Countries That SHOULD Exist (But Don't)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ค. 2024
- ▶ In this video, I explore regions that, in my view and based on the criterion of representing specific nationalities or ethnic groups, should exist as independent countries. The first example is Balochistan, split between Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, seeks independence for the Baloch people. I encourage viewers to consider whether these regions should have sovereignty and if they believe these countries could attain independence. Then moving on to East Turkistan and its Turkic identity. In North America, Quebec is considered due to its unique culture rooted in French colonization and historical referendums on sovereignty. In Africa, Ogoniland desires independence from Nigeria, facing exploitation of resources by foreign companies. Ambazonia and Biafra in Cameroon and Nigeria, respectively, emerge due to the Anglophone-Francophone divide and ethnic tensions. Lastly, Kurdistan, where the Kurdish ethnic group seeks autonomy or independence across Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria.
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00:00 Intro
01:03 Balochistan
02:27 East Turkestan
03:54 Quebec
05:37 Ogoniland
06:44 Ambazonia
08:03 Biafra
09:20 Kurdistan
11:06 Summary
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*Which other countries do you think should get their independence?*
(PS: Everyone from Turkey and Pakistan don't be mad at me, I still like you too ❤)
Maybe territories like Anguilla, reunion, and French guiana
You are hoping to divide our country. We Turks do not like you. Actually, many many Kurds don't like you either. You think Kurdish people want independence but you have no idea actually.
ughuristan because they are suffering hummilating and killing by china in because they are totally different in religion ,and culture and they are enforcing them to change their religion so they have to be free immediately
What about Bavaria Tibet Manchuia Galicia Catalonia Brittany and South Italy
Well what about Sardinia and Corsica?
I'm sure the responses to this video will be respectful and mature😂
Yall say this in every single video 😅
Chinese bots:
@@AbyssalSkum-gd5ly they are like, "The whole world has been an integral part of Chinese territory since humans first walked the Earth." Or something like that.
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"With Ms. Fritz? Un-fukin'-likely"
"Awww!"
I wish there were a grand reorganization of Africa into more coherent wholes. That's unlikely to ever happen, but one can dream.
AtlasPro did a great episode on this
It’s probably a terrible idea
Unfortunately just not feasible , many regions have been forced and struggle to operate under the modern nation state structure and would not be able to survive on there own if separated even further, the best hope is to focus on unite within the different cultural groups
well that's the problem, a lot of those groups are either divided by a border they didn't choose, or are thrown together in a nation state that can't possibly represent all their people @@Know_Clu
Recognizing Africa would probably just cause more wars
As a Quebecois myself, I want to stay in Canada and I dont mind being called a Canadian, but I do respect other Quebecois in their desire to want an actual country
If Quebec really wanted to leave Canada, they would've let the rest of the country vote.
That's the most canadian comment ever 😂
@@davidblane771that's not how separatism referendum works or else you are imposing imperialism.
@@carlossaraiva8213 The joke is that the rest of the country would vote to kick them out
@@Illjwamh yeah, that could happen too. But most often a dominant etnicity wants to retain a minority so they can blame them for all the wrongs they are actually responsible for. Also to exploit too. Almost all societies,.especially those who have one group as the historical dominant, love to have a stractified society of the betters and the scum. Its how assholes justify themselves.
It is important to know that borders have never been set in stone.
Um...yes, sometimes they literally have been set in stone using stone markers. Do you mean they can always be changed?
@@gregsquires6201i think @adolfojuangarcia1906 is making a metaphor of how borders aren’t permanent ✍️
but i agree, given how so many borders are demarcated in stone it is definitely ironic 🤣
the english/scottish border was literally set in stone
They are if by regognized treaties that involve multiple parties and a signed document at the UN. That is in fact one of the reasons for the creation of the UN. Or else all would be at the whims of imperialists with the largest army
@@hugh.g.rection5906 parts of it were. Other parts are just essentially a big long mound of raised dirt
Somaliland is also interesting since it's not recognized by pretty much anyone while, in every conceivable criteria, being an independent state just as much as any other one.
yea somaliland should probably be at the top of this list
Do you mean Ethiopialand?
@@save_sudan_and_palestinePlease tell me that by "save Sudan" you dont mean "conquer South Sudan"
@@igorlopes7589 No I mean to Save Sudan from Sudan itself. I mean Save Sudanese people from Rapid Support Forces supported by the stupid national army. they are persecuting the locals. It has nothing to do with South Sudan. it's a civil war.
@@igorlopes7589I think it’s more about Darfur region
Tibet for example
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You probably know but Tibet was invaded by China (early 1950's). China will never allow them independence.
By the way:
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Yup
yah, highly doubt it will happen but yah :)
The mountain brothers (and nepal)
@@KingdomOfTibet
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Sorry for the long and broken english answer. But man. Your sarcasm needed an answer. Didn't it.
BROOO. General knowledge DELETES comments who stands by Turkey
@@derikans Could also be that you said something that TH-cam doesn't like and it automatically deleted your comment.
Sometimes it just does that. Sometimes swear words get the comment deleted, sometimes not.
@@Tommuli_Haudankaivaja i thought about it. But nah. I said nothing against the policy.
@@derikansWhat did you say?
