The Earthpedia · 1800

What if Qing China had stayed on top?

Qing Empire survived, holding 9.2% of the world, about where it started.

In 1800 the Qing rule the largest China there has ever been. Here the century of humiliation never comes. We started on the real borders of 1800 and let the world run for 300 years.

Its share of the world

1800: 8.6%
1810: 8.6%
1825: 8.7%
1850: 8.8%
1900: 8.9%
1950: 9%
2000: 9.1%
2100: 9.2%

Year by year

1800: a golden age began.
1810: Korea attacked.
1823: went to war with Bhutan.
1829: took Bhutan.
1835: went to war with Đại Việt.
1920: took Korea.

At its height, in 2030, it held 9.2% of the world.

The world in 2100

In 2100, Russian Empire ruled 15.8% of the Earth, ahead of Spain and Qing Empire. 139 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." 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 1800

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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.