5 Countries that Might Exist Before 2030

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  • @Sideprojects
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    • @TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice
      @TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Mate, since you forget to say some instead you said many. Whitch is incorrect considering the government's of the provinces and schools are on unity side. And fewer and fewer are radical terrorist extremist rebels . And because of that, even thoug I like you. I MUST DISLIKE YOU FOR BEING INCORRECT!. IM sure regular indonesians who saw your unneutral narrative wound already done that and be quiet about it!.😢😭🙏🏻

  • @willx9352
    @willx9352 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +373

    Catalonia’s case is different from that of Scotland. Scotland has had an independence referendum sanctioned by the UK government. The Spanish government refuses to allow a referendum in Catalonia.

    • @michaelball93
      @michaelball93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +21

      The UK government is unlikely to let them have another one for a long time. Both main parties in Westminster are strongly opposed.

    • @ChristiaanHW
      @ChristiaanHW 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +42

      but the situation in the UK has changed drastically since the referendum so Scotland deserves to have another one.
      in the last one England scared the Scots by saying: Leaving the UK means you leave the EU to and that would hurt Scotland a lot.
      but now the UK itself has left the EU and pulled Scotland down with them.
      so because a lot of the votes to stay in the UK were just to stay in the EU, and they aren't in the EU anymore.
      they deserve another vote for either:
      - Stay in the UK
      - Leave the UK, and gain sovereignty over your own country. and be able to make your own choices for your own people. like (re)joining the EU.
      it's really hypocritical for England to leave the EU because of sovereignty but denying the sovereignty of Scotland in the next sentence

    • @willx9352
      @willx9352 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@ChristiaanHW Brexit makes the case for independence even more problematic.

    • @jasonswan7646
      @jasonswan7646 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's a joke honestly. Having to ask another country for the right to hold a referendum seems mental to me.
      They call us a drain, steal our resources, and then refuse to let us choose our own direction, such as with Brexit.

    • @gothicgolem2947
      @gothicgolem2947 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@willx9352exactly I’d they became independent and rejoined the eu how would they solve the border?

  • @ignitionfrn2223
    @ignitionfrn2223 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +293

    0:45 - Chapter 1 - Republic of west papua
    2:15 - Mid roll ads
    3:25 - Back to the video
    6:10 - Chapter 2 - Bougainville
    8:40 - Chapter 3 - New caledonia
    11:30 - Chapter 4 - Catalonia
    15:15 - Chapter 5 - Ambazonia

    • @AbbasBinYounas
      @AbbasBinYounas 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      You're a hero!

    • @tryplt
      @tryplt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Yes thank you

    • @chadgaming8071
      @chadgaming8071 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      west cape

    • @markberman6708
      @markberman6708 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you.

    • @Deelom100
      @Deelom100 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      He forgot Flanders in the video

  • @mirthenary
    @mirthenary 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    Ambazonia sounds like a region wants independence from Brazil, but there already was a copyright on it

    • @benhobart
      @benhobart 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      there is a region that wants independence from bazil called amazonia, it's small and unpopular though

  • @scooby45247
    @scooby45247 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +653

    SPAIN: better to have a friend and ally in a neighbor than a hostile occupant of your home..

    • @JavierGarcia-nm4zr
      @JavierGarcia-nm4zr 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wait what? The only hostiles here are the far-right extremists leading Catalonia into an internal civil war. Those populists (mostly the old rural and traditional aristocratic families) only want government positions to gain more and more power, and they find it pretty easy painting Spain as the enemy, focusing on the differences instead of what unites them. Re-writing history, falsifying information and dealing with regimes like Putins Russia (they even agreed to have 10.000 Russian troops in Catalonia to “help” them) or xenophobic like the far right in Belgium is the day to day for them.
      I truly enjoy Simon channels but on the Catalonian topic they really need a good deep dive into how perverse, anti-European and backwards the
      Catalonia independence movement is.

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      What

    • @SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji
      @SebaBuenoHaceMusiquitaJijiji 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

      ​@@deleted-somethingscooby is allegedly giving an advice to spain

    • @scooby45247
      @scooby45247 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@deleted-something its common sense.. which would you prefer personally?

    • @Cheka__
      @Cheka__ 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      @@scooby45247 I think your comment is a bit confusing. Are you saying that Spain is saying that it's better to have a friend than a foe in the country? Or, are you telling Spain that it's better to have a friend than a foe in their country?

  • @russellfitzpatrick503
    @russellfitzpatrick503 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +561

    As regards the Catalonian question the issue of independence for this area may reawaken the desire of Basques for independence (an issue that goes back decades, and has led to much bloodshed in the past) ... and this may have consequences for France as well. Surprised Scotland wasn't on the list as that's the most likely one to succeed before 2030

    • @julianhuntly9622
      @julianhuntly9622 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Scotland is already a sovereign country. They want to leave the Union.

    • @foreignofficeclub5815
      @foreignofficeclub5815 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Saor Alba

    • @slayingroosters4355
      @slayingroosters4355 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@foreignofficeclub5815I imagine Scotland wasn't included just because it is an independent country already with its own separate government, it's just England's b!π©h 😂

    • @ignatiusryd2031
      @ignatiusryd2031 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

      What do you expect?? Simon is a brits and he would most likely downplayed the possibilities of Scotland breaks away from UK and focusing elsewhere even if the scenario of Scottish independence already become a giant elephant sitting on Westminster.

    • @TheRealWilliamWhite
      @TheRealWilliamWhite 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +45

      He mentioned it, I'm admittedly not up to date on it but I haven't heard of violent protests arising from the Scottish independence movement. There isn't much of a story there.

  • @litus92
    @litus92 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +51

    On Catalonia one important thing was not mentioned which is that the participation in the 2017 referendum was 42% of the voters. Also, on the last Catalan elections while the pro independence parties have more seats they have 74 seats out of 135 not 70 out of 74

    • @moritamikamikara3879
      @moritamikamikara3879 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      42? That's not too bad

    • @sxxrpientes5512
      @sxxrpientes5512 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      it is pretty bad considering that just 45% of Catalans were in favor of independence at the time (now is even lower) and the participation of people that was anti-independence was near to 0, and speaking about zeros that is the amount of transparency that voting had@@moritamikamikara3879

    • @Jofre_
      @Jofre_ 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I’m catalonian i love Catalonia

    • @geraldprechtelmeyers2319
      @geraldprechtelmeyers2319 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I feel like your comment is propaganda with a little truth at the end to prop it up an make it seem impartial.

