I still fucking remember its goddamn anthem for no fucking reason. Can't even remember the last time I watched it, but it must be at least 18 years or so.
Fun fact: this country is visible only to European eyes, and accessible only by Europeans. Only Europeans can comprehend its name.
Rumour has it that it is accessed by going to a nudist beach blindfolded, then drinking a glass of Chardonnay and humming Ode to joy. You will fall into a slumber and wake up soon after on a beach in this mysterious country.
This is Medici, where they speak Interligua, a sort of blend of Spanish, Catalan, French, and Italian and where the world's largest natural source of bavarium was found. I remember reading about the revolution a few years ago that ousted the dictatorship that got powerful on the back of Bavarium mining. The US was caught blatantly supporting both sides, but the revolutionaries won and now they are a democracy again.
It's a Russian enclave, but I don't know what it's called without looking it up. I'll be the first to say "Oooooh right" when someone does post the name.
Akshually it's a Russian exclave. That means it's disconnected from the main part of Russia. An enclave is like Vatican city which is totally surrounded by Italy. 🤓🤓
So, pre WWII that was more-or-less East Prussia. Does anybody know how Russian it is these days, in terms of language and culture? Is there any remaining hint of Prussianness vs Russianness? I would think that having no land route connecting it to the rest of Moscow might result in it having its own identity. But, I don't know enough about its history to know if any of the people there feel a connection to the pre-WWII identity.
OTOH, sometimes you get the opposite effect, like people in the Falkland Islands feeling even stronger connections to Britain than a lot of the people actually living in the British Isles.
Also, since it's the home of the Black Sea fleet, I imagine that means a lot of Russians in the navy moving there, which would tend to exert a strong Russian cultural influence on the area.
It's only a country in the vaguist sense. It's a historical artifact. Charlemagne's last gasp. It's beyond funny that they have a vote in the UN, despite being effectively a tax haven and ski resort.
It's such a bizarre thing that Macron is a prince there.
Doh, I thought it was Liechtenstein. I rember three small things from my kids geography quizes... Monaco, Vatican city, and Liechtenstein. So in my mind it had to be one of them. Lol.
This genuinely got me. I'm from the UK, so I know Europe roughly, but looking at the image I spent way to long trying to figure out what it could be until I realised it was a joke... I'm not a smart woman.
For everyone on here making jokes about this beautiful land, shame on you. My ancestors spilt their blood protecting the Principality of Pyren against the French and Spanish invaders in 1525. Shame on all of you.
That's Florin, it used to be divided by two countries, Florin and Guilder, but there was this horrible kidnapping incident which led to a revolution which merged the two.
William Goldman wrote the definitive book on the topic.
I can pick out Italy, France, Portugal, Spain. Is it that country with ancient world history dating all the way back to classical antiquity? -you know, uh Atlantis?
No kidding, I'm tired of people acting like I'm an idiot because I don't have the European countries and their positions on the world map memorized. It's a continent I'm unlikely to ever visit, why would I need to know these things?
"Europeans know these things about America, why don't you learn them about Europe?"
I never asked y'all to learn about my country. I'm not gonna judge you if you can't pinpoint Sedgwick County, KS on a map. I live here, I have plenty of reason to know it. Someone living in Avignon doesn't
euro heads don't understand the sheer scale and basedness of america, the entire american country covers the entire geographical region of basically ALL of europe collectively. It is quite literally a country on the scale of no other country.
Except for maybe russia, but thats mostly ice so nobody cares.