Yeah, you know 20 because the name is swathi knee is actually not a new name

It's literally what the people of the country have been calling the country ever since day one the eponymous with the former king and Swati

The second but I wasn't until recently that they decided to change the official English

name into is martini one reason why is because it was the fiftieth anniversary of their

Independence and it was kind of a unilateral decision from the king and the Queen but yeah

It's gonna take a while for our brains to get accustomed to it

Anyway, there's also the part where I cover some of the small stuff that didn't make it into the episode for one

I wanted to talk about the rail network

It actually trans sex the country both north and south going into both South Africa and Mozambique

I also wanted to talk about the lobola or

bridewealth which is kind of like the Swazi equivalent to a

Dowry, usually it's paid in cattle towards the bride's family when she gets married Nelson

Mandela was actually paid lobola

When his daughter married his Swasey Prince and there's a few other things I coulda mentioned but we got to keep this gravy train rolling

So without further ado

I

Swat tini for the first time we broke the alphabetical rule

I figured it would probably happen at some point before we finished all the episodes but enough on that the flag the flag is a

banner featuring a

horizontal tricolour of two blue bands on top and bottom to thinner yellow bands bordering the blue ones and a big red band in the

Center in the center of the flag lies the traditional black and white Moony shield covering two Spears and a staff

decorated with feather tassels called enjoyable the blue stands for peace and stability the yellow stands for the mineral resources and the red stands for

The struggles of the nation and that definition is a little vague

I don't want to misinterpret it and say it stands for the blood of those before the country like so many other Flags so sorry

No animation this week the shield plays a reminder to the population of their nation's military

traditions and protection from the nation's enemies

It is called black and white not just because of the colors of the oxide that the shields are made of but also to symbolize

The unity of the black and white people that live peacefully in the country

Keep in mind the country also has a royal standard flag, but they use for the royal family. It features the lion way back

Yeehaw they used another flag with the shield and they also under the British as a protectorate. Yeah

So anyway, the coat-of-arms the coat-of-arms is pretty self-explanatory

The image depicts the same Muni shield and weaponry as the flag on a blue shield

Adorned with a crown of feathers typically worn at the in koala ceremony on the sides are the lion and elephant

Representing the king or mon yama and the queen elephant mother or that Indo?

Vacati at the bottom on a banner lies the model te kapa which means we are the fortress

I think I pronounced that right si acaba. Is that

It's kind of similar to Zulu right your cues make the clicking sound by the way

If that word when Yama sounds a little similar to you

That's because it is very similar to the Zulu word for Lion in one yama which is song like a billion times in the Lion

King song come on, you know the song sing with me

Anyway, so yeah that is just about that. So, you know what time it is

Geography real time and we actually have some guest stars today

All right, you know them so I do know hello

I am ready. Who are you ready? Super ready? You know we always start with postcards Joe from Peggy's Cove

I think your name is ank by art. I think from Mongolia here. We have Dan from Slovenia Mitchell from Italy

Thank you so much, ma'am. All right, really beautiful Budapest postcard here. So Rodrigo. Thanks for the postcard form on Norway

Thank you so much Rodrigo. Looks like Lena here visited Portugal and Lena is from Lithuania. Thank you so much, Mina

This is amazing postcard made of cork cork. Yeah. Oh, that's the second time

I've gotten to Cork postcards Oh, Georgia, I love Georgia Carly. Thank you for the postcard from Georgia with Steven from North Carolina

Who visit the Faroe Islands Dan from Missouri? He made a fun deal. Tarah postcard. Thank you, Dan

Let me say the Midwest is great. Oh

Yeah. Yeah Midwest right here. I'm not from the Midwest

So no

I actually got a letter Thank You Ian from material you sent these amazing patches one is from

Cascadia and the other is from North Cyprus. Thank you so much. You're my first fan mail person. Thank you. Thank you so much

This is from Bennifer, Missouri. Sorry, I'm so weak. He senses your stuff. You got some great

It's a soda shops. So

His um some beard butter

Thank you so much. I as soon as I grow out my beard all definitely use it Chi you're not here today

But you gave Kai this bullet shell necklace guy if you're watching I'll get you these and for me

He got a Bob Saget picture Thank You. Amber who visited Costa Rica with her Spanish class?

The money from Costa Rica is really cool here. We have me call from Poland

And also we have a very cool collectible map of Poland. He also sends these really old

postcards from the 1930s and

1918 wow, these are really old. Also. This guy sent this a long time ago. His name is John

He made a whole book of the cool diving spots in Colorado. All right here

We have a letter from David in Boulder Colorado. He is old Swiss and American he sent us some very cool currency from locations

He travel to we have Belarus Iran and a very old Swiss one. It's pretty cool. Uh, Nathan from Miami, Florida

Hey, I'm actually from Florida as well

Really cool going so what is this Keith?

