So it turns out that not every modern map is created equal. According to C.G.P Grey, who narrates the short film above, we really have no firm idea how many countries there actually are on this rock. “But it’s the 21st century!” you exclaim. “We have to be certain by now!” That feels true enough, but one glance at either the Caucasus or the Caribbean will send you right down and deep into a rabbit hole of geographical doubt (down and deep, to be sure, into unceded Coast Salish territory).