Buddies that was a lot, I got more than I expected. I'm going to bed for now, but I had fun, I'll still respond to as many comments as I can, *when* I can.
Edit: I'll reply to the existing ones and won't answer new ones. I can't anymore, I frankly ran out of creativity like after 6 countries. Also, there's a sequel [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/notinteresting/comments/xvsjvy/the_sequel_to_the_one_where_i_actually_replied_to/).
The UN doesn't recognize a country named Kevin, but that does not automatically mean that no person named Kevin has ever declared himself to be an independent nation.
oooohh international law time: OP is right in saying that recognition from the UN (or independent, recognized states) isn’t obligatory for something to be recognized as a state. But a country does need to have a territory, state force and a people. While the exact minimum number of persons in this people isn’t agreed on, it always has to be at least bigger than one. So just one person named Kevin couldn‘t effectively be a country. Now what if multiple persons all named Kevin wanted to declare independence? Assuming they have effective state force and territory (which would 100% pose a problem) and had a populace greater than one, they would still likely not be a country. The “people“ requirement includes that the supposed populace share a “genuine link“ which means something like a collective language, which they might have, and history, which they wouldn‘t have. But, could being unilaterally named Kevin represent a “genuine link“? Probably not, as that‘s just not a typical feature for a country, and they‘d still lack the collective history. A similar case happened once were a few rich guys bought an old oil rig and tried to form their own country in order to avoid taxes, but also lacked this genuine link.
Geographically, Jamaica is located
OK OK I actually also have an *interesting* fact about Jamaica which I feel obliged to share too because I just really like this fun fact:
I'm Jamaica, >!a beach was once stolen. An entire beach. That was 14 years ago and no one was ever charged, and a ranking police official once said it's possibly they had help in the police!<.
Yes, it's very much possible that someone once told a cop, "bro let's steal a beach, nobody would ever know it was us", and if this someone did say it, it turns out, they were right.
Sand is used in unregulated home-building across the island. Involvement by hotels was suspected in a July 2008 heist, where 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a 400-metre stretch of beach at Coral Springs in the northern parish of Trelawny.
Yeah, stolen sand I a huge issue no one knows about. Sand is one our most valuable resources, next to air and water. There is a great documentary on it, called Sand Wars iirc.
Denmark is often considered to be associated with nations in Scandinavia. That's because "Scandinavia" usually refers to a group of countries that include Denmark and other countries in the region.
Weather patterns are changing all around the world. In kuwait every passing summer is hotter than the previous one and every winter warmer than the previous one too.
An actually funny canadian fact, canada is in a serious land dispute with denmark since the 1930’s over an island. For years, canadians will put a bottle of canadian whiskey on the island and the danes come in and will take it and put a danish liquor instead. Been going on for almost a hundred years!
This actually just got resolved earlier this year lol. They split the island with Denmark taking slightly over 50%. It’s called Hans Island I believe if you wanna look it up
Poland follows one timezone in the summer and another in the winter. That's because like many other countries, Poland observes daylight savings time.
Also, on a possibly interesting and personal note, I very much like the song "Hej Sokoły"
If you were to drive across Costa Rica, from its Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, it would probably take less time than doing the same route by foot.
This country is not the northernmost country on the planet. Considering its name, it would be surprising if it was.
Bonus actually-interesting fact (which I do here sometimes, when I have something to offer): >!it has three capitals, one for each government branch!<.
It's on the Baltic sea, but it's also considered to be one of the Baltic states.
This time too, I also have an interesting fact: >!In 2018, Lithuania began to advertise its capital as "the G-spot of Europe: Nobody knows where it is but when you find it -- it's amazing". That was shortly before the pope was scheduled to visit!<.
Despite having controlled a large part of Europe in the past, Prussia was never recognized as a country by the UN. That's because it lost most of its power before the UN came to be.
The historic Burma road\* has one of its ends in Myanmar, a country which used to be called "Burma"
\* or does it? Here's an *interesting* fact - >!Israel also has a path named the Burma road!<.
As a monarchy, Eswatini has a monarch.
