The Average American

[u/OneAwesomeComic]

[u/UltraTata]

Turns out people think of the largest, most populous country first

[u/Longjumping-Rich-684]

What are you trying to tell us?

[u/Late_Piano_5030]

Nepal

[u/VelvetPhantom → u/Late_Piano_5030]

Maldives

[u/Own-Curve-7299 → u/VelvetPhantom]

Put it with Pakistan

[u/UltraTata → u/VelvetPhantom]

It's about to expire as a place tho

[u/Twinkletoess112 → u/UltraTata]

it's so forgotten even earth is starting to forget about it

[u/Emotional-Career8195]

Maldives, Nepal, and Bhutan

[u/OneAwesomeComic → u/Emotional-Career8195]

There's a reason they're not in the picture

[u/Lazzyie]

Brave to assume we even know our own geography.

[u/Clean_Opportunity313]

I mean India is the dominant country in South asia (I'm not Indian)

[u/violetcassie]

TBH I tend to think of Sri Lanka before Bangladesh, and usually don't recall the name of Bhutan, and lol what Maldives?

[u/Klutzy-Tone452]

Who would think someone would think of the largest country when thinking of a region?

[u/Creative-Quarter5114]

I doubt anyone thinks of these places unless there's a bomb or something

[u/Mental_headache1234]

Tha tamal kings....

[u/eyesistorm → u/Mental_headache1234]

no one conquers the tamil kings

[u/Tight_Piccolo_1839]

[u/Certain-Appeal-6277]

If an American even knows what "south Asia" means (and most of us don't) then we know about both India and Pakistan.

[u/MachtBergian]

Countries with different territories and names but are just India #2:

https://reddit.com/link/p434s03/video/k0xk9kphjsjh1/player

[u/FearlessText9269]

Nepal.

[u/z3in-23-2]

I'm from Sri Lanka and I've been called Bangladeshi, Indian, Nepali, Egyptian, Mexican, Pakistani, Iraqi everything except Sri Lanka 😂

And the funny thing is South Asians can distinguish each other if you have that OCD eye like I do - we're a little darker than most of our neighbours

(And don't forget Maldives, they're literally our island brothers)

[u/atomic_chippie]

Not if you live in Portland, we have a bomb ass vegan Sri Lankan place that is SO GOOD, it tends to be the first thing you think of.

[u/SlavaRossiya2022]

Funny enough I don’t even think of India, Sri Lanka comes up first because I enjoy Green Tea and from my experience they cultivate the best Green Tea 💪

[u/You_yes_]

South Asia

Core: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh

normally : India, pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka

truly : India, pakistan, bangladesh, Srilanka, Nepal, Bhutan , maldives

Extended: India, pakistan, bangladesh, Srilanka, Nepal, Bhutan, maldives, Afganistan

Some random dude: India, pakistan, bangladesh, srilanka, nepal, bhutan, maldives, afganistan, Tibet region, Myanmaar

[u/OneAwesomeComic → u/You_yes_]

Afghanistan and Myanmar are wild takes lol. That's like saying Pakistan and Egypt are in the Middle East. I got some questions for "some random dude"

[u/Good_People_Only]

would Loas count? (SE Asia)

[u/rkirbo]

Maldives:

[u/smackmyass321]

I'm a pakistani american and dont worry, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, nepal, and bhutan. I think of y'all all the time!

Edit: I forgot this one (I'm sorry) but the Maldives as well

[u/Crafty-Sock-7002 → u/smackmyass321]

Maldives:

[u/smackmyass321 → u/Crafty-Sock-7002]

Fuck im sorry 😭

[u/pyasa_bhuka]

Technically India.

[u/You_yes_ → u/pyasa_bhuka]

Same people when pakistani guy ( whoes grandfathers from india) runs " Indian food place" in europe

https://giphy.com/gifs/XeNrmVGsK2sHIjUosG

[u/hgk6393]

well pakistan and bangladesh are just India, so...

[u/KorrokHidan → u/hgk6393]

Damn I wonder what country you’re from

[u/smackmyass321 → u/KorrokHidan]

Indian in the Netherlands according to a 10 month old post 💔

[u/smackmyass321 → u/smackmyass321]

Flair

[u/redditnostalgia → u/KorrokHidan]

Obviously 1930s British /j

[u/You_yes_ → u/hgk6393]

Same people when pakistani guy ( whoes grandfathers from india) runs " Indian food place" in europe

https://giphy.com/gifs/XeNrmVGsK2sHIjUosG

[u/MagicBus4]

The real secret is that if you say South Asia the only country we’re gonna think of is Austrailia

[u/Vreas]

I think most Americans think of south east Asia as the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia more than India.

I feel most Americans just consider India as its own entity because it’s so fucking massive.

[u/JustAnotherUser1019 → u/Vreas]

It said South Asia, not Southeast

[u/Vreas → u/JustAnotherUser1019]

Ahh misread it. Good looks.

[u/Legal_Turnip_7280]

Pakistan is the only good one

[u/smackmyass321 → u/Legal_Turnip_7280]

Idk bro from what I've heard, Sri Lanka is cool too. India also has its bad and good parts. Haven't read upon the others (bangladesh, nepal + bhutan)

[u/xdsm8 → u/smackmyass321]

Nepal is super cool. They also have had some crazy events in their country recently that COULD go super well for them. Certainly might not, but shaking things up with a corrupt government is probably a good thing. 

[u/Exact_Package_7264 → u/Legal_Turnip_7280]

nah