    • @DiegoF1ores
      @DiegoF1ores 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​Not that bad? Literally less than half of the population voted for something very important​@@moritamikamikara3879

  • @adamwynn1001
    @adamwynn1001 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +141

    There’s also an interesting push for independence on the resort island of Roatan. They’re part of Honduras officially, but are several miles off the island. They speak English primarily, while the mainland speaks Spanish, and they feel a great deal of resentment towards the Honduran government for taking so many of the island’s resources and tax revenue for the mainland.

    • @lucario2188
      @lucario2188 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Nah, they aren't even relevant. Maybe one or 2 crazy guys like those guys wanting Independece for the Mexican State of Nuevo Leon. They are small and a minority.

    • @PaulJohn01
      @PaulJohn01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Weren't many of the Black English speaking residents of Roatan moved their by the English ? I've actually met people from there but never visited.

    • @geoguru32
      @geoguru32 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Fascinating! Thank you!

    • @Eterif
      @Eterif 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can you cite information, i am from Honduras never heard of this and would be interested to read more about it, from what i know Roatán has many special priviliges, having its own Zone of Economic Development and Employment (ZEDE).

  • @KKILLIAN
    @KKILLIAN 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    all 100 of simons channels doing pretty well. wonder what total theyre bringing in

    • @timothygreer188
      @timothygreer188 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I heard he just left Top Tenz, Geographics and Biographics

    • @VinnyUnion
      @VinnyUnion 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@timothygreer188That's at least -30% less revenue!

  • @Cyclemuch
    @Cyclemuch 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Thanks for taking the time to make this. You really made it so clear anyone can understand it regardless of prior knowledge.

  • @michaelmayhem350
    @michaelmayhem350 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +65

    I can't believe the people's republic of Whistler isn't on this list 😂

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      What

    • @MrNorker77
      @MrNorker77 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      @@deleted-something That's the country where all the Simon clones live while not currently making a video

    • @deleted-something
      @deleted-something 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@MrNorker77 I don't get it

    • @techn1kal1ty
      @techn1kal1ty 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There's no People's Republic of Whistler, if anything it's a dictatorship

    • @MrNorker77
      @MrNorker77 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      @@deleted-something Simon Whistler is the host of several youtube channels and it has gotten to be a running gag that he has several clones that do the work.

  • @notsharingwithyoutube
    @notsharingwithyoutube 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I would like to see Taiwan, Tibet, and Manchuria emerge soon.

  • @daien_yu
    @daien_yu 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +33

    The map of West Papua is wrong. What you showed us is map of Province of West Papua (one of province in Indonesia). But if you talk about Republic of West Papua, you have to entirely put the west part of Papua Island, which consists of 2 province of Indonesia: Papua and West Papua.

    • @mumupragaming7833
      @mumupragaming7833 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      6! Hey, sekarang enam...

    • @yourlocalkvt
      @yourlocalkvt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yes

    • @DiniKusuma
      @DiniKusuma 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Yeah ... the information in this video is outdated and pretty biased if I might say ...
      Fact is, many people outside Papua are so busy "imagining" about things happen in Papua, based on what media said, while they even have never witnessed or talked to the Papuans themself, face to face ... asking them if they really want to be apart from Indonesia or not ... well

    • @sultan9givewey
      @sultan9givewey 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      @@DiniKusuma usual west double standart while blind eye to COLONIZATION and Aborigin Australia

    • @MusMasi
      @MusMasi 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@DiniKusuma how are they suppose to ask when foreigners, media, and human rights organizations are banned from the region? Open it up so the world can go and ask.

  • @Physiker17
    @Physiker17 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    I am surprised Kurdistan is not on the list, they are defacto independant in North Iraq.

    • @mohannadkhalil2577
      @mohannadkhalil2577 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      True ❤️☀️💚

    • @dennisgoatimer1079
      @dennisgoatimer1079 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yea but would Iraq make that legally binding it's remained to be seen especially by 2030

    • @user-nz5wf3qm5y
      @user-nz5wf3qm5y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@dennisgoatimer1079Well Iraqi Kurdistan Is Autonomous But Not Independent Unfortunately But In My Opinion They Should Become Independent From Iraq

  • @ericbarber4297
    @ericbarber4297 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +57

    Am I the only one disappointed that Simon doesn't fully commit to the bit and model in the underwear he's selling? Or is that a patreon thing

    • @jaded_gerManic
      @jaded_gerManic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      🤣 underrated comment

    • @Laura-kl7vi
      @Laura-kl7vi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      "Sheath", though. It made me recoil at the image even when he mentioned the name.

    • @ericbarber4297
      @ericbarber4297 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Laura-kl7vi dude he's English every guy got a switchblade, Simon just has sheath for his lol

    • @baalzeebub4230
      @baalzeebub4230 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Just remember Simon, keep it in its sheath.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      OnlyFans

  • @mohamodabdulahifarah383
    @mohamodabdulahifarah383 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +48

    You forget the most obvious one, Somaliland.

    • @Weeboslav
      @Weeboslav 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Somaliland is de facto independent,just not recognized

    • @gemmascupoftea
      @gemmascupoftea 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes, Simon kinda addressed that gathe begging.

    • @kylemartin9215
      @kylemartin9215 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      There's a few countries that are totally independent but you won't see on most maps Palestine, Transnistria, Somililand and whatever western Sahara real name is are a few i can think of. These countries have their own flags, government, and currency but for one reason or another aren't recognized. He could of done a video on countries like that, maybe one day they'll be fully recognized.

    • @jaamacdagaale5145
      @jaamacdagaale5145 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      He didn't forget that's already a country with UN-member flag🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴🇸🇴

  • @ChineseKiwi
    @ChineseKiwi 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +84

    1:23 - The Netherlands in reality also knew of the mineral resources in the area at the time and was still quite resistant to let go of the colonies.

