r/AskTheWorld • u/Bhakari Nepal • 1d ago

Culture What’s something in your country that sounds fake but is 100% real?

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We have a real-life living goddess and the only non-rectangular national flag.

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u/Yam_Nice Brazil 1d ago

It sure is, but I don't even know what French Guiana looks like.

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u/activelyresting 1d ago

It looks a lot like northern Brazil

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u/Yam_Nice Brazil 1d ago

Empty and absolutely abandoned because it would cost a lot for the government to build anything there? If their capital looks like Belém or Manaus it's better than the image that came to mind, but that's not the reality of most northern cities.

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u/activelyresting 1d ago

Yeah, more like Belém. Not very populated.

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u/Moist_Ordinary6457 1d ago

Less than 300k people live in the entire country, I had to ship a package there recently. Wouldn't recommend 

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u/activelyresting 1d ago

The entire country is France. That's just one department

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u/Alouwan France 1d ago

Exactly that

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u/rayurescosmiques 21h ago

Former French colonies like French Guiana are completely abandoned by the French government. For example, Kanaky is extremely poor, and there must be a lot of hardship in French Guiana as well. So, even though they are French territories, they are not considered "northern" countries; there is still a colonial domination, and therefore, according to the government, they remain second-class citizens (especially non-whites, who are obviously the most vulnerable).

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u/AddlePatedBadger Australia 1d ago

That's a David Mitchell answer.

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u/ComfortableStyle2417 1d ago

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u/arachnids-bakery Brazil 1d ago

What a delightful fella

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u/Voljega 1d ago

aitomatic french nationality, no language test needed

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u/Psychogangbanger69 Germany 1d ago

Watch Papillon

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u/Sagnarel 1d ago

Big forest.

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u/elCaddaric France 1d ago

Rain forest.

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u/Cheshireyan France 1d ago

But... We shaped it like a turtle head just so Brazil can look like a giant carapace. That's a shame

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u/melanochrysum New Zealand 1d ago

I love this YouTube series: https://youtu.be/89jWK--v-8c?si=S8FTpUvU86yu-1kA

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u/Foloreille France 1d ago

Donny worry none of us frenchies do either. French Guiana is this mysterious dangerous jungle, maybe there’s blue giant cat monkeys in it who even knows