Hey guys what's up it's Charlie here today we're going to be looking at some
new countries that will exist soon I'm sure we're all very used to knowing the
countries that exist in the world but if you look back in history you'll know the
countries come and go well here are some new countries that may exist very soon
from new countries in the Americas Europe Africa and Asia let's check them
out but before we set off on this expedition why not subscribe and press
the notification bell two coming up first we have Catalonia if you follow
the news in Spain at all you know that Catalonia is a big issue Catalonia is a
part of Spain and it includes many big tourist locations for example Barcelona
but many people in Catalonia want independence and have wanted it for a
long long time during the Franco regime in Spain Catalonians
were subjected to very bad treatment Franco did not want Catalan to be
independent and he also banned their language Catalan Catalonia is very
different to the rest of Spain for example the corridor or bullfight does
not exist in Catalonia they also do not do flamenco dancing another Spanish
stereotypes and what's more children will likely speak Catalan instead of
Spanish to begin with many Seifert within a few decades the people of
Catalan may break away from Spain and form their own sovereign country next up
is Kurdistan there are many issues going on in the Middle East right now but one
hot-button topic is kurdistan kurdistan is an area in northern iraq but the
difference between this area and the rest of iraq is that it's populated by
one major group the kurds it's in a very very dangerous area on the border of
Syria Turkey and Iran this puts it very near the dangerous revolts happening in
Syria right now and the area is constantly under threat by groups such
as is the Kurds want to break away from Iraq and make Kurdistan their homeland
but neighboring countries such as Syria Turkey and Iran are very against this
but the citizens of Kurdistan and not going to take no light
they were actually able to drive is out of their region and because of this in
2016 the president of the area is demanding a referendum so who knows
maybe soon Kurdistan will no longer be parts of Iraq next up is California some
of you watching this video right now may well be in California and it's pretty
hard to imagine the government letting california break away and make their own
country but this hasn't stopped many Californians pushing for something
called Cal exit this is of course based off
britain's brexit in referendums of cal exit Californian residents seem to be
pretty enthusiastic about breaking away from the USA some people in Texas also
want this they want something named the Republic of Texas and there are many
separatist movements in Texas but the main separatist movements are actually
in California California is very different to the rest of the country
it's America's most populous state and it's also the world's sixth biggest
economy in a poll forty percent of Californians voted in favor for
Californian independence so it may not be happening right now but he never
knows soon California may be a different country from the USA next up is by Afra
by Afra is located in Nigeria West Africa it was once part of the British
Empire but declared its independence in 1960 when this happened many major
groups went to the south of Nigeria they then tried to make something named the
Republic of Biafra however this caused a civil battle
inside Nigeria which led to their defeat but even though by Afra was defeated
many still wanted to go ahead there are many protests and marches of the
independence of my afro to this day and many politicians in southern Nigeria
want my offer to become independent but in Nigeria there's quite a lot of
corruption and instability so it may not happen for these people anytime soon
coming up next is Flanders this country may sound like Homer Simpson's next-door
neighbor but it's actually an area between Belgium and the Netherlands
right now it belongs to Belgium and along with Flemish and Walloon it's one
of Belgium's three major regions in the region the main language is Dutch but
it's also very different from the rest of Belgium and many people who live
there wanted to become independent Flanders is a very rich part of Belgium
and many of the residents don't like seeing their money spent on other
regions that's because the people in the other regions don't speak Dutch and have
very different cultural customs many marches happen every year for
independence of Flanders so who knows maybe one day Flanders will become
independent of Belgium and form its own country next let's look at east and west
Libya we all know that in 2011 the prime minister of Libya Colonel Qaddafi was
taken out NATO and the UN helped rebels overthrow
the country of Libya however as is often the case the people who overthrew him it
didn't actually plan for what would happen after Barack Obama said the
biggest mistake of his presidency was not preparing for the aftermath of
Gaddafi being overthrown this sent the country of Libya into very unstable
positions and it caused extreme people to take control as a result of this
there are many governments all saying they're the leaders of the country right
now the UN backs and recognizes only one government but actually there are three
governments all ruling Libya and claiming they're the ones in charge but
if the two main government seemed to have actually divided the country and
soon Libya may be known as East and West Libya this will be politically
geographically and economically bad for the people of Libya but there's no easy
answers to very complex issues like this in the world so we should really prepare
to update our maps as Libya may soon become East and West Libya and finally
let's go somewhere a bit more relaxing Hawaii Hawaii is of course part of the
USA but it is not part of the mainland instead it's an island
and many Hawaiians actually consider their Island to be occupied by the
United States after all Hawaii's almost halfway around the world from the United
States mainland many people on the island want to make their own rules and
have independent sovereignty and much like with California and Texas many
people at once succession I'm not sure how Hawaii would actually go through
with this thing is they don't have their own army but who knows maybe one day
there will be some talk between the federal government and Hawaiian leaders
to sort this out because Hawaii is so beautiful and a lovely place to go I'm
sure many Americans would be sad to see it go as a state but that doesn't change
the fact many Native Hawaiians do actually want independence as they
consider their Island to be occupied but now it's time for you guys to give me
your opinions vote in the poll the top right corner do you think all of these
places becoming independent is a good thing or a bad thing if you guys want to
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