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What if Ghana had a golden age?

Ghana survived and ended with 0.2% of the world, up from 0.1%.

In 2026, Ghana 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, Ghana did better than 75 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 0.1%
2. 2036: 0.1%
3. 2051: 0.1%
4. 2076: 0.2%
5. 2126: 0.2%
6. 2176: 0.2%
7. 2226: 0.2%
8. 2326: 0.2%

Year by year

• 2026: a golden age began.
• 2056: Togo attacked.
• 2068: made peace with Togo.
• 2144: went to war with Burkina Faso.

What happened

• At its height, in 2066, it held 0.2% of the world.
• Its first war of its own came in 2056, against Togo.
• 2 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 16.4% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 106 nations were left standing.

"Against all odds, and most of the planet." 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 Ghana

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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.