, Moldova 11.) South Tyrol and Sardinia, Italy 12.) Mount Athos, Greece 13.) Chechnya and the other Republics of Russia 14.) Kosovo and Vojvodina, Serbia 15.) Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Cyprus 17.) Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia 18.) Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq 19.) Somaliland, Somalia 20.) Zanzibar, Tanzania 21.) Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan 22.) Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan 23.) Rodrigues, Mauritius 24.) Hong Kong and Macau, China 25.) Aceh and West Papua, Indonesia 26.) Bangsamoro, Philippines 27.) Torres Strait Islands, Australia 28.) Niue and Cook Islands, New Zeland 29.) Rotuma, Fiji 30.) Guam, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana, United States 31.) Quebec, Canada 32.) Nevis, St Kitts and Nevis 33.) Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
I’m so glad people are finally talking about this! This was announced a few months ago and nobody was talking about it. Can’t wait to welcome Bougainville into the world!
for some reason when I saw the year 2027 I immediately thought "well that's 27 years from now", also kinda got surprised when I heard it will happen in 6 years lmao.
For some reason, so many of us keep thinking our years in the frame as somewhere in the 2000s. Where "10 years ago" keep meaning somewhere in the 90s, "20 years ago" is the 80s, and numbers like 2025 (or 2027) feels like the "distant future but in our lifetimes". We keep ignoring the 2010s and I'm not sure why.
It’s because pop culture (and especially radio stations) avoid saying ‘00s and ‘10s but eagerly talk about the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s (“playing the greatest hits from the eighties, nineties, and today!” despite “today” now officially being longer than the ‘80s and ‘90s combined).
@@RhoninFire I think most people have accepted that the 90s are at least 20 years ago, 80s are at least 30 years ago, and so on. At least millennials and younger anyway. What’s really mind boggling is that the 90s will soon be 30 years ago and the 80s will soon be 40 years ago 😮
3:33 already excited to see this in your next "every mistake we‘ve ever made video" - Bhutan does not recognize France hehe. Of course this might’ve just been a trick to get me to comment this to boost the TH-cam algorithms rank of this video, if so I‘ve totally fallen for it
The funny thing about England building a Gundam in Australia _(as I'm perfectly sure Half as Interesting knows about when deliberately including this joke)_ is that Operation British (in the Gundam metaverse) kind of "accidentally" caused Sydney to get vaporized when the space colony completely missed its intended target of Jaburo in South America. *Whoops.*
Actually, if you include Mobile Fighter G Gundam as part of the Gundam-verse, the UK already has a Gundam because in the future every country has it's own Gundam representing it in the global battle royale to determine who will be president of Earth.
And believe it or not, Russia is the main factory of all Gundam related parts. Including the experimental ones. Japan only has their initial model but with USA (or United Federal Coalition which is basically psuedo NATO) and Germania having superior and advanced technology that made the arms race of Gundam. From small time Saudi Arabian and Iran types to sophisticated German technology that is so over engineered that it always get stolen by bad guys
It probably won't due to the pro-independence movement's boycott of the coming referendum due to Covid related issues... But still ! A very interesting subject and a similar case to Bougainville in terms of colonial history, China's interest in the archipelago and mining ressources (NC is estimated to possess about a quarter of global reserves of nickel)
@@SucceedingDespiteIdiocy OMG I didn't even think about that! Wouldn't that be a slap in the face of Scots if New Caledonia is independent way before (Old) Caledonia proper ever was??
@@mrthetheo123 Yeah, as a metropolitan Frenchman, the FLNKS's goals are beyond my understanding. Why would you demand another referendum and then call for its boycott? It's almost like both sides want to lose.
It's exciting to see a new country being formed. My only worry is that China has already stated they plan to incorporate the new nation into their Belt and Road Initiative, meaning the countries independence is already under threat and they may return to being a colony under imperial rule again.
the ccp are like the combine from half-life; they want full control of the world, to strip it of all its recourses, force everyone into prison like cities, effectively destroy everyone's freedoms and their advisor is some malevolent bug creature.
thats... not how what works. They might become dependent on China sending them financial aid, which China tends to send to small island nations on the condition they recognize China over Taiwan, but that really isnt close to what you're saying. And if instead they form close ties with Australia and receive aid from them their isnt much China can do.
@@jonas1015119 yeah they can bully Australia through our imports like they do now to influence our politics so that we stop recognizing them and agree they are part of China or they will just do what they did with wine. Threaten to stop all imports of a product they buy more than 90% of our supply of. It's economic blackmail. They do it nearly every year to us with something
Or there will be a trade 📴 off. No more Taiwan! China will finalize it as part 〽️ of the mainland by 2027. So basically we will have the same number of countries! Unless the United States of America starts its own maritime trading global investments networks with unconditional ⛑️ aid to island 🏝️ nations. China is going to belt them all.
That 6 year waiting period will probably be a good thing what with the whole, needing to prepare for full country-hood. Obviously it could be shorter than 6 years but that kinda lead up time should give them ample opportunity to be prepared at least
This isn't the most typical Half as Interesting topic, but you covered the topic pretty well. The HAI format works surprisingly well at delivering news. Makes you wonder what we need all that other news for.
after learning about the banana republics and some other coups, now my stance whenever a new country breaks off with a single driving economy (mines, etc) is "okay, which american company started the civil war this time"
@@hbowman108 we’re trying so hard to be America, and after Bougainville, PNG, Timor-Leste, the Solomons, Nauru… genocide after European invasion, wait… we might be exactly the same
Taiwan is a country full stop. They issue their own passports that are recognized by almost every country on earth. They have their own military. Their own government. Their own currency. And an over 70 year history of self-rule. By every metric other than embassies they are their own country, and even that is a recent change due to pressure by the CCP.
