The Harry Potter series makes Britain often, and by often, I mean, always, feel like the centre

of all wizarding conflict. Voldemort, death eaters, first visiting war, second wizarding war,

all that good stuff. But to me, the idea that almost all of the global visiting problems

can be narrowed down to a 200,000 square kilometre stretch of islands has always felt a little hard to believe. And while sure a 200,000 square kilometer stretch of islands has always felt a little hard to believe.

And while sure, 200,000 square kilometers sounds like a lot, let's not forget that Earth's surface

area is over 510 million. That means the only dark wizards we ever talk about are tyrannizing

0.043% of the planet's total surface area. And yes, I know measuring it this way

is a little absurd, especially since a huge portion of Earth's 510 million square kilometers is ocean

and Dark Wizards aren't building underwater empires in the middle of the Atlantic, but the point

still stands. The Harry Potter books can sometimes make it feel as though nearly every

major magical crisis in history, either began in Britain, ended in Britain, or somehow circled back

to Britain eventually. It's far to Britain-centric. So what do we think? Does Voldemort and the

rise of the death eaters feel like the biggest deal in the world just because it's so close to home

because it's the only thing the series focuses on or is it far more likely that the rest of the world has their own conflicts to deal with that have this might shock you nothing to do with voldermort

today we're going to be exploring all of that and more as we unpack international conflicts of the wizarding world,

taking a closer look at whether there are other dark threats or dark wizards besides Voldemort.

Let's dive in.

Hey everyone, welcome to another installment of Harry Potter Theory.

The more you look at the wider wizarding world, the harder it becomes to believe that Britain was uniquely responsible for producing virtually all serious magical threats.

More likely, Britain is simply the part of the wizarding world we know best.

It's where Harry lived, where Hogwarts is tied culturally and politically, where the ministry we

follow operates, and where Voldemort chose to build his power base. That means the story

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