Portugal’s Insane Plan to Double Its Territory

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[forgivezhariondissapointed]

Netherlands: I fight the Sea
Britain: I sail the Sea
China: I claim the Sea
Portugal: I AM THE SEA

[xpnqmfy]

There’s literally nothing wrong or crazy about territory expansion, all the fish jn the water are Portuguese and should pay their due taxes.

[mandategaming]

Plot twist: all the team sea funds go to Portuguese naval expansion

[fatkrab]

As a portuguese, the resumed explanation why this is happening is very simple
-Portugal likes fish
-Atlantic sea has good fish
-Portugal conquers the atlantic sea
-Profit

[BHuang]

Netherlands: We are expanding our territory by making land!
Portugal: *We are expanding our territory...metaphorically*

[ShortHax]

It's funny to think that Portugal might eventually encompass a larger population of aquatic life than people

[tiagoandrade]

"If you live outside the Iberian peninsula you probably don't think about Portugal a lot."

Football/soccer fans: Oh, you underestimate me

[mariauseva]

Portugal, one of the very best nations of the world to live in. Weather, friendly people, awesome culture and beautiful land. You portuguese should be proud of it. From a Spanish brother...

[AleaRandomAm]

Just a correction: when Portugal was ruled from Rio, Brazil wasn't a colony anymore, it was part of the Kingdom, so Portugal wasn't ruled from its colony.
It was called the United Kingdom of Portugal and Brazil.
I think it's impossible to be ruled from a colony since if the royal family settles there it automatically becomes part of the country.

[lemagnifique]

Portugal : *extended the ocean territory*

China : finally a worthy opponent

[Del_S]

Portugal: *Starts colonialism and world-spanning empires*
Britain: "Write that down, write that down!"

[AjarTadpole]

"Last one to leave"
Spain sweats nervously

[BrunoRibeiro-pobv]

In Portugal, this plan is extensively talked about in schools. Thank you for the video, and for putting Portugal in the spotlight 🇵🇹

[forgivezhariondissapointed]

Canada now: Oh Portugal, it's that faraway country I hear about in exotic tales and history books.
Canada in the future: Oh hello neighbour. How aboot some beer?

[LawrenceSteps]

As a long-time follower of RLL and a Portuguese man, this was particularly pleasing. And very well researched. Thank you.

[fjcrod]

Back when I was a student at university in the early 1980s, I took a legend and myth history course. One of the lectures involved her discussing Portugal's roll in the great age of discovery. The following class, the professor had mentioned that after the previous lecture, many students had come up to her to discuss what they had just learned. They were all astounded at the magnitude of Portugal's role in discovering the new world. As a result, the professor dedicated that day's lecture strictly to the influence of Portugal during those centuries of great exploration. Being of Portuguese background, I felt so proud that these students were finally understanding just how important role Portugal played in the centuries coming out of medieval Europe. Yes, Portugal kick started one of the most important periods in world history. Portugal is the sea.

[GrandAudio]

Kudos to those people who are actually clearing up the beaches!

[bernnh]

pulling sea related shenanigans is basically in my blood at this point, I’m half Dutch and Portuguese xD

[taserrr]

I don't think most people would mind the extension of their EEG.
Actually 2-3 decades ago they had found a large reserve of oil fields a few miles from the mainland coast. They held a referendum and the majority of people (like over 80% if I remember correctly), voted not to drill oil. The reason is that it would probably affect their coastline and tourism, a major part of Portugese economy. So yeah, they have a lot of resources in the sea but aren't using them to attain their countries beauty, and if you've ever visited Portugal it has a beautiful coast.

[denyriva]

Actually, as a Brazilian, I was taught that Dom Pedro I was aware of his need to leave Brazil if he wanted to keep Portugal's throne, so for the royal family not to lose control of Brazil, he had left his son Dom Pedro de Alcantara as a Principe Regente of the country. The story about deciding to "seize power" was written from the first moment the royal family left Brazilian lands.