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Even though Taiwan's passport are recognized by the majority of countries and many countries have in some form diplomatic or trade relations with Taiwan, only 15 countries openly recognize Taiwan as an independant country, that is not enough for Taiwan to get status as a country, ecpesially by UN standards. On the international stage Taiwan is still an autonomis region of China even though they are often not treated like that and in reality function as its own country
@@carlthomas8746 That is true. However, nobody can deny that for decades it not only functioned as a full-fledged country, but was a leader on the world stage. It was one of the 5 permanent members of the UN security council. It only lost this status due to political (and economic) pressure by communist China. The UN might deny Taiwan now, but that doesn't cancel the reality that Taiwan was one of its founders and leaders in the days when world politicians had a bit more backbone.
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on not the same note, there is a shopping mall in the city of Goiânia, capital of the Goiás state, located in the Midwest region of Brazil named Bougainville
It’s named after Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville, who fought in the Seven Years’ War in what is now Quebec before he went exploring in the Pacific.
He said "Taiwan is already planning to incorporate them into their global economic strategy" except he pronounced Taiwan like 'China'. So many pronunciation mistakes today.
@@AndrewPonti When it comes to name itself it sounds like a non-descript French city. As for the meaning it clearly reflects a colonial past. Hardly the stuff you'll want a new country to be named after.
@@soundscape26 I gottcha, that makes a lot of sense - and yes, it is from that era. Also a big WWII battle. But who's to say they aren't (re)claiming it as their own to get past that. Who knows! Although I can see your point of them going with a really cool, authentic South Pacific name that maybe was what they called it originally. Who knows. Would be a good video as well.
@@rachelcookie321 You might be the only person watching this who doesn't know that the UK has it's own version of Trump. He's called Johnson and is the Prime Minister. He is a liar and cheat. Not my opinion, but that of his political supporters, who despite this continue to support him. You couldn't make it up. As for the referendum, I'm referring to the one that gave credibility to the lies that removed the UK from the EU.
@@nicolek4076 oh, Boris Johnson. I just didn’t know you were referring to him. I’ve never heard him be called just “Johnson” before it’s always “Boris Johnson”. And trust me, I know very much about Boris Johnson and is idiocies as I’m from Britain as well and I completely agree with you.don’t know how he was voted in.
@@rachelcookie321 I call him Johnson, because to use his given might imply an approval for anything he does. I revile him and all who stand up for him.
Tourism will never be big anywhere in PNG. The costs of airfares, accommodation, lack of safe public transportation and suitable hospitals. I am looking at going to Bougainville when they offer a specials fare again. Last time it was about K1000 return (US$287.83 ) from here the last ones sold out in under 5 minutes while I was asking my boss for time off. I did Manus return for K 354 return instead. Tuesday special fares. Usually sold out as soon as released. Accommodation in a 2 to 3 star hotel is about US$100 a night, local transport is interesting to say the least. At least I have Bougainvilleian friends not only there but here that I can plan with.
"China's already incorporated into its overseas economic strategy." In other words China will build infrastructure in the nation and mount crippling debt, and then have exclusive access to the copper mine. It's better to stay with Papua New Guinea.
New Caledonia votes on Independence this year, and it's going to be tight, but they'll likely become a new country before Bougainville. So start saving, because you'll need a new map before 2027.. Chuukese also votes for independence from Micronesia, but even if that's agreed it might not go well.
Yes chuuk I heard about that too what about transnistria they have everything all they need is recognition and it’s set or what about greater Romania ?
Your pronunciation of Bougainville literally blew my mind. I have studied the pacific for years, and have heard a few pronunciations, but that one was new.
That is the standard American pronunciation. It is in the American lexicon, because it was a big battle during the WWII Solomon Islands campaign. PS Don't confuse it with the plant.
@@jeffreypierson2064 Wow, I guess I have only read American scholars.. or perhaps they pronounced it differently because of the audience. That is wild. In fairness, it is a lot more phonetic than how Australians, Kiwis and most pacific islanders say it.
I’ve always heard it pronounced as bogan-ville, and given how often it’s on the ABC News, I am pretty happy to accept they know a little more about this than Sam. Boogan-ville, ew.
"There’s no more Soviet Unions to break off from." There’s 100s of breakaway regions trying to get their independence + The PRC still exists which is still occupying Tibet and East-Turkestan.
I was born on Bougainville, child of the mine and I am not ignorant to what BCL did and didn't do. I was there in the good times and then the worst. I am SOOO happy to find out that Bougainville can be autonomous and free, finally !! And finally people are hearing the name Bougainville and can learn about it. For a long time when I moved to the UK, I didn't think anyone would ever know about this beautiful tropical island. Pikinini Boss Bougainville 😅❤ my island, Bougainville 💓💓💓
Top financial advice: If you need to buy a map before 2027, choose one with a resolution / level of detail too low to show Bougainville. That way it’ll be up to date for years to come!
@@caeruleusvm7621 I pity the Bougainville boy who has to clean the pools with a large net after the Australians have had a go at it, straining to lift all the collected beer-cans... :-)
Usually you’d be at the top of the comment section due to a possible deal you may or may not have made with the comment algorithm gods, but here I am in the timed sort.
The 8 years is because that's how long the massive copper mine will remain profitable and then pulling out won't hurt them as much as it will Bougainville who inherit a useless environmental disaster and now Paupa New Guinea doesn't have to deal with the cleanup.
Bougainville. My Grandpa spent some time there in the mid 1940's. I remember stories of being stuck on an atol where they were low on supplies and had to grow food in their own feces...
Australia intentionally stole Bougainville and other islands from the Solomon Islands when it was discvovered that there was minerals to be exploited. PNG was under Australian administrative control and therefore they pushed the border over to include Bougainville inorder to steal resources from Solomon Islands. The US had a hand in this mine and Australia also (same as west papua now), when the locals began to fight back, Australia supplied helicopter gunships to shoot up whole villages and in many cases dump bodies of the dead far out in the Solomon Sea. It is an absolute war crime what Australia has done to the Solomon Islands and the Solomon Islands curriculum intentionally has Bougainville ommitted so that the Islanders grow up not knowing that they were robbed and submitted to sanctioned genocide by Australia/US/PNG.
