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What if Australia broke into pieces?

8 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 4.5% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Australia 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, Australia did better than 126 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 4.5%
2. 2036: 3.1%
3. 2051: 3.4%
4. 2076: 3.5%
5. 2126: 4%
6. 2176: 4.1%
7. 2226: 4.2%
8. 2326: 4.3%

Year by year

• 2026: United Provinces of Brisbane broke away.
• 2026: Perth League broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Adelaide broke away.
• 2026: Port Moresby Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: Adelaide Commune broke away.
• 2026: Brisbane Commune broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Perth broke away.
• 2026: Dili Commune broke away.
• 2034: made peace with Dili Commune.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2057, against Perth League.
• The first piece to break away was United Provinces of Brisbane, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Adelaide Commune, Grand Duchy of Perth, Grand Duchy of Adelaide, Perth League, United Provinces of Brisbane.
• 14 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 12.6% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 116 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.

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