The Earthpedia · 1960

What if Yugoslavia never broke up?

Yugoslavia survived and ended with 0.3% of the world, up from 0.2%.

In 1960 Yugoslavia holds six republics together. Here it gets a golden age instead. We started on the real borders of 1960 and let the world run for 300 years.

Its share of the world

1960: 0.2%
1970: 0.2%
1985: 0.2%
2010: 0.2%
2060: 0.3%
2110: 0.3%
2160: 0.3%
2260: 0.3%

Year by year

1960: a golden age began.
1960: went to war with Bulgaria.
2025: went to war with Albania.
2097: Greece attacked.

At its height, in 2028, it held 0.3% of the world.

The world in 2260

In 2260, Soviet Union ruled 20.3% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and Brazil. 89 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 1960

What if the Soviet Union never collapsed?

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.