For now Bouganville is known as one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea. I cannot wait for my home to finally gain independence and become its own country.
The law of bigger army states that you are a country if you are able to point to and say "This army", when someone challenges your claim to be a country with "You and what army?"
3:33 France, like all other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, has no diplomatic relations with Bhutan, so it's not recognized by _every_ country exactly.
1 This morning I want to talk about the subject: “the transfer of spirits”.Initially, it was by synods and ecumenical councils that the transfer of spirits started, then by the submission of the Church to the State through statutes and internal regulations,then by unions, federations and councils of churches, and now by the conventions and even by giving up the pulpit to one who does not believe point by point or who does not have the same spirit as you; even if he preached right. 2 The transfer of spirits also takes place during clothing exchanges or lending with someone who is not a Brother or a Sister. Also by allying oneself with some people as it can be seen in 2 Chronicles 20:35 to 37 and 2 Chronicles 18 and 2 Chronicles 19:1 to 3. Jehoshaphat must understand that God does not want us to make friends with an unbeliever or an idolater. You do not have the right to go to a vigil, convention or meeting of those Catholic, Protestant, evangelical churches, missions and ministries including the whole of the Branhamists, that is to say those who still follow the Message of William Branham even in all its purity. For the consequence, it is the transfer of spirits. 3 You cannot sing or pray with someone before you have agreed upon the last point that differentiates you, because behind a Branhamist, Baptist or Foursquare, there are as many demons as behind a Catholic. Do you grasp that? Behind a Catholic, Protestant, evangelical or a Branhamist, there are as many demons as behind one who follows Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry or Voodoo. [Kc.89v3] 4 Hundreds of demons can stand behind only one falsehood. [Ed: The congregation says, “Amen!”]. And never pronounce yourselves on a dream of those people… Never gather together for the smallest prayer. If the situation surprised you, do not close your eyes or simply go out. The Bible says not to have communion with demons. [Kc.19v1] 5 Do not get flattered by any word because you are not "brother" or "sisters" in the same Jesus-Christ. You do not have the right to call a Baptist or Adventist or Branhamist: "brother in Christ", and do not let them call you this way. They are our neighbours and we love them for the Bible said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". We look on their prayers as incantations in the name of Jesus Christ. And we look on their churches as the altars of the gods of Egypt. And we must be strict towards them to avoid any transfer of spirits in our lives. [Kc.67v30] 6 And when somebody comes to us from those churches, whether he is baptised in the Name of Jesus-Christ or in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, whether he is baptised by immersion or aspersion, he must purely and simply be re-baptised. 7 You must know that there are two tendencies on the earth: them and us. "And he that is not with us is against us, and he that gathers not with us scatters." Luke 11:23. Everything they are doing, it is witchcraft, leading souls into captivity for hell. The same way that we burn their bibles, treaties and others, it is in this way that God will cast them into the burning lake of fire. 8 The God of Israel is different from the god of the Arabs around Israel. And our God is different from the god of the churches which are around us. And these Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, and all those that you see around us, they are Iraqis, Jordanians, Lebanese, Syrians, Pakistanis and Arabs around us. Israel, it is the valley of the prophets and a son of God follows a living prophet because the prophet is the mouth of God on earth. The Bible is the book of the books of the prophets and a child of God cannot live outside of a living prophet. [Ed: The congregation says, “Amen!”]. [Kc.114v20] 9 Put these things into practice and I say that those spirits that you took from them in the past will be sent back to them. And in the Name of Jesus-Christ, it will be so! Have a mastery of this subject: "the transfer of spirits". Burn those false bibles and the devil will know that he has no portion with you. Let those men know that you are not in the same dimension. 10 For you who come from the evening Message, there are some Branhamists who laid hands upon one another during the washing of the feet. At midnight, this is no more possible because of the transfer of spirits. It is the same for churches, assemblies where people who pray by holding hands or laying hands upon one another.
The mine hasn't operated for 30 years. It is going to take some work to get it up and running again. There are also legal issues around ownership as Bougainville Copper is a PNG subsidiary of Rio Tinto but with PNG government owning 20%. Just some of the wrangling that needs a bit of time to sort out before independence.
0:03 Just curious, there are 193 Full Member countries of the 🇺🇳UN, so what is the 194th country?? (you discuss later about adding 🇽🇰Kosovo, 🇻🇦Vatican City, 🇵🇸Palestine & 🇹🇼Taiwan)
Sadly followed up by a mistake: the Vatican doesn’t recognize Taiwan, it recognizes the government on the island of Taiwan-the Republic of China-as the true representative of China. So it’s only one additional country, not two.
I was hoping I wasn't the only one! Australian here (even though I apparently don't exist!) I always thought it was pronounced "Bogan-ville"? which always made me smile - most other non existing Australians will get why!! :)
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I think the only reason Sam has this channel is to fund and satisfy his crippling stock footage addiction
Hehe.
@@Special_K_42069 Boi
He should make a video about it lol
Even HAI, but especially Wendover, does a better job of not just looking like a pile of stock shots than anybody.
@@baylinkdashyt Yes, they should have a competition and discussion about it, it would be called "Sam I am".
Y’know, Bougainville could market themselves as a tourist destination.
"Come visit the newest country in the world!"
Until it didn't
@@MASB29 Then just add a tiny "almost" next to the "newest"
I don't see it bringing people to South Sudan
@@daveharrison84 yeah because it's unstable Bougainville would be stable
Drew Binsky will be their first visitor, probably.
Sam: a country is a country when another country recognizes it.
Me: creates two countries that recognize each other
That's what Transnistria and Artsakh did.
Aw yeah, it's big brain time.
@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 but as Armenia sided with Artashk during the 2020 War when Azerbaijan invaded, and the treaty mentions it and it’s ties to Armenia, Armenia now in practice has recognition of it.
