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What if the whole world declared war on Algeria?

Algeria survived and ended with 3.2% of the world, up from 1.4%.

In 2026, every nation on Earth declared war on Algeria at once. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Algeria did better than 124 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.4%
2. 2036: 1.5%
3. 2051: 2%
4. 2076: 2.5%
5. 2126: 2.7%
6. 2176: 3.1%
7. 2226: 3.2%
8. 2326: 3.2%

Year by year

• 2060: took Tunisia.
• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2109: Mali attacked.
• 2130: went to war with Chad.
• 2142: Niger attacked.

What happened

• At its height, in 2183, it held 3.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2109, against Mali.
• Along the way it swallowed Tunisia.
• 5 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.7% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and People's Republic of China. 106 nations were left standing.

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

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