The main difference between Germany and Korea reuniting is time. When Germany reunited, it was like first cousins, many of whom had living memory of one another. Korea has seen at least 4 generations pass, a much stricter separation, and there are very few alive who personally knew one another. They are basically strangers now. The languages are even starting to differentiate. It'll be a lot tougher
As someone from Québec, independence is no longer really likely here because the federal government essentially allowed Québec to already become pseudo-independent anyway. We were recognized as a ''nation within a united Canada'', we control our immigration (which is why we almost exclusively get immigrants from French-speaking countries now), we have different laws from the rest of Canada and we just generally do whatever we want. The RoC (rest of Canada) tend to complain about this of course but they still don't actually do anything against us. Of course, that could all change very fast but right now, we essentially get to have our cake and eat it too by being part of Canada but still governing ourselves in any way that actually matters.
This is misleading, Quebec has immigration authority over « economic immigrants » which is like 10% of immigration to the province. Sure we are officially recognized as a nation by the Canadian constitution but that did not grant us any more power. Quebec still has yet to sign the constitution
3:05 Colonial empires can tend to just source their colonists from just one region, exporting 1 language/dialect of the home country, while the others just stay back
Which is not the case of spain, as lots of different dialects, and languages from the metropoli were tranfered to the colonies. Today the only thing that remains is local dialect mixes, as local governments only cared about teaching their kids spanish. (Not in all cases)
@@moontworks2232 Spanish Empire based in Viceroyalties with a great autonomy of Metropoli and deputies of Viceroyalties in Spanish parliament in equal status with a Spanish nothing to see with the hard colonial systen of the rest of Europe.
As a Quebecer, the idea of joining the states comes from a political party called « Party 51 » (51st state) but it’s a fringe party that gets maybe like .01% of votes in a few more conservative regions. Other than that our independence movements are mostly fully autonomous difference sometimes is with economic ties to Canada (sovereignty by association) or complete economic independence
As a Belgian I am pretty confident to say that Belgium wont split up. A lot of people here in the most North of Belgium believe in that we should merge with the Netherlands but another big part doesn't want anything to do with them.
5:01 that surprises me Drew. It was hitting the news quite recently because the division between East and West Libia governments was hurting the relief efforts after the storm / flooding of a few weeks ago.
4:50 I´m surprised you are that surprised about Libya. De Facto there is a Split between east and West and with the Dernah Flood Disaster (and other Regions which were heavily affected too) that Devide got obvious during the distribution of Help.
The Rebellion of 1837-38 in the Bas-Canada (Québec) AND Haut-Canada (Ontario) was motivated by republican ideals. It transcended linguistic barriers. The aim was to break free from the british crown, and become an independant republic. Canada being a constitutional monarchy even to this day, the Québec independance movement sees itself as a natural successor to the Rebellion of 37-38 as it supports republican ideals, but the legacy of the Rebellion of 37-38 is larger than that.
It’s just going to be another brexit, you are manipulated into thinking that it will benefit you and your country by rich people with an agenda, then once it happens you’ll realise that you were wrong but by then it’s too late. Scotland simply doesn’t have the population or the infrastructure to be independent, it would destroy your country. Sorry
17:35 because french governement threathened people if they spoke regional languages (it could be catalonian, basque, breton, corsican but also occitan, norman,lorrain, chti etc etc), nowadays the french governement is one of the worst country in europe speaking of preservation of the regional languages, the onu was even considered about it , we can talk about linguicides and one day the French government will have to pay the price .
3:25 fun fact, I’m actually learning about Kurdistan right now (also the Middle East and Ottoman Empire). My class is learning about the Sykes-Pico agreement and how the Kurds didn’t get a country after WW1
Speaking as a Belgian, the whole separation thing has been coming and going since forever, the Flemish conservatives made it their big party point in the early 2010s and the regions have since received more autonomy and because of that the tensions have all but disappeared. Elections are due next year and neither the Flemish conservatives nor the nationalists are talking it up, so it's fair to say I feel like the split is not going to happen any time soon.
