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Welcome to my first video! In this video, I answer how many countries there are to the best of my ability. I expect that this video will get very few views if any, so I really appreciate if you like and subscribe. Most importantly though, comment! You can tell me what you thought of the video, how to improve my style, ideas for the future, or anything really (just make sure to be respectful).

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:15 UN countries
03:07 Unrecognized Countries
09:41 Constituent Countries
10:32 Associated Territories
11:19 Dependent Territories
13:57 Interpretations
16:16 Stretches
18:18 The Future
19:25 Conclusion

If you want to research the subject on your own, then here are some links that I think are very helpful:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Depende...
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasis...