5 "countries" that ALMOST existed... 

I actually got this topic idea from a few of my subscribers in Argentina that told me about "Patria Grande" and it inspired me to me make a video about "Proposed nations that never came to fruition." Hope you enjoy this filler vid! What other topics do you suggest we cover?

You pronounced Józef Piłsudski better than half of the polish students

Your videos are incredibly good at negating physical pain. I'm not joking, I had terrible stomach pain and pain killers didn't help at all, so I turned on RU-vid to put mind somewhere else and stumbled upon this video. It was so efficient that I can only describe the rest of the time before the arrival of the ambulance as "discomfort". It's something about your "flow" of narrative, it's so relaxing. Thank you for this video

This episode was exactly what i like about history and geography; all those "what if" moments

As a Chilean my self i agree we do have the weirdest accent. However, we are aware of that so if you are not part of us we purposely try to speak as neutral spanish as posible so you can understand us

There could be second part of this series. Quebec too almost became a separate country. In 1995 referendum Quebec lost the vote by .58%.

as a Polish-born person I must highly praise how well you pronounce "Piłsudski". 10/10, it is so extremely rare that someone outside Poland pronounces Polish surname correctly - hats off for you and keep up the amazing work you always do!

I was not expecting Intermarium, mainly because even as a concept, it was always supposed to be some sort of a Federation or an alliance, rather than a single country, but it's cool that it got included. Piłsudski is, in my opinion, really an overlooked and interesting historical figure, quite a complex and paradoxical one, if you look closely (and controversial). I'm glad that he simingly starts to get some international attention. There's a brand new biography of him, written by American historian Joshua D. Zimmerman.

Do "Maphilindo" which used to be the unification plan of Malaysia, Philippines, and Indonesia

Hey Barbs, ideas for future filler week videos : - list of custom unions between countries (if there is other ones then Schengen) - transcontinental countries - top people group with their own countries that have more people outside of the home country than in it (Lebenon, Armenia) - the currencies that is use by the most countries - former USSR countries explained - mexican states - reality singing compitation around the world - rap music around the world - country music around the world

Actually, this "Patria Grande" proposal was the way that the former spanish Vice-Kingdom used to organize in Latin America. Later on, they've divided in several vice-kingdoms, more closer to the actual borders of the countries as they are today.

I have this problem where I’ve learned Spanish as a Second Language from 2 groups: Chileans and Spaniards, the two most extreme dialects of the Spanish language, so when speaking to the “easy” accents of Mexico or Colombia I struggle massively.

0:10 Now I get it! I always thought you meant that nobody was buying your merch and you just never sold out of it. This makes so much more sense now!

Indonesia and Malaysia was also almost United. At the ending days of WW2, before Japan officially surrendered, our leaders met in Kuala Lumpur and agree to unite the NUSANTARA into a single state. But the plan was failed and Indonesia declared our own Independence on 17th August 1945. There was also a proposal to unite Malaysia, Indonesia and The Philippines into a some kind of union called Maphilindo, but also failed due to Malaysia annexed North Borneo and Sarawak which pissed off Indonesian and Philippines leader at that time

Still waiting for States of Mexico explained!

Cool stuff. You got me to read the Atlas of Atlas of Extinct Countries by Defoe Gideon. That was interesting too!

As a Bengali from the state of West Bengal India, I would like to point out that Bengal had always been one province since the start of British rule in India which started with Bengal being annexed by the British East India Company after their victory at the Battle of Plassey against the last Nawab of Bengal Siraj-ud-Daulah on 23rd June, 1757 (by unfair means nonetheless). However, they divided Bengal along religious lines to quell the nationalist movements taking place in Bengal at that time. This happened in 1905 leading to the creation of East Bengal (later becoming East Pakistan now Bangladesh) and West Bengal (later broken up further to make the states of Bihar, Orissa and Jharkhand in India). My grandmother was from Barisal in Bangladesh. Hope to visit it oneday.

Barbie, you should talk about Couto Misto! A country between Galiza and Portugal that existed from the 10th century until 1864. It was technically independent because of weird feudal laws. Should be something you'd be interested in.

Enjoyed this video very much, the content, the humour, the historical facts I never heard before 🔥🔥🔥 Thank you Paul, awaiting new material

I loved this video! You have to do more like this!

Another one: Union of Soviet Sovereign Republics, aka a capitalist/democratic Soviet Union. It was proposed by Gorbachev in 1991 as a last ditch attempt to save the USSR. Most of the Soviet Republics were onboard with the idea, but then the August 1991 Coup happened and well…we all know how that went. Even today, many Russians and other citizens from the former Soviet countries don’t miss communism, but do wish the Soviet Union survived without it.

