The World's Weirdest Countries 

Equatorial Guinea is very weird. Only African country that speaks Spanish and has a island capital

I find Central Asian countries kind of mysterious

I’ve travelled to Eritrea for work and the people and food are amazing. Asmara is such a wonderful city and their nightlife is based on coffee shops as opposed to bars (probably because of the Italian history). As you travel west, Keren is a very Arabian-looking town, built in the desert with sandstone buildings. Further west is just fairly arid aside from one or two mines it’s very rural. It’s a shame about their governance, as the people there are great and I wish that they had more freedom. However they still live a pleasant life for the most part due to their wonderful attitude.

I love that the example of countries you gave that couldn't be more different, Iceland and Bangladesh, both have Indo-European languages as their official language, Icelandic and Bengali respectively. Goes to show that even the most seemingly different and distant of country pairs still can have some major stuff in common.

Note that Irish people don’t consider Ireland to be part of the British Isles and the official name of the “republic of Ireland” is just Ireland.

Can you still get one of the official haircuts in North Korea if you start balding?

Australia is very weird. Its a continental country

Nauru means laughter in Finnish

Ashbaghat looks like a Minecraft creation

5:30 Pyongyang also has the largest capacity stadium in the world, Rungrado stadium with 150,000 people

East Timor

Interesting video. Didn't know about Turkmenistan. Also, I like the background music. What song is that?

South Africa is also wried.. The country has another country within it and has three capitals.

lately i've been fascinated by island countries and territories that exists out of nowhere (seychelles, mauritius, saint helena, ascension, tristan da cunha)

I don't think you should assume such geographical ignorance from you viewers ("you've probably never heard of Brunei" etc) . I mean only people who are interested in geography are going to click in the first place.

The UK is also weird because of how it is a part of Europe technically but is also really distinct, or at least insists on being so distinct from it

Cuba, Guinea, Eswatini, Japan, USA, west Africa, Israel

Love the fact that the clip you showed of the Australian Football League was actually a game that was played in China for sponsorship reasons 😂

I think you have made some errors about Eritrea. It was colonized by Italy. It was part of Ethiopia and administered by the British for about 10 years when Fascist Italy lost the war against the allied forces during/ after World War Two.

Hi Geography Bible! Great Vid! Would love to see more content on Namibia!

Very captivating content 🇵🇹

5:30 that's not true. Debunked years ago

Bangladesh and Iceland have relatively similar languages! Icelandic is the most conservative Germanic language, relatively close to Indo-European roots. Indic and Germanic languages share a lot of similarities as these groups left the Indo-European homeland later (Greek, Armenian, Celtic and Italic left earlier).

Great Video 🎉

England does not have a separate government from the UK like Northern Ireland and Scotland, it is ruled directly from the central government

Nauru being both poorest and most obese is as ironic as Vatican having the highest murder rate. 😅

I didn’t realise it was the UK until I saw Tower Bridge

Not that Naru's national pastime is Footy! But I guess that makes sense with their currency being the Australian dollar. Interesting...

Funnily enough, the Australian tour company “Intrepid” offers tours into Turkmenistan! 🤣🤣

Shout out for pronouncing Laos the right way 😊

The Vatican isn't even the smallest country within the city limits of Rome. That would go to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, which has only a single building. Technically, this would make it a "nation" (i.e., people) but not a "country" (territory). However, it is recognized by dozens of other nations. As for that other country, the most legitimate leader of Burma is on record as saying they were fine with the use of either name. "Burma" is more euphonious in English and has a long tradition. We should stick with that. Exonyms are compliments, not insults.

Bhutan is a beautiful kingdom to visit... By the way, apart from your guide, transport, accomodation, your meals are also included in your daily fee.