I immediately thought of Catalonia. It's probably because it's much closer to home compared to the other examples, and their last attempt at independence was only in 2017, so it still feels like it happened recently.
Ignoring the obvious country of Scotland just above my own, which is a country, but also forms part of an even bigger country. It's complicated.
The catalan thing us just funny, spain has done everything that is legal, and ilegal, to prevent their independence and now the catalans and the basques have the hole goverment hostage and are forcing amnisty laws, special privileges, the right to vetoe any law, the ability to aprove laws for spain but not have to follow them etc.
Basically spain is willing to suffer a miserable life waiting for the collapse than aknoledge reality and let them go
Ye in the case of Scotland I'd say different to say Catalonia or East Turkestan, as Scotland has voted to stay and the UK is a union with Scotland having by far the greatest Autonomy of the 4 countries. Its also far too important to give up due to nuclear bases, oil fields and the Intrests of NATO and the GIUK gap.
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Cata what??
@@julian.16Lonia.
Tibet is a painfully glaring omission from this list…
He just uploaded a video about it
I think it's about time everyone recognizes Sealand as a sovereign nation that it is.
You must be kidding, right?
I thought it said Saarland for a minute
@@Bafuku.1 wdym, Sealand is a great nation with it's own history and culture
@@RedRender666 yeah, the country has a very rich history which starts in the 1960s.
@@Bafuku.1 It was a very rich 1960s.
You should have added Assyria. The Assyrians have endured so much persecution throughout the centuries, they deserve a state of their own
Assyrians, Chaldeans, and Arameans are ignored even more because they're marginalized twice. I can't imagine any peaceful conclusion to their independence as they will be massacred immediately...
Also Greeks and Armenians of those regions.
@@rafaxd8178 Armenians and Greeks already have a state. The video is about countries that should exist, not countries that should have been expanded
The Roma also do not have a state. (I am not sure whether they actually want a state for themselves or just to be accepted within whichever state they currently reside.)
@@edwardblair4096 The Roma are a different case because unlike the Greeks, Assyrians, and Armenians they aren't native to the lands they primarily inhabit. Part of their whole identity is traveling and not being attached to a specific piece of land
Great video. BTW, the "Ch" in Baloch is pronunced Ch as in Charlie, not Ch as in Character. Cheers!
Finally! Downvoted the video because the lack of preparation. 'Baloki' and 'Turkitch', also 'Punjabi' is the people, not 'Punjab'
@@igorjee he obviously cares a lot about correct pronunciation, he says many words properly or close to it, but a simple google on how to pronounce Baloch, or YouTubing videos about Balochistan, would have fixed this issue.
@@HassanUmer I am a language nerd, so maybe it's a niche problem for most people, except for those from the region.
@@igorjee i am from Pakistan and a language nerd too.
@@igorjee Ooh the entitled Redditor! I can smell your stench through the comments, take a bath
The idea of ethnicity and nationality being linked is fairly modern, i think it's better argument to say increased representation/democracy of all is more important than setting up states upon ethnic lines.
I agree, and it would be better to build nationalism in the existing countries, rather than go for ethnic nationalism.
On my great grandparents passport from the Russian Empire it said Nationality Jewish not Russian. Idk if I would say ethnicity and Nationality have always been linked but having an ethnically homogeneous state is a different question
Wrong it goes back to the era of human tribes. Lol and when ancient multi-ethnical States would exist they'd always be surrounded by a dominant culture bound to assimilate others e.g han China/ Roman Empire/The Macedonian Empire
@@nigstar1239 the idea of ethnicity wasn't about then. I'm not saying similar people weren't together. But there has been a great homogenising of smaller cultures. Think of France, if they had a nation for all their cultures that did exist it would have dozens of not more. But even if I am not right, and I think there is at least something from what I'm saying, the need for ethnostates is not necessary when all that is needed is more democratic and representative models
some country's names have the names of the ethnic group tho
Very timely video considering recent events in Balochistan (Pakistan and Iran).
It was a total coincidence! I had this script since December. Balochistan was actually not on the original thumbnail and was the last country I mentioned in the video. I bumped it up to the first one due to those corrent events though.
@@General.Knowledge Mf 🤬
I'm baloch from balochistan 🇵🇰.
Some terror groups doesn't represent whole nation 🤬...
@@General.Knowledge what about native Americans native Australians and native new zelanders what about Palestinians shouldn't they have a country of their own or that part won't fit to your agendas
@@user-os5zs7pg3z palestine is recognized as independent by the UN and a lot of other countries, hence why they arent included.
The natives do deserve special treatment for the genocides they have faced, yes, but giving them a country in the lands that they are a minority in would not work.
@@magneticfire7515 Palestine does not have a state in case you didn't notice only an authority called the palastinian authority and yes even that is colonized just look at the west bank and you will see that it is filled with Israeli settlements
My girlfriend is persian, and grew up in the province of Ilam (near to the kurdistan province, and with a large kurdish population), and she says that from what she remembers, the kurds there always talked about independence and stuff, but had to do it in secret because of how Iran is staunchly against kurdish independence.
And your gf must say all kord people real home and land is iran, they language, there culture, there DNA are the same as irainan. If they say noting about that because the old fox(England) that real enemy of iranic people for
many years
Baloch people aloso iranic just like kords
Bro, Iranian ethnicities were living toghether for 12000 years. Kurds, along with ilamites were the first ethnicities who created Iran.
