Hehe.

@@Special_K_42069 Boi

He should make a video about it lol

Even HAI, but especially Wendover, does a better job of not just looking like a pile of stock shots than anybody.

@@baylinkdashyt Yes, they should have a competition and discussion about it, it would be called "Sam I am".

Until it didn't

@@MASB29 Then just add a tiny "almost" next to the "newest"

I don't see it bringing people to South Sudan

@@daveharrison84 yeah because it's unstable Bougainville would be stable

Drew Binsky will be their first visitor, probably.

I think Bougainville should lean into it. Create a tourism campaign based on Boss Baby, declare a national holiday called Boss Baby Day, give Alec Baldwin honorary citizenship, all that jazz.

i like how a yt comments section is deciding the fate of a country

Is Sam from Wendover allowed to go and make a 15-25 minute long video, or maybe an hour long Nebula original?

What about other “real life Boss Babies” around the world? Examples include: 1.) Scotland and Wales, United Kingdom 2.) Catalonia and the other autonomous regions of Spain 3.) Azores and Madeira, Portugal 4.) Flanders and Wallonia, Belgium 5.) Aruba and Curacao, Netherlands 6.) Corsica, New Caledonia and French Polynesia, France 7.) Greenland and Faroe Islands, Denmark 8.) Aland Islands, Finland 9.) Bavaria, Germany 10.) Transnistria and Gagauzia, Moldova 11.) South Tyrol and Sardinia, Italy 12.) Mount Athos, Greece 13.) Chechnya and the other Republics of Russia 14.) Kosovo and Vojvodina, Serbia 15.) Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina 16.) Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus, Cyprus 17.) Abkhazia and South Ossetia, Georgia 18.) Iraqi Kurdistan, Iraq 19.) Somaliland, Somalia 20.) Zanzibar, Tanzania 21.) Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan 22.) Gorno-Badakshan, Tajikistan 23.) Rodrigues, Mauritius 24.) Hong Kong and Macau, China 25.) Aceh and West Papua, Indonesia 26.) Bangsamoro, Philippines 27.) Torres Strait Islands, Australia 28.) Niue and Cook Islands, New Zeland 29.) Rotuma, Fiji 30.) Guam, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana, United States 31.) Quebec, Canada 32.) Nevis, St Kitts and Nevis 33.) Tobago, Trinidad and Tobago

@@aaronj5035 "Scotland and Wales" *sad Northern Ireland noises, the always-forgotten redheaded stepchild*

That's what Transnistria and Artsakh did.

Aw yeah, it's big brain time.

@@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721 but as Armenia sided with Artashk during the 2020 War when Azerbaijan invaded, and the treaty mentions it and it’s ties to Armenia, Armenia now in practice has recognition of it.

@@darkbrightnorth well no, the united states recognizes kosovo and china recognizes the United States, but that does not mean China recognizes Kosovo.

@@supernt7852 Pretty sure those two - what Dark Bright explains and your example you compare it to - are the same.

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Sam is his own writer, mostly.

@@xChillOutHDx hmmm

How?

When people talk more about pictures of apes than the creation of a new country

They already are in the world.

@@TriNguyen-he7xk Fair point

Well, I can wait. Learn how to wait for things

For some reason, so many of us keep thinking our years in the frame as somewhere in the 2000s. Where "10 years ago" keep meaning somewhere in the 90s, "20 years ago" is the 80s, and numbers like 2025 (or 2027) feels like the "distant future but in our lifetimes". We keep ignoring the 2010s and I'm not sure why.

we're almost closer to 2027 than 2016

@@ado3247 idk why that is so mindblowing to me

It’s because pop culture (and especially radio stations) avoid saying ‘00s and ‘10s but eagerly talk about the ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s (“playing the greatest hits from the eighties, nineties, and today!” despite “today” now officially being longer than the ‘80s and ‘90s combined).

@@RhoninFire I think most people have accepted that the 90s are at least 20 years ago, 80s are at least 30 years ago, and so on. At least millennials and younger anyway. What’s really mind boggling is that the 90s will soon be 30 years ago and the 80s will soon be 40 years ago 😮

Do they really not recognize France? Or is it just like with most other countries that they don’t have any official diplomatic relations with them?

Well technically many those small states do not recognize many countries. My country Bosnia is not recognized by 30 or so countries.

Just don't recognise Bhutan

@@EdinProfa eh, bosnia is recognized by every country. Its just that they dont have diplomatic relation with some country

@@ganonk79 Bhutan doesn't recognize either china it is pretty weird

That song is full of mistakes, why wouldn't the map be?

You mean the new 19th century map song, right?

@@camelopardalis84 bro why u deleting ur account?

Yakkos World is one of the best songs from the show though

GOOOD

Actually, if you include Mobile Fighter G Gundam as part of the Gundam-verse, the UK already has a Gundam because in the future every country has it's own Gundam representing it in the global battle royale to determine who will be president of Earth.