I think this problem resurfaced after the EU did not integrate more after the referendum in the Netherlands failed (there where more problems though). There was a time it was Europe gets these powers and we give also a little bit to Flanders and wallonia. It is still a long time before the election to no the topics they will focus on and even a longer time before we have a government. Maybe we will beat our previous record
8:44 I have no idea where and why this notion keeps coming up. Kaliningrad is mainly Russian military and was colonized relatively recently in 1945 Russia would never allow such a strategic area to become independent and Lithuania/Poland would most likely annex it if it did
The ordinary citizens of the oblast still want independence and have more ties to Poland than Russia because before the war in Ukraine, Kaliningraders had gone to the Polish side of the border for shopping.
@@modmaker7617 Poland is the best option. Outside of the Kaliningrad Oblast, there's no direct land connection to Russia unlike Ukraine. Unlike Lithuania, where Kaliningrad's population would make up 27% of the country, it would only make up 2.3% of Poland's combined population.
@@redrage9497 there are no longer germans there thanks to stalin. but this land was german for 1000 years and the capital of prussia, the very kingdom germany was built upon. thats like taking versailles from france as an example
Drew Libya currently is defacto two separate states ...one with Gov in Tripoli, one with Gov in Benghazi. Historically there were two separate Provinces/States Cyrenaica & Tripolitania. They should just negotiate a border & each go do their own thing.
As a native Californian, I agree with Drew. Lots of us are patriotic about our California Republic, but we're patriotic about the U.S. too. Besides, as the 4th largest economy in the world, the U.S. would never let us leave. Haha I've visited President Ide of CA house several times. Cool history, totally impossible for CA to become independent.
As the 4th largest economy could USA really stop California if all Californians went all in on Independence? How much of US Armed Forces are staffed by Californians? If California say, called on all Californian servicemen to separate/return to California for muster. How many Soldiers & Assets would USA lose? I'd say a lot. Lots of Californian Pilots, Naval officers etc & US Bases in California. How many Nukes under Californian Officer control? i'd say at least some. If California Republicanists were Majority in the California Army, Navy & Airbases there then they could indeed take the State & hold it.
The Western Cape province of South Africa is literally voting on secession next year, and it is a question ON the ballot papers. We might become a country right after Bougainville does.
@@nitishkumarjurel241 No It’s not that simple. Western cape only has 20 percent of all the whites in the country. Western cape is ethnically different from the rest of South Africa. But they are mostly colored people (mix of black and white) while the rest is mostly black.
@@jmtz3149 I once saw a TH-cam video which said that South Africa will disintegrate with white English and Afrikaner people secedeing from rest of black South Africa. How likely is this?
French Western Australia (colonised by France), New Holland (not colonised but technically belongs to the Netherlands), New South Wales(colonised by UK), Van Damian’s island(Colonised by UK), Country: Australia
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They speak Dutch in Flanders. I don't know why this has become a common thing to think Flemish is it's own language. It's a dialect of Dutch. They even usually beat the Dutch in Dutch proficiency tests lol. They are better at the language than the Netherlands.
Im not a dutch speaker but it can be the same than the difference between wallon and french, flemish belgians may speak dutch but they also have flemish (like wallon, or like West flemish/French flemish in French flanders near dunkirk) Besides, "A language is a dialect with an army and navy", the difference between a dialect and a language is political, not scientific/lingusitic, thus flemish is a language
Drew, I'm glad you've discovered General Knowledge! I've been liking his videos for a long time too. And, as a lifelong Californian (that would be 74 years and counting), I don't see anything absurd about the idea of an independent California. We have--along with the whole Pacific Coast of the U.S.--deep-rooted historical and cultural differences from the part of the U.S. that's east of the Rockies. To put it in the fewest words possible--so as not to write a book here--we're part of the geographical and cultural zone known as the Pacific Rim--we always were and always will be--while East-of-the-Rockies is not. And as far as economics is concerned, California is already the world's fifth-largest economy, and we do far more subsidizing of the federal government than the federal government does of us. That said, I don't think an independent California, all by itself, is especially likely. It just isn't absurd. It's far more likely that if the U.S. somehow dissolves over its political differences, it's the whole west coast that will be exiting together, along with the interior southwest as far east as New Mexico and Colorado.