@@darkbrightnorth well no, the united states recognizes kosovo and china recognizes the United States, but that does not mean China recognizes Kosovo.
@@supernt7852 Pretty sure those two - what Dark Bright explains and your example you compare it to - are the same.
I'm fairly sure this is the first time a territory has been called the "real life Boss Baby", so congratulations, Bougainville! I don't want to interfere in your politics or anything, but just saying, if you wanted to ban Sam from Half as Interesting from entering your country for making that comparison, it would be entirely within your rights to do so.
I think Bougainville should lean into it. Create a tourism campaign based on Boss Baby, declare a national holiday called Boss Baby Day, give Alec Baldwin honorary citizenship, all that jazz.
i like how a yt comments section is deciding the fate of a country
Is Sam from Wendover allowed to go and make a 15-25 minute long video, or maybe an hour long Nebula original?
What about other “real life Boss Babies” around the world? Examples include:
1.) Scotland and Wales, United Kingdom
2.) Catalonia and the other autonomous regions of Spain
3.) Azores and Madeira, Portugal
4.) Flanders and Wallonia, Belgium
5.) Aruba and Curacao, Netherlands
6.) Corsica, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, France
7.) Greenland and Faroe Islands, Denmark
8.) Aland Islands, Finland
9.) Bavaria, Germany
10.) Transnistria and Gagauzia, Moldova
11.) South Tyrol and Sardinia, Italy
12.) Mount Athos, Greece
13.) Chechnya and the other Republics of Russia
14.) Kosovo and Vojvodina, Serbia
15.) Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina
16.) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Cyprus
17.) Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia
18.) Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq
19.) Somaliland, Somalia
20.) Zanzibar, Tanzania
21.) Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan
22.) Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan
23.) Rodrigues, Mauritius
24.) Hong Kong and Macau, China
25.) Aceh and West Papua, Indonesia
26.) Bangsamoro, Philippines
27.) Torres Strait Islands, Australia
28.) Niue and Cook Islands, New Zeland
29.) Rotuma, Fiji
30.) Guam, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana, United States
31.) Quebec, Canada
32.) Nevis, St Kitts and Nevis
33.) Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago
@@aaronj5035 "Scotland and Wales"
*sad Northern Ireland noises, the always-forgotten redheaded stepchild*
Using a childrens movie to describe a almost country is a genius move by ur writers👍
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Sam is his own writer, mostly.
@@xChillOutHDx hmmm
I’m so glad people are finally talking about this! This was announced a few months ago and nobody was talking about it. Can’t wait to welcome Bougainville into the world!
How?
When people talk more about pictures of apes than the creation of a new country
They already are in the world.
@@TriNguyen-he7xk Fair point
Well, I can wait. Learn how to wait for things
for some reason when I saw the year 2027 I immediately thought "well that's 27 years from now", also kinda got surprised when I heard it will happen in 6 years lmao.
For some reason, so many of us keep thinking our years in the frame as somewhere in the 2000s. Where "10 years ago" keep meaning somewhere in the 90s, "20 years ago" is the 80s, and numbers like 2025 (or 2027) feels like the "distant future but in our lifetimes". We keep ignoring the 2010s and I'm not sure why.
we're almost closer to 2027 than 2016
@@ado3247 idk why that is so mindblowing to me
It’s because pop culture (and especially radio stations) avoid saying ‘00s and ‘10s but eagerly talk about the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s (“playing the greatest hits from the eighties, nineties, and today!” despite “today” now officially being longer than the ‘80s and ‘90s combined).
@@RhoninFire I think most people have accepted that the 90s are at least 20 years ago, 80s are at least 30 years ago, and so on. At least millennials and younger anyway.
What’s really mind boggling is that the 90s will soon be 30 years ago and the 80s will soon be 40 years ago 😮
Fun Fact: that map from the animaniacs actually still has Prussia on it.
That song is full of mistakes, why wouldn't the map be?
You mean the new 19th century map song, right?
@@camelopardalis84 bro why u deleting ur account?
Yakkos World is one of the best songs from the show though
3:33 already excited to see this in your next "every mistake we‘ve ever made video" - Bhutan does not recognize France hehe. Of course this might’ve just been a trick to get me to comment this to boost the TH-cam algorithms rank of this video, if so I‘ve totally fallen for it
Do they really not recognize France? Or is it just like with most other countries that they don’t have any official diplomatic relations with them?
Well technically many those small states do not recognize many countries. My country Bosnia is not recognized by 30 or so countries.
Just don't recognise Bhutan
@@EdinProfa eh, bosnia is recognized by every country. Its just that they dont have diplomatic relation with some country
@@ganonk79 Bhutan doesn't recognize either china it is pretty weird
The funny thing about England building a Gundam in Australia _(as I'm perfectly sure Half as Interesting knows about when deliberately including this joke)_ is that Operation British (in the Gundam metaverse) kind of "accidentally" caused Sydney to get vaporized when the space colony completely missed its intended target of Jaburo in South America.
*Whoops.*
GOOOD
Actually, if you include Mobile Fighter G Gundam as part of the Gundam-verse, the UK already has a Gundam because in the future every country has it's own Gundam representing it in the global battle royale to determine who will be president of Earth.
@@catdogmousecheese Damn Gundam is a lot more interesting than I thought
I love Gundam but it is a soap opera with robots and don't let any summary convince you otherwise
And believe it or not, Russia is the main factory of all Gundam related parts. Including the experimental ones. Japan only has their initial model but with USA (or United Federal Coalition which is basically psuedo NATO) and Germania having superior and advanced technology that made the arms race of Gundam. From small time Saudi Arabian and Iran types to sophisticated German technology that is so over engineered that it always get stolen by bad guys
Actually, New Caledonia might become a country before them, if their final referendum gets over 50% 'yes' votes.
Get that Old Caledonia out of here. All my homies want that New Caledonia shit.
