The Earthpedia · A golden age

What if Finland had a golden age?

Finland survived, just: 0.3% of the world, down from 0.4%.

The year is 2026, and Finland 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, Finland did better than 84 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.4%
2. 2036: 0.4%
3. 2051: 0.4%
4. 2076: 0.4%
5. 2126: 0.4%
6. 2176: 0.4%
7. 2226: 0.4%
8. 2326: 0.3%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2052: went to war with Sweden.
• 2069: made peace with Sweden.
• 2079: went to war with Norway.
• 2112: Sweden attacked.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2052, against Sweden.
• 11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 13.8% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and United States of America. 98 nations were left standing.

"Smaller, but still on the map. Some days that is the job." 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 Finland

More countries

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.