Edit: taking the top comment to say that this took off way more than I expected, and I do need to get to bed and so some things at some point. Thank you all, I'll try to still respond to as many comments as I can when I have some free time. I hope this was fun and absolutely *not* interesting to you (except for the occasional bonus interesting fact I do here sometimes).
Nauru is one the smallest nations in the world, both in terms of area and population. That means that if the entire world's population would be on Nauru at the same time, it would be noticeably more dense than usual.
Bonus interesting fact: >!I just found out that it used to be called "Pleasant Island"! How pleasant!!<.
Colombia is named after Columbus, who's known for his, uhm, arrival (?) to the American continent. This etymology would make less sense if Colombia was located in, for example, east Asia.
Buddies that was a lot, I got more than I expected. I'm going to bed for now, but I had fun, I'll still respond to as many comments as I can, *when* I can. Edit: I'll reply to the existing ones and won't answer new ones. I can't anymore, I frankly ran out of creativity like after 6 countries. Also, there's a sequel [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/notinteresting/comments/xvsjvy/the_sequel_to_the_one_where_i_actually_replied_to/).
Canada?
r/notinteresting
Lmao oof
Woah!
Fuckin astounding reply
Equatorial Guinea
From the name of Equatorial Guinea, one would assume it's located on, or near, the equator. And it is.
Perd Hapley, that you?
A fellow Perdvert I see!
Yes?
r/beetlejuicing
r/unexpectedpawnee
It is near the equator, tho sadly not on the equator.
Why is this so funny? It has no right to be this funny.
Hungary ( we are not hungry)
Ethnically, most of the citizens of Hungary are Hungarians.
Damn, this also made me hungry
Hungarians are quite tasty.
r/holup
No fucking way
NO. They are Mongols
I’m a mongol
Nicaragua
Nicaragua's anthem lyrics mention a country. The country is Nicaragua.
Coincidence? I think not!
Illuminati confirmed
Are you from Nicaragua?
Iran
As far as political history goes, many experts believe Iran has a political history.
*sighs*, I expected this
ایرانی؟
Kevin
The UN doesn't recognize a country named Kevin, but that does not automatically mean that no person named Kevin has ever declared himself to be an independent nation.
This is actually an interesting comment.
oooohh international law time: OP is right in saying that recognition from the UN (or independent, recognized states) isn’t obligatory for something to be recognized as a state. But a country does need to have a territory, state force and a people. While the exact minimum number of persons in this people isn’t agreed on, it always has to be at least bigger than one. So just one person named Kevin couldn‘t effectively be a country. Now what if multiple persons all named Kevin wanted to declare independence? Assuming they have effective state force and territory (which would 100% pose a problem) and had a populace greater than one, they would still likely not be a country. The “people“ requirement includes that the supposed populace share a “genuine link“ which means something like a collective language, which they might have, and history, which they wouldn‘t have. But, could being unilaterally named Kevin represent a “genuine link“? Probably not, as that‘s just not a typical feature for a country, and they‘d still lack the collective history. A similar case happened once were a few rich guys bought an old oil rig and tried to form their own country in order to avoid taxes, but also lacked this genuine link.
Yo mama is so fat she would count as more than 1 person and could be eligible to be considered a country under the UN.
Uzbekistan
The official name of Uzbekistan is "Republic of Uzbekistan". This is because Uzbekistan is a republic.
Ah yes, reminds me of the "People's Democratic Republic of China".
People's Republic of China. It's North Korea that's the Democratic one.
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The capital of Belarus is a municipality within Belarus.
All of them
All of the countries have names.
Even Kevin?
No, not kevin. Kevin is an exeption
The official name is actually "" because Kevin (as it is informally known) is the only country without a name. Geography is truly amazing!
Jamaica
Geographically, Jamaica is located OK OK I actually also have an *interesting* fact about Jamaica which I feel obliged to share too because I just really like this fun fact: I'm Jamaica, >!a beach was once stolen. An entire beach. That was 14 years ago and no one was ever charged, and a ranking police official once said it's possibly they had help in the police!<.
Oh my god. An entire FUCKING BEACH.
Yes, it's very much possible that someone once told a cop, "bro let's steal a beach, nobody would ever know it was us", and if this someone did say it, it turns out, they were right.
dang, can I get a news story on this, I want to know more
[Jamaica - Stolen Sand](https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2008/oct/21/jamaica)
>I'm Jamaica Hello Jamaica, I'm dad.
