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What if Iran broke into pieces?
8 pieces broke away, and its family still holds 1.3% of the world.
2026: Iran 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, Iran did better than 119 of them.
Its share of the world
- 2026: 1%
- 2036: 0.9%
- 2051: 0.9%
- 2076: 0.9%
- 2126: 1.1%
- 2176: 1.1%
- 2226: 1.1%
- 2326: 1.3%
Year by year
- 2026: Grand Duchy of Mashhad broke away.
- 2026: Grand Duchy of Tabriz broke away.
- 2026: Kingdom of Shiraz broke away.
- 2026: Ahvaz Confederacy broke away.
- 2026: Kermanshah League broke away.
- 2026: People's Republic of Zahedan broke away.
- 2026: Kerman Commune broke away.
- 2026: Republic of Yazd broke away.
- 2032: made peace with Kingdom of Shiraz.
What happened
- At its height, in 2322, it held 1.3% of the world.
- Its first war of its own came in 2042, against Kerman Commune.
- The first piece to break away was Grand Duchy of Mashhad, in 2026.
- Along the way it swallowed People's Republic of Zahedan, Republic of Yazd, Kerman Commune, Ahvaz Confederacy, Kermanshah League.
- 13 wars in 300 years.
The world in 2326
In 2326, Russia ruled 16.2% of the Earth, ahead of United States of America and Canada. 113 nations were left standing.
"I have stopped being surprised. That is a lie." Max, for the record
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