Could an American please prove me wrong?

Gollum@feddit.org to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world – 162 points –
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As an American, I know for certain it's not America. I feel no need to continue this game.

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But you guys could catch this opportunity to bring some democracy 💦, right after identifying it.

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I heard they were thinking of switching to * whispers * "the comie" side :0

eagle screeches ominously in the distance

Fun fact: that famous "eagle screech" is actually a recording of a Red-Tailed Hawk.

Eagles sound like fucking idiots in real life

We're off that. We're already the global captain of oil now. If they got lithium deposits we'll fight China for it.

I have an app on my phone that identifies America or Not America and it says that is not America.

try scanning an obese person, curious what it'd say

France, I'm so sorry about your cancer diagnosis.

I think it's the clitoris?

Ha easy! That's Genovia, the country Anne Hathaway is a princess of.

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.

Hail hail Genovia! A land I didn't maaake up!

Read this comment with the SO over my shoulder and we both go in unison 🎵GEEEEENOOOOOVIAAAAAAA 🎵😂😭😂😭

It's too similar to the Canadian anthem. Every time that plays my brain goes

That's Yurp. And people who live there are Yurpean.

The real secret european country. We just didn’t unlock it (Yet). Be a man and don’t look it up.

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. 🤓🤓

Isn't the Vatican a "country" with exactly one citizen?

I cheated and looked up a map of Europe, and that country is named "Russia". Haha!

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.

Well all inhabitants were pretty much thrown out or fled to Germany in fear of persecution. Then Stalin filled it up with ethnic Russians.

They do have their own identity afaik, but it stems more from the connections they made with the neighbours: Lithuania and Poland.

I don't know how deep it goes, but Kaliningraders were more against the war as it inconvenienced them in doing their shopping in Lithuania.

Btw it's only half of East Prussia, the southern half was given to Poland.

That be Australia I know this is a fact as I have an Iq of 172 according to a website quiz I cheated on.

U.S. Ambassador To Bulungi Suspected Of Making Country Up

https://theonion.com/u-s-ambassador-to-bulungi-suspected-of-making-country-1819564610/

That is a very old article, i had no idea the onion had existed that long.

The fact that blew my mind is, they were a print publication long before they were online.

They're starting to print them again I think

Apparently yes: https://membership.theonion.com/

I've always wanted to have a physical copy and apparently through this weekend they have 1y for $60, so fuck it, signed up. It sounds like they just restarted offering the print version? Message post-signup says start sending them for the Oct issue.

That is Svwenborgia. It is only on maps for rich people so the poors can't find it and ruin like they do to all things like Twister and refrigeration.

Greater Monaco

it's a shame what happened when Atlantis attacked

That’s where they race the Monte Carlo Rally. Than they flood it when the race is over.

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.

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.

I thought Catalonia finally separated but then the shape was weird....

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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.

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.

Makes me think of The Fractured Europe series

That’s obviously Morocco, pfft, everyone knows that.

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?

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.

Ah, Khura’in! I admit, I was always curious whether the locals were offended by the way the Ace Attorney series depicted them as corrupt.

put that map away, we need to keep the secret country hidden, you never know who could be reading this

That would be France's Testicles.

So Italy is trying to kick France in the nuts?

...seems legit. Carry on.

Its too close to a rich, smug monarchy nearby - better be safe & guillotine those babies off!!

Oh that's easy. Connecticut

Man, France has the worst case of hemorrhoids I’ve ever seen

That's a mean thing to say about Iberia

Looks like eropagnis to me. A bit lost though.

As an American, would you like it to be a country?

Freedom, for our defense contractors to make our government spread more freedom.

I'm not good with maps, but show me a picture of the wild grass and maybe I can guess it.

I think whoever made this map was on some wild grass ifyouknowwhatimsayin.

that's the holy roman empire

Exactly.
You can tell this by it not being holy, not Roman, or an empire. It's just their thing.

🎵 *Where in the world is Carmen San Diego? *

Canadian, some think we are american enough for most situations.

Is it Greece?

Im gonna go check, but thats my answer right now

Yes it’s Greece 🇬🇷, not bad!

Loli need to pay more attention to what community a post is in before i reply

What’s with these posts of adding random bits of land to a map and saying “derp Americans “? Try harder so we at least get a laugh.

This is like adding random islands in the ocean sort of near Australia and saying “derp Euros think New Zealand exists”

It's a trick to get us to send troops and a McDonald's there, and then they laugh while they watch us struggle in the sea.

Okay, fair point. Then tell me what is in the red circle, without looking it up.

Note, that I only added a red circle and an arrow and no additional country.

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.

You might want to note, that I didn't ask for a country. You added this all in your head so you can geo-splain it to us.

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.

why the fuck would an american know anything about the geograpgy of europe? We're not invading them anytime soon who gives a fuck?

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.

Is there any point being made here by pretending it's clever to have made a fake map to use for AMERICA BaD purposes? I don't get the joke

You have to be American, it’s not fake map it shows a real country in Europa.

Btw. I mean Europe the continent not Europe the country.