I Name the Subdivisions of Every Country in the World

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Published 2024-02-23
In the tenth instalment of the naming series, I name every first-level subdivision in the world.

Link to the quiz:
www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/309965/all-first-leve…

I also exist on Twitter: twitter.com/mercateer

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:29 Starting the quiz - Canada
02:47 USA and Mexico
06:44 Belize and Guatemala
08:25 El Salvador and Honduras
09:54 Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama
12:08 Cuba and Jamaica
13:31 Haiti and the Dominican Republic
15:23 Bahamas
17:04 St. Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda
17:29 Dominica and St. Lucia
18:20 St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada
18:48 Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago
20:05 Colombia and Venezuela
22:25 Guyana and Suriname
23:47 Brazil
25:04 Ecuador and Peru
26:40 Bolivia and Paraguay
28:01 Chile, Argentina and Uruguay
31:02 South Africa and Botswana
32:10 Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini
33:31 Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Zambia
34:38 Angola and Malawi
35:39 Tanzania
36:46 Democratic Republic of the Congo
38:00 Rwanda and Republic of the Congo
38:51 Gabon, Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe
40:25 Madagascar and Burundi
42:48 Seychelles, Comoros and Mauritius
44:56 Kenya
47:00 Uganda
52:59 Somalia and Djibouti
53:48 Eritrea and Ethiopia
54:39 South Sudan and Sudan
56:07 Central African Republic
57:31 Cameroon and Nigeria
59:34 Chad and Niger
1:01:02 Mali and Burkina Faso
1:02:03 Benin, Togo and Ghana
1:03:05 Ivory Coast and Liberia
1:05:38 Guinea and Guinea-Bissau
1:06:17 Senegal, The Gambia and Cape Verde
1:08:39 Mauritania and Morocco
1:09:49 Egypt and Libya
1:11:56 Tunisia
1:12:44 Algeria
1:15:59 Spain and Portugal
1:17:46 Andorra and Monaco
1:18:44 France
1:20:41 Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg
1:21:54 Switzerland
1:23:02 Italy, San Marino and Malta
1:24:33 Germany and Austria
1:25:51 United Kingdom and Ireland
1:28:17 Liechtenstein
1:28:50 Poland and the Czech Republic
1:30:26 Slovakia and Hungary
1:31:39 Slovenia
1:40:30 Romania and Moldova
1:44:02 Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina
1:45:27 Serbia and Kosovo
1:46:57 Albania, Bulgaria and Greece
1:49:40 Montenegro and North Macedonia
1:54:21 Ukraine and Belarus
1:56:13 The Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania)
1:58:46 Denmark and Norway
1:59:40 Sweden and Finland
2:01:17 Iceland
2:05:21 Cyprus and Russia
2:09:58 Turkey and Georgia
2:13:18 Azerbaijan and Armenia
2:16:42 Syria and Israel
2:17:31 Jordan and Saudi Arabia
2:18:23 Yemen and Oman
2:19:46 United Arab Emirates and Lebanon
2:20:41 Kuwait, Bahrain and Qatar
2:21:19 Iraq and Iran
2:23:42 Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan
2:25:17 Tajikistan and Turkmenistan
2:25:51 Afghanistan and Pakistan
2:27:16 India, Sri Lanka and Maldives
2:29:53 Mongolia, Nepal and Bhutan
2:32:07 Bangladesh and China
2:34:10 North Korea and South Korea
2:35:45 Japan and Taiwan
2:38:36 Myanmar and Laos
2:40:15 Cambodia and Vietnam
2:45:07 Thailand
2:48:54 Brunei and East Timor
2:49:35 Malaysia and Indonesia
2:51:42 Philippines
2:52:48 Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia
2:54:00 Marshall Islands
2:54:55 Nauru, Samoa and Tuvalu
2:56:50 Tonga and Papua New Guinea
2:57:37 Solomon Islands and Vanuatu
2:58:10 Fiji and New Zealand
2:58:31 Australia
2:59:06 Finishing the quiz
2:59:32 Some acknowledgements

Music credits:
Cyberreality by Mehul Choudhary | soundcloud.com/mehulchoudhary
Music promoted by www.free-stock-music.com/
Creative Commons / Attribution 3.0 Unported License (CC BY 3.0)
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