    • @SiPakRubah
      @SiPakRubah 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Around 50% of Dutch are still proud with their colonial power
      And this poll was done like a few years back
      They probably preferred to keep Indonesia and Suriname for themselves and probably put them under the Kingdom of the Netherlands like in Aruba and Netherlands Antilles

    • @richardcostello360
      @richardcostello360 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      They knew something us Aussies didn't......that Indonesia is a worse colonial power than the Dutch could ever be
      The paupan people need to join up with New Guinea

    • @moordityamoordi9098
      @moordityamoordi9098 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@SiPakRubah Then we Indonesian, must give those nasty Netherland a taste of " Bamboe Runcing" (Sharp Bambo Stick)🤣😂

    • @moordityamoordi9098
      @moordityamoordi9098 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      @@richardcostello360 then becomes more impoverished, like New Guinea. By the way, have you visit West Papua? What kind of colonial power you talking about? That was a stupid non-sense🤣🤣🤣

    • @superhond1733
      @superhond1733 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@richardcostello360i agree. New Guinea is not the richest country. But it would still be better for the people there.

  • @Egbe21
    @Egbe21 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    As someone who lives in southern Cameroon I’m just frustrated with the fighting
    Lot of people have lost their lives
    The government was simply asked to go back to a federal republic but they chose fighting

  • @skyless_moon
    @skyless_moon 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +30

    You should do one on failed attempts next, like the american civil war.

    • @jessestaggs2136
      @jessestaggs2136 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      Another failed attempt would be the short-lived country of Biafra.

    • @ExtremeWreck
      @ExtremeWreck 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ooooohhh, Freedonia. Freedonia was an attempt by a bunch of random college students & the website about this attempt has been archived through The Wayback Machine. It is glorious to look at because of how hilariously stupid it was. I really wanna hear more tales about like, 3 teenagers wanting to make independent countries & everyone else is like "what drugs are these teens on?".

  • @user-jb7ru4nb8b
    @user-jb7ru4nb8b 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You’ve also got Quebec, The Basque, Spain 🇪🇸, Martinique 🇲🇶, The Dutch Caribbean (Aruba, Bonaire 🇧🇶 and Curaçao 🇨🇼), Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, Hong Kong 🇭🇰, Tibet and Xinjiang (East Turkestan)

    • @droidattackonthewookies2277
      @droidattackonthewookies2277 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Listen we don't want Quebec either. I wish we could do a land swap with America exchanging Quebec for Alaska. 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

    • @Your_Local_Furry
      @Your_Local_Furry 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      As a Newfoundlander, fuck Quebec stop trying to take Labrador when you are just gonna leave Canada anyway

    • @GoingForth
      @GoingForth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@droidattackonthewookies2277Border gore

    • @deivydasjuonys6487
      @deivydasjuonys6487 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @user-jb7ru4nb8b Sint Marten (Netherlands), Saint Martin( France), San Andreas and Providencia ( Columbia).

  • @sbccmichaelkelly
    @sbccmichaelkelly 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I’ve been to Barcelona and Catalonia, it was incredible to visit.

    • @user-ee6oq8uv6d
      @user-ee6oq8uv6d 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And what have your travels got to do with the price of fish?

  • @ZergrushEddie
    @ZergrushEddie 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +56

    Ah yes, creating a new country. Just a little side project, ya know? :)

    • @greywolf7577
      @greywolf7577 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      You have to have a real job to support yourself while you work on your hobby of creating a new country.

    • @Kerguelen.Mapping
      @Kerguelen.Mapping 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      liberland

    • @ianshaver8954
      @ianshaver8954 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It’s only mega if you succeed.

  • @Eranu187
    @Eranu187 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    You're pronunciation of Bougainville is shocking. Almost didn't know you were speaking about my homeland 😂

  • @chigozieosuoha7189
    @chigozieosuoha7189 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    And you fail to mention the independent of Biafra from Nigeria that's very much fast approaching to another new country fighting for independence.

  • @gideonhorwitz9434
    @gideonhorwitz9434 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +35

    12:05 there is a misconception about Catalonia independence despite it being a popular idea on the internet on the ground with the actual people isn’t as popular as you think it is.
    Catalans outside Barcelona are more likely to vote to remain in Spain. The last referendum vote was illegal under the Spanish constitution and technically illegitimate.
    12:52 Simon intentionally left out some key details to spin his narrative by all democratic standards for a referendum to succeed you need a majority of 50% + of all the eligible voters only 43% of the actual population voted 89% in favor of 43% is not a majority. The cantalan leaders in the parliament passed that legislation despite not representing the majority of their constituents.

    • @Jaztins
      @Jaztins 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

      Your comment is correct edcep5 for the fact that Catalans outside of Barcelona are a lot more independentist than the ones in the Barcelona metropolitan area.
      Barcelona and it's metro area is where most of the Against independence vote concentrates. The only exception is Tarragona and Vall d'aran.

  • @lloyddossantos1800
    @lloyddossantos1800 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Would the West Papua have similarities with Papua New Guinea in cultural terms? Could they unite to make the island 1 country?

    • @osheridan
      @osheridan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Yep, there are also Papuan unionists within the freedom fighters.

    • @Rickyrab
      @Rickyrab 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Maybe the Papuans should unite.

    • @fasha7747
      @fasha7747 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      No. If you look at how many languages in Papua New Guinea, you would understand.

    • @only_fair23
      @only_fair23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Not really, I'm surprised Papua New Guinea is still a country. It, officially, has the most languages of any country in the world.

    • @nareyanto7467
      @nareyanto7467 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yes culturally, ethnically and geographically we are one. The only differences is during colonial rule make separate us which Western part control by the Dutch and Eastern part know as Papua New Guinea control by British which separate us until today. We West Papua have been fighting 60 years. We hope to get own independent soon

  • @15DEAN1995
    @15DEAN1995 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +71

    my understanding of the catalonia situation could be out dated but spain are unlikely to ever permit a split. as far as i recall catalonia is quite a rich part of the country, if spain was to lose it then theyd lose a massive amount of tax revenue. losing catalonia for spain would be like england losing london

    • @OJOtheMojo
      @OJOtheMojo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      That's true, but morally they're obligated to give it up and are no better than other occupiers

    • @particles343
      @particles343 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +26

      Yeah, a lot of people don't realize that most of Europe still consists of these countries within countries with quite a few regional languages. We're seeing a resurgence of old languages and cultures and I think it's great. The problem happens when the loud belligerent "Donald Trump" from each culture starts shit with everyone.