As previously mentioned, Equatorial Guinea is kind of weird with its capital on an island closer to other countries than its own mainland. Another weird one Cabo Verde just because it's the only country on Earth in the GMT-2 time zone. Croatia's border with Bosnia looks like its bullying Bosnia out of Adriatic coastline, Bosnia only has like a km or so of coastline as the Croatian border stretches down the Adriatic coast as far as Montenegro. Cyprus is a weird country just by looking at its borders. Any country with border "strips" are kinda weird, Namibia and its Caprivi Strip and Afghanistan where its strip causes a 3½ hour time zone change at its border with China.

Actually Pyongyang has the deepest metro in the world, that's an infrastructural record for North Korea.

Tuvalu is also weird as the first country to be a "virtual county"

The UK is not at all unique in that regard. The Kingdom of the Netherlands is also made up of four constituent countries that together form one sovereign nation. I would have left it out of the list.

Chile looks like a long string bean! The top part is arid desert and the bottom looks like Alaska and is the closest to Antarctica. Almost everywhere in Chile is near the coast. That’s because of the Andes mountains separating it from Argentina by a nearly impenetrable natural barrier. I’ve flown from Argentina to Chile and it’s a spectacular ride and view. Chile also has Easter Island, which is one of the most isolated ancient settlements in the middle of the ocean, with a unique culture and population not at all related to the Chilean people.

San Marino. A very ancient and micro nation completely surrounded by Italy, yet with no distinct “culture” or language. Andorra. Tiny nation wedged in between France and Spain, with equal influences from both. Liechtenstein; very wealthy and tiny nation that dominates the very little industries it exports. Lesotho; another landlocked nation with mysterious landscape and people.

That was awesome. Thanks👍

While tangential connected to the topic of weirdest countries, I continue to be fascinated with the non-rhotic English accents. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern "Island" & the island of The Republic of "Island". Dropping the R, turning Ireland into Island.

Differentest countries I can name Angola and Afghanistan Laos and Latvia Cambodia and Comoros Indonesia and Iceland Burkina Faso and Belgium Andorra and Angola Bahrain and Belize Paraguay and Philippines Etc...

Eritrea is in Northwest Africa?

My opinion of Eritrea went up

Bow City, Alberta,Canada is pretty weird...it doesn't even have a fire dept nor a grocery store nor gas station..lol not sure if it even has a postal code but I've heard the history of it is pretty interesting!

Haha being bald I don’t have a government approved haircut in North Korea, guess that’s why I’m not welcome there

Coup like cew, not like cupe. It’s a French word that means “cut”.

Slovakia is weird cos not only it's the most underrated country and they have clean cities amazing architecture, Bratislava is absolutely amazing and it's weird cos they have soo few visitors I hope Slovakia will get more tourist ❤

Didn't know naru like afl lol btw the Aussie dollar is also known as dollary doos or dollar bucks jks but seriously we had a petition to change it to dollary doos

Chile 🇨🇱 is weird. It's the longest country on earth.

Paraguay is often considered the weirdest Latin American nation. *Not trying to offend anybody, but that is a trait I've heard of. I second Equatorial Guinea! Plus how the current capital, Malabo, is on the island instead of the main land (thought that might change in the near future). NOT GETTING INTO THE CURRENT POLITICAL SITUATION, but just stating: Israel is the only country in the world that was successfully rebooted into a modern day nation state. Palestine is often considered to be the most country like non-country in the world. Liberia was originally founded as homeland for African slaves to return to. While it only partially achieved that, that uniqueness created a very interesting background. I believe Sierra Leone is similar to that as well. Mongolia has the lowest population density in the world. How Haiti was founded by the Haitian Revolution (again, not getting into current politics with it). Dominica-Both the Kalinago Reserve on part of the island, as well as the purple used on the parrot in the flag. Kiribati-both how the name is pronounced and how climate change might eliminate it one day. Belarus is considered to be the last dictatorship in Europe. Liechtenstein, Andorra, Monaco, San Marino, Luxembourg, Eswatini, and Lesotho all have some interesting backgrounds! Comoros, Mauritius, Madagascar, The Seychelles, The Maldives Somalia (and the dispute with the more stable Somaliland); Djbouti How Somaliland and Transniestra are almost countries but mainly lack global reconigtion. Tajikistan The shapes of The Gambia and Chile Suriname and Guyana both culturally and geographically English heritage of Belize ***And while this isn't obviously a country itself, the special status of Antarctica is an honorable mention. South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore's rise to the top of developed countries in just a few decades. Angola's separtion with the Cabinda exclave.