@@catdogmousecheese Damn Gundam is a lot more interesting than I thought

I love Gundam but it is a soap opera with robots and don't let any summary convince you otherwise

And believe it or not, Russia is the main factory of all Gundam related parts. Including the experimental ones. Japan only has their initial model but with USA (or United Federal Coalition which is basically psuedo NATO) and Germania having superior and advanced technology that made the arms race of Gundam. From small time Saudi Arabian and Iran types to sophisticated German technology that is so over engineered that it always get stolen by bad guys

It’s just the second sequel to “Excited person gesturing the number 1 for several seconds,” and the franchise is getting stale at this point.

@@PaulMcElligott checkmark with only 200 subs :o

@T A N I A • © What the...

It’s like he’s graduated from reading wikipedia pages to reading future wikipedia pages

I don't. The world needs no more countries

same, wtf

Google watching you

I found out today when this video was recommended to me. I also learned what Bougainville is.

lol

It also, I'd imagine, gives enough time for Papua New Guinea to milk as much as they can out of that mine.

Especially since their capital apparently got mostly destroyed during their civil war

Get that Old Caledonia out of here. All my homies want that New Caledonia shit.

Whereas us folks in Old Caledonia (Scotland) are still toying with the idea of becoming a 'nation' rather than a 'country' with another referendum...

It probably won't due to the pro-independence movement's boycott of the coming referendum due to Covid related issues... But still ! A very interesting subject and a similar case to Bougainville in terms of colonial history, China's interest in the archipelago and mining ressources (NC is estimated to possess about a quarter of global reserves of nickel)

@@WestEnderPAP OMG I didn't even think about that! Wouldn't that be a slap in the face of Scots if New Caledonia is independent way before (Old) Caledonia proper ever was??

@@mrthetheo123 Yeah, as a metropolitan Frenchman, the FLNKS's goals are beyond my understanding. Why would you demand another referendum and then call for its boycott? It's almost like both sides want to lose.

getting a lot of boss baby vibes from this comment

At first I read "this is the most typical Hai topic" and I thought "yep, it really is"

its most likely from a flower called Bougainvillea

@@vincenttt8289 Actually it's because both are named for the same thing, in this case a person. French explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

@@vincenttt8289 "The main island was named after French admiral Louis Antoine de Bougainville, who reached it in 1768." -wikipedia

@@jps0117 And the genus of flower in question, which is a New World species, was also named after him.

Yeah 😂

I’m legitimately planning on getting my friend a Gundam model for Christmas.

I did a mental double take when he said that

how the hell did he mess that one up

@@DDRWakaLaka with intention

Timor Leste Serbia Montenegro Kosovo? South Sudan

They made the right call sort of not caring about being 100% accurate. Because there's no way it was going to be accurate for long anyway.

You’re Canadian, aren’t you?

first i thought its an island from austrlia 😂

on not the same note, there is a shopping mall in the city of Goiânia, capital of the Goiás state, located in the Midwest region of Brazil named Bougainville

Bougainville is a French name ?

It’s named after Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville, who fought in the Seven Years’ War in what is now Quebec before he went exploring in the Pacific.

Lol

“Goon-dam”

For the memes man

Considering that Australia gets wasted in the Gundam UC Universe, one would assume they would be the last ones to want to build a Goondam

A good-dam is totally different. It has to do with pumped water storage for hydroelectric plants.

He said "Taiwan is already planning to incorporate them into their global economic strategy" except he pronounced Taiwan like 'China'. So many pronunciation mistakes today.

It's all connected.

See! Australia can do it too!

@@hbowman108 we’re trying so hard to be America, and after Bougainville, PNG, Timor-Leste, the Solomons, Nauru… genocide after European invasion, wait… we might be exactly the same

the ccp are like the combine from half-life; they want full control of the world, to strip it of all its recourses, force everyone into prison like cities, effectively destroy everyone's freedoms and their advisor is some malevolent bug creature.

Neo-colony ≠ colony proper. The French neo-colonies in West Africa have a hell of a lot more independence than Kurdistan does in Turkey, for example.

thats... not how what works. They might become dependent on China sending them financial aid, which China tends to send to small island nations on the condition they recognize China over Taiwan, but that really isnt close to what you're saying. And if instead they form close ties with Australia and receive aid from them their isnt much China can do.

@@jonas1015119 yeah they can bully Australia through our imports like they do now to influence our politics so that we stop recognizing them and agree they are part of China or they will just do what they did with wine. Threaten to stop all imports of a product they buy more than 90% of our supply of. It's economic blackmail. They do it nearly every year to us with something

Or there will be a trade 📴 off. No more Taiwan! China will finalize it as part 〽️ of the mainland by 2027. So basically we will have the same number of countries! Unless the United States of America starts its own maritime trading global investments networks with unconditional ⛑️ aid to island 🏝️ nations. China is going to belt them all.