    • @warsmithalaric
      @warsmithalaric 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +34

      ​@@OJOtheMojolol morally? What world do you live in?

    • @michaelm9975
      @michaelm9975 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      ​​@@warsmithalaricThis world has never been moral the only thing the people of this world understand is power to quote Mao Zedong 'all power comes from the barrel of a gun.'

    • @migmiggul
      @migmiggul 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

      Morally??? 😂. Any repression that occurred in Catalonia in the past was felt by every Spaniard in Spain during the Franco regime. We can’t look to past regimes and say that the Catalans are now victimized (which is the independence faction’s lie to the international community) the current democratic government was approved by all Spaniards through referendum in 1978 and without any promise or guarantee that independence would ever be considered. There is ZERO repression by the national government against Catalans. If anything, there is repression from the regional government against non-Catalans. The 1978 constitution guarantees the sovereignty of the nation and bestows upon the government the absolute right to protect its sovereignty. Independence for Catalonia would be disastrous both economically and politically. Hundreds of major companies and investors (including Caixa Bank) left the region just on a mere possibility of independence that was never realized. The EU has already manifested they would not be permitted within the union after independence. Their claim to North Catalonia (within French borders) would immediately put them at odds with France. It’s never going to happen. There is no historical, legal or moral right to independence for Catalonia and it’s not what the majority want. This is not an occupier vs occupied situation. Catalan independence will never happen nor should it happen.

  • @HappyDays66666
    @HappyDays66666 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    Would love to see you do a video on Klaus Schwab. He also has a lot of plans before 2030.

  • @dutchside33
    @dutchside33 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Hey Simon, I love this, but I need some more Casual Criminalist. I'm dying over here

    • @EnbeeEspee
      @EnbeeEspee 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I get ya, I'm a huge fan too. What, in your opinion was the most horrific episode? Sylvia Likens' murder was the one that broke me.

    • @dutchside33
      @dutchside33 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @leftyscot3675 Honestly, I really like Simon's rants. He's hilarious. There isn't one particular case I find more favor with. They are all interesting.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Just hook it to my veins.

  • @loyalsupportisthebestever
    @loyalsupportisthebestever 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +29

    Just saw you left Top Tenz, Geographics and Biographics. Such a shame as I loved watching your narrating. You always have such a relaxed, enjoyable and fun filled way of making the videos. That said, so glad you are still with us Mr Simon.

    • @pepperonish
      @pepperonish 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      He is probably tired from recording 18 hours a day lol

    • @slinkbradshaw8674
      @slinkbradshaw8674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@pepperonishlol nah he had issues with the owner of those channels

    • @pepperonish
      @pepperonish 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      @@slinkbradshaw8674 oh I thought he was the owner

    • @francismuiruri9064
      @francismuiruri9064 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@pepperonishme too

  • @justinandrus6731
    @justinandrus6731 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have to say that was your best advertisement ever that was very smooth

  • @Stamboul
    @Stamboul 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +44

    Not counting Bougainville, which is currently on its way to internationally recognized independence, West Papua has the most sympathetic case to make for independence, and Catalonia the least sympathetic.

    • @SetuwoKecik
      @SetuwoKecik 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      The same group of rebels who fought for West Papuan independence were the same group whose supported Russian invasion of Ukraine.
      Talk about ironic

  • @zytrik1
    @zytrik1 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    As a Catalonian myself I’d say that it’s unlikely that we’ll break away 😕

  • @bikkiikun
    @bikkiikun 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +137

    I think it is more likely for Scotland to leave the UK, than Catalonia leaving Spain.

    • @StefanMedici
      @StefanMedici 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      Indeed. If Catalonia was allowed to leave, Basque would be next. Spain is held together more fragile than even the US.

    • @RoboCatTrainer
      @RoboCatTrainer 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      I think the biggest issue with Scotland leaving the UK is the possibility of conflict in Northern Ireland reawakening as if Scotland leaves it would feed the hopes/fears of the 2 sides there. Probably a familiar scenario for a lot of (ex) colonial nations

    • @whiteenglishknight9861
      @whiteenglishknight9861 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      Scotland knows where it’s bread buttered

    • @michaelball93
      @michaelball93 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

      The pro-independence movement in Scotland is becoming as divided as the pro-independence Catalan movement though, and nothing can happen as long as both central governments deny a legal referendum.

    • @arwing20
      @arwing20 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      @@michaelball93 The UK gave Scotland a referendum, Spain did not. Get your facts right

  • @2255223388
    @2255223388 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Crazy that the first three are all in Melanesia (or nearby if you want to be tricky)

  • @thegrandlord2914
    @thegrandlord2914 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Main problem of west papuan nationality to indonesia are more related to development of infrastructures and economy
    With massive development that west papua got in last 10 years, the percentage of nationalist west papuan who see them self as indonesian keep increasing. Meanwhile, the number of west papuan that stand against the separatist are also increasing.
    The day when this video uploaded, thousands of papuan are marching to celebrate indonesian independence. Months ago, papuan in several villages join the military to fight against the rebels. Not only the common citizen, hundreds of rebels also decided to put their gun down and return to become indonesian citizen
    With many of their member leaving their side to join indonesia, the rebels become more brutal. 2 months ago they shoot death 2 papuan ladies, left their corpse laying on the road side and hide in the nearest bush.
    They intentionaly killing 2 papuan lady and using their corpse as bait to lure indonesian police. When the police arrive to secure and evacuate the corpse, the rebel appear and shooting at the police, killing one.
    This is not only intentional murder by the rebel. In april, they murdering several papuan. One of them a highschooler boy

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Hi Indonesian government. How are you doing today?
      Yeah, keep putting out that propaganda and probably banning this video so we, the Australian government, never have to face the consequences of us totally f*cking those guys over.
      Definitely no human rights abuses and catastrophic environmental damage to see here!

