More New Countries That Might Exist Soon (Part 2) 

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*I live in Saint-Petersburg and this is the first time when I hearing about Ingria, lol*

If i start my own independence movement for my house does that count as a potential nation

As a French, I know about independance movement in Brittany. However, THE biggest independance movement is in Corsica. I am surprised you didn't choose this region for France

Venice: *gets independent* Croatia: "Uh-oh"

Ingria is completely impossible, there are about 200 ethnic ingrians

Thumbnail: *Exists* All of South America: *Where did we go wrong*

I'm Bulgarian and this is the first time i'm hearing this whole thing about East Thrace Sounds like some redditor's ''what if'' border painting fantasy

Flemish isn't an official language, it's more of a collection of dialects. The official language for Flanders is Dutch. We share the same grammar, vocabulary and spelling, and even have a "Grand Dictation" contest. for a large part of the second half of the 20th century, we were taught the "General Civilized Dutch" language. the "civilized" part was dropped late in the period, because it was derogatory to the regional dialects, some of which started to disappear.

*_So I guess NordVPN is a potential country now..._*

I live in the Moon and i've never heard of these countries

9:30 In my opinion this is very very unlikely because of the fact that the border would go through the middle of a city. It would divide families. Also the Turkish nationality is a big part of education in Turkey so the people have a strong sense of nationality.

If you ever make a part 3 of this "series", and for anyone interested in this kinda thing: As of 2020/2021, there is also currently a political party that seeks a separation between the North and South of England, known as the Northern Independence Party or "Free The North" - basically, the North has had enough of constantly being let down by the Westminster government, and as someone who lives in the North of England, I totally get it. The UK government is literally one of the most unfairly centralized governments, the North-South divide is a real thing, the economy and infrastructure of the North suffers compared to the south, and it always has for a long time. You may not think it, because yes the North has great cities like York, Manchester and Newcastle - but the reality is that for the most part? Our towns see no development anymore, (my hometowns high street is dead, it's just charity shops, vape shops and computer repair shops, it's awful) and the transport system up here, especially outside the cities, can be abysmal, there's a great lack of jobs that force people to need to move further afield, etc etc. We get promised so much from our Government yet it is never received. So what the N.I.P wishes is to separate from the westminster government and form a separate nation, north of the river Humber, known as Northumbria - as named for the Historical meaning of it generally being considered "The North" and from the merged historic kingdoms of the 7th century being the last time the North was united as an independent entity. The Flags colours would be burgundy red and gold - from the flag of Northumbria (one of the oldest flags in the world) and the colours of Northumbria's founder St Oswald. It is more likely that "Northumbria" as a nation is not going to have a capital city - so that the government/economy etc does not revolve around one centralized location, but instead there may be different "capitals" for different functions. The Queen would most likely still be invited to have some sort of Reign over Northumberland, as a part of being a commonwealth nation much like Canada for example. :)

As a Flemish Belgian, I can confirm that the separation Flanders and Wallonia really is a thing. They're not yet splitting...but it is possible

Both Ingria and East Thrace seem like they're completely improbable. And from comments of people who live in each of those regions, the movements really do seem to be unexistant. I guess some people just decided to bring up the idea when there's no real popular desire for it

Lol. I was just watching this video while playing oblivion, then I hear Jarls, and see Jarl Balgruuf on my screen for a brief second.

Ok, I'm from Bulgaria, more specifically Burgas and I see that East Thracia wants Burgas as a territory. Honestly, this is the first time I ever hear about this. I've never seen any Bulgarian even talking about that. I literally live in East Thracia and I didn't know it.

Quebec referendum: exists JJ McCullough: I'm about to end this referendum's whole career

Wales is more likely to get independence than East Thrace

0:39 "...a very far and remote one" *proceeds to draws a remote control* 🤣

Euskadi ("Basque Country") is mentioned in passing during the discussion of Catalunya in the first video, but it really deserves to be discussed on its own.

nobody absolutely nobody USA : FREEEEEEEEEDOM!!!!!! UK : you're already independent you know

Nobody: Italians: “I don’t want to be Italian”

La Serenísima is also an argentine lacteal company, and i laughed my ass off when you said La Serenísima was a giant empire lol

As a norwegian, I love the inclusion of «Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått» at 6:56 lol.

I live in East Thrace but had never heard anything about independence how did you even heard of this?

How to trigger a canadian VIVE LE QUÉBEC LIBRE!!! Edit: I won my bet

Wait is that Wirlwind of Danger (A.k.a Warszawianka) playing in the background?

Hører jeg melodien til «Norge i rødt, hvitt og blått»? I bakgrunnen?

