Geography Now Opening Lines - "N" Countries

"Alright guys! This is going to be the most controversial video I've made since Armenia and Azerbaijan. As you know we follow the alphabetical English list of countries in the UN. That being said, as the UN, EU, European Council, and NATO all give the same title for this country. This episode is going to go under 'F' for [former name of country]. However, i will refer to this country as [other former name of country] as over 130 countries call it that on their own terms, and because it's shorter and easier to say. Okay? Are we good? Cool?"

"Hey everyone, so I'm excited for this one! We recently did a Geograbee in Oslo, [country], and I had the honor to meet many of you guys, the [from country] geograpeeps in your own country. It was amazing! [country] is a country everyone has kind of heard about. Something about snow, ice, Vikings, skiing, I think trolls. But [country] is also a land of highly compounded history, tradition, post-modernism and above all landscape and people." "And black metal!" "Yes. Keith is really excited for this episode."

"Hey guys, so this episode is gonna be filmed in my office because I didn't have time to book that YouTube space. Ah, there's gonna be a special one. It's not very often. We cover a place like [country]. Usually we get you guys, the Geograpeeps, to help out with these videos. But sadly not a single [person from country] was available to contact us. No surprise. I mean, there's not many in the world and it's kind of hard to find them or visit them. Like, literally, this is the least visited country in the world. So [part of country's name] we cover [country]."

"Hey guys, so this is gonna be a little awkward. Why? Because 2 years ago my [from country] friend, Vincent, who used to do the animations before I regrettably hired Ken..." "Wait, what?" "...He came and visited here in L.A. Long story short, I promised him he could be in the [country] episode. So we pre-shot some footage, and this was the intro we made. I flew over this guy, a real [person from country]. Say hi to Vincent! Right here. Hey, Vincent! Hey. Vincent, I know the [people from country] are tall but just step down from the box, okay? Step down." "Are you getting off your box then? Good Barby." "I can never top those days. Oh, and this episode is on [country]."

"Many of you guys, the [from country] geograpeeps, have told me that if you want to make the shape of [country] on your hand, just curl your index finger, stick out your thumb and go like this." "That's not some kind of gang sign, is it?" "Uh, let me check. Bloods, Crips, Kings, MS-13, Sureños, Compton Crips...no I think we're good. I, uh, went to a public school in Chicago." "Ah."

"Now I asked you guys, the [from country] Geograpeeps: If Central America was a family, what member would [country] be? And more or less, it kind of goes like this: Oh jolly good show, Panama old chap." "Hmm. Yes indeed. It is of utmost excellence." "Ay yay yeah woooo!!!" "All these fake motherf****** sh***..." "*******" "A little exaggerated but ehh, come on it's kind of true."

"Now when I think of [country], really only 1 word seems to come to mind: Taumatawhakatangi­hangakoauauotamatea­turipukakapikimaunga­horonukupokaiwhen­uakitanatahu."

"We have reached the powerhouse of Africa! It's where Africans from all over migrated to "make something" of themselves. Ethiopia might be the wise monk master that all Africans kind of respect, but [country] is kind of like the big guy! The kingpin, the final boss at the end of the game! But you don't have to fight the boss. You just have to make copacetic trade deals and learn some afrobeat and you're good."

"You know after I made the India video, I got a lot of [from country] people saying:" "You made a mistake. Buddha was not born in India. He was born in Lumbini, which is in [country]." "To which many of the Indian subscribers were like:" "Yeah, but Buddhist texts say he grew up in Kapilavatsu for the first twenty nine years of his life, which is probably in Piprahwa, which is like a half a mile away from the [country] border." "Lies! Kapilavatsu is most likely in modern-day Tilaurakot." "Okay. Well, even if that was true, it was during the Mahajanapada era. Modern-day [country] wasn't even established. So does it really count for [country]?" "Yes. Yes, it does!" "Yeah, this is kind of a big deal for them."

"[country]. Not Nigeria. Two completely different countries, equally fascinating. One has skyscraper and oil fields, the other has Uranium and dancing face painted men that put on a beauty pageant for female judges that get to sleep with the winner that tey select."