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What if Canada broke into pieces?

12 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 9.7% of the world.

2026: Canada falls apart into a dozen states. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Canada did better than 131 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 11.1%
2. 2036: 7.6%
3. 2051: 8.5%
4. 2076: 8.4%
5. 2126: 8.9%
6. 2176: 9%
7. 2226: 7.5%
8. 2326: 6.3%

Year by year

• 2026: Holy Vancouver Union broke away.
• 2026: United Provinces of Winnipeg broke away.
• 2026: Republic of Winnipeg broke away.
• 2026: Québec League broke away.
• 2026: Edmonton Confederacy broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Québec broke away.
• 2026: Vancouver League broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Edmonton broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Edmonton broke away.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2034, against United Provinces of Winnipeg.
• The first piece to break away was Holy Vancouver Union, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed United Provinces of Winnipeg, Vancouver League, Québec League.
• 17 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.1% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 122 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." 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 Canada

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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.