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What if the British Empire never ended?

British Empire survived and ended with 12% of the world, up from 8.3%.

What if the British Empire never ended?: 2214

In 1914 the British Empire covers a quarter of the world. Here it never lets go. We started on the real borders of 1914 and let the world run for 300 years.

Its share of the world

  1. 1914: 8.3%
  2. 1924: 8.4%
  3. 1939: 8.4%
  4. 1964: 8.8%
  5. 2014: 9.4%
  6. 2064: 9.1%
  7. 2114: 10.8%
  8. 2214: 12%

Year by year

At its height, in 2204, it held 12% of the world.

The world in 2214

In 2214, Russian Empire ruled 17% of the Earth, ahead of British Empire and Canada. 48 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." Max, for the record

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More what-ifs from 1914

What if the Russian Empire never fell?What if Austria-Hungary survived?

More what-ifs from history

What if the Roman Empire never fell?What if the whole world declared war on Rome?What if Han China never fell?What if Alexander the Great had lived?What if Carthage had beaten Rome?What if the Abbasid Caliphate never fell?What if the Byzantine Empire never fell?What if the Tibetan Empire had kept growing?

Is this what would really happen?

No one can know. This is one run of a game engine that simulates every country on the real map: wars by temperament, armies from land and people, civil wars, golden ages. Same seed, same result, every time.

Can I try it myself?

Yes. Press Play this world: the same seed opens in your browser, free, and unfolds the same way until you change something.

Every page is a real run of the Play God on Earth engine (deterministic: same seed, same result). Historical facts are not implied; this is a game. Historical borders: historical-basemaps by Andre Ourednik.