I don't know looks like a drawing of me Noah and you and I'm playing bass Kenny's in the cage

Hands busy off in a in a cage somewhere somewhere. Yeah, this is a letter from Mia

She is finished, but she visited the Woodmoor Chia region of Russia

Republic sorry, and they are fiddle orchid people

So those are like her cousins and she said it was a really interesting experience. They have like the same folklore

Republic flag Tyler from

Texas who was actually born in Fiji. Hmm. Who's Hindu sent us this little pink note from India. Yeah

I think it's a rupee rupee and

Indeed. It looks like no, it's Nepal. I think that's Mount Everest

No, this isn't Indian isn't Nepal tronex letter is from Rami and Rami is going to school in London for anthropology Rami. Good luck

He sent us a flag from Lebanon

Hey

We got this letter here from Geoff from New Mexico and his sister drew this it's called a Zia

Let's open packages wave a packet here from that cloud check. Whoa Shakya. Yeah, that's not only thing though. Check out this

Okay, keep it's yours, alright we got something from Emma from Illinois I remember you Emma

She made that here. Actually. I still haven't pulled on guys stay here for a sec not going anywhere

Hey, so how was your day today? It's pretty good. That's good. So Emma made my flag pillowcase

Let's yeah, she's from Northern, Illinois University

The Huskies sent me the little banner little wolf plush toy. So we got a package here from gear. Um, oh

It looks to be yeah Portugal for to go what you got fly to Portugal. He he made this map

He uh, he drew the world here. We have a letter and a package from a geography in Canada

Unfortunately, there's no names

We can't call you out directly sent us a book on the akan Civil War and also some maple candy. Maybe some lucky Keith

What's your uh, what's your verdict?

I

Like it I mean can't go I'm not mad sounds pretty amazing. Alright we got Andres who is

Venezuelan and

he writes a lot of cool information on Venezuela drew Venezuelan flag and sent in to

Venezuelan we call these boulevards. Yeah Boulevard. We got a package here from

argent, no Argentina

His name is Franco. And he sent us these really rad postcards from class Aires. That's nice little flag of Argentina

What is this? Yeah, some sort of monument. Alright here. We have a package from Patrick from Venice, California

He sent us a photo, California on the age of projects

This book some very cool imagery in here from South Africa. My wife and I are from Johannesburg South Africa

We've been a fan of the show since Kira bus. They send Burkina Faso and of course their country South Africa, so

I love getting stuff from Africa Africans. Well, I love you guys. I want I wanna I wanna interact with you more

Okay Youssef. He is from Edmonton Alberta. He sends us a

Jersey pretty awesome

It's the jersey of Simon care the talented Danish central defender from Denis and Daniel

There are remaining a couple living in Manchester England. You sent us details. I don't know key rings

Yes, oke rings earring, and they also sent us and spoke on how to survive Romania

Check it out. How to survive Romania

Okay guys, so that's just about it before we go, you know what time it is return address contest

We put your return addresses in this bag and this week since there's two guest stars. We're gonna have two winners two winners

Not one but two the winners will get this scratch-off map sponsored to us by geography Frederico

He sells them on his website go to this link right here, or you can go to the link in the description

So if you don't win you buy one and this website a challenge in the dual. All right - mutters

No, I am Keith. You guys pick winners. All right, right ready and go for it. I'm gonna get in here dig deep

Let's find out. Let's see who is the winner? All right, the winner is

Louie from Miami, Florida

Winner number two Keith no flow. I'm gonna dig deep gonna go to the bottom

All right. Let's see

We're not taking from Julie. We're not from Chile. Yeah, you just won yourself a scratch off the map. Well, thank you guys

Thank you for everything. This was been really fun. I love putting your countries on display

And before we go, uh, no, I'll Keith. Do you guys have anything you want to say?

My best friend Jacob and Katie just got engaged. I love you guys

I will see you for the wedding Keith you wanted to do something

All right

So I guess a subscriber had sent some really hot hot sauce from Trinidad called this

Scorpion and a couple months ago somebody from Trinidad sent this scorpion sauce

To try it. I'm gonna torture myself money, you know, so my mom made Korean

Chicken thigh. We're gonna put some hot sauce on it

It's really powerful. Oh my gosh. Okay. Okay. Oh, that's way too much. Oh

That's the sauce yeah. Oh yeah, I'm just gonna do just dip it. So here I go you guys sir

Keith is gonna do the Trinidad scorpion sauce challenge

Holy

Are you trying more no, I'm gonna try a little bit more

I need you to get him a spoon and do a little shot of scorpion sighs. Whoa. Oh, it's hidden

I mean, it's not like the hottest side. Oh my god

you're

Gonna sweat just looking at you. Do you need milk or water? He's really hot

I'm gonna get Keith some milk and water and ah, you guys stay cool. Stay tuned. Have a good one'd hot stuff