The Earthpedia · A golden age

What if Estonia had a golden age?

Estonia fell in 2277, taken by Russia.

In 2026, Estonia began a fifty-year golden age: richer, stronger and very pleased with itself. Then history was left to run for 300 years, untouched.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, 40 fell. Estonia outlasted 32 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.
• 2051: went to war with Latvia.
• 2056: made peace with Latvia.
• 2171: went to war with Belarus.
• 2190: went to war with Poland.
• 2276: fell to Russia.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2051, against Latvia.
• 6 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 10.9% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 116 nations were left standing.

"History did not take it personally. Probably." 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 Estonia

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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.