Cyrus mother was Kurd! The father was ilamite. Read the history plz
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@@user-nk6su3ct3iand english people are Germanic but it doesn't mean they're German, sure we share the same roots but it's still different ethnic groups with their own distinct people, culture and language
What about all the US Native Tribes? Where are their countries
Shhh all those tribes convinentely disappeared ☺
Still autonomous nations
@@prateeksharma6706
Tf you mean?
They have autonomous reservations.
@@capncake8837 on there own continent 😂😂😂
Tibet, Manchuria, Taiwan, Puerto Rico, and Somaliland should all be countries as well.
🇵🇷 Puerto Rican Independence! 🇵🇷
Taiwan is a country mate. The Chinese government: 😡🔫
To be honest, Inner Mongolia should be given to Mongolia
Good luck with Taiwan when it's China lol.
Taiwan is already independent in practice
I’m glad you covered Biafra ❤
I love this channel! Outstanding.
50% percent of Xinjiang population is Han Chinese so I don't know why it should be independent
china really made sure to make it that way for this very reason. i'm not some woke american from berkeley calling everything colonialism but if there is one clear modern exemple of it, this is it
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I ended up with a set of 1897 encyclopedias that I think my great grandfather Swan bought from a traveling salesman. They are out of date now but a map shows an independent Baluchistan. As for Quebec, even nationalist MPs plan their retirements based on expected federal pensions.
We don't have federal pension in Quebec. We have our own separate pension plan. The only group who does receive federal pensions are federal government employees and federally elected representatives. In their case, it's legitimate to plan based on the pension allowed by their employment.
Can you share that map.?
@stevejohnson3357 can you share that map.?
Thanks for speaking about Uyghur people and culture.
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Of course!
Should not be a country
@@AMRITSARIPUNJABI
Tibet should be a country
Long live Tibet! 🇷🇪
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Countries that SHOULDN'T exist (But Do)
turkey but it won't be for much longer (its greek land)
also the central balkan republic (skopje)
Cyprus (it should be part of Greece since its a Greek island)
Israel and Palestine (the holy lands belong to christians only)
Azerbaijan (its armenian land)
@@TheHunterOfYharnamBro knows literally nothing about geography 💀
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Turkey, serbia, Israel, Kosovo, Macedonia, Taiwan.
For Kurdistan, I think the most likely outcome will be Kurdish Iraq and Kurdish Syria becoming independent and possibly forming a single state but I suspect it would lead to some very sad times for the Kurds in Turkey who would almost certainly be cracked down on even harder, if not outright expelled from the region inside Turkey.
Nah, none of them. If even one of them gets independent, the rest will be more invigorated. Kurdistan is basically fighting 4 countries and 2 of them are quite powerful
Sadly, I can see that happening by Turkey. Oh, the Kurds have their own state now? Let's kick them out, then. They sure did a number on the Greeks and Armenians about 100 years ago.
I hate to say it, but I seriously doubt there is any probability of any of them achieving any kind of autonomy, much less independence, within the next 100 years. It is more likely I will win the lottery some day.
Yeah the Kurds in Turkey need independence most but are least likely to get it, sad
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Quebec, Texas, Hawaii, California, Bavaria, Tasmania, Basque, Scotland, Catalonia, Kurdistan, Khalistan,
You need to add Puerto Rico.
Quebec is already in the video. Also add Corsica.
@@zombiekilldemoni thought puerto ricans liked being a territory ? they don’t have to pay federal income tax and their american citizenship is very valuable
california and texas could not and would not secede from the US
@@nauridea the only reason why some stick with the status quo of "Territory" (aka Colony) is due to the propagandised fear campaign by many to paint independence as "Well we will just become Haiti" when that is not true. So people get scared of independence but still don't want to be a state so they stick to the status quo. Those that want statehood are Stockholm syndrome victims that think they are white enough to assimilate into white American culture like Irish and Italians did but that will NEVER happen. They will never accept us without the dissolution of our culture. That is why independence is the true solution.
Congrats. Great video
I appreciate your perspective as a Quebecois, and it's great that you embrace being Canadian while respecting the diverse views within Quebec. Dreams of a more organized Africa reflect a shared hope for stability and unity. As for the video responses, optimism for respectful and mature discussions is always a positive outlook. Let's foster understanding and open dialogue.
Have you ever thought of talking about former unions that split out, like south and north korea, US and UK, mexico and spain, china and taiwan, texas and california, soviet union, india, vietnam, and many others, i think that would make a good video idea!
China and Taiwan are not separated.
@@rodrigofonseca6241 yes they are, before 1949, they were united as one country, since then, one of them is commie, the other is democrati
Just to point it out, the map you've used for Québec at 3:58 is incorect, it doesnt include the south part of the St-Lawrence river aswell as the Anticosti Island, the Magdalen Islands and the archipelago of Montréal.
I think this error is important to correct. This map shows a land route from eastern Canada into Ontario that would not exist. In other words it under sells the dramatic effect Quebec independence would have on eastern Canada.
@@aaronlangley8338 also, most of the population live around those place i've mentionned
I am always waiting for these type of video
Great video 👍
No mention to Somaliland?
A beacon of hope between Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti and Yemen and it didn't get mentioned 😔
Even a billion videos can't mention all minorities, bro.
