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What if the whole world declared war on Democratic Republic of the Congo?

Democratic Republic of the Congo survived and ended with 4.2% of the world, up from 1.2%.

2026: every other country on Earth turns on Democratic Republic of the Congo at the same moment. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Democratic Republic of the Congo did better than 125 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.2%
2. 2036: 1.5%
3. 2051: 2.2%
4. 2076: 3.1%
5. 2126: 3.3%
6. 2176: 3.3%
7. 2226: 3.7%
8. 2326: 4.2%

Year by year

• 2038: took Rwanda.
• 2038: took Burundi.
• 2066: made peace with Fiji.
• 2071: Angola attacked.
• 2074: Republic of the Congo attacked.
• 2096: Malawi attacked.
• 2223: took Zambia.

What happened

• At its height, in 2326, it held 4.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2071, against Angola.
• Along the way it swallowed Rwanda, Burundi, Zambia.
• 15 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.1% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and Brazil. 111 nations were left standing.

"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

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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?

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