1:41 That map is wrong to my understanding. Those Islands of Scotland and any other islands are *not* Great Britain, the geographical area, although they ard a part of the United Kingdom *of* Great Britain. Essentially the kingdom was formed from two kingdoms mainly located on that main island being united, so that united kingdom was named after the island.

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eritrea... 'north africa.'

Excuse me:ireland is not part of anything British - England named the isles. We were there first most folk are Celtic including everyone now living in England so if anything these isles should be called the Celtic Isles......For the record

The only reason I heard of Brunei was bc Whitney Houston held a concert there😊

Tuvalu is bizarre its sinking, Liechtenstein is doubly landlocked, Monaco is full of millionaires, Suriname is the only nation outisde Europe to speak Dutch and prob most racialky diverse on Earth, and The Gambia is long strip country along the gambia river

In the first shot of the video, what is that city?

Weird in a good sense? You mean peculiar?

I find your delivery condescending at times.

This video did more on small countries !! The most weird or unique big countries are 1 united states ! Due to its fast food , decadent 80s pop and hedonistic spring break screaming girls mentality.!! .also american football, hollywood movies and cool roadside attractions and everybody owns guns 2 japan ..unique by never being colonized ..samurai culture , sumo..bullet trains , vending machines , ban on obesity,, animê and modern architecture and small rooms for rent ! 3 philppines ! Asia's only catholic country, spanish names , jeepneys , islands , unique old spanish towns , and the chocolate mountains

Eritrea in northwest Africa😢. Really.

I'd have mentioned France since with its overseas territories it is the only country to span across every continent except Asia as it has places in North, Central, n South America, Africa, Oceania, of course its mainland in Europe, n tho not technically part of the country it does lay claim to a slice of Antarctica.

Interesting video unfortunately some poor pronunciation in it

You could have mentioned that immigrants from Eritrea still have to pay tax back to their home land or their family will face the consequences.

The Micronation of 7OD ill pay you $10,000 if you can find it

Northwestern Africa country?

I thought the pitcan islands had the smallest population

Being unique doesn’t mean wierd

Why isn’t the USA on that list?

Northern Ireland is not a country. It's a territory without definition. Only England, Wales and Scotland are countries

I was in Myanmar in 2017 last and a good amounts changed there since politically tied with there regime not being as funded as Kim’s party but calling them as or more authoritarian doesn’t quite seem accurate maybe if they had better surveillance funding it would be different

My luck I am Indian I don't need visa for Bhutan

Well, of course the UK is weird. They give kids in severe pain heroin to snort up their noses. They're the only country I can name where heroin is a legal treatment for severe pain.

Eritrea is in the North East not North West.

uniited states isnt weird.....leading the country into the gutter while having the media telling you the opposite is completely normal

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To say that Afghanistan is below north Korea in the democracy index is just bitterness from the west and islamophobia. The people there have full access to information in the outside world and have open dialogue with the Taliban representatives. It may well be in the bottom quarter. Never bottom 5 and below the likes of Turkmenistan, North Korea and Eritrea 🙄

3:07 Well I can tell you it's a NorthEASTERN African country, it's communist and it's very repressive and Ethiopia and them are escalating tensions nowadays. Do go on.

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Quick correction: Nauru is not part of Micronesia, it is its own country

Wrong nobody speaks english in eritrea 😂😂😂 “uses as a working language” BAHAHHA you wish

Just call them unique instead of weird

Can this narrator pronounce ANYTHING in English?

You forgot the U.S.

Bro hasn't heard of the western hemisphere

Israel 🇮🇱 too. An island of modernity, prosperity and liberality in a sea of ​​terror, ignorance, poverty, and non-progressive values.