  • @keenanarthur8381
    @keenanarthur8381 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    I spent time in Kumbo, Cameroon at the Himalayan Institute’s humanitarian project there in 2018, in an anglophone region. It’s a beautiful region. Lots of military police all over though

  • @--enyo--
    @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +93

    You should do an ‘Into the Shadows’ video on West Papua. Missing here was how involved Australia was in f*cking them over and basically handing them to Indonesia (then persecuting whistleblowers…) and turning a blind eye to Indonesian atrocities against the Papuans, in exchange for kickbacks from their (environmentally devastating) mining and other resource-stripping activities.

    • @frenzalrhomb6919
      @frenzalrhomb6919 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah, we did that to them and more. And even more again to East Timor, by setting our "National Security Apparatus" e.g, A.S.I.O, to spy on the East Timor Governmental Officers responsible for the negotiations for the new Sea Boarders between Australia and East Timor, which just so happens to sit directly above a huge deposit of Oil and Natural Gas in the Timor Sea.
      The Australian Government Official who became aware that we were going to try to screw over one of the World's smallest Countries for it's only large scale Natural Resource, using 21st Century Spying technology on a Country that had just come through an Indonesian led Genocide and a 35yr long insurgency and blew the Whistle to the Newspapers, is facing decades in Jail and so is the Journalist who wrote the story.
      Democracy and Capitalism, what a love affair!!

    • @evanxavs2625
      @evanxavs2625 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      How can papua govern itself when their organization and tribes always fight eachother? Plus there's the biggest gold mine, west clearly gonna exploit them and stole them

    • @SetuwoKecik
      @SetuwoKecik 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

      Funny that its the australian who are the loudest online about west papua.

    • @moordityamoordi9098
      @moordityamoordi9098 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@SetuwoKecik Coz, they were crazy for gold🤣🤣🤣

    • @mentau1905
      @mentau1905 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      if west papua were to become independent, it wont change much tbh. Natural recources are all gobbled up, im sure when they're independent theyll just end up being raw gold and cheap labour country to the west, 100% they'll also rely on indonesian products and exports since indonesia built all the infrastructure and are the closest there.

  • @ryans9647
    @ryans9647 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    its interesting how almost all of the potential countries are in or near Oceania

    • @yourlocalkvt
      @yourlocalkvt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Yea we have many border and political disputes here in Oceania; especially the Melanesian region.

    • @only_fair23
      @only_fair23 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      A good chunk of Oceania are island regions/provinces, islands make making borders easier and generally have different Ethnicities.

    • @yourlocalkvt
      @yourlocalkvt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@only_fair23 Agree. Most disputes caused in the Pacific are mostly ethical problems like the Bougainville Civil War in Papua New Guinea and the Malaita problem in the Solomon Islands.

  • @Jamiro_Van
    @Jamiro_Van 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    hoped on a video about Belgium and Flanders

  • @diegocarmonapalma170
    @diegocarmonapalma170 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Btw if you look at the general elections of 2023 you can perfectly see that pro-independence parties won 14 of the 41 seats Catalonia has in Congress against 27 seats of the unionists

  • @eaphantom9214
    @eaphantom9214 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    08:36 - It was also the location where the 1999 BBC Documentary Walking with Dinosaurs was filmed
    - Cruel Sea -

  • @jaded_gerManic
    @jaded_gerManic 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    @Sideprojects Team IDK who edited the audio for this one but putting a clip of a speech under Simon also talking was jarring and hard to follow; we know y'all do good work. Just a nitpick. 💜

  • @basilsolomos3227
    @basilsolomos3227 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What’s the source of Yugoslavia’s partition map at the beginning? It’s really messed.

  • @MultiDivebomber
    @MultiDivebomber 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    West Papua won't be independent....people on the major coastal cities are loyal to Indonesia. Many thousands West Papuans have joined Indonesian armed forces. Those rebels are just fragmented groups in the mountains who terrorizing fellow Papuans who raise Indonesian flag.

  • @dsxa918
    @dsxa918 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks for recommending Sheath underwear!

  • @kaungkyilin5538
    @kaungkyilin5538 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Can you make a video abt the civil war in Myanmar?

  • @LiveFreeOrDie2A
    @LiveFreeOrDie2A 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +64

    I’ve never understood why as a country you’d be so self-destructively obsessed to rule a territory and people ethnically/culturally so different and opposed to such rule? There’s very little to gain and everything to lose.

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My thoughts as well. Sometimes it’s natural resources, other times it just seems like a d*ck measuring contest.

    • @zealmediaproductions844
      @zealmediaproductions844 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      Just like the people of eastern Ukraine

    • @gmwdim
      @gmwdim 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +24

      One reason is that people in power are obsessed with maintaining and asserting their power. A second reason is that in most cases the region seeking independence is more economically prosperous or contains resources that they don't want to lose control over.

    • @slinkbradshaw8674
      @slinkbradshaw8674 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

      ​@@gmwdimlike Barcelona, losing such a prosperous city would nearly cripple Spain

    • @Enseaclopedia
      @Enseaclopedia 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Like scottish and english perhaps?

  • @mardproduction6337
    @mardproduction6337 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    I think, Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, and California will exist soon 😅

  • @kinnexion
    @kinnexion 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know this has nothing to do with the subject of the video, but just look at those socks!!! My god, Simon has style :P

  • @OR56
    @OR56 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Cool video! But I’m not sure where you see the “R” in “Bougainville”.

    • @papasmurfette007
      @papasmurfette007 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I don't know how the locals pronounce it, but in Australia the island (and the mining company) are pronouced "BO GAN VILL"...

    • @OR56
      @OR56 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@papasmurfette007 Yeah, that's how I say it, I was wondering where he found the 'R'.

  • @BigMobe
    @BigMobe 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Rights are only as real as the force use to ensure them. No force means its just a priveldge that can be revoked at anytime.

  • @zer0themysticguardian432
    @zer0themysticguardian432 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Alba gu Brath

  • @KkJACKkK
    @KkJACKkK 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Things have been SHOWLY shifting Simon? :D 9:56

  • @blackorcking
    @blackorcking 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Idea you should do one about country who we might lose by 2030

  • @cleanerben9636
    @cleanerben9636 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    KURDISTAN FOREVER GO KURDISTAN

    • @user-nz5wf3qm5y
      @user-nz5wf3qm5y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      America Promise Them A Kurdistan Years Ago They Didn't Keep Their Promise And It Never Happened

  • @MrAntonius321
    @MrAntonius321 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Honestly, as a German I get the cultural backgrounds that have been colonised. The Catalonia debate is also fine, but as many have stated, very different. For the sake of a quick comparison, basically every single one of the german subcultures has identified them selves as a unique nation in the past. The stability and wealth of a nation, in some cases, is the stronger argument and I truly believe that it is the same in Catalonia.