You could do proposed US states (Jefferson, Lincoln, etc.)

Hiya Barbs, really interesting video. Thank you! Would be quite interested in seeing a video about peoples/places that are currently seeking autonomy... Bougainville for example. Cheers!

I have always loved to see this videos with proposal or former countries, I like knowing about current countries, but there are plenty of countries in the past that are also pretty interesting in their own way.

I have officially caught up. I have now seen every single one of your videos, and wow. Love the work you're doing, really appreciate it.

Please do a video about your trip to South America. I would LOVE to see it 👍

I've just come across your channel and have binged on the older ones... Your weight lifting is paying off 💪💪👌

omg thanks for finally explaining "it's not selling out if it's your brand" !!! I never got it til today lol

Very interesting, keep it up

@1:50 😂 you know you were gripping that cup to help it sell 😝

Bengal Subah used to contribute almost 20% of the world's GDP and it used to be one of the richest regions of the world. You may look it up. Kolkata (Former Capital of Bengal) used to be the largest city of India even till the eighties. A lot of early Musicians and Film makers of Mumbai are from Bengal.

Fascinating video!

Just a reminder! Your job is amazing! Don’t stop doing it please

Not sure if you have a video about it yet, but I would like to see a video on economic unions/any other kind of unions countries have. For example the E.U., Mercosur, Nato, etc.

BIG Thank You for still making videos on you tube !!

Great video, well done. You really shine when you're on your own :)

Intermarium was stupidly optimistic. WW1 was the peak of nationalism. All of the proposed states within that alliance had just gained their national sovereignty from the fall of Russia/Austria. No way would these newly independent states want to join another empire after removing their previous rulers. We all know how unstable Yugoslavia was, Intermarium would’ve been a even worse version of that.

Video proposition if you haven't done it already, talk about the Canadian provinces or Just about Quebec, I'm not Canadian nor Quebecquois but I've always found that very interesting Love the vids btw ♡

I love this videos! I hope that we will get impressions on Georgia soon🇬🇪🇬🇪

Keep up the good work

I was sure you would talk about Plan Uganda. Anyway' loved this video!

it would be interesting to hear about Rhodesia from you as well

Love these kind of videos

Awesome! Keep videos like these coming! 🤜🏻🤛🏻🍻👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

This is a very interesting topic I was hooked all the way through and it's a fun way to learn parts of history that is not usually discussed.

Dominican here and I have met a lot of Chileans outside of Chile and we are always amazed at how different we are but how well with interact with each other. It is like distance cousins getting to know each other for the first time lol

Thanks for sharing ❤️

I never knew any of this! Very helpful

I'm still waiting for Italy's region explained. They're all so unique and different they deserve to get a video

You forgot Maphilindo. The unification of the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia which I agree with but never happened. If Maphilindo happened, then there's no border dividing me and my waifu Moona Hoshinova.

A country that almost existed would make a great April 1st video to mix it up a bit. A deep dive on an alternate reality country would be great!

1:20 must be the Mydemorze or the between seas concept. In the strategy game hoi4, it is possible to form a faction with these countries involved in the "concept". Pretty cool huh!

Please make a video about the provinces of Vietnam. They’re all so unique and diverse. Also good for VN’s episode

I have to add that you didn't mention a crucial point about Patria Grande. It's conceptualization stems from the original plan of the main liberators of South America, Bolivar and San Martín, to make all the spanish colonies in South America 1 country. This idea predates the creation of the countries themselves, which is amazing in and of itself. Of course, creating a country spaning 10,000 kilometers, wildly different cultures and in a postcolonial warring state is complicated so it didn´t pan out; but still, an important point.

You should try talking about cities sometime!

I appreciate you, thank you for making content.

During the early years of the Soviet regime the Greeks had enjoyed a considerable degree of cultural autonomy and had been able to publish freely in their Pontic Greek dialect, which was barely intelli- gible to those in Greece. But they had the misfortune to be deemed by Stalin to be one of the ‘disloyal’ national minorities.

"Pátria Grande" sounds like "Grande Inflation" to me.

Liked,very good informations. I very impressed much countries in Asia.

Yea do more series of thos, so good.

8:53 Guatemalans and the rest of Central Americans use the pronoun "vos" like the Argentinians, the RFC countries/Guatemalan flag is inspired by the Argentinian one, we still have things in common.

SImilar to Patria Grande the original plan for Colombia proposed by Francisco Miranda was unite all the spanish viceroyalities in one empire that would be ruled by two monarchs descendends of the Inca rulers. After all the independences there was actually a try to unite all the new countries in 1826 in the congreso of Panama but it fail.

