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What if Ethiopia broke into pieces?

2 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 1% of the world.

The year is 2026, and Ethiopia splits apart overnight, city by city. Nobody touches anything after that: 300 years of history, left to play out.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, Ethiopia did better than 116 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.6%
2. 2036: 0.5%
3. 2051: 0.5%
4. 2076: 0.6%
5. 2126: 0.7%
6. 2176: 0.9%
7. 2226: 1%
8. 2326: 1%

Year by year

• 2026: Addis Ababa Commune broke away.
• 2026: Addis Ababa Commune broke away.
• 2027: Djibouti attacked.
• 2043: made peace with Addis Ababa Commune.
• 2044: went to war with Sudan.
• 2060: went to war with Djibouti.
• 2076: took Djibouti.
• 2121: took Addis Ababa Commune.
• 2191: took Somaliland.

What happened

• At its height, in 2179, it held 1% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2027, against Djibouti.
• The first piece to break away was Addis Ababa Commune, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Djibouti, Addis Ababa Commune, Somaliland, Somalia.
• 15 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and Brazil. 107 nations were left standing.

"Nobody saw that coming. I did, but I was not asked." 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.

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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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