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What if Argentina had a golden age?

Argentina survived and ended with 2.2% of the world, up from 1.8%.

The year is 2026, and Argentina enters fifty years of plenty. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Argentina did better than 123 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.8%
2. 2036: 1.8%
3. 2051: 1.9%
4. 2076: 2%
5. 2126: 2.5%
6. 2176: 2.5%
7. 2226: 2.6%
8. 2326: 2.2%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2031: Paraguay attacked.
• 2061: made peace with Paraguay.
• 2066: went to war with Uruguay.
• 2070: went to war with Brazil.
• 2103: took Paraguay.
• 2135: took Uruguay.
• 2226: took Bolivia.

What happened

• At its height, in 2217, it held 2.6% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2031, against Paraguay.
• Along the way it swallowed Paraguay, Uruguay, Bolivia.
• 16 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.2% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 112 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." 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 Argentina

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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.