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What if Botswana broke into pieces?

Botswana fell in 2274, taken by Namibia.

The year is 2026, and Botswana 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. Botswana outlasted 41 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.3%
2. 2036: 0.2%
3. 2051: 0.3%
4. 2076: 0.3%
5. 2126: 0.2%
6. 2176: 0.1%
7. 2226: 0.1%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2026: Grand Duchy of Gaborone broke away.
• 2036: Zimbabwe attacked.
• 2040: made peace with Grand Duchy of Gaborone.
• 2098: Grand Duchy of Gaborone attacked.
• 2105: took Grand Duchy of Gaborone.
• 2110: Namibia attacked.
• 2273: fell to Namibia.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2036, against Zimbabwe.
• The first piece to break away was Grand Duchy of Gaborone, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Grand Duchy of Gaborone.
• 8 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 20.2% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 108 nations were left standing.

"I filed the obituary. It was short." Max, for the record

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