Why Does Andorra Exist

How did the tiny nation of Andorra start and how did it not get conquered?

[brazilianmapping]

_"Darn it feudalism, quit making my brain hurt"_

The truest quote I have seen in a while.

[EmperorTigerstar]

Edit: Before you comment, I already know Barthelona is Spanish not Castillan. Also a thousand comments beat you to it.

[croatiantiger]

Great job! I think you should do this again about San Marino and Monaco.

[timmycarcel]

Why does Drew Durnil exist next please

[StarGazerJim]

Damn, thats more complicated than an Appalachian Hillbilly’s family tree.

[stewartgames]

Aragon is my absolute favorite start in CK2. Lots of opportunities of intrigue, lands to conquer without repercussions, a great relationship with the Pope, and it is damned hard to boot (I love the challenge). I remember my first attempt with this start, rolling Sancho Ramirez of Aragon, and then conquering Zaragoza, moving my capital there, marrying to claim Barcelona and eventually getting Navarre, and finally unifying Spain by marrying into Castile. Then I hopped onto wikipedia because I knew absolutely nothing about Spanish history and was curious about the real Sancho Ramirez, only to find out that my playthrough of CK2 somehow almost EXACTLY mirrored what actually happened in real life. Like, the dates lined up closely on the major points of expansion, the same marriages happened, moving my capital to Zaragoza - EVERYTHING. Gave me the shivers, and makes you think that maybe those "simulation hypothesis" lunatics are onto something.

[Duke_of_Lorraine]

Fun fact : a french department (roughly similar in size as english counties) has an enclave of another french department, despite most having been drawn during the French Revolution. The cause is, here too, some feudal shenanigans

[paugarcia]

1.33 It is if you are speaking in Castillian (Spanish). In Catalan it's pronoce more or less in the same way than in English

[SWLinPHX]

I lived in northeastern Spain as a kid and I remembered my parents driving through Andorra to pick up consumer electronics, I guess because they were cheaper or no tax. Sometimes it was on our way to France and other times it was the final destination. I also remember skiing in the Pyrenees mountains.

[robert]

**Sees the colours** "finally something about romania **1milisecond later** "oh no"

[FRIEDYOGURT-sc]

Barcelona
5seconds later says barthelona
5 seconds later says Barcelona
5 seconds later says barthelona
You get the point
WHY?!

[HateTaxesWASt]

Everytime you say "Barthelona" I can't help but chuckle. It just sounds funny.

[SDM_Arcugos]

Inb4 "belgium shouldn't exist" comments

[jmiquelmb]

"And yes, this is how Barcelona is actually pronounced" You're both right and wrong. It's pretty much BarTHelona in European Spanish. But in Catalan, the local language of Barcelona, it's pronounced it more like English speakers do. Also, it wasn't exactly like Aragon's king inherited Barcelona. The count of Barcelona was married with the princess of Aragon (when she was a toddler, which is a pretty interesting story on it's own). So the count of Barcelona became the King of Aragon, uniting both regions politically. Greetings from Catalonia, it's nice that you talk about our little tax haven neighbor

[JYT]

Bruh I've always wondered about this. I feel like i learned once why it exists, but I've since forgotten lol.
Thank you so much for this video!

[davidswift]

Simply excellent with an easy listen cadence, further comprehensively answering many of my questions 👍
Thank you for your pleasant insight, well done !

[AndrewVasirov]

My Geography teacher argued with me that the President of France isn't Prince of Andorra. (facepalm)

[jamestang]

OK so just found out Andorra is mostly Catalan. Cool.

[TutorialKing]

Your pronunciation of Barcelona is common in central Spain but not in the region of Catalonia where Barcelona is. Also in English it's pronounced with the "SE" not "TH."

[SirBoberus]

To make it the only country in Europe which begins with A

*Albainia*

There is truly no reason.