Putin?! Is that you?

Finland is just a Japanese fishing ocean

That's interesting because I don't recognize Russia as a country

After all, they're a baby country, but can still be a boss.

Tourism will never be big anywhere in PNG. The costs of airfares, accommodation, lack of safe public transportation and suitable hospitals. I am looking at going to Bougainville when they offer a specials fare again. Last time it was about K1000 return (US$287.83 ) from here the last ones sold out in under 5 minutes while I was asking my boss for time off. I did Manus return for K 354 return instead. Tuesday special fares. Usually sold out as soon as released. Accommodation in a 2 to 3 star hotel is about US$100 a night, local transport is interesting to say the least. At least I have Bougainvilleian friends not only there but here that I can plan with.

Also, the proposal to reopen the mine post independence is suuuuper controversial and not the chief cause of support for independence.

That is the standard American pronunciation. It is in the American lexicon, because it was a big battle during the WWII Solomon Islands campaign. PS Don't confuse it with the plant.

@@jeffreypierson2064 Wow, I guess I have only read American scholars.. or perhaps they pronounced it differently because of the audience. That is wild. In fairness, it is a lot more phonetic than how Australians, Kiwis and most pacific islanders say it.

I’ve always heard it pronounced as bogan-ville, and given how often it’s on the ABC News, I am pretty happy to accept they know a little more about this than Sam. Boogan-ville, ew.

@@Axman6 What Alex said. It always makes me grin a little stupidly when I hear it - most Australians will get why! LOL

For a few seconds I thought you were implying Bougainville has *really* strong opinions on image formats 🤣

@T A N I A • © Fantastic name

Really? "Bougainville" isn't distinct to you?!? I think it's a kickass country name.

@@AndrewPonti When it comes to name itself it sounds like a non-descript French city. As for the meaning it clearly reflects a colonial past. Hardly the stuff you'll want a new country to be named after.

@@soundscape26 I gottcha, that makes a lot of sense - and yes, it is from that era. Also a big WWII battle. But who's to say they aren't (re)claiming it as their own to get past that. Who knows! Although I can see your point of them going with a really cool, authentic South Pacific name that maybe was what they called it originally. Who knows. Would be a good video as well.

@@AndrewPonti Thanks for the extra bit of info fellow HAI viewer. 👍

Johnson?

@@rachelcookie321 You might be the only person watching this who doesn't know that the UK has it's own version of Trump. He's called Johnson and is the Prime Minister. He is a liar and cheat. Not my opinion, but that of his political supporters, who despite this continue to support him. You couldn't make it up. As for the referendum, I'm referring to the one that gave credibility to the lies that removed the UK from the EU.

@@nicolek4076 oh, Boris Johnson. I just didn’t know you were referring to him. I’ve never heard him be called just “Johnson” before it’s always “Boris Johnson”. And trust me, I know very much about Boris Johnson and is idiocies as I’m from Britain as well and I completely agree with you.don’t know how he was voted in.

@@rachelcookie321 I call him Johnson, because to use his given might imply an approval for anything he does. I revile him and all who stand up for him.

@@nicolek4076I like to call him BoJo- it’s a childish nickname for a childish prat

I'm sure the country's nationals will be known as Bougains.

I don't think China cares if some no-name schmuck in the ass-end of America talks about "Not!China".

Usually you’d be at the top of the comment section due to a possible deal you may or may not have made with the comment algorithm gods, but here I am in the timed sort.

Then everyone will come to their yearly festival "Boogie Nights"

It's probably destined to become one anyway; kept afloat by the patronage of Australians.

@@caeruleusvm7621 I pity the Bougainville boy who has to clean the pools with a large net after the Australians have had a go at it, straining to lift all the collected beer-cans... :-)

All rise for the national anthem. ["Boogie Wonderland" is played by a military band]

Tartarstan wanted independence but Russia said that’s illegal 😂

Fingers crossed

My left

I was hoping I wasn't the only one! Australian here (even though I apparently don't exist!) I always thought it was pronounced "Bogan-ville"? which always made me smile - most other non existing Australians will get why!! :)

Racist...........

Cries in Bujumbura

Yes chuuk I heard about that too what about transnistria they have everything all they need is recognition and it’s set or what about greater Romania ?

That's more or less replacing 6 countries with 1, but i guess it counts.

That’s is just a constitution for the confederation ( it’s gonna be something like the eu) not the actual federation

@T A N I A • © what’s with the Russian and Japanese text

Sounds like a disaster waiting to happen

@@bigziti_osc its a sex bot

I'm never not gonna call it boganville, it's just too perfect.

Stopped at 5:56

They do.

bougainvillea kills cattle if they eat it. it`s a pest in queensland (aus).