I like how Crimea’s just missing from the first map, that’s one way of avoiding dealing with that.

The Seven New Wonders of the World were determined by a popular vote, and Christ the Redeemer won because of massive Brazilian mobilization in said vote

Chad standing out among African countries in the map. Absolute Chad move. 🇹🇩

Damn the Welsh really are expanding. First Toycat livestreams now Alaska.

“You know that pope guy? He used to just own a country” Toycat acting like Vatican city doesn’t exist anymore.

The US has both rule of land and blood. If you were born in the US, you’re a citizen. If either of your parents were born in the US, but you weren’t, you’re a citizen.

Congrats on the house big guy

Chad in a sea of red: I'm just built different

13:45 when the contients split, monkeys were divided between old and new world monkeys. Half ended up on on contient and half on the other. Thats it. Primates existed before Africa and South America basically completely divided. They were at least close enough to each other a small group got across. Primates did also used to be more widespread but due to various climate changes things happen and some primates perished even before we got there.

I am a dual citizen of Italy and USA. I was born in the USA. My parents emigrated in the 60s. I did not have to wait more than a month or so before I got my Italian citizenship and passport. But then again, I lived in NYC not Argentina or Brazil.

“They did go west to Vietnam!” I’ve never laughed harder at a single moment in one of your videos lmfao

5:00 I’m pretty sure that Montenegrins with Alaska isn’t just a percentage thing. Alaska just has the most Montenegrin Americans.

I think the more interesting conclusion from the second map (European ancestry) is not that they are mostly eastern states (because Illinois Wisconsin Alaska North Dakota Missouri and Iowa) but is that they are all northern states except for New Mexico. I think this is because southern states have higher black and Latino populations so there is less room for the European population percentage to overtake your Iowa’s Vermont’s and so on.

I’ve lived in the St. Louis metro my whole life and I never knew that there was such a huge Bosnian population downtown. I’m confused how some well-educated British guy who has been to Missouri like once knows this and I don’t, but either way I’m happy to learn! Thank you Toycat!

17:11 the point isn't to get passengers from London to the US, it's to ship goods. Missing from the map is a spur that goes down to china, and another that potentially goes from Sakhalin to Japan and then South Korea.

When the majority of the world is red: *perfectly socialist, as all things should be*

17:38 toycat has officially recognized my town and I can die happy now

As an argentine i can confirm the waiting times to get an appointment at the Italian consulate are just incredibly long. There are just way too many people trying to get an appointment and just a few can get it at a time. I believe there’s even people suing the Italian consulates and stuff like that. Last year my dad’s cousin got through the process so my family and I were doing some research to do the same with my dad (the rest of us already have the Spanish citizenship because of my mom) so my dad’s the only one without European citizenship at the moment. And yep, getting an appointment is basically impossible, you need to be really lucky tbh. There’s some people who directly travel to Italy to do it, we thought about it but tbh it’s not worth it for our particular situation, so we’ll just keep trying in Buenos Aires!

Apparently the Gold Rush is to blame for why so many montenegrins live in Anchorage, Alaska today

North Dakota, Maine and Minnesota make complete sense. I've lived in all 3 and it's 100% reflected in their culture. ND has tons of Norsk heritage spots and everyone claims to have it in their bloodline. In Maine just go to the beach and you'll know exactly who's French

17:31 Nome is shown bc It's where the bridge would be over the Bering strait

"Why is there that giant gap?" Well, Mr I-Like-Maps, there is that thing called the Sahara Desert...

"What happened to you Poland?" The partitions of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth did.

I actualy think Christ the redemmer is a wonder.

12:06 All this map does is make me an Aussie even more alone and aware that Australia is in the middle of nowhere.

I’m so glad I found his second channel. This is actually a gem.

13:49 Toycat never heard of continental drift

Toycats editing got so much better! ❤️from California

Great entertainment as allways, thanks

Nome is listed because it'd be where the rail goes out into the Bering Strait from. Nome isn't important from a population standpoint, but from a strategic standpoint, it's especially the Gibraltar of the Bering Strait. From there (more or less, other positions would be better, it's the high arctic, there aren't many people there, you make do with where they live) you can essentially control the whole Bering Strait with ease. Although, they would likely not build the rail through Nome, or even particularly near it, Nome is by far the largest place near where they would actually build it.

Another thing missing from the first map is that you can buy citizenships of some countries legally, like Malta.

11:04 - "What happened to you, Poland?" ...yeah, about that

21:28 this is why toycat is the best youtuber

This guy: self editing on the fly! GG Love me historical surveys, especially.

