Countries with weirdest borders

Laos
Democratic republic of Congo
Namibia
US
Croatia
Tajikistan
Kyrgzstan
Armenia
Uzbekistan

All these fuckin Stans and this guy doesn't mention Afghanistan. Come on, man!
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Lesotho is just surrounded by South Africa, they could conquer it anytime easily
wow
is this the only country completely surrounded by another country ?
not including Vatican I guess
maybe San Marino ?
 
Third level enclaves are super weird. India has or had a whole bunch with Pakistan and Bangladesh.
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You literally have a piece of India in Bangladesh, and a piece of Bangladesh inside that small Indian part. Some as small as individual farms

Damn, I caught malaria just looking at that map.
 
Croatia and Chile ?
When you look at it , Croatia has really weird borders, making the shape of the country rare and unique, and the same applies to Chile, long and narrow borders making the country the 'longest' in the world.

Any similar examples ?


The part of Croatia that runs along the coast -- Istria and Dalmatia -- are a legacy of what was part of the Venetian empire and then a succession of other occupiers that included the Napoleonic and Austrian empires, and then Italy itself. there is also a mountain range that creates a natural barrier on the east.
 
Büsingen Germany is completely surrounded by Italy and has a population of only 1400.

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UK borders are pretty fucking weird, but not for aesthetic reasons.
 
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