Nice video!

Congratulations on 300M subs!

On the topic of Geography you could make videos how rivers or mountain chains divide or unite regions. For example the Alps have an "Alpine" culture, but people North and South of the Alps will have a hard time to consider each other similar.

I am Greek and this Pontus thing and these areas...yeah it hurts. Around a century ago we tried to take them back by force but we failed and yeah the population either got killed or fled. It is a really tragic story for us and we all know about it.

Can't you do a thing on LA/SoCal? Both since you live there and know the place, there's so much to dig into in that whole metropolitan area!

Sth I missed with Bengal was mentioning that there had been a Bengal sultanate for 200 years before at one point in the past, just like there had been a Trebizont kingdom with pontic greeks for example.

You missed Belgium :P

I tried seeing if I could recognize the areas by the thumbnail alone I got three of them right, but I mistook the Intermarium for Greater Somalia and I had no idea what Pontus was supposed to be lol

This was beautiful to watch ❤

We need some videos of you traveling 😃

Please discuss the Provinces of China or the recognized ethnic groups!

A video about italian regions would be awesome

Geography Now, can you please explain the states of Mexico in a future Filler Week video?

Can you make a video on italian regions and terre irredente?

I thought about starting my own country a while back. I used to go window shopping on the web for islands. You'd be surprised how many are on the market. Anyway, this one in the Finger Lakes caught my eye. Cool facilities already up like a helicopter port, large dock, row of cottages, a cafeteria, riding trail, and tennis courts, as well as a sauna. Some Swedish company was selling it. There was plenty of room for things like shore batteries, anti-aircraft guns, and a shallow harbor that could be easily mined. I mean, what's a country without coastal defenses? I was going to plagerize my national anthem from Mel Brooks 2000 Year old Man bit: "Let em all go to hell, except for cave 76." It would have something along those lines. Alas, the asking price was 13 million and my petty cash was a bit light at the time. But it would have been beautiful. Of course, with the world being in the state it is these days perhaps me and Wilson would be better off finding something a bit further from the mainland. So long as I can still get Amazon Prime and Netflix of course. This is the 21st Century after all. I'm not breaking sod and fighting cowboys and Indians in rural Kansas. Anyway, cool video. If I do start my own country, I'll let ya know. Maybe you can feature it.

I can't wait for the UK and USA episodes ❤️

Please continue to do an episode to explore Vietnam, a country a lot of people on the geography now channel are trying to find out.

Nice video, very imformative. By the way, You forgot to mention MaPhilindo.

Could you do a video on the Ceremonial counties of England?????

What about a list of countries that almost ceased to exist, but are still on the map.

Not even watched the video yet and I already love the Bengal rep

"When you run out of countries, start to talk about alternate history countries" - moment.

Top notch pronunciation of Piłsudski surname, Barbs :3 Also great video, I didn't know about a lot about any of presented almost-countries, except Intermarium, so yeah - great job c:

Part 2 to this video, (includes East African Federation) Administrative divisions of Mexico History of you, Paul (why you got into Geography) Regions and provinces of Italy

Glad u included United Bengal, Not many ppl outside know or mention this thing and it was really sad that that didn't happen and many ppl died British bro British

Miss these videos

Another great concentration of Greeks had settled in Pontos, between the Pontic Alps and the southern shores of the Black Sea. Cut off from the mainstream of Greek life, the Pontic Greeks, large numbers of whom in the nineteenth century migrated to the more welcoming Russian shores of the Black Sea, spoke a form of Greek that was scarcely intelligible in other parts of the Greek world.

As a Venezuelan I completely reject the idea of merging all Latin American countries into one, just watching how most of the countries hate Venezuelans, the horrible xenophobia against us and how they simply laugh about our disgrace and hungry, If we get Liberty anytime soon and our country recovers from this nightmare I would prefer to close the border and cut any kind of relationships with the rest of the region, all of them have been really hateful against us, so no… no and 1000 times no.

Please do a Part 2. Please do Assyria :D

The "filler" week episodes are my favorites!

States of Mexico explained please! 🇲🇽

Please for the love of my sanity, post more content, i watch your content religiously and addicted to everything you post please 🙏

Just a question. Can you review the swedish provinces/counties?

Awesome!

Honestly that Piłsudski pronunciation was great

i just saw that this video got released, i accidentally spit out all of the water i had in my mouth and clicked on the video, my computer is still covered with water. This shows how much i enjoy you content.

My little polish heart just make a jump fot this amazing pronunciation of Piłsudski - thank you Barb !

Hi. Could you please do a video about the top 5 smallest countries in the world, please? Thank you.