I'm always surprised to see elderly people commenting on TH-cam. I know people your age who don't even have computers and yet you are connected enough to modern culture to watch TH-cam videos and comment on them.
@@greywolf7577 Well, people my age didn't grow up with computers, let alone the Internet. The Internet began in 1969, but it was closed to the general public (it was only for sharing secrets between world governments, the military, and scientists) until 1994. People my age were 45 by then! But some old dogs can learn new tricks! Not all of us, by any means, but some of us.
Now I don’t what other Germans say, but I’ve heard the argument that Bavaria could get independent, it is the richest Bundesland, so I don’t think Germany wants that as much as I’ve heard they would bomb Munich, but to be honest as a Bavarian myself I rather want to be part of Germany
I know why drew is not supporting California independence because he know he is being watch by cia but deep down we all know that he support the California independence
Sorry mate, as a Scot at this rate we couldn't be independent and if we did it would we worse for Scotland than we could possibly imagine also if we tried to be independent England could come and crush us and would make the Bloody Sunday look like a happy memory and almost half of Scotland would side against it.
It’s just going to be another brexit, you are manipulated into thinking that it will benefit you and your country by rich people with an agenda, then once it happens you’ll realise that you were wrong but by then it’s too late. Scotland simply doesn’t have the population or the infrastructure to be independent, it would destroy your country. Sorry
No, they were never independent. They were Puppet-Clients instigated, maintained & backed by Russian Bodies of Armed Men. A Vichy or Quisling Regime. Russians were only 38%/39% of Donbass Pop. The Ukrainians & Tatars had no say in the "independence".
im Californian and ive never heard of an independence movement. ive heard and would vote for a north and south California but independence sounds insane.
@mawkernewek Not really. I suppose geographically that would be the Tehachapi Mountains (where the Grapevine mountain pass is). Ventura is southern in that case, and Santa Barbara is north in that case.
@exactinmidget92 I've heard of it. There was a small Californian independence thing in about 2017, somewhat awkwardly linked with the funnyish Jefferson State(far nor cal) movement. Never gonna happen though haha
Except Catalonia and Basque Country in the rest of regions with a own language the independentism is practically zero ( Galicia; Balearic Islands;Valencia region and Navarra)
@@pablolimbo3195 Ojala sea asi la verdad es que en las ultimas elecciones tuvieron malos resultados pero la coyuntura politica y sus escaños les han dado oxigeno y revivirlos algo saludos
11:20 It's called 판문전 and honestly, I doubt the two nations would easily unify. There has been many conflict lately and many people has very different belief on each other.
It's a bit odd that Bougainville wasn't included in either video, as predicted by Drew. As far as I am aware, it's the only autonomous region in the world that has 1) held a referendum, 2) the independence vote won, and most importantly 3) the vote has been recognised by the national government whose parliament went on to commit to providing independence (by 2027 in this case). A number of regions have done the first two steps towards democratic independence. The third step, getting the national government to recognise the vote and agree to upholding it, tends to be the difficult part. (Note: Although Bougainville is moving towards independence in a democratic manner, I think the referendum is being accepted by PNG in large part due to the civil war that led to the vote. I could be wrong though, as I'm by no means an expert in PNG history)
It would be interesting if Belgium were partitioned between France and the Netherlands, but that seems unlikely. Or a full integration of the Netherlands and Belgium becoming the Benelux.
Independence is stupid, let's be honest. You can love your culture and region and still do so under another name and country, all these independence movements will end up fizzling out because it'll completely destroy their economy if they ever became independent.
@@_ykb_ Take Scotland for example, their culture is still very much alive. In the modern world, assimilation doesn't happen anytime someone you doesn't like is part of the same country as you. Assimilation in the modern world happens mostly when you move to another country, and need to assimilate to fit in, but even then, many keep their own cultural traditions. Go ahead and tell me exactly how every independence movement in this video is being assimilated, because they're not.
As a Belgian I don't think my people will separate. Yes, many want us to, but honestly our politicians don't know what they are doing and Wallonia wants to stay together with Flanders.
