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What if Afghanistan broke into pieces?

2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.1% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Afghanistan splits apart overnight, city by city. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Afghanistan did better than 63 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2026: Holy Kandahar Union broke away.
• 2026: Holy Herat Union broke away.
• 2045: made peace with Holy Kandahar Union.
• 2068: went to war with Holy Kandahar Union.
• 2069: took Holy Kandahar Union.
• 2074: Pakistan attacked.
• 2087: Holy Herat Union attacked.
• 2092: took Holy Herat Union.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2068, against Holy Kandahar Union.
• The first piece to break away was Holy Kandahar Union, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Holy Kandahar Union, Holy Herat Union.
• 10 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 12.8% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 122 nations were left standing.

"Smaller, but still on the map. Some days that is the job." 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.

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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.