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What if Denmark had a golden age?

Denmark fell in 2274, taken by Germany.

The year is 2026, and Denmark 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. Denmark outlasted 31 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0%
2. 2036: 0%
3. 2051: 0%
4. 2076: 0%
5. 2126: 0%
6. 2176: 0%
7. 2226: 0%
8. 2326: 0%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2056: went to war with Sweden.
• 2092: made peace with Sweden.
• 2101: Sweden attacked.
• 2113: went to war with Germany.
• 2273: fell to Germany.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2056, against Sweden.
• 8 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.3% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and People's Republic of China. 109 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 Denmark

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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.