I definitely hope we see independent Ingria and Konigsberg one day! As well as some other independent countries that would form on the territory of nowadays russia
As a Scottish person I can 100% vouch that there is still a massive push for independence. The long and the short of it is we are sick of being pushed around by Westminster (the English government) Yes we have our own government, but their powers are still limited. I feel if a vote were to happen again it would still be close, however I think the people of Scotland would vote to become independent. The English government aren't allowing us to have another referendum which is part of the problem.
I was thinking with all the civil wars that go on that could divide some countries like it did Sudan, maybe countries like Somalia would split back into 2 pieces.
As someone who is roommates with a French person, he pretty much believes that Belgians don’t speak French, nor do the Québécois. They all speak something which was maybe at one point French, but butcher the French language in a way which he finds unreasonable. I know what you’re thinking, and of course he is elitist, he is a Frenchman after all.
We all speak French, its called accents and slang. Like UK and USA. Use your brain. Grammatically, we both learn the same languages, nobody butcher a languages it just evolves in its own way. Stop being ignorant about the dynamic of linguistic your bigot is showing.
Quebec barely has an independence movement anymore, not even really since the 80s, why would they get independence soon. They lost the referendum twice.
The main difference between Germany and Korea reuniting is time. When Germany reunited, it was like first cousins, many of whom had living memory of one another. Korea has seen at least 4 generations pass, a much stricter separation, and there are very few alive who personally knew one another. They are basically strangers now. The languages are even starting to differentiate. It'll be a lot tougher
Unification of Kora is not seriously considered. South Koreans wouldn't even know what to do with they brainwashed peasant relatives.
As someone from Québec, independence is no longer really likely here because the federal government essentially allowed Québec to already become pseudo-independent anyway. We were recognized as a ''nation within a united Canada'', we control our immigration (which is why we almost exclusively get immigrants from French-speaking countries now), we have different laws from the rest of Canada and we just generally do whatever we want. The RoC (rest of Canada) tend to complain about this of course but they still don't actually do anything against us. Of course, that could all change very fast but right now, we essentially get to have our cake and eat it too by being part of Canada but still governing ourselves in any way that actually matters.
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Imagine being fr*nch and an*lois at the same time
French Canadians are among the worst group of people I’ve had the misfortune of encountering. On the other hand, French people are lovely.
So it's like a state in a country with provinces?
This is misleading, Quebec has immigration authority over « economic immigrants » which is like 10% of immigration to the province. Sure we are officially recognized as a nation by the Canadian constitution but that did not grant us any more power. Quebec still has yet to sign the constitution
3:05 Colonial empires can tend to just source their colonists from just one region, exporting 1 language/dialect of the home country, while the others just stay back
Which is not the case of spain, as lots of different dialects, and languages from the metropoli were tranfered to the colonies. Today the only thing that remains is local dialect mixes, as local governments only cared about teaching their kids spanish. (Not in all cases)
@@moontworks2232 Spanish Empire based in Viceroyalties with a great autonomy of Metropoli and deputies of Viceroyalties in Spanish parliament in equal status with a Spanish nothing to see with the hard colonial systen of the rest of Europe.
As a Quebecer, the idea of joining the states comes from a political party called « Party 51 » (51st state) but it’s a fringe party that gets maybe like .01% of votes in a few more conservative regions. Other than that our independence movements are mostly fully autonomous difference sometimes is with economic ties to Canada (sovereignty by association) or complete economic independence
As a Belgian I am pretty confident to say that Belgium wont split up. A lot of people here in the most North of Belgium believe in that we should merge with the Netherlands but another big part doesn't want anything to do with them.
5:01 that surprises me Drew. It was hitting the news quite recently because the division between East and West Libia governments was hurting the relief efforts after the storm / flooding of a few weeks ago.
4:50 I´m surprised you are that surprised about Libya. De Facto there is a Split between east and West and with the Dernah Flood Disaster (and other Regions which were heavily affected too) that Devide got obvious during the distribution of Help.
Hyped for Drew reacting to General Knowledge!
The Rebellion of 1837-38 in the Bas-Canada (Québec) AND Haut-Canada (Ontario) was motivated by republican ideals. It transcended linguistic barriers. The aim was to break free from the british crown, and become an independant republic. Canada being a constitutional monarchy even to this day, the Québec independance movement sees itself as a natural successor to the Rebellion of 37-38 as it supports republican ideals, but the legacy of the Rebellion of 37-38 is larger than that.
