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  • I just said "Welcome to Geography Now!" in this country's native language.

  • (Intro with Bob Saget)

  • Everyone I'm your host Barbs. Welcome to Limberwisk. We are back in the Arctic Circle and this time things are gonna get a little

  • quiet. Or should I say hushed. We'll discuss more on that later, but first. Let's see where it lies, shall we?

  • (Political Geography)

  • So, shameless self-promotion time! If you've watched any of these Geography Go episodes you'll know that I've been to the Arctic:

  • Iceland, Greenland, Finland, and just recently Alaska hosting a Geograbee. We were on the news!

  • They made a really good submission video. It's really good, they really sold this school.

  • Come on. You. Can't say no to Alaska. But I have to say hands down Limberwisk

  • is the one place that puts the icebergs on the map. First of all! The country is located

  • just past the Arctic Circle in the Norwegian Sea, between Greenland and Norway. The country is divided into 5 provinces.

  • 3 on the largest and most

  • inhabited islands, Hush whereas the remaining 2 are on the islands of Lef and Few. The capital and largest city is (Hush name)

  • Otherwise transliterated to Alkalai Clow, located on Cobalt Bay on the eastern Ujaraq Peninsula. After Alkalai Clow, the largest towns are Aput

  • and Ineq, whereas the largest and only international airport Alkali Cloud Maneq, lies. The country holds sovereignty over 100 smaller islands and islets

  • in the hush archipelago.

  • However, only about 20 are permanently inhabited. For the longest, time Limberwisk had a dispute with Norway over the ownership of Jon Mayen

  • which lies on the same Atlantic Fault Line drift as they do. The dormant volcanic Beerenberg summit known locally as

  • is seen as a sacred site for the inhabitants. The conflict resulted in the Limber wars which lasted a full 3 days.

  • And it wasn't even hostile, it was more like : Limberwisk: Hey Norway. Norway: Yeah, Limberwisk:can we just have the summit of beerenberg, please?

  • Norway:No. Limberwisk:Fine. We'll just illegally sail over there, invade, and camp on the summit until you say "yes".

  • Norway:Look guys we get it okay, just we don't want you to freeze to death.

  • Let's make a deal. And that's how the summit caldera of Beerenberg Peak became an overseas exclave of Limberwisk. Getting around Limberwisk might

  • be a bit of a challenge dude the rocky mountainous terrain. Only one main highway connects the east to the

  • northwest, whereas the entire western coast is

  • uninhabited due to the terrain and perpetually frozen fjords. Otherwise, most inhabitants might traverse towns through boat or seaplane

  • Some of the top notable sites of the country might include:Asgeir Ski slopes. Davidland ice

  • carnival. The insuk polar bridge. The monument of Malik Bjørælo. The Nanook

  • Stadium. The Bjarki University library. And the frozen Gulba plantations of Southwest Fuw

  • island. And let me tell you that last one the gulba plantations are like the life source of this place.

  • Let's discuss more about that in:

  • (Physical Geography)

  • Now on the surface, it might seem like living in the Arctic would be a frozen nightmare.

  • It's cold, hostile, and desolate.

  • But when you zoom in, our planet always seems to have the most interesting tricks up its sleeves in the most remote areas. First of

  • all! Nuch like their neighbors Iceland and Jon Mayen, Limberwisk

  • is a geothermal

  • island that lies on the same convergent zone between the North American and Eurasian plates. The tallest peak is the extinct volcano mount(Hush)

  • Or mount Qaqqaq, which, nearby, the largest lake, Lake

  • Or Imeq, lies which drains into the longest river the (Hush) or Frisk River.

  • Which eventually empties into the eastern bay. The country, much like Iceland, utilizes a network of energy

  • resources powered by various geothermal hotspots found throughout the country. Sustaining such a large population in this area, though

  • however requires a lot of improvised survival techniques. For one:

  • Food. Like other Arctic regions, the country is limited in flora. Only minor grasses, shrubs

  • and lichens and coastal sea weeds that grow along the rocky beaches are found there. Therefore, getting proper nutrition is

  • crucial. As a fairly developed nation, of course people have access to imported groceries.

  • However, these can be kind of expensive. To make up for it most people have at least one family member or friend that hunts for

  • fish, seal, or muscox. Unlike their inuit cousins, however the people here never really were too keen on eating

  • whale, which is like a good source for minerals and vitamins like vitamin C. Instead?

  • They had a secret treasure

  • already hidden in the snow. The famous gulba fruit. This strange alien like fruit with a citrusy melon looking rind is actually a large vine

  • berry related to the passion fruit being one of the only few naturally occurring foods with a blue color. The strangest thing though is that

  • the fruit is adapted to only grow in the snow during wintertime as any temperature below 3ºC

  • triggers the growth hormone in the vine stems to pump out the bulbous delights, known for their tangy yet

  • sweet gelatinous blue cores with tiny seeds that also provide healthy omega-3 fatty acids. The top culinary chefs in the world like Gordon Ramsay

  • have been known to express favor towards the highly sought-after fruit. It can be used as a key ingredient in various cuisines

  • dishes. Usually it sells for incredibly high prices on the export sector making an impressive

  • 11% of the nation's GDP

  • alone. Other national dishes include : seaweed sausage

  • Smoked muskox steak, roast puffin with fermented lingin wine sauce, and roasted sheep cheese. The national animal is the Orca which

  • traditionally was used in their traditional costume the (hush) or Gwit in which the skin was tanned and shrunk into a surprisingly warm

  • Elasticy garment that fits snugly on the skin

  • They would then top it all off with fur pelts on their torsos and waist. Today

  • however most people of course dress in a typical western attire on a daily basis as the country moves forward into 20th century with a

  • unique coalescence between Inuit and Nordic undertones. Which brings us to:

  • (Demographics)

  • Alright so a person from Limberwisk is actually surprisingly not called a Limberwisker, but rather a hush-hush

  • first of all the population of the country is about

  • 900,000, making Limberwisk the most populated place in the Arctic regions. The country is mostly made up of 2 main groups, the Kallshh

  • at around 48% and the Kahhll at about 40%. About 10% are mostly

  • Europeans of Nordic descent like Norwegians and Danes whereas the remaining 2% are made up of Botswanans and Tongans.

