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What if Brazil broke into pieces?

6 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 4.7% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Brazil 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, Brazil did better than 128 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 4.6%
2. 2036: 3.3%
3. 2051: 3.7%
4. 2076: 3.8%
5. 2126: 4%
6. 2176: 4%
7. 2226: 4.4%
8. 2326: 4.6%

Year by year

• 2026: People's Republic of São Paulo broke away.
• 2026: United Provinces of Recife broke away.
• 2026: Free State of Belém broke away.
• 2026: Manaus Commune broke away.
• 2026: Cuiabá Commune broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of La Paz broke away.
• 2038: made peace with Manaus Commune.
• 2058: People's Republic of São Paulo attacked.
• 2078: took People's Republic of São Paulo.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2058, against People's Republic of São Paulo.
• The first piece to break away was People's Republic of São Paulo, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed People's Republic of São Paulo, Free State of Belém, Suriname, Uruguay, Cuiabá Commune.
• 12 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.7% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 109 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.

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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.