    • @Yumao420
      @Yumao420 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Catalonia has never been an independent region since it was taken over by the Romans

  • @etzool
    @etzool 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    At what point can we agree that "on all sides" or "on both sides" has taken on connotations that those phrases didn't have before, and should be avoided? It's unfortunate, but language evolves, and right now these phrases have a very strong association with excusing behavior based on the fallacious assertion that it's ubiquitous.

  • @madderhat5852
    @madderhat5852 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    And the Empire of Disney-CocaCola .

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Annex Florida.

  • @ry1786
    @ry1786 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Good video love from US occupied hawaii....

  • @kriskay5020
    @kriskay5020 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Commenting before the Australian Government ban this video because of Chapter 1

    • @--enyo--
      @--enyo-- 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Wouldn’t put it past them.
      But it’s almost definitely blocked in Indonesia. Not even joking there.

    • @Rickyrab
      @Rickyrab 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The USA: "First amendment first amendment first amendment neener neener"

    • @zeyzy9005
      @zeyzy9005 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      The Australian government does not have the power this time to disturb Indonesia's sovereignty, because of the hot issue of Russia and Ukraine, not to mention the issue of a Chinese military base that could be built close to Australia.

  • @PaulJohn01
    @PaulJohn01 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    OK for those who want to split away or break up from countries they're part of, how many referendums or how frequently should they be allowed ? Is it just until they get what they want ?

    • @xavieretsalva5106
      @xavieretsalva5106 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      until they get what they want or the idea fades away!

  • @SuperSunayan
    @SuperSunayan 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Simon will U ever return to Biographics

  • @SergiReyner
    @SergiReyner 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Uhhhh when talking about "some infighting" after the first referendum in Catalonia, you illustrated it with footage of the Spanish police forcefully intervening in locations where people were voting on the second referendum.

  • @HeliRy
    @HeliRy 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    Honourable mention should go to the Borneo side of Malaysia, and specifically the Sarawak region.

  • @ComaDave
    @ComaDave 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Republic of Dave.
    Now get off my lawn.

  • @GreekPele
    @GreekPele 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    There’s so many others you could make a part 2 and maybe even a part 3 lol. Ones that come to mind are Kosovo, Transnistria, North cyprus, and Scotland. And that’s just Europe alone.

    • @suomeaboo
      @suomeaboo 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Hasn't Kosovo been independent for some time now?

  • @dr.m2996
    @dr.m2996 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    What about KURDISTAN ? the largest population in the world (43 million) with out a country, where their land divided by Allies in the WW1 to four countries Turkey, lran, lraq and Syria and a part in Armenia?

    • @user-nz5wf3qm5y
      @user-nz5wf3qm5y 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Kurds Live In Middle East And Caucasus

  • @wyldhowl2821
    @wyldhowl2821 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    The Papua situation makes me wonder how that will be affected by Indonesia's crazy plan to move their capitol to Borneo.
    So much of what went on in that area is murky & unknown, caught up in other issues.

    • @zaskiaalsakila7248
      @zaskiaalsakila7248 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Bring in 10 million Muslims from other islands. And 300,000 soldiers into West Papua tat is the plan.

    • @GoingForth
      @GoingForth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Don't listen to that 14 years old above me. After the fall of Indonesian dictatorship, the region is much more developed. New education program was also introduced, where students from Papua will get free and higher education in Java. I said this cause one of my bud is also Papuan student

    • @vixonviee
      @vixonviee 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      actually plan to move capital was planned in 1950s

  • @volbound1700
    @volbound1700 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    One theme globally is that the regions with a ton of countries (especially tropical regions) tend to wallow in poverty because these smaller states just don't have the resources to take care of their people.

  • @aanchaallllllll
    @aanchaallllllll 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    0:00: 🌍 The world's borders are constantly shifting, with many new borders forming from treaties, decolonization, and unification.
    2:50: 💔 West Papua's struggle for independence from Indonesia has been marred by violence and controversy.
    5:35: 🌏 West Papua faces ongoing fighting and protests, while Bougainville moves towards independence.
    8:49: 🌏 New Caledonia's path to independence from France remains uncertain.
    11:42: 🔸 Catalonia's struggle for independence from Spain has gained support since 2010, with protests, referendums, and the rise of pro-independence parties.
    14:31: 🌍 Several countries have refrained from supporting Catalonia's independence due to concerns about similar situations within their own borders, while most nations have respected Spain's sovereignty and hope for a peaceful agreement.
    17:23: ⚔ The conflict between Cameroon and the Amazonian Defense is ongoing, with both sides being accused of human rights abuses.
    Recap by Tammy AI

    • @TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice
      @TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I wound have liked the video, if the creator didn't show such a one sided narrative. That is rare in Indonesia and therefore making the rebel looks evil for only using one sided narrative. They are no different that extremist،terrorist and destructive rebels when both sides are uncover. Casualties and interviews.

    • @masebase_ii
      @masebase_ii 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@TheAnonymousKnightOfJustice Same here, i remember his video about Kosovo was biased a bit too.