Guess its too functional and well adjusted no one beliefs its real in that area, like a unicorn of some sort lol
Dude somaliland is just not recognised, it is independent
Yeah no ill will towards them! Just didn't make it into this particular video. I myself believe they should be a country too.
But they already ARE a country. They’re just not recognized. That’s why it shouldn’t be on this list.
The highest % of puertoricans to vote in favor of independence is around 4% to 8 %.
Don't believe it? Check the results of the referendums/plebiscites held by the locals.
I have some puertorican acquaintances & they will leave the island if independence wins or it's given via the kitchen door.
We don’t want independence. Most of us are split between the status quo or being fully admitted into the Union.
yah as a complete outsider i feel the us treats pueto rico bad but it seems preferable to the alternative and it is and should be up to the people
It should be a state.
@@FQT_Keller-Ash The U.S.A. treats Puerto Rico horribly, and contrary to popular opinion, there is literally no evidence to suggest that independence would be worse than statehood. In fact, there is evidence to the contrary. I am Puerto Rican. I was born and raised there, but I did also live in mainland U.S.A. for 10 years. I know the ins and outs of both the U.S.A. and P.R. very well. Independence is definitely the superior of the two options.
Unfortunately, most Puerto Ricans are politically illiterate and treat politics like a sport: in the TV media, commentators have called politics "the Puerto Rican national sport." The majority of Puerto Ricans have become deluded and think statehood will solve all of our problems like it is some magic spell. The relationship between P.R. and the U.S.A. can be summarized as being a perfect textbook example of Stockholm syndrome, or a victim of domestic abuse who believes the abuser actually loves them. As much as I am proud of the historical and cultural heritage, I have given up on the political situation of my country, because it is a lost cause. Puerto Ricans are doomed to suffer for centuries more to come, simply because wool has been pulled over their eyes. I left the country, and so has everyone else in my family, and I am never coming back. I also decided to leave the U.S.A., since I cannot stand the place at all, especially given the sheer hypocrisy and anti-intellectual culture inherent to modern U.S.A. identity. I now live in Chile. I wish Puerto Rico the best of luck, but if every decision we as a people make is just going to be intentional self-harm, then I would rather stay as far away as possible.
@@FQT_Keller-Ash For the record, I said most Puerto Ricans are politically illiterate, but this is also true of the people of the U.S.A. Arguably, worse so.
As an Anglophone in Quebec (and a die-hard federalist who feels that Quebec is just a Francophone version of Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, etc.), and as someone who just saw that video, it's noteworthy to point out that Canada and Cameroon are the other way around from each other in Anglophone-Francophone population compositions and tensions.
I loved your video, keep going. From Kurdistan ❤️🤍☀️🤍💚
NO KURDISTAN YES TURKIYE
@@mayo-neighs NO YOUR MOTHER, YES YOUR SISTER
From gulf to the med sea Kurdistan will be free
@@kurdi_nationalist no thx
@@mayo-neighs yes sure
An excellent list of worthy causes. I might suggest also the Hazara people of central Afghanistan, the Melanesian Papuans of Indonesian occupied western half of the island of New Guinea and perhaps the inhabitants of Norfolk Island
Good luck at breaking away when you inhabit the central parts of a country. Those borders won't be pretty. Yes, I know. There is Lesotho. But it's one of a kind.
Another one that should have been mentioned is Puerto Rico!! Statehood is never going to happen and it never should. So Independence is the way, but the only problem is that the majority of Puerto Ricans have Stockholm syndrome and fight over either becoming a state or just remaining a US territory, but slowly that is starting to change because of all the corruption being exposed in the pro statehood movement and neglect by the US government, Independence support is growing.
You speak nothing but truth! Puerto Rico needs Independence! I am Puerto Rican and fuck statehood! 🇵🇷
@@zombiekilldemon I'm also Puerto Rican!! Viva Puerto Rico Libre!!✊️🇵🇷✊️🇵🇷✊️🇵🇷
@@zombiekilldemon you need to be able to decide how much of your land to sell off to foreigners. Statehood guarantees you WILL lose it all.
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I really like your videos and watch it often
..watch them often
Love the new intro animation
If there is one that should be in the first of your list that's Tibet.
You did not discuss the overlap between Ogoniland and Biafra. As near as I can tell the proposed Biafra contains the entirety of Ogoniland.
Is there any cooperation between the groups behind these movements? For example, if Biafra was successfully separated from Nigeria, would Ogoniland then fight for independence from them too, or are there plans to become a autonomous entity within Biafra?
It's a good question! I also wondered this when I looked at both maps. I would assume each would support each other's movements due to their discontent with the status quo.
@@General.Knowledge Unfortunately that can not be assumed. Theoretically the group that wants Biafra to leave Nigeria might also want to exploit the resources and people of Ogoniland, with them equally wanting to be independent from Biafra as they want from Nigeria. Or maybe the Biafrans will accept any support they can get and will do what is needed to secure that support.
Or maybe they are both part of the same group seeking the same goals and there aren't any actual or potential conflicts between them.
@@edwardblair4096 I'm Igbo myself, the Idea of Biafra "exploiting" the Ogoni for their resources is unlikely, 70% of the so called resources is already situated in Indigenous Igboland, IPOB (Indigenous Peoples of Biafra) the main organisation which heads the Biafran cause currently has made peaceful separation by way of referendum their motto, meaning association/integration into Biafra would be strictly by choice, so depending on the choice of the different ethnicities they may not even be added into a Biafra, The first declaration of Biafra in 1967 was based on popular choice of the consultative assembly of the region at the time, the other constituent ethnic groups were just as enthusiastic about Biafra, it wasn't just by singular decision of the Igbos, There have also been suggestion of a Confederate system whereby each ethnic group maintains a significant amount of autonomy sort of like the UK again based on popular choice, so I hope that serves to put things in perspective a little bit more
I'm Balochi but I love Pakistan my country, we are many different ethnic groups living together in unity 🌹
I liked this video and I think you should do A part two mentioning tibet
I am actually surprised that the North of Italy has remained part of the rest of Italy given how much they complain about being dragged down by the central and southern regions of Italy. By the same token it is also surprising that South Tirol, Sardinia, Sicilia and Triestre have remained in Italy as well.
We are Uyghurs of course we are being suppressed by the CPR😭
The British Empire was involved in some way with literally every border in this list.
Nice video!
0:40 using Japan as an example of a country were there is only one native ethnic group is kind of wrong. There are also the Ryukyuan people and the Ainu people (though these two are essentially almost entirely assimilated into Japanese culture through centuries of forcefully supressing their cultures). If you want to get even more concise, then you should also bring up the Korean minorities in Japan (that even have their own Japan specific dialect).
If you really wanted to bring up a country that actually has that situation, then it would make more sense to choose tiny countries like Liechtenstein.
Japan didn't even fully control Hokkaido until the Meiji restoration, most people just take for granted that it was always part of japan
Japan is just the most well known example. It is practically a single ethnic state. Ainu have almost all assimilated with the only reported Ainu people counting at 25,000. With that metric there are 10x more Brazilians than Ainu in Japan. So for what it is, Japan is overwhelmingly a single ethnic state not including people unknowingly being partially Ainu or ryukuan.
their population is in decline because they don't want immigrants to dilute their culture @@enterfil. It's a test case for (mostly) liberalized economics and nationalism combined, and it's not going well.
@@MrTaxiRob that’s true for Japan as a whole but for the Ainu in specific it’s a similar situation as with Native Brazilians or Taiwanese. Most of them mixed with the dominant population with only some left purely identifying with their local group. In the end of the day the Japanese blood IS also Ainu. The Ainu didn’t just live in Hokkaido but they lived in all of Japan. But over the millennia as more Korean farmers settled in Japan they expanded into ainu lands also mingling with them. So it is worth noting being Japanese is also being part Ainu throughout history, Hokkaido only had the remnants of those left in tribal lifestyle :)
@@enterfil And most of these Brazilians are of Japanese descent anyhow. Brazil has the largest Japanese population outside Japan.
at 4:00 the map of Québec is missing the land south of the Saint-Lawrence River.
That would become part of New York. Quebec wouldn't become independent without American approval, and America would need to get something in return.
@@MrTaxiRob Actually people mostly live in Montreal or on the South Shore (the missing part) so we would lose more than half of the of the population lol
I was just up there on the NY side a couple months ago, very nice area @@goundydo
@@goundydowhat’s ironic is that the only thing that held us from being independent is Montréal if you look at the first and second referendum you can see the clear pattern
@@MrTaxiRob be quiet you river goose
This might be your most important video to date…wouldn’t mind seeing Tibet here too.
My God, the joy and happiness of some people over this video and the thumbnail.
Good video. I think that the French island of Corsica could make another country which could exist
Too tiny for that. Why bother
@@ryboi1337Malta:
@@ryboi1337european micro states being all tinier:
@CheezBoyz2009 Fair enough. Do corsicans feel strongly about separating though?
@@ryboi1337 Many of them do, but the biggest problem is that they'd not survive on their own because they have virtually no economy to sustain themselves.
Edit: forgot to add that the lack of economic development makes many Corsican feel that they are failed by the rest of France.
Balochs and Pashtuns were part of Iran, some of these peoples still live there. But these lands were occupied by the British during colonial times and became part of India (then Pakistan) and Afghanistan. Likewise in the north, the Russian Empire captured the northern halves of the land of the Turkmen, Tajiks and Uzbeks, and the southern parts became part of Afghanistan. Afghanistan was created as a buffer state between the Russian and British empires. And also, between Iran and China, which did not have the opportunity to resist the influence of the Russians and the British, but were powerful enough not to become colonies themselves. In fact, Afghanistan and later Pakistan are states stitched together from different pieces that the British and Russians left behind. That’s why there are always wars there, since different peoples cannot share power in one state.
If they were a part of Iran, then how are tgey Sunni muslims whereas Iran is Shia......
@@ssjgogeta1979 There are not only Shiites in Iran. The provinces of Khuzistan and Balochistan are Sunni. Zoroastrians, Christian Armenians and Jews also live in Iran.
Not all Balochis wanted Independence
.....Its a rebelious group that wants too....The Balochis are Related to Pakistani,Irani,Afghans and they are pretty happy....
