# Mini Countries Abroad: How Embassies Work | Wendover Productions

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Published: 2026-07-12T12:45:00+00:00
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Mini Countries Abroad: How Embassies Work Get a 30-day trial, 1 Audiobook, and 2 Audible Original for free at http://Audible.com/wendover Or, text, “wendover” to 500 500Subscribe to Half as Interesting (The other channel from Wendover Productions): https://www.youtube.com/halfasinterestingGet the Wendover Productions t-shirt: https://standard.tv/collections/wendover-productions/products/wendover-productions-shirtSupport Wendover Productions on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wendoverproductionsYoutube: http://www.YouTube.com/WendoverProductions Instagram: http://Instagram.com/sam.from.wendover Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/WendoverPro Email: sam@wendover.productions Reddit: http://Reddit.com/r/WendoverProductionsAnimation by Josh Sherrington Sound by Graham Haerther (http://www.Haerther.net) Thumbnail by Simon BuckmasterSpecial thanks to Patreon supporters Adam Chelminski, Arkadiy Kulev, Charles Zilinski, Chris Allen, Connor J Smith, Daddy Donald, Etienne Dechamps, Eyal Matsliah, Hank Green, John & Becki Johnston, Kyle, MyNameIsKir, Plinio Correa, Qui Le, Remi_Scarlet, Tom Dooner, Tyler Hamm, and Vaughn MudrickMusic by http://epidemicsound.com Select footage courtesy the AP ArchiveReferences: [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/08/world/middleeast/united-states-planning-to-slash-iraq-embassy-staff-by-half.html [2] https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/countries-limited-visa-services.html [3] https://www.un.int/tuvalu/tuvalu/embassies [4] https://usunrome.usmission.gov/mission/mission-usun/ambassador/ [5] https://web.archive.org/web/20080726181824/http://www.sweden.gov.se/sb/d/3428/a/24515; https://www.eda.admin.ch/eda/en/home/representations-and-travel-advice/dpr-korea/dpr-korea-representation-in-ch.html; https://web.archive.…

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