  • They use the Limberwisk Krone as their currency

  • They use the type Q plug outlet, and they technically drive on the right side of the road.

  • But only through January through July. August to December they switch it up and drive on the left side. It has something to do with

  • permafrost. I don't know. Look it up. the largest group the Kallshh or the

  • Kallshh are kind of like the equivalent to Mestizos in the Americas. People who are mixed between indigenous and Europeans. Therefore the Kallsh are

  • The descendants of native Kahhlll or the Kahhlll people mixed in with Nordic Vikings that settled in the area in the 1100s. Now

  • let's talk about two things, language and culture.

  • Limberwisk is the only country in the world to have an official language that does not contain any real

  • vowels. The entire language known as Hush is composed of wispy

  • Aspirated consonants and whistle noises that are joined in a series of unique patterns to articulate words

  • it's even written in a unique script containing 26 wisp letters and 5 quick stop letters. For example my actual name Paul gets translated to

  • Saying "Hello, my name is Paul" would be

  • Strange, right? According to oral tradition, the hush language was actually developed as an underground secret code that the native Kal people could use when

  • subjugated against Nordic Viking colonists

  • They had to create a language that would camouflage itself in the deafening blizzard winds of the Arctic, yet still have distinct sounds that could

  • Be heard and deciphered if a speaker was listening

  • Which is why all the words more or less imitate the sounds of wind. Over time, peace was made between the two and the Nordic

  • colonists even picked it up and standardized the new language. In the 1800s

  • they started teaching it in schools and even to this day with subjects taught in Hush from elementary as schools integrate English around 5th grade.

  • The nation is known for celebrating the unique aurora festival held around mid January in which people scream at each other on

  • icebergs while pushing each other in the frozen water all at night while the first major aurora appears the last one standing on the iceberg

  • without being dunked is crowned aurora king or queen. On Lef island people also take pride in displaying

  • which house has the longest

  • icicles. Usually these are broken off and used as javelins in the Icicle javelin competition in February. Some notable hush people throughout history might include:

  • Malik Bjørælå

  • DJ Ásgeir Whhttsts

  • Insuk Fts ktst

  • Bjarki tsktskhw

  • Andrea hwthwtshw

  • Carlo & Ya pwhttstsywh

  • Masaana Sstsktskws

  • Marc Ssttskchsww

  • Davið Krtqqk

  • And finally Frederic and Christian Elster from the band Nanook have dual citizenship, so they kind of count. Now

  • with such a fascinating history in society,

  • it kind of makes you wonder how did such a nation develop in such a hostile environment?

  • Well it had a lot to do with trade and diplomacy which brings us to:

  • (Friend Zone)

  • Acting as sort of like an Arctic hub, Limberwisk has always been favored by many across the world when it came to

  • expeditions into the far north. For one, like Iceland

  • Limberwisk was very reluctant and decided to opt out of joining the EU

  • mostly due to fishing laws and societal policy issues they figured that they would be the only ones that could truly

  • understand how to manage and maintain their own state without an outside entity

  • Regulating their actions. Nonetheless the EU maintains close trade deals, and they are still part of the European Economic Area and Council of Europe

  • but not the Schengen zone. Of course due to their ethnic ties, Limberwisk has always had close ties in Norway

  • Which was the historical main source of their Nordic?

  • ancestors. Nonetheless they were never fully incorporated into the greater Norwegian Kingdom, and were independent since the early 11th century.

  • Back in the 50s, after world war II Limberwisk made interesting ties to Botswana and Tonga, as they made cultural exchange programs that allowed

  • citizens from the far reaches of the earth to study and work in Limberwisk. The program was so successful that the 3 nations created

  • the BLT Alliance which allows free trade and economic

  • policies as well as extensive visa and citizenship laws that only apply to the three members. When it comes to the best friends however most

  • Hush might say the people of Greenland or the "Danish constituent country of Greenland: as their closest cousins and relatives

  • most hush visit and invest in Greenland as well as look up to them as the origin of their people in fact the name Kahhlll

  • Is a hush pronunciation derived from the Greenlandic word for Greenlandic Kalallit. In the endm Limberwisk

  • is an Arctic powerhouse that doesn't even exist.

  • Like in any way fashion or form if you are new to this channel and bought everything, I just said congratulations!

  • You're my newest victim in this annual tradition. I've been doing every year since this channel started

  • Happy April Fool's Day! Stay tuned the Confederation of Patch Amberdash is coming up next! Hey Everybody happy April Fool's and Happy Easter.

  • They lie on the same day this year cool. Hope you like this new April Fool's video that I made

  • I just want to say first and foremost. Thank you to all my friends in Greenland and Iceland

  • I actually featured you guys in this episode

  • And thank you to Gruening Middle School in Alaska. That little clip of the teacher teaching in the fake hush language

  • That was actually filmed there and also. Thank you to Jared and Vincent. They actually animated parts of this episode as well

  • There are a lot of cool little hidden secrets and factoids in this episode

  • And I will be revealing them on

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I just said "Welcome to Geography Now!" in this country's native language.

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