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What if India broke into pieces?

10 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 1.2% of the world.

2026: India falls apart into a dozen states. We let the world run for 300 years and wrote down what happened.

Of 133 countries put through the same fate, India did better than 117 of them.

Its share of the world

1. 2026: 1.8%
2. 2036: 1.4%
3. 2051: 1.6%
4. 2076: 1.6%
5. 2126: 1.7%
6. 2176: 1.4%
7. 2226: 1.1%
8. 2326: 1.1%

Year by year

• 2026: Mumbai League broke away.
• 2026: People's Republic of Kolkata broke away.
• 2026: Holy Chennai Union broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Nagpur broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Vishakhapatnam broke away.
• 2026: Holy Kochi Union broke away.
• 2026: Varanasi Commune broke away.
• 2026: Kingdom of Srinagar broke away.
• 2026: Grand Duchy of Jodhpur broke away.

What happened

• Its first war of its own came in 2101, against Kingdom of Srinagar.
• The first piece to break away was Mumbai League, in 2026.
• Along the way it swallowed Kingdom of Nagpur, People's Republic of Kolkata, Nepal, Varanasi Commune, Holy Chennai Union.
• 11 wars in 300 years.

The world in 2326

In 2326, Russia ruled 17.8% of the Earth, ahead of Canada and People's Republic of China. 107 nations were left standing.

"I would call that a win. Quietly." 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?

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.