Every bit of pronunciation audio in this video has been downloaded from the fantastic website Forvo:
forvo.com/

All Comments (21)
  • @MercateerGeo
    EDIT: There seem to be a few skeptics, which is fair I suppose, so here's a video from another angle: https://youtu.be/8VRJs_Xo8yM?si=H7SYUAdX2HBxFzDo Hello everyone! Due to the sheer size of this undertaking, I have run into some of Youtube's limitations: - I can't seem to have more than 100 chapters (timestamps), so I've had to group countries together rather haphazardly. - I've had to restrict the timestamp descriptions to country names, as I would otherwise run into the 5000 character limit. Also, some minor things I noticed or was made aware of: - I miss Mombasa when doing Kenya, but notice this at 2:43:58 - I somehow forgot to add the flag and facts for Maldives - In Norway, Møre- og Romsdal was already completed, not Vestland This took 6 hours to render. 3 earlier attempts led to crashes, once at 97%. Enjoy! P.S. I regret not adding some more context to my brief comments on Ukraine/Russia. I meant that I can understand why JetPunk has chosen to consider Crimea Russian as it has been under Russian control for a decade. That said, I also understand that de facto conditions is not all that matters, and that by calling it Russian, one contributes to making the whole situation feel more normal/acceptable. In trying to give context to JetPunk's choice, but also wanting to move along as fast as possible, it came out way too nonchalant and one-sided.
  • @Blueskies2513
    what unemployed guys do when their girlfriend is at work
  • @g-ray4088
    "i genetically modified my hippocampus for a youtube video"
  • @ajrob1546
    I am from Slovenia and have never meet a pearson who could name 1/4 of all municipalities. Respect man I think you deserve a citizenship.
  • @goigus
    This man doesn't just name every subdivision, he nails every pronunciation
  • @JamesA.Garfield
    This is a feat that no human has accomplished and uploaded for the world to see. The amount of time and effort put into this is absolutely astounding. I congratulate you heavily on this, I am dumbfounded on how you even managed to remember all of these names, especially when the translation of them comes out with extremely awkward spelling. You have come a very long way from naming the subdivisions by continent, which was already impressive enough. Outstanding work, Mercateer 👍👍
  • @SHUTUPDOOKIE
    “You cant name literally every single subdivision of every country on the entire planet? Your obviously American!!”
  • @tylparys
    I thought one could easily cheat in this challenge and watching with suspicion. I was convinced it was legit immediately when you started Turkey, because no foreigner can pronounce those names that accurately without actually knowing about them. Nailed even the emphasize on certain vowels. Wow! That was an instant like&sub. You even know meanings of those names. I’m in awe.
  • @aoe4037
    i have the same type of autism
  • Wow this is an insane achievement, I never thought I'd see somebody name all the subdivisions of Vatican City.
  • @daffadnp
    he even knows the newest state of a country, but the game didn't recognize it. bro >>> the game
  • Holy shit, this is insane! Massive props! I cannot fathom the amount of time and practice this must have taken you!
  • There is a channel called Geography Sam that is always dreaming of naming all first-level subdivisions of the world.
  • @tristansojer4901
    As someone from Slovenia, sorry for the additional torture lol. Pretty much everyone in our country thinks it's ridiculous how many municipalities we have. Congrats on the achievement, I don't think I'll ever have this type of dedication!
  • @VectraVX
    When I saw this video on my feed, clicked on it, and saw your channel and I thought it said 39k subscriber. But only 3.9k? That’s wild. But with this sort of content, you’re gonna have absolutely no problem growing the channel. Phenomenal effort my guy, I’ve been working towards being able to name every subdivision but am nowhere near as confident and knowledgable as you! Well done mate, good luck with your future crazy projects
  • @OtisGD
    How is this not more popular? This is CRAZY! I could barely do North America, but the entire world?!?!!? This is just crazy! Keep up the great work! :)
  • I’ve always thought I was mediocre at geography but clearly you’ve blown my mind. This is astonishing
  • @misterreaglle
    I don't know why I watched the whole video but here it is 😂 A big congratulations to you, I've never been so impressed in my life! You are an inspiration to me! Take care ❤