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What if Burkina Faso had a golden age?

Burkina Faso fell in 2149, taken by Nigeria.

The year is 2026, and Burkina Faso enters fifty years of plenty. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, 40 fell. Burkina Faso outlasted 13 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

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2063: Mali attacked.
• 2085: made peace with Mali.
• 2090: Ghana attacked.
• 2099: Mali attacked.
• 2148: fell to Nigeria.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2063, against Mali.
• 5 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 115 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.

Other what-ifs for Burkina Faso

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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.