As always, let me know your suggestions for a possible Part 4 of this!

Breaking news Alaska joins Canada,next morning:Breaking news Canada was annexed by the United States.

General knowledge:How many new countries do you want? Viewers:Yes

Alaska: INDEPENDENCE! USA: NO WAY MAN YOU HAVE O I L

I'm surprised Puerto Rico wasn't mentioned. They've had a huge independence movement vs statehood movement. For the independence movement there have even been people accused of terrorism in NYC in favor of leaving the US

Fun Fact: The Hawaiian queen cut ties with the US, so the US decided to put a tariff on them. So, a sugar plantation owner and a pineapple tycoon decided to overthrow the monarchy. They then had the idea of applying as a US state to basically perform tax evasion on the US tariffs.

I have to admit that the supposed flag of east african federation is beautiful.

Hawaii should be independent Kingdom if they can find a direct hair to the throne.

Balochistan(of pakistan) independence movement has been started and has lot of steam. May be we can see balochistan as a country soon.

Texas independence would lead a big yeehaw movement. In Texas you go big or go home

An interesting region for you: I live in Western Austria, in a state called "Vorarlberg", right next to Liechtenstein. Exactly 100 years ago the local population voted about separating from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire, which collapsed during WW1, to join Switzerland. 80% voted yes, but the treaty of Saint-Germain didn't allow Vorarlberg to leave Austria, and also Switzerland didn't want to take the region, which made my state known under the name of "Kanton übrig", which translates to "canton leftover". Now, there aren't any big independence movements any longer, but the region transformed from a farmer's land to a economically stable state, with good industry, so i think we could support ourselves on our own, and i also think a voting could pass, if it was today I hope somebody reads this, sorry if I made English mistakes

Occitania could become independent from France too. A record unpopularity of the French president Macron and its Unionist and pro-European government could result in a rise in Occitan independence, by rejection of macronism, and therefore rejection of the ruling of Occitania by France and EU.

Binged watched Parts 1 - 3. Enjoyed your videos very much. Consider updating and posting as situations of subjects you have addressed may/has continued to unfold. Thanks.

This will really change the Sporcle quizzes...

List of proposed new nations in video: - Hong Kong (China) - East African Federation (Burundi, South Sudan, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda) - Bougainville (Papua Ew Guinea) - Greenland (Denmark) - Texas (United States of America) - Alaska (United States of America) - Hawaii (United States of America) - Casadia (Canada and United States of America)

Cascadia almost happened back in the late 1980's early 1990's, and it would have been the Canadian Provinces of BC and AB, as well as the US States of WA, OR, ID + Montana. BC Backed out in the last minute, after an election and a change in government.

Bougainville is now independent . Congratulation you predicted it.👍👍

So... Ugandan Knuckles will become East African Federation Knuckles. Very good!

Talk about South Brazil. Is a movement called "O Sul é meu país" . The ideia is make the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, independent.

Hawaii actually has a somewhat large "independence movement". Some radicals want full independence which I do not think is possible. The conservatives however usualy want a "Nation within a Nation" like the Native American " Nations on the mainland. If you look you can find many signs of an independence movement. There are sometimes Hawaiian sovereignty flags and bumper stickers, or "Keep Hawaii Hawaiian" bumper stickers which could be interpreted as independence as a Hawaiian nation.

Thanks for finally mentioning Hong Kong at the beginning of this video after some far-fetched examples with Ingria and East Thrace in the previous ones :P I am pretty sure more of the people now want independence than that in 2016. Things can change quickly in politics.

Bougainville? It's the Bismarck-archepal

If Greenland gets independence their flag better have green on it

Road to 100k. Congrats!

Part 4 please! I enjoy this type of content so much!

I would love Hong Kong to be back under British contro- *cough cough* err... I mean I would love Hong Kong to be independent. Good for them!

You present these topics with so much ease. Thank you for all your content!

There are three independence movements in South Africa: - Zulu Kingdom/kwaZulu - Volkstaat - Cape Republic

USA: *Establishes Cascadia* USA: *We also take Cuba, PR and Brazil to balance it out.*

A possible new country could be a united ireland since support is there and the history of the region going through conflict over this is quite fascinating Although it is possible it is unlikely for the near futurebut certainly possible in the distant future Northern Irish independence is also possible although less likely then a united ireland and far less likely then staying part of the uk but there is some support So a united ireland or independent northern Ireland could happen just certainly not in the near future

Hawaii does have some supporters of independence. I’ve seen several “occupied island” bumper stickers while there, with an upside down Hawaiian flag.

Very good video! 👏👏👏

Hey man your almost hit 100k nice job

i like the Marsch that plays in the background... "Unter dem Doppeladler" - pure fire

China - We export everything, and everything is made here. Hong Kong - Am I a joke to you?

Scottish Independence is wanted so much in Scotland now

I know you probably want to be done with this topic but I’d love to see an “updates” video on any of these that actually achieved nationhood since the videos went up, that would be cool!

