So, as you know,

this is the part where I talk about the little small mistakes

we made in the video. Or the things that didn't quite get mentioned in the video. For one, in friendzone, oh my goodness

we accidentally used Soviet flags instead of the China flag. I really should check that. Sorry. Ouch. Second,

okay, this kind of threw me off.

So I actually kind of grew up around a small community of Pakistanis and they told me it's pronounced "Oodoo" (Spelled Urdu).

But I guess you can also kind of in some ways pronounce it Urdu. "Oodoo", "Ootoo", eh, I don't know.

There's a lot of things I've heard. Also it's Mirpur. Not Miyapur.

And there was a lot of stuff we didn't get to mention.

I mean the video was like over 19 minutes long.

But one thing I kind of wanted to talk more about but didn't have time. For the longest time Pakistan actually had a tribal

autonomous region, but then it merged into the Kyber Pakhtunkwa province in 2018.

We also didn't get to talk about one of the largest people groups in Pakistan, the Muhajirs.

However, the word actually refers to just general immigrants. Not any like specific

minority group. Also there's a small community of African descended people called the Seedi, or Sheedi. They mostly reside in Karachi.

Pakistan is also the only Muslim nation in the world to host a research station in Antarctica. Let's see,

what else do I have written here? They have the world's largest Earth filled dam.

Also the largest illegal gun market.

They have these incredibly, elaborately decorated buses called Jingle trucks.

There's also a blind river dolphin in the Indus River. And, in addition, Pakistan usually ranks in the top three

nations of hosting the most refugees in the world. Often they rank number one.

Over 1.5 million, mostly from Afghanistan.

There's a lot of other things we could have mentioned in the episode

but we don't really have too much time. If you know of anything, put it in the comments.

Otherwise, we got to move on. So without further adieu...

Ah, Pakistan. It is definitely a country people talk about and have opinions on.

For what it's worth, thank you Pakistani geograpeeps

Asiya and Maha for being in the video.

You were literally the only two people that sent in videos. Congrats, you two rock. In any case, the flag.

The flag of Pakistan is a banner with a green field and white vertical stripe at the left hoist side. In the center lies a white crescent and star.

The flag was inspired off the flag of the Muslim League, a political party back in the British India colonial times

whom got their inspiration from the Sultanate of Delhi, the Mughal Empire, and the flag of the Ottoman Empire,

mixing the green color field and the crescent and star. The green represents Islam, the predominant religion of the country,

whereas the white represents all the other religious minorities found there.

The crescent and star also refer to the nation's commitment to Islam, but also it stands for

progress and light.

Keep in mind, prior to this,

they were under the British as British India and all the other variant flags that came with it like the East India Company.

Including one that was very similar to the flag of Hawaii.

And prior to that, the area of where Pakistan lies now was subject to

various other kingdoms and empires like the Durrani Empire in the Kandahar area.

There was a Sikh Empire at one point.

Blah blah blah all that stuff; history.

Interesting side note, the Balochi Separatist,

which kind of have like an active but not very strongly enforced separatist movement.

They use this flag to represent the Balochi people and often they wave it during their cultural events or...

...protests. Yeah.

Well, anyway, the national emblem.

The national emblem of Pakistan symbolizes

the ideological foundation of the nation based on things like economy and heritage.

On the top, of course, lies a green crescent and star symbolizing Islam.

And the center lies a shield with four sections containing cotton, wheat, tea, and jute, the four major crops of Pakistan's agricultural sector.

On the sides of the emblem lies a wreath of jasmine branches with flowers,

and at the bottom lies a scroll with the national motto reading in Urdu ایمان, اتحاد, نظم و ضبط,

which means faith, unity, and discipline.

Now it's interesting because each region or province or

legislative body of government

has their own emblem and flag as well,

all printed in green.

For example,

Balochistan has two camels and mountains.

Punjab, or "Pun-Jab" I've been told,

has wavy lines representing the Indus River,

and so on.

The only exception is Azad Kashmir.

They have a flag that looks like this representing the religions of the area as well as the snow-capped mountains and the green valley.

They kind of decided to just do their own thing.

So, yeah, that is pretty much it.

I guess that means that you know what time it is.

Geogra-fanmail time!

Alright guys. So, here we go, and before we start we're gonna have another guest star come in. Oh, no!

Oh, Noah!

That's what I said in the episode if you didn't see it, you should watch it.

All right, well, Noah, you know how we always start these off.

With postcards.

All right, here we have a postcard from Taylor.

They are from Wisconsin.

That's awesome. I was born in Wisconsin, actually.

They moved to Prague, Czech Republic. And...

they have a fantastic postcard from down there.

Sisal, who...

lives in Japan.

Oh, this's cool; Thomas, who's German but visited Beryl Nassau.

I actually went to this place.

It's that cool town split between Belgium and the Netherlands.

