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What if Colombia broke into pieces?

4 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 0.4% of the world.

2026: Colombia 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, Colombia did better than 99 of them.

Its share of the world

2026: 0.6%
2036: 0.4%
2051: 0.5%
2076: 0.5%
2126: 0.6%
2176: 0.4%
2226: 0.4%
2326: 0.4%

Year by year

2026: Free State of Cali broke away.
2026: Barranquilla Confederacy broke away.
2026: People's Republic of Cúcuta broke away.
2026: Grand Duchy of Cúcuta broke away.
2031: made peace with Free State of Cali.
2058: went to war with Venezuela.
2065: went to war with Grand Duchy of Cúcuta.
2067: People's Republic of Cúcuta attacked.
2075: took People's Republic of Cúcuta.

What happened

Its first war of its own came in 2058, against Venezuela.
The first piece to break away was Free State of Cali, in 2026.
Along the way it swallowed People's Republic of Cúcuta, Grand Duchy of Cúcuta, Free State of Cali, Barranquilla Confederacy.
12 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.5% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and People's Republic of China. 113 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." Max, for the record

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