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What if Brazil had a golden age?

Brazil survived and ended with 5.8% of the world, up from 4.6%.

2026: heaven hands Brazil a golden age. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

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: 4.6%
3. 2051: 4.7%
4. 2076: 4.8%
5. 2126: 4.9%
6. 2176: 5.2%
7. 2226: 5.5%
8. 2326: 5.8%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2033: Colombia attacked.
• 2037: went to war with Suriname.
• 2060: made peace with Colombia.
• 2084: went to war with Suriname.
• 2094: took Suriname.
• 2159: took Guyana.
• 2195: took Paraguay.

What happened

• At its height, in 2323, it held 5.8% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2033, against Colombia.
• Along the way it swallowed Suriname, Guyana, Paraguay.
• 14 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Canada ruled 11.3% of the Earth, ahead of Russia and People's Republic of China. 102 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." 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 Brazil

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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.