no matter how United their population, can last forever

all countries will eventually disappear

some will slowly fade away and some will suddenly collapse

it's likely that several countries will go this way in the next 10 years

here are some at risk of disappearing

Lesotho is the last absolute monarchy in Africa

it's a small country surrounded by South Africa

Their king is basically insane

So Lesotho has long been a poor country. But it's got so bad recently that the

people of Lesotho are looking for an exit

a campaign within the country is begging South Africa to invade

Lesotho would cease to exist as an independent country

the monarchy would be overthrown and it would become a province of south africa

support for the campaign is growing rapidly

as the life expectancy in Lesotho has fallen to just 34

so the South African government could invade at any time

I don't think the Ukraine can last much longer

and the reason for this is that it was never meant to exist in the first place

it was created as a buffer between Russia and the rest of Europe

and Russia has always wanted to control Ukrainian land because of their natural gas pipelines

in 2014, Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula was annexed by Russia

and has been under Russian control since

other areas of Ukraine are currently engaged in power struggles with

with Russia clearly seeking more control

the Ukrainian people have never been United

with seventeen percent of their population identifying as Russian

Their country is being torn apart

for 42 years, libya was ruled by Colonel Gaddafi

but in 2011, he was killed in the Arab Spring

since then libya has been a fractured country, with different regions being held by different armies

the problems started when Libya's new government

failed to crush all the other power-hungry groups

So the country fell into civil war

the situation was a lot better when Gaddafi held power

Barack Obama has called not preparing for a post-gaddafi Libya his biggest mistake

if we're being honest

libya isn't really a country anymore

it's been split into three different ones

it's only a matter of time until the UN realizes Libya hasn't existed since 2014

the UK is a union of 4 countries

England

Scotland

Wales

And Northern-Ireland

if any of these countries were to leave for union it would be a big deal

But if England or Scotland were to leave, the union would effectively disappear

Last year, the people of Scotland voted against independence

The population of Scotland is currently split around 50/50 on the issue

so it's not beyond imagination that Scotland may one day and leave the union

if that were to happen

it's unlikely the union could survive

spain is one of europe's biggest countries, but that might soon change

A number of regions within Spain have their own independence movements

The most likely to gain independence is Catalonia

there is a big cultural divide between Catalonia and the rest of Spain

they even have their own language

earlier this year, catalonia's Parliament gained a new leader who is pro-independence

his party aims for Catalonia to break away from Spain within 18 months

they have already began building their own institutions like a military

the spanish government is opposing their actions on constitutional grounds

it's going to be interesting to see which side wins

North Korea is different from other countries on this list for obvious reasons

so many sanctions have been put on North Korea

that it's government can't afford to feed most of its population

it's among the most impoverished nations

there are 3 things likely to soon happen to North Korea

the first is that their government collapses and society breaks down until

it's reunified with South Korea

the second is that they try to invade South Korea, in which case we'd see a

similar outcome

the third is that North Korea is completely annexed by China and simply

becomes a Chinese province

I actually think the third is more likely

much like Libya, Syria has been in a state of civil war since the Arab Spring

but the Syrian dictator was never overthrown

he still controls 40% of the country's land and 66% of the population

the rest is controlled either by Syrian rebels, the Kurds, or Isis

I don't think the country will every unify because of the ethnic divisions within the country

the Kurds have always wanted an independent country in northern Syria

they basically have that now

what we now recognize as Syria was first created as a colony in the French Empire

not as an independent country. That's why the ethnic divisions are so visible

in 2008 Kosovo became an independent country up until that point it was a un

Up until that point it was a UN Protectorate

and before that, it was part of serbia but Kosovo broke away from

serbia in a brutal civil war

Today, it's an extremely weak country

it's tiny economy is still recovering from the war

it really doesn't make sense for kosovo to exist as a country

ninety-two percent of its population are ethnically Albanian

and they share a border with Albania

the obvious solution is for Albania to absorb Kosovo

I'm surprised it hasn't happened already Albania's Prime Minister has publicly

stated that the unification of the two countries is inevitable

thanks to rising sea levels there are a whole load of islands at risk of

completely disappearing

I mean, the Maldives, they'll soon be gone

and most of micronesia as well

the island nation of Kiribati is home to 100 thousand people, but their islands are vanishing

and they need a new home

so their government is planning on moving them all to Fiji

Fiji is also an island nation

so maybe it's not the best plan

the European Union is essentially a federalist country in the same way the United States is

it has its own flag, its own legal system to enforce its own laws,

it's represented in the g20, and it's soon to have its own military

With all these things, it can only be called a country but it's a country in trouble

all across the continent we see the rise of anti-union movements

great britain may soon leave the Union. This would be a hammer blow to the Union

possibly inspiring other members to leave

I think it's going to be difficult for the Union to survive the next 10 years