The Earthpedia · 1600

What if Ming China ruled the world?

Ming China survived and ended with 5.8% of the world, up from 4.4%.

In 1600 Ming China is the richest state on Earth. Here it looks outward and grows. We started on the real borders of 1600 and let the world run for 400 years.

Its share of the world

1600: 4.4%
1610: 4.4%
1625: 4.4%
1650: 4.4%
1700: 4.8%
1750: 4.9%
1800: 4.9%
1900: 5.6%
2000: 5.8%

Year by year

1600: a golden age began.
1662: Korea attacked.
1672: went to war with Tibet.
1699: Korea attacked.
1848: took Korea.
1947: took Laos.
1955: took Burmese kingdoms.

At its height, in 1910, it held 5.8% of the world.

The world in 2000

In 2000, Central Asian Khanates ruled 11.2% of the Earth, ahead of Ottoman Empire and Tsardom of Muscovy. 131 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

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

More what-ifs from 1600

What if the Ottoman Empire never fell?What if the Mughal Empire never fell?

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.