Whereas us folks in Old Caledonia (Scotland) are still toying with the idea of becoming a 'nation' rather than a 'country' with another referendum...
It probably won't due to the pro-independence movement's boycott of the coming referendum due to Covid related issues... But still ! A very interesting subject and a similar case to Bougainville in terms of colonial history, China's interest in the archipelago and mining ressources (NC is estimated to possess about a quarter of global reserves of nickel)
@@SucceedingDespiteIdiocy OMG I didn't even think about that! Wouldn't that be a slap in the face of Scots if New Caledonia is independent way before (Old) Caledonia proper ever was??
@@mrthetheo123 Yeah, as a metropolitan Frenchman, the FLNKS's goals are beyond my understanding. Why would you demand another referendum and then call for its boycott? It's almost like both sides want to lose.
1:29 "England is building a GOONDAM"
loved the little animation there (and I'll admit I loved the mispronunciation too)
Thanks for the heads-up man. I don't wanna be using an outdated map in 6 years. That would be frickin cringe.
I love covering topics like this. What a fantastic video.
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It’s like he’s graduated from reading wikipedia pages to reading future wikipedia pages
I don't. The world needs no more countries
I just love that someone out there has "Excited person gesturing the number 3 for several seconds" on their acting credits.
It’s just the second sequel to “Excited person gesturing the number 1 for several seconds,” and the franchise is getting stale at this point.
@@PaulMcElligott checkmark with only 200 subs :o
Nice timing, literally just yesterday I found out about Bougainville wanting independence lol
same, wtf
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I found out today when this video was recommended to me. I also learned what Bougainville is.
lol
It's exciting to see a new country being formed. My only worry is that China has already stated they plan to incorporate the new nation into their Belt and Road Initiative, meaning the countries independence is already under threat and they may return to being a colony under imperial rule again.
the ccp are like the combine from half-life; they want full control of the world, to strip it of all its recourses, force everyone into prison like cities, effectively destroy everyone's freedoms and their advisor is some malevolent bug creature.
Neo-colony ≠ colony proper. The French neo-colonies in West Africa have a hell of a lot more independence than Kurdistan does in Turkey, for example.
thats... not how what works. They might become dependent on China sending them financial aid, which China tends to send to small island nations on the condition they recognize China over Taiwan, but that really isnt close to what you're saying. And if instead they form close ties with Australia and receive aid from them their isnt much China can do.
@@jonas1015119 yeah they can bully Australia through our imports like they do now to influence our politics so that we stop recognizing them and agree they are part of China or they will just do what they did with wine. Threaten to stop all imports of a product they buy more than 90% of our supply of. It's economic blackmail. They do it nearly every year to us with something
Or there will be a trade 📴 off.
No more Taiwan! China will finalize it as part 〽️ of the mainland by 2027.
So basically we will have the same number of countries!
Unless the United States of America starts its own maritime trading global investments networks with unconditional ⛑️ aid to island 🏝️ nations. China is going to belt them all.
That 6 year waiting period will probably be a good thing what with the whole, needing to prepare for full country-hood. Obviously it could be shorter than 6 years but that kinda lead up time should give them ample opportunity to be prepared at least
It also, I'd imagine, gives enough time for Papua New Guinea to milk as much as they can out of that mine.
Especially since their capital apparently got mostly destroyed during their civil war
Bougenville is probably one of the best names you could name a country
its most likely from a flower called Bougainvillea
@@vincenttt8289 Actually it's because both are named for the same thing, in this case a person. French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville.
@@vincenttt8289 "The main island was named after French admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who reached it in 1768." -wikipedia
@@jps0117 And the genus of flower in question, which is a New World species, was also named after him.
Yeah 😂
This isn't the most typical Half as Interesting topic, but you covered the topic pretty well. The HAI format works surprisingly well at delivering news. Makes you wonder what we need all that other news for.
At first I read "this is the most typical Hai topic" and I thought "yep, it really is"
Meanwhile, the Animamiac writers are like, “We’ll write this song right before the USSR collapses. It’ll be up to date for decades.” 🤣
Timor Leste
Serbia
Montenegro
Kosovo?
South Sudan
They made the right call sort of not caring about being 100% accurate. Because there's no way it was going to be accurate for long anyway.
guy who's only seen Boss Baby: "getting a lot of boss baby vibes from this country"
getting a lot of boss baby vibes from this comment
after learning about the banana republics and some other coups, now my stance whenever a new country breaks off with a single driving economy (mines, etc) is "okay, which american company started the civil war this time"
See! Australia can do it too!
@@hbowman108 we’re trying so hard to be America, and after Bougainville, PNG, Timor-Leste, the Solomons, Nauru… genocide after European invasion, wait… we might be exactly the same
Taiwan is a country full stop. They issue their own passports that are recognized by almost every country on earth. They have their own military. Their own government. Their own currency. And an over 70 year history of self-rule. By every metric other than embassies they are their own country, and even that is a recent change due to pressure by the CCP.
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@@The_Goose2 what do you mean Pooh is my best bud?
Even though Taiwan's passport are recognized by the majority of countries and many countries have in some form diplomatic or trade relations with Taiwan, only 15 countries openly recognize Taiwan as an independant country, that is not enough for Taiwan to get status as a country, ecpesially by UN standards. On the international stage Taiwan is still an autonomis region of China even though they are often not treated like that and in reality function as its own country
@@carlthomas8746 That is true. However, nobody can deny that for decades it not only functioned as a full-fledged country, but was a leader on the world stage. It was one of the 5 permanent members of the UN security council. It only lost this status due to political (and economic) pressure by communist China. The UN might deny Taiwan now, but that doesn't cancel the reality that Taiwan was one of its founders and leaders in the days when world politicians had a bit more backbone.
@@The_Goose2 An overflow just occurred on the social credit variable, therefore Team Peg Leg is now the new Chairman of the Communist Party of China, replacing Xi Jinping.
The name Bougainville sounds like the name of a town in the province of Quebec, Canada.