Do History of Alsace-Lorraine

I am glad you mentioned Cascadia, and the way you drew out that map of what it could constitute since you had the official Bioregion outline behind the green coloration. There is a bit of potential complications in having the whole bioregion become one country, which is the political & ideological divide that has always been very present between the people in the more populated regions, and the more rural regions. It is well known that throughout both Canadian & US history, the more populated an area is, the more "liberal" and "democratic" it gets, whereas the more rural one gets, the more "conservative" and "republican" the population gets. This is VERY true for this region of North America. Especially east of the Cascades in Oregon & Washington, there is strong political & ideological divides in our people here. Likelihood is, those east of the Cascades would cause major issues for a united, independent Cascadia incorporating them into itself for those differences. They most likely would be very angry & refuse to accept anything of it unless they get given back to the US in all likelihood. People tend to completely forget about that human aspect of such a concept. Additionally, in taking it very seriously, it'd be an all out nightmare logistically too, especially in regards to the fact most people at least in the US seem to carry this dedicated belief that any place seceding into it's own fully sovereign nation would somehow carry all the same laws, politics & government as the country they cede from, in this case, the US. But that's not how that works at all. In fact you'd be creating your own government, your own constitution, laws, etc, etc from scratch once you're freshly birthed as a newborn sovereign nation. The reason why this a incredibly problematic and bad for a new nation is that it shows & means people will still be holding tightly to their beliefs & political stances they held while in the other country before having became this new country. That'd likely cause people to implement the very same policies, documents, laws, etc into place as the prior country they WERE in, and people would likely still have the same corrupted greed taking up the new office in the new country. I mean think about it also like this: When you secede and become your own fully autonomous, independent, sovereign nation... does it mean you no longer have any currency and you need to invent it? And if so, does that mean any & all debts the provinces & states had immediately become null & void and disappear from existence as a result of it? My assumption is a definite yes, but I am fully unsure of it. As I said, my ASSUMPTION would be yes. Now if the answer is the latter part of that question is NO, then... the country would instantly begin with massive BILLIONS of dollars in debt from the corrupt governors & politicians we had in what once was our states when a part of the US. So... how the hell would the newly birthed government and the country's people handle & deal with that? You know? It's all so incredibly odd, wild, complex & deeply convoluted...

3 videos and you didn't mention Transylvania? It would probably blow up the region though...

The US will not give away Alaska due to its petroleum

"Potential New Countries" "Hong Kong" *Press x to doubt*

He seriously has to make a video about the maritime borders of the world, what do you think ?!

There are also some Independence movement that you not mentioned: 1] Balochistan, 2] Sindhudesh, 3] Tibet.

I love these videos!!

Fantastic video!

4:39 Not quite. Greenland was colonized by settlers mainly from Iceland and Norway. However that settlement died out with time, but the claim to those lands stayed with the Kingdom of Norway even as Norway entered a personal union with the King of Denmark. When Norway was ceded to Sweden in 1814 (after the defeat of Napoleon) Greenland, Iceland and the Faero Islands stayed under Danish rule while Norway didn't. So they where moved from being a part of the Norwegian Kingdom to a part of the *Danish* Kingdom.

Great video!

There have been times groups from Alaska and Hawaii petitioned the UN for recognition as separate countries apart from the USA.

Cant whait for part 4 XD

Denmark in the world wars - gets annexed Iceland and Greenland - Am I a joke to you?

I loved the videos (part I, II, III). I would have added Corsica, Basque region, and Transnistria.

"And the eternal 'maybe' of independence when it comes to US states." lol, so true. :D

General knowledge: uploads film Me: yes,yesss ! YESSSS !

Please do another potential countries, this one was amazing!

*US whistles* "Hey, Greenland!" Smacking it's lips the US eyes up Greenland

Nice video! Really interesting to see what's going on around the world. Maybe you could talk about Transylvania trying to become independent from the rest of Romania in your next video from this series. It's because in Bucharest a lot of money gets 'kind of lost' from the Transylvanian area... so they want to own their wealth for themselves and not to give it to corrupt politicians.

I love this, part 4 recommendation: ?Taiwan?, Macau (China and similar to Hong Kong as far as status), South Tyrol (Italy), Basque Country(Spain and France) (Have you done that already?), Corsica (France), Biafra (Nigeria), Faroe Islands (Denmark), South Ossetia (Have you done that?), Abkhazia (Georgia), Sorry if you have done this before but maybe this will help.

No, Denmark did not colonize Greenland. Greenland was colonized by Norway, but Norway lost both Iceland and Greenland to Denmark later in history

loved this topic too

Honestly, I think if Greenland became independant they'd still be best buddies with Denmark so I doubt their living standards would drop very much if at all

I live in Texas, and I personally don’t know a single person who wants to secede. Sure, we have many natural resources, but we depend on some of the other states for trade, and if we seceded, I don’t think the US would be to keen on trade.

Part 3 and still no mention of the union of Romania and Moldova :(

it is not just greenland. the faroe islands also have (from what I hear) a growing support for independence from Denmark

Hawaii will never be allowed to separate from the US. Maybe some autonomous zone but there will always be a military presence. Hawaii is one of the most strategic locations in the world.

