List of minor countries

This article lists countries with a minor importance and no significant part in any OverSimplified videos.

Ethiopia
Abyssinia, officially known as the Ethiopian Empire, was a country in East Africa. It appeared in WW2 (Part 1), when Mussolini thought to himself if is there a not-yet colonized nation somewhere that is underdeveloped that the people would defend themselves with bows and arrows, and thus he "took" it. It also appeared in The Cold War (Part 2), where there was a conflict of the country itself between Somalia, had interestingly led the Ethiopian Empire switched sides from the United States to the Soviet Union, thus establishing Derg (or officially known as the Provisional Military Government of Socialist Ethiopia). Their current president is Sahle-Work Zewde.

Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan, was a mountainous landlocked country in Central Asia, east of Iran, northwest of Pakistan and also possessing a narrow 130-mile long panhandle in the northeastern part of the country, giving it a small 47-mile land border with China. Afghanistan was invaded by the Soviet Union in 1979, which lead to the Soviet-Afghan War, which lasted until 1989, when the Soviet Union withdrew from the country. The communist government was overthrown in 1992 and replaced by the Islamic State of Afghanistan. In 1996, the country was taken over by a terrorist organization known as the Taliban, who established the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was overthrown in 2001 following the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. In responce to the attacks, the United States invaded Afghanistan after the Taliban disagreed to hand over the man responsible for orchestrating the attacks, Osama bin Laden, the leader of Al Qaeda which is the terrorist group that was responsible for causing the attacks of September 11. Bin Laden was eventually found and killled in Pakistan in May 2011. As the war progressed, it became impossible for the U.S. Military to take over the country due to the Taliban using the mountainous terrain as an advantage. Eventually, the U.S. withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021 after 20 years of fighting. The current acting president of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan is Amruallah Saleh and the current leader of the Taliban is Hibatullah Akhundzada.

Iran
Iran, officially the Imperial State of Iran and formerly known as Persia, was a country in Western Asia. In the Cold War, it was occupied by both the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union. With an agreement to pull out once WW2's over, After WW2 was over, the British pulled out but Joseph Stalin made the Soviet Union stick around, but pressure from the United Nations forced the Soviets to leave. Since 1979, the country's official name has been the Islamic Republic of Iran. Their current Supreme Leader is Ali Khamenei and their current president is Ebrahim Raisi.

North Korea
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. It was formed in September 9, 1948, after the end of WW2. During the Cold War, North Korea invaded South Korea and started the Korean War with the support of the Soviet Union. It nearly conquered all of the south, but it was pushed back by United Nations' forces led by the United States of America. Communist China sent soldiers of their own to aid North Korea and pushed the UN forces back to the 38th parallel. After an armistice agreement was signed, the Korean War ended on July 27, 1953. Their current Supreme Leader is Kim Jong-un.

South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. It was once ruled by a ruthless dictator who dreamed of reuniting Korea under his rule. South Korea is more democratic than North Korea. Their current president is Moon Jae-in.

North Vietnam
North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, was a socialist state in Southeast Asia. It declared independence from France in 1945 and fought the First Indochina War against France. They won the war in 1954, leading to the division of Vietnam between them and the anti-communist South Vietnam. The Vietnam War began soon after as the North Vietnamese fought against the Americans, South Vietnamese and their allies. The United States withdrew its troops from South Vietnam in 1973, allowing North Vietnam to win the war in 1975, resulting in Vietnam being reunified under a communist government.

South Vietnam
South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam, was a country in Southeast Asia. It gained independence from France in 1954, but Vietnam was soon divided between it and the communist North Vietnam and it fought against the North whilst being backed by the United States and its allies in what we know of as the Vietnam War. The war finally ended in 1975 when the North Vietnamese captured the southern capital of Saigon (renamed to Ho Chi Minh City). After the war, many South Vietnamese refugees fled to countries like the United States and others.

Vietnam
Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, is a country in Southeast Asia. Vietnam in its current form was established in 1975 after the Vietnam War ended when the North Vietnamese defeated the South and united the country under a communist government. When the Cold War was coming to an end, rather than overthrowing their communist government, they started to introduce elements of capitalism into their economy, similar to what China was doing. Vietnam restored diplomatic relations with the United States in 1995, and now the United States and Vietnam are now friendly allies. Their current president is Nguyễn Xuân Phúc.

