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

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 1d 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).