The Earthpedia · 1492

What if the Inca Empire survived?

Inca Empire survived and ended with 1.2% of the world, up from 0.6%.

In 1492 the Inca rule the Andes from Ecuador to Chile. Here the empire keeps growing. We started on the real borders of 1492 and let the world run for 500 years.

Its share of the world

1492: 0.6%
1502: 0.6%
1517: 0.6%
1542: 0.8%
1592: 0.8%
1642: 1%
1692: 1%
1792: 1.1%
1892: 1.2%
1992: 1.2%

Year by year

1492: a golden age began.
1492: Yine attacked.
1516: went to war with Lule.
1528: Yine attacked.
1537: took Yine.
1651: took Henîa-Kamiare.
1750: took Lule.
1759: took Ashaninka.
1855: took Moqoit.
1909: took Aymara.

At its height, in 1847, it held 1.2% of the world.

The world in 1992

In 1992, Siberians ruled 11% of the Earth, ahead of Bantu peoples and Chagatai Khanate. 103 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

Play this world

The same borders, the same seed, the same start. Then you are God: change anything.

More what-ifs from 1492

What if the Aztec Empire 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.