Albanian Kingdom (1928–1939)
Albania, officially the Albanian Kingdom, was a country in Southeastern Europe, on the Balkan Peninsula. Italy wanted to control the Adriatic Sea, so it occupied Albania.

Allied-occupied Germany
Allied-occupied Germany was the Allies' occupation zones of former Nazi Germany. The west, under the United Kingdom, France, and the United States, united to form West Germany, while the east, controlled by the Soviets, became East Germany.

Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
"Sorry, America. I can't."

- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic

The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was a puppet state of the Soviet Union that existed from 1948 to 1990. During the Cold War, the USA offered it the Marshall Plan, but refused because Stalin did not allow them to get it. Since it was a puppet state, it didn’t actually support the Soviets. Like the other Soviet satellite states, their communist government was overthrown as part of the Velvet Revolution and the Revolutions of 1989 and the country transitioned to democracy and was renamed the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic. On New Year's Day, 1993, the country peacefully split into the (also known since 2016 as Czechia) and.

People's Republic of Bulgaria
The People's Republic of Bulgaria was a country in Eastern Europe. It was part of the Soviet Union's Warsaw Pact. Elections in 1990 turned it into present-day Bulgaria.

Polish People's Republic
The Polish People's Republic was a country in Eastern Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989. After Nazi Germany lost WW2, the split-up Polish Republic was completely given to the Soviet Union, which made it a puppet state and forced Communism upon them. Many Poles didn't approve of the Soviet dictatorship, so many protest began. The Soviets forced them to stop using the Red Army, and so Poland secretly hated the USSR.

Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is the westernmost country on the European continent. They were briefly seen in WW1 as a member of the Allies and in the Cold War as a member of NATO.

Roman Empire
The Roman Empire was a country surrounding the Mediterranean Sea. It made a brief appearance in "The War of the Bucket" at timestamp 1:21. It also appears at the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars. Benito Mussolini briefly mentioned the Roman Empire in WW2 (Part 1).

Socialist Republic of Romania
"Elections in Bulgaria, a Peaceful Revolution in Czechoslovakia, and a violent one in Romania brought the end to Communist rule in the Eastern Bloc."

- OverSimplified

The Socialist Republic of Romania was a communist country in Southeast Europe. It was only mentioned in The Cold War (Part 2), after a violent revolution put an end to Communism.

Romania
Romania is a country in Southeastern Europe. It was mentioned in the Cold War (Part 2) after a violent revolution put an end to communism in the Socialist Republic of Romania. The Western world commonly associates Romania with vampires because of the influence of Bram Stoker's novel Dracula and subsequent books and many films the tale has inspired, such as Japanese company Konami's Castlevania series of video games. The current president is Klaus Iohannis.

Russian Federation
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country located in Eurasia. It is the largest country on Earth by area, and as of 2021, it has a population of 146.1 million people. It was created on December 26th, 1991, when Boris Yeltsin went behind Mikhail Gorbachev's back to make a deal with Ukraine and Belarus to dissolve the Soviet Union and to set up the Russian Federation, much to Gorbachev's dismay. Russia only appeared in The Cold War (Part 2). Yeltsin became its first president. On December 31, 1999, Boris resigned, and Vladimir Putin took over. He remains the president today.

Oblasts (Provinces)

 * Amur
 * Arkhangelsk
 * Astrakhan
 * Belgorod
 * Bryansk
 * Chelyabinsk
 * Irkutsk
 * Ivanovo
 * Kaliningrad
 * Kaluga
 * Kemerovo
 * Kirov
 * Kostroma
 * Kurgan
 * Kursk
 * Leningrad
 * Lipetsk
 * Magadan
 * Moscow
 * Murmansk
 * Nizhny Novgorod
 * Novgorod
 * Novosibirsk
 * Omsk
 * Orenburg
 * Oryol
 * Penza
 * Pskov
 * Rostov
 * Ryazan
 * Sakhalin
 * Samara
 * Saratov
 * Smolensk
 * Sverdlovsk
 * Tambov
 * Tomsk
 * Tver
 * Tula
 * Tyumen
 * Ulyanovsk
 * Vladimir
 * Volgograd
 * Vologda
 * Voronezh
 * Yaroslavl

