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What if Ethiopia had a golden age?

Ethiopia survived and ended with 0.8% of the world, up from 0.6%.

The year is 2026, and Ethiopia 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, Ethiopia did better than 108 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.6%
2. 2036: 0.6%
3. 2051: 0.6%
4. 2076: 0.6%
5. 2126: 0.6%
6. 2176: 0.7%
7. 2226: 0.7%
8. 2326: 0.8%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2038: went to war with Djibouti.
• 2047: made peace with Djibouti.
• 2105: Eritrea attacked.
• 2119: took Eritrea.
• 2129: Somaliland attacked.
• 2228: took Somaliland.

What happened

• At its height, in 2299, it held 0.8% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2038, against Djibouti.
• Along the way it swallowed Eritrea, Somaliland.
• 7 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.1% of the Earth, ahead of People's Republic of China and United States of America. 120 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.

Other what-ifs for Ethiopia

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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.

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