I am saying this as an Persian/Afghan and Arab
Personally I feel like Detroit should become independent
With RoboCop as the president. 🐷👌🏻
Call him Murphy @@CoconutPanels
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Bro is about to anger Pakistanis 💀
As a Pakistani I support
Nah the ethnic groups of Balochistan love Pakistan
Idk why people like to portray Balochistan as this rebellious area that can break away at any moment when the reality is most of us love our nation and it's only a small portion that thinks that way
Imagine Baluchistan & Kurdistan both become national state countries. Then add in that the Azeri-majority areas of Iran become part of Azerbaijan (iirc this new part would become the larger more populous part of the country?), and let's add the Arabic southwestern parts of Iran becoming part of Iraq (that has lost the Kurdistan area too). What remains of Iran then?
One can see why building the identity of Iran on religion instead of it being "just" an ethnostate makes sense in a way.
Maybe add in a united Pashtunistan in this scenario? And give the areas of Afghanistan dominated by Uzbeks, Turkmen, & Kyrgyz to those countries (and maybe do some swapping of their border areas too? iirc Stalin set those borders to keep things unstable and needing Moscow's constant aid). What would remain of Afghanistan then? Would it be a viable state? If not, could it be split & joined to the ethnically closest bordering countries?
And what of Punjab & Sindh in this scenario? A much smaller Pakistan? By the gods, Partition was not good. A fully secular federal united south asia might have worked better ("might" since we don't know at all what would have happened)
South Asia is not only diverse in religion but diverse in region too, no common language is bigger issue plus culture somewhat looks common but is actually really different we will have same festival with different names and rituals. Plus the fight to grow certain religions is also a issue to the secular thought
Iranian identity is more than ethnicity or religion. It has roots in pre Islamic Iran. Basically you are looking at a new nation like pakistan and an ancient one like iran the same way. Iranian identity was working pretty well for Iranians until 1979. Actually with the exact sense of unity they had over that Iranian identity were they able to overthrow shah. If it wasn't for that Iran would have been partitioned right after the revolution.
@@irani544 Good to get insights from an actual Iranian :) From an outside perspective it does indeed even today look like the protests etc against the regime are clearly more against the regime than against being part of Iran.
You should do a "What countries might have existed if the Confederacy had won the United States Civil War." Would Canada have more territory? Would California have declared independence? Would the South have remained unified or would Texas and or Florida have become independent nations? Who would control Alaska and Hawaii?
*Looking at the smallest of Languages wanting their own country, I think we should take a momnet to appreciate 🇮🇳 India with:*
🇮🇳 500 million Hindis - हिन्दी
🇮🇳 100 million Marathis - मराठी
🇮🇳 89 million Telugus - తెలుగు
🇮🇳 78 million Tamilians - தமிழ்
🇮🇳 66 million Urdus - اُرْدُوِ
🇮🇳 60 million Gujaratis- ગુજરાતી
🇮🇳 50 million Bhojpuris - भोजपुरी
🇮🇳 40 million Kannadigas - ಕನ್ನಡ
🇮🇳 35 million Odias - ଓଡ଼ିଆ
🇮🇳 35 million Malayalees - മലയാളം
🇮🇳 30 million Punjabis - ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
And 100 million Bengalis?
@@munmunsarkar1726 They already have 🇧🇩Bangladesh!
@@AchyutChaudhary in bangladesh 160 million Bengalis, in India 100 million Bengalis.
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Before I watch this video I’m thinking Kurdistan. I can’t believe the Kurds haven’t ruled over their own state since Saladins Ayyubid dynasty
What about Tibet who actually have a government in exile and passport.
Also we have Taiwan which has a government and is Independent and have an army and passport just not recognized
Taiwan needs to stop calling itself the Republic of China, that might help.
@@MrTaxiRob But it is the legit China.
The majority of Chinese people live in the PRC. They're just one or two generations removed from the civil war. The majority of Chinese people chose communism @@servantofaeie1569. And just like South Korea, Taiwan has only recently gotten rid of their military dictatorship.
So while I'd prefer living under Taiwan's current government system for sure, and I think they should have a seat of their own at the UN, to say that PRC isn't "legit" when they have over a billion people choosing that regime is not a real argument. By the numbers, PRC is several times more legit. 1.3 billion vs 23 million. Think about it.
@@MrTaxiRob Are you sure all those people really chose the CCP or they just said that in fear of their life? The CCP is one of the most evil dystopian governments in the world.
@@MrTaxiRob Changing the official name of Taiwan would require them to change their constitution which needs a majority of votes which probably won’t happen. On top of the fact that if Taiwan did outwardly and officially declare itself an independent entity China would not allow it at all. So it’s in a limbo state which most people are satisfy with the status quo.
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Good video (I finally subscribed to the channel), but I'm a bit curious about the inclusion of Quebec on the list. It's obviously a distinct political, linguistic and social culture from the rest of the country, but that's a very common occurrence (almost every major country other than maybe Germany has a similar minority). I'm biased as a western Canadian who purposely learned french, but it feels like Canada has done a fairly good job of giving Quebec lots of autonomy and space to protect its culture and language. It's obviously not perfect and if a clear majority of Quebecois voted to leave, we'd respect that decision, but I think most Canadians would say that we're all better off with Quebec part of the country.
