The 15 Countries People Think Are FAKE

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[gabrielleon]

The chad Bhutan:
- *Doesn’t recognize any government as China*
- *Refuses to elaborate*
- *Leaves*

[NaThingSerious]

PRC: You don’t exist, we are China
ROC: No you don’t exist, we are China
Bhutan: There is no China

[jupitahr]

Children from Bhutan: “Mom, why does it say my pencil was made in an unknown region?”

[adamblesener]

Denying a country’s entire existence has to be the pettiest and funniest way of disagreeing with them

[jonseon]

Bhutan: Ah yes, The Great Wall of unclaimed territory

[TheItalianoAssassino]

Normal conversation in Bhutan:

"He looks foreign, where's he from?"
"Oh, he's Chinese."
"He's what?"

[jyotsana]

1:14 - South Korea
1:54 - China
3:52 - Republic of Cyprus
4:44 - Republic of Armenia
5:34 - North Korea
6:06 - Israel
9:29 - Palestine
10:24 - Kosova
11:23 - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
12:45 - Republic of China (aka Taiwan)
13:39 - Republic of South Ossetia and Republic of Abkhazia
14:24 - Northern Cyprus
14:43 - Artsakh
15:06 - Transnistria
15:54 - Republic of Somaliland
17:20 - Afghanistan
20:00- End
*Hope this helped*

[yugeneshr.k.anumanthan]

As a Malaysian, it was always interesting to me that our passports said 'travel to all countries except Israel' and those who wish to go there usually need to go via an illegal detour so that you wont attain a stamp on your passport

[koyocho]

Fun fact: You can find a lot of "Made in unknown region" products in Bhutan.

[REEEPROGRAM]

Bhutan: *Doesn't recognise both PRC and ROC as countries*

Bhutan: _"i play both sides so i would always come on top"_

[hehsomeone]

Just a correction about the Somaliland thing, it was recognised for those five days and is still recognised today by these countries : China, Egypt, Ethiopia, France, Ghana, Israel, Libya and the Soviet Union when it existed. Oh and you know one thing I find crazy about Somalia and Somaliland, is that they're both allies with both North AND South Korea, which I find slightly crazy.

[fnwggjn]

If you are a person with normal judgment, you will definitely be surprised by the actions of the Bhutanese government. If you are interested in knowing something in-depth because of this, check out the treaty signed between India and Bhutan in 1947. This will help you understand why such a small country does not recognize China, and see how Bhutan's diplomatic rights are restricted by India

[sourinbasu]

Everytime he said, "Agreed to recognise", I just pictured two presidents shaking hands and going, "Alright fine, you exist"

[btyt]

China: hey Bhutan, want a high speed railroad?

Bhutan: who’s asking

[Katze.auf.Wassermelone]

I refuse to acknowledge the existence of france

[rdStoreyChemist]

FIFA has more countries because of things like where the UK is seen as one country, England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland all have their own football association and so each gets recognised as a separate country.
But in the Olympics, the country that’s recognised is Great Britain, so ends up with a team compromising of players from all these countries. Famously with Welsh players refusing to participate in the national anthem in 2012.
In Rugby, ROI and Northern Ireland play as one country because the IRFU was formed before independence and never split.

[_m.i.a.g.r.a.c.e_]

Random country: "You don't exist"
Other country: "Yes I do."
Random country: "No you don't. We're at war with you...but you don't exist."
Other country: "Fine then. You don't exist either."

[Aleric_I]

China: Exists

Bhutan: "im gonna pretend i didnt see that"

[click]

As a Taiwanese, I know that there are many people in the world who don’t even know the existence of Taiwan, let alone some countries that don’t recognize Taiwan.

[HighStakesDanny]

This explains a lot of the fighting that is going on, great video, learned a lot. Hope you did your research. :)