  • @alejandroreyes8878
    @alejandroreyes8878 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    There are some separatist movements gaining traction in northern Mexico recently, they are thankfully still small and unknown to the wider public, but I'm sure they'll gain a lot of attention in the following years as things look bleaker in the current political ambiance

  • @danielp1757
    @danielp1757 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    "Shlowly showing" 😂

  • @jorgelotr3752
    @jorgelotr3752 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    11:52 rather than "until Spanish reconquered it" it was "until France decided it was just a burden and handed it back"; the beef Catalonian nobles had with Spain was inherited from the one they had with Aragon, which was that when the last member of uninterrupted patrilineal line of the Count of Barcelona that became King of Aragon by marriage died childless, they had to import an heir and the sway they had lessened by a lot; the peasants, on the other hand, were against the fact that, as a border territory, armies were camping and figting there (which was not fixed with their proclamation). The only lasting effect that came from that was the loss of their privilege of Charter (which allowed them to call for a Court with representants of nobility, the cities and the clergy to accept or veto the king's decisions), along with the loss of that same privilege for Aragon, Valencia and the Balearic Islands, which had nothing to do with the event.
    12:51 EDIT: wait, wait, wait, you've been mixing things up here and sold the original referendum with images from the latest one; the first referendum was allowed to proceed with little fuss on the side of the Government; most of the issues with it was that the indepententist parties worked to alienate integrationists and then misrepresented the results: half of the people were intentionally angried to the pint that they decided not to participate, and despite them lowering the voting age to 16 (you tell me how that sounds) to maximize participation among those that grew up with their narrative, that 91% (more like 45%) was not "in favour of independence" but "in favour of it to be regarded as a nation", with the votes in favour of independence being lower (there were two questions on the ballot) ORIGINAL: never forget to mention that it was done without a voter register, it was allowed to vote wherever and there's evidence of people voting multiple times, people from outside voting and vote counts exceeding by large the known number of possible voters in some localities. Not to mention that the referendum was declared unconstitutional for technicalities and the masterminds refused to address those technicalities, complained that the Government didn't want to heard them (after refusing again and again offers from the Government to talk things out), misappropriated a lot of funds that should have gone to things like healthcare or maintenance of public infrastructures, conned a lot of collaborators (many people were hired to work on related tings but never saw a cent of their promised payment) and the higher-ups were too cozy in their exile from the start for it to not have been a long premeditated thing.
    14:00 peaceful protest morphed into riots way earlier, and despite the shared videos, those watching live feeds could see that what the protesters directed to the police on standby were not only choice words, nut also stones and sticks (and whatever they could get their hands on).

    • @garretth8224
      @garretth8224 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Its almost like aggressive violent responses to protests usually illicit a violent response.

    • @jorgelotr3752
      @jorgelotr3752 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@garretth8224 in this case, more like the opposite: violence in protests made off camera elicit a violent response by security forces, get the camera rolling, cut and paste the footage and miscaption ambiguous stillframes.
      Believe it or not, in the last 30 years Spanish police have been trained to put up with a lot of hostility without doing nothing, basically all protests (no matter for what) have a sizeable subset of violent protesters, and protests like this tend to have organized violence on the part of the protesters, which in this case was encouraged by the local government and violent protesters were placed in the first lines to start the powder keg; first stones and big objects, like barriers, are thrown by protesters, then, after a good while, enraged policemen start to trickle until the dam is broken.
      Has the police such a short fuse as it's sold abroad, we'd have way more issues with police brutality than the US, despite being just 1/18th of the size.

  • @breakingindonesia8199
    @breakingindonesia8199 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Papua indonesia✌🤝

    • @yourlocalkvt
      @yourlocalkvt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      West Papua merdeka! 🇨🇺🇨🇺🇨🇺

    • @fasha7747
      @fasha7747 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@yourlocalkvtIn your dreams

    • @yourlocalkvt
      @yourlocalkvt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @fasha7747 Not dreams son, it is happening and the West Papuan Liberation Army will win.

    • @fasha7747
      @fasha7747 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@yourlocalkvt They're getting more desperate each passing year by using hostages. Whether you want to live in reality or fantasy, it's up to you i guess

    • @yourlocalkvt
      @yourlocalkvt 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @fasha7747 Most West Papuan Liberation fighters are against capturing hostages. There are different West Papuan Liberation militias in West Papua with all having different point of views and goals; but they all have one common goal which is to free West Papua from Indonesian imperialist occupation.

  • @jadedcatlady
    @jadedcatlady 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Simon’s amazing socks are distracting me enough that I might have to listen twice. 😂

  • @graemeking7336
    @graemeking7336 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Plenty of bananas to go 'round

  • @thebiologist8662
    @thebiologist8662 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Hilarious that you said Catalonia considering during the last elections last month the independent faction sunk like a rock in the ocean. Turned out that embezzling money with the excuse of independence doesn't look good among the population.

    • @valentipratgrau2530
      @valentipratgrau2530 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Many of them stayed home as a (successful) form of protest against pro-independence parties, accused of being too soft and not having a clear political agenda.
      The effects of this are already being felt in several recent political speeches from those parties.

  • @fixedG
    @fixedG 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Some impassioned Quebecoise person is going to watch this and get all riled up.

  • @muratsahin2246
    @muratsahin2246 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What about Venice? Basque? Wales? Erdely? West Trakia? Crete? Genoa? Bavaria? Aquitaine? Bretagne? Naples?

  • @josephwielinski4383
    @josephwielinski4383 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What about Greenland!?

  • @theseventhangel9768
    @theseventhangel9768 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Novorossiya

    • @spacecube8561
      @spacecube8561 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      is not a thing that exists..........

    • @sonneh86
      @sonneh86 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      Karelia, Chechnya, Dagestan, Circassia, Tatarstan, Belgorod, Buryatia, Tuva, Yakustk, Hanty-Mansi, Komi
      Going to enjoy watching Russia disintegrate.

    • @Dexter037S4
      @Dexter037S4 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      China will put in a pro-CCP government that's just as bad as Putin, and directly control most of the Eastern regions as well, it'll just be Beijing in everything but name.

  • @BelgianVISOINair
    @BelgianVISOINair 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    i was hoping the split in belgium was going to be part of it

    • @timothygreer188
      @timothygreer188 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      RIght? I mean Van Grieken is geared to sign papers if and, with every political situation swinging right, when Vlaams Belang takes over next year

    • @ChristiaanHW
      @ChristiaanHW 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      if Belgium would split (we) the Dutch would be honored to have Vlaanderen become a (autonomous) part of the Kingdom of The Netherlands, if they want of course.

    • @ignatiusryd2031
      @ignatiusryd2031 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChristiaanHW I hope i was wrong but somewhat from what is saw as a someone living far away from Europe, already sensed that if were indeed Belgium splits apart the Walloonians would tried to merge with France while the Flanders would tried to merge with Netherlands, leaving the minorty Germans on the east in options as the sole ruler of what remains from Belgium or merged with Germany/Luxembourg.