19:54 would be a great nature sightseeing tour

13:25 That giant gap is something called the Sahara Desert, ever heard of it? It wasn't always a desert though... Also check pangea

The split of new and old world monkeys was after the new and the old world split. Genetically they're very distinct. New worlds are generally smaller, lighter and can have prehensile tails. Monkeys really went in two different directions from then on. You see this split often with other animals as well. New world and old world tarantulas are very different, with the former being extremely docile but having the ability to shed urticating hairs, and the second being more skittish and more likely to bite defensively.

Primates evolved while Africa and South America were still close to each other

New York definitely checks out for Russia Tons of Russian-Americans in the NYC Metro. I should know, my dad was one of them. Most Russian-Americans are in southern Brooklyn like Brighton Beach

eagerly awaiting the day toycat makes a video solely about Wales, Alaska

I'm from St. Louis and, yes. There were a lot of Bosnians that came in the 90s during/after the Balkan wars. Subsequently, others from the region have settled there and have quite the mixed community that I have seen confound people familiar with the conflicts.

11:18 Frankfurt was, in fact, not part of Hesse-Darmstadt but a Free City within the German Confederation until it was annexed by Prussia in 1866.

oh he does have a channel like this! lol i didn’t know, glad to see

The rule of blood and land thing is interesting from the point of view of a brazilian, because most of us from southeast and south have italian/spanish/german grandparents. Literally about 30% of brazilians are eligible for italian citizenship.

I love the phrase "the us is running out of destiny to manifest"

Warning: On first sight some maps will cause chaos in the brain if seen without context.

Woah Christ the Redeemer is pretty cool for when it was built where and you know it's Jesus for Christ sake

Poland has pretty specific rules consiodering nationality, it's unlimited rule of blood (if you can prove any of your ancestros had Polish nationality, you have Polish nationality), but we only recognize Polish nationality. Either you have Polish nationality or you not, there is no distinction between non-Poles. There's only rules on interaction with other countries (not nationalities), which include diplomatc missions, but there is no other distinction. Poland for that reason doesn't recognize dual citizenship. We don't require you drop other citizenships, we just don't recognize they exist. So, if you hold Polish citizenship, by all Polish institutions you will always be recognized as 100% Pole. So, if you manage to for some reason become US President, you will be obliged to act in best interests of Polnad above USA. Or you could be pronounced a traitor, which is life in prison in times of peace, death in times of war.

I love your plug for your Patreon. It's the first time I've actually considered giving something to KZfaqr. Why aren't you rich from ads?

Map cool. Video good.

i think the rail would be used for cheap cargo transport not for passengers.

Toycat: "California is the biggest state in the union" Alaska: "Are I a joke to you?"

I was on board with this video until you proposed integrating Ireland into the UK. I live in NY now as well, I'll find you.

Its’s not a toycat video without a “geography and the world and stuff”

11:17 "Frankfurt is part of Hesse-Darmstadt" - actually it is not, it's its own independent city-state (in 1850). It was annexed by Prussia in 1863 (as part of its province Hesse-Nassau). That province was only merged with (parts of) Hesse-Darmstadt after World War II, when Prussia was dissolved.

14:14 dude you completely forgot about continental drift. south america and africa used to be right next to each other

I’ve now lived in Colorado for 22 years and I’m glad you seem to mention them every video 😂

I love how flevoland is missing from the 1800 map

The reason Utah has the highest proportion of people from the UK is because the Mormons have been sending missionaries to Britain since 1837, and the early ones were pretty successful - lots of their converts subsequently migrated to Utah.

Thank you for showing me those maps, I feel very endarkened

Future seems to be a united Ireland and a divided Britain

“California is the biggest state in the union” Alaska: Am I a joke to you?

yay north dakota wisconsin and utah are here. Interesting 2nd map, lots of variation.

US territories aren't shown for the same reason crown dependencies aren't shown, they have a special status

“And it’s just been expanding west.” ‘Sad Puerto Rico noises’

*hovers over the UK with Ireland* “Yeah This Is Fine”

Mountain time zone here! (Kinda) Phoenix, Arizona (we don’t use daylight savings)

it’s a 125 foot statue at the top of a mountain of the most famous person in history ...

The reason so many New Mexicans have Spanish ancestry is because New Mexico has been settled by hispanic people for 500 years, and many families there can trace their ancestry all the way back to Spain.

I’m from Minnesota and both of my parents’ families are from two tiny Swedish towns about 30 mins from each other. My mom’s side was going to go to California but someone told them Minnesota looked just like Sweden.

