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What if Democratic Republic of the Congo had a golden age?

Democratic Republic of the Congo survived and ended with 1.8% of the world, up from 1.2%.

The year is 2026, and Democratic Republic of the Congo 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, Democratic Republic of the Congo did better than 121 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.2%
2. 2036: 1.2%
3. 2051: 1.2%
4. 2076: 1.2%
5. 2126: 1.2%
6. 2176: 1.5%
7. 2226: 1.6%
8. 2326: 1.8%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2063: went to war with Rwanda.
• 2073: made peace with Rwanda.
• 2080: went to war with Rwanda.
• 2082: took Rwanda.
• 2124: went to war with Uganda.
• 2316: took Republic of the Congo.

What happened

• At its height, in 2317, it held 1.8% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2063, against Rwanda.
• Along the way it swallowed Rwanda, Republic of the Congo.
• 15 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.6% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 103 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." Max, for the record

Run it yourself

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