Idoits it’s becuase a long time ago before the 1910s France and the UK where arch rivals, that’s where the irony kicks in especially since they had a war that lasted 100 years
May need a patch. Canada is no longer a single neighbor country. The Hans island dispute with Denmark have been resolved, so now on a little uninhabited island they share a border with Denmark.
@Lord Takyon If you're talking about the Parsley Massacre, that crime is just a tip of the long and complicated history that both countries have endured. We can’t ignore that this specific genocide was one of the worst crimes against humanity of the 20th Century. Since when the whole island was a Spanish colony, passing over the time Haiti became a French colony and ending with its independence on 1 January 1804, relations between both countries have been rocky since the Haitian Independence and its ideology that "the island is one and indivisible." Haitians occupied the Spanish side of the island after it proclaimed independence from Spain in the Ephemeral Independence (1 December 1821 - 9 February 1822), and “unified” the island from 9 February 1822 to 27 February 1844, and to consolidate the independence, the Dominicans fought for another eleven years against the Haitian invaders. Everything that people not well-versed with foreign history does is condemn the DR for a genocide that was planned and executed by Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina and the Dominican Armed Forces. I see it important for people, either familiarized with their own history, like Dominicans and Haitians, or studying history that’s external to your own, like Americans, or Europeans to fact-check and analyze the available sources to have an objective view on foreign policy, history, and diplomatic relations. I exhort you to read through an unbiased lens and look for historical sources of both countries, for not everything is bright in one side and dark in the other. Both countries have shades of gray. However, I'm neither surprised nor shaken by your Americentric or Eurocentric views on foreign history and diplomacy.
As of June 14th, 2022, Canada and Denmark are no longer single neighbor nations. The border dispute regarding Hans Island has been resolved by splitting the island in half, so Canada and Denmark now share a second border together.
Just noticed at 0:36, you said Lesotho is 70 times the size of Vatican City, I think you meant 70 THOUSAND times the size. VC is 0.44 square km and Lesotho is ~30,000 square km.
1:53 No Longer True! The Whiskey War has ended with Canada and Denmark splitting a barren rock in the Arctic in half making Canada and Denmark Neighbours
If you're counting the Channel tunnel as a landborder between England/France, then you should reasonably also count the Öresund Bridge as a landborder between Sweden and Denmark
@@ashleystrout6651 More than two borders with the US measured that way, Point Roberts for example is separate and there are islands split in two also (and one disputed).
I'm only here to correct about 3 million comments because Greenland is territory of Denmark, not part of Denmark officially, although it's part of the kingdom of Denmark, which also includes the Faroe islands. If you wanna complain, rewatch 1:32-1:40, Denmark's situation is similar
The only way out of Denmark via land isn't just through Germany. If you count the Öresund Bridge, you can say they can leave or enter through Sweden too. :D
1:53 Canada is no longer a single neighbour country because the disputed territory of Hans Island which was claimed by Denmark and Canada has now been split meening Canada now has a very short border with Denmark.
As of June 2022, Canada is no longer a single-neighbor nation because of Hans Island in the Arctic Ocean near Greenland. Since the island has been split through the middle, Canada and Denmark now share a land border, which not only means that Canada is no longer a single-neighbor nation, but also Denmark!
Since a few days ago, Canada is no longer a single neighbour country :D ! It now neighbours Denmark through Hans Island after finally ending their nearly century old Whisky War !
@Eric Lee Alaska's only land border is with Canada. Not the U.S. If someone living in Alaska wanted to get to their mainland country they'd have to drive through a country. This would be fine if it was Europe, but Canada is the second largest country in the world by land mass. Not exactly efficient. What I'm saying is, Canada should buy Alaska. For simplicity's sake.
@@MrMega1423 Well, the US likes Alaska's oil and forestry. So there's little chance of that happening. Still, Alaska has actually had several separatist movements, and judging by the fact that they lack the infrastructure to be a country on their own, they'd probably turn to Canada. Then again, the united states refuses to let any state secede.
@@spartans-4196 They don't need to let it succeed, just accept it. That how's all new countries form out of preexisting ones. Kosovo for example. It's always illegal to leave, but legal just means what's enforced. If you can't enforce a law or claim, because there's opposition to it that's strong enough, it becomes defunct.
1:52 actually, and very recently, Canada gained a new neighboring country, Greenland. Greenland, like England, is a country within a country, and it is within Denmark. So basically there was this one tiny arctic island equally between Canada and Greenland. They had a friendly border dispute about the island for around 50 years before they decided to split the island down the middle. And that is why Canada borders Greenland
Greenland isn't a country within a country (though self-governing), it's just part of the danish crown just like for example Gibraltar isn't a country within a country, it's part of the british crown
I have been looking at maps for a while after watching this video and have started wondering about the border between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain, because that is on an island so they technically share a land border.
when he said "and there are two sets of twins" as though that were the end of the list WITHOUT mentioning Canada i was like... "Uhm... sorry.... but..."
But Canada isn't a twin. The "twins" he's talking about are two countries which only border each other. While it is true that Canada's only land border is with the US (although they have a disputed island with Denmark) the US also borders Mexico, making them only partly twins.
The bridge between Denmark and Sweden is 8 km (5 miles) long. That's shorter than what most people commute every day. You should do a bit on the Baarle-Hertog / Baarle-Nassau border between the Netherlands and Belgium. Possibly the weirdest border in the world.
@@doesntmakeanysence2u sorry for replying after seven years😂😅 I think now that's removed right,both countries held elections in that location and the problem solved
We had a big discussion in class one time. There was this one girl who thought a country couldn't exist entirely surrounded within another country. We kept showing her Lesotho but she was so stubborn and didn't accept it. Eventually, the teacher got involved. Big mess.
plus, you're country (canada) and my country (usa) are best friends... not counting that one island that is in either maine or new brunswick (depending on which country you ask) that nobody gives a fuck about
If you like countries within countries have a look at "Baarle-Nassau" in the Netherlands. It actually contains a country within a country, within a country. For example take a piece of the "molenbaan" close to the "pastoor de katerstraat". Its within the netherlands, which is completely surrounded by belgium, which is completely surrounded by the Netherlands.
technically, If you count saint pierre and miquelon, A french overseas territory nearly touching the Canadian island / Province of newfoundland as a bordering country, Then that would mean Canada would be bordering 3 countries. And you could also say that Greenland borders Canada, as many parts of Greenland are nearly touching The Canadian territory of Nunavut, which means that you could say Canada borders 4 countries.
Well it’s nearly touching so technically it doesn’t count no matter what. Unless they made a bridge which could count in some cases but they would probably never do that as it would be expensive and it would probably never be used.
Actually Denmark does have a land route that goes through Sweden in the form of a bridge between Copenhagen and Malmö Also Canada technically shares a border with Denmark
This doesn’t feel like a video that was made 9 years ago. I’d believe that this was made in 2020, especially with the Minecraft reference. The Kevin Macleod music is really the only thing that gives it away.
+rebelyell1983x I also searched about it before. It's just a proposal, but it's still officially unclear, so it's still formally a disputed island (administered by none, I think).
+Sean Martin Well it's not a bridge. But anyway, it's not official either, Hans Island is still disputed territory between Denmark and Canada so at the moment, there's no border.
I mean technically, if you count the tunnel from England to France, then you might also count the bridge from Denmark to Sweden, making them pseudo singleborder-countries