    • @timothygreer188
      @timothygreer188 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ChristiaanHW I'm confused, why would they seek secession from one Kingdom only to join another? I thought the whole idea was complete self-governance. Also, Brussels would not be part of the deal so they lose one of the most powerful seats in the EU. Nationalism sucks

    • @ChristiaanHW
      @ChristiaanHW 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@ignatiusryd2031 we shall see.
      After all it's the choice of the Belgium people.
      A long time ago the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg where one region. (The Lowlands)
      And more recently Belgium and the Netherlands (basically) fought a war to determine if they would get back together or if Belgium would stay independent.
      So i could understand Belgium people could swing both way. And maybe they want to become a North Belgium and a South Belgium, both independend and sovereign countries.
      But because most Dutch see the people from Northern Belgium as brothers (and maybe even just southern Dutchies), the Dutch wouldn't mind if they want to integrate more with the Netherlands. In whatever form they (the Belgium people) would want

  • @HighlandUnicyclist
    @HighlandUnicyclist 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Hey!! You barely mentioned Scotland!!

  • @lead_farmer69
    @lead_farmer69 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow, editing boys

  • @grapefruitsimmons
    @grapefruitsimmons 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Alberta and Texas might be ones

    • @Ashannon888
      @Ashannon888 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Neither. The US won't let any state go and would stop it. Alberta can't survive being independent as they are far to reliant on oil at the moment.

    • @Rickyrab
      @Rickyrab 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Naaaaaaaaah

    • @Rickyrab
      @Rickyrab 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And besides, Texans aren't really in favor of secession those days anyway. It's mainly a pipe dream of a couple of die hard Republicans with "lost cause" nostalgia.

    • @DiegoF1ores
      @DiegoF1ores 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      No, Texas are very pro-american they will never leave the US

  • @jontheb123
    @jontheb123 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    There's also a growing movement within the Western Cape province of South Africa for Cape Independence. Many South Africans are fleeing to the Cape as it is the only province in South Africa not ruled by the highly corrupt African National Congress (ANC). It is also home to the highest concentration of white and mixed race South Africans who are currently discriminated against through black economic empowerment laws. They're seeking equal rights for all regardless of race. The movement is growing in popularity but it is slow growth as the region represents a massive almost 50% of South Africa's tax base and the central corrupt government won't give it up without a fight.

  • @stephen4036
    @stephen4036 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Pfffft.... Quebec.

  • @cookingwithchefluc7173
    @cookingwithchefluc7173 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Simon you forgot to mention the Western Cape leaving the rest of South Africa and forming an independant country which will become the Monaco of Africa if it succeeds. A video about that will be great🙌

    • @ronewamphahlele6191
      @ronewamphahlele6191 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      South africa will never as long as JULIUS IS HERE.

  • @JoshuaW237
    @JoshuaW237 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Where the cape rebublic?

  • @muhammadnasir3347
    @muhammadnasir3347 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    What about Poerto Rico, Scotland, Greenland, France Guenia?

  • @alfredourbina793
    @alfredourbina793 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Could California become its own country in the future?

  • @dantetre
    @dantetre 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Scotland shall be free!

  • @gravecrawler1749
    @gravecrawler1749 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    I think it’s interesting how humanity seems on a course headed back towards what look like large tribes. Just an observation.

  • @lylejay965
    @lylejay965 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So no mention of Cape Republic? Succession movement in SA

  • @KeithSchincke
    @KeithSchincke 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    No love for the Conch Republic?

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I hope New Caledonia chooses a new name when they gain independence. Why name it after a place on the other side of the world? Why keep a name given by colonialists? That'd be cool but it is up to the native people.

  • @theawesomeman9821
    @theawesomeman9821 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Surprised that Simon didn't mention Kurdistan

    • @greywolf7577
      @greywolf7577 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Maybe as a break away part of Syria. But the Kurds in Turkey, Iraq, and Iran probably aren't getting their freedom any time soon. And Turkey would like to take over the Kurdish regions of Syria rather than let it be an independent country.

    • @theawesomeman9821
      @theawesomeman9821 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@greywolf7577 good point

    • @ignatiusryd2031
      @ignatiusryd2031 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@greywolf7577 Iraqi kurdish has gaining more authonomies from Baghdad especially after Kurdish militas (Peshmerga) played a very important role getting rid daesh. They also have setting up its own borders separating kurdish land with entire Iraq, if Iraqi govt did not hastily address the elephant in the room a.k.a the sectarian issues in Iraq, its just a matter of time before finally Iraqi kurdish decide to use the turmoil to get another leverages to gaining its indepence straight away.

    • @boxtradums0073
      @boxtradums0073 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Turkey Will never allow it and NATO is reliant on Turkey to control access to the Black Sea and to keep Russia’s influence expanding.

    • @mohannadkhalil2577
      @mohannadkhalil2577 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ❤️☀️💚 for Kurdistan

  • @jesusfomperosa1740
    @jesusfomperosa1740 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Your documentary is very interesting but regarding Catalonia I think you should review to incorporate following facts:
    - yes in the referendum independent vote was overwhelmingly in favor. But you should have explained this is a normal result since the opposition were called to abstain from voting so all votes by definition were pro-independence only.
    - more importantly if you search online for polls on independence for Catalonia you will see in Catalonia those against independence far outnumber those in favor of independence. Also you will see that the trend has been against pro-independence and latest polls show only 38% support for independence (source ElPais 17 May 2022).
    Therefore if a referendum were to be permitted the vote would be against by double digits.

  • @Brainreaver79
    @Brainreaver79 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    i always wonder if the regions trying to become independent, have the infrastructure to support independence..

    • @bella-hi4oo
      @bella-hi4oo 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm also wondering how?? Look at Palestine, The UN and many nations wanted to give Palestinian a state..But how??Israel provides Electricity, water , internet, jobs , goods. UN provides billion of aid to Gaza in order for them to build important facilities but the seed money was wasted. Gaza can be transform to a little Israel, because they are in a strategic location..

    • @GoingForth
      @GoingForth 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@bella-hi4ooThey can, if ethnic tension, sectarian divide, and land disputes weren't things