I lived in Iraqi Kurds from 2014-2016. They’re pretty cool people.
Update on Scotland
The movement still exists but reports say they would still vote to remain a part of the UK
not true at all, independence is inevitable
It’s just going to be another brexit, you are manipulated into thinking that it will benefit you and your country by rich people with an agenda, then once it happens you’ll realise that you were wrong but by then it’s too late. Scotland simply doesn’t have the population or the infrastructure to be independent, it would destroy your country. Sorry
@@piedrablanca1942 read the stats
17:35 because french governement threathened people if they spoke regional languages (it could be catalonian, basque, breton, corsican but also occitan, norman,lorrain, chti etc etc), nowadays the french governement is one of the worst country in europe speaking of preservation of the regional languages, the onu was even considered about it , we can talk about linguicides and one day the French government will have to pay the price .
3:25 fun fact, I’m actually learning about Kurdistan right now (also the Middle East and Ottoman Empire). My class is learning about the Sykes-Pico agreement and how the Kurds didn’t get a country after WW1
Speaking as a Belgian, the whole separation thing has been coming and going since forever, the Flemish conservatives made it their big party point in the early 2010s and the regions have since received more autonomy and because of that the tensions have all but disappeared.
Elections are due next year and neither the Flemish conservatives nor the nationalists are talking it up, so it's fair to say I feel like the split is not going to happen any time soon.
I think this problem resurfaced after the EU did not integrate more after the referendum in the Netherlands failed (there where more problems though). There was a time it was Europe gets these powers and we give also a little bit to Flanders and wallonia.
It is still a long time before the election to no the topics they will focus on and even a longer time before we have a government. Maybe we will beat our previous record
@@bartswinnen341 didn't they ratify the constitution change yet where there's limits on formation times?
8:44 I have no idea where and why this notion keeps coming up. Kaliningrad is mainly Russian military and was colonized relatively recently in 1945
Russia would never allow such a strategic area to become independent and Lithuania/Poland would most likely annex it if it did
The ordinary citizens of the oblast still want independence and have more ties to Poland than Russia because before the war in Ukraine, Kaliningraders had gone to the Polish side of the border for shopping.
Lithuania is very unlikely, since it would mean a big percentage of russians which they don't want
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Poland probably won't either for the same reason.
@@modmaker7617 Poland is the best option. Outside of the Kaliningrad Oblast, there's no direct land connection to Russia unlike Ukraine. Unlike Lithuania, where Kaliningrad's population would make up 27% of the country, it would only make up 2.3% of Poland's combined population.
@@RomanTheNotARoman
As a Pole, I'd prefer Kaliningrad be an independent country than a part of Poland.
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German here. Yes, we want Königsberg back.
Speaking of: Estonia seems to be taking step to no longer recognise Kaliningrad in favor of Königsberg. Same as Latvia, Lithuania and Poland
its the centerpoint of german culture
who else deserves to own it?
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It's a name change within their native languages nothing else.
@@Wertzuio so because Germans are there means they deserve it? That kinda sounds familiar
@@redrage9497 there are no longer germans there thanks to stalin. but this land was german for 1000 years and the capital of prussia, the very kingdom germany was built upon. thats like taking versailles from france as an example
Drew please vlog your trip in Spain like you did last vacation
drew never fails to sucsess
Drew Libya currently is defacto two separate states ...one with Gov in Tripoli, one with Gov in Benghazi.
Historically there were two separate Provinces/States Cyrenaica & Tripolitania. They should just negotiate a border & each go do their own thing.
As a native Californian, I agree with Drew. Lots of us are patriotic about our California Republic, but we're patriotic about the U.S. too. Besides, as the 4th largest economy in the world, the U.S. would never let us leave. Haha I've visited President Ide of CA house several times. Cool history, totally impossible for CA to become independent.
Drew isn’t California it’s in the blood he’s from Alabama
As the 4th largest economy could USA really stop California if all Californians went all in on Independence? How much of US Armed Forces are staffed by Californians? If California say, called on all Californian servicemen to separate/return to California for muster. How many Soldiers & Assets would USA lose? I'd say a lot. Lots of Californian Pilots, Naval officers etc & US Bases in California. How many Nukes under Californian Officer control? i'd say at least some.