You’re Canadian, aren’t you?
first i thought its an island from austrlia 😂
on not the same note, there is a shopping mall in the city of Goiânia, capital of the Goiás state, located in the Midwest region of Brazil named Bougainville
Bougainville is a French name ?
It’s named after Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville, who fought in the Seven Years’ War in what is now Quebec before he went exploring in the Pacific.
Bold of you to assume there will be any counties left in 6 years from now.
Lol
pretty sure sam is just mispronouncing words on purpose now. nobody would ever say "Gundam" like that
“Goon-dam”
For the memes man
Considering that Australia gets wasted in the Gundam UC Universe, one would assume they would be the last ones to want to build a Goondam
A good-dam is totally different. It has to do with pumped water storage for hydroelectric plants.
He said "Taiwan is already planning to incorporate them into their global economic strategy" except he pronounced Taiwan like 'China'. So many pronunciation mistakes today.
I hope I get a Goondam Mech this Christmas, I hear its all the rage this holiday season.
I’m legitimately planning on getting my friend a Gundam model for Christmas.
I did a mental double take when he said that
how the hell did he mess that one up
@@DDRWakaLaka with intention
While I for one do recognise Australia as a country, I absolutely refuse to recognize Finland as such
Putin?! Is that you?
Finland is just a Japanese fishing ocean
That's interesting because I don't recognize Russia as a country
Last video focused on Colorado for no apparent reason, this one hates Australia for nothing... Sam's latest humour is arbitrary geography
0:04 based Taiwan recognition
Catalonia and Scotland are taking notes.
Hope they get a better and more distinct name if they really become an independent country.
@T A N I A • © Fantastic name
Really? "Bougainville" isn't distinct to you?!? I think it's a kickass country name.
@@AndrewPonti When it comes to name itself it sounds like a non-descript French city. As for the meaning it clearly reflects a colonial past. Hardly the stuff you'll want a new country to be named after.
@@soundscape26 I gottcha, that makes a lot of sense - and yes, it is from that era. Also a big WWII battle. But who's to say they aren't (re)claiming it as their own to get past that. Who knows! Although I can see your point of them going with a really cool, authentic South Pacific name that maybe was what they called it originally. Who knows. Would be a good video as well.
@@AndrewPonti Thanks for the extra bit of info fellow HAI viewer. 👍
Next video on Wendover Productions:
The Logistics of Making a New Country (and a National Airline)
I wish another government had tiptoed so carefully around a non-binding referendum. Yes. I'm looking at you Johnson.
Johnson?
@@rachelcookie321 You might be the only person watching this who doesn't know that the UK has it's own version of Trump. He's called Johnson and is the Prime Minister. He is a liar and cheat. Not my opinion, but that of his political supporters, who despite this continue to support him. You couldn't make it up. As for the referendum, I'm referring to the one that gave credibility to the lies that removed the UK from the EU.
@@nicolek4076 oh, Boris Johnson. I just didn’t know you were referring to him. I’ve never heard him be called just “Johnson” before it’s always “Boris Johnson”. And trust me, I know very much about Boris Johnson and is idiocies as I’m from Britain as well and I completely agree with you.don’t know how he was voted in.
@@rachelcookie321 I call him Johnson, because to use his given might imply an approval for anything he does. I revile him and all who stand up for him.
@@nicolek4076I like to call him BoJo- it’s a childish nickname for a childish prat
I, in fact, did not guess that we would be examining the territorial autonomy of countries via the lens of Boss Baby, but ok
"Boss Baby Bougainville" might be considered for a slogan
By the new tourism industry once the country gets going. 😂
After all, they're a baby country, but can still be a boss.
Tourism will never be big anywhere in PNG. The costs of airfares, accommodation, lack of safe public transportation and suitable hospitals. I am looking at going to Bougainville when they offer a specials fare again. Last time it was about K1000 return (US$287.83 ) from here the last ones sold out in under 5 minutes while I was asking my boss for time off. I did Manus return for K 354 return instead. Tuesday special fares. Usually sold out as soon as released. Accommodation in a 2 to 3 star hotel is about US$100 a night, local transport is interesting to say the least. At least I have Bougainvilleian friends not only there but here that I can plan with.
"China's already incorporated into its overseas economic strategy."
In other words China will build infrastructure in the nation and mount crippling debt, and then have exclusive access to the copper mine.
It's better to stay with Papua New Guinea.
The former Irish Premier Bertie Ahern was involved in the process of getting the settlement between PNG and Bougainville.
For a few seconds I thought you were implying Bougainville has *really* strong opinions on image formats 🤣
No joke this is the third video I’ve watched today that randomly mentioned boss baby
It's all connected.
There's already a Boganville. It's called Queensland
If Bougainville is smart. They'll stick closer to New Zealand and NOT Austrailia. We all know what Aussie gets up to when mining is involved.
New Caledonia votes on Independence this year, and it's going to be tight, but they'll likely become a new country before Bougainville.
So start saving, because you'll need a new map before 2027..
Chuukese also votes for independence from Micronesia, but even if that's agreed it might not go well.
Yes chuuk I heard about that too what about transnistria they have everything all they need is recognition and it’s set or what about greater Romania ?
Your pronunciation of Bougainville literally blew my mind. I have studied the pacific for years, and have heard a few pronunciations, but that one was new.
Also, the proposal to reopen the mine post independence is suuuuper controversial and not the chief cause of support for independence.
That is the standard American pronunciation. It is in the American lexicon, because it was a big battle during the WWII Solomon Islands campaign. PS Don't confuse it with the plant.
@@jeffreypierson2064 Wow, I guess I have only read American scholars.. or perhaps they pronounced it differently because of the audience. That is wild. In fairness, it is a lot more phonetic than how Australians, Kiwis and most pacific islanders say it.
I’ve always heard it pronounced as bogan-ville, and given how often it’s on the ABC News, I am pretty happy to accept they know a little more about this than Sam. Boogan-ville, ew.