I think most Canadians would rather have the $13 billion we send them every year to appease the French Nationalists. F*ck Quebec. Let them live their nationalist dream of French supremacy, I say. And then when they decide they want back in- let em, but don't give them the special treatment they currently enjoy today.
Bro forgot Kashmir 😅
No it is a part of INDIA
@@pankajkumari3157Kashmir is an integral part of Pakistan.
@@Ferociousplayz_11 your face
@@Ferociousplayz_11kashmir is integral part of India
I don't think that ancient ethnicity is not enough to form a modern nation-state. There is more to a modern country and this includes a certain geography and access to natural resources. I think that Nigeria geographically speaking has huge potential as a modern nation-state despite the complicated ethnical make-up, while former Soviet republics are often doomed to be in conflict with each other due to their messy geographical borders.
Honorable mentions: Hawaii, Puerto Rico, Guam and the Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Virgin Islands, Navajo Nation, Tibet, Taiwan, Okinawa and the Ryukyu Islands, Tahiti and French Polynesia, French Guiana, Bermuda, Yucatan Maya, Scotland, Wales, Carpathian Ruthenia, Siberia and Far East, Greenland, New Caledonia, Punjab and like this list could go on forever
Northern Ireland, I hope, gets to be whole with Ireland again.
Puerto Rico, Guam, Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Virgin Islands all voted to stay or want statehood. Hawaii is a state, and the Navajo are in a state which would be illegal to claim independence and would have to go to war.
@@OrangeGuy208 26+6=1 🇮🇪
Assyria too, they were forgotten for too long
Hawaii has a legit claim to secession, the native population wasn't even allowed to vote on statehood. Only the colonizers could vote, and that's super gross.
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Scotland should be independent, also Corsica, Southern Tyrol, Chechnya, Dagestan and Irian Jaya.
Look, in the case of the Kurds, I am viewing this from Federal Iraq, i do think the autonomy we gave them is good, but i do not think splicing four countries to gain a Kurdish state is a good idea. It seems like its a Turkish-Kurdish issue, and the general Iraqi populous does not think that we should break our backs over Turkey's issue. However, to note, the Northern region of Iraq, Kurdistan, has been under intense economic difficulties in part caused by Baghdad's refusal to pay works over a ruling that said that Turkey has to speak to Baghdad in matters related to oil and other natural resources instead of Erbil. Just because a group of people gain autonomy, does not mean that everything will be peachy.
Edit: The Kurdish region in Iraq is also very diverse, it is not 100% Kurdish, It contains Assyrians, Turkmens, and Yazidis.
When it comes to Balochistan, the Baloch people make up a simple 30% of the population there. They aren't even a majority in a province named after them. And it's not because of settling either, the population has remained that way for centuries. Most Baloch people are scattered communities in and around the eastern half of Pakistan. That's the main reason it can't become independent, there's simply no support beyond the fringe minority which resorts to guerilla warfare.
what about their ruler saying they wanted to be independent but they were forced to join Pakistan?
Are Balochi majority in pakistani balochistan?
@@igorlopes7589 Only 35% of the people of Balochistan are Balochi.
@@WastedBananas The leader of Kalat, Ahmed Yar Khan wished to join Pakistan and signed the article of accession. The source of the claim that he wanted to join Pakistan is dubious at best.
They're not a majority in their own territory @@WastedBananas. They were already sharing the land, it wasn't entirely their decision to make.
As a Québécois, oh god please no. We gain much more from staying in Canada than leaving.
I think you can include Nagalim, from the Northeast part of India and North West of Myanmar. Fighting for seperate country since 1947.
Right to self-determination goes brrrr
The graph is wrong for Québec, should be 38%, not 28%. The blue zone is larger than pink one
Although a Nigerian,never heard of Ogoniland
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Tbh I think Quebec and Labrador and Newfoundland could be separate countries
Sorry if I'm being a dick, but your map of Quebec excludes a large section of Quebec. South of the St. Lawrence River and the Gaspé peninsula are part of the province.
Is it just me that realized that that the Quebec pie chart added up to only 90%, not 100%? There was 32% for continued union, 28% for an independent state, and 30% for more autonomy. Why is that? What happened to the other 10%?
Don't know
Probably people who are unsure or don’t really care
General Knowledge is incredibly brave for making this video that takes a stance.
Indeed
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@@General.Knowledgenever come to Türkiye
You completelly forgot to mention independent Scotland, Wales, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, State of Sequoyah, Republic of Lakotah etc.
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Those places don't want independence 🤦♂️
...Gibraltese independence?
@@DaBIONICLEFanthat will change
@@wenbo595 Nah it won't. Falklands and Gibraltar are both above 95% in favour of staying with the UK and Scotland has persistently polled at 45-50% in favour of independence for decades. With the recent high court ruling and the SNP being disgraced, I foresee the movement dying down like it did with Quebec in Canada.
Please can you do research about Buganda kingdom
Ambazonia's flag looks almost the same as the Greek flag, and it's beautiful. 🇬🇷
I wonder if the partition of Belgium between Walonia and Flanders would be a positive or a negative. Each already look like a individual country.
I’m glad that Québec is still part of Canada, at least officially; I think Canada is much culturally richer for having Québec as part of us. I live in the West and there’s no way we would have as robust of a Francophone community if it weren’t for Québec’s advocacy (or the rest of Canada wanting to please Québec, which it may have been). I think it’s amazing that I get to work in a French immersion school in an area where the Francophone community is just starting to take root!