I've learned more from this than from the Fun With Flag Presented by Dr Sheldon Cooper 😂

Ahhh what the hell.... Alaska... Independence? You're joking right?

About the East African Federation there is a small update. In 2020, the East African Community was re-established. It contains all the countries of the proposed federation and there have been talk of other nations joining the Community, like the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. Also interesting; Kenya, Rwanda, and Uganda, have since 2014 had a Single Tourist Visa. Basically if you are a tourist in the area you only need one to travel between these nations. According to Wikipedia the Constitution should have been finished in late 2021, but no source of that is there. However if things are going according to plan we will see the East African Federation be established in 2023. I am excited for this personally even though I hold no stakes in the matter.

We will see an independent Greenland soon America: not on my watch

You should include Sardinia in the next video like that. We have our independent movement, our own language and ethnic, historical and cultural differences from Italy.

I was surprised that you did not include the Island of Åland. It is part of Finland, but they have their own, flag, kinda government, and autonomy from Finland. If you do one of these in the future, please include Åland in it.

Would be cool to see something about Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. Hope to see it in the next video @General Knowledge.

Bavaria, a State (Country) inside Germany that was independent and powerful for a long time is very different from most other German states. they have many exemptions and extra stuff. Some Bavarians really want to be their own country again and we even have a party Called the "Bayernpartei (Bavarian party)" that was created to seek independence.

Texas can not legally secede (actually no state can). It can, however, divide itself into 5 or less states. The last proposal was for a division into 4 states. Lincoln, Jeferson, north and south texas. Also there was a proposal for a union with oklahoma: texlahoma

Something that is important about Texas’s time as a republic is that it was terrible it was not a good time and Texas was always asking to join the USA. And in time of the Civil war some wanted to stay in the USA for military and economic reasons, however many succeeded due to slavery so unless another HUGE political change happens Texas will stay as part of the USA. (Many Texans are proud of being American)

"Greenland was colonized by Denmark." *triggered Norwegian noises.*

Norway populated and controlled Greenland. Denmark got Greenland when Norway joined Kalmar union

I came here wanting Skania to be mentioned! The most southern part of Sweden! Gräv bort Skåne från Sverige!!

Hey! He got to the EAF, boys! I can die happy!

Yes, it looks like Hong Kong might become an independent country with all the crisis going on-and I think Singapore will help the former British Territory turned Special Administrative Region on nation building matters such as public housing and national defense(like setting up a National Service which Singapore was initially aided by Israel).

2:20 Never heard Tanzania pronounced like that, but, ok

BTW, Texas wasn't the last southern state to succeed, it was 1 of the first, 6th or 7th state to succeed out of the 11

El Salvador and Guatemala becoming one country is a possibility with some talks both presidents had around a year ago.

Imagine living on the Cascadia-Deseret-California tripoint

>small parts of idaho< boy at that poiont idaho would be integrated into utah

Another great video! I was happy to see my home of Cascadia be included, even though I don't think there is any real chance of it becoming its own country in the foreseeable future.

Please add the people of Biafra in the list, i would love to know more. nice job

There also independence movement in Wales. It was Kingdom before it was annexed into the kingdom of England which took over a 100 years to do so.

Yay Bougainville thank you

Is it me or am I the only one that really looks forward to the EAF!!!!

Nice Wagramer Grenadiersmarch in the background

can you make a part 4? Bangsamoro Autonomous region in Southern Philippines... also, You may want to make a video on ajaria, south ossetia and chechnya

Let’s all pray that East African federation works!!

There are a lot of independentist movements in Italy, and since the situation is going downhill pretty fast, some stuff may happen in the next decades. 1. Veneto and Padania (that you already covered) 2. Sardinia, the island on the left of Italy. There have been strong independentist movements and even terrorist attacks in the last, and the feeling for indipendence continues today 3. Milan, it is a city, but It grows like 6 times faster than the rest of the country. Some people suggest more indipendence (like Macau or Hong Kong). 4. South Tyrol: the northern part of the "Trentino-Alto Adige" region. They are the strongest indipendentists, they used to do terrorist attacks in the past, they are ethnically Austrian and speak German better than they speak Italian. 5. Sicily: the triangle island on the south. The indipendentism is very weak today, but still exists. 6. Southern Italy: just like for northern Italy, southern Italy is witnessing a slow rise in indipendentism

The Canadian Province of Alberta has a separation movement. Possibly neighbouring provinces of Saskatchewan and (less likely) Manitoba, and even Yukon and Northwest Territories.

great video

Did he mention Abkhazia/South Ossetia before?

Oh, Texas might get independence? YEEHAW!

The problem with the Greenland one is that most of them don’t want to go independent if it meant a drop in living standards, and since Greenland receive roughly a third of their entire country’s expenses in a subsidy by Denmark

Interesting fact, there is a substantial independence movement in Alberta, Canada, that would hope to include Alberta, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, and Manitoba. They call it Wexit. (West Exit, similar to Bregzit)