If California Republicanists were Majority in the California Army, Navy & Airbases there then they could indeed take the State & hold it.
The Western Cape province of South Africa is literally voting on secession next year, and it is a question ON the ballot papers.
We might become a country right after Bougainville does.
Does this mean that white English and Afrikaner people will separate from the rest of black south africa?
@@nitishkumarjurel241 No It’s not that simple. Western cape only has 20 percent of all the whites in the country. Western cape is ethnically different from the rest of South Africa. But they are mostly colored people (mix of black and white) while the rest is mostly black.
@@jmtz3149 I once saw a TH-cam video which said that South Africa will disintegrate with white English and Afrikaner people secedeing from rest of black South Africa. How likely is this?
French Western Australia (colonised by France), New Holland (not colonised but technically belongs to the Netherlands), New South Wales(colonised by UK), Van Damian’s island(Colonised by UK),
Country: Australia
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People: we vote for independence.
The government: I refuse.
0:29 YOU HAD THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY
21:12 Lega Nord reference
They speak Dutch in Flanders. I don't know why this has become a common thing to think Flemish is it's own language. It's a dialect of Dutch. They even usually beat the Dutch in Dutch proficiency tests lol. They are better at the language than the Netherlands.
Im not a dutch speaker but it can be the same than the difference between wallon and french, flemish belgians may speak dutch but they also have flemish (like wallon, or like West flemish/French flemish in French flanders near dunkirk)
Besides, "A language is a dialect with an army and navy", the difference between a dialect and a language is political, not scientific/lingusitic, thus flemish is a language
not really@@enkero1462
Cant wait for glorius Bougainville
Drew didn't post today so Im putting it here
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when i first read the title i saw Countries that will exist in One day
Drew, I'm glad you've discovered General Knowledge! I've been liking his videos for a long time too.
And, as a lifelong Californian (that would be 74 years and counting), I don't see anything absurd about the idea of an independent California. We have--along with the whole Pacific Coast of the U.S.--deep-rooted historical and cultural differences from the part of the U.S. that's east of the Rockies. To put it in the fewest words possible--so as not to write a book here--we're part of the geographical and cultural zone known as the Pacific Rim--we always were and always will be--while East-of-the-Rockies is not. And as far as economics is concerned, California is already the world's fifth-largest economy, and we do far more subsidizing of the federal government than the federal government does of us. That said, I don't think an independent California, all by itself, is especially likely. It just isn't absurd. It's far more likely that if the U.S. somehow dissolves over its political differences, it's the whole west coast that will be exiting together, along with the interior southwest as far east as New Mexico and Colorado.
I'm always surprised to see elderly people commenting on TH-cam. I know people your age who don't even have computers and yet you are connected enough to modern culture to watch TH-cam videos and comment on them.
@@greywolf7577 Well, people my age didn't grow up with computers, let alone the Internet. The Internet began in 1969, but it was closed to the general public (it was only for sharing secrets between world governments, the military, and scientists) until 1994. People my age were 45 by then! But some old dogs can learn new tricks! Not all of us, by any means, but some of us.
Now I don’t what other Germans say, but I’ve heard the argument that Bavaria could get independent, it is the richest Bundesland, so I don’t think Germany wants that as much as I’ve heard they would bomb Munich, but to be honest as a Bavarian myself I rather want to be part of Germany
I know why drew is not supporting California independence because he know he is being watch by cia but deep down we all know that he support the California independence
Lol
22:43 Woah, i actually suprised by that 'cuz nothing like that is known as a "thing" in here, i mean i've never heard lol
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Countryball model student?
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I don't know for sure about the west of egypt🤔🙄
Free Tibet!
SCOTLAND!!!
Sorry mate, as a Scot at this rate we couldn't be independent and if we did it would we worse for Scotland than we could possibly imagine also if we tried to be independent England could come and crush us and would make the Bloody Sunday look like a happy memory and almost half of Scotland would side against it.
Yeah fr
Sadly.