I'm from Turkey and no one really talks about East Thracia lul

Still no United Ireland . Okay then

That Nord VPN transition was very impressive haha

"out of all the ones in this state, belgium seems the most likely to occur" oh buddy i spent my entire teen and adult life with that as a possibility. the biggest issue is flanders wouldn't want to give up on brussels (arguing that it's within their territory) because of its economic importance (not to mention how many people who live their lives essentially in brussels but live in the periphery, in the Brabant provinces)

An interesting region for you: I live in Western Austria, in a state called "Vorarlberg", right next to Liechtenstein. Exactly 100 years ago the local population voted about separating from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during WW1, to join Switzerland. 80% voted yes, but the treaty of Saint-Germain didn't allow Vorarlberg to leave Austria, and also Switzerland didn't want to take the region, which made my state known under the name of "Kanton übrig", which translates to "canton leftover". Now, there aren't any big independence movements any longer, but the region transformed from a farmer's land to a economically stable state, with good industry, so i think we could support ourselves on our own, and i also think a voting could pass, if it was today I hope somebody reads this, sorry if I made English mistakes

Timestamps: 0:22 - Ingria 2:19 - Quebec 3:39 - Brittany 4:53 - California 6:39 - Venice 8:25 - East Thrace 9:36 - Flanders and Wallonia

Słyszę w tle Warszawiankę :) I hear Polish military song "Warszawianka" in the back ground! Big hug from Poland!

I love these kind of videos, please make more! In addition, I also love that you used Norway in red, white and blue in the background when you talked about Venice and East Thrace 😄

Only problem with this video is... I can climb on the top of my house and scream, “independence” and it would have a place on those list. Most of these movements are barely even recognized or carried out in said places.

I love these videos!

Some corrections about Quebec: 1. Quebec wasn’t the only part colonized by France. All of southern Canada on the coast of the St. Lawrence river was colonized by France. Quebec was the outcome of the fights and the subsequent accords. 2. The Quebecois are no longer interested in separating from Canada. That’s virtually impossible to happen anymore, despite them loathing calling Quebec a province (although its nickname is la Belle Province!) 3. The catholic vs. protestant argument is just history. Since la revolution tranquile the Quebecois completely turned against any official form of religion in politics and became entirely secular.

I must tell that you are doing a great job with integrating ads into your videos in a creative way without them being disruptive.

Nobody really nobody i mean nobody Sealand: Can we get independence

0:11 thank you for including newfoundland on the map

Do I hear the Polish "Warszawianka 1831" play in the background? :)

I'm from California... I don't want to leave the USA. Yes California is usually on the top for most lists but like.... I don't think it will do well without the Federal Government of USA.

Great Video as always General Knowledge!

There’s Corsica as well, with a very strong indipendence movement, they’re demonstrating right in this moment, Basque Country who have fought quite a while, deserve more visibility

9:16 background music: Warszawianka 1831 (La Varsovienne) [Oto dziś dzień krwi i chwały...]

I loved this video and i could be really happy if part 3 is coming

Only Quebec and Belgium one are in somewhat possible... The rest is VERY unlikely

eyyyy I heard u used the Norwegian national anthem in your video ;D

i have a question are you actually draw all of that stuff?

I don't think people know how much difference they're is between north and south Italy

9:10 I think I can hear Polish Varsovienne 1831 playing in the background ;)

Another in Italy: Principality of Seborga

8:20 man I am Turkish and I never heard this one in my life...

As with last week I’ll add Cascadia Texas Greenland Alaska Hawaii All these have active separatist movements in North America

4:43 *Personally, I see France as a pretty well consolidated nation-state, and I don't think it will collapse anytime soon* Yellow vests and Bretons : *Yeah, nobody will see it coming indeed*

Here in veneto the indipendence movement is still pretty strong but the local government isnt brave enough to break away from italy, there was even a coup d'etat in 1997 , when some Venetian people tried to occupy venuce with a home made tank. They kept control of the san square for nine hours but then they got arrested. I think its impossible that italy will let us ve indipendent, but we can try to get autonony for our region.

About Venice, here in Argentina exists a milk brande called La Serenísima.

California: exist Mexico: *I'm about to end this country's whole career*

9:55 WOAH! WOAH! The official language of Flanders is Dutch! Colloquially it's often named "Flemish", but this is not a different language "very close to Dutch" but a national variety of the same language, cf. British and American English.

Independance movement in Brittany might have had some importance at some point in 20th century, but it has mostly disappeared today, only being talked about between britons as a joke. Actually, most britons don't even talk Briton nor Gallo nowadays, as the language is slowly dying. And this is the actual point of tension, it's not about getting autonomy or independance, just about getting the legal recognition of briton and gallo as official languages in Brittany, to promote them better, to better embrace the Briton identity, inside of France. Lot of britons will speak about briton independance after getting drunk (which happens often), but actually only few delusional people truly want it.

