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What if Azerbaijan broke into pieces?

Azerbaijan fell in 2164, taken by Iran.

The year is 2026, and Azerbaijan 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, 47 fell. Azerbaijan outlasted 21 of them.

Its share of the world

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

Year by year

• 2071: went to war with Armenia.
• 2089: went to war with Russia.
• 2092: made peace with Armenia.
• 2112: Georgia attacked.
• 2163: fell to Iran.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2071, against Armenia.
• 6 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 11.2% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 117 nations were left standing.

"I filed the obituary. It was short." 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.