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What if the whole world declared war on Afghanistan?

Afghanistan survived, just: 0% of the world, down from 0.4%.

2026: every other country on Earth turns on Afghanistan at the same moment. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Afghanistan did better than 56 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.4%
2. 2036: 0.4%
3. 2051: 0.3%
4. 2076: 0.2%
5. 2126: 0.3%
6. 2176: 0.3%
7. 2226: 0.1%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2063: took Tajikistan.
• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2082: went to war with Kyrgyzstan.
• 2149: Turkmenistan attacked.
• 2190: Kazakhstan attacked.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2082, against Kyrgyzstan.
• Along the way it swallowed Tajikistan.
• 6 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 15.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and Brazil. 110 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

Same seed, same history: it unfolds exactly like this, until you touch it. Then it is your world.

Other what-ifs for Afghanistan

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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.