The Shortest-Lived Countries In History

To try everything Brilliant has to offer for free, visit http://brilliant.org/answerswithjoe. You’ll also get 20% off an annual premium subscription! History tells us that every country falls - eventually. Some manage to adapt and change over time and keep the same identity over centuries, but some… well they just weren’t long for this world. Today we’re going to examine the shortest-lived countries in history, which is actually a lot more complicated than it sounds. Want to support the channel? Here's how: Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/answerswithjoe Channel Memberships: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-2YHgc363EdcusLIBbgxzg/join T-Shirts & Merch: https://laughsmarter.com Check out my 2nd channel, Joe Scott TMI: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqi721JsXlf0wq3Z_cNA_Ew And my podcast channel, Conversations With Joe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJzc7TiJ2nnuyJkUpOZ8RKA You can listen to my podcast, Conversations With Joe on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts. Spotify 👉 https://spoti.fi/37iPGzF Apple Podcasts 👉 https://apple.co/3j94kfq Google Podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3qZCo1V Follow me at all my places! Instagram: https://instagram.com/answerswithjoe TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@answerswithjoe Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/answerswithjoe Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/answerswithjoe LINKS LINKS LINKS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_with_limited_recognition https://africarenewal.un.org/en/magazine/south-sudan-worlds-youngest-nation-crossroads https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sudan https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022704/https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/report-400000-excess-deaths-south-sudan-58090309 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_Yoshinobu#Sh%C5%8Dgun_(1866%E2%80%931867) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boshin_War https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Ezo https://oxfordre.com/latinamericanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-809?p=emailAKJ7DuKg7zTb.&d=/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-809 https://scalawagmagazine.org/2018/06/blind-spots-selective-memory-in-brazilian-and-u-s-histories/ https://oxfordre.com/latinamericanhistory/display/10.1093/acrefore/9780199366439.001.0001/acrefore-9780199366439-e-809?d=%2F10.1093%2Facrefore%2F9780199366439.001.0001%2Facrefore-9780199366439-e-809&p=emailA48hKkA0x7mZs#acrefore-9780199366439-e-809-div1-5 https://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/louis_riel/life_events.html https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/06273.MNS.1885.pdf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina_in_the_American_Civil_War#secession TIMESTAMPS 0:00 - Intro 1:22 - What Is A Country? 3:58 - On South Sudan 4:55 - Republic of Ezo 7:14 - The Juliana Republic 10:20 - Provisional Government of Saskatchewan 12:23 - The Palmetto Republic 13:54 - Russian Democratic Federative Republic 15:32 - Republic of Texas Redux 17:51 - Sponsor - Brilliant