@@Axman6 What Alex said. It always makes me grin a little stupidly when I hear it - most Australians will get why! LOL
"There’s no more Soviet Unions to break off from." There’s 100s of breakaway regions trying to get their independence + The PRC still exists which is still occupying Tibet and East-Turkestan.
Tartarstan wanted independence but Russia said that’s illegal 😂
Thanks for the extra attention given to Australia.
“There are no new Soviet Unions to break off from.”
Well…there is a United Kingdom…🏴
I was born on Bougainville, child of the mine and I am not ignorant to what BCL did and didn't do. I was there in the good times and then the worst. I am SOOO happy to find out that Bougainville can be autonomous and free, finally !! And finally people are hearing the name Bougainville and can learn about it. For a long time when I moved to the UK, I didn't think anyone would ever know about this beautiful tropical island.
Pikinini Boss Bougainville 😅❤ my island, Bougainville 💓💓💓
Top financial advice: If you need to buy a map before 2027, choose one with a resolution / level of detail too low to show Bougainville.
That way it’ll be up to date for years to come!
Can’t wait for Map Men to do a new video in 6 years.
Also bring it on you Brit’s we’ve been waiting for an excuse to fund our gundam r&d
Bougainville- as opposed to Boganville, which is situated approximately 40 kilometers left of Brisbane, Queensland.
I have now watched all of the HAI videos and rely on you guys uploading
As an Australian, we are a colony of mother England, not a country.
The world should pay them to name their country Boogietown. Turn it into a dance-club tourist spot.
Then everyone will come to their yearly festival "Boogie Nights"
It's probably destined to become one anyway; kept afloat by the patronage of Australians.
@@caeruleusvm7621 I pity the Bougainville boy who has to clean the pools with a large net after the Australians have had a go at it, straining to lift all the collected beer-cans... :-)
All rise for the national anthem.
["Boogie Wonderland" is played by a military band]
How to create a country:
Claim territory as your own and make sure you got enough firepower to defend that claim
Bougainville sounds like a sims4 Neighborhood
As a person who lives in Australia….. his right.
My left
I like that they’re giving us info about the expansions a few years in advance now
Finally we are getting a new update
Bougainville and GTA IV dropping on the same year 🔥
0:17
Why do I feel like this video won’t be up for much longer?
I don't think China cares if some no-name schmuck in the ass-end of America talks about "Not!China".
Usually you’d be at the top of the comment section due to a possible deal you may or may not have made with the comment algorithm gods, but here I am in the timed sort.
The East African Federation going to finish its constitution by 2023: Am I a joke to you?
That's more or less replacing 6 countries with 1, but i guess it counts.
That’s is just a constitution for the confederation ( it’s gonna be something like the eu) not the actual federation
@T A N I A • © what’s with the Russian and Japanese text
Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen
@@bigziti_osc its a sex bot
"Any map made after 2011 should be pretty much up to date"
Burundi's new capital of Gitega: "AM I NOTHING TO YOU?"
Cries in Bujumbura
Assuming it's not under water by then
I assumed this was a prank seeing how close it is to Australia, and since I know what a "Bogan" is.
I'm sure the country's nationals will be known as Bougains.
There’s a rather odd novel called The Tetherballs of Bougainville, by Mark Leyner. I think in the novel, Bougainville is an independent country.
You missed an opportunity to call Kosovo Half as country, because it’s recognised by a half of the world.
The number won't change because Tuvalu will be underwater by 2027.
Will there be a name change so it doesn't sound so...French?
I like how China supports other nations who grant independence to their island territories.
In the Philippines Bougainvillea is a beautiful flowering tree.
As an Australian, I can confirm we don't exist.
It's very dangerous for people to be discussing the non-existence of Australia so openly
Alternate title: HAI slanders Australia for slightly less than 7 minutes.
My APUSH teacher likes to remind the class of Sealandia, which is pretty much just a fort out in the ocean
The 8 years is because that's how long the massive copper mine will remain profitable and then pulling out won't hurt them as much as it will Bougainville who inherit a useless environmental disaster and now Paupa New Guinea doesn't have to deal with the cleanup.
Bougainville. My Grandpa spent some time there in the mid 1940's.
I remember stories of being stuck on an atol where they were low on supplies and had to grow food in their own feces...
I love that when he says 'lens', he shows a filter instead.
Australia intentionally stole Bougainville and other islands from the Solomon Islands when it was discvovered that there was minerals to be exploited. PNG was under Australian administrative control and therefore they pushed the border over to include Bougainville inorder to steal resources from Solomon Islands. The US had a hand in this mine and Australia also (same as west papua now), when the locals began to fight back, Australia supplied helicopter gunships to shoot up whole villages and in many cases dump bodies of the dead far out in the Solomon Sea. It is an absolute war crime what Australia has done to the Solomon Islands and the Solomon Islands curriculum intentionally has Bougainville ommitted so that the Islanders grow up not knowing that they were robbed and submitted to sanctioned genocide by Australia/US/PNG.
For now Bouganville is known as one of the provinces in Papua New Guinea. I cannot wait for my home to finally gain independence and become its own country.
Get ready for the barrage of "kosovo je srbija" comments and arguments in the comments section
*Војводина је мађарски*
*Vojvodina je mađarski*
Kosovo belongs to Liechtenstein
@@Perririri Hungary is guilty of genocide over serbians. Never again.
Kosovo is Luxembourg
Taiwan 🇹🇼 is a country. Taiwan numba 1
Ye
No 🇨🇳
COOOOOOL
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Palestine is also a country ❤ 🇵🇸✅❤️
The law of bigger army states that you are a country if you are able to point to and say "This army", when someone challenges your claim to be a country with "You and what army?"
3:33 France, like all other permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, has no diplomatic relations with Bhutan, so it's not recognized by _every_ country exactly.
hopefully you can do a video entitled "Scotland: A Kinda New Country Coming in 202X" in the not too distant future.