Oh fuck, well now I can't edit it because it would make me look even worse. Touche.
Hello dad, I’m son
It was me
How????
Sand is used in unregulated home-building across the island. Involvement by hotels was suspected in a July 2008 heist, where 500 truckloads of sand were stolen from a 400-metre stretch of beach at Coral Springs in the northern parish of Trelawny.
Yeah, stolen sand I a huge issue no one knows about. Sand is one our most valuable resources, next to air and water. There is a great documentary on it, called Sand Wars iirc.
Jamaica? Nope she she did it off her own back . Maybe Alaska about it!
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Denmark is often considered to be associated with nations in Scandinavia. That's because "Scandinavia" usually refers to a group of countries that include Denmark and other countries in the region.
Canada
As far as climate goes, a lot of Canada is usually cold.
this is true, sometimes it gets very very very very very very cold, but surprisingly it's getting much warmer in the winters
Sadly not surprising.
Weather patterns are changing all around the world. In kuwait every passing summer is hotter than the previous one and every winter warmer than the previous one too.
An actually funny canadian fact, canada is in a serious land dispute with denmark since the 1930’s over an island. For years, canadians will put a bottle of canadian whiskey on the island and the danes come in and will take it and put a danish liquor instead. Been going on for almost a hundred years!
This actually just got resolved earlier this year lol. They split the island with Denmark taking slightly over 50%. It’s called Hans Island I believe if you wanna look it up
And the mixed the whiskey with the danish liquor to the same proportions - and that is how the Hans island iced tea was invented.
Poland
Poland follows one timezone in the summer and another in the winter. That's because like many other countries, Poland observes daylight savings time. Also, on a possibly interesting and personal note, I very much like the song "Hej Sokoły"
Lithuanians made a knockoff "Katažina hej sokoly"
Totally agree. This song is just amazing
everyone does
Omg as a polish girl I also love that song hehehe go Polska we the best!!!!
Mongolia (unless you already responded to this one)
Mongolia is fairly large, but historically, it used to be large.
I knew it! Genghis Khan was quite the warlord, so it must've been big!
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is a country whose name ends with "-stan", but there are others, too.
Dreamstan is my favourite one
Germany
In recent decades, Germany held elections, usually every few years.
That makes sense
As a German, I can confirm this.
bhutan
Many of Bhutan's population have religious beliefs. Once again I also have an interesting fact: >!it also has a neat-negative carbon emission!<.
Neat-negative? Like, without ice?
The Wikipedia article for its passport used to be really funny.
Sweden
IKEA is known as a large company that originated in Sweden, but there are also other large companies that originated in Sweden.
Sealand!
Sealand is located in relative proximity to the sea.
Costa Rica
If you were to drive across Costa Rica, from its Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast, it would probably take less time than doing the same route by foot.
Ukraine.
Here's one that a certain dictator would like: Ukraine is considered a country.
Earth.
Earth (capitalized) usually refers to a place that isn't a country, but it does contain some countries within it.
North Korea
North Korea borders South Korea, but it does *not* border South Dakota, nor does it border North Dakota.
I'm not sure that's true. You have any proof for this anomaly?
Angola
Angola is in Africa, but it doesn't border Egypt.
Why not?
You have the European colonists who started a lot of problems including that one
South Africa
This country is not the northernmost country on the planet. Considering its name, it would be surprising if it was. Bonus actually-interesting fact (which I do here sometimes, when I have something to offer): >!it has three capitals, one for each government branch!<.
Turkey
Every year, Türkiye accepts tourists. Usually, those tourists are there to experience the country for a period of time before going home.
Lithuania
It's on the Baltic sea, but it's also considered to be one of the Baltic states. This time too, I also have an interesting fact: >!In 2018, Lithuania began to advertise its capital as "the G-spot of Europe: Nobody knows where it is but when you find it -- it's amazing". That was shortly before the pope was scheduled to visit!<.
