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It's been quite a while since we've talked about a different country and although we've been focusing on other content
We return to stand behind our message by spreading positive vibes and knowledge of other great countries and cultures today
we explore a country that we have not looked at in the past a
Unique country that might surprise you when I tell you it is one of the highest income countries filled with rich culture and history
Today we look at the country of Czechia or the Czech Republic. How's it going? Everybody?
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So let's just jump right into the facts and probably the biggest one that we got to ask when it comes to starting off with
Some of the basics is it Czechia or the Czech Republic very good question
Now the reason that is a good question is because this has been a rather
disputed term for the last couple of years and it was only until
2017 that the debate was over and the Czech Republic
Became its official name
and I think one of the major reasons why this
Became a really hard term was because they didn't really have a way for the English people
To pronounce their country and as a matter of fact in history, it was once called Czechoslovakia
Which it's no longer called that anymore and with that we're gonna return to the name
But let's take a look at when this country was formed and this was all the way back in
1918 before this the country was part of what was known as the kingdom of
Bohemia or as the English called them the Czech Kingdom
But the thing is people have been living in this area for a long time
now first of all
they state that people have been around the area which is now the Czech Republic since the
Paleolithic era and as a matter of fact one
The most interesting things that they've found within the Czech Republic is the Venus of donee Vesta nice
This is actually the oldest known ceramic object found to date in the entire world
and basically it's a statue of a naked lady that dates back to anywhere between
25 thousand BC to 29 thousand BC and to add to this it was around the 3rd century BC that
there was the boy people who inhabited the region now these were small tribes and they were pretty much the reason why the area
Was called Bohemia
however
In today's world the country of the Czech Republic is made up of many different
People from different places around the world as a matter of fact a sixty-four point four percent of the people within the country
identify as Czechs whereas five percent classify as Mordovia ins
1.4 percent are SLO backs
but interesting enough and this is kind of uncommon for other countries about
25 percent of the people within the country have listed unspecified so they really don't know keep in mind
This was also based off of an estimate from 2016
And with that while we're on the talks of people we might as well talk about population the current population of the Czech Republic
comes in at approximately ten million six hundred ten thousand nine hundred and forty seven people as of a
2016 estimate the last official census however was done in 2011 and within all these people the
Official language is Czech. Keep in mind. However, because it is somewhat classified as a Slovak language
it is heavily related to its sister language known as
Slovak and as a matter of fact one unique thing about this country is it actually has about fourteen officially?
recognized
languages insane most of these are Slovak by tongue
However, you also have German ironically enough though English is just not on this list. I mean, I feel bad
Probably everybody watching. It does not know what I'm saying because there's no English there
That being said one very unique thing about this country. Is that the government recognizes?
Vietnamese as an officially recognized language and no other country. Does that on an official level?
This is due to the fact that there are several long-term communities that have in the country and they make up a big chunk
Actually 12% of the entire foreign population
And also when it comes to languages, did you know that according to the US?
Foreign Institute it says that check is the second hardest language to learn in the entire world. I
Didn't I didn't see that coming?
One thing though that had me by surprise and it probably will have a lot of other people who watch this video by surprises
Although you think of cheque as a Slavic kind of language with heavy German influence
You might think that they use the Russian alphabet
They don't it's quite common to assume that they would use the Cyrillic alphabet
However, they actually do have their own this is because some of the letters that are within this language aren't even in Cyrillic
It's just its own thing interesting enough when I mentioned German
You also got to remember the Czech have something very in common with the Germans and that is their taste and love for beer
mmm, as a matter of fact
It's been reported that the people within the Czech Republic actually are the highest amount of beer consumption
Individuals per capita in the entire world and also speaking of Germany you might think to yourself. Oh, yeah
They gotta have the biggest best and oldest breweries
Well, they might but let's be real the Czech Republic has one that's really old as well within the country
There is a thing called the brave knob monastery
Which was the first brewery within the country dating back to 933 AD
This was a monastery that was founded by Bishop st
Albert and I just think it's kind of weird that you know
I guess maybe you know bishops really drank back in the day. Maybe I don't really know
I just don't like to think of a holy man getting drunk all the time
But I guess they did one unfortunate thing about the Brebner monastery is that it was originally destroyed during the hussite wars
But however, it was rebuilt in 1720 as well when it comes to German influences
That's another thing they really really really loved Christmas there
As a matter of fact, they got some of the biggest Christmas markets in the entire world
and if you ever get the opportunity to visit the Czech Republic you have to visit and see the
largest Christmas market in the entire country and that is the one with in Prague which opens at the end of November and
Usually goes to the first week of January being open for approximately four weeks considering we're talking about Prague. Let's look at it
Not only is it the capital of the entire country?
But it's also the fourth largest city in the entire EU
The city itself was founded way back in the seventh century
And today there is still a huge castle within it as a matter of fact
It is so big this castle that it is the largest ancient
Castle in the entire world known simply as the Prague Castle. It has a size of over
750 thousand square feet and how old is it?
well
The masonry dates back to 885 AD and it's so popular that it gets at least
1.8 million visitors a year. Oh, yeah, and you know in response to the whole castle size
I forgot to mention the land size of the Czech Republic in today's world
the country comes in at seventy eight thousand eight hundred sixty-six kilometers square with the largest mountain within the country being
Mount ishka coming in at a total size of five thousand two hundred and fifty nine feet
It's pretty cool mountain actually on top of that there is not only a chapel but there's also a weather station and a cool
Observatory the chapel known as the st. Lawrence Chapel has been on that mountain since 1681 and started construction in
1665 the weather station was installed in
1974 and
Interesting half of the mountain is owned by the Czech Republic and the other half is owned by Poland
And a lot of people visit that place it's really quite a busy
Little spot now while I'm on the topic of land
Here's one interesting fact that blew me even away. Now. Most of you will probably sit there and think to yourself
Well the Czech Republic. It's a landlocked country. It's surrounded by other countries
You know
It probably doesn't have anything it owns outside of its own individual borders
Meaning like there's probably not an island or something like that that it owns
well
You would actually be wrong to further cement their relationship with Germany within the air burg port within the country of Germany
They own the Moldy - port which was originally leased by
Czechoslovakia from
Germany in 1929 for approximately 99 years now
This was all due to some of the effects of the Treaty of Versailles
And yes, it doesn't really mean that this port is a foreign state
But it is a thing that the government owns
But not only that there's also a second spot within the Hamburg port that they own
Called Scylla - and one outside the port called
Peuta - I did say that they have this owned for ninety nine years as a matter of fact in 2028
The lease is going to be coming up
Germany has some interest to take it back. But also the Czech Republic is like now we want to continue this cool little arrangement
So there you go guys. That is it. That is me looking at the Czech Republic
What are your thoughts on this and you know?
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