Fingers crossed
What I learned today is that if you own a rich mining company in a poor country you can break off and make your own country.
"there's no Soviet Union to break away from"
Scotland and Catalonia might disagree.....
1 This morning I want to talk about the subject: “the transfer of spirits”.Initially, it was by synods and ecumenical councils that the transfer of spirits started, then by the submission of the Church to the State through statutes and internal regulations,then by unions, federations and councils of churches, and now by the conventions and even by giving up the pulpit to one who does not believe point by point or who does not have the same spirit as you; even if he preached right.
2 The transfer of spirits also takes place during clothing exchanges or lending with someone who is not a Brother or a Sister. Also by allying oneself with some people as it can be seen in 2 Chronicles 20:35 to 37 and 2 Chronicles 18 and 2 Chronicles 19:1 to 3. Jehoshaphat must understand that God does not want us to make friends with an unbeliever or an idolater. You do not have the right to go to a vigil, convention or meeting of those Catholic, Protestant, evangelical churches, missions and ministries including the whole of the Branhamists, that is to say those who still follow the Message of William Branham even in all its purity. For the consequence, it is the transfer of spirits.
3 You cannot sing or pray with someone before you have agreed upon the last point that differentiates you, because behind a Branhamist, Baptist or Foursquare, there are as many demons as behind a Catholic. Do you grasp that? Behind a Catholic, Protestant, evangelical or a Branhamist, there are as many demons as behind one who follows Rosicrucianism, Freemasonry or Voodoo. [Kc.89v3]
4 Hundreds of demons can stand behind only one falsehood. [Ed: The congregation says, “Amen!”]. And never pronounce yourselves on a dream of those people… Never gather together for the smallest prayer. If the situation surprised you, do not close your eyes or simply go out. The Bible says not to have communion with demons. [Kc.19v1]
5 Do not get flattered by any word because you are not "brother" or "sisters" in the same Jesus-Christ. You do not have the right to call a Baptist or Adventist or Branhamist: "brother in Christ", and do not let them call you this way. They are our neighbours and we love them for the Bible said, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself". We look on their prayers as incantations in the name of Jesus Christ. And we look on their churches as the altars of the gods of Egypt. And we must be strict towards them to avoid any transfer of spirits in our lives. [Kc.67v30]
6 And when somebody comes to us from those churches, whether he is baptised in the Name of Jesus-Christ or in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, whether he is baptised by immersion or aspersion, he must purely and simply be re-baptised.
7 You must know that there are two tendencies on the earth: them and us. "And he that is not with us is against us, and he that gathers not with us scatters." Luke 11:23. Everything they are doing, it is witchcraft, leading souls into captivity for hell. The same way that we burn their bibles, treaties and others, it is in this way that God will cast them into the burning lake of fire.
8 The God of Israel is different from the god of the Arabs around Israel. And our God is different from the god of the churches which are around us. And these Catholics, Baptists, Methodists, and all those that you see around us, they are Iraqis, Jordanians, Lebanese, Syrians, Pakistanis and Arabs around us. Israel, it is the valley of the prophets and a son of God follows a living prophet because the prophet is the mouth of God on earth. The Bible is the book of the books of the prophets and a child of God cannot live outside of a living prophet. [Ed: The congregation says, “Amen!”]. [Kc.114v20]
9 Put these things into practice and I say that those spirits that you took from them in the past will be sent back to them. And in the Name of Jesus-Christ, it will be so! Have a mastery of this subject: "the transfer of spirits". Burn those false bibles and the devil will know that he has no portion with you. Let those men know that you are not in the same dimension.
10 For you who come from the evening Message, there are some Branhamists who laid hands upon one another during the washing of the feet. At midnight, this is no more possible because of the transfer of spirits. It is the same for churches, assemblies where people who pray by holding hands or laying hands upon one another.
The mine hasn't operated for 30 years. It is going to take some work to get it up and running again. There are also legal issues around ownership as Bougainville Copper is a PNG subsidiary of Rio Tinto but with PNG government owning 20%. Just some of the wrangling that needs a bit of time to sort out before independence.
0:03 Just curious, there are 193 Full Member countries of the 🇺🇳UN, so what is the 194th country?? (you discuss later about adding 🇽🇰Kosovo, 🇻🇦Vatican City, 🇵🇸Palestine & 🇹🇼Taiwan)
It's the Vatican. He doesn't discuss if it's a country or not, look at the subtitles ^^
He only added Kosovo, Palestine and Taiwan. Vatican City is the 194th country.
finally we’re getting a new map in the 2027 patch 🙏🏼🙏🏼
What is a country?
It is a geographical area where an armed gang declares that they have a monopoly on violence in that area.
Sam said, "Goondamn".
😂🤣👍🏻
Thank you for that. That's hilarious!
"Soy-boy lib country...
... like the Vatican."
How very unexpected of you, Sam. I love it!
Sadly followed up by a mistake: the Vatican doesn’t recognize Taiwan, it recognizes the government on the island of Taiwan-the Republic of China-as the true representative of China. So it’s only one additional country, not two.
I know it's just a joke but real soyboy libs would never recognize Taiwan because that would upset their CCP overlords.
I'm gonna start hoarding 2022 maps so then I can sell my vintage bougainvilleless maps in the future for lots of money to old map collectors
I love thinking about how someone had to search ‘toes’ on stock footage for this video
Australia might exist but Wyoming definitely doesn't.
Normie
@@Perririri Normie
It is funny hearing how you pronounce it, Sam. Never heard it pronounced that way while I was in Papua New Guinea. Good video, Sam.
I was hoping I wasn't the only one! Australian here (even though I apparently don't exist!) I always thought it was pronounced "Bogan-ville"? which always made me smile - most other non existing Australians will get why!! :)
Racist...........
I'm pretty sure Sam doesn't know what a gundam is.
Now when 2027 rolls around I can bet with people that actually there are 198 countries now