On the eastern border of Québec, you have New Brunswick, which is officially bilingual and hosts active communities of French and English people, not to mention the hybrid language of Chiac spoken by the Acadians; and on the west side of Québec we also have burgeoning Franco-Ontarian communities. As the nation becomes more globalised and integrated, splitting Québec away from Canada makes less and less cultural sense. Besides, a lot of northern Québec is inhabited mostly by the Innu and other Indigenous peoples, which makes Québec sovereignty seem unfair if the current borders were respected, because those people should have their sovereignty as well, many of them having been displaced from their ancestral territories by Canadian government policies in the early 20th century.
I think we’re learning so much from each other and are better together. 😊
It would seem to me ut would make MORE sense from a cultural preservation point of view. That is usually why countries decide to gi independent or break away from a union.
Either way I'm glad you are satisfied with the current status if quebec.
The french language is the only thing that’s culturally different about Quebec. If they separate, they will discriminate English speakers a lot more than they already do. The economy will also fall.
@@ChinnuWoW I wouldn’t want to oversell it, but I would definitely say that Quebec has a distinct culture from the rest of Canada. I feel like the rest of anglo Canada has a surprisingly homogenous culture (with a partial exception for Atlantic Canada), but as a bilingual Canadian from the prairies, I’m always aware how much Quebec culture, society and politics operate differently from the rest of Canada. There’s a reason that the phrase “the two solitudes” is a cliché
@@yegirish Ok you may be right, but I find it funny how the premier of Quebec wants to accept only french-speaking immigrants to preserve the language. The french-speaking immigrants are mainly Africans who are Muslims. All he and many other French people seem to care about is the language part of the culture. Bringing in Muslims will change the culture a lot more than a language could, in my opinion.
@@ChinnuWoW Agree, but Québec's goal is to have a secular society. Unlike Canada, we have chosen to integrate our immigrant to try to share the same values. Because of Canada's multicultural policy, the immigration pace is too high now for it to work well. This might lead to some big communitarianism problems in the future but who knows (maybe France?). And yes for the record Québec has a culture, it's only being ereased for the past 60 years to adapt to modernity and north american mindset.
It is called Southern Cameroon because it is the southern half of British Cameroon. The northern portion was incorporated into Nigeria at some point.
Why did you left out the Mapuche people in South America
Rift Republic. If Spain had recognised it and granted it independence on time now she wouldn't have to deal with moroccan nationalist expansionism. Same with Western Sahara. Also would be interesting to see a genuinly amazigh state
What about Khalistan?? @General Knowledge
Make it in cannaaddaa😂😂😂😂
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@randomhuman8802 they can have nunavut and northwestern territories 😂
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As a Baloch from Iran, I think that lands occupied by the Iranian hegemony should be freed and annexed to Pakistan or Afghanistan.
You shoulud not want to be a part of Afghanistan, afghans would discriminate more
Interesting: I knew of Balochistan, but had always thought they were an always intended part of Pakistan. Partly the "-istan" in the name's formation
I believe the 'stan' suffix simply means 'land of'. Essentially the same you have with Ice-Land. If it were an islamic nation it would maybe be called Ice-stan.
@@General.Knowledge That was what I thought of as the play on words in the name, but looks like I was wrong
@@AnnoyedGrassyMountain Source?
@@General.Knowledge -stan is Iranic, not Arabic/Islamic. It is actually from the same Indo-European root as "stand", "stone", "still", "stead", "state", "station", "static", etc.
@@3Midlo No, you're right actually. The creator of the term "Pakistan", Chaudhry Rehmat Ali, had "tan" represent Balochistan. The full term was "Panjab, Afghania (this is an archaic term for the modern day Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province because the majority of people there are ethnic Afghans aka Pashtuns), Kashmir, Sindh, and BaluchisTAN." The "i" was added in to make it make sense as a word, because most such names have a vowel before the "stan" part of the word (kurdistan, afghanistan, hindustan, etc.)
kurdistan will exist we are biggest ethnic minorty without a country in world
Kurdistan but bigger than that
Can you talk about Sampí?
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Quebec shouldn't and never will be independent of Canada it would only serve to isolate Quebec and rob both sides of economic viability, furthermore Quebec cannot simply unilaterally secede the other 9 provinces would have to agree to let them leave and they simply wouldn't. It truly is my belief that if Quebec were to attempt to leave it would only be achieved through war, plus the indigenous groups within Quebec have said they will not accept independence of their territories along with French speaking areas. So in conclusion the younger Quebecois do not believe independence is necessary and most critically for the federation plausible, the idea of Quebec being a separate state is dying as it should. Lets hope the movement becomes a thing of the past and we can get back to celebrating the cultural diversity of the great nation of Canada together as Canadians an all inclusive group.
Also Tibet
What about the punajbistan?
That was briefly mentioned in the balochistan part
@@ryboi1337 there should be a separate part for punjab
Cuz it's the largest stateless nation
@@JATTHUNNEAA never heard of it before. He should definitely mention it in his next video
It's what India and Pakistan are USUALLY fighting over @@ryboi1337. The border runs right through it, and the people who live there don't really get heard.
Do you mean Khalistan?
Good video but why did you ignore scotland 😒