Jolefina?

There was an "l"?

No, I think that's an "s". That's a backwards "s".

Josefina, from Poland.

Bories's within a low price. On the frontier. That's pretty cool.

All right.

I'm so sorry. It's hard to read your writing.

I think your name is Surya, from India.

The alleppey lighthouse.

You know who else lived in a lighthouse...

Arthur Curry;

Aquaman.

All right, here we have a tasty looking postcard from

Michael in South Bend, Indiana.

Sarita, who sent this from

Albania.

Henry sends his postcard from...

Arches National Park in Utah.

Have you been to Utah?

I have been. I've been to Salt Lake City a couple times. That's Utah.

Yep. All right, here we have a postcard from Declan

and his fiancee Karla, who's from Canada.

This postcard is from Glasgow.

This is from...

Simen?

You're originally from Sweden.

Oh, no, you visited Greece.

Okay, cool.

I love that Greece-y country.

Here we have a postcard

from Long Island here.

Unfortunately,

you didn't write your name

so I can't give you a shout-out.

But hey, I can still thank you for the postcard.

If you recognize this postcard, it's yours.

Thank you so much.

Adien, who is from

*(unreadable word)*,

Mexico.

The card says Antigua, but he says I'm from...

something with a "q", Mexico.

I feel like most Americans have either gone to Mexico or Canada.

I've never been overseas, but

I have been to Mexico.

Where should we take Noah?

Curit, from New Zealand,

and his postcard from the Chatham Islands.

Pretty cool. They're visiting the island

for the annual checkup of the comprehensive test-ban treaty.

It measures airborne radiation.

Who knows?

Maybe they'll end up with some super powers at the end of it.

What kind of super power would you like?

Powers would only work if you had other powers to accompany them.

Let's say you had super strength.

You couldn't just punch a brick wall because you don't have vulnerability.

So you still break your arm, but you could possibly break the wall.

Oh.

Man you really thought about this.

Same with flight.

If you flew up to high, you would freeze.

I feel like moderate flight ability would be fun.

You know?

Just say 40 miles an hour

and you can only go like 100 feet in the air.

That's sustainable.

Thinking of it practically, that could work.

Anyway!...

This is a postcard that looks like a $100 bill.

Alexi and Alexandra,

who visited Tampa Orlando, Florida.

Yay.

You guys are awesome.

You guys have sent stuff before. I remember you guys

so thank you Alexia and Alexandra.

All right, here we have a postcard from

Bastogneium,

Berlin postcard.

This is from Checkpoint Charlie.

Yes.

An important part of this city's history.

*wack*

There's a fly. Oh, my god.

I just killed it.

Ha ha ha ha!

Look at that.

That's a superpower.

Have you seen Cobra Kai, by the way?

No I haven't.

Ugh, it's so good!

The first Karate Kid movie I ever saw was the one with Hilary Swank.

Oh no! That was so bad!

So that's all the postcards.

Now we do letters and packages.

"Hi, my name is George.

I've been watching Geography Now

since the India episode,

but I spent my formative years in Spain.

in...

El Bétera, Valencia.

It's a beautiful mountain village

with a baroque church built in 1727."

And, uh...

he sent these really cool paella

seasoning packets.

Now for all those

viewers out there, Paul,

what is paella?

Paella is like a rice/seafood dish.

It's a famous Spanish dish

and it's really good.

This says, "Hi Barby,

I'm Ian from Tennessee

and I recently visited Mauritius in the Indian Ocean off Africa.

I picked you up some coffee and vanilla black tea."

You know I like my coffee mixed with a lot of sugar.

You didn't tell us what you were doing in Mauritius.

Why were you there?

Maybe he went there just for the coffee.

This is from Violet, from Malaysia.

We have a Lego box.

Oh, no,

I think she just used the Lego box to hold something.

Oh, I thought this was Legos.

This's pretty cool too.

I expected you to actually send us

this Lego set.

A Harry Potter Lego set.

Shocker here, too:

I haven't actually seen

all the Harry Potter movies.

We have a postcard here.

"Hi my name is Johan."

And they're from the town; from the coastal city of...

Stavanger.

Stavanger?

Yeah that's Norway.

It's Norwegian chocolate.

See, the pin isn't that they wear to-

Many Norwegians

wear it to the celebration of the Constitutional Day.

This cheese slicer.

Shave with this.

I've seen these in Norway.

They're so cool.

You just like, *"scrap"*

Really, you're right.

It does look like a shaving blade.

Well, shave your skin off.

"I'm bleeding."

This is from

Australia.

And it's a book.

Okay, and there's a Greek flag on the back.

Building St. Tabitha's house,

The story of a Greek Orthodox orphanage in Kenya.

It's really cool. This is a book about an orphanage

that you guys opened up in Kenya.

Yeah. And each page of the book has a picture of the orphans