A quebecois once told me that when someone asks them where they're from abroad, they say Quebec and not Canada, and most quebecois do that, and i find that really interesting

One example that often appears is the seccession of Western Australia from Australia. In recent years with the mining boom Western Australia contributes more in taxes to Australia than it gets back in investment in the state which has created a minor rumbling. It is also mentioned in this wikipedia article. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secession Although there has not been a referendum since 1933.

Im Turkish,lived in İstanbul but this is the first time im hearing about East Thrace Lol

Puerto Rico has a large independence movement as well, it's currently an American colony (the only large colony in the world)

Is that obligationsmarschen that's playing from Venice and forward?

In China, there a few possible new countries, including Tibet, East Turkestan, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

4 Word to trigger Canadian: Vive le Québec Libre ! Also: The French are in a Majority of 85% not 78% :P

Me: Hi, Flanders! Flanders: Hi-Diddily-Ho!

Sorta random but, the film and anime "dog of flanders" is awesome!

To shed some light on Eastern Thrace: There isn't any indepence movement or even a serious thought about this country. Supposed flag is totally unrelated which leads me to think it as some fictional or alt-history country. The closest you can get to a seperate Thrace where some people joke about splitting the whole western and southern coast (left leaning provinces) apart from rest.

I'm watching your video, then I didn't expect you upload a video 8 minutes ago

Omg you actually had Newfoundland on this world map XD haha much love

Brittany is one of the last European regions of France that still has a strong identity not crushed by Parisian centralized state (with Corsica and Alsace) but nobody thinks about independance, even autonomist parties are basically non-existent (sadly).

Hey General Knowledge, can you do next countries that might disappear? (Ex. Moldova uniting with Romania) Oh and you re doing very good! Keep it up!

You can also speak about some unification movements and not only independentists

I live near Brittany, went there often, they are not looking into autonomy or independence very much, they feel different, sure, but like grace and being fresh in fact...

Some people in South-Tyrolia also have the wish to reunite the Tyrolian region, which was split after WW1, not as part of Italy or Austria but as their own sovereign part. The likelihood though is rather questionable as both Italy and Austria won't let these parts separate away that easily I think.

What about the East African Federation? It's a proposed union between Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. Currently the largest hurdle for it is the civil war and general chaos in South Sudan, and it could even exclude South Sudan.

There are a lot of independence movement in Asia. Sarawak, Sabah in borneo, Pattani in Thailand, Tibet, Hong Kong, Taiwan etc

I like how you put one of the national anthems of Norway in the background when talking about venice

I'm watching Quebec now, but I heard people in Hawaii wants to be their own country again. The native feel like the mainland USA is using them simply to grow pineapples and sugar cane. They use to be able to grow all their own food, now they have 90% of their food imported.

I live in the european side of Turkey and its my first time hearing about "east thrace" no one in Turkey knows about that either

I'm from Canada and I dont see Quebec splitting in my lifetime

Norther cyprus: *I AM REAL :D* Turkey: yes you are Any other country: *Turkey is out of its mind*

you also left South Cameroon,an english speaking region fighting for separation from the french speaking north

For Britany, it's very unlikely to happen. Most of Britons don't even speak Breton. They mostly want to be considered as special in a folklorical way. I lived in Britany for times and never heard someone seriously as for any kind of independence.

First I love your video, second about the east Thrace, I am from west (greek part) thrace and I can tell you that the last 10 years there is a business relationship between these 3 countries (mostly Greeks and Bulgarians are shopping in Edirne in Turkey) but at the same time people despise each other, also these parts of Greece and Bulgary I thing are the poorest so I think you where my though it's going to. I personally love both of these countries and I feel very bad when there is a problematic situation.

"You hear about that thing down in Samothrace?" 😱

So many motions of independence afoot. Also, maybe a report on the two most recent successful independence movements (S. Sudan and Timor Leste) and how those two countries are faring. IE, did independence really improve anything?

Man, this dude should talk about Finland and Åland. Åland lives in atonomy and may want indepence.

I’m French and trust me, Corsica becoming independent is a looot more likely than Brittany!

Breton here, the Brittany independence movement has pretty much died out in the last decades. I only meet very few people who still talk about it here. Very different from Corsica, where you can still regurarly meet many inhabitants speaking about independence.

still can't find anything about Szekler Autonomy, Szekler Republic, in transilvania

That jarl balgruuf tho 1:42 nice to know you play tesv too

I live in east Thrace but I never heard of it being it’s own country

Wow Quèbec has all snowing around

Background music at California?