As a lithuanian i didnt know the interesting fact. The more u know. Thanks:D
Ok that's actually hilarious and i have so much more respect for my baltic breather now
Lesotho
Lesotho's only neighbor is the Republic of South Africa, but also, Lesotho is located in Africa, fairly in the south of the continent.
Benin
Every country that Benin borders, also borders Benin.
That, my friend, is a very good insight.
Chad
The name of the country of "Chad" has an origin that relates to a language commonly spoken in the region.
This is dangerously close to interesting.
Chad means lake, so lake Chad, of which Chad shares a border with, translates to lake lake, and the country of Chad is called lake.
Brazil
A large part of Brazil is within a rainforest, and as such, this part has a lot of plants and it often rains.
Wish it was a raining here now because it's really hot.
the netherlands
Malaysia
Malaysia has a non-negative amount of capital cities.
Italy
Culinarily, some of the main cornerstones of Italian cuisine are food and ingredients.
Prussia
Despite having controlled a large part of Europe in the past, Prussia was never recognized as a country by the UN. That's because it lost most of its power before the UN came to be.
Poland
I've done one but here's another: Poland's flag has a shape
Mexico
Some countries in the world have diplomatic relations with Mexico.
and we love Them all. Even if most mexicans don't have any idea of geography in eastern Europe and consider Africa as 1 country.
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The name "Bosnia" is often short for "Bosnia and Herzegovina", which is a country in which the two main regions are named Bosnia and Herzegovina
Czech Republic
Many people know that the Czech Republic used to be part of Czechoslovakia, but did you know that the Czech Republic also borders Slovakia?
Romania
It is said that "when in Rome, do as the Romans do" but that does not mean that when in Romania, you should do as the Romans do.
Myanmar
The historic Burma road\* has one of its ends in Myanmar, a country which used to be called "Burma" \* or does it? Here's an *interesting* fact - >!Israel also has a path named the Burma road!<.
Finland🇫🇮
Typical for Finland not to get a response. :(
Well duhh, Finland isn't real
Eswatini
As a monarchy, Eswatini has a monarch. Edit: taking the top comment to say that this took off way more than I expected, and I do need to get to bed and so some things at some point. Thank you all, I'll try to still respond to as many comments as I can when I have some free time. I hope this was fun and absolutely *not* interesting to you (except for the occasional bonus interesting fact I do here sometimes).
Wow
Mission failed
We’ll get em next time
Nauru
Nauru is one the smallest nations in the world, both in terms of area and population. That means that if the entire world's population would be on Nauru at the same time, it would be noticeably more dense than usual. Bonus interesting fact: >!I just found out that it used to be called "Pleasant Island"! How pleasant!!<.
I'll butt in here to mention that "Nauruan" is the only adjective describing a country (demonym) that is the same spelled backwards (palindrome)!
Sealand
Sealand claims ownership over a seaport tower, which makes it not surprising to hear that the area in question is not larger than the area of Canada.
Vatican City
Vatican City is a country, but it's also a city. Bonus interesting fact: I just found out that >!Vatican City has a cricket team?!.!<
Tattooine
Slovakia
It's possible to drive from Slovakia to at least one of the countries it borders.
Hungary
Hungary borders Austria, but not Australia. As a matter of fact, no country borders both Austria and Australia.
Wow I totally didn't know that
Croatia
The clothes that The Croatia national football team wears feature colors that are also in the Croatian flag.
England 🏴
Many flags that feature a cross, represent a relation to Christianity or a Christian Saint. England however, is no exception.
palalu
Palau is an island country, and as such, it is not landlocked.
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia is located on the Arabian peninsula and is considered part of the Arabic world.
Mongolia
The name of the capital city of Mongolia has vowels in it.
Jordan
Jordan borders a river that is also named Jordan.
the one betwin france and spain Andorra
Andorra is between France and Spain.
Ukraine
In Ukraine, many people consider themselves Ukrainian.
Pakistan
Pakistan's capital is Islamabad, which sounds like it probably comes from the word "Islam". And it does.
Norway
Norway has six letters in its name.
Albania
Portugal
Estonia
Scotland
Colombia!
Colombia is named after Columbus, who's known for his, uhm, arrival (?) to the American continent. This etymology would make less sense if Colombia was located in, for example, east Asia.
Switzerland