"California is the biggest state in the union" Alaska crying in the corner of the map

Why is there a giant gap between Morocco and southern West Africa?… Could be the fact that there is a giant sand pit called Sahara where primates aren‘t very comfortable to live, but who am I to tell? Also, I think a lot of primates were brought to the new world by european explorers. That could be the reason for the primate population in South America.

1. Texas is bigger than California 2. Alaska is actually the biggest state in the union by a large margin

9:12 if the US does take japan then we need to rename ourselves to the Holy Britannian Empire

idk why i watched this but i guess it was worth it

I live in the "empty" area, the Mountain Time Zone, and can confirm that no, it's not sad, life is awesome here and if you live in a high-population area you have no idea how nice it is to be in an area with the amount of country, the lower population density, and the general culture that we have. Imagine the difference between sitting in the bleachers during a high-school event and sitting in an armchair, one of a few scattered around a nice spacious room. I'd also like to say that no matter how low the population looks statistically, these areas aren't deserted. A town of several thousand might seem miniscule when compared to a metropolis of millions, but there's still houses and schools and big stores and cars driving down the road and people on the sidewalks, in towns like this scattered all over this area, and connected by highways that are never without cars on them. I don't believe you could go anywhere in the US, barring national parks and extremely desert or mountainous areas, without finding humans. At the very least, you wouldn't have to go far to find a barbed wire fence, which would inevitably lead to a road that at least a few cars travel per hour. I feel like the Mountain Time Zone area being a barely habited wilderness is a common misconception, when in reality, there are many people all over the place, but at a much lower density. There's a lot more open space, yes, but not in one huge chunk, instead, everything is a bit more spread out here. More land area in between roads, more land area in between houses, undeveloped stretches of pastureland between towns, but with solitary houses appearing quite often, along with telephone and electrical wires, advertisement billboards, and highways. My point is basically: Statistics aren't everything. Out here, everything is more spread out, but almost none of it is really empty. Rather, areas in the east are just extremely dense, making it seem like we're a deserted wasteland, when there are still everywhere.

14:27 it is about the projection. It does not use the standard map projection

I'm pretty sure that the Trans-Siberian railway is fully electrified at this point, and that the rails are up to standard (material, not speed)

i was born in argentina but i cut off the waiting time because i made my italian passport when i was living in greece, since greece doesn’t have that many greek-italians wanting to convert to italian citizenship. due to corona i went to visit family and eventually had to renew my passport in argentina (was supposed to return in january stayed till april) because my flight kept getting postponed and getting an appointment to renew my passport in that consulate was such a bureaucratic pain in the butt

13:26 Gibraltar: Am I A Joke To You?

The Reddit user’s map could have showed it better, Germany did exist in 1851, as a resurrected confederation under weak Habsburg leadership. There was a lot of autonomy but still nominal control by Franz Joseph over Germany minus Prussia until the war in 1866 that gave it all to Prussia.

"If America never gave the Philippines independence, they would've expanded West to Vietnam." Ahh yes, my favorite Western movie: Apocalypse Now

Cat: "Why are there no monkeys here? Why are they here and here but not between them?" BECAUSE IT'S FUCKING WASTELAND lol! That's the Sahara desert, NOTHING lives there, nothing grows apart from cacti There's just nothing there at all.

Amazing

Just here to rep the mountain time zone, MST let’s go!!

It's 4am, why am I awake!!!!

The map of the miniature is a Conflict of Nations map (if you know that game)

9:55 _points to united British isles_ "Uh, yep, sure, everything's fine."

I live in New Jersey, and 3 Greek Diners opened up in my area and closed within 3 years.

yay more funny map video

The Sahara Desert used to be blue and green and full of life...it dried up about 9,000 years ago. That's why they have primates in North Africa (I think)

I love how he says this is what I think of the UK and immediately pulls up the map of the entire world. For years I'm pretty sure that's how most people saw the uk. 🤣🤣🤣

And thanks to my Bisnono, (great grandfather) I, an argentine got the Italian passport and also reconnected to a lot of family whose contact was lost in the first place because of a misunderstanding between brothers in the 1950's. So this is just great!

Train is make sense but not for passengers but for trading goods. Just cool way to transport stuff instead of using Atlantic’s ships

Actually in such regards as for example montenegro and alaska it makes some sense when considering economic factors and... A bit of a long story to explain but makes more sense then a couple of other people...

I am a patron 'cause I believe in you mr cat

13:18 Probably because they died out before they could establish a habitat in the Sahara Desert

The farther you go west, it's still mostly of European decent, more so in most of the West. I don't know why you think it's not

I can apply citizenship in South Africa since I was born there and in other european countries you can apply for citizen ship once you've lived a certain time in that country

damn 2cat made me crack tf up ab america going west, truest shit i heard today