One of my best vacations ever, the Highlands are beautiful.
It’s just going to be another brexit, you are manipulated into thinking that it will benefit you and your country by rich people with an agenda, then once it happens you’ll realise that you were wrong but by then it’s too late. Scotland simply doesn’t have the population or the infrastructure to be independent, it would destroy your country. Sorry
There is a movement for Albertan independence. (Province of Alberta)
Interesting. Do some in that Alberta independence movement also want to join the U.S.? I've kinda heard about it from afar.
the newest country is actually Lugansk and Donetsk republics, i know they are no longer a country but they where independent countries briefly
No, they were never independent. They were Puppet-Clients instigated, maintained & backed by Russian Bodies of Armed Men. A Vichy or Quisling Regime. Russians were only 38%/39% of Donbass Pop. The Ukrainians & Tatars had no say in the "independence".
Countries only count if they are recognized by the UN. Otherwise every independence movement would be considered a new country which isn't realistic.
im Californian and ive never heard of an independence movement. ive heard and would vote for a north and south California but independence sounds insane.
is there a universally accepted line where the North of California begins?
@mawkernewek Not really. I suppose geographically that would be the Tehachapi Mountains (where the Grapevine mountain pass is). Ventura is southern in that case, and Santa Barbara is north in that case.
@exactinmidget92 I've heard of it. There was a small Californian independence thing in about 2017, somewhat awkwardly linked with the funnyish Jefferson State(far nor cal) movement. Never gonna happen though haha
Texas will be first.
Catalonia will not exist, now do romanian plushie
Bring back Europa universalis
Lov ya
Except Catalonia and Basque Country in the rest of regions with a own language the independentism is practically zero ( Galicia; Balearic Islands;Valencia region and Navarra)
Ni siquiera en los otros. Es mera cuestión de poder y de pedir pasta
@@pablolimbo3195 Ojala sea asi la verdad es que en las ultimas elecciones tuvieron malos resultados pero la coyuntura politica y sus escaños les han dado oxigeno y revivirlos algo saludos
15:38 Cameroon in Africa i think is another example
Drew and General Knowledge?! What a delight!
11:20 It's called 판문전 and honestly, I doubt the two nations would easily unify. There has been many conflict lately and many people has very different belief on each other.
Where is Drew??? He's not in Barcelona anymore, so where is he???
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At the beginning he says he’s still in Spain but I’m not sure
Hey drew! There is a place called "Among us museum" in germany💀 lol
Petition for Drew to learn luxembourgish (day 80)
Me: seen the GK vid when it came out
Drew: I've been a fan of this channel for a bit but I've never seen this video...
It's a bit odd that Bougainville wasn't included in either video, as predicted by Drew.
As far as I am aware, it's the only autonomous region in the world that has 1) held a referendum, 2) the independence vote won, and most importantly 3) the vote has been recognised by the national government whose parliament went on to commit to providing independence (by 2027 in this case).
A number of regions have done the first two steps towards democratic independence. The third step, getting the national government to recognise the vote and agree to upholding it, tends to be the difficult part.
(Note: Although Bougainville is moving towards independence in a democratic manner, I think the referendum is being accepted by PNG in large part due to the civil war that led to the vote. I could be wrong though, as I'm by no means an expert in PNG history)
Its a good day when he uplaods... and he uploads every day 😊 have a good day❤
Germany did want it but it was one of the requirements for the reunification to not further pursue Kaliningrad (Königsberg).
well they could say that they made that deal with the USSR which doesn't exist any more, but they'd be insane to try that!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HE FINALLY ACKNOWLEDGED THE BASQUE COUNTRY
Great video, but when do you react to countryball animations?!
He does
@@samultra2794 he hasn't done it for a few months
thanks to you and my old geography teacher I picked geography as my major in high school
9:17 Kaliningrad may make a run for it because of the war.
If Catalonia goes, we won’t have Barcelona in la Liga
It would be interesting if Belgium were partitioned between France and the Netherlands, but that seems unlikely. Or a full integration of the Netherlands and Belgium becoming the Benelux.
