What is the least mentioned country in the world?

[The Hallucinating Goose]

Which country would you say is the least mentioned or talked about country in the world? Which country is never ever mentioned in the news or online or in magazines and newspapers or even just in conversations with friends?

Of course different people may have different answers depending on their interests and so what they read about or talk about but in general, which country do you think?

I will say Paraguay. I can't remember the last time I saw or heard anything about Paraguay, it appears to me that nothing ever happens there that gets noticed by the rest of the world.

[sam4731]

I would say St Vincent and the Grenadines doesn't get nearly the coverage it deserves.

[Yorks Tim]

Well you're both wrong.

According to AI: 

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According to available data, Eritrea is likely the country with the least news items reported in the last year, due to its highly restrictive media landscape and censorship, often ranking as one of the most censored countries globally. 

 

[sam4731]

3 minutes ago, Yorks Tim said:

Well you're both wrong.

According to AI: 

 

I'm pretty sure that means that Eritrea receives the least amount of news, internally, given the lack of freedom of press. If I'm correct, this thread is more about individual feeling about your own thoughts on which countries don't often feature often in the news that you watch. 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

3 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

I'm pretty sure that means that Eritrea receives the least amount of news, internally, given the lack of freedom of press. If I'm correct, this thread is more about individual feeling about your own thoughts on which countries don't often feature often in the news that you watch. 

That is exactly what I created this thread to discuss, our own thoughts on which countries we hear the least about. For example, many people may say they never hear or read anything about Kyrgyzstan but this is not true of me personally because I read a lot of books about the Cold War and the Soviet Union and as a result Kyrgyzstan is occasionally mentioned.

[Yorks Tim]

3 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

I'm pretty sure that means that Eritrea receives the least amount of news, internally, given the lack of freedom of press. If I'm correct, this thread is more about individual feeling about your own thoughts on which countries don't often feature often in the news that you watch. 

Okay, fair enough. I do talk about Eritrea often with Uber drivers who have emigrated from there. 

I'll change my answer to Mayotte then.

 

[sam4731]

Just now, Yorks Tim said:

Okay, fair enough. I do talk about Eritrea often with Uber drivers who have emigrated from there. 

I'll change my answer to Mayotte then.

 

Jesus now we have to go through what defines a country. Are we limiting it to just UN members or are we including all mainly autonomous regions?

[OriginalMrC]

I'm going to say the Principality of Sealand 

[Yorks Tim]

5 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Jesus now we have to go through what defines a country. Are we limiting it to just UN members or are we including all mainly autonomous regions?

 

2 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

I'm going to say the Principality of Sealand 

Sam's not going to like this.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

5 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Jesus now we have to go through what defines a country. Are we limiting it to just UN members or are we including all mainly autonomous regions?

We're talking sovereign states. Mayotte is a department of France and so an integral part of that sovereign state. There is certainly plenty said about France.

[sam4731]

1 minute ago, Yorks Tim said:

 

Sam's not going to like this.

 

4 minutes ago, OriginalMrC said:

I'm going to say the Principality of Sealand 

If we're allowing countries with no international recognition, I'm going to say my back bedroom which has just now unilaterally declared independence from the UK. There's not once been a TV camera in there as far as I know.

[The Hallucinating Goose]

6 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

 

If we're allowing countries with no international recognition, I'm going to say my back bedroom which has just now unilaterally declared independence from the UK. There's not once been a TV camera in there as far as I know.

That's what you think... I do like you in your pink lacy thong, mate!

[bobbruce]

Liechtenstein for me. 

[RayCee]

Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing overseas territory but not a country. 

Bhutan is a Kingdom in the Himalayas but a country that I'm picking many wouldn't know exists. 

[HawkMan]

If we're picking a country that everyone probably knows it's a country, but know s*d all about and never hear a peep about it;

Kyrgyzstan 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan

Edited February 28 by HawkMan

[Nearenough]

i was thinking to myself....hmmm Chad, whatever happens there, never hear that in the news. so i googles it and find

"Chad say military foiled armed assault on presidential complex, 19 killed

The attack came just hours after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with government officials in the capital N’Djamena"

........along with a disputed presidential election

just shows ya, whats happening and whats on the news isnt entirely the same thing.

[Farmduck]

10 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

That is exactly what I created this thread to discuss, our own thoughts on which countries we hear the least about. For example, many people may say they never hear or read anything about Kyrgyzstan but this is not true of me personally because I read a lot of books about the Cold War and the Soviet Union and as a result Kyrgyzstan is occasionally mentioned.

I've been following a couple of projects in Afghanistan and all the central Asian -stans get regular mentions in my consumption.

I'll throw in either Kiribati or Tuvalu

[Farmduck]

10 hours ago, Yorks Tim said:

Okay, fair enough. I do talk about Eritrea often with Uber drivers who have emigrated from there. 

I'll change my answer to Mayotte then.

 

They got some coverage recently over immigrants coming from Comoros and being rounded up for deportation.

 

7 hours ago, RayCee said:

Saint Pierre and Miquelon is a self-governing overseas territory but not a country. 

Bhutan is a Kingdom in the Himalayas but a country that I'm picking many wouldn't know exists. 

Bhutan has been getting coverage recently because of China effectively occupying parts of it as part of the long-running India-China border dispute.

And I can't believe I'm saying this but I actually read about St Pierre and Miquelon within the last week.

[Farmduck]

7 minutes ago, Nearenough said:

i was thinking to myself....hmmm Chad, whatever happens there, never hear that in the news. so i googles it and find

"Chad say military foiled armed assault on presidential complex, 19 killed

The attack came just hours after China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with government officials in the capital N’Djamena"

........along with a disputed presidential election

just shows ya, whats happening and whats on the news isnt entirely the same thing.

The three Sahelian "coup" States have all had coverage over the last few years - Chad, Mali and Burkina Faso.

[nineoil]

Federated States of Micronesia ?

[Gerrumonside ref]

Notlob was often mentioned by Monty Python but appears to have lost its lustre since! 

[sam4731]

Anyone know much about Guinea Bissau?

[Farmduck]

7 minutes ago, sam4731 said:

Anyone know much about Guinea Bissau?

Not much, which for a lot of African countries, may be a good thing. We tend to hear about most African countries when they have civil wars or epidemics or drought-induced famines. Guinea Bissau seems to be one of the "lucky" ones where people are dirt poor but it's generally peaceful. Even the dirt poor people usually live on their own farms so they're not starving just poor in terms of cash and material possessions. 

 

[gingerjon]

12 hours ago, OriginalMrC said:

I'm going to say the Principality of Sealand 

In the news at least a couple of times a year.

You want a stable, small country, not in Europe, not involved in drugs, and without a decent football team.

The problem is, if you’be heard about them then they’ve already failed the test.

[Yorks Tim]

1 hour ago, gingerjon said:

In the news at least a couple of times a year.

You want a stable, small country, not in Europe, not involved in drugs, and without a decent football team.

The problem is, if you’be heard about them then they’ve already failed the test.

Since they will all have been pointless answers listed on Pointless, this thread is effectively null and void.

Next question please, Mr Goose.