Republics

 * Adygea
 * Altai Republic
 * Bashkortostan
 * Buryatia
 * Chechen
 * Chuvash
 * Crimea
 * Dagestan
 * Ingushetia
 * Kabardino-Balkar
 * Kalmykia
 * Karachay-Cherkess
 * Karelia
 * Khakassia
 * Komi
 * Mari El
 * Mordovia
 * North Ossetia—Alania
 * Sakha
 * Tatarstan
 * Tuva
 * Udmurtia

Krais (Territories)

 * Altai Krai
 * Kamchatka
 * Khabarovsk
 * Krasnodar
 * Krasnoyarsk
 * Perm
 * Primorsky
 * Stavropol
 * Zabaykalsky

Autonomous Okrugs (Autonomous Districts)

 * Chukotka
 * Khanty-Mansi
 * Nenets
 * Yamalo-Nenets

Federal Cities

 * Moscow
 * Saint Petersburg
 * Sevastopol

Autonomous Oblast (Autonomous Province)

 * Jewish Autonomous Oblast

Trivia

 * Despite being the largest country by land area, Russia is the ninth-most populated country.

Russian Provisional Government
The Provisional Government was a Russian government that replaced the former government of the Russian Empire in 1917. It only existed for nine months, but those nine months were chaos. After the Kornilov affair, Russia was proclaimed a republic.

Trivia

 * The Russian Provisional Government was the only country to be depicted as a character instead of a country.

Second French Empire
The Second French Empire, officially the French Empire, was a country in Western Europe and the last monarchical form of France. It was briefly seen in the American Civil War and the Pig War.

Dominion of Newfoundland
The Dominion of Newfoundland was a country in eastern North America, today the modern Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It was established on 26 September 1907, and confirmed by the Balfour Declaration of 1926 and the Statute of Westminster of 1931. It included the island of Newfoundland, and Labrador on the continental mainland. Newfoundland was one of the original "dominions" within the meaning of the Balfour Declaration and accordingly enjoyed a constitutional status equivalent to the other dominions of the time.

In 1934, Newfoundland became the only dominion to give up its self-governing status, which ended 79 years of self-government. That episode came about because of a crisis in Newfoundland's public finances in 1932. Newfoundland had accumulated a significant amount of debt by building a railway across the island, which was completed in the 1890s, and by raising its own regiment during World War I. The British government quickly established the Newfoundland Royal Commission to inquire into and report on the position. The commission's report, published in October 1933, recommended for Newfoundland to give up its system of self-government temporarily and to allow the United Kingdom to administer the dominion by an appointed commission.

The Newfoundland parliament accepted the recommendations and presented a petition to the King to ask for the suspension of the constitution and the appointment of commissioners to administer the government until the country became self-supporting again. To enable compliance with the request, the British Parliament passed the Newfoundland Act 1933, and on 16 February 1934, the British government appointed six commissioners, three from Newfoundland and three from the United Kingdom, with the Governor as chairman. The system of a six-member Commission of Government continued to govern Newfoundland until it joined Canada in 1949 to become Canada's tenth province.

Mexico
Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It borders the United States to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast. It was mentioned in WW1 (Part 2), made an appearance in "Football War - MiniWars #2" and makes a cameo in the American Civil War. Their current president is Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

States

 * Aguascalientes
 * Baja California
 * Baja California Sur
 * Campeche
 * Chiapas
 * Chihuahua
 * Coahuila
 * Colima
 * Durango
 * Guanajuato
 * Guerrero
 * Hidalgo
 * Jalisco
 * Mexico State
 * Michoacán
 * Morelos
 * Nayarit
 * Nuevo Leon
 * Oaxaca
 * Puebla
 * Querétaro
 * Quintana Roo
 * San Luis Potosí
 * Sinaloa
 * Sonora
 * Tabasco
 * Tamaulipas
 * Tlaxcala
 * Veracruz
 * Yucatan
 * Zacatecas

Territories

 * Mexico City
 * Guadalupe Island
 * Rocas Alijos
 * Revillagigedo Islands
 * Isla Clarión

Nicaragua
Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is a country in Central America bordering Honduras to the north and Costa Rica to the south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east. In 1979, the Somoza dynasty, which had ruled the country since 1936 was overthrown by the Sandinistas. The United States funded a rebel group specializing in guerilla warfare called the Contras in an attempt to overthrow the Sandinistas. Konami, a Japanese video game company, named their run and gun video game after this rebel group. Their current president is Daniel Ortega.

Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It borders Brazil and Argentina. It has a population of 3.462 million and a land size of 171,520 km2. It was seen in "Football War - MiniWars #2."