I know that these can look weird but, there’s a lot of Puerto Rican people that want to join Spain
Independence is stupid, let's be honest. You can love your culture and region and still do so under another name and country, all these independence movements will end up fizzling out because it'll completely destroy their economy if they ever became independent.
@@_ykb_ Take Scotland for example, their culture is still very much alive. In the modern world, assimilation doesn't happen anytime someone you doesn't like is part of the same country as you. Assimilation in the modern world happens mostly when you move to another country, and need to assimilate to fit in, but even then, many keep their own cultural traditions.
Go ahead and tell me exactly how every independence movement in this video is being assimilated, because they're not.
DRUWU PAUSE THE VIDEO IF YOU WANNA EDUCATE US AS WELL 😂😂😂😂
As a Belgian I don't think my people will separate. Yes, many want us to, but honestly our politicians don't know what they are doing and Wallonia wants to stay together with Flanders.
I definitely hope we see independent Ingria and Konigsberg one day! As well as some other independent countries that would form on the territory of nowadays russia
General Knowledge the goat
IDK BUT FOR SOME REASON I THOUGHT THE TITLE LOOKED LIKE SOUTH EAST ASIA 💀💀💀
Italy also has the military order of Malta inside of it
11:26 North Korea and South Korea dont apply to the West Germany and East Germany situation because they arent called "East Korea" and "West Korea"
There isn't a day that goes by that I'm not disgusted by the fact that I'm linked to wallonia :)
As a Scottish person I can 100% vouch that there is still a massive push for independence. The long and the short of it is we are sick of being pushed around by Westminster (the English government) Yes we have our own government, but their powers are still limited. I feel if a vote were to happen again it would still be close, however I think the people of Scotland would vote to become independent. The English government aren't allowing us to have another referendum which is part of the problem.
a vote today would definitely not result in independence... by a margin of 5-10%
Saorsa!
@@Mmjk_12And where did you learn that 😂
I think 60-40 in favour of independence
The British government is even more hopeless than the Scottish one so we definitely should leave
South India maybe
I was thinking with all the civil wars that go on that could divide some countries like it did Sudan, maybe countries like Somalia would split back into 2 pieces.
Sicily/Sardinia could be interesting and so does Corsica, those should be there
Every time I go to Barcelona I get caught up in independance and unity rallies haha
If I had a nickel for every french related independence movement, I would have two, which isn't a lot, but it's wierd that there's two of then
Move the cities of st.piderburg and prague please (into another country even)
Kosovo is technically younger as a country as it was finally recognized by the UN in 2016, but declared their independence from Serbia in 2008.
Quebec: becomes independent
*everyone wages war on Canada for their egregious border gore
Petition for drew to make a 2 part Panama ball plush that sticks together with Velcro (day 10)
As someone who is roommates with a French person, he pretty much believes that Belgians don’t speak French, nor do the Québécois. They all speak something which was maybe at one point French, but butcher the French language in a way which he finds unreasonable. I know what you’re thinking, and of course he is elitist, he is a Frenchman after all.
We all speak French, its called accents and slang. Like UK and USA. Use your brain. Grammatically, we both learn the same languages, nobody butcher a languages it just evolves in its own way. Stop being ignorant about the dynamic of linguistic your bigot is showing.
Hahaha anger russia and now everyone just lauggts at them 😂😂😂😂
The US officially recognized Western Sahara as part of Morocco back in 2020.
US is not all the world
Drew should record the Time in Spain { day Doofenshmirtzy 2 }
Quebec barely has an independence movement anymore, not even really since the 80s, why would they get independence soon. They lost the referendum twice.
10:00 Královec should be part of czech republic
imagine if some countries actually united
Day 2 of asking drew to read history jokes
22:06 pour ce mouvement d'indépendance c'est un qui peut etre financer si la Turquie comme a se désenligner de la voie américaine.
I already watched this in his channel
As a Kurd, I approve of this message-🗿
love this guy
It's so weird seeing one channel I watch react to another channel I watch.
Can you bring back Canada plush I am new and really want it
MAKE PRUSSIA 2 FOR THE MEMES
Drew needs to play Countryballsatwar wo agrees!?
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Siberian nations’ independence when?
Do you mean East- Russia, or North- China?
They have way too few people to defend all of that land in the modern world, sadly.