The American State You've Never Heard Of

There's an entire U.S. state hidden somewhere in the Rocky Mountains.

[BritMonkey]

You're bringing that special someone home for the first time. You ask if they want a drink.
"Sure" they say.
You head over to your drinks cabinet and begin mixing them a vodka lime.
They sit on your sofa, looking around your apartment.
"What is that?" they ask, pointing to your freshly printed Ekamara tourism poster.
"Oh that?" you say, handing them a glass. "It's a reference to an obscure April Fools video by a mid-tier YouTuber obsessed with housing politics".
The drinks aren't even half-finished by the time you're in the bedroom.

[inzane]

the "re-elect president al gore" is the funniest part to me

[kademcarthur]

You forgot to mention the uncontacted Native American tribe residing in the Ekamaran wilderness.

[renaigh]

as an Ekamarian I can confirm that my Dad forgot we exist.

[serenahiggins]

You had me until 7:53 where you said “my mate Dave.” It was a little odd when you said the skyscraper got millions of tourists and yet no one had heard of it. But at 7:53 I was like, “was this an April fools joke” and I looked at the description and sure enough, I had been hoodwinked! GREAT video!!!

[dylan]

I think the most unbelievable bit is the fact that the mining corp is owned by the gov and the money is spent on the people

[kenbutsuri]

At first I thought it was just a isolated city that is a state wannabe, but at the "cars driving left side of the road" part I knew there was no way this was true.

[vozil]

This whole thing would be 100% believable if you hadn't named the state capital "New Liverpool" as no one would be dumb enough to name a city after such a wretched hive of scum and villainy.

[sleipnir]

This has a bunch of beautiful hidden jokes, but my favorite is “Congressional Bill to make Woodrow Wilson Hate Day federal holiday passes Senate”. Just perfectly crafted.

[leon]

They also have a tv channel called KEMH, channel 19, affiliated with NBC (1956-1979, 1983-1988), going dark (1979-1983), then CBS (since 1988). The station is based in the vicinity of 238 Uranium Avenue, is one of two television channels based entirely within the state, and is a sister channel to the radio station of the same name, which was founded in 1927.

For KEMH, color broadcasting began in 1966, but for years a station founded in 1972 (KEMX, now called KEGT since 2004, which broadcasts to the three suburbran houses and a section of southern Idaho) couldn't begin color broadcasts due to a lack of funding so severe that they went on air with equipment from 1958. After 15 years of black and white TV, the relay's equipment was updated in 1987, making it the last American television station to begin broadcasting in color.

[inxendere]

This guy made up a whole lore for a made up town and spent countless hours photoshopping pictures to make it seem real all for an april fools video. Mad respect

[Arvanyev]

It took me 7 minutes and 44 seconds. You cannot possibly imagine how embarrassed I am right now.

[fernandoestmoi]

Worst thing: I was attributing its lack of representation in the Senate to some kind of agreement reached during the legal litigation lmao (as if it were even possible)
My brain needs to wake up.

[adamnsliceofcake]

This is honestly some of the best world building I've seen in a while. This would make an amazing setting for a story in the style of Bob's Burgers, The Simpsons, or The Amazing World Of Gumball.

[andrewpinedo]

As an native Ekamaran, there are a few things that I would like to add.

1. Ekamara is the only state that still uses the Julian calendar. February 29, 1900 for us is March 13, 1900 in your calendar.

2. We are actually off the I-90. The person responsible for making the sign flipped the 9 to make the erroneous 6 and the sign was never fixed. Why the mistake happened remains a mystery. U of E actually has a contest every year for humourous historical fiction based on The I-60 sign.

3. The political information is outdated. Ekamara has voted Democrat since 2011 when Obama became the first president to visit our state and acknowledge our existence. Ekamara did not vote for Trump in 2016.

[aaronmyers]

This is probably the most effort I've seen put into an April Fools joke on YouTube.

Edit: Okay, yeah, I get it, you didn't know it was fake. Everyone else said it already.

[rankinbass]

I spent an embarassingly long time googling until I remembered what day it is. Well played, BM, well played.

[PFMediaServices]

Just found your channel today and all the videos I've binged so far rang of truth, so when this one played I was taking it all in as fact. Might have caught on earlier if I'd been watching the screen.

This is now tied for my favourite video on the entire internet. Thank you so very much for making it. ✌️🍍

[dougfowler]

Best. April. fools. joke. ever. Even tops the spaghetti harvest from the BBC. Because you threw so much more in there. And I'm an American, in awe of how well you built this world.

[dobrev_p]

I'm ashamed to admit it, but you really had me in the first 2 minutes. :D